#LONDON MANIPS

[hl-obsessed]

Husbands in London Masterpost ✨🇬🇧

probably will be updated later ✨

#louis tomlinson #harry styles #larry #larry stylinson #larry manip #larry stylinson manip #larry stylinson manips #hlcreators #hledit #hsedit #ltedit #1d #one direction #1d manip #one direction manip #one direction manips #larents #london #LONDON MANIPS #mine

[awesomefringey]

😭💙💚https://twitter.com/_adore_lou/status/1636533186799730690?s=19

Noooo, my heart!!! 😮‍💨

#ask #larry manips #larry manip #aotv #aotv london

[musicforastylesrestaurant]

I have an ideaaa so maybe you like to write about it. Imagine harry having a long term girlfriend or even wife but they are so private and harry protects her so much that nobody in the general public really knows anything about her or their relationship and the fans eat up every single information or content they can get about her and their relationship.

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh Mysterious Girl.

masterlist || ask me anything <3

authors note - this is my first time doing an instagram concept of sorts and i wanted to make it easy on myself and use manips of harry with someone who i chose queen selena, please don’t be harsh on me and enjoy. 🫶

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2013.

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harryupdates, Harry spotted going on a park walk with a mystery girl in London today!

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username, who is she?

username, sorry but no

username, she’s actually so pretty!!

username, right?

username, his little beany 👉👈

username, they legit look like they could be siblings

username, they look so beautiful together

username, what part of London is this?

username, it was Hyde park!

username, if they’re dating then they make such a hot couple

username, PAPA

username, her names (Y/N) I’m not sure how old she is or what her job is but she’s from London

username, (Y/N) is such a cute name!

2015.

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harryupdates, Harry and (Y/N) spotted at Louis’s mums wedding today!!

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username, power couple right there!!

username, they attended her wedding together?

username, I mean they are dating so it would explain things 🤷‍♀️

username, it’s never been confirmed that they’re dating

username, his outfit is making me feel so many different thoughts

username, I don’t get what the hype of them is, she’s not even that pretty

username, don’t be so rude!

username, just because your jealous doesn’t mean that he can’t be happy

username, we better get the photo that she took on her phone

username, her Instagram accounts private so I highly doubt we will

username, I actually love them

username, she’s so gorgeous for literally no reason

username, imagine they got married as well

username, my life would officially end

username, if they got married they wouldn’t last, she’s probably a gold digger or something

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harryupdates, Harry and (Y/N) arriving at the last ever one direction performance today!

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username, we love a supportive gf

username, her smile is actually adorable

username, I spoke to her when they were arriving and she was actually one of the nicest people I’d ever spoken to

username, what did you say to her?! we need details!!

username, I said that her and Harry make a really cute couple and she said thank you and we have each other a hug

username, I need to meet both of them one day!

username, I can’t believe it’s the last show already

username, there outfits are actually so pretty!

username, I love the fact that we haven’t seen them together in almost five months and they just suddenly app at together out of no where

username, every time I see a notification that you’ve posted I hope that it’s something ti do with them

username, sometimes I just Google both there names and scroll through pictures of them

username, I don’t get why they get so much hate, I love them together !!

2017.

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harryandynupdates, A photo montage of (Y/N) supporting Harry at the Dunkirk Premiere.

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username, her red dress is so cute !!

username, her head resting on his shoulder is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

username, it’s officially confirmed that they’re dating

username, they look so in love

username, if they ever broke up I don’t think I’d be able to live

username, the kiss on the lips is making me feel a multitude of different things

username, I’m having heart palpitations over here

username, can they adopt me?

username, CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT

yourinstagram, thank you so much for creating this, I’m putting this as my lock screen as we speak. ❤️

username, (Y/N)!

username, the queen has spoken!

username, she commented, I repeat she commented !

username, she basically confirmed that they were dating

username, it’s been confirmed for ages we just never wanted to believe it.

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annetwist, Merry Christmas from my family to yours!🎄🎅

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username, I want to be part of there family Christmas so badly

username, seeing photos of (Y/N) actually make me so happy!

username, she’s so pretty for literally no reason

yourinstagram, thank you so much lovelies, it means a lot ❤️

username, I want there roast dinner

username, (Y/N) CONTENT (Y/N) CONTENT

username, isn’t Harry pescatarian?

username, doesn’t mean that the others can’t have turkey?

username, all the stockings on the fire place 🥹🥹

gemmastyles, one of the best Christmases ever! x

username, gem!

username, the better styles right there!

username, (Y/N) and Harry are legit couple goals

username, you and Gemma are mother and daughter goals

yourinstagram, one of the best Christmases I’ve ever had, thank you for having me. ❤️❤️

username, she’s so cute, I love it!

annetwist, it was my pleasure, darling. x

username, she’s part of the family, omds I’m sobbing 😭

username, the photo of (Y/N) and Harry in the snow!

username, CONTENT, MAMA YOUR FEEDING US

username, (Y/N)s officially part of the annual Christmas photo

username, she’s winning at life right now

username, (Y/N) OUR QUEEN! 👸 👸

2019.

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harryupdates, Harry speaking about (Y/N) in his recent interview with Zane Lowe!

“I met my fiancé when we were just eighteen and didn’t officially start dating until I gained the courage to ask her out at a mutual friends party, she’s my best friend and always will be, she’s my biggest inspiration and honestly don’t know what I’d be doing if I hadn’t of met her…I didn’t really think I’d ever be in love, not in this degree anyway. My whole family adore her just as much as me and that’s all I could ever ask for.

she knew what she was getting into when we started dating and that’s what I think made us want to keep our relationship so private, I don’t want her exposed to all the paparazzi knowing the cruel things that they can say, I like to think I’m an open book and seeing how she is with my life styles, and my fans makes me love her even more, which I didn’t think was at all possible.”

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username, FIANCE?

username, you kept that one quiet mister!

username, (Y/N)s not even that pretty, he deserves better

username, literally stfu pls and thx

username, get a life

username, he’s so happy

username, I love that his family love her as well, that makes her even more special!

nicolasgrimshaw, Its' me! I'm the friend!!

username, NICK!

username, LOVE THAT <3

username, nick the match maker

username, his biggest inspiration, sobbing on the floor

username, currently digging my own grave as we speak

username, he deserves to be with someone who can deal with his celebrity status, she’s obviously to weak if he has to say that about her in an interview

username, keyboard warrior

username, if she had an issue with his life she would have left a long time ago

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annetwist, Happy Birthday sweet heart, here’s to 25! 🥂

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username, she calls her sweet heart, I'm sobbing!

username, hey Anne, I was wondering if you could adopt me, <3

username, don't ask me why this made me so emotional its literally just a picture

username, her smile 😭😭

username, shes legit so pretty for real 💗

username, we finally found out her age!

username, was she smiling at harry when this photo was being taken?

yourinstgram, ❤️️❤️️❤️️

username, QUEEN!

username, this so so sweet!

username, this family is actually so sweet

username, Sorry everyone I'm new and don't know who she is can someone tell me?

username, she's Harry's fiancé, her names (Y/N)

username, thank you !

username, sorry Anne she's not your sweetheart, she's our sweetheart!

username, she still exists?

username, she always has and always will

gemmastyles, 👑

username, my heart hearts please this is too much

username, YN CONTENT MY LIFE IS NOW A HAPPY ONE

username, that's literally my reaction every time I see a new picture of her

2020.

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harryupdates, LEAKED PHOTOS OF (Y/N) AND HARRY. SOMEONE HACKED ANNE'S ICLOUD AGAIN!

