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The Gardiners make the match.
It is not love at first sight, or second, or third.
It is love that comes later - in the accumulation of shared steps and conversations in the dark. In a stranger becoming, without your noticing, the first person you want to tell things to.
In having the deeply inconvenient realisation, somewhere in your marriage, that you have a crush on your spouse.
OR: Mary and Tom have a regency era marriage of convenience
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01 Aug 2026
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Mary is a 20-something, living with her aunt and uncle while she finishes study in London. Finally, she relents and allows them to set her up on a blind date with her uncle's young colleague. This is not Regency England and dating is a warzone of ghosting and situationships, could this guy really be as wonderful as her aunt and uncle say he is?
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30 Jul 2026
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Mary needs to start fresh. A new life with a new job at a new school, teaching her favourite subject: history.
Her own history has a funny way of coming back to bite her, as it happens, but maybe a new English-teaching acquaintance who won’t stop being kind to her will help with that.
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30 Jul 2026
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Samira runs into Abbot at the grocery store and they end up having dinner together. It becomes a habit.
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06 May 2026
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Making Out for America by superbassbuck
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America - All Media Types, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
17 Sep 2025
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Bucky Barnes, the reformed assassin turned congressman with a major PR problem that just won’t let up. Tabloids bad mouth him. Society fears him. How can he get the American people to believe that he has what it takes for a seat at the office? Desperate for a breakthrough, Bucky needs a way to win over the nation’s trust.
Then his press secretary suggests a bold solution. Marriage to you, the poised, beloved daughter of a decorated war hero. America’s sweetheart. The embodiment of everything he’s not.
It’s all for show. For Bucky, it means a shot at redemption. For you, it’s a chance to elevate your late father’s legacy and secure support for your foundation. Strictly business, and no space for love.Everything is going well. But behind closed doors and the flashing cameras, you two can't stand each other, and it's taking everything in you two to not rip each other's throats out.
(Set during Thunderbolts*)
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06 May 2026