#genderbent eloise bridgerton

[sea-owl]

Ok but can you imagine Felicity with a shotgun trying to scare off Eloise because she’s got the spirit but the wrong idea and while Felicity is trying to scare away Eloise off from romancing Penelope, Colin sneaks in behind Felicity to charm Penelope and Eloise is oblivious like sure Felicity I’ll come look at your watercolors away from Penelope (sends Penelope a confused look)

Omg what if this falls into the Elliot Bridgerton au?

Felicity wakes up in a cold sweat one night because she just had a dream and a realization that a Bridgerton is out to ruin her beloved sister. Her immediate thought that it's Elliot. That bastard is always hanging off her or dragging her off somewhere whenever he's home on break from University and constantly complains how much easier it would be if Penelope lived closer yet he won't marry her?!

Felicity often hears rumors that Elliot is just sowing his wild oats and then he'll properly court Penelope. Felicity huffs and calls bullshit. I mean hell! That family friendly tea party Lady Danbury threw the other day Felicity could feel Bridgerton's eyes on her family.

She would challenge him to a duel, but Penelope forbade it. Apparently, it's illegal, and both Felicity and Elliot are too good of shots. So she does the next best thing. Be a constant pain in the ass and pull Elliot off to somewhere else. He's so competitive like Hyacinth. It's wasy to pull him into games. Maybe Penelope will finally get a proper suitor.

Unknown to Felicity she had the right idea but the wrong Bridgerton. The whole time she's trying to drag Elliot away Colin has more freedom to approach Penelope uninterrupted. This has led to some interesting interactions. One that had Felicity breaking a tea cup when Colin walked in on their family meeting dragging Penelope behind him, requesting permission to marry her from their mother.

When Portia excused Felicity to get her watercolors she really ran to go get sunshine.

[thekatebridgerton]

Edward Sharma 🤝 Elliot Bridgerton 🤝 Felix Featherington: Protecting their sisters/friends from idiots aka Bridgertons men.

As they should. Anthony and Colin are weirdos who can't keep their horny thoughts in their pants. Elliot knows this! he's part of the family. Felix and Eddie share his pain and they hang out together at the boxing club to plot at how to mess up Anthony and Colin's next visit to the Sharmas and the Featheringtons.

[dancingdorito]

if they do eloise's season before benedict's, i might drop the show. because the man has waited long enough and deserves to lead after season 3. putting his season off another would just be cruel.

[thebubblesoutlet]

The Bridgerton BOOK fandom is a-ok with a genderbent Sophie because they enjoy fetishizing white mlm ships. It makes no sense for Sophie to be genderbent considering that her main internal struggle has to do with her intersecting gender and class identities.

They're ok with making Eloise a lesbian because according to them all angry feminists must secretly be gay. They're also ok with it because they hate her (borderline emotionally abusive) storyline and have a hard time projecting onto her.

The push back against Fran and Michaela has been interesting to say the least. They're trying to justify their homophobia because of "Fran's fertility issues" as if its something exclusive to heterosexual relationships.

Just very eye opening. Anyways, I'm officially excited for Fran and Michaela, my 2 pretty ladies. I hope Netflix at least tries to protect the actresses, and Masali especially.

P.S i totally get being queer and feeling like eloise is a lesbian. I personally shipped Creloise and I'm still hoping that that relationship will come to fruition. I am in no way referring to the accepting, inclusive show fans. I'm instead SPECIFICALLY referring to a section of white straight women on Instagram and Twitter who don't like outspoken eloise as much as their sweet docile little Fran. Its layers of homophobia and internalised misogyny all wrapped up together tbh. The instances I've discussed in this post are all things I've observed/ seen people who are overly invested in those ridiculously mediocre books discuss these last few days. The only straight bridgerton IMO is daphne😭😭😭😭

[artsandcraps]

I didn't enjoy Bridgerton season 3 part 2 as much as I would have liked to. I hate how they just shoved Cressida to the side, gave her a horrible ending, and totally invalidated her friendship with Eloise (side note, I loved their pairing and how Jessica Madsen was a Creloise shipper; Claudia Jessie and Madsen adored each other and it really came out on screen). I adore Creloise.

I would have been okay with Eloise and Penelope continuing to not be friends because that's just life sometimes, you know? In the CBS show Mom, Christie's daughter Violet says that the damage to their relationship is irreparable and she does not want to have a relationship with her. As someone who is no-contact with my family of origin, I really appreciated that representation.

(As an aside, I know that Lady Whistledown wasn't as big of a player in the books, and I think that change really complicated a lot of elements in the series. I wouldn't have been able to forgive Penelope if I were Eloise, and if I had written it, I would have reworked that conflict to have not been as enormous. Eloise had some necessary growth and I think it would have been satisfying to explore that, particularly the Emma motif.)

The Lady Whistledown arc was batshit. I feel sad that the Polin wedding was overshadowed by the fact that Colin and Penelope were still in conflict. If they hadn't had Colin absolutely wreck Penelope's reputation (interrupting Lord Deblin's proposal and then fingering her in her carriage, as well as totally bonking her later that night), then maybe they could have had a more traditional "third-act breakup" (they realize they love each other, begin courting, and then he realizes she's Lady Whistledown and breaks it off) that culminates in the "happily ever after" at the wedding. And then you get the beautiful "perfect breasts" mirror scene.

I hate how they have Francesca immediately lovestruck by Michaela. It really cheapened and invalidated the sweet and "quiet" love that she and John had, which I loved. John should have been the genderbent casting. Then you have the infertility storyline all baked in, and then the Michael storyline continues as planned.

I would like to have seen Kate in traditional Indian garb. I know they had to have her in Bridgerton blue, but Kate had said "I want my child to know that they're a Sharma." It would be a good way for her to show that she's brought her own identity to the Bridgerton family and the viscountess role. They could have Bridgerton-type accessories and motifs in her outfits, but I think she would really shine in bright, saturated colors like orange or gold.

I don't think the Penelope makeover was dramatic enough. I'd liked to have seen her in more luxurious clothing and maybe jewelry. Nicola Coughlan looks amazing in anything, and "red hair with green outfits" is a classic combination (as well as marrying Bridgerton blue with Featherington yellow), but it feels very "florals for spring? Groundbreaking." I know the point is that her clothing was very overwrought before, but I think there could be a balance between understated/quiet luxury and a more obvious "oh, she's evolved/gotten more prosperous" kind of way.