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username, no wtf?

username, who hacked Anne tf?

username, these photos are cute and all but i think the family would really appreciate if you didn't repost them everywhere

username, as much as I hate the fact anne got hacked, these photos are actually adorable

username, the fifth photo

username, they're so in love it actually hurts my chest☹️

username, delete these right now!

username, unfollow!

username, the photo of them laying in the grass

username, knowing she was with him the day that photoshoot took place is actually so freakin cute!

username, this is the one time i'm not happy i got a picture of (Y/N)

username, who hacked anne like get a fucking life

username, (Y/N) content has never made me feel so sad

username, in the fourth photo, you can see Anne just wanted a photo with her son but she just had to photo bomb it.

username, the smile on Anne's face tells me she doesn't care.

username, this is actually sickening

username, as much as I hate what's happened and the fact there privacy's been exposed, this drama is eating me up

username, take these down right now

2023.

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harryandynupdates, (Y/N) was spotted in the crowd at Harry's Cardiff Show today supporting him!

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username, I LOVE HOW SUPPORTIVE SHE IS

username, she's so happy to be there omds

username, having major fomo over here

username, I knew she was at all his other shows but no one ever got a photo, so thank you to whoever for blessing us with this <3

username, it was me, I was with my sister and she recognised her straight away, she was in the private pit with Jeff and Glenne.

username, I need to party with her so bad

username, like legit it's on my bucket list

username, god blessed us with her

username, she seems so care free like it's actually adorable

username, the man on the left of the photo looks like gino d'acampo

username, I CAN SEE IT!

username, YOUR ACTUALLY RIGHT!!

username, she's his biggest supporter

username, she's just like me!

username, she's his biggest hype women!

username, why is she pulling that face?

username, I've never been more in love with her like wtaf?

username, making me cry seeing how happy and carefree she is being

username, seeing her so happy makes me so happy

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harryupdates, "I CAME HERE HOPING THAT I WOULD SEE (Y/N) BUT I GOT YOU INSTEAD!" Harry reading a sign at the concert tonight and answering with:

"You came here to see my wife? Hate to break it to you sista but she's not here tonight, she's got a stomach bug and was crushed when the medic told her not to leave the bed, so sorry but you'll have to put up with me instead!"

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username, WIFE?!

username, nah he got married?

username, IM ACTUALLY SOBBING LIKE WTF?!

username, I KNEW THEY WERE ENGAGED AND ALL BUT WHEN THE FUCK DID THEY GET MARRIED?!

username, now they can finally adopt me?

username, this content of him and (Y/N) was not something I thought I'd be seeing in 2023.

username, I'm actually so happy for them right now

username, Harry deserves to be happy, and (Y/N) is the perfect person for him

username, literally no one likes her its probably a publicity stunt

username, a publicity stunt that's lasted ten years?!

username, CONGRATS

username, she's in it all for the money

username, CONTENT I REPEAT CONTENT

username, how long do you think they've been married for?

username, I'm thinking some time between Christmas and when tour started up again

username, is this just another way for him to make money?

username, he has a wife?

username, the next thing for him to achieve is becoming a dilf

username, the world would officially end when that happens

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#musicforastylesrestaurant #harry styles #harry styles angst #harry styles au #harry styles blurb #harry styles fluff #harry styles imagine #harry styles masterlist #harry styles fake ig #harry styles headcanon #harry styles x oc #harrystylesdrabble #harry styles fake social media #harry styles writing #harry styles x reader #harry styles x y/n #harry styles x you #harrystylesxreader #harry styles one shot #harry styles x yn #dad!harry #dadrry #harrystylesxyn #harry’s house

[sunflowervoltwentyeight]

Things Harry did this year (2023) that were iconic:

• posted a gym selfie in a 1d shirt

• wore the umbro shirt again

• thanked 1d at the Brit's

• said Louis' name via thanking 1d at the Brit's

• said this: "Are you kind to each other? Do you love each other? Do you look after each other? Do you protect each others solitude? Are you friends to each other? Through thick and thin?"

• had rumors surrounding him that he shaved his head which caused Louis to admit he's seen AI manips of harry bald

• shaved his head

• became a lime ambassador and mayor of every tourist attraction in central london

• finally ended his 3 year long tour

• crowned the biggest babygirl of 2023 by Grindr

• won multiple Grammys

• flirted with Stanley tucci

• kissed Lewis capaldi

• didn't publicly go on a yacht (just multiple weird boats)

• looked cute all day every day this year and every year

#what a YEAR

[harrysfolklore]

Def Dua!! i feel her and Harry would get on so well irl 😹

this is definitely one of my favorite works i’ve ever done ! i hope you like it as much as i do

all the amazing and beautiful manips here were made by @wannawhispa who’s the coolest and most talented ever

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ask me anything | masterlist | likes and reblogs are appreciated !

2013

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yourinstagram MY ALBUM JUST HIT #1 IN THE UK AND I’M OPENING SHOWS FOR ONE DIRECTION NEXT WEEK !!! my life is a dream right now ❤️

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ynfan1 I’M SO PROUD OF YOU !!

niallhoran Ayeeee welcome abroad !

onedirectionfan1 i can’t wait to see you at my show

harrystyles Soooo excited ! :)

ynfan2 she’s getting so big in the industry, i’m proud

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onedirectionnews Harry sent a message for YN’s sister Rina !

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onedirectionfan1 my babyyyy

ynfan1 i love their friendship

onedirectionfan2 best duooo

ynfan2 i love them

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ynupdates YN during her set in Belfast tonight ! #TakeMeHomeTour

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ynfan1 my babyyy

onedirectionfan1 her set was so good

ynfan2 she’s gaining sooo many fans

onedirectionfan2 i love her songs i’m definitely becoming a fan

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harrystyles Ready to go on stage.

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onedirectionfan1 hi harryyyy

ynfan1 she’s so prettyyyy

niallhoran She’s stealing our spotlight

yourinstagram you annoy me

onedirectionfan2 i love this friendship

2016

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harryupdates Harry spotted hanging out with YN in London today !

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harryfan1 OMGGG THE ICONIC DUO IS BACK

ynfan1 a reunion i didn’t know i needed

harryfan2 ahhh they were the best of friends back then remember ?

ynfan2 i’ve always shipped them tbh

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yourinstagram bartender of the night ��

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ynfan1 BEST FRIEND ???

harryfan1 omg are they dating ??

niallhoran My mates ❤️

arianagrande love you angels

ynfan2 the 😍 emoji they’re sooo dating

harryfan2 IT couple already

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harrystyles Happy Birthday, my love x

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harryfan1 AHHHHH

annetwist Happy birthday gorgeous girl ❤️

↳ yourinstagram i love you annie 💖

yourinstagram I love you, angel boy 🤍

ynfan1 AHHH THIS IS GOING TO BE THE IT COUPLE OF THE INDUSTRY

harryfan2 this is like the perfect couple

2017

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harrystyles HARRY. STYLES. //12.MAY.17//

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harryfan1 OMGGGG HARRYYY

jefezoff 🙌🏻🙌🏻

yourinstagram SO PROUD OF YOU MY LOVE ❤️

ynfan1 around the same time yn is releasing her album, my babies

annetwist ❤️

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yourinstagram all the albums i have to sell in order to kick @harrystyles out of the #1 spot

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ynfan1 PLEASEEE I LOVE THEM

niallhoran 😂😂😂

harryfan1 that’s what happens when the #1 male and female artists in the industry are dating

harrystyles Heeeeeyyyyyy x

↳ harryfan2 i love them so much

jefezoff I’m buying yours

↳ yourinstagram thank you jeffrey

↳ harrystyles If I don’t sell albums we both lose our jobs, mate.

