diff --git a/crates/obscura-cdp/tests/dynamic_script_onload_fires.rs b/crates/obscura-cdp/tests/dynamic_script_onload_fires.rs
index 2d5a6fe..e5c99ab 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-cdp/tests/dynamic_script_onload_fires.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-cdp/tests/dynamic_script_onload_fires.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ async fn serve_dynamic_order_fixture(explicitly_in_order: bool) -> (String, Arc<
                         "window.__dynamicOrder.push('slow');".to_string(),
                     )
                 } else if request.starts_with("GET /fast.js") {
-                    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
                     (
                         "application/javascript",
                         "window.__dynamicOrder.push('fast');".to_string(),
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ async fn dynamic_classic_fetch_concurrency_matches_force_async_state() {
         navigate_dynamic_order_fixture(true).await;
     assert_eq!(ordered_order, ["slow", "fast"]);
     assert_eq!(
-        ordered_peak, 1,
-        "explicit async=false scripts must retain their insertion-order queue"
+        ordered_peak, 2,
+        "explicit async=false scripts must overlap fetches while retaining their execution-order queue"
     );
     assert!(
-        async_elapsed_ms + 50 < ordered_elapsed_ms,
-        "concurrent fetches should avoid the ordered waterfall: async={async_elapsed_ms}ms ordered={ordered_elapsed_ms}ms"
+        ordered_elapsed_ms < async_elapsed_ms + 300,
+        "execution ordering must not serialize network fetches: async={async_elapsed_ms}ms ordered={ordered_elapsed_ms}ms"
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js b/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
index 41cb1fc..47a63fe 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
+++ b/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
@@ -274,28 +274,44 @@ function _decodeDataScriptUrl(url) {
 globalThis.__markParserScripts = function(nids) {
   for (const nid of nids || []) Deno.core.ops.op_script_mark_started(+nid);
 };
+async function __fetchDynClassicScript(task) {
+  let body;
+  if (task.url.startsWith('data:')) {
+    body = _decodeDataScriptUrl(task.url);
+  } else {
+    const raw = await Deno.core.ops.op_fetch_url(
+      task.url, "GET", "{}", "", task.pageOrigin, "no-cors", "same-origin"
+    );
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+    // The HTML script-fetch algorithm treats an unsuccessful HTTP response
+    // as a network error. Evaluating its response body is both observably
+    // unlike browsers and dangerous: JSON error payloads and diagnostic HTML
+    // must never become script source.
+    if (!(parsed.status >= 200 && parsed.status <= 299)) {
+      throw new Error('HTTP ' + (parsed.status || 0));
+    }
+    body = parsed.body;
+  }
+  return body;
+}
+function __startDynClassicFetch(task) {
+  // Attach both reactions immediately. An in-order script may finish fetching
+  // before an earlier queue member; retaining a settled value avoids an
+  // unhandled-rejection report while its execution turn is still blocked.
+  task.fetchResult = __fetchDynClassicScript(task).then(
+    body => ({ body }),
+    error => ({ error }),
+  );
+}
 async function __runDynScriptTask(task) {
   try {
     if (task.isModule) {
       await import(task.url);
     } else {
-      let body;
-      if (task.url.startsWith('data:')) {
-        body = _decodeDataScriptUrl(task.url);
-      } else {
-        const raw = await Deno.core.ops.op_fetch_url(
-          task.url, "GET", "{}", "", task.pageOrigin, "no-cors", "same-origin"
-        );
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
-        // The HTML script-fetch algorithm treats an unsuccessful HTTP
-        // response as a network error. Evaluating its response body is both
-        // observably unlike browsers and dangerous: JSON error payloads and
-        // diagnostic HTML must never become script source.
-        if (!(parsed.status >= 200 && parsed.status <= 299)) {
-          throw new Error('HTTP ' + (parsed.status || 0));
-        }
-        body = parsed.body;
-      }
+      if (!task.fetchResult) __startDynClassicFetch(task);
+      const fetched = await task.fetchResult;
+      if (fetched.error) throw fetched.error;
+      const body = fetched.body;
       if (body) {
         // A fetched async script is executed by a ScriptRunner task, not by
         // the fetch promise's microtask continuation. Besides matching event
@@ -1374,8 +1390,17 @@ function __prepareInsertedScript(script) {
     const explicitlyInOrder = !isModule
       && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(script, 'async')
       && script.async === false;
-    if (!isModule && !explicitlyInOrder) {
-      __runAsyncClassicScript(task);
+    if (!isModule) {
+      // Fetch all dynamically inserted classics immediately. `async=false`
+      // changes only execution order: browsers still overlap their network
+      // requests, then hold a ready body behind earlier ordered scripts.
+      __startDynClassicFetch(task);
+      if (explicitlyInOrder) {
+        __dynScriptQueue.push(task);
+        __processDynScriptQueue();
+      } else {
+        __runAsyncClassicScript(task);
+      }
     } else {
       __dynScriptQueue.push(task);
       __processDynScriptQueue();