[hamliet]

Genderbending Sophie

tldr hamliet watches Bridgerton for the vibes and the fandom dissolves into shambles and now I'm mad at the horrible things people are saying with their full chest (on both sides, but definitely one more than the other) so I'm going to write about it.

I actually have some criticisms of the Michael/Michaela change. And not all criticism of this is homophobic in nature. My main one is that Michael's personality is going to be extremely hard to make work as Michaela in the established world of Bridgerton, what with its misogyny as kinda a major plot point in every single female character’s storyline so far. Michael’s “merry rake” personality makes him the character I personally saw as least fitting for a gender switch.

That said, I am interested to see what they do with this switch—maybe Michaela will be a “fallen woman” or something of the sort. And while I am sad about losing the infertility plotline, I do think there are other ways to incorporate it. Yet it is a new story, so fans who are disappointed are allowed to express that.

But I’ve long been a proponent of genderbending Sophie, or at least having gender-nonconforming Sophie, both of which seem entirely possible. Benedict’s story works so well with queer subtext—the fact that to be with Sophie, he has to literally choose to leave society in other to be with her and retreats to the country so they can live happily because society will never accept them, and he chooses not to need that acceptance—all of this works really well with a gay love interest. And a gay Cinderella story would be a fun twist.

Yes, in the novel Sophie's role as an illegitimate child and servant girl does play a significant role, but I don't think it plays a role we don't already see in the series. The main issue of Sophie's societal rejection is class, not her gender (though that exacerbates it). Being queer would also potentially exacerbate this, albeit in a different way.

It's also worth noting that lesbian relationships were never explicitly illegal in England. Male homosexuality, however, was very much illegal. Sorry, but I can definitely see this being an interesting aspect to explore. A lot of plot points for Sophie's story easily adapt to this storyline with subtext that works even in today's world (being attacked by strong men who see a weak opponent? being arrested for grasping at happiness when you can find it?), forcing the world of Bridgerton to confront this head on in a way that echoes through the misogyny text of literally every other Bridgerton story.

And that said, I do think it's valid for people to want female!Sophie and to be disappointed if she is genderbent without being homophobic. Because it would be a different story. (I for one really don't want them to give Eloise a female love interest.) But...

The sheer vitriol, the silencing of any opinion that disagrees, the TERF talking points about how ciswomen's perspectives are being erased? Girl, get outta here with that. There are literally SO many ciswomen characters on this show whose struggles with how their genders are perceived have been explored and will be.

Daphne, whose gender-induced ignorance about sex leads to her committing assault (not that the show handled this remotely well). Mary Sharma, who had to flee society after marrying a poor man. Edwina, who is only accepted by her grandparents if she marries well. Kate, who pursues happiness for her sister at the expense of herself, because she is already a class outsider. Violet, who begs Antony to tell the doctor to listen to her when he's told to choose mother or child to save in childbirth. Penelope, who struggles with balancing her passion with her prospects for the future. Prudence and Philippa, whose wellbeings reside in their abilities to bear sons. Portia, who schemes to scam the ton in order to save her daughters and herself. Cressida, whose own internalized misogyny and helplessness leads to her inflicting it on others. Eloise, who is resentful of having no options. Francesca and Michaela's stories will certainly address this. Marina, who had to marry someone she doesn't love. If we get them, Lucy, Hermione, and Hyacinth's stories will also tie into this.

So don't you dare say that ciswomen and their struggles are being erased.

And that's really something that's bothering me--that people who have genuine questions or disappointments about any gender swapping are lumped in with the loud, screaming mobs that are thinly veiling their homophobia (and in this case racism). Many of them are being respectful and don't deserve to be accused of something so serious.

Yet the reason for others being extremely kneejerk defensive is a because most of the talking points I've seen are TERF-related or homophobic, as in they only want to see suffering for gay people and can't fathom them having a happy ending in Regency England. When while there are challenges, they absolutely can, especially in a world as haphazard and vibey and escapist as Bridgerton's. Like if you're watching for deep plot and themes I don't know what to tell you.

Also, the books will always exist. If you love Michael or Sophie (if they change her story), the book is still there for you to love. They're not erasing it and saying you can never prefer it or read it again. And you can be disappointed and express that in a way that isn't God-awful.

Lastly, the way people talk about the queer showrunner (who is a ciswoman herself) is kind of horrifying. She's writing "self insert fanfic," she should "know her place," she's ruining everything--y'all sound like The Fandom Menace. Maybe consider not insulting a queer woman in a way that implies she's overstepping, and keep it to the plot changes and workability thereof? And again, you can have criticisms of how she ran the show--I have writing issues with season 3 (and 1 actually)--but why do you need to make it a personal attack on her as a human being?

Anyway, popular franchise has toxic fanbase, and water is wet.

[i-am-mldy]

‼️BRIDGERTON SEASON 3 PART 2 SPOILERS‼️

With Benedict's bisexuality confirmed and Bridgerton changing Michael to Michaela, Hopefully this points to Benedict's season being a mlm one? With a genderbent Sophie perhaps???

My predictions for S4 are that it will be Benedict's season. He would most likely spend the entire year before the season exploring his sexuality. Eloise in her book marries quite later on compared to her siblings so I'm guessing S5 will be Francesca's. Maybe Eloise starts writing to Phillip around season 4 or 5. And then perhaps Francesca's side plot in S4 will be her and Michaela's growing bond and undeniable mutual attraction, but everything comes crashing down when John dies (at the end of S4 maybe?).

But they might have different ideas how to arrange the plot lines but either way I would be 100% disappointed if Benedict is not next. Let the man settle down already!

[mermaidsirennikita]

genderbent michael confirmed and benedict as the lead next season basically confirmed (??) it could still maybe be eloise we'll have to wait for the official announcement

Look, I am beyond uninvested in that show beyond watching the fandom drama and eating popcorn, I would just advise everyone having feelings about this to remember that real queer people read the comments about this.

And I would also advise that Adriana Herrera wrote a fabulous book about Latina lesbians (one of whom is Afro-Latina) falling in love in nineteenth century Paris, where queer people lived fairly openly (in comparison to almost anywhere else). Just like I think it's important to prioritize books that actually feature canonical people of color, I also want to prioritize books that feature canonical queer people. Doesn't mean adaptations don't matter, but I do tend to wonder if Bridgerton is going to get recommend as a series featuring queer rep the way it's been recommended as a series featuring rep for people of color. Also, you're supporting an Afro-Latina writer, so like. Do that.

