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Everything’s different, nothing’s changed. Only slightly rearranged.
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16 Jul 2026
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Keep a tender distance by aftertheraven
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
31 Jan 2026
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that, should the worst woman alive on the planet propose marriage solely to procure a spousal visa and thus avoid deportation, the smart thing to do would be decline and immediately run in the opposite direction.
Unfortunately, Helen was stupid.OR
Madeline Ashton, editor in chief at Viva Publishing, is desperate to get married so she can stay in the country and keep her job. After thirty years, Helen Sharp still hasn’t figured out how to say no to her.
The Proposal/Fake Married AU.
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14 Jul 2026
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Touch Me, Baby (Naked in Manhatten!) by Avalanche_of_Xanax
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
11 Jul 2026
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Madeline catastrophises over her first time with Helen, post Alive Forever canon. Helen helps her through it. Magical sesbian lex ensues.
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- Part 5 of Rise and Fall of a Newark Princess
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11 Jul 2026
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guess i’ll curl up on the couch by yeahitshowed
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
07 Jul 2026
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“When you think about it, Apollo,” the Madeline on their TV says sagely, “That crazy blue marble of ours isn’t so different from your beloved tennis ball.”
The Madeline that’s sitting on the floor, leaning back against Helen’s calves, makes a sound like a beached whale. “I told them to cut the tennis ball speech,” she mutters, playing with the hem of Helen’s dress. “But did they listen? Does anyone listen when a beautiful blonde woman speaks her mind?”
“Like Christ on the cross, you poor thing,” Helen says, warming a lump of clay between her fingers. “Stop squirming.”
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Madeline and Helen watch Dogstronaut together.
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09 Jul 2026
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Graveyard Shift by oceansmiller
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
06 Jul 2026
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Helen leaves Madeline alone on the roof after Ernest falls. 50 years later, the cemetery brings them back together.
OR/AND: a lovesick meditation on mortality and eternity ft. everyone’s favorite codependent corpses
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05 Jul 2026
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despedida by glindauplands
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
28 Jun 2026
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"You've got to be kidding me."
For a moment, the woman simply stares at Madeline in confusion, the slightest frown on her face, and Madeline thinks that perhaps she might have actually gone insane. That certainly is more plausible than meeting this woman again, a woman she shouldn’t even be able to recognize because she hasn’t actually met her, not her, not in this life.
But then the woman’s eyes widen, her shoulders sag, her mouth forms the most perfect o shape, her hand moves to point at Madeline like she’s some kind of freak in a circus.
“What the fuck are you doing here?”
And Madeline can’t help it, so she lets out a chuckle because of course that’s the first thing that comes out of this woman’s lips.
"It’s you,” Madeline says, and much to her horror, she sounds a lot fonder than she intends to.
Or: Much to their dismay, Madeline and Helen keep finding each other in every life.
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01 Jul 2026
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When his best friend Penelope has her baby, Colin Bridgerton finds himself sliding into a sweet sort of domesticity beside them. That's okay, isn't it? People can be platonic step-fathers.
Yeah. Everything is really great, actually.
Until Penelope jokes about him drinking her breast milk.
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11 Jun 2026
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Green Means Go by Shelbazoidz
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
09 Jun 2026
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If someone told her that she'd be dating Madeline Ashton four months ago she would have slapped them and called them an idiot. Yet, it's been Helen's reality and she's been loving every moment. As much as she loves Madeline and being with her, she can't help but linger on one question…how the hell haven't they had sex yet??
This weekend they're taking a road trip to a music festival that happens to end just as the first day of Pride begins. With a hotel room all to themselves, maybe this might be the time it finally happens.
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Helen being a tiny bit jealous, mildly insecure, sort of confused and very horny for 14k words.
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- Part 10 of Still Alive - A Collection of MadHel Stories
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10 Jun 2026
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Let Your Body be the Velvet of the Night by twenty_something_ingenue
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
28 May 2026
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Maybe I'm just thinking about how this whole relationship started."
Helen paused and tilted her head.
"Hm, by me getting engaged, you fucking my fiancé, him leaving me for you, and for some reason I'm still not entirely sure about we're all here together now?"
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some madhelest but madeline is jealous and possessive
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29 May 2026
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I Will Show No Mercy by JuicyFlawless25
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
27 May 2026
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The door to the room had just clicked shut before Madeline was shoved against it, catching her off guard and making her clutch one hand against the door handle. She barely even had time to take a breath before Helen’s lips crashed against hers, dominating her mouth with an anger Madeline had never seen in her before. She reached her free hand out to clutch tightly to Helen’s hip, seeking a way to ground herself.
Helen shuddered, ignoring how good it felt to have her friend's hand on her, and shoved it off just as she bit harshly at Madeline’s bottom lip.
“Ow! Helen!” Madeline bellowed, a hurt expression crossing her features as she brought her hand up to touch her lip. “What the hell?” she questioned as she looked up into Helen’s furious gaze.
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Helen Sharp takes her revenge against Madeline once and for all.
