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1. The Skin of Your Hands by Titanic1865

   Fandoms: Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   23 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Hero/Don John (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Beatrice & Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Beatrice/Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Don John (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Leonato (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Ursula (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Borachio (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • Inspired by Much Ado About Nothing
   • Claudio Bashing (Much Ado About Nothing)
   • kill claudio
   • Alternate Universe - Much Ado About Nothing Fusion
   • Late Night Conversations
   • Self-Discovery
   • Slow Build
   • Friendship/Love
   • we'll be friends first
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • hero growing up
   • john softening up
   • John Needs A Hug
   • hero volunteers to hug him
   • MAAN AU
   • Happily Ever After
   • heron happy ending
   • heron
   • That's their ship name
   • Hero POV
   • Some John POV
   • John's background
   • Mentions War
   • dogberry is too funny
   • prison scene reinvented
   • Balthazar Mentioned
   • Conrad - Freeform

   Summary

   Or, Hero re-working in her mind the interaction at play between her and John, in the aftermath of her failed marriage and “death”.

   Or, Hero falling in love with John.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,458

   Chapters:

   7/7

   Comments:

   62

   Kudos:

   13

   Bookmarks:

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