And I would also also advise that queer people have always existed and had happy lives together and what is thought by many to be the first lesbian wedding in England occurred in 1834 and the couple lived together, fairly openly by the standards of the day, until one of them died.

And I would also advise people acting like England was burning lesbians at the stake in the Regency to educate themselves about what reality was like for queer people before 2015, because like.... Especially for upper class people, it was a DRAMATICALLY different reality than what I'm seeing people discuss online.

Never mind that in many cases, the laws used to attack queer people in the nineteenth century centered around sodomy, not "generalized gay shit". At that time, this was used in particular to pursue legal action against cis queer MEN. Which isn't to say that queer women didn't suffer from the legal and social conditions of the day, but that these were not equivalent positions with equivalent risks.

[ao3feed-kathony]

Gregory Bridgerton's Wedding

read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/61011307 by yeppiyeppi Gregory Bridgerton often makes strange decisions in the name of love, ones that his family often judge and make fun of him for, but this time him and Lucy may have overstepped a line. After getting married on a spontateous whim one afternoon, Gregory and Lucy have tried their best to hide it from the Bridgertons for as long as they could before one of them found out. Unfortunately, when Gregory finally tells his sister, Hyacinth, she is not too happy he kept such a huge secret from her and once one Bridgerton knows, all will eventually find out. When their secret does come out, Daphne personally makes it her mission to throw Lucy and her little brother a traditional, Bridgerton style wedding. Words: 2133, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 2 of The Bridgertons Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M Characters: Lucy Abernathy (Bridgerton), Gregory Bridgerton, Hyacinth Bridgerton, Gareth St. Clair, Anthony Bridgerton, Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma, Sophie Beckett | Sophie Baek, Benedict Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton, Penelope Featherington, Simon Basset, Daphne Bridgerton, Eloise Bridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton, Michaela Stirling, Phillipa Crane, Violet Bridgerton, Mentioned Bridgerton Children Relationships: Lucy Abernathy/Gregory Bridgerton, Hyacinth Bridgerton/Gareth St. Clair, Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma, Sophie Beckett | Sophie Baek/Benedict Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington, Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton, Eloise Bridgerton/Phillipa Crane, Francesca Bridgerton/Michaela Stirling Additional Tags: Family Drama, Family Dynamics, Marriage, Wedding Planning, Bridgertons Being Bridgertons, Bridgerton Family Feels, Pregnancy, Angst, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Lesbian Eloise Bridgerton, Genderbent Phillip Crane, Eventual Sex, Non-Explicit, Kinda, Business Woman Lucy, Teacher Gregory, no beta.. read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/61011307

[writingwhilecaffeinated]

Title: sometimes life (slips in through a backdoor)

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Bridgerton (TV)

Relationships: Benedict Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington, Eloise Bridgerton & Penelope Featherington

Characters: Benedict Bridgerton, Penelope Featherington, Eloise Bridgerton, Anthony Bridgerton, Violet Bridgerton, Daphne Bridgerton, Simon Basset, Hyacinth Bridgerton, Gregory Bridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton, Kate Sheffield | Kate Sharma

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Era, Penelope Featherington Needs a Hug, Penelope Featherington Glow Up, Confident Penelope Featherington, Protective Benedict Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington Happy Ending, Supportive Benedict Bridgerton, Jealous Colin Bridgerton, Bridgertons Being Bridgertons, Bridgertons Share One Brain Cell, Sex, Art Turns Them On, Nude Modeling, Genderbent Theo Sharpe, Bisexual Eloise Bridgerton, Bisexual Benedict Bridgerton, Protective Eloise Bridgerton

Summary:

“Oh my days,” he breathed, his lips skimming over the ink painted across her skin. “Do you know how beautiful you are?”

“No,” she replied, her hands trembling as they carded through his hair. “But I think you’re showing me.”

OR

Penelope is fighting her way to become a prominent journalist, but to get a better job she decides to get an MA in Journalism, and take on a second job modeling for the art students at the university's art college.

She is shocked to find Benedict Bridgerton, older brother of her best friend and prominent tattoo artist, as a student in the same class.

[thekatebridgerton]

Elliot Bridgerton AU: Another reason why Penelope had a lack of suitors is also because Elliot and Colin’s constant referral to her as “MY Pen”. … Even the point will the brothers argue over her that “No, she’s MY Pen!” “I had her first!” “I’ve known her longer!”

Thus, many gentleman slowly walking away not wanting to get caught in the crossfire… Lord Debling was the first to take that risk.

You know what, I love this take, because in my Elliot Au, all gentleman stay away from Pen because they are afraid of Elliot, or think she's already spoken for. But in comes Debling, sees that there's nothing going on with Penelope and the anti marriage Bridgerton and decides to shoot his shot with Penelope.

Cue Elliot and Colin both turning away from each other and going like "did you see the audacity? Debling needs to go down"

For me it would be even funnier if Elliot eventually comes around to respecting Debling and gives him his blessing to court his Pen, on the condition that he doesn't get in between their friendship or try to keep Pen from hanging out with bestie boy Elliot. Which Debling doesn't mind.

And Colin feels so betrayed, his brother backstabbing him, over and over, like Brutus and Ceasar! whatever happened to their alliance against Debling? whatever happened to brotherhood? why is Pen not giving him any attention!!

PEEEEN!!!!!!

[atlafan]

I say your post about Michaela and to be honest, I really felt like they shouldn't any of the character's gender. For you, Sophie was the one that makes the most sense but many people who like Sophie - including me - didn't really want that to change. A man being illegitimate is different than a woman. Benedict being bi but ending up with Sophie was my fav ending. I don't mind changing Sir Philip into a woman, but I know many fans who really enjoyed Sir Philip and Eloise that would be disappointed in that. At this point, the Bridgerton fandom are all going to have favorites so it is going to be hard for any changes to be done without fans being upset. I wish they would just stop. Michael is a character I love. Sophie is a character I love. There needs to be acceptance that not every show is meant to be a checkbox for every kind of diversity.

