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Almost three years after the death of her husband, Francesca is officially out of her mourning period and ready for the next phase of her life.
However, despite the urging of her mother, she is in no hurry to return to Mayfair. Instead, she wishes to remain in Scotland with her dear friend Michaela, the newly minted Countess of Kilmartin, and run the estate together, as John would have wished.
But she cannot fathom why, on occasions, she is drawn to Michaela for reasons she cannot quite name. Why sometimes there is a strange intensity between them, a tension that she doesn’t share with anyone else.
or; Falling in love with your best friend, even if you don't quite know it yet.
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31 Jan 2025
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“She’s besotted with us, isn’t she?” Lisa says, amused. “Not that I mind. It’s nice, you know? Kids seeing queer relationships in public and thinking nothing of it.”
She gestures vaguely between them, “Even if that’s not what this is.”
OR What if Carla never said, “Don’t get dressed,” and the sapphic yearning continued?
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11 Jan 2025
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AU. Carla Barlow and Lisa Swain are next door neighbours, both stuck in unhappy marriages. Neither woman are friends, however what happens when life suddenly brings them closer together?
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06 Jan 2025
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Set in an alternate universe where both Carla and Lisa are still married. The two women cross paths but can they fight their unexpected connection?
Part one of ‘Tied to you’.
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- Part 1 of Tied to you
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22 Dec 2024
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A quick follow-up to Wednesday's scene in which Lisa and Carla discuss coming out.
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20 Dec 2024
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04 Dec 2024
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When Carla invites Lisa back to her flat for a drink, they get closer. Carla does this with all her friends, so why does this feel so different?
Set during Lisa and Carla’s wine dates in late September and early October.
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29 Nov 2024
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do you taste old shame (when you lick my wounds) by upriserseven
Fandoms: Coronation Street
07 Nov 2024
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Hopeless at casual is only half true, really. She'd be hopeless at casual now. She used to be brilliant at casual. Casual was her bread and butter, her way of being. The Lisa of 20 years ago dreaded anything but, to be honest.
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08 Nov 2024
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At The Rovers, Betsy struggles to understand why Carla and Lisa are no longer speaking. Will her interference bring them together at last?
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07 Nov 2024
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She breaks her gaze away from the ceiling, gathering the courage to turn her head. Lisa is clearly lost in her own thoughts, her eyes flitting back and forth across the room, jaw clenching in quick succession. In the morning light, Carla is able to make out the dark shine of something on her lower lip.
“You’re bleeding.”
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- Part 3 of this must be the place
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03 Nov 2024
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Lisa can’t sleep. Carla provides some over-the-phone encouragement.
What starts out as a bit of fun could lead to a much deeper connection between the two.
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30 Oct 2024
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Francesca trembles, and yearns.
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13 Sep 2024
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Michaela keeps bringing girls home back to Kilmartin Castle and it's driving Francesca crazy.
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Jealous Francesca AU
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- Part 2 of Commissioned Prompts
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29 Aug 2024
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AU: In the Enchanted Forest, Regina decides against casting the dark curse, and opts to get her revenge on Snow White a different way: by making a deal with her, allowing her to corrupt her innocent teenage daughter, the beautiful young Princess Emma.
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21 Jul 2024
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If one did not watch Michaela closely, nothing would have seemed amiss. She smiled, as always, mirthful, as always; but Francesca was watching closely, and she saw that smile freeze, for just half a second, and then suddenly, like a jam jar coming loose after half an hour’s effort, Francesca understood.
“An innate indifference,” she said, “to men.”
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Scenes from the early days of Francesca's marriage (the early days of her attraction to Michaela)
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16 Jun 2024
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Miranda knows what she and her second assistant are doing is absolutely not sex. Or so she tells herself.
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27 May 2023
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A series of ficlets showing events during or between Kate/Rana scenes. (latest: Kate's adventures in Devon)
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- Part 1 of Kana Ficlets
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10 Apr 2023
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It's been a good few days since Rana's seen Kate and she misses her dearly. Suddenly, a little something to make her feel better magically appears in her home. ^.^
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08 Apr 2023
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Won't you let me make you happy? by weareallabitcuriousthoarentwe
Fandoms: Coronation Street
06 Dec 2017
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What could’ve, should’ve and would’ve happened in that van had Luke not interrupted them/had the show not been airing before 9pm (i.e Kate and Rana finally release months of sexual tension, confusion and emotional strife into some beautiful lovemaking)
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08 Apr 2023
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A look inside the food van.
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06 Apr 2023