2 Series by itsmebethy

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• Where We Land by itsmebethy

  Fandom Slough House - Mick Herron, Slow Horses (TV)

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Series in Progress

  05 Apr 2026

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • River Cartwright/Original Female Character(s)
  • River Cartwright
  • David Cartwright
  • canon adjacent
  • Slow Burn
  • Mutual Pining
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Sexual Tension
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Widowed
  • Healing
  • single parent
  • Found Family
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Soft River Cartwright
  • Protective River Cartwright
  • Low espionage
  • High Feelings
  • Post-Canon
  • Established Relationship
  • Weddings
  • Dancing
  • child shenanigans
  • Learning to Stay
  • Bonus Scene

  Words:

  34,766

  Works:

  2

  Bookmarks:

  1

• Between The Lines by itsmebethy

  Fandom Slough House - Mick Herron, Slow Horses (TV)

  • Mature, Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Series in Progress

  13 Feb 2026

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • River Cartwright/Original Female Character(s)
  • River Cartwright/Annie Stuart
  • River Cartwright
  • Annie Stuart
  • David Cartwright
  • Annie Edison
  • Christmas Party
  • festive fluff
  • Holiday flirting
  • MI5 - Freeform
  • Tipsy Annie
  • Developing Relationship
  • Naughty List
  • Established Relationship
  • Post-Canon
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Fluff and Humor
  • Soft River Cartwright
  • New Year's Eve
  • NYE - Freeform
  • Protective River Cartwright
  • Idiots in love (but competent)
  • MI5 vs GCHQ
  • Snogging in a cupboard
  • Domesticity
  • quiet intimacy
  • Slice of Life
  • Introspective River Cartwright
  • Rugby
  • domestic intimacy
  • Competence Kink
  • protective River
  • Annie is Independent
  • fixing things as a love language
  • River needs care
  • Emotional Intimacy
  • Soft River
  • Annie gets it right
  • Food as Care
  • established trust
  • River Cartwright is Not Coping
  • Annie is Very Good At Things
  • Morning Routines
  • River Cartwright is trying
  • Emotional Support
  • Humour
  • Relationship Negotiation
  • emotional honesty
  • Boundaries
  • Listening and learning
  • Drunk Shenanigans
  • Food as Love Language
  • mutual confession
  • Reunion
  • Love Confessions
  • River Cartwright is bad at feelings
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Grief
  • Dementia
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Healing
  • Emotional Security
  • Light Smut
  • Flirting
  • Gardening as a Metaphor
  • Pregnancy
  • Body Image
  • Husband material River

  Summary

  Between The Lines explores the in-between moments — domestic chaos, accidental tenderness, and the life River and Annie build together after Hidden in Plain Sight.
  Each one-shot stands alone: quiet, messy, warm, and just a bit MI5.

  Words:

  23,052

  Works:

  13

  Bookmarks:

  2