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  1. Public Bookmark 42

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    Beatrice was sure she had found the love of her life. The woman of her dreams. Someone who had endured the worst Beatrice's parents could dish out and stayed. Someone who fought by her side through the hardest times of her life. Someone who left her, for a time, but came back and reignited a love stronger than ever before. The woman she was going to marry.

    Unfortunately for all involved, that woman's name was not "Ava Silva."

    or, the one where Bea makes the mistake of marrying her childhood sweetheart.

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 87

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    As the tea steeps, Beatrice sees the steam shift - like a breeze, like a curious sniff. Beatrice pours out two cups but the second stays on the counter (for the best since, just this week alone, Beatrice has had to replace a total of three teacups). She tries not to think too hard about it, turns away slightly so it’s just out of her line of sight. Though, she doesn’t know which is easier to swallow: the sight of the tea that Ava still cannot drink or the emptiness that greets her whenever she turns her head, the knowledge that Ava is back but not here. Not completely, not yet.

     

    or: on touch and waiting and wanting

    or or: Ava comes back invisible

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    Chapters:
    1/1
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    13 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 76

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    Ava clicks her tongue. “Well. I could help.”
    Beatrice blinks a couple of times. “Help…?”
    “You know.” She grins. “Help.”
    It takes Beatrice a full two seconds; it should not be such a surprise that Ava is offering something like that, but, still, it catches her off guard. “Ava. Please lower your voice.”
    Ava laughs, but she obeys: when she speaks again, her volume is lower. “I’m being serious! Think about it. I’m good at sex, if I say so myself. You trust me. I’m super hot…”

    OR: After leaving her religious life and her title of Sister, Beatrice finds peace in routine, tea, and the comfort of a local bar; especially when Ava, the bartender and her new best friend, is working.
    When Beatrice confesses she has never had sex and is terrified of being… bad at it, Ava makes an offer: what if they just did it? As a favor. As a learning experience. No feelings involved.
    But Beatrice already has a secret crush on Ava. And Ava, it turns out, is about to fall harder.
    Virginity is a social construct. Unfortunately, so is pretending not to be in love.

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    Chapters:
    5/5
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    108
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    22 Mar 2026

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    Clarke and Lexa's movie night takes a new and interesting turn.

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    7/?
    Comments:
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    14 Feb 2026

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    Thank God for her sneakers or else this would have looked more like she was pulling a dead body. Oh fuck. Did it look like she was carrying a dead body? Her pace increased out of pure fear. This literally could not be happening right now. She was done for. Ava’s fans would kill her. They wouldn’t even question her. They would tear her apart limb from limb in some sadistic medieval torture session while chanting along to one of their idol’s songs.

    Ava is a global pop sensation, a household name known for her breathtaking vocals, captivating stage presence, and undeniable charisma. She’s at the height of her career, with sold-out world tours, chart-topping hits, and a fanbase that adores her every move. Beatrice, the enigmatic and vulnerable lead singer of The Cruciforms, is her opposite in every way. She doesn’t chase the spotlight, it finds her. As The Cruciforms carve their way into the mainstream with their honest lyrics and genre defying sound, Beatrice remains a mystery, a fragile storm drawing Ava and the world in with every word she sings.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    24/24
    Comments:
    1,124
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    611
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    30 Nov 2025

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    Beatrice is a successful author in a creative slump who turns to a writer's retreat to find her rhythm again. What she finds instead is an old friend with an almost insurmountable amount of baggage between them.

    Or,

    The sequel to childhood friends AU.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,735
    Chapters:
    2/5
    Comments:
    282
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    1,256
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    214
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    17,222

    29 Jun 2024

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    Ava and Mary, two down-on-their-luck petty thieves living with their adoptive mother in a Montana homestead, kidnap a girl from a convent in the hopes of achieving a quick payday. But nothing is ever that simple, and Beatrice is far from what they're expecting.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    6/10
    Comments:
    310
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    1,128
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    28,848

    27 Jan 2024

  8. Public Bookmark 72

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    Ava's upcoming wedding to JC is developing into a stressful affair, even though Ava keeps insisting it 'doesn't really matter.' She is also completely clueless that her accountant friends might, in fact, be involved in criminal activity. But hey, that's showbiz, baby.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    25/?
    Comments:
    427
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    870
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    19,953

    21 Dec 2023

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    Ava drifts, flitting from one formless place to another, catching glimpses of vaguely familiar faces, hearing things she has heard before—please don’t leave me, I don’t want you to die.

    Beatrice so rarely asks her for anything, and Ava hates that she couldn’t even give her this one thing. The least she can do is go back.

    Preferably alive.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    5/5
    Comments:
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    05 Dec 2023

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    Ava rolls over to face Beatrice properly, tucking her hands under the pillow. “Will you read me some?”

    Beatrice considers this, one finger absently skimming down the spine of the book, mesmerizingly enough that Ava almost forgets she’s waiting for an answer. “If you like,” Beatrice replies. She says that, often, in place of yes, as though Ava can be trusted to want things safely, and Beatrice can give these things to her, as long as Ava’s wanting goes first, and doesn’t go too far ahead.

    Beatrice’s reading voice is quiet and measured. Ava can almost understand, piecing together the language out of other languages she knows. And then there’s the way Beatrice speaks, so specifically that there’s that feeling of recognition, even when the words she says are only sounds.

