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Dr. Wheeler said Lisa needed a hobby. Carla suggested "bullying some plants." Neither of them anticipated that a Tuesday afternoon would devolve into a tactical rescue mission involving a sequined police hat, a sodden shower cap, and the classified discovery of Sally Metcalfe’s "experimental" college phase.
A story of trauma recovery, "medicinal" Rosé, and the absolute, unhinged joy of two women who have finally found the perimeter is secure.
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06 Feb 2026
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Design Team Lead Carson Shaw takes the new head of P&C, Greta Gill on a motorcycle ride.
For my partner in Fifty Shades of Gill crime, Jess. Couldn't do it without you, mate.
That's the extent of the plot. The rest is exactly what you expect it to be :0)
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30 Apr 2023
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“I believe in tables to sit at,” Greta tells her, reaching across the distance for Carson’s hand, turning it face up, tracing the lines of her palm. “Someone to sit with.”
“Oh..." Carson breathes, curling her fingers in softly. Greta trembles a little, scared of what she’ll say, and Carson feels it. She squeezes her grip, smiling. “Me too,” she says, swallowing. “I believe in that too. Someone to- to be with.”
“Yeah?” Greta asks shyly. Carson reaches to tuck her hair behind her ear, cupping her jaw so that Greta will look at her.
“Yeah,” she replies.
And at this kitchen table, something shifts between them. The light hits Greta’s blush differently as they look at each other, and Carson hasn’t stopped smiling since they started talking. This beating heart of the Rockford house - where the Peaches gather and laugh and drink and eat - holds them in all of its softness, watches them quietly in their falling and knows that they will catch each other. There is nothing more wonderful than being held this way, than feeling at home.
(Or, the story of Greta and Carson growing up and growing older together, how they change and become, as told by the kitchens they occupy throughout their lives.)
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28 Feb 2023
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saying all of this would ruin the moment (you touch me like nobody else does) by ifthebookdoesntsell
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
10 Feb 2023
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“She’s not my girlfriend,” Greta hisses, even as she watches the game, watches Carson leading off second base, the focus in her jawline, the flex of her calves, that stupid cap on her head.
“Oh really?” Maybelle leans over Jess. “Then why are you drooling?”
Greta’s face goes hot. “I’m not fucking drooling!” she hisses. “Carson and I work together.”
“Yeah, I’m sure you do lots of things together,” Jess quips, proud of themself.
Swallowing hard, Greta steels her resolve. They’re getting too close to the truth. She has to remember the rules she and Carson drew up in the back of class once – they should have been taking notes, but Carson’s hand was on her knee, her thumb drawing circles, so she spent most of class just doing her best to keep a clear head.
“Really, Carson and I are just friends,” she says, firm. “She has a boyfriend.” And that part is true at least. Carson isn’t her girlfriend; that’s Greta’s entire problem.
(Or, a modern-take on the affair and how it might play out if they were allowed more choices, for better or for worse. The one where they're in college, they're co-workers, they can't keep their hands off each other + they just really need to get their shit together.)
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