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  1. Public Bookmark 18

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    Ten years ago, Shelby ran from the island straight back to the gilded cage of Texas, ghosting Toni Shalifoe and burying their love in a safe, straight marriage. Now divorced and terrified, Shelby flees to Portland for a fresh start with her daughter, Rose. But her anonymity shatters when she discovers Toni—still angry and still captivating—is living just twenty minutes away. Shelby wanted a new life; she got a forced confrontation with the past she abandoned.

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    09 Nov 2025

  2. Rec *

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    An elevator story, being UPDATED as of Sept. 2017 with supplemental chapters, newly written -

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    16 Sep 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Elevator sex except it's just them looking at each other's outfits (until they actually have sex)

  3. Public Bookmark 68

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    Toni's coach has put all the athletes on a sex ban to reduce the chance of injury before the big game. Initially, Shelby is horrified at the prospect but when her best friend Fatin convinces her that good things come (pun intended) to those who wait, she thinks there might be something in playing the long game.

    Unfortunately for her, Toni thinks so too, and it quickly becomes a game they're both more than happy playing dirty to win.

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    12 Jan 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Shoni picket fence

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    caitlyn kiramman has rules. don’t miss a treatment. don’t forget your meds. don’t let anyone in. it’s easier that way. living with cystic fibrosis means caitlyn is used to being careful, used to being the girl behind the glass. she’s not looking for connection. she’s not looking for anyone.

    then ten-year-old powder literally crashes into her.

    powder is chaos in human form—loud, smart-mouthed, and newly admitted to the hospital for leukemia. she’s also the little sister of vi: an overworked, sleep-deprived eighteen-year-old who’s practically raising her siblings on her own while juggling two jobs and drowning in hospital bills.

    vi is everything caitlyn’s not—messy, impulsive, and heartbreakingly real. she shouldn't care. she shouldn’t want more.

    but soon, caitlyn finds herself looking forward to lunches with powder, hallway run-ins with vi, and late-night thoughts she can’t quite shake. and vi? she never thought she’d meet someone who looked at her like she wasn’t just barely holding it all together.

    in a place where life is fragile and nothing is guaranteed, falling for someone feels like the biggest risk of all.

    but maybe some rules are meant to be broken.

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    29 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    (Hospital AU
    Caitlyn has CF / Powder has leukemia)
    So addictive can't get enough of how good this is

  5. Rec 39

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    Shelby Goodkind has always had a bit of a *thing* for Toni Shalifoe. It doesn't mean anything, because Toni's a fired-up, hot-headed, foul-mouthed TV chef that Shelby knows she’ll never actually meet and won't like at all in reality.

    So imagine Shelby’s surprise when she’s selected to be a contestant on Toni's cooking show. Especially when, before the competition even heats up, Shelby discovers Toni Shalifoe might just have a *thing* for her too.

    It’s a recipe for disaster.

    Can they make it out of the kitchen before getting burned?

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    25 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    (Chef Toni
    Cooking show)
    So fucking good