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1. Like real people do by taggiethinker

   Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper  

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

   07 Jun 2026

   Tags

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   • Basil "Bas" Baddingham/Taggie O'Hara
   • Taggie O'Hara
   • Basil "Bas" Baddingham
   • Gertrude | Taggie O'Hara's Dog
   • Rupert Campbell-Black
   • Declan O'Hara
   • Maud O'Hara
   • Caitlin O'Hara
   • Patrick O'Hara (Rivals)
   • Cameron Cook
   • Tony Baddingham
   • Monica Baddingham
   • Fluff
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Age Difference
   • Sexual Tension
   • Sexual Content
   • Smut
   • Idiots in Love
   • Falling In Love
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Dyslexic Taggie O'Hara
   • Parentified Taggie O'Hara
   • Jealousy
   • Light Angst
   • Love Confessions
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • How Do I Tag
   • Friends to Lovers

   Summary

   Fake dating Rutshire's most charismatic rake to keep the man who broke her heart away? Taggie thought she had nothing to lose. But she quickly learns that pretending to be in love with Basil Baddingham is dangerously easy.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,209

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

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