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  1. Public Bookmark 52

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    "You have lost the privilege of Frannie".

    Two years ago, Michaela Stirling left a London drawing-room one evening and did not come back. She left a letter. She left, also, the woman whose hand she had been holding on a sofa some hours earlier, and to whom she had said nothing of consequence.

    She is, this April, returning. There are papers to sign, a title to inherit, and a season to survive, and there are, unfortunately, only so many ballrooms in Mayfair.
    Francesca Bridgerton, Countess of Kilmartin, has been waiting. Not gladly.

    A literary slow-burn through the season of 1820. F/F; seventeen episodes; rated for the long view.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    I'm writing this note because I hope you as the author, sees this and knows how much I LOVE your story. I dont want to pressure you but every day I see this fic updated is a great one. And i hope you come back to write soon <33333333

  2. Public Bookmark 37

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    The last letter Francesca received from Michaela had arrived six months ago. The first she had thrown away; after that, she could not imagine reading the ones that followed, not when she had not read the first.

    But the last one had arrived on a cold, lonely day. Francesca had brought it to her room, sunk onto the bed, and held it in both hands. She had smelled it. Stared at the handwriting. Wondered whether it contained the answers she sought. Why Michaela had left. Where she was. Whom she was meeting and speaking to. But if she read it, she might have to reply, and she could not imagine replying without spilling herself in ink. I thought of you today and yesterday. I will think of you tomorrow. I wish I did not, but I cannot help it. Please, come back. I am waiting for you.

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    10 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 25

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    “Keep going, Daddy.”

    Francesca clicked her tongue and roughly removed her fingers. She slapped her hand onto Michaela’s presented ass and leaned in. Michaela groaned at the spank and over dramatically bit her lip.

    “What about me,” Francesca said, waving a hand over her half clothed body. “Is giving Daddy to you.”

    “All of it. 'Daddy' is an energy and vibe love. Anyone can be Daddy” Michaela justified with pleasure. “Now, please fuck me hard. . . Daddy.”

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    Or the one where Michaela teasingly calls Francesca daddy in bed and she slowly but surely ends up getting really into it.

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    08 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 81

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    Francesca always thought the love her parents and siblings found was rare. It was love at first sight, fast, passionate, and a frenzy of feelings. Her mother always told her the best loves started when they began as friends, only for both parties to then feel more. That was not a love Francesca had ever felt, but some love stories take longer to present themselves than others.

    Season 3 and Beyond of Franchaela's love story: A lot of drama, angst, and romance, sprinkle of humor, and heaps of smut with a happy ending.

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    02 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 98

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    Francesca changes things.

    or, michaela, francesca and falling.

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    28 Apr 2026

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    “You have my phone number, right?” she asked softly, as if someone might overhear her, even though they were alone.

    Michaela’s eyebrows shot up. “Yes,” she drawled, her tone questioning.

    “Well,” Francesca started, eyes darting around. “If you wanted to use it for…non-pick-up-related reasons…” she steeled herself and met Michaela’s gaze then. “That would be alright with me.”

    Michaela’s lips slowly spread into a teasing grin. “Oh?” she asked airily.

    Her reaction soothed Francesca’s anxiety a notch. “Yeah,” she nodded.

    “Alright then,” Michaela winked before she turned around and walked to her car.

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    or, piano teacher fran meets her match when john's cousin michaela starts to pick up his daughter from piano lessons

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    26 Apr 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 96

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    Everything else pales in comparison when she knows what she’s missing. And right now, what she’s missing is the toy that’s tenting her wife’s slacks.

    Jackie looks up and finds Shauna already watching her. Unabashedly. A furl of heat rolls over Jackie’s skin.

    ”I’m not here for that.” She lies.

    She totally is here for that.

    OR:

    Shauna is trying to focus on writing a book. Jackie’s idea of a distraction includes very little clothing.

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    12 Apr 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 52

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    A collection of smutty omegaverse Franchaela shots because why the hell not?

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    12 Apr 2026

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    How could something feel so natural and so unforgivable at once?

    That was the thing Francesca could not reconcile. Not the wickedness of it, which society would have named readily enough if society had known. Not even the betrayal, though that cut its own deep wound. But the ease of it. The instinct. The terrible, unsought understanding of how one woman could want another and be answered without translation. She had thought, once, that desire had a shape. A prescribed form. A body it belonged to.

    Michaela Stirling had shown her, in a single evening, how wrong she had been.

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    Inspired by When He Was Wicked, this version rewrites the original story through Michaela Stirling, transforming it into a romance shaped by secrecy, grief, friendship, and a love even harder won.

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    12 Apr 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 90

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    In the next TikTok, Michaela’s at brunch with friends.

    Francesca paused then and rewatched for awhile. What were her friends like? They seemed like Michaela: outgoing, put-together, charismatic, beautiful…

    Hm. Beautiful. Francesca paused the video on a frame of just Michaela and took the image in. She blinked once. Yes. Beautiful.

    Well, John was handsome, wasn’t he? So that made sense. Same genes. Good genes.

    or, francesca bridgerton meets her demise through influencer michaela stirling’s socials. who, by the way, was her boyfriend’s cousin

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    09 Apr 2026

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    “You love hearing me speak, that’s why you argue with me so much.” Michaela said quietly, close enough that she could hear her over the music.

