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    A series of vignettes and stories from the first year (or so) of Kate and Anthony's married life.

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    She wants to hit herself back to reality. She shouldn't be doing this. She knows how it feels to be cheated on—the betrayal, the humiliation, the way it hollows you out from the inside. But Jeremiah started it. So why can't she? Just once, to even the score. But she doesn't want to put Conrad in that position. His father's affair wrecked him. He loathes the very act that tore his family apart, that broke his mother in ways she never healed from. But oh… It's them, isn't it? In a way, it's always been them. And Conrad seems to be thinking the same thing; fate’s a bitch. Is this what it's like? When you and the love of your life can't be together, so you start turning away from your morals, compromising everything you once believed in?

    (or: belly and jeremiah get married, but belly and conrad still love each other. one more thing, they fuck—a lot.)

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    24 Oct 2025

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    She considers calling Taylor. She considers throwing her phone out the window. She considers tracking down her laptop and doing a deep-dive into the operation of the Hinge algorithm, so she can decide whether this chance-meeting-by-app was a matter of fate, circumstance, or mathematics.

    (Three years after almost marrying his brother, Belly stumbles across Conrad Fisher's profile on a dating app. She's being, like, totally normal about it).

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    05 Oct 2025

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    One would think that having the name of one's soulmate appear on one's wrist on one's sixteenth birthday would make matrimony much less complicated. It mostly does not. And not at all for Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourne.

    (A deconstruction of the "soulmate identifying mark" trope, using "Pride and Prejudice." Trigger warnings in the tags.)

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    13 Jan 2025

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    In which Anthony is unwell for the first few weeks of the season, so his family try to help out with his search for a wife.

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    30 Sep 2023

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    “You do not care what others think of you?” He asked. The man studied her and then quickly looked at their surroundings. “I find that difficult to believe.” 

    “And why is that?” Kate was not certain why she felt compelled to argue with the man, though he seemed to enjoy the back and forth. As did she, not that she would admit as much.

    He tilted his head. “You are attending a ball where the goal of nearly every unmarried person is to find a suitable match. We base such matches on what we think of others actions or status, do we not? To attend such an event disproves your earlier claim.”

    “Enlighten me, my lord. Is that your goal? Are you looking for a suitable match?” 

    He pursed his lips and looked away momentarily, and Kate felt herself almost sway at his movement, as if pulled into his orbit. He took a step closer. “And if I were to say yes?” 

    “If you were to say yes, then I would suggest it would do you better to peruse the dance floor rather than this terrace.” 
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    Or the one where neither of them are interested in marriage but can't help seeking out one another

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    22 Aug 2023