12 Works in Before Sunset (2004)
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Before Dawn by Viviatethekeys
Fandoms: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013)
10 Feb 2026
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Fourteen years after Before Midnight, Jesse and Céline are still together—older, softer in some places, sharper in others—and trying to navigate the strange new quiet of a home where their twins have already flown the nest. But their youngest daughter, Élodie, is nothing like her sisters. Shy, sensitive, and almost painfully attached to her parents, she clings to childhood even as her fifteenth birthday approaches.
When Élodie wakes from another nightmare in the middle of the night, the family slips out into Paris before sunrise. What begins as a comforting walk turns into a long, winding journey through old arguments, new fears, and the shifting gravity of a family in transition. The twins return unexpectedly, stirring up old dynamics. Jesse and Céline find themselves rediscovering the romantic thread between them. And Élodie—caught between who she’s been and who she’s terrified to become—must face the truth that growing up doesn’t mean letting go.
A story about parents aging, children changing, and the fragile, luminous hours before dawn when everything feels possible and nothing feels certain.
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Before Sunset by Bridgertonia
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Before Sunset (2004)
23 Jan 2026
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Colin lives in Paris. And when Penelope comes to his city on her book tour, it's the first time they've seen each other in two years.
Penelope only has an hour or so before she has to take a train home, so they make the most of the time they have, wandering the city, catching up.
But what starts as two friends reconnecting quickly feels like something more. Something familiar. Something irresistible.
OR: a story of Polin in Paris, inspired by the Before Sunset movie.
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- Part 1 of Polin in Paris - Before Sunset AU
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\[ Detour ]/ by LadyNameless for eugelsa_official
Fandoms: Frozen (Disney Movies), Tangled (2010), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004)
21 Sep 2025
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"I believe if there's any kind of God, it wouldn't be in any of us―not you or me―but just this little space in between us.
And if there's any other magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something.".
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In the summer of 1995, Elsa and Eugene met on a train hurtling through Europe.
What unfolded changed them fundamentally, but reality hijacked the trajectory of their lives, forcing them to lose contact.
Now they're seven years older—one married, the other numb—and have a chance to either reconnect or remain stationary.
[ Edited: 9/21/2025 ]
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This Time by benmarcato
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013)
03 Mar 2025
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Toronto, 2010. London, 2015. The Cotswolds, 2025. How does the same kind of love unfold over three different places and three different times? Like the Ship of Theseus, can it even be called the same? In other words, Sherlock (BBC) à la Richard Linklater.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 30,680
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 8
- Hits:
- 130
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Oceans Apart by literallymikepancake
Fandoms: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013)
13 Jan 2025
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moments between Jesse and Celine occurring after Before Sunrise
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Before Noon by RichRock
Fandoms: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013)
31 Oct 2023
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Nine years after Before Midnight, Jesse and Celine drop their twin daughters off to their first day of college then stroll around Greenwich Village while confronting the twin notions of aging and the empty nest. What does a couple do once the children are out the door?
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Capture That Feeling by PWBistheboss
Fandoms: Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995)
19 Sep 2022
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Five years after walking around Vienna with a beautiful French woman, Jesse sits down one day and starts to write his and Celine's story. Post-Sunrise, pre-Sunset.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 763
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 8
- Hits:
- 189
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Life pumping through me by TheWrongKindOfPC for Diaphenia
Fandoms: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004)
18 Apr 2014
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Five times Celine and Jesse missed each other after Before Sunrise, and one time they didn't have to.
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don't know when i'll be back again by sarapod (four_right_chords)
Fandoms: Before Sunset (2004)
19 May 2013
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When Jesse opened the door of his house, his wife was standing in the doorway in a worn cardigan older than their marriage.
What happened after Jesse missed his plane.
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Jesse asks Celine to come with him to New York. (Picks up closely after the second movie)
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It's easier for him to be haunted, he's a writer. He puts it down in words and it's done, over.
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Oceans Apart by Jae Gecko (jaegecko)
Fandoms: Before Sunset (2004), Before Sunrise (1995), Before Midnight (2013)
20 Dec 2006
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In the midst of the publication of his first novel, Jesse tries to come to terms with what he's lost. (Post-Before Sunset and pre-Before Midnight, with flashbacks.)