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harryandyn Harry and YN at the Dunkirk premiere tonight !

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harryfan1 AHHHH

ynfan1 the IT couple does it again

harryfan2 they looked soooo hot

ynfan2 the fact that the #1 singers in the world are dating will always be so hot

2018

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ynupdates “He couldn’t be here tonight because he’s currently on the road touring, but I know he would like me to thank you for your giving him this award, and i’m definitely not jealous that he won it over me, they’re going to the same shelf anyway” - YN accepting Harry’s Brit Award for best music video tonight !

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harryfan1 PLEASEEE

ynfan1 i love them so much

harryfan2 yn won best female artist also they’re really the most successful couple in the industry

ynfan2 THE IT COUPLE

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harrystyles Hong Kong, Live On Tour.

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harryfan1 SO HOTTT

jefezoff 🙌🏻

yourinstagram I miss you, my angel boy 🤍 I hope you’re enjoying tour

↳ ynfan1 AWEEEE

↳ harrystyles I miss you every day x

↳ harryfan2 they’re disgustingly in love that’s so cute

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yourinstagram THE ONE THAT I BELONG TO 💖 THANK YOU NYC

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ynfan1 MY BABIES

harryfan1 THE WAY HARRY LOOKS AT HER

shaniatwain Love, love, love ! ❤️

ynfan2 they need to perform together more often

harrystyles Always x

harryfan2 COLLAB

2019

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yourinstagram WE TOOK THEM HOME !!! THANK YOU RECORDING ACADEMY 🥲🤍

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ynfan1 IM SUPER PROUD

selenagomez ❤️❤️

harryfan1 i lost my mind when she said “i would love to dedicate this to my angel boy h” THEY’RE SO IN LOVE

harrystyles I’m the proudest guy in the world right now. You deserve this more than anyone, my love. Can’t wait to see those in the shelf x

↳ ynfan1 IM SOBBINGGGGG

niallhoran Congrats my friend 🙌🏻

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harrystyles FINE LINE. THE ALBUM. DEC 13

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harryfan1 OMGGGG

gucci ❤️

ynfan1 SO EXCITING

yourinstagram PINK AND BLUE TIME !! FINE LINE IS COMING

↳ ynfan2 she’s so excited i can’t

annetwist So proud 👏🏻👏🏻

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latelateshow Spill or Fill? Find out what everyone’s favorite couple went for in the link in our bio. #LateLateStyles

LINK TO THE BLURB ABOUT THE INTERVIEW

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harryfan1 THIS WAS THE BEST THING EVER

harrystyles That was fun, let’s not do it again.

↳ yourinstagram agreed

ynfan1 I LOVE THEM SO MUCH BYE

harryfan2 name a more iconic couple

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yourinstagram when you find out that you have the #1 album in the world. I LOVE YOU, LOVE OF MY LIFE, i’m so proud of you and i will never have the words. PINK AND BLUE FOREVER 💓💙

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ynfan1 AWEEEE

sza congrats ❤️

harryfan1 i’m crying this is adorable

harrystyles How does it feel to know that an album full of songs about you is #1? x

↳ yourinstagram pretty good tbh, feeds my ego and all

↳ harryfan2 BYE I LOVE THEM

2020

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yourinstagram MOONLIGHT. THE ALBUM. OUT NOW 🌖🤍

THANK YOU to my team, co-writers and producers for helping me create the album of my dreams.

thank you to my family and friends for supporting me and listening to my endless rants about i wanted to craft the perfect album.

and thank you to my angel boy @.harrystyles, for inspiring me to be the best artist i can and giving me a love to write about.

I HOPE YOU LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO

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ynfan1 IM CRYINGGG

dojacat congrats my friend 🖤

harryfan1 saved 2020

harrystyles I’m so proud of you, and I love you. The world already knows how sappy you make me.

↳ ynfan1 if they ever break up i’ll stop believing in love

harryfan2 PINK AND BLUE JUST LIKE FINE LINE

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harrystyles DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. Practice social distancing. Watermelon Sugar Video Out Now.

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harryfan1 BEST VIDEO EVER !!!

yourinstagram SUMMER ANTHEM !! 🧡

↳ ynfan1 girl that song is literally about your goods

jefezoff 🙌🏻🙌🏻

harryfan2 this deserves to be a #1 hit

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yourinstagram LISTEN UP KIDS !! h has the chance of hitting #1 on the billboard hot 100 for the first time ever ! stream watermelon sugar so i can be a happy girl with a happy boyfriend 🥰

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ynfan1 YEEES

harryfan1 not yn doing more promo than harry’s team

jefezoff Are you trying to steal my job?

↳ yourinstagram i already did

harrystyles ❤️🍉

annetwist Let’s go 👏🏻

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harrystyles You’re the reason why Watermelon Sugar exists. Thank you to everyone who helped to make it #1 x

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harryfan1 IM CRYING

ynfan1 the it couple does it again

yourinstagram this is all YOU my love, you make me and all of us who love you so proud 🥲

↳ harryfan2 she’s so right

gemmastyles The first of so many ❤️

2021

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mtv Gucci boy and Versace girl have arrived to the red carpet ! ✨ #Grammys2022

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harryfan1 OMG OMG

ynfan1 THEY SLAYED SO HARDDD

emmachamberlain bury me with this

↳ ynfan2 SAME

harryfan2 ugh just look at them, posing for the grammys together with 3 nominations each and ready to slay their performances. THE INDUSTRY’S POWER COUPLE

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harryupdates Harry and YN at the Grammys !!

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harryfan1 HE LOOKS SO PROUD

ynfan1 my grammy winners

harryfan2 im so happy him and yn won

ynfan2 i screamed when yn said “i would love to thank harry, even tho i literally just took this win from him” I LOVE THEM

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yourinstagram GRAMMYS RECAP !! 🤍🦋 i love sharing this moments with you @.harrystyles

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ynfan1 I LOVE THEMMM

taylorswift ❤️

lizzobeeating the loves of my life actually

harryfan1 HARRY CONTENTTT

harrystyles First of so many together x

↳ ynfan2 SO RIGHTTTT

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harrystyles Grammys, March 2021.

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harryfan1 OMFGGGGG

ynfan1 SO DAMN ICONIC

rosalia.vt ❤️

jefezoff 🥺

harryfan2 you don’t understand they’re the modern brad pitt and jennifer aniston minus the toxic part they’re the moment

mtv We love a couple who breaks the internet ❤️

extra: yn attend’s harry’s msg shows

2022

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harryandyn Harry at YN’s show in London tonight !

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harryfan1 his entire family was there too 🥺

ynfan1 that’s why miss girl was extra giggly tonight

harryfan2 his face while she was doing the pretty please dance, same

ynfan2 best couple ever

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yourinstagram COACHELLA WEEKEND ! ready to support my angel boy 🦋🤍

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ynfan1 SLAYYYY

annetwist Have fun, kids ❤️

harrystyles Butterfly girl x

↳ harryfan1 JUST STOP

bellahadid let’s gooo 🤘🏻

ynfan2 she’s in the middle of her world tour but flew to the states to support him MY BABIES

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harrystyles Harry’s House. Out now.

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HL FIC LIBRARY ✤ AUTHOR REC

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✤ Number of fics: 24

✤ Posting Since: 2019

TOP 5 FICS:

1️⃣ Nothing But You On My Mind {E, 83k}

Louis Tomlinson is a PR manager hired to improve the image of royal bad-boy Prince Harry Styles. Unfortunately for him, that means being faced with the Prince's constant innuendos, incessant dirty jokes, and relentless flirting. Louis just wants to make it to Princess Gemma's coronation; once she's crowned Queen, his contract is up and he never has to see the Prince again.

