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1. the nation’s in need of a marvellous man by BeetlesYourJuice

   Fandoms: Operation Mincemeat - SpitLip  

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   11 Feb 2026

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   • Hester Leggatt & Ewen Montagu
   • Ewen Montagu
   • Hester Leggatt
   • Johnny Bevan
   • Charles Cholmondeley
   • Jean Leslie
   • the others are just mentioned
   • this is purely monty and hester centric
   • Trans Ewen Montagu
   • Trans Hester Leggatt
   • i wrote this before the original series lol
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Transphobia
   • Period Typical Bigotry
   • hester's bridge group is just an lgbtq meet up
   • change my mind
   • sue goggins is a butch lesbian

   Summary

   monty has been working himself ragged since mincemeat, this all comes to a halt when hester discovers him in the basement late one evening
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   this is technically a prequel to "by any other word would smell as sweet" but you do not have to read that to read this!!

   Series

   • Part 3 of what charles cholmondeley became to ewen montagu

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   English

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