Yeah no I didn’t necessarily mean would should be swapped for the other, I was more so thinking in their process to almost be woke?

If I had it my way, no one on that show would be genderbent. I know it’s hard when we want the representation. There can still be queer main characters, but part of what makes the books so magical are the characters themselves, so changing their entire identities is just so upsetting. It messes with the formula. Like what if there were a regency era book about two women being together. If that was adapted into a show and one or both of the women were changed into men, I’d be equally as pissed off.

I’m trying to be really careful with how I word things. I love Sophie too. I love Michael. I’m gonna cry now lmao

[medusatarian]

(E7-E8)

- "I'm starting to think I'm clever" "you are my love", "No-"

- I really hate Eloise. Like, a lot

- "I tried to make her tell you!" Babe you're too blame too? Not noticing he has feelings for your friend (because YOU are too self-absorbed to care about anyone else) is not a valid excuse

- Benedict "Queer men keep coming on to me" Bridgerton saying "I have never been tempted...before"

- Tillie has majorly grown on me

- the way people hover over couples is so funny to me, they're so awkward

- Violet awkwardly blurting out Franscesca's engagement? Hilarious

- Cressida saying she shouldn't have discarded Eloise? GIRL! SHE LEFT YOU! CRUELLY!

- I love Benedict. "Throw...rocks? Throw rocks!"

- Benedict giving Colin a head kiss was so cute

- I think Genevive and Penelope's friendship is so cute

- "ColIN I LOVE YOU"

- This was the most short-lived romantic tension in Bridgerton and I am thankful for it

- Kate and Anthony waiting up for Colin!!

- She really does know everything

- "One whole bottle is a cry for help" Call him out Viscountess Kathani Bridgerton

- "Our marriage is not hard work" Anthony is whipped

- Traumatised siblings bonding? Adorable

- "Do not come for my cane" Disabled icon

- "I love weddings" "Ours was perfect" THEN WHY DIDNT WE SEE IT

- the wedding cake being fucking yellow and lime green is so funny, her hated colours

- Prudence being kind! Love to see it.

- Eloise angry eating a cookie is, however, very funny

- Benedict giving a talk on love not being finite when he's been proposed a threesome and unconventional relations with a man is very sweet, we love how quickly he is healing

- I don't know what Cressida is doing rn but I adore her

- Anthony 'honeymoon part 3' also supporting his Indian wife and her heritage and making sure their child knows it

- "This wedding couldn't plan itself, I haven't had time to meddle" hilarious, iconic, I'm such a Portia stan this season

- the Queen ruining the wedding, wtf

- Franscesca thinking its about her is really funny, and not needing a blessing is also very cute

- "Because you are not a woman" GO OFF PEN

- Colin ruining the wedding night too like bruh. I do get it but. I just wanted Penelope to be happy so badly, instead shes spending their wedding night alone?

- Cressida blackmailing Penelope is lowkey really funny. I love you Pen, but Cressida is kind of baller for that

- Portia is right to be angry. This woman has tried so hard for her daughters, and to get out of the mess Pen caused.

- "And we can have bugs!" I love Phillipa, she's so autistic coded

- "I will not stand for anyone blackmailing my wife" Go off Colin

- Colin 'My wife' Bridgerton

- I still really like Cressida, idgaf. She's doing what she needs to in order to protect herself

- Agatha 'Sorry I fucked your dad' Danbury

- But really, Violet and Agatha's friendship is so cute.

- Benedict, Tillie and Paul laying in bed like that, all cuddled up post sex? This is my new ot3

- Portia and Penelope accepting they both fucked over the Ton in different ways and suffered from sexism

- I assume they keep the Featherington title when she comes forward as whistledown and says the money came from her

- Portia and Penelope bonding was incredibly important to me

- Franscesca's wedding dress is so, so beautiful and feels very, very like her

- I'm going to miss her so much though, she's become one of my favourite this season

- Rip TillPaulDict, gone too soon

- I love Eloise and Benedicts swing chats

- Penelope paying for the ball! Portia saying she's proud of her kids!

- I knew it was coming but Genderbent!Micheala was so fun

Bridgerton s3 p2 thoughts (E4-E6) :

- The sex scene may have just healed like, 50% of my body dysmorphia? Penelope is SO beautiful and her little tummy is doing things to me. No wonder Nicola considers herself part of the perfect breasts community too

- Eloise is a bad friend. Poor Cressida is being forced into a marriage and she won't even listen to her

- Portia is really stepping it up and being a good mom to Pen

- I do not like the threesome thing with Benedict. That new guys eyes are too weirdly intense and it makes me uncomfortable.

- Kate is pregnant, called it!

- Kate wearing a Sari was EVERYTHING, and she looked so damn good doing it.

- Gregory and Hyacinth are pure cuties

- Cressida turning up like the devil in all red? Iconic. I love her

- Penelope standing on his foot then saying "I loved you writing steamy shit, it was my favourite part"

- Cressida is SO BADASS for that stunt with the letters? Absolutely incredible, iconic, I'm in love

- Eloise actually holding herself accountable for being a shitty friend? About time

- "Writing was the only way I found to give myself a voice" poor girli

- "Let me use it now to do some good" I love Penelope

- Penelope as a writer who is not allowed to write just. Hits me hard.

- Nicola using her Irish accent again! Love it!

- COLIN NO

[bridgertonbabe]

What do you think of people wanting a gender-bent Sophie??

So for those who want a gender-bent Sophie on the show; it's a no from me. Sophie being a woman and a bastard play heavily into her story and conflict with Benedict. There wouldn't be that same weight if the character was a man. Sure there would be similar themes of Benedict being true to himself and following his heart despite what society thinks but this is a matter that is explored through their class differences and not their sexuality. Besides, as much as the show is embellishing from the original books, they're still going to stick with the pairings, regardless of what some people might be calling for.

That being said, I'm all for people writing fanfiction with a genderbent!Sophie or exploring Benedict's sexuality (and Eloise's for that matter). As a bisexual woman I'm all for the exploration of any character's sexuality - but as a fan of the series and of Benophie, I want to see Sophie Beckett on the show and see Benedict fall madly in love with her.

(Though on the topic of sexuality, I know a lot of people want to see bisexual!Benedict on the show - but I wouldn't mind seeing bisexual!Sophie. One of her biggest hang-ups is not wanting to repeat history by sleeping with a man and bearing a bastard like her mother - but this wouldn't be a concern if she slept with another woman.