2️⃣ thinking about the t-shirt you sleep in {E, 52k}

Harry's alpha fraternity donates to a local thrift shop (because of Liam's latent crush on a cute beta in his lecture). Louis' financial situation (and confusing omega instincts) lead him to make some interesting fashion purchases. Lots of pizza, feelings, and not-really-lying.

3️⃣ Party Lines {E, 25k}

Louis works for a phone-sex operating company, collecting credit card information and transferring calls to different operators. On a particularly busy night, everyone is booked up, and one caller has been patiently waiting for more than a few minutes. In a split second decision –one he’s probably going to regret– Louis picks up the call himself.

Or Louis accidentally becomes a phone sex operator.

4️⃣ Little by Little {E, 65k}

Harry Styles is an omega who works at the London Planetarium, has lived in the same flat for ages, and is happy enough on his own. When he gets home from his first (horrible) attempt at dating in years, a new pregnant neighbor knocks on his door after smelling his cooking. He and Louis quickly become close, but their friendship gets complicated when Harry begins questioning who he is and what he likes.

Or Harry discovers figuring out who you are is more complicated than a potato metaphor.

5️⃣ Gimme Some Sugar {M, 13k}

Louis is scheduled to work an overnight shift with Harry, the hot new pastry chef, to complete a special order. Into the late hours of the night, they bond over music and the ability to make each other laugh like no one else... which makes it harder and harder for Louis to hide his crush. Maybe it won't be so bad if he can't.

Or an AU inspired entirely by a manip of Harry with highlights.

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💎 Somethin' Old and Red {NR, 5k}

There was a ritual with these things. He’d pour a splash into a wine glass —his favourite little joke was telling humans he loved a nice glass of red every now and again— then sat down in his living room and listened to music while he drank. Every time he changed the record —or, what was it they called them nowadays? 8tracks? MP3s? Playlists? It was difficult for Harry to keep up with the technology, especially as much as things had changed over the last few decades— he would change the music before refilling the glass. He liked to savour his meals. He could get at least two evenings out of a bag that way, which worked very well for Harry’s schedule. His wine glass was in front of him on the counter, and he was ready to pour.

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Dearest gentlereaders, It is with great pride and warm wishes that I welcome you to another London Season! What heartaches, courtships, and surprises await the young ladies and gentlemen of the 'ton? With great flourish I guarantee this column is the first to bear the news. For example, rumours have swirled that Riven Sanderson has once again returned to the city, despite an uncharacteristic two-year absence… A Lady's Guide to Fools and Fortunes

Here is mine and @septemberrie 's Revese Big Bang! Loved working with her once more on this and I had so much fun making these manips. The fic is amazing, as every fic by Skye is. But period pieces by Skye just have that extra *sparkle* bcs she writers them so, so well!! let us know what you think of it!

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[dbmars]

Bram Stoker's Hannibal Chapters 74, 75, and 76

I DID IT.

We have, at last, reached THE MOMENT we've all been waiting for.

This moment:

I wrote all the way up to this moment and then slowly edited and released chapters just to make sure I covered everything I wanted to cover. Normally I just write a chapter, edit it, post it, move on. But I wanted to be extra careful that I didn't miss anything I wanted to include.

Chapter 74:

It's a Bottom Hanni chapter! Now, I know the top/bottom debate is always a thing, but I'm a firm believer in Bryan's designation that they switch. Normally I prefer to write bottom Will, but I also fully believe that Hannibal is a hedonist and would do anything that feels good, like getting railed by his mongoose. Also fun fact, being a vampire means you don't have to do much prep for anal because you don't eat food, and the immortal body can withstand plenty of abuse. So we do have some steamy bottom Hanni action in this chapter, as Will seems to search his lover's body for any evidence of... what exactly?

(I found this on pinterest, if you know the creator lmk this is perfection -- it has actually MAJOR Iliya and Hannibal vibes more than Will and Han)

Oh hey little known fact: Lenore from the brothel? It's Molly Shannon's character, the woman who collected "Lost Boys." Now she collects lost sex workers to make her perfect family of high-class courtesans. I didn't delve too much into this side story because hey, news flash, THIS FIC IS REALLY FUCKING LONG. But now you know who I was envisioning:

Chapter 75:

If you google Hetienne Park cowboy hat this is what you get:

Howdy partner!

Hetienne Park as Beverly Katz as Quincey Morris!

Anyway, Jack Van Crawford asks everyone to continue to help him in his mysterious quest, which is about to take an even darker turn. They're headed back to the graveyard to prove once and for all to everyone involved that Alana is UnDead. The gang heads back to Highgate and runs into the "bloofer lady" that's been kidnapping children and biting their necks...

I made this just for y'all. It's my attempt at photo manip LOL I know I'm not that good at it.

Now that they know Alana's undead, what's Jack Crawford's Scooby Gang to do?

Meanwhile, Hannibal and his wolf pack murder the zookeeper at the London Zoological gardens, who happens to be the Clark Ingram character. I didn't make him a serial killer in this AU, just a guy who likes to torture animals. I've always seen him as the anti-Peter Bernadone, who cares so deeply for every life large and small. So I thought it made sense to cast this motherfucker as the kind of guy who would beat caged wolves on the head with a wooden pole to make them compliant.

Seriously, fuck this guy.

Fun behind the scenes facts: The London Zoological Gardens were established as a place for the scientific study of animals, and to move the menagerie of creatures out of the Tower of London where they'd been kept since the 1100s. The Tower of London is haunted by the ghost of a bear that had been kept there.

Here are some time period pics from the zoo. You can see, of course, why the wolves begged Hannibal to help them escape.

All right, that's it for now! Here's a SMUTTY SIGN-OFF:

He has me pinned against the pillows and the headboard, my body rolling upward as he thrusts into me at an unrelenting pace, sweat gathering on his brow and dripping through his hair. His face is next to mine, buried against my cheek and the curve of my neck, panting and grunting in a lovely, beastial way. If I were human, I’d have to imagine this would hurt tremendously. It brings only the tiniest sensation of intimate pain, and I thoroughly enjoy it, whispering to him, encouraging him to let himself go. There is something desperate in the way he holds me so tightly, as if he could snap my bones; even after he comes, there is no break in his pace. Yet, the continuation seems more about spending something else besides his emission, and less about my pleasure. Grunting, he circles his hips, the slow grind teasing my inner rise, making me gasp. I touch myself, and he leans back, still rocking my body back and forth. Will puts his hand over mine, looking me in the eye, and a few strokes later I’ve tasted bliss, even as he keeps thrusting. 

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A Mistress to No One Part 3 Ch7

We are back with Part 3!! Emma and Killian return to London and they’ll be met by some familiar and not-so-familiar faces when they get there!! We have four chapters left and a LOT of story to tell!! I so hope you enjoy it all and let me know what you think!

All the love and thanks to a few ladies, who without them, this fic would not exist- @hollyethecurious​ for whom this fic was written to celebrate her birthday, @jrob64​ and @zaharadessert​ for their betaing prowess and always being available to bounce ideas off of and help me choose sneak peek passages, and to @motherkatereloyshipper​ for all her manips I used in the artwork! Thank you all so much, ladies!!! I love y’all to the moon and back again!

Summary: Bastard Emma Swan enjoys one night of pure magic and romance in the midst of a life of drudgery and abuse- attending a masquerade ball and meeting aristocrat Killian Jones. Two years later, the same man she met on the best night of her life reappears, saving her from a dire fate in the process.

Now, she must keep herself from falling in love with a man she can never have. But when that proves impossible, is there any hope for a happy ending between two people from such vastly different worlds?

