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A World In Lilac Hues by profdanglais
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms
03 Oct 2022
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It began, as so many dreadful things do, at a party.
Elizabeth Bennet’s first impression of Fitzwilliam Darcy is… unfavourable. Her second and third impressions are hardly any better. He’s aloof and haughty and casually insulting, yet she keeps catching glimpses of something deeper in his character. Which is the only possible explanation for why she can't seem to get him out of her head.
Free-spirited artist Elizabeth is everything Darcy disapproves of, yet he finds himself captivated by her... and quite desperately attracted. Try as he might he can't stop himself from wanting her, or being drawn back again and again as she works on a mural for his new offices. He can't seem to stay away from her, or stay out of his own way in his attempts to connect with her.
When the consequences of Darcy’s actions bring the sexual tension between himself and Elizabeth to a head they both think that will be the end of it. Yet circumstances and their own desires keep bringing them together and slowly, gradually, they learn to see beyond those first impressions and forge an understanding—a new, tender understanding that comes just at the moment when Elizabeth’s family finds itself facing a terrible crisis.
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24 Feb 2026
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A Moment Alone by darkpartofmydestiny
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
27 Aug 2022
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In the days leading up to their wedding, Margaret and John (living under the same roof) find themselves drawn to each other in the middle of the night. They battle with what is right in society's eyes and their own feelings for each other. Please note rating!
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06 Feb 2026
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Idle Gossip by darkpartofmydestiny
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
18 Feb 2022
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John overhears talk that he's a bad husband, Margaret makes him feel better.
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06 Feb 2026
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now that your rose is in bloom by stepquietly for zorana
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
29 Jun 2015
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Margaret has always thought John a careful man, unlikely to be swayed by her words or those of any others once his mind is resolved to a thing, yet she finds over and over again that this is no longer true, if indeed it ever was. He remains achingly grateful for her praise.
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06 Feb 2026
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"I may have liked you better when I thought you had no sense of humor at all," she told him, but she allowed him to kiss her hand in apology.
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06 Feb 2026