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She feels wet anticipation.
Like the liquid neon glow of the lights, it drips against her. Into her.
And.
And, in the next room. A phone is ringing.
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05 Sep 2025
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Carla knows, then, with a certainty so sudden it's almost shocking, that this, this thing, didn't start last month. It didn't randomly spark during the early-October evening when they were loose-lipped, half-tipsy with wine, when the blonde had settled cosily on her shoulder like she belonged there.
No, it's been smouldering away in the background, building and building, for a long, long time.
It's been six months in the making.
Or: "Don't get dressed" and everything else.
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06 Aug 2025
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"'Ey, Lis', have you moved my- What-" She cuts herself off with a sharp yelp of a laugh as she exits the en suite, towel-clad, hair dripping. "What're you doing?"
"Trying to catch a breeze," Lisa grumbles, eyes closed.
"And here's me thinking I'd walked in on a very serene seduction."
Or: Heat and chills.
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05 Jul 2025
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At least half of their bickers are resolved by the need to touch.
To be touched.
It's almost comical, really.
The constant need, the physical need to be close.
Or: Three times Carla and Lisa's bickers are resolved by physical touch.
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24 May 2025
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She chokes on her own breath. And, humiliated, sinks deeper into her own personal hell.
And it’s certainly too late for any deliverance. Even pretty, blonde salvation.
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14 Jan 2025
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all because i wanted to be loved (and love) by themetgayla
Fandoms: Line of Duty (TV 2012)
19 Mar 2022
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This is only supposed to be a two day trip — go to the conference, make agonisingly boring small talk with stuffy men over drinks, maybe find a hot woman to spend the night with, return to the safety of her cold empty flat.
It’s not supposed to be seven days.
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Chris dooms Jo and Kate to a week of self-isolation in a hotel room together when he tests positive for COVID at a police conference, forcing them to confront the events that have led to their years-long hatred of each other.
All while sharing a bed and trying to deny their attraction to each other, of course.
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04 Jan 2022
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“I think we did that wrong.” Jo whispered, laughing and crying at the same time now.
“Our specialty.” Kate kissed her and that was that.
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11 Oct 2021
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Deep Blue (But You Painted Me Golden) by abnormalitywrites
Fandoms: Line of Duty (TV 2012)
12 Nov 2021
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Two years after the events of Operation Lighthouse, Jo Davidson is settled in her new life in witness protection, and volunteering at the Retriever Retreat.
It’s Josh Fleming’s birthday and he’s always wanted a dog so Kate thinks the dog retreat she’s found online is the perfect weekend away.Bookmarked by Lexipen
11 Oct 2021
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Now Kate and Jo have been reunited, there is nothing in the world that's going to keep them apart.
Pure fluff set in the same AU as 'And The World Is Small'.
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- Part 2 of The World Is Small
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11 Oct 2021
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Jo closes her eyes as her heart sinks, but she can practically feel the way Kate is trying not to look like she’s eavesdropping through the kitchen door. Jo knows she needs to keep it together and get out from under her gaze.
“No rest for the wicked, I’m afraid. Could we pick this up tomorrow?”
Kate’s still staring at her like she’s trying to pull an old memory out of the space between them, but then it breaks, and her smile returns.
“Of course, just give us a call beforehand to make sure we’re here.”
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Or the noir-ish re-imagining of season 6 where Kate has set up as a private detective, and DCI Jo Davidson has a mystery for her to solve.
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11 Oct 2021
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She swipes on her without much regard. Cute face, cute eyes, cute nose. No profession but she’s definitely got one of those important jobs that you don’t just declare on a dating app——
(Kate had done the same)
——and she has a Scottish flag emoji at the bottom of her bio.
Cute accent then.
Doesn’t expect anything of it.
in which, at steve’s insistence, a freshly divorced kate downloads one of the dating apps only to end up falling for someone hundreds of miles away.
(the flemson long distance relationship fic we all need)
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11 Oct 2021
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Post series 6 but Jo doesn’t go into witness protection. Her life is in tatters, and everything she believed was a lie. But things are always darkest before the dawn, and while Kate is furious with her, she can’t stay away either.
This is the story of falling down and slowly climbing back up, set over the course of a year.
