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    Ava visits the coastal town of Suncliff Beach thinking whales will be the most magnificent sight to behold. Beatrice works at the local bookstore and believes her first love is the ocean. They are both very, very wrong.

    (or, a small town AU)

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    27 Dec 2023

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    The photo underneath the headline catches Ava's attention before she can figure out what she’s looking at. It’s a landscape shot of a lighthouse sitting atop a cliff and silhouetted against a bold sunset, its beacon lit. It looks like it’s at the end of the world, surrounded by rocks and the sea.

    She frowns.

    The ad is for a relief lighthouse keeper. She tentatively scrolls down to look at the duties and requirements, fully expecting to find that she’s unsuited for the job.

    Except she’s kind of… perfect for it?

    Unmoored, a little lost, and always impulsive, she thinks fuck it and spends the next three hours fixing her resumé, digging for her certification details, and writing an overly enthusiastic cover letter.

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    10 Dec 2023

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    for ava and beatrice, falling in love was easy.

    it's everything else that was complicated.

    a coffee shop au

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    04 Nov 2023

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    Ava’s not the most skilled chef in the world and her baking skills are even less developed - but she’s learning and has expanded her ‘trusted dishes’ list to well over fifteen.

    Even if Lilith tells her that five of them are only edible with egregious amounts of sauce and or salt.

    Still, she’s getting better and today is a big test. Hell, today might be the most important test of her kitchen skills she’s ever had.

    The last thing Ava wants to do is fuck up her daughters first birthday cake.

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    a small town, slow burn au

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    16 Oct 2023

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    Ava shrugged. "But we'll never know, because he didn't let me install a ring doorbell before it happened!"

    "Miss Silva." Judge Wright-Lee sighed, taking off her glasses and pinching the bridge of her nose. "I know what I said earlier about developing your answers, but sometimes less is more."

    "Well, your Honor, I'm more of a more or less kind of girl." Ava responded without thinking too much.

    And she could have sworn the judge twitched her lips in a smile before saying, "I've noticed."

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    Or the one in which Ava gets a ticket for something she didn't do and Beatrice happens to be the judge at her trial.

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    15 Oct 2023