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Mr. Knightley frowned, considering her words. His arms were still folded against his chest, his fingers drumming. He had a question on his mind; Emma could see that. But he seemed also unsure of whether to ask it.
“Well?”
“And what about your heart, Emma? What of falling in love?”When the snowstorm at Christmas makes the road between Randalls and Hartfield impassable, the Woodhouses and Knightleys are forced to stay put. Emotions run high and confessions are made.
[Canon divergent, beginning with the infamous Christmas party at Randalls]
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28 Dec 2025
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Emma does not renew the conversation in the garden, and Mr Knightley goes away without proposing. Still, the strings (or shoelaces) of fate have a way of arranging things for the best.
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28 Dec 2025
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Beneath the Surface by Taradactyls
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, AUSTEN Jane - Works
16 May 2026
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The smutty 'Trying to Tread Water' companion fic that people did ask for.
Though their marriage was in name only, offered in the dark hour of her father’s life fading and Mr Collins not listening to her refusals of him, as Elizabeth and Mr Darcy became closer they were always going to learn to understand each other – and themselves – better, growing both as individuals and a couple. Some things are inevitable. Like that every marriage of convenience must encounter only one bed.
Chapters are labelled with where you need to be up to in Trying to Tread Water to prevent spoilers for the main story. Everything here is expanded and bonus scenes from that fic.
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- Part 2 of the Trying to Tread Water universe
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02 Mar 2025
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“I am so going to regret asking, but—what exactly are you getting at, Blair?”
Blair takes a deep breath, sitting up straight, and lets it all come out in a rush: “Come with me to Paris and pretend to be my boyfriend.”
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- Part 1 of write this down
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19 Feb 2025
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Trying to Tread Water by Taradactyls
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, AUSTEN Jane - Works
11 Apr 2026
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The marriage of convenience fic no one asked for.
The morning after the Netherfield Ball, while Mr Collins is proposing to Elizabeth, Mr Bennet collapses. With her father unconscious and apparently near death, her mother pressuring her to marry Mr Collins, and the gentleman himself ignoring her protests, suddenly saying 'no' is not so easy. Faced with poverty and homelessness if she continues refusing, the gossip soon reaches Netherfield that she will have to marry Mr Collins. Just as Mr Darcy is about to mount his horse and follow Mr Bingley to London, never to return, he overhears the servants talking. The thought of Elizabeth married to a fool like Mr Collins is unbearable to him, and he resolves to make her a better offer. But, when she refuses him, he finds that he's willing to do anything for love - even marry her without the hope of being with her.
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- Part 1 of the Trying to Tread Water universe
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15 Feb 2025