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• I know it's over and it never really began (but in my heart, it was so real) by katebushisgod

  Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/F, F/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Madeline Ashton/Helen Sharp
  • Madeline Ashton
  • Helen Sharp (Death Becomes Her)
  • Ernest Menville
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Angst
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction
  • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Compulsory Heterosexuality
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Mental Health Issues

  Summary

  When former It Girl turned Hollywood has-been Madeline Ashton leaves her most recent rehab stint, she finds herself a jobless social pariah. Desperate for a glimmer of her former life, she agrees to star in a Made-for-TV holiday romcom. Everything's going about as well as can be expected until she meets the screenwriter, her one time roommate, turned situationship, turned mortal enemy, Helen Sharp.

  We’ve got angst. We’ve got yearning. We’ve got smut (maybe). We’ve got bad grammar (certainly). Read to find out what happens :)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,310

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

  17

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