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Princess Michaela has a secret, she’s the town’s most notorious rake. But she’s still a sheltered royal, and when a notorious crew of pirates comes to town, curiosity comes for her cat
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13 Jun 2026
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A map back to you by VelvetVerse
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Franchaela - Fandom, Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
17 Jun 2026
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Part 2 of The Shape of Wanting series. Sequel to Before We Were Brave.
Modern AU Franchaela, with characterisation kept close to canon. All of the Bridgertons will make an appearance.
Francesca Bridgerton thought Spain was over. She thought Michaela Stirling belonged to the holiday: to sunlit streets, late-night bars, warm skin, dangerous smiles, and the kind of wanting Francesca had never quite known what to do with before.
Then her dog gets hurt, and the vet who walks through the clinic door is Michaela.
They find each other again in London, but the reunion is far from simple. Francesca has questions she never asked. Michaela has grief she never explained. Between them sit missed messages, wrong assumptions, and all the things they were not brave enough to say before goodbye.
Spain was supposed to be temporary.
This was not.
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- Part 2 of The Shape of Wanting
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06 Jun 2026
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Before We Were Brave by VelvetVerse
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Franchaela - Fandom, Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
10 May 2026
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“Excuse me,” said a voice beside her. “I was wondering if you could help me. There’s something wrong with my phone.”
(...) Francesca blinked. “Sorry?”
The woman held up her phone with a solemnity that fooled no one. “Terrible malfunction.”
Francesca, still a step behind whatever was happening here, said, “Do you need to ring someone?”
“That’s the issue,” the woman said. “It doesn’t have your number in it.”A modern AU Franchaela story in which Francesca Bridgerton goes to Spain for two weeks with her sister Eloise and their friend Sophie, fully intending to recover from heartbreak quietly and in peace.
Instead, she meets Michaela Stirling.
What begins as sun, flirtation, and something that looks like a holiday distraction slowly becomes harder to define, and even harder to ignore. In a place that feels far from home, Francesca finds herself drawn to a woman who makes wanting feel easy, and honesty feel like something neither of them quite knows how to do.
And when the holiday ends, neither of them is brave enough to say what happens next.Series
- Part 1 of The Shape of Wanting
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05 Jun 2026
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Francesca plays live piano for a fancy restaurant, which so happens to be the place Michaela decides to bring all her first dates.
Francesca, of course, is very normal about this.
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- Part 1 of always you
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- English
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- 20,071
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- 6/6
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04 Jun 2026
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Francesca moves from Essex to London because of her dazzling career as a famous pianist. Gaining wealth and love where ever she goes.
Francesca wants to try new stuff like Pilates and Clubbing. Things she’s never done in her 20s because she was too focused on work.
Now she’s met her Pilates instructor Johns cousin, Micheala Stirling at a lesson she booked and she can’t stop thinking about the 36 year old woman.
What happens when Francesca tells Micheala she’s never been in a relationship and has never had sex before. How bad would it be to be teased into a pinnacle?Bookmarked by palolareader
04 Jun 2026
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University AU where Francesa is supposed to be in a perfectly loving relationship with her boyfriend, John, with a sensible future of marriage and children on the horizon, right up until John's cousin, Michaela Stirling, returns from a sabbatical abroad and Francesa finds herself, suddenly, hopelessly curious about another woman in ways that are utterly nonsensical.
Now Francesa finds herself unable to stay away and trying very hard not to think about why telling Michaela she and John are dating feels like it would ruin everything. Surely keeping that little detail about her relationship status cannot be seen as lying if Michaela never asked. Right?
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Or, finding the courage to be yourself before it's too late.
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26 May 2026
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Francesca is in need of money to expand her music shop. Penelope thinks volunteering them for the newest late-night game show, The ChallengeShip, will be a good way for Francesca to acquire the money. The problem? Francesca Bridgerton is an unmated alpha. She's not even seeing anyone casually. But it's too late to back out. Things only get more confusing for Francesca when her best friend's omega cousin, Michaela Stirling, volunteers herself to be Francesca's pretend mate. This would be helpful...if Francesca wasn't head over ass in love with the woman. She's so fucked.
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- Part 1 of A Franchaela Future
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- English
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- 39,026
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- 12/16
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24 May 2026
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"Congratulations," Francesca said. Only she could hear the slight edge beneath it, the anger that had been simmering for ten years finally finding its way to the surface.
"Thank you." Michaela's voice was quieter, softer, almost uncertain.
Francesca extended the award. The crystal was cold and heavy, the engraved plaque catching the light. For a moment they both held it—Francesca's hands on one side, Michaela's reaching for the other. Their fingers brushed. It was the barest contact—the pad of Michaela's thumb grazing Francesca's knuckles as she took hold of the trophy. But the sensation was electric, a shock that traveled up Francesca's arm and exploded somewhere in her heart. Heat and ice at the same time. Recognition. Memory. The ghost of every time they'd touched before.
Ten years ago, Francesca Bridgerton lost the girl she loved. Michaela abandoned her.
Ten years ago, Michaela Stirling lost the girl she loved. She was taken away from Francesca.
Now they’re co‑stars in the most anticipated movie of the year, pretending they don’t remember how it felt to lose each other.
Childhood friends to strangers to enemies (not really but they don't get along) TO LOVERSBookmarked by palolareader
22 May 2026
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The Great Divide by latkeparty
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
21 Apr 2026
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“I’m sorry that I didn’t want abandonment to be the first thing that John’s son knew about you,” Francesca says irritably.
“Is it abandonment if I didn’t even know that John had a son?” Michaela wonders, draining half her wine in one go. Francesca has never been good at reading Michaela, but she doesn’t have to be to see that there is a decade's worth of deep-seated resentment simmering low. And she was never one to mince words, so her next accusation is entrenched in bitterness. “I can’t believe you never told me about him.”
