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1. The Air Is Full Of Spices by Aaliko

   Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom  

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

   12 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Margaret Hale/John Thornton
   • Margaret Hale
   • John Thornton (North and South)
   • Growing Old Together
   • Domestic Bliss
   • Intimacy
   • Fluff and Smut
   • But also hardship and life trials
   • Basically an exploration of desire through the long years of a marriage
   • Bedroom centered

   Summary

   'Love and Marriage, they go together like a horse and carriage', goes the song.

   But how do desire, attraction and affection evolve in a happy marriage? Here is a fic following John and Margaret's love through the years, to explore these universal themes.

   About the title: "The Air Is Full Of Spices" is a quote from 1995's movie Sense and Sensibility, when Colonel Brandon answers young Margaret Dashwood's question about India. Close your eyes and hear dear Alan Rickman's velvety voice speak his reply... you'll get a good notion of my inspiration for this story 😍

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,700

   Chapters:

   5/9

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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