Rating: M (smut in a later chapter)

Words: 7652 of approx 61,6K

Tags: Birthday Fic, Inspired by Benedict’s Story in Bridgerton, Smut

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Killian looked across to the other side of the carriage where Emma sat looking out the window. She was one of the most beautiful women he’d ever seen, rivaled only by his mystery woman. But the further away he got from that masquerade ball two years ago, the more the memory of that particular woman faded. He remembered his thoughts and feelings toward her with perfect clarity- the instant connection, the physical desire, the feeling that he’d been born to meet her, born to love her- but the more time he spent with Emma, the more the woman from his memory looked like her. Emma had perhaps a bit more meat on her bones, healthier looking rather than overly thin, but she had the same long blonde hair and green eyes.

But his mystery lady was a lady of the ton, and Emma was not. And there was no getting around that obstacle when it came to matters of the heart. Killian sighed and turned his attention to the window. Two years and his heart had been restless ever since. Until he met Emma. He looked at her again and felt his heart settle in his chest into the familiar comfort he felt whenever he was in her presence.

He was tired of chasing a dream. Tired of longing for an illusion. Emma was flesh and blood and right in front of him. It was time to put aside the fantasy and embrace the reality. Now, if only he could figure out how to do it so he would get what he wanted and also allow her to maintain her integrity to herself.

He was a selfish and despicable man. And there was no getting around that either.

~*~*~

As she sat in the carriage across from Killian and stared out the window, Emma realized she was looking forward to going to work in the dowager viscountess’ household. When she’d attended the masquerade two years ago, the home had been the most beautiful she’d ever seen. A dream home, literally. Ever since that night, whenever she’d dreamt of a future with Killian Jones, they’d lived in Jones’ House. It didn’t matter that as the second born, he wouldn’t have inherited the property, it was simply part of the dream she’d allowed herself when the bleakness of her life got to be too much.

The carriage came to a stop and Killian got down first, holding his hand out to her. She took it and looked up at the home in front of her, realizing she didn’t recognize it at all.

“Is this Jones’ House?” As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she realized she probably didn’t keep the confusion and recognition out of her tone. Her glance at Killian’s face confirmed her speculation.

“You know Jones’ House?” he asked.

“Oh, well, you’ve mentioned it,” she stammered. “I guess I just pictured it differently in my mind.”

“I see,” he murmured. “No, actually, Jones’ House is the residence of my older brother, the Viscount, and his family. My mother moved out two years ago just before his first child was born.”

Emma nodded as Killian placed his hand in the small of her back, urging her toward the front steps.

“Um, I’ll use the side entrance, if you please,” she said, lowly, looking down slightly and cutting her eyes toward him. “No well bred lady would hire someone who came in through the front door.”

“I most certainly do not please,” he all but growled at her. “You are with me, and you will come in the front door.”

Emma sighed, exasperated. “Killian, I am a maid and there are certain proprieties that must be observed.”

“You are a maid because you insisted on being one.” His tone was still utterly vexed, and Emma worried that she may have pushed him too far. He’d never treated her as simply a maid when they were at My Cottage, and it would stand to reason he wouldn’t here, either. “And as a maid- while lower on the social scale, yes- you are still respectable. Certainly respectable enough for my mother.”

Emma pressed her lips into a thin line, but nodded in acquiescence. He urged her forward again and they climbed the steps together. He opened the door and let her precede him into the house. The butler arrived in moments.

“Ah, Tom,” Killian said, rolling his eyes as the man sneezed into his ever present handkerchief.

“Mr. Jones,” he said, “Welcome home.”

“Would you please inform my mother that I am here?”

“Of course, sir. And may I take the liberty of in- informing you,” -sneeze and wipe- “that she was rather curious as to your wh-whereabouts,” -sneeze and wipe- “this past week.”

Emma had trouble containing her giggle. She knew once the man found out her purpose for being here, he wouldn’t regard her with any kind of esteem since she’d entered the house through the front door. Giving in to her mirth over the man’s apparent allergies, would only lower his estimation further.

“I would be shocked if she hadn’t been,” Killian replied, a touch of affection coloring his words.

Tom nodded toward Emma with a questioning look on his countenance. “Might I inform her of your guest’s arrival?”

“Please do. Her name is Emma Swan and she is here to seek employment.” Tom’s rather thick eyebrows raised nearly to his hairline. Emma was surprised. Butlers weren’t to show any expression whatsoever.

“As a maid?” he asked.

“As a whatever,” Killian said, exasperation creeping into his tone.

“Very good, sir.” With those words, he disappeared up the staircase.

Emma pressed her lips into a thin line. “I don’t think he thought it was very good at all,” she observed.

“Tom is not in charge here.”

“Tom might have something to say about that,” she informed him drily, her eyebrows rising.

Killian looked at her, a bit shocked. “He’s the butler.”

“Exactly,” she replied, a bit exasperated at his obtuseness. “And I’m a maid. I know all about butlers. More, I’d imagine, than you do, Mr. Jones.”

“Killian,” he bit out. “I want you to call me by my given name. You’ve done it before. Do it now.”

“Your mother is about to descend those stairs, Mr. Jones. And you are asking her to hire me as a housemaid. Do any of your other servants call you by your given name?”

She had him there and he couldn’t deny it. He could feel the tick in his jaw muscle as he clenched his teeth in annoyance.

“You can’t have it both ways, Mr. Jones,” she said, trying to suppress a tiny smile.

“Killian!” A woman who could only be his mother called, descending the stairs in front of them. She was tall, though not quite as tall as her son, with a narrow, elegant face, and long red curly hair. Killian moved toward her and took her outstretched hands in his, kissing her on both cheeks in greeting.

“Mother, it is good to see you.”

She gave him a knowing look before replying. “It would have been better to have known where you were this past week,” she informed him, “The last I heard, you’d gone off to the Gold party, but then everyone arrived back in town without you.”

“I left the party early and spent some time at My Cottage,” he informed her.

She gave him a look of affectionate chastisement. “Well, I suppose you are a grown man and can’t be expected to inform your mother of your whereabouts all the time,” she said.

Killian smiled indulgently at her as she turned her attention to Emma.

“And this must be your Miss Swan,” she said, holding her hand out to shake. Emma was surprised at the gesture, but couldn’t bring herself to shake the dowager viscountess’ hand. She curtsied instead.

“Yes,” he replied. “She saved my life at My Cottage.”

“What?” His mother was quite taken aback and Emma quickly interjected.

“I didn’t…”

“She did,” Killian insisted. “After recovering from that head cold, I relapsed after driving in the cold rain. Emma nursed me back to health.”

“You would have recuperated without me,” she murmured.

“No,” he said, directing his words towards his mother. “I really don’t think I would have.”

“Weren’t the Miners at home?”

“Not when we arrived,” Killian replied. “They were visiting Mrs. Miner’s sister who’d just had a new baby.”

His mother was looking very intently at Emma and so he felt compelled to explain further. “Emma had been employed at the Gold’s, but certain circumstances made it impossible for her to remain in their service.”

“I see,” the dowager viscountess said, not sounding at all like she did see.

“Your son saved me from a most dire fate,” Emma said quietly. “I owe him a great deal of thanks.”

Lady Jones cut her eyes toward her son with a pleased look on her face. “I see,” she said with much more conviction. “I would have expected no less.”

“I was hoping you might be able to find her a position within the household,” Killian said.

“Of course,” she replied. “I’m sure I could find a place for you.”

“Only if it’s not too much trouble,” Emma interjected.

“Not at all,” she insisted. She looked at Emma with a very curious look and Emma fought the urge to squirm. “Have we met?”

