softestofmornings
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"I heard about all that. How you holding up?"
"Hasn't been the easiest year."
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Rebecca's three birthdays following the not-so-easy year and the people who made them easy.
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“She assumed it was an act: the bumbling American on holiday who plays up the midwestern charisma and charms his way into her bed. And that was fine. That was what she wanted, for fuck’s sake. Never in a million years would she have guessed that the kindness and the good manners and the obvious respect for her as a human being were all genuine.
Sodding Americans.”
Rebecca brings someone home from the bar with a clear goal in mind: to pass one night in the throes of mindless debauchery with a stranger. She’s single. She can do whatever she pleases, thank you very much, which apparently includes getting herself in over her head when the stranger turns out to not only be very good in bed, but very good at worming his way into her heart.
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A first date, a brief interlude, and a second date.
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but then I turn a corner (& recognize myself again) by softestofmornings
Fandoms: Ted Lasso (TV)
12 Sep 2023
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“Oh wow,” Ted mutters. “Would ya look at that.”
Rebecca does look, but it takes some time before she understands what she’s seeing.
“Oh.”
Embedded in the porch beam are silver nails arranged into the shape of a heart, and in the center of the heart, the letters “T” and “R” are joined together with an addition symbol.
“Ted…”
“And Rebecca,” he says, laughing a little disbelievingly, turning to her with an astonished grin. “What do you reckon those odds are?”
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June, July, August. (Every Day, We Hear Their Laughter.) by softestofmornings
Fandoms: Ted Lasso (TV)
18 Jun 2023
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Every night is the same.
She lays her head on her pillow and tries to think of anything but him. Sometimes the man is with her, which is nice. He’s easy enough to be with, and when he’s before her or beside her or on top of her, it’s easier to convince herself that her body is the same body she’s known for almost 5 decades. Lately, it’s felt like a stranger, a host for an ache she can’t work out how to exorcise.
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the lives of Zelda Spellman & Mary Wardwell.
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don't you want me, baby? by private_property_pelican
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
03 Sep 2025
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The dress is probably designer, probably couture, and probably very beautiful. All Madeline can see is the way it perfectly hugs her curves, the way her tits are practically spilling out of it.
Madeline had carefully curated her outfit, too; her dress’s dipping neckline shows off plenty of cleavage, just not as much as Helen’s. She had anticipated being the hottest person at the party, had planned on taunting Helen with what she’d given up. But her ex-wife has shown her up. Now she’s the one filled with longing and regret and a building heat in her core. She almost walks out of the party then and there, judgmental looks be damned.
It would’ve been better, if that’s what she had done.
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Madeline goes to Helen's book party after their divorce. They fight, they fuck, they yearn.
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05 May 2026
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Stepping into Rupert’s shoes as owner after the divorce leads to many surprising realizations. Perhaps the most surprising being that people who like sport are a superstitious bunch.
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17 Mar 2022
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broken down and hungry for your love (with no way to feed it) by jrm8097
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette, Death Becomes Her (1992)
24 May 2025
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“Helen found that while the beginning of her afterlife had been invigorating, her sagging middle years—before she and Madeline had to stop their public appearances but after ceasing all bodily functions took its toll—made her retreat into herself. It was difficult, even, to maintain normality in public. Without thinking of it with intent, she’d stop blinking, stop breathing, and eventually stop moving at all.”
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Helen Sharp and Madeline Ashton argue for a chapter before they realize how much they’re loved.
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12 Apr 2026
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just a fool in the gold of the sun by missparker
Fandoms: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018)
12 Nov 2018
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Driving home she could have swore she caught a glimpse of a crow in her rear view mirror, flying behind her but when she looked again, the sky was gray, but clear.
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09 Apr 2026
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here comes the jackpot question by abloodymatch
Fandoms: Death Becomes Her - Mattison & Carey/Pennette
31 Dec 2025
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Post-canon. Vignettes from Madeline’s annual NYE party.
Helen gets an invite to hobnob with other A-listers. All she really wants is to figure out exactly what’s going on between her and Madeline.
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06 Apr 2026