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The balcony is empty. The air is thick with summer heat.
Michaela steps closer than she should. Francesca's legs part, almost reflexively, for her husband’s cousin. Michaela slips between them and rests her hands on Francesca's thighs.
She leans in. Francesca can smell the limoncello on her breath. Her nose brushes Francesca's cheek.
"Tell me it's killing you like it's killing me," Michaela whispers against her skin.
Francesca trembles. Her need pulses in her chest, her stomach, lower still.
"Please, Fran."
"We can't."
"I know. I know."
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Francesca Stirling is a high-powered Manhattan attorney on her eighth round of IVF. Her husband's cousin, Michaela, arrives for the summer and immediately upends Francesca's routines. When her husband leaves for a work trip to London, Francesca is forced to reckon with the woman she has spent years refusing to look at — and with the question of whether she can finally become herself without breaking the man who loves her.
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01 Jun 2026
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Francesca's and Michaela's broken hearts through the years and how they finally mend them
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19 May 2026
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“Stirling?” Eloise says out loud, her scoff coming out awfully like a laugh. “As in, Francesca’s ex Stirling?”
“Elo—!” Francesca steps in front of her sister before she can cause more embarrassment in front of the attractive woman who baked her cookies. “My apologies.”
“Do you by chance know John Stirling?" Eloise peeks her head out right above her shoulder. "Handsome, shy, quiet, someone you'd probably share all your secrets with without a second thought?"
“ELOISE.” Francesca’s heart was about to burst into a million puzzle pieces about to be unsolved.
The woman smiled. The kind of smile was too indescribable to have such an effect on her stomach and the rising temperature on her cheek. It was maddening, it was unbearable, it was-
"Well, two things." Michaela starts. "If you are interested, I'm sorry to say that John is single but isn't ready to mingle," she tilted her head to indicate the house right across Francesca's street. "And yes. That awfully sounds a lot like my cousin."
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modern au!: francesca bridgerton deals with the current predicament of having an attractive neighbour. what makes this harder is said neighbor turns out to be her ex-boyfriend’s cousin.
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05 May 2026
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12:57
Francesca:
Sorry on a date right now. Blame Eloise :(
Michaela:
a what--------
After coming out as a lesbian earlier that year, Francesca Bridgerton is dead set on dipping her toes into the dating pool in a desperate attempt to get over her feelings for her best friend-- Michaela Stirling. To do so, she enlists the help of her siblings, who are not at all magnets for chaos, to set her up with the most eligible queer women they know. Meanwhile, Michaela loses her absolute fucking mind.Series
- Part 1 of TBDFTH
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29 Apr 2026
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“You have my phone number, right?” she asked softly, as if someone might overhear her, even though they were alone.
Michaela’s eyebrows shot up. “Yes,” she drawled, her tone questioning.
“Well,” Francesca started, eyes darting around. “If you wanted to use it for…non-pick-up-related reasons…” she steeled herself and met Michaela’s gaze then. “That would be alright with me.”
Michaela’s lips slowly spread into a teasing grin. “Oh?” she asked airily.
Her reaction soothed Francesca’s anxiety a notch. “Yeah,” she nodded.
“Alright then,” Michaela winked before she turned around and walked to her car.
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or, piano teacher fran meets her match when john's cousin michaela starts to pick up his daughter from piano lessons
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27 Apr 2026