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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    It’s been too long, he thinks, since there’s been a baby in the house.

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    10 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    There are some brides who go skipping to the altar. Who must be chided by their relatives. Hush. This is a serious thing you do. Contain your happiness. You are in a house of God. And then others, distraught, weep bitter tears beneath their veils. Mary, solemn in her golden gown, could be both of these women. But she keeps her countenance, like one of her father’s acrobats, walking a rope between comedy and tragedy. (An AU where where the rumours are true and Henry VIII marries his daughter to Thomas Cromwell.)

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    26 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 7

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    Thomas Cromwell offers to (try to) give his king the son he craves. Henry unexpectedly accepts.

    (The pregnancy and birth details are neither graphic nor lengthy.)

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    15 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 6

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    Thomas reaches a breaking point and goes to a brothel to let off steam. (If only things were that simple.)

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    15 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    He prides himself in his calm composure, for his heart beats wild in his chest. The room is no longer ornate, the imposing atmosphere begins to shrink and close in on him. The air swallows the light, and around him is cobbled stone. He is in the tower again, and he feels the fear he did not allow himself to experience those dreadful months ago.

    One Night, Gardiner begged. One Night, Thomas repeats in his mind. One night, over and over again, as if saying it makes it any more true.

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    20 Mar 2026