    Francesca hummed, dazed. “You’re a narcissist. Whatever you’ve tried to convince yourself about me, erase it.”

    or Francesca and Michaela are academic rivals and attend a private prestigious music academy.

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    09 Apr 2026

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    My take on Bridgerton Season 5, centered on Francesca and Michaela’s slow-burn love story.

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    04 Apr 2026

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    “The first time I saw you," Michaela says, "I thought you were the strong-minded sister of my cousin’s new wife.” She smiles then, small and sad. “Somehow you ended up more than that. You ended up being you.”

    “You say that like it is something special,” Francesca says, voice small.

    Michaela holds her gaze. “It is to me.”

    or, 5 times Michaela leaves Francesca + 1 time she comes back (aka scenes from scotland + a s5 reunion)

    Part 1: Francesca, Part 2: Michaela, Part 3: Together

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    31 Mar 2026

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    When Francesca Bridgerton returns to Kilmartin House in the wake of her husband's sudden death, she finds the one complication she cannot manage: Michaela Stirling, John's cousin, still in residence, and still capable of unsettling Francesca with a single look.
    Michaela was the first person to offer Francesca comfort in London, and the first to abandon her without explanation. Now, forced into uneasy proximity by estate politics and watchful eyes, the two women circle each other through icy silences, sharp arguments, and moments of tenderness neither is willing to name. Francesca insists she is only trying to restore order. Michaela insists she is only trying to keep Francesca safe. But beneath the rules of mourning and the ruthless scrutiny of society, something forbidden begins to breathe.
    Francesca is forced to confront an unbearable truth: she may be losing herself to a love she never knew she was allowed to want. Michaela, torn between devotion and fear, must decide whether protecting Francesca means leaving her... or choosing her.
    The Widow's Reckoning is a passionate continuation of Francesca's story, where love does not replace what was lost, but dares to exist beside it... even if it becomes scandal.

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    29 Mar 2026

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    Michaela’s fingers, which are a bit cold, graze the inside of her wrist. “It’s not innocent like this.” She whispers now too, fingers slide up her forearm.

    That certainly doesn’t feel innocent to Francesca, who bites down on her lip to suppress a whimper at the contact she’s not at all used to.

    Most touches did not feel as Michaela’s fingers do now, tracing across the inside of her arm, pushing up the sleeve of her dress so that skin can meet skin in some distracting sort of way that immediately sparks a new melody in Francesca’s head. As her fingers dance in what is supposed to be an innocent action across the soft skin of her forearm, she is finding it harder and harder to breathe in any air.

    “Many nights in France I found places full of the kind of touch that you cannot possibly imagine.” Michaela is still watching every feature on her face, so closely that it would make her self-conscious about it if she wasn’t so distracted by the way her careful fingers dance across her skin. “That is the most wicked thing I can tell you of, something so ruinous that even if I had ever wanted to be a debutante, I would not have the chance.”

    or With Love, Franchaela.

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    29 Mar 2026

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    John dies on a quiet Tuesday, unmarried and childless. Michaela can't fathom allowing everything she knows and loves to pass to a distant heir, so in one last effort to keep hold of her life, as well as the estate, Michaela decides to take a detour through John's wardrobe before heading into Mayfair as the Earl himself, hoping that one eligible, but not so marriage-minded lady takes an interest in her unusual offer.

    or, Francesca falls in love with Michaela, she just doesn't realize it yet.

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    29 Mar 2026

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    Five years.

    Twenty matches.

    One hotel, different floors and the kind of tension that has been mislabeled competitive awareness for far too long. Francesca and Michaela are the greatest rivalry in women's tennis — and, it turns out, each other's most inconvenient problem.

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    26 Mar 2026

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    “You have driven me to insanity, Francesca.” She accuses in the softest version of a harsh tone that anyone could direct at her. It is amazing the way it makes her hesitate, the relief the words bring to her are unfair, but they settle in her bones anyway.

    “I-” She snaps her mouth shut, feeling the horrible urge to stutter. “What do you mean?” She manages after a moment and feels the wild look in Michaela’s eyes travel through her abruptly and settle in her lower stomach.

    Her eyes are always so intense and beautiful, a distracting thing for Francesca. “What do I mean!?” Michaela is still dripping water as she advances forward and Francesca has the urge to step back but there isn’t much space for her to escape too, so instead she stands still as Michaela gets closer. She smells like rain and a bit of firewood today. “I cannot sleep.” Francesca feels herself stuttering out a breath and then maybe stop breathing entirely. “If you are not next to me, I cannot sleep. I cannot stay away from you and yet if I am near you, it is agony to not be touching you. So, I stay away and instead I cannot sleep.” Michaela is much closer to her now, shivering.

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    16 Mar 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 31

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    Francesca Bridgerton had always been good at compartmentalizing.

    Love went in one box. Grief followed closely behind it in another. Rage, the one that occupied her mind the most, belonged in a third.

    But the bodies? Those went underground.

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    14 Mar 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 45

    Mystery Work

    Part of on hiatus for a month
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    This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!

    13 Mar 2026

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