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  1. Public Bookmark 12

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    It's late and Helen has had a hell of a week. She's overworked, tired, sad and just wants to enjoy her night time walk. A strange sound disrupts her moment of solitude and…is that a heel sticking out from the bushes?

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    How these two disasters met.

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    20 Jun 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 20

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    Her mother holds her face, a hand on each cheek. Her grasp is too firm. “Maddie. You do not want to marry a woman. You do not think women are pretty. You do not love women.” Madeline opens her mouth to protest but is silenced by the look in her mother’s eyes. “This is not a discussion, dear. This is something you are going to learn here and now. We will not have this conversation again. Do you understand?” Madeline nods, shakily. She doesn’t understand why, but she certainly knows what her mother means. And she knows to follow the rules.

     

    Character study of Madeline throughout her life. She and her mom are both painfully aware that she's a lesbian but they're trying to pretend that's not real--lots of stuff with her mother, lots of low self-esteem depressing sex with men. MadHel, but it's gonna take a sec and most of it will be repression and yearning.

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    18 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 34

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    With her evening suddenly wide open, Helen turns to her computer. She types deep into the night. The trancelike state brings her back to intense journaling sessions she had when she was juggling her writing, acting gigs, the catering service, the never-ending disappointment brought by the two former, and the frustration born out of sharing a room with Madeline Ashton. Writing was her only lifeline.
    And Madeline. Always Madeline.
    Madeline haunts her.

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    Helen and Ernest don't go to that fateful dinner with Madeline and get married on April 10th. Madeline haunts the narrative.

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    17 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    After the failed attempt to get Ernest to take the potion and join them in eternal youth, Madeline and Helen go back to Madeline's house and try to figure things out. Helen tries to figure out what exactly has been going on and Madeline might be slightly traumatized by the stairs. She also may have commissioned Madhel fanfic in the past but that's not important.

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    01 Jun 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    Turns out just saying that you want to start a new chapter in life does not heal old wounds. Even after living together for nearly a year, the two of them still manage to say the wrong thing to one another. Still manage to get under one another's skin. A heated argument makes secrets that were supposed to stay buried come spilling out.

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    29 May 2025