daddyswain
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"I’ve told you before, Carla Connor, that you are my soulmate," Lisa promised, her voice unwavering, fierce, and utterly devoted. She paused, her gaze searching Carla's dark eyes with a depth of intensity that made Carla’s breath hitch. "But you, Ryan, Betsy, and now Connie... you all are my life. This house isn’t a sanctuary because of the bricks. It’s a sanctuary because you’re all in it."
An alternate, gentle look at the time leading up to Carla and Lisa's wedding. Away from the noise of the street, it's a story about the quiet, intimate moments between them and the family they have steadily built together.
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Lisa Swain is the architect of order: Captain of Manchester City, a minimalist perfectionist, and the self-proclaimed "Ice Queen" of the league. She views football as a science to be mastered.
Carla Connor is the definition of chaos: Captain of Manchester United, a local hero fueled by adrenaline, instinct, and the roar of the crowd. She views football as a war to be won.
For ten years, they have been total opposites. For five years, they have been bitter rivals. But this season, the tackles are hitting harder, the stares in the tunnel are lingering longer, and the hatred is starting to feel dangerously like obsession.
When the rivalry spills over the touchline, Lisa discovers that the only thing more terrifying than losing control is giving it to the one person she’s sworn to destroy.
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Taking a three-year-old to Tuscany requires military precision, mum-logic to handle a very important guard rock, and surviving a standard TUI flight. But between ruined lemon-print dresses, floating ankle socks, and the mid-morning heat of the Italian sun, Carla and Lisa find something unexpected in the quiet of a midnight swim: the realization that they are very good at this chaos. And maybe, just maybe, they aren't quite finished with it yet.
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- Part 2 of gravity
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"For one terrifying second, she hovered right on the edge of the precipice. She felt the absolute, catastrophic drop into the abyss of what she had just realised. The tears burned hot behind her eyes, and a sharp, jagged sob clawed its way up her throat, tasting like panic and copper.
But Lisa Swain did not break. Not here. Not ever."She holds it together for the job, for the victims, and for her pride. But when the front door of Number 6 finally closes, the walls come down. A deep dive into the visceral aftermath of Lisa's realisation, the heavy toll of survival, and the makeshift family that refuses to let her weather the storm alone.
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Lisa Swain is a masterpiece of corporate calibration. To her mother, she is a silent strategist and a perfect trophy - a girl expertly trained to be the face of an empire. But the "Swain Standard" is a gilded cage, and Lisa is holding her breath until she finally disappears.
Across Manchester, Carla Connor is picking up the pieces. A year after the crash that left her the keys to Underworld, she is fighting to keep her parents' legacy alive in a city full of wolves.
They are two sides of the same coin: one trapped by a family that won't let go, and one haunted by the family she lost. As their companies collide and the secrets begin to spill, the cost of perfection is about to become too high to pay.
This story is heavily inspired by "Masquerade" by Taylor Acorn, exploring the hollow pressure of living for everyone else’s expectations until the mask finally cracks.
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“You’re mine,” Carla growls. “You’re mine.”
(She isn’t.)
(She never was.)Bookmarked by daddyswain
02 Nov 2025
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A version of what happened on 30th Oct 2025 before Lisa came down the stairs looking freshly fucked in her dressing gown and Carla followed her fully clothed.
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31 Oct 2025