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"No pressure, no big conversation, no this changes everything." Tom Hayward's rules for a multi-day fling with his best friend were, in retrospect, the worst-negotiated rules in the history of Paris weddings.
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10 Sep 2026
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That one time Tom Hayward forgot a file, bowled over a florist and then fell (literally) in love.
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- Part 1 of Language of the Flowers
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09 Sep 2026
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Thomas Hayward and William Ryder, between them, make some presumptuous decisions.
Mary will not be passed about like a sherry trifle.
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Or: another Scafell variation in which Mary thunders her way down the mountain solo style.Bookmarked by jadesfirefly
09 Sep 2026
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Jane Bingley and her husband Charles have joined William Ryder’s sudden trip to the Lake District. Unbeknownst to them, Jane’s sister Mary is there with their aunt, uncle, and a pleasant man who seems to greatly enjoy Mary's company.
Can Jane and Mary use this opportunity to revive their relationship, strained by years of their mother’s comparisons? When Jane hears of a plot that could guarantee her sister’s unhappiness, can she help the course of true love run smooth?
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03 Sep 2026
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Relationships between colleagues are frowned upon. It was precisely how they had ended up here: Mary seated stiffly behind her desk on a Friday evening while Tom crouched beneath it, hidden hurriedly from Will Ryder.
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Modern AU Tom and Mary getting frisky!
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03 Sep 2026
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A wedding night in which two virgins discover that the distance between theory and practice is, in this particular arena, catastrophic — and that it does not matter in the slightest.
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- Part 1 of A Course of Study
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01 Sep 2026
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In the first year of their marriage, Mary Hayward assembles three months of evidence without knowing she is doing it, presents her husband with a hypothesis, and discovers that the largest things can only be carried in small containers. Then autumn comes, and the two of them learn what they are to each other when there is nothing to be done — no argument to win, no book with the right chapter, no door Tom will consent to wait behind ever again.
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- Part 2 of A Course of Study
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01 Sep 2026
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She imagined a hundred scenarios, tried to believe that there was some way it might have played out differently, but there had been a dark finality in Mr Hayward's solemn gaze after speaking with Mr Ryder, and she was sure that was the crux of it.
I shall get to the bottom of it all, tomorrow, she resolved, they owe me that much.
What if Scafel went a little differently? What if Mary did not go gentle? What if she refused to let other people continue to make decisions for her? What if Mary made herself be brave?
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31 Aug 2026
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What happens when one has several glasses of sherry, as well as a beautiful husband.
And then what happens when one has several celebratory drinks, as well as a beautiful wife.
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31 Aug 2026
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Welcome!
Please do come in and place your bets on our stubborn, argument-addicted fools.
Disclaimer: Wins and payments are not guaranteed.
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25 Aug 2026
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Correspondence was sent to Pemberley first, and Fitzwilliam had suggested that they make the journey and see the situation for themselves before worrying her other sisters.
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It did not stop [Elizabeth] however, wishing that at least one of them was with her now.
OR: Mary’s condition prompts the arrival of Elizabeth, Mr Darcy and Mrs Bennet to the Lakes.
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- Part 5 of Scafell Variations
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27 Jul 2026
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Mrs Mary Collins, recently widowed, needs legal assistance with her late husband’s estate.
Mr Tom Hayward, recently publicly embarrassed following the breakdown in his Understanding with Miss Ann Baxter, needs an escape from London.
How fortunate it is that Mr Gardiner knows of a solution to both their problems.
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07 Jul 2026
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Mary auditions for Hadestown because Anne Baxter essentially drags her there. Tom auditions because Will tells him it will be fun.
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- Part 1 of Wait For Me
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02 Jun 2026
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For the benefit of Tom and Mary by deinde_prandium
Fandoms: The Other Bennet Sister (TV)
29 May 2026
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"She had already helped to engineer Mary’s escape once before. The Gardiners, of course, had been very willing co-conspirators, and she had found a rather unexpected ally in Mr. Collins.
The task of reuniting Mary with Mr. Hayward, however, would not be nearly as simple. Nor could she guarantee that doing so would necessarily bring about a happy result.
However, if Lizzy’s instincts were correct, it had the potential to restore the happiness of more than just her beloved sister."
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Mary makes the regrettable decision to return to Pemberley with her mother after refusing Mr. Ryder's proposal. Elizabeth Darcy sees an opportunity help her sister in a significant fashion. Hijinks ensue. Canon-divergent.
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29 May 2026
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When a letter from Mrs. Bennet casts doubt on Mary’s capacity to be loved, Tom makes the mistake of trying to carry it alone.
Mary, meanwhile, spends one evening remembering exactly what it feels like to be the problem.
They work it out…….. but not gracefully.
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29 May 2026
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He said she had been lonely. That she had confused it. That things had "blurred a bit".
He was wrong. He knew he was wrong when he said it.
Mary Bennet is not waiting for him... She's just... Also in Keswick, apparently.
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OR: Our girl Mary Bennet tries to have an Eat Pray Love journey.
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- Part 1 of All the Weather of You
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29 May 2026
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‘You were there when she collapsed. I remember your faces when I carried her to her room, how terrible it was. Holding Mary in my arms, looking down at her, she was so fragile and – ’ Suddenly, Tom took off his spectacles and wiped his hand furiously across his eyes. ‘Forgive me.’ More quietly, he repeated in an altered tone. ‘Forgive me, please.’
There had been times in the past two months when Tom’s inexplicable disappearance had disappointed her. But her heart ached for him now, for all he had said and what he had not, the suffering which was so palpable and the diffidence which had been so grotesquely exploited.
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Tom Hayward has been gone two months since the Lakes. Unexpectedly one afternoon, he returns.Bookmarked by jadesfirefly
20 May 2026
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we should move somewhere beautiful by starryeyedwoman
Fandoms: The Other Bennet Sister (TV)
03 May 2026
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“What did Mr Hayward actually say, Mr Ryder?” she huffed, all worries about being rude out of the window. Mr Ryder had the decency to look ashamed as he spoke.
“He said that he would be in need of a wife for the chambers to take him seriously for promotion. It’s a question of status as much as anything, you understand. Tom said that…well, that it didn’t much matter who the wife was as long as they were vaguely tolerable.”
Mary felt her nose twitch. Her hands had balled into fists under the table in her lap.
“...Vaguely tolerable?”
aka: ryder is getting a bit desperate, so he tells a white lie to dissuade mary from tom. naturally, it only brings them closer (after a few tears are shed)
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07 May 2026
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He told himself he wouldn’t write. That he’d leave quietly once Mary was well.
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Based off 'The Winner Takes it All' by AbbaBookmarked by jadesfirefly
01 May 2026
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Mary had, of course, warned him, in her careful and precise way, that her sisters were coming to London in a fortnight and would very likely call on Tuesday. She said this the way she said most things - directly, without embellishment, and as though the facts spoke sufficiently for themselves. Tom had nodded and thought: sisters. Yes. He had older sisters that he was very fond of. He found himself quite confused at the undertone of dread Mary seemed to have as she anticipated the visit. “I understand sisters very well, my dear!”
It turned out, he did not understand the Bennets.
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30 Apr 2026