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28 May 2026
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if your heart's on the line (you could take mine) by madelineashtonsxanax
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
22 May 2026
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“I am quite taken with you, my Goddess. So much so that I find myself wanting impossible things. I wish to be the only living soul allowed to witness your beauty and grace. I wish to be the only one worthy of your smiles, the only one blessed enough to hear your laughter and know that I was the reason for it.”
Helen lowered her eyes briefly, almost shy despite the boldness of her confession.
“Forgive my selfishness, but I have decided that you are mine to worship.”
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Helen, daughter of Athena and famed hero of Olympus, rivaling Heracles and Perseus, undertakes a series of trials to win the heart of her goddess, Madeline.
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23 May 2026
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Half-Hour in Heaven by oceansmiller for madelineashtonsxanax
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
06 May 2026
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Peculiar things can happen during a routine house tour when your realtor is Madeline Ashton....
aka madhel house tour sex with a bunch of repressed desire and self-indulgent smut because why not
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07 May 2026
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tes lèvres à moitiés chaudes by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
21 Apr 2026
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“Here you go, Ma’a—Ms. Ashton.”
Her driver rolls her suitcase up to the door, informs her that he’ll be the one to pick her up later that week and offers his condolences as parting words.
The front door swings on its hinges before Madeline has the time to ring the doorbell or school her features to face Helen.OR
Helen's mother dies and Madeline shows up for her ex-wife and their daughter
(2023 divorced madhel, pre-the age old curse)
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- Part 5 of the age-old curse (i love you)
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22 Apr 2026
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In death and eternity, looking at Helen now overwhelmed Madeline with the weight of a single fact:
She didn’t know Madeline couldn’t die.
She didn’t know.
And she pushed anyway.
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aka, Madeline tries to win back Helen's affections through means of her own. another title of this could probably be ‘the madeline ashton crashout extravaganza’
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18 Apr 2026
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summer nights by Elle018 for wereadtoliveathousandlives, LightLeadingMe
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
11 Apr 2026
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Penelope expects a summer at Aubrey Hall to be filled with fun, sun, and Bridgerton shenanigans.
She doesn't expect her forever-crush to start to notice her back.
But she's about to learn: sometimes you get exactly what you want, even when you least expect it.
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12 Apr 2026
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graceland too by pearlsofthevalley
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
07 Apr 2026
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“A road trip?” Helen had asked.
Madeline nodded, grinning. “Yeah, just me and you and the open road! Doesn’t that sound fun?”
Helen thought it sounded like a recipe for disaster. “I don’t know, Mad,” she’d said. “Where would we even go? It’s the middle of winter.”
“Don’t worry about that,” Madeline brushed off, shrugging her shoulders. “Just let me handle all of it.”
It was a horrible idea, Helen had been sure of it. The two of them had been going crazy enough as it was, living together again, and that would surely only be magnified in a cramped car. However, Madeline looked so excited, and maybe a little nervous if Helen thought about it hard enough, and Helen was always so terrible at denying Madeline anything.
After a long moment, she had just sighed and accepted defeat. “Alright, Mad. We’ll go on your trip.”
She hoped it would be worth the squeal and quick little happy claps Madeline let out.
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08 Apr 2026
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i always bet on losing dogs by simpards
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
07 Apr 2026
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“Normal people don’t continue friendships after having an affair with their best friend’s ex-fiancé. They certainly don’t invite them to be their maid of honor.” She was offended that he would, first think of her as normal, and second that he understood how Helen and her dynamic worked. This was the way they would work through it.
“You’ll never win if you continue to need her,” Ernest said against the glass of his lips.
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canon exploration of why Madeline and Helen stayed apart pre-wedding
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07 Apr 2026
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i can’t find a way to understand (why i’m here again and again) by Notevenaproperword
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
25 Mar 2026
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Madeline squeezes her breasts and winces. She’s sitting in the ridiculously small toilet of her dressing-room in the Palace Theater with the atrocious notion that she might not be able to fit her growing chest in her costumes much longer. She sticks her thumbnail between her teeth and closes her eyes. The rest of her is fine, more than fine actually. Her skin is softer, her hair seems lit from within and she isn’t putting on weight. Only her breasts have begun to inflate. They are sore too. This is the main problem.
It is, Madeline tells herself firmly, the only problem.
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Madeline might be pregnant, her only (apparent) hope is Helen. Everything goes wrong.Bookmarked by LightLeadingMe
25 Mar 2026
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that make marriage a joy by FishboneHairpin for LightLeadingMe
Fandoms: Company - Sondheim/Furth
24 Mar 2026
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Harry makes dinner for Sarah, who has just hopped on the wagon.
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Taco night with fluff.
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24 Mar 2026
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So No Head? by Shelbazoidz
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
24 Mar 2026
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It's a question she’s been trying to ignore. She can’t address it, let alone speak it out loud. But it's been there for months and Helen can’t keep pretending like she’s not curious about the aspect. More than just curious, she’s enthralled by it. She doesn’t know how the hell is she supposed to ask it though. It's not like she can just walk up to Madeline and ask if she’s ever thought about taking her head off and going down on herself…that would be insane.
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24 Mar 2026