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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    Barney and Isaacs are clearing the field, as it were, when Victoria and Albert quite suddenly become dormant. It's very mysterious, but also an opportunity.

    Three chapters: one and two contain most of the plot (such as it is), and chapter three a bit of an epilogue.

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    “Good shout, old man,” Barney said. Then his brain caught up with his fear, and his throat went dry. No snakestone and stone, no chittering in his mind. No Victoria.

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    07 Jul 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 91

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    Henry Fox started baking on a whim — to ease his anxiety, then his grief. Not to get on Bake Off. But, when his sister and best friend submit an application on his behalf, Henry decides to turn his dread at being on camera into a way to pull his family back together. Shoved into ten Saturdays of competition, he finds perfect frosting, mild embarrassment, strange flavor combinations, and — most unexpectedly — Alex.

    Alex Claremont-Diaz did not agree to Bake Off — not willingly, anyhow. After a year of accidental missteps and a career on the fritz, he’s looking for a life preserver. Being the franchise’s newest host is his best offer in months, and Alex expects quaint English countryside, group hugs, good food, and stupid intro bits. Not Henry Fox, a sharp-witted PhD student with a quiet exterior, who makes his heart flip-flop in ways Alex is pretty sure it’s not supposed to.

     

    8.31.2025: on hiatus until further notice. Recipes included!

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    06 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark *

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    There was nothing but a glass of chenin blanc standing between Henry and total humiliation. One of these days, he was going to have to get ahead of his sister and best friend; cut them off before these ideas even occurred to them.

    “Just give it a try, Hen,” Bea said, a pushy edge to her voice. Henry knew she didn’t mean to be, but it made him grit his teeth all the same. “What have you got to lose?”

    ~*~

    In which Henry indulges his sister, downloads an app, puts himself out there, and finds out the person he needed was waiting right next to him all along.

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    02 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 2

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    Barney has a marvelous idea for a Sunday outing.

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    14 Feb 2025

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    What if Alex and Henry's first meeting went differently? What if there relationship started earlier, say NYE 2016. And what if, after sometime, they find something out that changes everything. And because of that they make a decision out of fear, one they feel they can't come back from.
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    Ellen doesn't become President until 2020, instead becoming Vice President in 2016. (This is strictly for the timeline of the story and will make sense later on.)

    Updates roughly every Friday.

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    20 May 2024