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little ways you try together (that make perfect relationships) by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
21 Oct 2025
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AU - Trying is caring, Madeline and Helen navigate life's turmoils, one new step at a time.
(Companion series to "clothing that you swap together")
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- Part 2 of the little things you do together
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familiar but foreign, a liminal feeling by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
17 Oct 2025
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She had whispered his name. Yes, she must have had. At least once, before the world dissolved in a pair of frightened blue eyes. Or perhaps she had screamed. Not his name, but she can recall an inhuman shriek near her and the burn of her throat, scorched earth but in skin.
Helen isn’t dead and she has woken to silence.OR
Seemingly boring Helen Menville leads a quiet life. Her days revolve around her husband, her cat, and the Broadway diva she’s sworn to get kicked out living across the courtyard. Her plan to ruin Madeline Ashton goes off-script, or does it?
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sideshow (the three of us) by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
09 Oct 2025
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Madeline's house hosts a circus that might be a love story.
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will you come rest (on my shoulder)? by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
20 Sep 2025
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Madeline’s throat tightens uncomfortably. She takes one of her hands off the wheel and pats Helen’s knee gently. The other woman flinches but doesn’t let Madeline take it away. It’s dangerous, driving with only one hand, but they’re both dead anyway, Helen has a hole packed with clay in the middle of her stomach to prove it.
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Madeline and Helen go home to Madeline's mansion after the fall.
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the age-old curse (I love you, i'm sorry) by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
05 Sep 2025
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By now, Virginia Ashton-Sharp knows how to present herself depending on which coast she’s on. In New York, she is Helen’s daughter. She's smart, sharp-tongued and meticulous. In L.A., she is Madeline’s, charming, funny and perceptive.
The truth is, Virginia doesn't really know who she is sometimes. She knows what she wants however.
It's really simple, Virginia just wants her family back.OR
Madeline and Helen's divorce near its four-year anniversary, their eleven year-old daughter knows in her heart they're still in love. She watches a movie and hatches a plan. Trouble ensues.
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the little things you do together by Notevenaproperword
Fandom: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
21 Oct 2025
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voglio vederti danzare by glindauplands
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
18 Oct 2025
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Helen invites Madeline to her family’s villa for the summer. A free vacation in Italy seems perfect, until the long summer days make it impossible to ignore the unspoken tension that's been building between them.
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Keep a tender distance by aftertheraven
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
27 Oct 2025
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that, should the worst woman alive on the planet propose marriage solely to procure a spousal visa and thus avoid deportation, the smart thing to do would be decline and immediately run in the opposite direction.
Unfortunately, Helen was stupid.OR
Madeline Ashton, editor in chief at Viva Publishing, is desperate to get married so she can stay in the country and keep her job. After thirty years, Helen Sharp still hasn’t figured out how to say no to her.
The Proposal/Fake Married AU.
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seven (are there still beautiful things?) by reyisking
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
09 Oct 2025
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“Do you want to be my friend?” Helen was stunned. Madeline looked like the popular girls from school that never wanted to do anything with her.
“You want to be friends?”
“Of course! Just write down your number.” Madeline handed a piece of paper and a pen. Helen smiled. She was so glad she had been found.
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The History of Madeline and Helen if they had met when they were kids. From age seven to eternity.
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She got away (she's got a way) by aftertheraven
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her (1992), Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
11 Jul 2025
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Madeline: [3:20PM]
Can you get more glue??Helen: [3:30PM]
Already? I got some three days ago.Madeline: [3:31PM]
Yes already
Its not even for me
Its your ass that’s peeling bitchDuring year one of eternity, Madeline makes a movie and Helen finishes her second novel.
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the fire and drive (that make dreams come alive) by sarahtlou
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
28 Aug 2025
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All her life, Madeline Ashton has harboured a competitive streak. It’s driven her to podium position many a time throughout her skating career, but something is missing - she’s never been the first to do something, and her prime years are fading away fast. However, when she runs into former rival Helen Sharp after a particularly disastrous practice, an idea blooms. Will Helen accept, or will Madeline be condemned to eventual anonymity once her career ends?