16 Bookmarks by boredhufflepuff
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Between midnight consults and dog-eared medical journals, Samira and Dr. Jack Abbot build an uneasy, electric understanding, until a shared weekend in the West Virginia mountains pulls them out of the Pitt and onto the open road, where the distance, the darkness, and the drive force them to confront what’s been growing between them all along.
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20 Feb 2026
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unzip my body, take my heart out by tetheredbelief
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
30 Jan 2026
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Madeline knows it isn’t their fault, not entirely. She knows they can’t control it half the time. They’re addictive by nature. Their pheromones infiltrate your system, their voice sweet and hypnotic. Soon, every inch of your body is screaming with want regardless of how much your mind wants to say no.
But to them, you’re just another vessel. Another fix as opposed to the artificial stuff even the best scientists couldn’t admit was better than the feeling of a fresh neck with fresh blood pouring into the mouths of the hungry.
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Vampire!Helen and Human!Madeline
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01 Feb 2026
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so hot you're hurting my feelings by abloodymatch
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
25 Jan 2026
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A night on the town. A ride in Madeline's Bentley.
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27 Jan 2026
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So, about that one little regret…
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26 Jan 2026
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She inhales and then hands the cigarette back to him while she blows the smoke over her shoulder, so she can turn to him with nothing in the way when she tells him, “You can have the rest of my life.”
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26 Jan 2026
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for better, for worse by tetheredbelief
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
27 Feb 2026
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Moments before your body experiences its worst trauma, you’re supposed to see your life flash before your eyes. Pivotal moments, intense emotional moments you’ve had with family and friends, loved ones. They’re supposed to replay in your head at warp speed, moving so quickly it can be hard to even begin to process. But it is nothing but a surge of brain activity meant to cushion your fall before your mind completely shuts down, forcing your organs and bodily functions to cease all activity as well.
Helen Sharp sees nothing when a truck is barreling towards her as she turns the wheel to get back onto her street. She doesn’t see anything when her car is hit violently on its side and flips three times over, skidding into a ditch filled with water. Her body is thrown around like a ragdoll, the seat belt constraining her as much as it can, failing to protect her head as it gets whacked into the steering wheel and the driver side window, cracking the glass. She hangs upside down, blood draining from her limbs straight to her head.
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a madhel amnesia fic
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22 Jan 2026
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faith that's earthly bound by simpards
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
17 Mar 2026
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She had thought she had finally hacked it. That was until she moved to Somerset Heights.
She is unraveling and her edges are fraying in the wind. All because of a blonde domestic housewife. She wishes she could laugh. Instead she grips the wheel tighter and lays her head on it. Resists the urge to smash it at least five times.
A metaphor of a moth drawn to a flame. Except, Madeline Menville is as powerful as the sun. And Helen burns. Unable to stop herself from being drawn by her radiance.
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neighbor!hel companion fic to housewife!mad's
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- Part 2 of creatures of the spring, you and i
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20 Jan 2026
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familiar but foreign, a liminal feeling by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
28 Feb 2026
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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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16 Jan 2026
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Keep a tender distance by aftertheraven
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
31 Jan 2026
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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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16 Jan 2026
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the age-old curse (I love you, i'm sorry) by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
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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- Part 1 of the age-old curse (i love you)
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16 Jan 2026
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The Blur Between Our Lines by xXjay_readsXx
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
21 Sep 2025
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Helen took a deep breath, steeling herself for Madeline's reaction. “Well, your advisor happened to put you in MY class.”
Madeline looked at her with wide eyes, “Well, you have to be mistaken, I told her to put me in an easy class, all of your courses are advanced.”
She threw a finger aggressively at Helen, who was still sitting down. “Not to mention, we LIVE together, is that even allowed?”
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Helen Sharp is a genius professor who’s achieved more by 25 than most do in a lifetime. Madeline Ashton, her beautiful, chaotic best friend and roommate is about to graduate college, but needs one more class to pass. It just so happens her dear best friend has a opening in her advanced English course. They collide, emotionally, mentally and physically?
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16 Jan 2026
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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15 Jan 2026
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Breaking the ice by DeathBecomesWho
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
01 Dec 2025
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Helen Sharp was not a sports fan. But when she was handed a ticket for a women's ice hockey game, she decided to step outside her comfort zone. What she didn't expect was to be so enamoured with one of the players, Madeline Ashton.
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MadHel college Ice Hockey AU
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15 Jan 2026
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i never wanted to love you by private_property_pelican
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
27 Feb 2026
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Her mother holds her face, a hand on each cheek. Her grasp is too firm. “Maddie. You do not want to marry a woman. You do not think women are pretty. You do not love women.” Madeline opens her mouth to protest but is silenced by the look in her mother’s eyes. “This is not a discussion, dear. This is something you are going to learn here and now. We will not have this conversation again. Do you understand?” Madeline nods, shakily. She doesn’t understand why, but she certainly knows what her mother means. And she knows to follow the rules.
Character study of Madeline throughout her life. She and her mom are both painfully aware that she's a lesbian but they're trying to pretend that's not real--lots of stuff with her mother, lots of low self-esteem depressing sex with men. MadHel, but it's gonna take a sec and most of it will be repression and yearning.
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08 Jan 2026
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Terms of Employment by xXjay_readsXx
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
22 Jan 2026
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“Hi. Welcome in,” she said, voice smooth and professional despite the flutter under her ribs. “I’m Helen Sharp, CEO of Sharp Publishing. And you are?”
The blonde stepped forward, her handshake firm, warm.
“Madeline Ashton.”
A sharp spark, like a jolt of static, or something stronger… Shot up Helen’s arm the moment their hands met. Both women glanced down, then back at each other, eyes locking again.
____________When Helen Sharp, the no-nonsense CEO of her family’s publishing company, hires a new assistant, she expects efficiency, not a distraction. But Madeline Ashton’s bright smile and relentless optimism quickly start to unravel the careful walls Helen’s built around herself. Between long hours, quiet offices, and growing tension, lines begin to blur in ways neither woman can ignore.
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29 Dec 2025
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hold me like water by simpards
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
29 Mar 2026
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Madeline has the perfect life. She reminds herself as she applies her make up in her vanity.
She has everything a woman can dream of: a husband and a house big enough for a family of six with a perfect lawn and picket fence.
She is the American Dream all those men fought so hard for in the second World War.
Still, she’s profoundly unsatisfied.
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housewife! mad and neighbor!hel in 1959 au
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- Part 1 of creatures of the spring, you and i
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28 Dec 2025