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Including “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health,” he had said, perhaps, a hundred words to her since they met: a four word greeting with a bow when arrived at her parent’s house after weeks of written discussions and negotiations with her father; a six word inquiry before the day itself, “are you sure of this, Miss Connolly?” with her ensuing assurance met only with a sharp nod; and then, their longest conversation to date, his musings on the blasted weather. Yes, it certainly was an unusually chilly March.
The newly minted Mrs. Russell might as well have married a mute.
In which George and Bertha have an arranged marriage to start and come to find love during their first year together.
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23 Sep 2026
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What's Good For Me by swthebrave
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
12 May 2026
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“I’m sick of everyone else telling me what’s good for me,” she breathed, her fingers curled in his thick hair, “I want you, I don’t care about anything else.”
“Oh, Tag,” he whispered, pressing his hands to her hips to still the shake of them, “I’ll spend the rest of my days trying to deserve you.”Immediate continuation of the season one finale.
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29 Aug 2026
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midnight feast by clarkedarling
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
30 Jul 2026
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“Do you want anything?” she blurted out, wanting ever so desperately for Rupert not to regret his decision in staying. To keep him there, in her kitchen, as long as he’d let her. She then caught what she had said, and saw his gaze dart down to her lips, so she screwed her eyes shut and shook her head. “I mean, a tea or . . . something. I don’t have Bournvita.”
He was looking down at her with the most curious expression on his face, a small smile spreading across his features. He’d been so soft, so wonderful, so unlike the Rupert that he was with other people, that she felt her walls caving in. He then swallowed thickly, his fingers twitching at his side. She saw his hand flex, as though he was resisting the urge to reach out. God, she wanted him to touch her. “How are you going to boil the kettle, angel?”
or what should have happened at the end of 2x06
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27 Aug 2026
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After telling Taggie he should never have kissed her, Rupert lets her leave for Ireland and tries to convince himself it was the right thing to do.
Then he gets a glimpse of the life waiting for him without her.
It is worse than he could ever have imagined.
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30 Jul 2026
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Two years into their marriage, Rupert and Taggie are still completely in love, but after a second miscarriage, grief has made its way into Penscombe, especially a forgotten nursery.
When Taggie says she might like to grow something, Rupert decides to do what he does best: take a small idea, make it wildly extravagant all for the love of his life.
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21 Jul 2026