17 Works in Manish Kulkarni
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Devi woke up abruptly, after a sharp pain shot up her back, as her baby girl kicked her twice hard in the back. "Ouch" she groaned quietly into her pregnancy pillow, trying not to wake Paxton and reach towards the night stand to grab her phone and check the time 4:45 A.M. I was way too early to be awake on a lazy Sunday. Yet, here she was wide awake with a pain in her back, her baby doing what felt like flips and her stomach growling.
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- Part 1 of Daxton
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Devi and Ben are married with successful careers and are expecting a little bundle of joy, Kyle and Ike spend their last summer before college and high school with them (respectively).
"Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too" Landslide, Fleetwood Mac -
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A different action by Des saves a certain iced coffee from being thrown at him.
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you can see it with the lights out by mamalovesherbagels
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
02 Mar 2024
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when ben gets his first migraine ever, devi gets to return the favor of being comforted whilst crying in the bathroom that the other person is not supposed to be in.
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She'll never get over the butterflies she gets when he’s drooling. by hplovesme251
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
27 Aug 2023
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Ben and Devi navigate the first year of college, family dynamics, old flings, and more... together.
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after devi is hit by an intense wave of homesickness, she takes kamala up on the offer to visit her in baltimore
lots of benvi wholesome devi/kamala family content
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- Part 1 of benvi's college adventures
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All's Well That Ends Well (To End Up With You) (The Proposal) by mofilafal
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
10 Apr 2023
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At 6, Ben Gross and Devi Vishwakumar met for the first time
At 16, Ben realized he was in love with Devi
At 17, Devi realized she was in love with Ben
At 25, Devi proposed to Ben
or: Ben and Devi get engaged
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Paxton dealing with the break-up in season 3.
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And so, she kept– hold up…she was making out with Ben Gross, of all people. What the hell?!?!
and so the story of Devi Vishwakumar continues...
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December 31, 2020-January 1, 2021 by peterpan_in_neverland
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
17 Aug 2022
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“I know this probably isn’t the most glamorous first date,” he says, jerking his head towards her, indicating that she should drop the basil leaves he had let her pick into the pot—
—it turns out that Manish likes to garden, and he keeps a windowsill box of herbs in his bedroom window—
—“but, on New Year's Eve, everything is gonna be pretty crazy, so I figured a chill night in would be kinda nice.”
Kamala tears the basil leaves into small pieces, then drops them into the pot. “You were right,” she answers, watching as he multitasks, stirring the noodles and adding chopped tomato into the spaghetti sauce, “this is nice.”
“I’m glad,” Manish says. “I’ve never actually been on a date on New Years.”
Kamala tilts her head. “Really?” she asks. She does not know why she is surprised; she has never had a date on New Years either.
“Yep,” Manish answers, “I know it’s a shock, considering how fine I am, but you really are my first New Years date.”
Something about being his first for something makes butterflies flutter in her stomach. And she wants to return that feeling to him. “You’re my first New Years Eve date, too.”
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OR; Kamala and Manish's first date
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After the Sherman Oaks Winter Dance, Devi decides to have sex with Paxton for the first time over winter break, but must maneuver around social pressures, her watchful mother, and even sometimes her own brain. Unaccustomed to going against the proverbial grain, Paxton tries to figure out what it means to be someone's boyfriend. Meanwhile, Ben Gross is forced to come to terms with his true feelings.
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Ben laments his academic and perceived personal failure after the mock trial in 2x8.
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- Part 4 of Labor of Love Series
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meet you where you are (on top of the world) by cori_the_bloody
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
31 Mar 2022
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“Damn, girl, you look beautiful…ly intelligent.”
or, an unexpected guest pops up at Kamala's graduation.
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Solicitude and Scorn by thegirlofthorns (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
29 Mar 2022
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"With little light-up shoes and denim pants, he looked ridiculous in a button-up shirt. A parody of a parody of an adult, he’d adjusted his bow tie and looked her dead-on as he stuck his sticky hand out to her. “Hi, Ms. Fletcher,” he said seriously.
It had taken all Maggie had not to laugh as he gripped her hand firmly and shook.
And then she began her long journey towards realizing the truth: Ben Gross was not a ridiculous child."Or,
A character study of Ben from the eyes of six very different acquaintances.
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(but tell me) did the wind sweep you off your feet? by peterpan_in_neverland
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
05 Oct 2021
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“Anyway, what’s going on with you and amma? Wait, can I guess?”
“Devi—”
“—Did you tell Prashant’s family you like tater tots?” Devi asks. “Oh, oh! You let slip that you had a weird CalTech boyfriend.”
“It’s a lot worse than that,” Kamala says, “a lot, a lot worse.”
“Did you tell his parents that you’ve had premarital sex?” Devi says, eyes wide. “Because that’s honestly the worst thing I can think of.”
“I left the dinner with his parents to go to your high school and see Manish and sing karaoke without telling anyone,” she says, her stomach erupting with nerves. She waits for Devi to scream, or throw up, whatever overexaggerated reaction she has waiting underneath her skin.
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OR; Kamala has some choices to make
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no amount of freedom gets you clean (i still got you all over me) by peterpan_in_neverland for cori_the_bloody
Fandoms: Never Have I Ever (TV)
14 Sep 2021
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Devi rolls her eyes. “What do you want, Ben?” she asks, standing up and leaning against the door. “And, no, I will not be giving up on being valedictorian early.”
He shrugs. “That’s fine, you can just give up on time, then,” he says. “Actually, I’m here because I wanted to take you to get coffee, and to try to find a time to renegotiate our pact for college. I don’t think young republicans really applies anymore.”
Devi looks back at Keerthi, who mouths do it and makes a shoo motion with her hands.
“Fine,” Devi says, grabbing her jacket and keys. “But if you murder me, I’m going to be sorely disappointed in you.”
“I’m not gonna murder you, David,” he says, following her out. “Though, if you died in my presence, you would die happy.”
She rolls her eyes. “In your dreams, Gross.”
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OR; Ben and Devi were best friends before they were enemies, and they made a lot of promises
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That relief is short lived though, and immediately destroyed when he raises his phone, showing her a certain picture of cue cards pinned onto a board. “Did you really make a pros and cons list to decide between Paxton and I?”
Devi groans. “Oh no.”
He bursts into laughter at her satisfying glare of embarrassment. “Paxton would be so flattered. Body 100. Face 100. Probably good at sex—”
“Please, those are great pros. Your competition is so much better than you,” remarks Devi, taking a huge scoop of ice cream. She silently hopes it’ll make him regret his teasing.
Ben doesn’t seem to care about the unfair loss of ice cream. “Hairy forearms under cons though? You’re lying to yourself, David. You love these.”
Devi pretends to seem indifferent. “The truth hurts, Gross. Your forearms are no match for mine.”
(title from 'willow' by taylor swift)