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    A World In Lilac Hues by

    Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms  

    03 Oct 2022

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    It began, as so many dreadful things do, at a party.

    Elizabeth Bennet’s first impression of Fitzwilliam Darcy is… unfavourable. Her second and third impressions are hardly any better. He’s aloof and haughty and casually insulting, yet she keeps catching glimpses of something deeper in his character. Which is the only possible explanation for why she can't seem to get him out of her head.

    Free-spirited artist Elizabeth is everything Darcy disapproves of, yet he finds himself captivated by her... and quite desperately attracted. Try as he might he can't stop himself from wanting her, or being drawn back again and again as she works on a mural for his new offices. He can't seem to stay away from her, or stay out of his own way in his attempts to connect with her.

    When the consequences of Darcy’s actions bring the sexual tension between himself and Elizabeth to a head they both think that will be the end of it. Yet circumstances and their own desires keep bringing them together and slowly, gradually, they learn to see beyond those first impressions and forge an understanding—a new, tender understanding that comes just at the moment when Elizabeth’s family finds itself facing a terrible crisis.

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    04 Nov 2025

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    Not a Woman Who Waits, Not a Man Who Forgives by ,

    Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995)  

    06 Oct 2025

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    When Elizabeth Bennet finds herself bound to a scandalous marriage bargain that would save her family home at the cost of her honor, she flees.
    Pursued by the very men who would claim her, she runs straight into the path of the one man she has sworn to despise.
    Her instinct to trust Darcy—against all reason—sets in motion a chain of events that will alter both their lives forever.
    In a world that mistakes virtue for compliance, one reckless plea forces Darcy to confront the truth: that honourable men do not always wait, and that cowardice can sometimes hide behind restraint.

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    The one where Elizabeth begs a favor -- a very improper favor. ;-)

     

    Thank you all for loving on this fic. I’ve decided to make it a full story because of YOU!
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    I've never really written for a theme before, but a scene dropped into my lap while I was thinking about the "let the ladies propose" prompt. I think my brain is still processing my first reading of the ancient poem The Wanderer, and I've been dwelling a lot on noble knights and love-struck heroes lately.

    Just a little blip of a scene. Could be a fun story?

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    06 Oct 2025

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    Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by

    Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

    08 Apr 2022

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    Hermione straddles the Muggle and Magical worlds as a medical researcher and Healer about to make a big discovery. Draco is an Auror assigned to protect her from forces unknown – to both of their displeasure.

    Features hyper-competent, fiery Hermione and lazy, yet dangerous, Draco. Slow burn.

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    If We Never Meet Again by

    Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

    30 Oct 2021

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    "By the time this is all over, you'll have to be a little in love with each other."

    Written for Jilytober 2021's Bittersweet challenge: "here, use my sweater to warm up in," sweet to bitter.

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    17 Sep 2025

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    Fearlessly Red by

    Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Taylor Swift (Musician)  

    09 Sep 2024

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    Red. It was such an interesting color to correlate with emotion because it was on both ends of the spectrum. On one end there was happiness, falling in love, passion, all that. On the other end was jealousy, fear and frustration. Maybe that's why James thought the nickname fit Lily so well. (Bodyguard!James/Celebrity!Lily)

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    16 Sep 2025