“Uh, uh,” Emma stammered, “No, I don’t believe so.” Emma was quite certain their paths hadn’t crossed at the masquerade, and so couldn’t imagine how Lady Jones might recognize her.

“I’m sure you’re right,” she said with a wave of her hand. “You do look very familiar though.” She smiled and turned her attention back to Killian. “Why don’t you go visit with your sisters and I’ll get Miss Swan settled in.”

“You need only take me to the housekeeper,” Emma said. It was very odd for the lady of the house to take a personal interest in the hiring of a servant. But then again, this entire situation was strange, what with Killian asking his mother to hire her in the first place.

“Ms. Blue is busy, I’m sure,” Lady Jones said. “Besides, I believe we are in need of a lady’s maid. Have you any experience in that area?”

Emma nodded, “Yes, ma’am.”

“Excellent. I thought you might. You speak very well.”

“My mother was a housekeeper,” she said automatically. “She worked for a very generous family…” Emma broke off suddenly. She’d just remembered that she had confessed the truth to Killian at the pond the day before. Killian raised an eyebrow at her with a small smile, telling her silently that he remembered as well and wouldn’t expose her lie.

“The family she worked for was very generous,” she continued, “and they allowed me to take lessons with their daughters.”

“Very generous, indeed,” Lady Jones agreed. “That explains a great deal. I find it difficult to believe that you’ve been employed only as a housemaid. You’re clearly educated enough to pursue loftier positions.”

“She reads quite well,” Killian informed his mother. “She often read to me while I recovered.”

“Did she, indeed?” She turned her attention back to Emma. “Do you write as well?”

“Yes,” Emma answered. “I’ve been told my penmanship is quite neat.”

“Oh, wonderful,” Lady Jones exulted. “It’s always nice to have an extra pair of hands when addressing invitations. We have a ball coming up later this summer. I have two daughters out this year and I’m hopeful one of them will choose a husband before the summer is through.”

Killian raised his eyebrows again. “I don’t believe Ruby wants to marry.”

“Hush your mouth,” Lady Jones said.

“Such a statement is sacrilege around here,” Killian informed Emma with an amused smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eye. Emma couldn’t help but smile back at him.

“Come with me, Emma,” Lady Jones said. “I’ll introduce you to the girls, and,” here she wrinkled her nose in obvious distaste before continuing, “we’ll find you something better to wear. We can’t have you going about in something so shabby. People would think we didn’t pay you a fair wage.”

Emma had never known a member of the ton to be concerned with paying their employees a fair wage and so was touched by Lady Jones’ generosity.

“You,” she turned her attention to her son, “wait for me downstairs. We have much to discuss, you and I.”

“I will await your return with bated breath,” he assured her.

Lady Jones shook her head in exasperation. “Between him and his brother, I don’t know which one will be the death of me.”

“Which brother?” Emma asked.

“Either… both… all three… scoundrels, the lot of them.”

But they were clearly scoundrels she loved dearly. Emma could see it in her eyes and the way she spoke to her son. Watching their interactions made Emma wistful and more than a little jealous. She’d never wanted anything more than a family who loved her, and she couldn’t help but think that had her mother survived her birth, even if they were unrespectable in society, she would have loved Emma. And that was more than she could say for any other adult in her life. Including her father.

“Come along, Emma.”

As Emma followed Lady Jones up the stairs, she realized she was entering more than just a new job. She was being accepted into a new family. And it felt nice. Very nice indeed.

~*~*~

Killian watched his mother and Emma start up the stairs before he turned toward the parlor to wait for his mother to return. He��d only taken a couple of steps when he heard his sister Ruby call his name.

“Killian!”

He turned toward her just in time to catch her in his arms as she ran to him.

“Where have you been?” she asked after releasing him from her rather exuberant hug. “Mother has been grumbling all week, wondering where you were.”

“That’s funny,” Killian mused. “When I spoke with mother not two minutes ago, she was grumbling about when you were going to find yourself a husband.”

Ruby rolled her eyes in exasperation. “When I find someone who is actually worth tying myself down to. I do wish someone new would come to town. I feel like I keep meeting the same hundred or so people over and over again.”

“That’s because you do keep meeting the same hundred or so people over and over again,” Killian commented drily.

“Exactly,” she agreed with an expansive wave of her arm. “There are no more secrets to be had in London. I already know everything there is to know about everyone.”

Killian raised an eyebrow at her. “Oh, really?”

“Mock me all you want,” she said, pointing directly at him in a way he was sure their mother would have scolded her for, “but it’s true. I am not exaggerating.”

“Not even a little bit, hmmm?”

“Where were you this past week?” she asked, ignoring his question completely and smoothly changing the subject. He moved into the parlor and sat down on the sofa, propping his feet on the low table in front of him. He probably should have waited for Ruby to sit, but she was only his sister after all, and company manners didn’t necessarily apply to sisters. “Went to the Gold party. It was abominable.”

“Mother will have words with you if she catches you with your feet up,” Ruby commented. “And why was the party so dreadful?”

“The company. A more boring bunch of lazy louts, I’ve never met.”

“As long as you don’t mince words,” Ruby replied with a smirk and rolling her eyes.

Killian raised an eyebrow at her sarcasm. “You are hereby forbidden from marrying anyone who was in attendance.”

“An order I will likely have no trouble obeying.” Ruby drummed her fingers on the arms of the chair she sat in. Killian had to smile. She’d always been a ball of excess energy. “But,” she continued, “that doesn’t explain where you were all week.”

“Has anyone ever told you that you are exceedingly nosy?”

Ruby waved his comment away. “Oh, all the time. Where were you?”

“And persistent, as well.”

“It’s the only way to be. Where were you?”

“Have I mentioned I’m considering investing in a company that makes human sized muzzles?”

Ruby threw a pillow at him, making him laugh. “Where were you?!”

He tossed the pillow back in her direction. “As it happens, the answer is not the least bit interesting. I was at My Cottage recuperating from a nasty cough.”

“Weren’t you sick before the party?” she asked, her brow furrowed in confusion. “I thought you’d already recovered. Did you have a relapse?”

Killian couldn’t decide whether to be impressed or annoyed at her knowledge. “How did you know that?”

“I know everything, I told you. So you had a relapse?”

He nodded. “After driving in the rain.”

She raised an eyebrow at him. “Not particularly smart, if you ask me.”

Killian looked around the empty room and raised his arms as if he were directing his question to anyone but Ruby. “Why am I sitting here allowing myself to be interrogated and insulted by my ninnyhammer of a younger sister?”

“Probably because I do it so well.” She kicked at his foot on the table trying to dislodge it. “Mother is going to be back down any second, I’m sure.”

“No, she won’t. She’s busy.”

“Doing what?”

“Orienting the new maid.”

“We have a new maid?” Ruby asked, surprised, looking out of the room and toward the staircase. “Nobody told me.”

“Good heavens,” he said, feigning shock, “Something has happened in London and Ruby didn’t know about it.”

She kicked at his foot again. “House maid? Lady’s maid? Scullery?”

“Why do you care?”

Ruby looked affronted. “It’s always good to know what’s what.”

“Lady’s maid, I believe.”

Ruby narrowed her eyes at him. “And how would you know?”

Killian sighed and decided he might as well tell her everything. Heaven knew, she’d have the whole story by sundown anyway.

“Because I brought her.”

Ruby’s eyes narrowed further. “And since when do you concern yourself with the hiring of servants?”

“Since this particular young lady nearly saved my life by nursing me while I was ill.”

Ruby’s mouth dropped open and her eyes widened almost comically at that. He might as well let her believe he was at death’s door. A little sympathy might benefit him in the long run.

