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  1. The Edge of Peace by

    Fandoms: Cagney and Lacey  

    18 Aug 2025

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    Monday, December 5, 1988 - Sunday, December 25, 1988

    Grief remakes everything. When Charlie collapses again, Christine is forced to face the unthinkable: the father who defined her is gone. In the blur of ICU vigils, funeral parlors, and a wake that veers from laughter to collapse, she leans harder than ever on Mary Beth—sometimes without words, sometimes without shame. Mary Beth shoulders the weight, even as Marcus Petrie quietly warns her of the rumors already circling about them. Eliza sees the truth too: Christine’s love for Mary Beth isn’t speculation, it’s fact. And at Christmas, with Alice squealing over toys and the tree glowing in Queens, Christine slips her partner a gift chosen only for her: a pendant meant to honor change, and the grace to survive it. In that moment, their mutual pining ceases to be subtext and becomes the quiet center of everything.
    And on Christmas night, when the gifts are given and the tree keeps watch, Christine risks one more—reckless, delicate, impossible to take back.

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