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- The Wilds (TV 2020) (11)
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Five years after the island on a hot July day, Shelby Goodkind thinks back on how she's really not afraid of falling.
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Post-Island, closure one-shot.
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Shelby was a pop star discovered in her childhood bedroom in Texas. Toni was a shot in the dark out of Minnesota that landed on a basketball court. For years, they clashed in clickbait and media sound bites without ever actually exchanging a word. But everything changed when Toni attended Shelby’s sold-out show in Arizona. Will ironclad contracts, stifling fame, and deep-rooted fear drive them apart or be the catalyst of something bigger than they could have ever dreamed.
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A story told in headlines and the moments that actually made them. Celeb AU.
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Toni Shalifoe had a terrible year. She lost her job, her dog died, and her fiancée left her. Who could blame her for not having any Christmas Spirit? After one too many boozy eggnogs on Christmas Eve, Toni wakes up to the sound of a train outside her front door. That night, Toni lets a mysterious blonde train conductor take her on the Christmas journey of a lifetime.
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the polar express but its is actually a sexy midnight party train for adults that have lost their christmas spirit. humor with heart.
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From basketball courts and Monday meetings to the suburbs and soccer fields, 'together' was inevitable for Shelby and Toni. But 'forever' has a pretty nice ring to it, too.
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- Part 6 of Cowboy Like Me
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Shelby Goodkind and Toni Shalifoe spent their careers in a distant orbit until they collided in Minneapolis and sealed their fate for a lifetime. Over the years, Shelby always found herself looking across crowded rooms at Toni, but what she could actually do about the dark eyes looking back at her evolved.
Three times Shelby sees Toni: Once as strangers, once when they have a big secret, and once when they tell that secret to the world.
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Cowboy Like Me: Three parti mini series. Sweet and spicy. One part set in the past, a missing moment from the story, and another look into the future.
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- Part 5 of Cowboy Like Me
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It's a Goddamn Blaze in the Dark (and you started it) by WivesWhoWrite
Fandoms: The Wilds (TV 2020)
02 Feb 2026
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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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16 Apr 2025
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28-year-old Toni has been backpacking through South East Asia for 6 months, after a sudden and heart breaking split from the only stability in her life.
In a bid to run away and lose herself in different girls, countries, and cultures… she finds Shelby.
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11 Dec 2023
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Toni has been living comfortably with Fatin since her last stint in rehab almost a year ago. That is, until her high school crush shows up at their door having escaped an abusive relationship.
Can Toni and Shelby teach each other how to love, or will their own demons prove to be too great to overcome?
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26 Oct 2023
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It’s been 5 years since Toni made her gut-wrenching confession to her childhood best friend. 5 years since they last saw each other. 5 years since they last spoke. And that’s okay with Toni; out of sight, out of mind.
But their 5-year high school reunion brings Shelby back to town for the summer, forcing Toni to face the things she left behind all those years ago.
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It’s 8 years after they’ve all graduated high school. Toni runs a corner store and someone from her past waltzes in, changing everything. There’s a kickball league and more fluff than angst. This is a bad summary.
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The one with the kickball league and corner store that has a happy ending.
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14 Mar 2023