“You were that ill?”

Killian shrugged. “I have felt better. Where are you going?”

She was already on her feet and moving to the doorway. “To find Mother and meet the new maid. She’s probably going to be waiting on me, Tink, and Tilly now that Marie has left us.”

“You lost your maid?”

Ruby scowled. “She left us for that odious Lady Glowerhaven.”

Killian had to grin. He remembered well his own meeting with Lady Glowerhaven and his quite similar assessment of the woman.

“Lady Glowerhaven is notorious for mistreating her servants,” Ruby volunteered. The gleam in her eye and animated gestures told him she was just warming up to her tirade. “She’s gone through three lady’s maids this year. This last one she stole from the Blanchard household. The poor girl only lasted a fortnight. She came crawling back to Lady Blanchard, begging her to take her back after Lady Glowerhaven forced her to polish three hundred pairs of shoes.”

Killian couldn’t hold back his surprise.

“Marie will be back in no time begging Mother to take her back on,” Ruby continued, “you mark my words.”

“I always mark your words, Ruby,” he assured his sister. “I just don’t always care.”

Ruby stuck her tongue out at him- definitely not appropriate behavior for a grown woman of twenty-one- as she left the room. Killian reclined back and waited for his mother to return.

~*~*~

Emma looked around at her new room, surely the nicest room she’d ever inhabited as a servant. The bed was soft, the room was well lit, she even had a writing desk! A writing desk! Who ever heard of a servant having their own writing desk?

She had just begun pulling out her meager belongings and putting them away in the chest, when there was a knock on the door.

“Come in,” she invited, after opening the door to Lady Jones. She was stunned by that small modicum of respect she’d never known in any of her previous employment. Lady Jones entered the room carrying something in her arms and Emma shut the door behind her.

“Here we are,” she said, moving to the bed and laying down two of the finest everyday dresses Emma had ever laid eyes on. “These belonged to Christene, the younger of the two I have out this season. She no longer has need of them, but I believe they will fit you nicely.”

Emma tried to contain her gasp, but wasn’t certain she was entirely successful. “Thank you so much, my lady.”

Lady Jones waved her thanks aside. “It is no trouble at all. I’m just glad they will receive some use again.” She turned around and sat down at the writing desk. “Now, Emma. Tell me about yourself. Where are you from?”

“East Anglia, originally,” Emma informed her. She figured it was unlikely Lady Jones would be familiar with Norfolk, where she had grown up, since the Jones country estate was in Kent. “Not very far from Sandringham, if you know where that is.”

“I do indeed, though I’ve never been. Where did your mother work?”

“Blackheath Hall,” Emma replied, the lie slipping easily off her tongue. She’d long ago made up the fictional hall where her mother supposedly worked for those who delved a little more in depth into her background. Although this time, Emma had to admit, with as kind as Lady Jones had been to her, the words left a sour taste in her mouth. “A bit north of Swaffham. Are you familiar with it?”

“No, I don’t believe I am.”

“Most people aren’t,” Emma replied.

“Do you have any brothers or sisters?”

“No, ma’am, there was only me.” Emma wasn’t used to employers being interested in her background beyond her employment record and references, and she wondered if Lady Jones was truly interested or if she was somehow being tested.

“Well, at least you had the company of the girls you took lessons with,” Lady Jones commented. “That must have been nice for you.”

Emma kept her face carefully blank as she thought back to the days of lessons with Regina and Zelena. She much preferred the lessons she’d had alone with her governess, before her father brought his new wife and her daughters to Spencer Hall.

“It was interesting, anyway,” she allowed.

“What was the name of the family your mother worked for?”

“Grenville.”

Lady Jones’ brow furrowed. “I’m not familiar with them.”

“They don’t often come to London.”

“I see,” she nodded. “That would certainly explain it. But it was very generous of them to allow you to take lessons with their daughters. What did you study?”

Emma swallowed hard, the feeling that she was being tested back again. “Oh, the usual subjects,” she hedged. “Arithmetic, literature, history, French.”

Lady Jones’ eyebrows rose in surprise. “French? French tutors can be rather dear.”

“The governess spoke French, so it wasn’t any extra,” Emma explained.

“I see.” They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Emma still couldn’t hide her surprise as she moved to the door and opened it. Outside stood a tall, thin, dark haired young lady. “Oh, Ruby,” Lady Jones said. “What brings you up here?”

“Killian told me we had a new lady’s maid,” she said as she entered the room, taking in Emma from head to foot.

Lady Jones motioned to Emma. “This is Emma Swan,” she introduced. “Emma, my older unmarried daughter, Ruby. We were just chatting.” She turned her attention back to Emma with a small, knowing smile lifting the corner of her lips. “I believe we will get on famously.”

Ruby shot an odd look at her mother. Or, at least, Emma thought the look was odd. It was certainly possible the young woman usually looked at her mother with a mixture of confusion and suspicion, but somehow, Emma didn’t think so.

“Killian said you saved his life,” Ruby said, turning from her mother to Emma.

“He exaggerates,” Emma said, a small smile touching her lips.

Ruby looked at her with an intensity that was very similar to the way Killian often did. As if she could uncover all the secrets Emma was determined to keep buried. The moment seemed to stretch on forever, before a familiar smirk raised the corner of Ruby’s lips.

“I do believe my mother is right,” she said. “We shall get on famously.”

The feeling of being tested again came to the front of Emma’s mind, but the smiles on both of the ladies' faces made her feel like she’d passed with flying colors.

“Have you met Tink and Tilly yet?” Ruby asked. Emma shook her head, taking in how Lady Jones rolled her eyes in exasperation.

“I’ve given up correcting my children on their nickname for Christene,” she imparted to Emma.

“I started calling her Tink after I read Peter Pan,” Ruby informed her. “I thought she looked like Tinkerbell with her little upturned nose. And the rest of the family agreed with me.” She tossed a rather smug look at her mother and Emma had to bite back an amused grin.

“Christene,” Lady Jones emphasized, “is visiting Belle this afternoon and Tilly is off with Ava Blanchard. They appear to have gotten over their row and are again inseparable.”

Emma smiled and nodded, wondering why they were sharing such information with her. They were treating her like family, which was more than her own family had ever done.

It was odd.

Odd and wonderful.

“Is something wrong, Emma?” Ruby asked, “You have a tear in your eye.”

Emma shook her head. “Just a speck of dust, I’m sure,” she said, wiping at the corner of her eye. She knew neither of them believed her, but she didn’t much care.

~*~*~

It was only a few minutes after Ruby left him that Killian heard his mother’s footsteps in the marble hallway. He removed his feet from the table in front of him and quickly rose to his feet. Manners may be temporarily set aside for one’s sister, but never for one’s mother.

“I saw your feet on the table,” she informed him as she came into the room.

Killian scratched behind his ear and waited for her to be seated before resuming his own.

“Alright, Killian,” she began in an extremely no-nonsense voice. “Who is she?”

“Miss Swan?” he asked.

His mother speared him with a look and he knew he’d better mind his words. “I honestly have no idea, Mother. Other than the fact that she worked for the Gold’s and was shamefully mistreated by their son.”

Alice gasped in horror. “I had a feeling from what you both said earlier. Did he…?”

“No, I don’t believe so,” he rushed to reassure her. “I got there in time.”

She sighed in relief. “The poor girl. I’m so glad you were able to save her.”

Killian found that he didn’t much like to remember that night at the Gold’s. The situation may have ended favorably, but he was quite sure if he hadn’t come along when he did, Emma would have been raped. Multiple times. And now that he knew Emma- had come to care for her- that thought made him sick to his stomach.