A lowkey idea I have is that Araminta and her daughters go to stay with a family friend for a few nights but it's the one time she doesn't make Sophie come with them, as the family friend knew Sophie as the Earl's ward and Araminta doesn't want her blatant exploitation of her stepdaughter to come to light, so Sophie stays in Mayfair with the rest of the staff. Araminta has given her a lot of chores to perform while they're away, but Mrs Gibbons takes over these duties and allows Sophie some respite.

Still wanting to be useful, Sophie heads over to the modiste to pick up some dresses that Araminta has ordered. Madame Delacroix, aware of how poorly Sophie is treated by her stepmother, encourages Sophie to stay for a drink as they get to know each other. Gen asks Sophie if she's interested in any of the male members of staff at Penwood House but Sophie tells her such a thing wouldn't be possible, not least while Araminta is about but also because she doesn't want to risk a pregnancy. Her new friend asks if she's ever been with anyone because of the latter reason before pointing out that this needn't be a worry if she was with a woman. An innocent Sophie tells her she wouldn't know who would want her in that way before Gen offers to show her.

For the next few days while Araminta is away, Sophie has the most fun she's had in years as Gen awakens her to new sexual possibilities and pleasure. The fun ends upon Araminta's return and while Sophie isn't able to meet with Gen again, the fun she experienced gets her through.

Shortly after she steals away into the masquerade ball, meets Benedict, and falls in love and the story we know and love takes place. When Sophie is working for the Bridgertons and Benedict is pursuing her, he opens up about the women he's slept with, wanting to be honest with her and let her know what he feels for her isn't like anything he's ever felt before. When he mentions his relationship with Gen, Sophie has her back to him and freezes up - but she decides against telling him that she's known Gen as well. It's not until they're married that she admits to this previous conquest, leaving Benedict a little hot under the collar at the thought of two of his lovers together. When the pair pass by the modiste one day, Gen watches out over them, smirking to herself knowing she taught them both a lot with her expertise in the bedroom.)

[pensbridgrton]

ok, i gotta ask why do you think romance genre is the antithesis of fandom?? not hating, just intrigued!!

i feel like there are some core parts of fandom that directly conflict with core tenants of the romance genre, and that's why there's so much drama in the bridgerton fandom, specifically.

there are only a handful of "rules" to the romance genre: a happily ever after, no sex scenes with OW/OM, and single-shipping the endgame romance (aka no multishipping).

fandom, meanwhile, is about taking a sandbox created by the source material and playing in it. that could mean writing fic without happy endings. that could mean pairing characters with people they've never interacted with. that could queer-ifying them, genderbending, racebending, etc. etc. so even though there are obvious book endgame ships, the "casual fandom" (yes yes i know that makes no sense) either a) doesn't care bc they don't wanna read the books anyway and therefore show canon is the only canon or b) wants to mess around and explore and play around with other possibilities.

so that's why there's genderbent!sophie and genderbent!phillip fics. that's why people want to talk about their queer readings of benedict and eloise. that's why people write penelope/eloise and penelope/benedict and penelope/anthony fic. (which, interestingly is another whole topic - how it's "okay" for the women to be shipped with everyone and everything, but not the men.) that's why there are benedict/oc and anthony/oc and penelope/oc fics.

basically, it feels like there's a clash here between what the romance genre is about - HEAs and one endgame couple - and what fandom is about - exploring possibilities and messing up those endgames - and while that would be totally fine, it's lead to some passive aggressive posts and drama. just... enjoy your shit and leave everyone else alone.

[allkinds-oftrash]

To Lady Paige, With Love

A/N: Hello everyone! This is my first time writing for Bridgerton and Regency in general so hopefully it's not too OOC and modernized but do let me know if you have tips to make the writing style seem more regency-like.

Main Pairing: Eloise Bridgerton x FemOC! Paige Crane (Past! Marina Thompson x Paige Crane)

Anyways this came to me as an idea because I just could not stand Phillip in the original To Sir Phillip, With Love and big thanks to @ladiesofwinterfell whose Phillip posts only fuelled my need for a new version of TSPWL. So I wanted to try my hand at writing a genderbent version of him who softer and kinder in her approach when with Marina. Instead, I somehow made a completely new character who happens to be his twin sister Paige. I tried my best to follow the book very closely with of course changes to the point of view and how Marina is treated by Paige. Another thing to note is that I used a mix of the show (especially when crafting Marina's backstory it's straight out of S1) and book's background of the characters.

I'm going to stop babbling now, and happy reading everyone!

Content & Trigger Warnings: Mentions/Descriptions of (Postpartum) Depression, Implied Child Neglect, Suicide Ideation, Suicide Attempt, Teen Pregnancy (?? I dunno if this needed to be tagged as tw but Imma add it anyways), Death and Grief.

Part 2 - Chapter 1: Right Where You Left Me

Prologue: Take Me To The Lakes [14th February 1823]

It shouldn’t have been a sunny day. It was far too beautiful of a day for a tragedy to occur.

A tragedy on Valentine’s Day, it was almost laughable.

Paige had asked the servants to open up Marina’s curtains. She knew the sunlight would do her some good. While waiting for the kitchen staff to prepare a delightful breakfast of pancakes - Marina’s favourite - she decided to check on her flowers. She had grown a lovely patch of Eden roses, specially for her best friend.

Ever since her brother Phillip and her were children, they were enamoured with botany. Phil, of course, immersed himself in the science of it. Paige preferred simple gardening. If she needed information on more complex maintenance of their plants, she knew where to find his textbooks. Over the years, Paige had developed a thumb as green as her brother’s. While Philip used botany as an escape, Paige used it as a way to connect. It was the very same type of roses that helped Paige find her way to Marina.

September 1812

Marina Thompson was a sight to behold. Her corkscrew curls were half pinned up, allowing the bottom wave of curls to be free. Paige couldn’t help but be mesmerised at how well suited her hairstyle was. Marina had a side part, almost covering the left side of her face. She donned the most simple of peach day dresses. Yet to the Crane girl, it seemed to be the most beautiful piece of garment she could have worn. To this day, Paige swears she heard music swell around her the moment she saw Marina bent over, smelling the rose bush.