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    After leaving St Michael’s, Ava does everything she can to support Diego, including taking him to extracurriculars. Beatrice is his aikido instructor, and it changes everything.

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    Chapters:
    2/?
    Comments:
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    13,707

    29 Oct 2023

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    Spring Break in Switzerland sees Ava freshly single and ready to mingle. When she and her friends end up at a little bar in the alps Ava finds herself drawn to one of the locals.

    It’s a week of getting to know one another in more ways than one.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    15/15
    Comments:
    386
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    14 Sep 2023

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    "I think," Ava began, chewing on the thought, "That you should take my virginity."

    Beatrice's first reaction was what a hellish thing to say in the middle of the Atlantic City boardwalk, right outside of Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. "Take it?" She responded, deciding to address the brutish first part of the sentence, "Ava, that's a little antiquated, don't you think?"

    Ava said, "Seriously? That's your response to this?"

    *

    Or,

    Ava and Beatrice meet for the first time at ten years old, and again in a very different way their last summer before college.

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    47,980

    04 Sep 2023

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    She tells the darkness that she wants to build a life with Ava, says Ava’s name so softly and reverently that her hope begins to make light, sparking a flame. She imagines every grand detail, and every small one, too: going back to their place in the Alps, holding Ava’s hand in the broad openness of their town, drinking with her on Friday nights, kissing her hello and goodbye and for no reason at all.

    She wants to carry Ava home after a long night. She wants Ava in her clothes, Ava in nothing at all, to never feel shame again. She doesn’t think she could; she could never be ashamed of loving Ava.

    Come back, she thinks as the sun starts to rise, as she feels enough peace to close her eyes. Come back. There is so much I can’t wait to do with you.

    And maybe it’s all the years she spent between pews, or all the times she’s fallen to her knees, or maybe it is just simple truth, however idealistic, but Beatrice really can’t help but think that Ava hears her.

    (or, when Ava goes, Beatrice's family steps up for her as she learns to stand again. Beatrice growing after Ava is gone and after Ava returns to be with her – how they learn to live together, to be alive, and everything that it means.)

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    214
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    22,856

    29 Aug 2023

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    Her life was in complete fucking shambles and she’d be going from working at the homeless shelter in the morning to working at the bar at night for the foreseeable future, but she could make this -

    “Sister Beatrice will be the one monitoring your attendance and effort, informing us of your compliance with the required fulfillment of your service.”

    Oh good, more fucking nuns. She made some very inappropriate gestures the last time she saw a nun. Granted, Frances probably didn’t know what they meant, but it sure made her feel better.

    Ava can see it now, Sister Beatrice is probably some old hag who sucks on lemon candy and smells like feet. She’s going to hate Ava the moment she sees her.

    This is going to suck.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    16/16
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    19 Aug 2023

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    This time it takes a lot longer to get a response back, but Ava can wait him out. “Speak, child.”

    Ava grins from ear to ear, then forces herself to reign it in. “Yes I uh…I have to confess an act of gluttony.” She drops her head, really pushing the shame into her tone. “Two days ago I took a visit to the city with Sister Lilith and a small boy offered me a candy bar, a Twix. Are you familiar?”

    “Yes, sister, I am.” He sounds so annoyed, Ava has to bite the inside of her cheek not to giggle.

    “Right of course, you are a man of many travels and, most likely, many many candy bars.”

    a nun!ava au

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    6/6
    Comments:
    549
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    26 Jul 2023

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    The photo underneath the headline catches Ava's attention before she can figure out what she’s looking at. It’s a landscape shot of a lighthouse sitting atop a cliff and silhouetted against a bold sunset, its beacon lit. It looks like it’s at the end of the world, surrounded by rocks and the sea.

    She frowns.

    The ad is for a relief lighthouse keeper. She tentatively scrolls down to look at the duties and requirements, fully expecting to find that she’s unsuited for the job.

    Except she’s kind of… perfect for it?

    Unmoored, a little lost, and always impulsive, she thinks fuck it and spends the next three hours fixing her resumé, digging for her certification details, and writing an overly enthusiastic cover letter.

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    Chapters:
    9/9
    Comments:
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    17 Jul 2023

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    Falling for the cute firefighter was a total accident. So was getting hit by a car. Beatrice thinks it feels about the same, all things considered.

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    1/1
    Comments:
    36
    Kudos:
    680
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    100
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    5,360

    16 Jul 2023

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    15 Jul 2023

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    Chastity, Obedience, Poverty.

    These are not the vows of a nun.

    These are Beatrice's vows to Ava.

    OR: The one where Beatrice basically owns the largest airline in the world, and she keeps meeting Ava at airports.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    6/6
    Comments:
    369
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    30,665

    12 Jun 2023

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    “I made a list!” Ava trills.
    “A list.”
    “Yeah!” Oh no. Ava’s grin is wicked. “Of all the things that turn me on when I’m with a boy.”
    Jesus Christ. Good thing Beatrice lowered that bottle.
    “Care to explain?” she groans.
    “I call it the to do list. I figured if I do all of this stuff with a girl and I get turned on, it means I’m also into girls.”

    Language:
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    Words:
    28,572
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Comments:
    731
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    5,316
    Bookmarks:
    770
    Hits:
    92,165

    23 May 2023

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