absolutepeddlerofmuck
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"We think you should take a step back from the spotlight."
Oscar-winning actor Rupert Campbell-Black is a legend on stage and on the screen. But after a violent altercation with a paparazzo, Rupert is banished to his familial estate, Penscombe, to cool off for six months. What -- or rather, who -- he finds there is about to change the trajectory of his life in ways that he never could have imagined.
Taggie O'Hara finds herself as the sole breadwinner when her father is fired from Corinium television. Across the Bluebell wood, kind Mrs. Bodkin allows her to help out around Penscombe. When Mr. Campbell-Black makes his sudden return, could she keep her job? Can she see what lies beyond Rupert's cocky exterior, and perhaps find something more?
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Taggie O'Hara was kissed three weeks ago in this very kitchen. But Rupert's been nowhere to be found -- and that allows Taggie to wonder what it all means. At least there's bolognese, homemade pasta, and a Cotswold sunset.
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Rupert arrives in the kitchen to find two things: his darling wife, Taggie, and a song playing on the radio he'd thought he'd forgotten from his younger years.
It only takes him a moment to realize just how apt the lyrics really are.
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or, Taggie is Rupert's favourite brat.
Bookmarked by absolutepeddlerofmuck
06 Mar 2026
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tiberius' nymph by peachabsinthe for campbellblacks
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
23 Aug 2025
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“Rupert Campbell-Black, welcome to Emotional Support Brat!”
“Happy to be here.”
He’s not. Not really. And that makes her smile, even if she, too, wishes she could be anywhere else.or: the Call Her Daddy + dad's best friend au
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Bookmarked by absolutepeddlerofmuck
04 Aug 2025
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you would break your back to make me break a smile by ixsmellxapples for ophelia_hamlet
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024)
15 Aug 2025
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This is a terrible idea. But Greece sounds lovely. And so does spending time with Rupert outside of her little shop. Plus, getting away from her parents for a little while sounds like a dream. She just can’t tell Daddy with whom she’s going away. Nor can she mention it to her mother. That would end in absolute disaster.
or: in which Helen invites Rupert to her destination wedding in Greece and he asks Taggie to be his fake girlfriend. What could go wrong.
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Bookmarked by absolutepeddlerofmuck
01 Aug 2025
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ours are the moments (i play in the dark) by Tamara267 for thehoneydoll
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
29 Aug 2025
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“I’m not sure either of us really put in a good showing of things by the end,” she said, because there was little point in recriminations now. She had had her share of vitriol last night, and she felt no better for it.
“I think we’ve been honest enough with each other these past few days to admit that’s not true, Tags,” he sighed, “I thought I could be better, a good man, a good person . I suppose you can’t teach an old dog new tricks after all.”
“You were my favourite person.”
OR: The Second Chance Road Trip Fic
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Bookmarked by absolutepeddlerofmuck
01 Aug 2025
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come on, father figure by novellysarahwrites
Fandoms: Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper, Rivals (TV 2024)
05 Aug 2025
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The therapist tells her it’s natural to hold onto these things. That there’s nothing wrong with blotting out the bad with the good, and having such a famous father and mother is bound to leave its scars. Many children seek parental validation outside of the home. Mothers and fathers in the faces of teachers, of aunts and uncles, of parents of their friends.
In men who taste like the same whiskey her father drinks. Smell like the very brand of cigarettes that perfume her memories of youth: hazy summer mornings, shrieks of race you there and hold on, wait for me echoing through the valley, ice lollies melting on her tongue.
or, the best friend's dad/dad's best friend hybrid.
Bookmarked by absolutepeddlerofmuck
25 Jul 2025