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1. new city babe by saydelhi

   Fandoms: That '70s Show  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Jackie Burkhart/Steven Hyde
   • Jackie-centric
   • Slow Burn
   • Getting Back Together
   • Character Growth
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • alternate universe: jackie takes the chicago job
   • alternate universe: 90s modern setting
   • indulgent/generous characterisation
   • Fix-It

   Summary

   Maybe if she were unemployed and back at Point Place she would have found it in herself to obsess over Steven Hyde, be endlessly consumed by him, and let that failed fantasy fill her with dread. Maybe that’s not true, maybe Jackie Burkhart has always found some delusional self-important front to stow all the pain behind and power through thinking all her plans would manifest if she imagined them glittery and glamorous enough.

   But it doesn’t matter. In Chicago she doesn’t even have the time to know what part of her mind is real and what part’s been playing tricks on her. In Chicago, she’s been left with no choice. In Chicago, Jackie can only choose the city.

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   basically, jackie burkhart, at age 19: i’m probably heartbroken but i have a job so idrc abt that rn

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   English

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