She takes a deep breath. It helped ground her to muster the confidence to approach the beautiful stranger. The Crane twins have always been shy and reserved. It had done nothing good for them. She was tired of letting life pass her by. Philip could hide in the bushes for all she cared. Today, Paige decided to make a choice. A choice that could potentially bring her happiness. She was going to talk to the girl who made her heart sing.

Taking baby steps, she finally reaches Marina and gives her an awkward smile. When she needed it most, words seemed to fail her. Marina felt Paige’s presence hovering and looked up. She smiled kindly at her and handed over a rose she had plucked. Paige looked down at the rose, in a slight panic. She was rooted to the ground, unable to say or move.

“Good evening, Miss…?” Marina kept her eyes trained on Paige. She trailed her greeting off, hoping to get a name. Paige immediately fell for the warmth in her eyes. She felt safe. That definitely helped to ease her up.

“Crane. Paige Crane.” She cleared her throat awkwardly before introducing herself. She takes the rose from Marina and the two girls shake hands. All Paige could think about was how warm and soft her hand felt. Struggling to say more, she turned her focus to the rose. She twirled it around in her fingers and looked at her companion.

“These are Eden roses, also known as Rosa ‘Pierre De Ronsard’ named after the French poet. However, it was far too pretentious of a name for those out of the French border. So it was renamed Eden Climber to convey the idea of paradise was created by the exceptional beauty of this rose.” She was acutely aware she was rambling. It was the way Marina was watching her intently that brought her comfort. Marina gave her a cheeky smile when she was done with the fun fact.

“An exceptionally beautiful rose for an exceptional beauty.” Marina gestured to Paige. The botanist’s cheeks started to turn as pink as the rose.

“Eden roses from the girl who seemed to have fallen from Eden.” She thought to herself...until she heard Marina chuckle. Paige stared at her, horrified. “I thought out loud, didn’t I?”

Marina nodded, laughing with her whole body now. If Paige could have bottled the sound, she would. Marina grinned at Paige as she looped her arm through hers.

“Don’t be embarrassed. That was a lovely compliment. I think we're going to be wonderful friends, Paige Crane.”

They have been inseparable since.

***

With Phillip away on business for the week, Paige made sure to spend extra time with Marina. She carefully cut the stems of the roses to make a small bouquet. She tied them together and brought them straight to the kitchen. She placed the roses by the pancake plate. She picked up the tray and made her way to Marina's room. She balanced the tray on one hand and knocked with the other as she crossed the threshold.

"Marina, are you awake, love?" Paige asked gently. She stepped closer to her and held out the roses. "I brought you your favourite roses too, Eden Climbers. An exceptional beauty for an exceptional beauty." She echoed the line from their first meeting.

It was love at first sight. She remembered how much fun they had together. Oh where had the time gone? She frowned when she noticed the curtains were shut again. She set down the breakfast tray by her nightstand before making herself comfortable next to Marina lying down.

"If you could walk to shut the curtains, you can sit up to have some breakfast. I had the chef make your favourite." Paige attempted to waft the smell of pancakes in the direction of her companion. Marina simply turned away and stared out at the window. Paige reached out to gently stroke her hair.

Marina had her good and bad days come and go. Paige knew she had to give her space and let her heal on her own. It had been 9 years….this was definitely more serious than postpartum. She was sure of it. Paige gave her a few more minutes before digging into the breakfast herself.

"Rina, I will finish all of the pancakes if you don't come get some!" Paige attempted to sound threatening but her meek voice did her no favours. She caught a silver of a smile on Marina's face. That was all she needed that day. They just had to get through this one moment at a time.

"I saw that, love. Would it be easier if I fed you?"

Marina managed a small nod. She detested feeling like this. Like she was constantly drowning. If everyone thought they couldn't understand why she was this way, she hadn't had the foggiest idea either. Most of all, she hated how it affected Paige. Marina knew she didn't deserve this. Paige deserved a whole person not the shell of a woman she had become. She let out a soft sight and did her utmost best to sit up slightly so they wouldn't get syrup all over the sheets.

Slowly and surely, one bite at a time, Marina finished a full pancake by herself. Paige beamed at her proudly after she was done. Marina took the moment to relish in her smile. Paige always made everything better. Marina might have been depressed but she was no fool. She knew what Phillip thought of her. Even if she spent most days unable to leave her bed, she saw the way he looked at her. Like she was a fragile, broken melancholic thing. He didn't see the person underneath. He only saw the shell. Paige… She knew Marina before the twins came along. She knew the true Marina. The one who laughed and smiled and had known joy. The Marina Thompson that loved Paige Crane with all her heart. That should be reason enough to work hard to recover. To retain who she once was. Paige should be enough.

The botanist saw her companion's vacant eyes and knew she was gone for the day. Paige smiled at her comfortingly. "I ought to check on the children. I shall leave you to rest, dearest. Do ring the bell should you need anything at all." She pressed a soft kiss against her forehead before taking her leave.

As she stepped out looking for the children, Miles directed her to Phillip's greenhouse. The children loved to make mischief there when their father wasn't there. She popped her head into the Greenhouse.

"Amanda! Oliver!" She said sharply to startle them. Seeing them jump out of their bones, she couldn't help but laugh. The twins turned to her and frowned.

"Aunt Paige, that's not funny!" They pouted at her. She snorted.

"Well it was pretty funny when you did it to me yesterday. I'm simply returning the favour, my dears." She chuckled, pulling them into her embrace.

Just as she was about to suggest playing hide and seek by the lake, Amanda squeals. "Mother!" She pointed behind Paige. Paige simply blinked at her niece before slowly turning around.

Marina? It couldn't be. She caught sight of a flash of red. Red. Paige smiled to herself as she shook her head. It must be her. Red was her favourite colour. Marina always said she liked it because it was a strong colour and it made her feel strong.

Paige was filled with joy. Marina had finally gotten the strength to step out. She grabs the children's hands to bring them over to their mother. It would do them good to spend time together outside of her room. The trio was halfway across the field when Paige worked out exactly why Marina had come out. The horrifying epiphany clicked when she saw Marina slip rocked into the pockets of her dress. She immediately turned to the children. They did not have to witness this.

“Children, I need you to do me a favour.” She put on her most calming smile. She kept looking back at Marina to see how far she was away from the lake. “Could you be dears and please fetch Miles for me? Then I need you to go and play in your room. Your mother and I need to speak privately.”

