Complete 'Rules For (fake) Dating an Italian' Collection

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• Rules For (fake) Dating an Italian by poorlittlegreenie

  Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)  

  • Mature
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  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  29 Sep 2024

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  • Sydney Adamu/Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
  • Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto & Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
  • Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
  • Emmanuel Adamu
  • The Berzatto Family - Character
  • Fake/Pretend Relationship
  • Spoiler alert: Carmy did not write that sign
  • so much yearning it will make you sick
  • Miscommunication
  • miscommunication so bad it should be studied in psychology textbooks
  • Mutual Pining
  • Sydney being her awkward little self
  • Carmy acting in a way that is so strange...
  • Happy Ending
  • attempts at humor (with varying levels of success)
  • The Berzatto family is its own warning I think
  • Richie's a little bit confused but he's trying to be supportive
  • Discussions of Michael's death
  • Discussions of Suicide
  • Mental Health Issues
  • this is a silly story please don't take it too seriously
  • they're in-character to ME
  • remember when Carmy said 'i've never had a girlfriend' ? I took that very seriously
  • author has never actually been to chicago
  • so if chicago sounds suspiciously like manhattan in this story don't mind that
  • the masterworks of Mr. Billy Joel
  • movie references as plot points
  • Angst with a Happy Ending

  Summary

  WANTED: Female, aged 20-30, to be my date for Christmas eve dinner with my Italian-American family. Must be willing to eat my mom’s cooking. No physical intimacy required. No strings attached—I will drive you home after. 4pm-10pm, 12/24. Salary negotiable. Call Carmen: (773) 555-0901.

  OR: The one in which Sydney just needs a job, and Carmy will die before he proves Richie right.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Complete 'Rules For (fake) Dating an Italian' Collection

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  100,000

  Chapters:

  10/10

  Comments:

  846

  Kudos:

  3,139

  Bookmarks:

  840

  Hits:

  64,078

• B-Sides From (fake) Dating an Italian by poorlittlegreenie

  Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)  

  • General Audiences
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  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  16 Dec 2024

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  • Sydney Adamu/Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
  • Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
  • Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
  • Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
  • Spin off from a larger fic!
  • So if you read this independently it may not make sense
  • plz read the longer story first
  • Flashbacks
  • alternates POVs of things from the original story
  • things that didn't make the original story but were implied
  • just whatever i feel like writing tbh
  • let's have some fun - Freeform

  Summary

  Some extra scenes I'm adding to my larger work 'Rules For (fake) Dating an Italian!'

  Series

  • Part 2 of Complete 'Rules For (fake) Dating an Italian' Collection

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,068

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  15

  Kudos:

  275

  Bookmarks:

  25

  Hits:

  3,018