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    their share of vexation by

    Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995)  

    01 Jan 2026

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    "Welcome home," she said, and heard the brittleness in her own voice, the mockery of the sentiment.

    "This has not been home for some time, madam. For either of us."

    Then he was gone, and Elizabeth was left in her carefully claimed sitting room, staring at a book she could not read, wondering how they had arrived at this--two people bound together by law and circumstance, which neither could escape, circling each other like wounded animals in a house too small for their shared misery.

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    Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Elizabeth learns how to love her husband.

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    26 Mar 2026

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    You by

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    11 Nov 2025

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    Murderbot returns to Preservation Station for a visit with its humans. It's expecting to have a nice, relaxing time watching media and catching up. It doesn't expect to be living opposite Gurathin of all people. It doesn't want to spend more time with that asshole. It knows exactly where their situationship stands and absolutely nothing needs to change. Unless...

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    02 May 2024

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    HTTP 425: Too Early by

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    07 Feb 2025

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    HTTP 425: Too Early is an error code that occurs when one side of an information handshake is not yet ready or able to process data from the other system. Common causes of the error code 425 include user error, use of an outdated browser/application, and time travel.

    Or: Gurathin goes through the GreyCris survey. Again.

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    02 May 2024

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    #awkward by for Elizabeth (anghraine), marinams

    Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen  

    10 Aug 2015

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    Darcy
    I have strong opinions
    Liza Benítez
    Nope, you are mean.
    Darcy
    I’m sure my dedication to giving you feedback is terribly offensive
    Liza Benítez
    well
    one day I’ll figure out your motives
    Darcy
    Will you now?

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    25 Apr 2024

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    Heatwave by

    Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice (1995), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen  

    23 Sep 2025

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    (Modern AU.) It's hot. Elizabeth keeps going to the same café to write or to relax with a cold drink. At the nearest table, there's this guy. Reading. Day after day, same table, different books.

    Handsome. Not particularly pleasant. Strike that, EXTREMELY unpleasant. God. Elizabeth hates him already.

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    19 Apr 2024