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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
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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
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Every Time I See You I Want To Kiss You; Who Am I To Keep You From Doing Whatever You Want? by nc_ej_eg
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls
12 Feb 2023
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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.Bookmarked by joaniebear
30 Sep 2024
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Rory had long rationalized her relationship with Jess down to a combination of misdirected friendship and teenage lust, and she was sure he felt the same way. So when he suddenly goes silent after she sends him her latest chapter, she's not expecting what she finds when she tracks him down. And now nothing will ever be the same. A prelude to "Daddy Shark."
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- Part 2 of Daddy-Shark-verse
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22 Sep 2024
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Pure rage flowed through his veins. Apathy was a good enough disguise most of the time, but anger bubbled beneath the surface almost constantly. It left him unstable and on-edge, desperate to keep moving, or else, unleash the full, unbridled power of his wrath on someone who didn’t deserve it.
Now, he was doing just that. Now, he was pissing his life away just because.
Now, he had nothing but the open road and the noise.
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Or, what happened when Jess Mariano left.
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14 Sep 2024
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“You know that phrase fake it ‘til you make it? Well, sometimes you’ll do that unintentionally.”
Fake dating au on season 5. Sort of.- Language:
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08 Sep 2024
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It wasn't supposed to be this way. Just when Rory and Jess finally think they have it all figured out, it turns out that life has other plans. It has been over a year since they last saw each other, since they last spoke to each other, since they last kissed. Both have wondered about the other, considered reaching out to each other, but now is not the time for a reunion, not as both their lives are falling apart. But again, life has other plans.
This is kind of a season eight. It takes place post original series but with some differences. See author notes for more details.
Takes place July 2007-May 2008
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- Part 2 of To Build A Home
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Post AYITL. A multi-chapter prequel to my one shot "We'll Always Have Paris".** literati, rated M ;)
**this has now extended past the WAHP one-shot starting with chapter 53! -
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In which Paris forces Rory to go to the Chilton prom, so Rory and Jess attend two proms.
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09 Aug 2024
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It’s a few days before her graduation from Chilton, but Rory Gilmore has a lot more on her mind than being the valedictorian. She’s just discovered something life-changing, she’s pregnant and her boyfriend, the father, has skipped town. What will she do—keep the baby or figure something else out? With no way to contact Jess, things seem impossible. What will she do, and how will she navigate something that can’t be taught from a book?
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09 Aug 2024
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Present day romance/family drama centering around Jess and Rory.
Jess is doing great in New York...and then Rory walks back into his life.
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- Part 1 of Silver Walks 'Verse