“Why is she walking to the lake?” Amanda questioned. Paige tried to keep her composure. If the children kept questioning, she wouldn’t be able to reach Marina in time.

“I will explain later, please get Miles. It’s urgent.” Paige sent them off running while she sprinted in the other direction the moment they were out of sight.

“MARINA, STOP!” She bellowed at her best friend. She skidded across the field and fell face flat just yards away from the lake. Marina was completely oblivious, submerging herself into the depths of the lake. It was just her and the magnetic pull of the lake. It was like Paige wasn’t even there. She quickly recovered. She didn’t waste time undressing and dove straight into the icy waters to rescue Marina. She’ll be damned if she was going to let the love of her life go without a fight.

She couldn’t find her. Marina had dropped off to the deep end and Paige felt like she couldn’t breathe. She could never forgive herself if Marina succeeded. A glimmer of hope shone through when she caught sight of Marina’s ruby red cloak floating to the surface. Before it could get sucked into the depths of the lake, Paige screamed Marina’s name one last time as an attempt to snap her out of it. Of course, Marina couldn’t hear her. Paige set her sight on the flash of red and swam to it.

Paige did the math; Marina had been under barely a minute. It was probably not enough time to drown, but every second it took her to find Marina was one second toward her death.

She remembered swimming in the lakes with Phillip when they were children countless times. While he still swam and knew the lake better than she did. She had a vague idea where the bottom dropped off. She felt relief when she quickly found the critical point with swift, even strokes. The main obstacle was her dress working against the drag of the water, slowly her down. She cursed, not having stripped before she went in. She did her best to overcome it. Saving Marina was far too important.

She told herself she could find her. She had to find her. Before it was too late.

She found herself diving further down the murky waters. She struggled to keep her eyes open with some of the sand from the bottom swirling around her. Marina must have kicked it up as she went down. The opaque clouds of sand were making it difficult to see. Eventually, relief washed over Paige again when she spotted Marina’s red dress.

She didn’t hesitate to shoot through the waters, down to the bottom where she saw the red of her

cloak floating through the water. Paige felt her heart slow down the moment Marina was in her arms. While they were both petite women, Paige did struggle initially to swim up with Marina. Slowly but surely, she forged their way to the surface. Once she had pulled her onto the grassy knoll of the meadow, she had already lost consciousness and was nothing more than a dead weight in Paige’s arms. She took a moment to take big gasps to fill her aching lungs once again. She made sure she was okay herself before turning to save Marina.

Paige tried shaking her awake, rather violently to get the water out of Marina’s system. Just as she started chest compressions, Miles came running over.

“What happened?”

“She...fell in.” She didn’t even look up at him. She hated how her voice trembled as she said that out loud. She couldn’t bring herself to admit that Marina had gone in on purpose. Marina had chosen to leave her. She knew it was hard on her love but she refused to think about it presently. She was too busy trying to revive her. When the chest compressions felt like a failed task, Paige turned to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. She blew the air into her mouth, hoping the water would come up her throat.

“Marina, please.” Paige pleaded as she finished her set of resuscitation. All she could do was wait. She finally turned to look at Miles, “Miles darling, could you help me send someone to fetch the doctor.” She requested, exhausted clear in her voice. He nodded swiftly and set on his task. Just as he turned to head to Romney Hall, Marina coughed up the water and started rasping. Paige gasped and squealed in surprise, launching herself into Marina’s arms. She called Miles back to help her guide Marina back home.

“You came back to me.” She whispered with relief, starting to softly sob against Marina’s chest. Marina was tired and she could barely keep her eyes open. Her head lulled against Paige’s.

“It’s okay, we’re going home.” Paige continued and Marina stirred, frowning.

“No…” Now it was her turn to sob, “Please don’t. Let me go, Paige. I don’t want...I don’t….” She struggled to get the words out. As much as she felt guilty for putting Paige through this whole ordeal, her pain outweighed that. The pain outweighed everything: her love for Paige, the children, even Phillip - as much as he misunderstood her. It outweighed her will to love.

Paige watched her flounder helplessly. She hated seeing Marina in so much turmoil. She didn’t want to say anything to make it worse. She just held her close and brushed her hair soothingly. “It’s alright. Let’s just get you warmed up first.”

“I can’t.” She whispered with the last ounce of energy before passing out in Paige’s arms. Paige looked down at her sadly for a moment before looking up at Miles. She shot him a sheepish look and gestured for help. Miles carried her in his arms easily while Paige just watched her with worry the whole walk back.

Once they reached Romney Hall’s foyer, she instructed Miles to send a telegram to Phillip informing him of Marina’s condition. She also called for their housekeeper, Mrs. Hurley. After she had gotten Mrs. Hurley to help her strip Marina of her drenched clothes, the older woman practically shoved Paige to her own room to change into dry clothes. She argued with her, refusing to leave Marina alone for even a moment.

“Go on, dear, I’ll be with her until you return.” Mrs. Hurley shooed Paige out of the room. She huffed and obliged. She dashed to her room to quickly change out of her own icy clothes.

She found one of her old dresses, it was a yellow floral one that Marina loved so much. Marina used to tell her that it brought out the golden flecks in her brown eyes. Paige never liked her brown haired-brown eyed look and found herself to be plain looking. It was only when Marina came along, she felt seen. Maybe being plain didn’t matter when someone loved you in spite of it. Hopeful the dress would stir up old memories, Paige stepped into Marina’s bedroom nervously. She said a silent prayer for her to be well. That the 7 minutes didn’t do that much damage.

Marina was sleeping soundly when Paige entered the room. She couldn’t help but smile at how at peace Marina looked. At that moment, she understood why Marina spent so much time hiding away and sleeping. This was probably the only place in the house that brought her peace. Sleeping brought her peace.

She had Miles check on the twins before she settled into staying by Marina’s side. She wanted to be there every step of her recovery. Then after, they could get her some real help. The twins were plenty occupied with their playtime for the day. While waiting for the doctor, Paige slipped into the bed by Marina’s side. She cradled her head against her chest and prayed. Even though she was a woman of science and was the type of Christian that only attended church during Christmas, praying was one comfort of her religion she allowed herself. She prayed for all her wishes for Marina. For her happiness, recovery...for the good times to hopefully return. As she wished, hoped and prayed, she found herself falling asleep.

