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  Fandoms: New Amsterdam (TV 2018)  

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  02 Nov 2021

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  • Max Goodwin/Helen Sharpe
  • Max Goodwin & Helen Sharpe
  • Max Goodwin
  • Helen Sharpe
  • Smut
  • you: this is my first time writing fic so I kept it basic
  • me: this is my first time writing fic so I decided to try smut like a normal person
  • a better writer would actually include details of their little disagreement
  • but a better writer? couldn't be me
  • I have no idea what I'm doing (-:
  • if I had to call it I'd say this is like level 1 smutty on a 5- or 10-point scale
  • but maybe like 1.2 or 1.5 if we are working with only a 3-point scale
  • I did not allow myself to read new sharpwin fic until I finished this
  • that's what we call a win-win because no matter what happens I have new sharpwin fic to read
  • I would say "sharpwin's got me down bad”
  • but this is just the level at which I operate at all times when it comes to them
  • the equivalent max/helen ship in my own life is me/em-dashes
  • So be warned
  • there are a lot a lot of them
  • like a lot
  • I think we've lost the plot with the tags
  • like what is this tumblr?

  Summary

  But Max had expressed doubts that he could make her happy, and even Max’s brand of sky-high optimism could stumble if something — someone — made him feel he wasn’t doing, saving, being enough.

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