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This Love is Worth the Fight by philipaholt for Aaliko
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
06 Jan 2026
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In my story Back to You there were so many missed opportunities for Margaret and John to make things right. What if they took one of those chances?
Here are thirteen happier endings that could have happened, in celebration of the Twelve Days of Christmas (thirteen because it includes Christmas day 😊).
Happy Christmas to you all! And may you all take your second chance when it comes.
Love,
Pippa*note* none of these chapters are connected to each other. Each chapter is a stand alone "what if". If you aren't familiar with Back to You, I do suggest a quick read of the summary or the first chapter. Cheers.
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- Part 3 of Love is Merely A Madness
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03 Jan 2026
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A Marriage of Convenience by sophiaquills
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
19 Apr 2025
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Margaret is forced to marry John.
But can these two stubborn and passionate people overcome their differences and learn to fall in love.
[Started posing on FF.net but revising and completing it here]
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12 Dec 2025
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North and South à la Zoom by sophiaquills, Violet83 for Aaliko
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
27 Dec 2025
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John Thornton insists his Marlborough Mills office space needs urgent repairs.
His landlord, Margaret Hale, insists on preserving its historic charm.
Can a landlord-tenant dispute played out over emails, texts, and Zoom meetings resolve the damp walls and poor drainage?
And -- purely hypothetically -- also lead to romance?
Stranger things have happened.- Language:
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- 8/8
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11 Dec 2025
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Town and Country by charminglygrouped
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, AUSTEN Jane - Works
04 Jul 2025
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The Bennets are South Asian.
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- Part 1 of T&C verse
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- English
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- 76/76
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26 Sep 2025
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Two Wrongs by islawinter
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), Richard Armitage - Fandom
26 Mar 2024
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A modernization of North and South in which Margaret Hale is a social worker and John Thornton owns tenements where people live in poverty. Inspired by FaithBW's Back To You, but the plot diverges widely. I draw on my own experience as a social worker to imagine Margaret's life in a modern-day Milton, and I draw on my own *cough* obsession with Richard Armitage to create what I hope is a particularly sexy John Thornton.
Thank you to my North and South Book Club friends for the inspiration to write my first N&S fic!
All pics and gifs are of Richard Armitage as Lucas North in Spooks/MI5, the character who most closely matches my image of the modern-day Thornton.
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14 Sep 2025
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A Thrill of Hope by philipaholt for Vandraren_Lilly
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
24 May 2025
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In Breath of Hope, Margaret agrees to court John Thornton.
This is the story of that courtship and all that could have been.
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- Part 4 of The Greatest of These
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14 Sep 2025
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Family, friendship and first love by mselizabethsquire
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms
05 Dec 2025
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What if . . . Mrs. Gardiner's Lambton relations had been a little more well-to-do and what if she had stronger and longer ties to them and to Derbyshire? In this variation Elizabeth begins to spend summers with the Gardiners in Derbyshire at a fairly young age. As a result she develops her own ties to that part of the world and its people, including the Darcy's of Pemberley.
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- 47/47
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01 Sep 2025
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The First Time by Violet83
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
24 Aug 2025
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The first time John Thornton and Margaret Hale meet is in a Boston coffee shop. Is it love at first sight or just an irritating encounter?
Maybe by the second time (or third time, or fourth time...) they'll figure it out?
Now complete!
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28 Aug 2025
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A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place by Violet83
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
20 Oct 2024
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After meeting on their flight from London to Corfu, John and Margaret find themselves at the same hotel for their separate family weddings. Will they fall in love in their few days on the island?
Fully written. Now complete!
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- Part 2 of The Corfu Collection
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30 Jun 2025
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In the summer before her sixth year, Hermione finds herself in sudden, desperate need of a date for a family event, and turns to Ron for a favor. But when one little lie spirals out of control, they both end up with so much more than they ever imagined.
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15 Jun 2025
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Regency phrase guide by charminglygrouped
Fandoms: AUSTEN Jane - Works, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Emma - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
16 Sep 2025
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This is a reference guide intended to help writers of Regency-era stories by providing a quick place to check whether a certain phrase was in use in the era, and if so, how it was used. The earliest attestation dates of phrases that postdate the Regency era might also make this guide useful to writers of neo-Victorian fiction.
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19 May 2025
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After the Quidditch match, Harry realizes that he must do something to help his two best friends. Or, what might have happened if Harry was more emotionally mature. Sixth Year AU.
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10 May 2025
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Hermione Granger meets a stranger...Yeah, I'm bringing this one back.
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25 Apr 2025
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Secret doors, hidden halls, and moving staircases are commonplace at Hogwarts. So why does it feel like the castle is forcing him into locked rooms with Hermione Granger?
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20 Apr 2025
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After wartime and miscommunication have kept her and Viktor apart, Hermione seizes a chance to get to grips with their unresolved feelings.
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29 Mar 2025
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If Only We Had More Time by MichelleGz
Fandoms: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1995)
19 Mar 2023
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As Marianne sat at her husband's bedside she lamented that their time together had been so short. Despite their age difference the couple had enjoyed a wonderful 35 years of marriage together. However, as she looked back at the beginning of their relationship she felt despair fill her at the blindness she exhibited back then.
If she could do it all over again she would run headfirst toward her beloved Christopher. She would not waste one second on Willoughby or anyone else. As she closed her eyes to rest she prayed that her husband passed on from this world knowing how much she loved him. Little did she know she would be given the chance to follow through on her wishes.
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09 Mar 2025
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Hermione's not quite ready for her first time with Ron... or is she? Lots of fluff, little bit of smut. Complete!
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06 Mar 2025
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Last Train to Milton by ForeverAutumn1
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
21 Aug 2023
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Margaret Hale’s peaceful life is upended when her father dies while serving in his Helstone parish. Forced to depend on London relations, she may soon be compelled into an unwanted marriage. An unexpected provision from a friend will allow her a new independence, and will send her on a journey to a place she’s never been, Milton.
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05 Mar 2025
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The Trap by SomebodyCalledMeSebastian
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
05 Apr 2023
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Margaret is lost on the hill but who will search all through the night until he finds her? Yes, her one-time suitor, John Thornton, who would still lay down his cloak for her, or indeed his life. She’s hurt and can’t walk so he has to carry her to safety – and there’s a convenient shepherd’s hut hidden in the woods, shrouded in mist and fog - what are the odds!Bookmarked by bookbugreader
03 Mar 2025
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Trying to Tread Water by Taradactyls
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, AUSTEN Jane - Works
04 Oct 2025
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The marriage of convenience fic no one asked for.
The morning after the Netherfield Ball, while Mr Collins is proposing to Elizabeth, Mr Bennet collapses. With her father unconscious and apparently near death, her mother pressuring her to marry Mr Collins, and the gentleman himself ignoring her protests, suddenly saying 'no' is not so easy. Faced with poverty and homelessness if she continues refusing, the gossip soon reaches Netherfield that she will have to marry Mr Collins. Just as Mr Darcy is about to mount his horse and follow Mr Bingley to London, never to return, he overhears the servants talking. The thought of Elizabeth married to a fool like Mr Collins is unbearable to him, and he resolves to make her a better offer. But, when she refuses him, he finds that he's willing to do anything for love - even marry her without the hope of being with her.
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03 Mar 2025