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1. Mild Turbulence Ahead ('Strike a Match' Missing Scene) by AmberSage

   Fandoms: Bates Motel (2013)  

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

   24 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Norma Bates/Alex Romero
   • Norma Bates
   • Alex Romero
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Humor
   • Comedy
   • Dramatic Irony
   • Comic Relief
   • Missing Scene
   • Poor Norma
   • The flight from hell
   • Dark Comedy

   Summary

   Norma thinks she's already stepped far enough out of her comfort zone by getting on an airplane. Then she meets Ethel—a seventy-eight-year-old with zero filters, multiple ex-husbands, and very specific opinions about relationships.

   What follows is seventy-five minutes of mortification, turbulence that's anything but mild, and unsolicited advice Norma will never unhear.

   Missing scene from 'Strike a Match.' Contains major spoilers. Reading the main fic beforehand is highly recommended.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Strike a Match

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,162

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   2

   Kudos:

   9

   Hits:

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