How to Succeed in Business Retcon

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• Could There Be More (or: How to fix your life in 8 steps or less) by Felusal

  Fandoms: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying - Loesser/Burrows & Weinstock & Gilbert  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/F
  • Complete Work

  26 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rosemary Pilkington/Original Female Character
  • J. Pierrepont Finch/Rosemary Pilkington (mentioned)
  • Rosemary Pilkington & Smitty
  • Rosemary Pilkington
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • J. Pierrepont Finch
  • Smitty (How to Succeed)
  • j. pierrepont finch when i catch u
  • I Wrote This Because I Can
  • and you can't stop me
  • (Because even I can't stop me)
  • Finch's first name is now James
  • i don't really know what I'm doing here
  • hmmm yes
  • Retcon
  • Turns out 1950-60s New York was very homophobic actually
  • I wanted Elizabeth to wear a suit on their date but she would probably have been sexually harassed by a cop
  • Lesbian Rosemary Pilkington
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Compulsory Heterosexuality
  • One Shot
  • Fix-It of Sorts
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Happy Ending
  • Inspired by Fanfiction

  Summary

  Onward and upward.

  Series

  • Part 1 of How to Succeed in Business Retcon

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,016

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  4

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  38

• Need a Little Lovin' by Felusal

  Fandoms: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying - Loesser/Burrows & Weinstock & Gilbert  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/F
  • Complete Work

  11 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rosemary Pilkington/Original Female Character(s)
  • J. Pierrepont Finch/Rosemary Pilkington (mentioned)
  • Rosemary Pilkington
  • J. Pierrepont Finch
  • Smitty (How to Succeed)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • that's right i'm BACK
  • Lesbian Rosemary Pilkington (How to Succeed)
  • Dickhead James Pierrepont Finch (How to be a Shitty Husband)
  • Wholesome
  • Fluff
  • Slice of Life
  • No beta we die like Rosemary's soul when she was still married to Finch
  • Inspired by Fanfiction
  • I wanted Elizabeth to wear a suit on their date but she would probably have been sexually harassed by a cop
  • (She did it anyways this time)
  • Historical References
  • Historical Accuracy

  Summary

  In the aftermath of their kiss at the end of The Rest of Life Ahead, Rosemary and Elizabeth build a new life together.

  Series

  • Part 2 of How to Succeed in Business Retcon

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,968

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Kudos:

  2

  Hits:

  43