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"No respectable woman would consent to finding herself across a crowded room from George Russell, let alone to marrying him – excepting one, of course, who is in no position to turn down a man who can fund her son’s remaining years at Harvard and pay off the heavy mortgage on her family’s ancestral home. Even if she does harbor occasional fantasies of poisoning said man’s cognac or strangling him in his bed."
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A Bertha/George arranged marriage AU.
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12 Jan 2026
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They might be divorced--they might even hate each other--but that doesn't mean that they can let each other go.
Not really.
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12 Jan 2026
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even without you (my arms fold about you) by skatingsplits
Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)
08 Aug 2025
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Bertha had never been quite sure, deep down, that she’d really had a heart. The first time she had it proved beyond all doubt was when her husband broke it.
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12 Jan 2026
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She doesn’t like parties without George at her side to murmur sharp little asides to, or bring her champagne, or dance with her when the song is slow enough. She doesn't like parties where everyone looks at her like she's a three-legged puppy because her husband- her ex-husband- stays glued to the opposite side of the room as though she's got a forcefield around her.
In which Bertha and George are divorced, and make it everyone else's problem.
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12 Jan 2026
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The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are expecting their first child, the transcontinental railroad is still far from being built, a killer is on the loose in New York, women are fighting for the right to vote---and George and Bertha Russell are separated.
My, what is the world coming to.
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COON: We don’t want to leave George and Bertha like this.
SPECTOR: We’d like to figure out a way to get them back to where they used to be, for sure. Although, I don’t know how that’s going to happen. Not that it can’t happen. I would love to see how they figure that out.Bookmarked by atlex
11 Jan 2026