When the night came and brought the doctor along with it, Paige woke with a start at the feverishly warm body beside her. The panic set in and the doctor did his best to soothe her. He coaxed her out of the bed so he could check on Marina. Paige was more than happy to oblige but stood hovering over the doctor’s shoulder the whole time.

When he diagnosed her with pneumonia, Paige’s heart sank. That was definitely going to finish the job Marina set out to do in the lake. He saw her expression and comforted her by saying she could very well recover. Essentially, it was a waiting game. Paige made peace with those odds, she would gladly take all the time in the world with her. She spent the rest of the night and the next three days nursing her. She dabbed wet cloth after cloth against her warm forehead. Made sure she had the fluffiest pillows and duvet. She specially had the cook make all of her favourite dishes to go with the broth Marina detested.

Paige wanted to tell her to fight but she didn’t want to push her. Instead she spent the last few days together, helping Marina remember the woman she once was and could be again. Paige wanted her to remember to fight for herself.

The morning after, she sat by Marina’s bedside and smiled tenderly at her.

“Do you remember our first season together?” She asked, her elbow propped against the mattress, her face resting on her palm.

Marina turned to her and looked straight into her eyes. For a moment, she was lucid. “Of course,” She said, coarsely. Paige smiled, that was the best response she had gotten from her in the last few months.

“Best and worst year of our lives, I’d reckon. I was so certain I finally had the courage to tell you how I felt. Only for me to find out you were besotted with George and was pregnant with his child!” She could chuckle about it now but she remembered feeling so awful.

Paige Crane has always known she was different in that aspect. None of the boys growing up ever caught her attention. When she became a woman, out during her first season, she couldn’t relate to the way other girls had talked about their suitors. Nothing about the male species ever stirred anything romantic within her. They were just really good friends to her. Women, on the other hand, gave her all the feelings the human emotional spectrum allowed. She wanted to love them and worship them forever. When she met Marina at Romney Hall for the first time smelling the rose bushes, it had confirmed everything she already knew. She loved women. A regular Anne Lister.

She spent a few years loving Marina until her father had sent her away to stay with her London cousins, The Featheringtons. When she heard Marina was moving, she immediately sought out her mother.

“I couldn’t bear to part with you so I convinced Mother to let me debut that season in the city.” She chuckled, recounting the lengths she went to be close to her.

“I’m glad you did.” Marina croaked, the water still hurting her lungs. Now that she felt like speaking to Paige, her body was failing her. She managed a small smile and slipped her hand into hers. She definitely remembered their first season together. It was the best time… til everything quickly went downhill with the news of George’s death, being pregnant with the twins and feeling so alone. Paige was the light in all of that darkness, she had helped pull her out of the loneliness.

Paige grinned back wildly. "I think that's the first full sentence I've heard you speak in the last few months." She nudged her teasingly.

"Oh hush." She attempted to be annoyed but started coughing violently. Paige immediately shot up.

"I'm going to fetch the doctor."

"I just need some water, darling." She coughed once more. Then took a deep breath and managed a smile to show she was fine, despite her exhaustion. Paige nodded and went to fetch her a glass.

As Marina watched Paige walk out the door, she thought back to how much everything had changed in the last 10 years. It only felt like yesterday they had debuted and Marina had tried to marry Colin Bridgerton. Oh, what a mess that was. She was so consumed by her love and grief for George, she missed what was right in front of her.

It took Marina a long time to realise it but she loved men and women the same. Paige was definitely the first woman to stir up romantic feelings within her. It also took her a while to realise loving Paige doesn't count the love she held for George. He would always be the father of her children. Paige was the love of her life.

She never expected to be like this. She always thought she would be a good mother, full of life and happy. Happy was such an overrated emotion, Marina thought bitterly. It's not something that happens, it's something you work for. You make happiness for yourself. She knew that all too well. She spent the better part of the last decade fighting off her grief and postpartum with no success.

Paige reminded her to take comfort in the good days. It was rather jarring to Martina how she was experiencing a somewhat good day after all these months. Especially the day right after she made an attempt on her life.

"Penny for your thoughts, darling?" Paige asked, handing over the glass. Marina gulp it down quickly and set the cup aside.

"Just...how we got here. I thought it would be…" she ponders over the word, "different."

"Hmm," Paige hummed, "You're telling me. We could have had quite the life if I was a man. I could have married you instead of Phillip." She wrinkled her nose. She really does love her brother, Lord only knows. And Paige is pretty sure it's a crime to hate your twin. But she absolutely despised the way Phillip treats Marina. Or rather not - he completely abandoned her in the last few years.

It's no secret that Phillip and Marina's marriage was one of convenience, security and protection for Marina. Of course, Romney Hall needed heirs and so two birds. But, he could at least pretend to care for her.

"I could have become a spinster like you. We could have been the two crazy spinsters that lived in Romney Hall together." Marina chuckled. Paige beamed at her. It had been so long since she had heard that wondrous laugh.

"I'm not a spinster!" She clasped Marina's hands in hers. "We may not be married on paper but I couldn't imagine spending my life with anyone else. I can't imagine...loving anyone else." Paige looked deep into her eyes. Marina shivered slightly. Her lover had a way of looking directly into your soul.

Paige knew what the doctor had said. That Marina could possibly recover but her gut was telling her something else. She was hit with the sudden realisation that she could lose her. The love of her life.

"Please fight this, Marina. I know you can. Look at today, it was a good day. You just need to survive the pneumonia and you can start over. We'll erase the last 7 years. Slowly but surely, we can manage your melancholy. You're so much more than it, my love. You know that. Your children deserve to know that."

Paige didn't realise how increasingly desperate she sounded until she began pleading with her. She found her face wet with fresh tears. Marina reached out to wipe the tears of her face.

"I'll try." She said quietly.

"That's all I ask, thank you. I love you, Marina." She leaned over to kiss her. Kissing her back, Marina sighed against her lips. "I love you too."

That night Marina lied awake, watching Paige's chest rise up and down. Marina smiled at her little snores. Just as she felt a glimmer of happiness laying beside her love, the guilt washed over her. She didn't want to promise anything. While today reminded her of the hope she felt to feel alive, deep down she knew it was temporary. She couldn't see herself living past tomorrow.

Sure enough, she was dead in two days.

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[Read Part 2 Here]