Francesca's nose twitches. “Well, maybe you shouldn’t have left me before I had a chance to.”
or, the parent trap au
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15 May 2026
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we still have time by latkeparty
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
06 Aug 2024
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John dies on a quiet Tuesday, unmarried and childless. Michaela can't fathom allowing everything she knows and loves to pass to a distant heir, so in one last effort to keep hold of her life, as well as the estate, Michaela decides to take a detour through John's wardrobe before heading into Mayfair as the Earl himself, hoping that one eligible, but not so marriage-minded lady takes an interest in her unusual offer.
or, Francesca falls in love with Michaela, she just doesn't realize it yet.
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- 13/13
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15 May 2026
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Please, have some respect for my love that still hasn’t died by agathasglitch
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
13 May 2026
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After four months of constantly asking Google how to get over her ex-girlfriend, Francesca is ready to admit that she made a mistake in ending the relationship in the first place. The realization may be somewhat late, as she will not only have to deal with her own feelings of guilt but also with her own self-sabotage by pushing Michaela into someone else's arms.
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13 May 2026
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What the crown forbids by Lesbianoftheton
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
11 Jun 2026
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‘Here,’ Francesca continued awkwardly, ‘we can share the blanket. You can sleep on the right side and I’ll sleep on the left side. But uh… if you prefer another side, you can choose. I do not want you to feel forced into sleeping somewhere specific.’
Michaela smiled slightly.
‘I think I’ll survive whichever side you give me, princess.’
She climbed onto the bed and ended up laying on one of Francesca’s plushies.
Francesca realized Michaela was probably too tired for another conversation, so she quietly laid down beside her.
For some reason, sleeping next to Michaela made her stomach feel strangely warm and nervous at the same time, though Francesca didn’t really understand why.
At Westbridge Royal Academy Francesca Bridgerton tries her best to be the perfect princess, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to John Stirling.
Unfortunately for her, Michaela Stirling has just arrived at the academy, and the fact that she also happens to be John’s cousin certainly does not help Francesca avoid falling in love.
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- English
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- 31,040
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- 5/9
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13 May 2026
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Modern Franchaela au
Francesca Bridgerton is a model student at St. Catherine’s Catholic school who receives a request from Sister Danbury to mentor an incoming student with an interesting reputation. When Michaela Stirling arrives, Francesca is faced with her first taste of attraction and Michaela is forced to practice self-restraint.Bookmarked by palolareader
12 May 2026
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"Would you kiss me?" Francesca asks the question before she can register how insane it sounds.
Michaela responds pretty much exactly how she expects her to: like she can't believe what she heard. Her head whips up, eyes as wide as saucers. "I'm sorry—what?" Michaela sputters out.
If the ground opened up right now and swallowed her, she would be thankful.
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Francesca thinks kissing is overrated until she kisses her roommate-best friend-crush, Michaela.
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12 May 2026
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Bearing Walls by SoftMelancholyAfterDark
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV) RPF, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (TV)
16 May 2026
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Francesca Bridgerton never forgot Michaela Stirling. She just got very good at not thinking about her.
Ten years.A career she built from the ground up. A life that worked exactly the way she’d designed it: controlled and precise. She was good at this. She was, by most measures, fine.
Then, the Altessence Heritage Institute briefing documents arrived. And there, third name on the list, was the one person she had spent a decade not thinking about.
Michaela Stirling. Lead Architect. The most ambitious architectural project London has seen in years and absolutely no way out.Francesca had eleven days to prepare.
It wasn’t enough.
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Francesca's and Michaela's broken hearts through the years and how they finally mend them
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- 18/18
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11 May 2026
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The Shape of Wanting by VelvetVerse
Fandom Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Franchaela - Fandom
17 Jun 2026
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11 May 2026
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Michaela, whilst grieving and overwhelmed with the feelings blossoming in her chest for her cousin's widow, does the only thing she can think to do when asked so sweetly to stay, she flees.
But now, after two years of running, she has returned to London, determined to make amends with the woman she has managed to convince herself she cannot fall in love with, under any circumstances.
Yet her chosen path is not an easy one, for Francesca Stirling, now seething with rage, grief, and a furious current of feelings she neither understands nor can explain, is just as determined to discover the very reason for Michaela's flight in the first place, a reason Michaela is intent on keeping to herself.
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- English
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- 90,126
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- 11/12
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06 May 2026
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“How long is this flight again?” Michaela asked.
“About ten hours,” Francesca answered while shoving her book into her backpack.
“Tits, that’s long,” Michaela hissed out. “If they let me drive the plane, we’d be there in six hours, max.”
Francesca rolled her eyes. “If they let you drive the plane, we’d be crash landing at the bottom of the ocean and touring the wreckage of the Titanic.”
Michaela hummed thoughtfully. “See, I was thinking —worst possibility— I accidentally cause another 9/11.”
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After two years of grieving John, Francesca decides to spend her summer on a solo road trip through America. She’s excited for the long drives to nowhere and the peace and quiet of the journey, that is, until a certain Stirling woman crashes her plans.
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The modern Franchaela road trip AU that no one asked for
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05 May 2026
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Turning Page - A Franchaela Epic Love Sequel by IsaacTheSapphic
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
29 Apr 2026
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Sequel to Steady: A Franchaela Epic Love Story. Francesca and Michaela are in newlywed bliss as they live in the castle in Scotland. However, the Kilmartin Estate and family drama threaten to burst their perfect bubble.
A Franchaela love story with a lot of fluff, romance, and drama, a side of humor, sprinkle of family dynamics, and a whole lot of newlywed bliss.
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- Part 2 of Franchaela Season 5 and Beyond
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03 May 2026