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AU. Beth and Dean are engaged and due to set a date once Annie is on her feet. Annie can’t resist but skip some steps, leading to Rio bursting into her – and Beth’s lives. Beth comes to her sister’s defense, only to find she has her own problems to sort out. As circumstances and choices take her down an unexpected path, she starts to question whether the life she’d planned for herself is what she really wants.
1/1/2023 I am still working on this fic. I can't say when it will next be updated.
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18 Sep 2021
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"It was like Beth wasn’t sure of anything anymore. She wanted to simply ignore it all, maybe even cut ties and go back to just being a mother, maybe even get a legit job so she could keep providing. But she was forced to face the changes between her and Rio when she walked into her bedroom to find him waiting for her inside.
He was stood on the other end of the room, leaning back against her chest of drawers. There was no usual smile or mischievous smirk in place. In fact, he looked serious. Beth kept her eyes on him as she removed her jacket and placed it on the bed.
“What are you doing here?” she asked as she walked towards him, stopping by the end of the bed."
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27 Aug 2021
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Beth decides to run for city council
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20 Aug 2021
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Beth & Rio get stuck in an elevator. They finally talk. It's angsty. Enjoy.
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18 Aug 2021
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Beth needs a pep talk from Annie before she can hook up with Rio in her van; Rio senses Beth is nervous and gets her talking to relax her.
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Beth needs a second to regroup, so she drops Rio’s hand and turns to face him right before they get to the exit. Rio doesn’t look all that surprised, which makes Beth feel like he assumes she was never going to go through with it, and even though he’s more right than wrong, this offends her. Beth’s so tired of playing into everyone’s expectations of her as a boring, dowdy housewife, so somehow his acceptance only steels her resolve.
She’s going to hook up with this man with a neck tattoo in her car in a parking lot, and nothing is going to stop her—except Rio changing his mind, or maybe some sort of natural disaster, or if Ruby calls because there’s some sort of kid emergency or—
Beth really needs to stop thinking.
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- Part 3 of little black dress and practical heels
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18 Aug 2021
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“Expensive car,” Dean concedes, rubbing his tongue along his teeth. “Lots of good stuff about the CTS, but you know, it ranks lower on reliability than its rivals. Expensive to fix.”
“Yeah,” Rio nods before he downs the rest of his drink. “I can afford it, though.” Rio sets his glass down on the counter and then moves his hand to rest it on Beth’s knee. His hand is warm and he gives her a slight squeeze, which makes her stomach clench.
Beth can’t help but smile. Dean stiffens, taking in Rio’s hand placement, and then he eyes Rio’s neck tattoo.
“What is it that you do?”
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AU. Post-divorce Beth meets up with Annie at a bar, but Annie's late. While she's waiting, she runs into Dean and Amber. Rio pretends to be her date.
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- Part 1 of little black dress and practical heels
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18 Aug 2021
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She tries not to think of that night. Tries to bury it in the depths of her mind, lose the memories somewhere between miscellaneous body parts and vagina floss thongs. Her feelings aren’t rational but her mind is. So she focuses on her mind, lets it take the events and distort them into something logical. Something bearable.
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18 Aug 2021
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A collection of drabbles that turned into a pregnancy chapter fic - shrug.gif
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Post 4x12, Annie needs Mick for a (fake-date) favor, the night goes better than expected.
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13 Aug 2021
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After taking his money back from the storage unit, it's six months before Rio and Beth see each other again and it doesn't take too long for them to fall back into business together, only this time, everything is different.
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12 Aug 2021