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Mary Bennet has spent her whole life trying not to be ungainly. Tom Hayward has spent his whole life accepting that he is.
When Mary Bennet lands the internship of her dreams at The Woodhouse Post, she is certain her efforts will finally pay off. That is, until Tom Hayward, the award-winning political journalist, knocks her off her feet. Literally.
Or...
Tom is a walking hazard & Mary overthinks way too much.
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Let 'Em In by dabeedan
Fandoms: The Other Bennet Sister (TV), Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms
11 Jul 2026
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Mary Bennet spent years loving Tom Hayward quietly. Quietly enough that nobody noticed. Not Tom, who only ever saw his best friend's younger sister. Not Jane, who never realised how carefully Mary stayed out of the way.
University changed everything. By the time Mary returned, she learnt how to take up space; she became someone she finally recognised in the mirror.
Then she moved into the spare room of Tom’s flat.
Tom can't understand why the friend he remembers so fondly now keeps him carefully at arm's length. Mary can't understand why the boy from her past suddenly seems determined to learn every version of who she's become.
Some people grow apart. Others simply need to meet each other twice.
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The decisions we’ve made will haunt us for the rest of our lives, and we can’t change them; Mary knew that all too well. She had come to terms with it in her new life, with her new job and her new responsibilities.
And she liked her life; that much was true.
But a guest who had just arrived in town might change that perception and bring back old memories.
Modern AU
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18 Apr 2026
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Mary Bennett knew what was to happen on her wedding night. Or, more accurately, she sort of knew what was to happen on her wedding night. There were many books hidden under her bed, both in childhood and adulthood, that briefly mentioned the logistics of the activities that would occur, but only in the briefest, most clinical sense.
To be completely frank, she was unsure what the appeal was. Besides, it is not as if she thought she would ever have the opportunity to experience said activities. The only additional information she was provided had come from her sisters, and they all had different ideas of whether or not wifely duties were… pleasurable. And even Lizzie, who had expressed how wonderful her wedding night had been, never went into great detail about what had made it so wonderful.
Now, only a day before her wedding, Mary was more confused than she had ever been. For the first time ever, she had the realization that she would be acting out the intimate details she had read about, not just reading them.-
Or: I thought it would be nice if Mary learned the appeal of intimacy with her husband while he reads a particularly... spicy poem aloud to her.
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16 Apr 2026
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The deeply dorky engagement period and wedding of one Mary Bennet and one Mr Hayward.
Or Mr Darcy gains another brother-in-law
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08 Apr 2026
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Mary knows those footsteps, has listened for the sound they make coming up the stairs of the Gardiners' London house every day for the past three months.
The sound of those footsteps only means one thing. Mr Hayward is home.
(mary moves to london three years earlier au)
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08 Apr 2026
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catastrophic blues (it's a cruel summer) by sophieschapters
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV) RPF
20 Feb 2024
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Being regarded as the worst of the privileged Bridgerton siblings, Colin Bridgerton is indescribable. Penelope Featherington takes on as many jobs as she can, but serving at weddings is her favourite. This is the story of how luck connects the dots with a glass of champagne.
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27 Jun 2023