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1. the harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun by campbellblacks

   Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Rupert Campbell-Black/Taggie O'Hara
   • Rupert Campbell-Black
   • Taggie O'Hara
   • Cameron Cook
   • Declan O'Hara
   • Maud O'Hara
   • Alternate Universe - Historical
   • Regency Era AU
   • taggie accidentally became a literal child bride
   • but no sexual stuff until she's an ~adult
   • Slow Burn
   • Loss of Virginity
   • Marriage of Convenience
   • Miscommunication
   • Cheating
   • rupert has an active affair with cameron
   • Angst
   • lots of eventual angst too
   • Cunnilingus
   • Frottage
   • Outdoor Sex
   • Jealousy
   • First Time

   Summary

   when rupert married taggie, taggie far too young and definitely too rich, the two of them decided to hold off on consummating their marriage. but it's been years, and rupert needs an heir, he also needs to keep the other men of the ton from knocking on his wife's door.

   aka

   a regency au

   Language:

   English

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