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  1. Rec 3

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    You do not care for men. Most pursue you for the fortune they will inherit if you marry. But there was one, selfless Devil who saved you, and you could not easily forget his charms. Your Aunt and Uncle Ellison, however, beg for your realism in finding a suitable partner. At a Ball one evening, you cross paths with a Mr. Murdock. Could he be the fix for your situation? Or, perhaps, a devilish trick?

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    Spring is turning to summer and I have been re-reading Jane Austen Novels. Please enjoy this limited series, 5 installments are planned and half-written and will be uploaded as they are edited and polished! The name is also a reference to Persuasion, and there are references littered all through from various Austen novels. <3

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    08 May 2025

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    You met Matthew Murdock unexpectedly at Columbia University and you couldn't deny that there was an instant attraction–for you. But for Matt, you became as close of a friend to him as Foggy did. As the years pass by, your feelings only grow for your best friend, but all you can do is watch as he dates and sleeps with every other woman on campus and eventually in New York City but you.

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    22 Apr 2025

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    A one-night stand years ago gave you a daughter and you are now able to put a name to her father – Matthew Murdock. Everything is about to change again as you navigate trying to integrate your life with that of the handsome and charming blind lawyer’s while Matt realizes he needs to not only protect his new family from Hell's Kitchen, but from the world.

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    16 Apr 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 75

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    Lane Kim is trapped in a life she doesn’t want. Her days are full of lies and disappointment. She carries guilt and longing with her like a really ugly backpack. Jess Mariano is stuck in a vicious cycle. He feels like he has nothing and never will. Especially after moving to Stars Hollow, where he seems to lose over and over. Neither teen can seem to get anything right, and witty pop culture references can only cover so much before something gives. But misery loves company—what if they were each other’s best bet all along?

     

    (A LaneJess Gilmore Girls rewrite—canon divergent.)

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    17 Oct 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 41

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    He hadn't meant to do it, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want it. No, he wants, he desperately wants things to change, and he has hope that she does too.

    Two years Post Fall and Jess, for all he's tried, can't contain how he feels anymore. He loves her and her daughter and the place they've made for him in their lives, but it can't continue like this for much longer. Luckily, Rory feels the same.

    Chapter 8
    "Writing allows authors to change their minds, it's part of the process." He did wonder about the change. Still, he never asked or brought it up for another reason, "besides, I couldn't question it because going further would have…"

    "Would have brought you into it."
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    You were like an overactive toddler that night," she sighs, amused, but her tone is still overly fond. While he goes pink thinking about it, everything before the crash. That's not an inaccurate description. The rush of having her undivided attention was so new.
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    She kisses a wet line along his chest, his stomach. Only pausing when she's inches from him. Blowing a stream of cool air against his skin. His stomach goes taught, and her smile turns dangerous, altogether much too pleased.

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    30 Sep 2024