Mind The Gap
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Home Is Where The Heart Is by Aaliko
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
21 Feb 2025
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A retelling of North & South where Margaret Hale is the older one (near her 30s) and John Thornton the younger one (in his early 20s).
How about a more mature, calm, level-headed Margaret meeting a young, more idealistic and eager John?
You'd be surprised how well this works! Give it a go, you won't regret it :)She's a spinster, caring for her ageing parents, uprooted from her lovely Helstone.
He's a freshly appointed mill master who just came out of poverty and tries to thrive.
They both have to find their place in Milton and quickly become friends but soon have to sort out their feelings.
Set in the 1850s, like the novel.Complete. (There might be variations in the future, or little one shots from the same AU...)
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- Part 1 of Mind The Gap
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The Air Is Full Of Spices by Aaliko
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
14 Nov 2025
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'Love and Marriage, they go together like a horse and carriage', goes the song.
But how do desire, attraction and affection evolve in a happy marriage? Here is a fic following John and Margaret's love through the years, to explore these universal themes.
About the title: "The Air Is Full Of Spices" is a quote from 1995's movie Sense and Sensibility, when Colonel Brandon answers young Margaret Dashwood's question about India. Close your eyes and hear dear Alan Rickman's velvety voice speak his reply... you'll get a good notion of my inspiration for this story 😍
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- Part 2 of Mind The Gap
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Pack Clouds Away by Aaliko for philipaholt
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
25 Dec 2025
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John Thornton and Margaret Hale are in love.
He intends to propose marriage and to elope (and she's just waiting for that), but a series of unfortunate obstacles arise.
How long does it take to get together/then to Scotland/then married, when fate is conspiring against you?
25 chapters, apparently 😉Daily updates until Christmas!
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- Part 3 of Mind The Gap
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Dabble In Cotton by Aaliko for sophiaquills, Violet83, My_Watch_Begins
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
15 May 2025
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Margaret asked her husband for cotton fabric for a new shift. She didn't specify the length. What do you think will John do?
This little drabble jumped into my mind at reading a comment on Violet83's sweet Valentine's fic. In this lovely short story, John Thornton wants to offer some cotton of his mill to Miss Hale, but his mind briefly goes THERE of course. The adorable sophiaquills made a funny comment which gave me an idea, and... well... here it is.
And of course, being my incorrigible self, I added a chapter... and then another... stop me.
Or have fun! 😆
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- Part 4 of Mind The Gap