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She doesn’t like parties without George at her side to murmur sharp little asides to, or bring her champagne, or dance with her when the song is slow enough. She doesn't like parties where everyone looks at her like she's a three-legged puppy because her husband- her ex-husband- stays glued to the opposite side of the room as though she's got a forcefield around her.
In which Bertha and George are divorced, and make it everyone else's problem.
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He resents the idea that he needs anyone else in his life to hold his hand. One more person who knows nothing about music telling him what to do…
in which Trevor Lefkowitz is a music label's PR nightmare, and Hetty Woodstone is the uptight crisis manager sent to clean up his mistakes.
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If Mother and Father don't want people to know they share a bedroom, Gladys thinks sulkily in the constrained quiet of the rest of the meal, then they shouldn't share one.
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And what she wants from Bertha Russell is a secured place in society, the chance to see her former employer weak and vulnerable, and the surprising amount of pleasure that such a selfish woman's tongue can give her. In that order.
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even without you (my arms fold about you) by skatingsplits
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
08 Aug 2025
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Bertha had never been quite sure, deep down, that she’d really had a heart. The first time she had it proved beyond all doubt was when her husband broke it.
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Larry, Gladys, and George return to New York after having fled months previously to help Gladys avoid a marriage to the Duke, and are surprised to find Bertha’s siblings have come to stay with her in their absence. Even more surprising is the sibling’s unwavering support of Bertha’s actions although that, as with all things, is not as simple as it appears.
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13 Mar 2025
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La Semi-Dolce Vita by caciopepebowl
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Dec 2023
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Kate Sharma is a talented, London-based sous chef who spends one week per year working as a private chef on Lake Como.
Anthony Bridgerton is a highly regimented financier on holiday with his family in Como, and he's hired Kate to cook for them.
She lives to eat. He eats to live—or at least he used to.
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11 Mar 2025
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Words Against the Tide by vialethe for Elizabeth Culmer (edenfalling)
Fandoms: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
15 Sep 2017
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Charn feeds upon magic, and magic feeds upon Charn, down the ages in the long, slow death of a world.
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25 Jun 2024
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Fifty-two point five degrees: Milady de Winter strikes a dangerous deal with the Duke of Buckingham. Forty-eight point eight degrees: Athos is entrusted with the welfare of France's ambassador to the court of Charles I. All is fair in love and war, and the challenge of a pale blue glove will only tighten the noose.
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10 Nov 2020
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When things start to go very wrong for the Musketeers in the field, Treville sends in the best spy he can think of to sort things out. Things get much worse before they get better, and the fate of France may hinge on whether Athos and Milady can learn to trust one another again. [Canon divergence after S2.]
As statements go, failing to meet her at the crossroads had not carried the same finality as having her hanged, but even so: It was hardly ambiguous.
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10 Nov 2020