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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    After getting to know Mary Bennet, Tom was certain of a few things. That he was desperately, irrevocably in love with her, that he needed to let her know this, and lastly, that he did not have the words to do so. He loved words, he spent his days entwined in them in one way or another. He used them in his work, he consumed them in his free time, and yet they evaded him when he needed them the most. It seemed that any grace he had left his body when Miss Bennet looked upon him. He could talk to her, sure, but it was no words that could convey his emotions. He turned to the only thing he could think of to rectify this. He turned to poetry.

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    Tom is a first class yearner and tries to tell Miss Bennet about his feelings through poetry, and Mary is enjoying her new found interest in both poetry and Mr Hayward.

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    20 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 8

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    Welcome!

    Please do come in and place your bets on our stubborn, argument-addicted fools.

    Disclaimer: Wins and payments are not guaranteed.

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    14 Jul 2026

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  3. Public Bookmark 5

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    What if Mr Gardiner actually owned a farm, and Mary ended up falling in love with a certain farmhand, trying to make his way in the world?

    Farm AU, the Gardiners own a farm near Lambton, Tom is a farm boy himself so helps them out, and so the story goes...

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    14 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    Princess Mary, the third of King Henry and Queen Jane’s five daughters, had gotten away with sneaking into Leeds United matches with her Yorkshire-born nanny, Mrs Hill, since she was a tween. A team beanie, a scarf and some facepaint rendered her completely anonymous and free to dance like a lunatic, raucously sing the team songs, and hurl abuse at the refs in peace.

    Since Leeds acquired a humble but dangerous young striker, Yorkshire born-and-bred Tom Hayward, her fervour for the team had only grown. Then came the day the tabloid press spotted Princess Mary in the crowd in her Hayward jersey and she became the subject of several viral TikToks and, of course, the ire of her mother.

    A Princess/ English football hero AU 👑⚽️💖

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    11 Jul 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    “She’s going to make a full recovery,” she said warmly.

    “Thank you,” said Tom, squeezing her hands, his heart feeling like it might burst with gratitude. “If it is alright with you, Mrs Gardiner, I’ll remain here tonight. That way you can call for me if I am needed.”

    Mary’s aunt nodded fondly, perhaps understanding more than what Tom had spoken, and recognising that it would be fruitless to try to dissuade him.

    A brief guide to this haphazard series:

    Work 1: In which Mary Bennet is having none of it
    1: Tom attempts to graciously step aside. Mary gets in his way
    2: Ryder attempts to interrupt. Mary politely declines
    3: Ryder swims out toward the boat. Mary tells Tom to seize the oars and row
    4: Mary attempts to distract him with bird calls. Tom gets the conversation back on track

    Work 2: In which Mr G is having none of it…
    “Nope to Tom riding off on his horse.”

    Work 3: In which neither Tom nor Mary are allowing anything to get entirely out of hand…
    “Nope to Mary waking and Tom not being out in the corridor stressily watching over her.” Putting a firm stop to all of that heartbreaking nonsense and restoring felicity wherever I go!

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    10 Jul 2026