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Thomas Hayward recognized a few universal truths about life. One, that a single man who was not in possession of a good fortune must work for everything he has. Two, that love was not something that people merely acquired without equal amounts of hard work and finally, that you always wanted Mrs. Gardiner on your side.
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Mary and Tom's wedding night. Both are virgins. Mary is thrilled, terrified, and determined to do it right. Tom is delighted by Mary's Mary-ness and cannot wait to bed his wife. Much awkwardness, tenderness, and eventual steaminess ensues.
AKA I refuse to believe Mary and Tom are naturals at sex but by God they get there eventually.
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22 May 2026
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He said she had been lonely. That she had confused it. That things had "blurred a bit".
He was wrong. He knew he was wrong when he said it.
Mary Bennet is not waiting for him... She's just... Also in Keswick, apparently.
Modern AU
OR: Our girl Mary Bennet tries to have an Eat Pray Love journey.
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16 May 2026
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Mrs Mary Collins, recently widowed, needs legal assistance with her late husband’s estate.
Mr Tom Hayward, recently publicly embarrassed following the breakdown in his Understanding with Miss Ann Baxter, needs an escape from London.
How fortunate it is that Mr Gardiner knows of a solution to both their problems.
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16 May 2026
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Mary needs to start fresh. A new life with a new job at a new school, teaching her favourite subject: history.
Her own history has a funny way of coming back to bite her, as it happens, but maybe a new English-teaching acquaintance who won’t stop being kind to her will help with that.
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16 May 2026
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Mary Bennet leaves Longbourn after her father's death and moves to London, to build her own life and become a teacher, with the help of the Gardiners.
She meets Tom Hayward at a party and finds out they are neighbours.
Modern AU.Bookmarked by l_g_may
15 May 2026