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11 Oct 2021
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Five secrets Shona tells Charlotte + one that Charlotte tells Shona.
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15 Sep 2021
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"To embrace the flawed or imperfect. By repairing broken ceramics it’s possible to give a new lease of life to pottery that becomes even more refined thanks to its scars. The Japanese art of kintsugi teaches that which is broken is not something to hide but to display with pride"
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27 May 2021
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“It seems,” it comes out slurred. “I forgot my keys in the office.”
“Yeah,” Kate says. She cocks her head to the side. “Sure it wasn’t at the pub?”
The woman laughs, that loud sad laugh, “Bad breakup.”
“I know all about those.”
It spills out. Kate leans on the door frame.
“Why are you in my doorway?” The woman asks, frowning in an adorable sort of way.
Kate jerks her thumb to the ground, “Basement. 4B if you ever need a cup of sugar. Or painkillers for that headache you’re going to have in the morning.”
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in which kate is a moderately successful crime writer who's down on her luck and searching for inspiration and jo is a mysterious neighbour who lives in the penthouse suite of her building. oh, and there's a whole murder case going on but that's not really the point. not yet, at least.
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24 May 2021
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if i get burned, at least we were electrified by nimbostratus
Fandoms: Line of Duty (TV 2012)
30 May 2021
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She’s been treading water for months, hoping she can stay afloat long enough to extract herself from the mess she’s gotten herself into, but she’s been lying to herself the whole time. There’s no way out, she’s going to drown in it, but she brought Kate into her team for a reason. She needs to tell her.
(AU where Jo tells Kate everything and they have to pretend to be a couple to explain why they're spending so much time together while figuring out how to get Jo out of the OCG)
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21 May 2021
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Jo hates Kate.
Okay, hate is perhaps a little strong, but still — she doesn’t like the way her voice seems to travel across the whole goddamn school, the way her eyes light up when she’s excited (which seems to be rather a lot, actually), the way her legs look in those gym shorts, all firm and toned and—
Yeah, she doesn’t like her. Not one bit.
or, a teacher au that got out of hand and ended up a lot more angsty than planned.
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19 May 2021
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Set pre-season 6 (just) and then follows the episodes, weaving in and out of canon, following Kate and Jo's relationship.
The break in the Vella case arrives just as Kate and Jo are enjoying drinks together....
I love picking up on little things that we see and build on them... Like the first time we see Jo, why does she arrive at the Hill in a police car? Where was she when she got the call about the break in the case? Had she been drinking and so couldn't drive herself? Why was Farida so jealous of her and Kate? Why does she call Kate a dirty stop-out and why does Kate respond with 'glass houses'? Why does Jo over-pronounce Turner in that meeting?...all things for me to play around with!
Hope you enjoy my little references to the episodes and my added scenes :)
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19 May 2021
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Here's my attempt to give Flemson fans - and Jo and Kate - the finale and the closure they deserve. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to know what happened in the immediate aftermath of Ryan's shooting, how Kate felt about Jo taking the rap for her, and how she reacted to the revelations about Jo's past. Not to mention what unfolded in the back of that prison van, what the heck was going through Kate's head during that brutal interrogation scene, and how hurt Jo must have been by her apparent ambivalence.
I can't bring myself to believe that they didn't get a chance to say a proper goodbye, or that Kate was pretending all along, so this is how I would have wrapped things up, hopefully in a way that remains true to the characters and their story arc. I've included all the missing scenes we were robbed of and a lot more besides.
I may or may not have made myself cry while writing this fic, so be warned, if I've done my job right, it's a potential tear-jerker. I hope you enjoy it.
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13 May 2021
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Jo never thought in a million years she would ever see her again. Kate was just a memory that Jo frequently revisited but somehow always ended in her wondering what could have been: the stolen looks, the weight of Kate's hand in her own, how she felt security when her arms wrapped around her, the after work drinks, the way she laughed at her jokes, no matter how bad. But now Kate was at the door of her shop. Staying for a week she said, five days, and it seemed they bumped into each other every day, whether by accident or by planning. With Kate back, Jo can't help but rehash old feelings, one sided feelings, or so she thought.
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13 May 2021