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1. pas de deux by theorbiters

   Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)  

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

   11 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Francesca Bridgerton/Michaela Stirling
   • Francesca Bridgerton & Michaela Stirling
   • John Stirling I & Michaela Stirling
   • Helen Stirling & Michaela Stirling
   • Violet Bridgerton & Francesca Bridgerton
   • Francesca Bridgerton/Original Male Character(s)
   • Francesca Bridgerton
   • Michaela Stirling
   • John Stirling I
   • Helen Stirling
   • Janet Stirling
   • Violet Bridgerton
   • Original Characters
   • Most of the other Bridgertons swing through at some point
   • ballerina Francesca
   • Photographer Michaela
   • POV Alternating
   • Angst and Feels
   • heartbreak from young love feels good in a place like this
   • ten years later and neither one of them can forget the other
   • Alternate Universe - Ballet
   • Modern Era
   • Francesca Bridgerton Needs a Hug
   • Michaela Stirling Also Needs a Hug
   • Finding their way back to each other
   • John is ill in this but doesn't die we promise
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Eventual Smut
   • Flashbacks
   • TW FOR DISORDERED EATING
   • Control Issues
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Eventual Happy Ending

   Summary

   An accomplished principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet. A jaded photographer who never stays in one place for too long. Ten years ago, their summer romance came to an abrupt, heartbreaking end. Now, they are back in the same place, at the same time, only not exactly by choice. Will their second chance at first love end differently this time around? Or will the duet they try to dance together falter once again?

   or the exes to friends to lovers ballet AU no one asked for!

   Language:

   English

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