“Well, she is not who she says she is,” Alice said. “Of that, I am quite certain.” Killian looked sharply at his mother and sat up straighter. Alice Jones was no fool. In fact, she was one of the most brilliant women he’d ever known, rivaled only by his sisters, Belle and Ruby. He couldn’t break Emma's confidence, but it would certainly behoove him to see exactly what his mother had managed to conclude about Emma in the few minutes they’d spent together.

“What do you mean?”

“She is far too educated to be a housemaid,” she began. “Her mother’s employers may have been generous enough to allow her to share some of their daughter’s lessons, but all of them? Killian, the girl speaks French!”

“She does?”

“Yes,” Alice nodded. “I suspected when I saw her reading a book on Christene’s desk that was written in French, but then she confirmed it herself when I asked her what she studied.”

“I see,” Killian mused.

“Perhaps she’s the cast-off daughter of an aristocratic family,” Alice continued, warming to the subject.

“Cast off?”

“For getting herself with child,” she explained.

Killian was not used to his mother speaking so plainly. He kept his face carefully blank for she was far too close to the truth.

“Or perhaps,” she continued, “she’s the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman.”

“But, if she was,” he began, desperate to redirect her thoughts, “wouldn’t he have settled enough funds on her that she didn’t have to work as a housemaid?”

“One would think,” she mused. “But many noblemen completely ignore their by-blows. It’s nothing short of scandalous.”

Killian raised his eyebrow. “More scandalous than having by-blows in the first place? Besides, if she were the bastard of a nobleman and he cared enough to have her educated as a child, why is she penniless now?”

“That is a good point,” Alice acknowledged. She tapped her finger against her chin and pursed her lips. “Have no fear,” she said suddenly, “I shall figure out her identity within a month.”

Killian smirked at her assertion. It would be terribly entertaining to watch her try to discover Emma’s secrets. “I recommend asking Ruby for help,” he commented drily.

“Brilliant,” Alice exclaimed.

Killian stood. “I must be going. I’m weary from the road and want to get home.”

“You could always avail yourself here,” Alice suggested.

Killian smiled in return. There was nothing his mother loved better than having her children close at hand. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek. “Thank you for finding a position for Emma.”

“Miss Swan, you mean?” she asked, a knowing smirk on her face.

Killian waved his hand vaguely, feigning indifference. “Emma, Miss Swan, whatever you wish to call her.”

He already has his back turned and so missed the broad smile on Alice’s face.

~*~*~

By the next morning when Emma came down for breakfast, she’d met five of Killian’s siblings. Ruby, Tink, and Tilly all still lived with their mother, Liam had come by with his young son the afternoon she arrived, and Belle, now the Duchess of Gamwell, had also spent the afternoon with her mother planning the end-of-season ball. Henry, who was off at Eton and David, who was, in Liam’s words, God knows where, were the only two she had yet to meet. Although she had actually met David two years ago at the masquerade.

She couldn’t help but feel a little nervous about the prospect of meeting David. She didn’t know why. If Killian had failed to recognize her, what made her think David would? It was still, however, stressful to think about.

She descended the back stairs, planning to take breakfast with the other servants, when she found Killian at the bottom. He grinned delightedly, a spark of mischief in his eyes, when he saw her, and Emma caught her breath, not sure whether to be angry at him for surprising her like that or swoon at his feet.

“So, how was your first night in my mother’s household?” he asked her.

She took a deep breath and steeled herself to face whatever he might say to her. “Splendid,” she informed him before moving to her left in order to go around him. But he moved to his right, effectively cutting her off.

“Have you been given a tour of the house?”

“Yes,” she answered him, trying to keep from grinding her teeth in agitation. “By the housekeeper.”

“What about the grounds?”

Emma scoffed. “There are no grounds.”

“There is a garden,” he said, smiling a little more genuinely now.

“About the size of a p0und note,” she retorted.

“Nonetheless…”

“Nonetheless,” Emma interrupted, “I have to eat breakfast. Please excuse me, Mr. Jones.” She couldn’t help her own smirk when he shot her an annoyed look but moved out of her way.

“Until we meet again, Miss Swan,” he murmured.

Emma had a feeling they would meet again very soon.

~*~*~

After she’d finished her excellent breakfast, Emma peeked around the door frame of the servants dining room, half-expecting Killian to jump out at her.

He wasn’t there.

She slowly crept forward into the hallway, heading for the side stairs, chastising herself for her timidity. She kept looking side to side, expecting him to ambush her at any moment.

“Stupid girl,” she mumbled to herself as she straightened up and moved with purpose toward the stairs.

“Who’s stupid?” Killian asked. “Surely not you?”

Emma jumped out of her skin and covered her scream with her hand. “Where did you come from?” she demanded over her racing heart. “Do you make a habit of surprising people like that?”

“Only those I care about,” he said, waggling his eyebrows at her.

Emma didn’t know what to think about his words and so rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

“Excuse me, please. I have to get to work,” she said, attempting to brush past him.

“Now?”

“Yes, now,” she insisted.

“Tilly is eating breakfast,” he informed her. “It would be difficult to dress her hair while she is still eating.”

Emma grit her teeth at him. “I also attend to Ruby and Christene.”

Killian’s brow furrowed with confusion. “Christene? You mean Tink? Why are you calling her Christene? No one has for years.”

“Uh, oh, well,” Emma stammered, “Your mother said her name was Christene, and when I asked her what she’d prefer to be called, she said it didn’t matter to her, so I thought it’d be respectful to Lady Jones to call her by her given name.”

Killian rolled his eyes at her explanation. “Mother is literally the only one to call her by her given name. Friends, family, even servants, all call her Tink.” He leaned forward into her space. “And she and Ruby are also still at breakfast. Truly, you have nothing to do at the moment.”

Emma sighed with annoyance. “Which shows how little you know about the kind of work a lady’s maid does. I have ironing and mending and polishing shoes to do.”

“Sounds dull,” he drawled.

“I’m aware,” she informed him, struggling to hold back her sudden tears.

His countenance was suddenly filled with contrition and he moved closer to her, running his finger down her cheek. She closed her eyes against the onslaught of emotion she couldn’t give voice to.

“It doesn’t have to be this way, you know,” he whispered. The tenderness in his voice nearly undid her, and she grabbed his wrist in desperation.

“It does.” She opened her eyes to see her same heartbreak reflected in his. He moved away from her and she ran up the stairs.

~*~*~

He next found her in the garden a few days later. Lady Jones was taking a nap and all three of the Jones sisters had gone to visit their sister-in-law Elsa for afternoon tea. Emma had all their dresses mended and pressed and ready for the evening’s social event, hair ribbons had been selected, and shoes polished.

Lady Jones had informed Emma that she was free to borrow any book from her extensive library that she pleased, and so with some time to herself, she selected a recently published novel and sat down outside, enjoying the fresh air. She was a chapter into it when she heard footsteps on the flagstones and a shadow fell over her. She laid the book in her lap and looked up to find Killian smiling down at her.

He was so devastatingly handsome she caught her breath and hoped he wouldn’t notice. The soft, genuine smile on his face morphing into a pleased smirk told her that hope was futile. Emma rolled her eyes in annoyance even if she fought back a smile at his presence.

“May I help you?” she asked, not realizing until the words were out of her mouth exactly how they sounded. Killian’s smirk turned positively wicked as Emma stammered in her embarrassment. “I- I mean- oh, dash it all, that’s not what I meant and you know it.”

Killian shrugged, and made himself comfortable in the other chair. “You may not have really meant it, but often the first impulse is correct and would be wise to follow.”

“You know that’s not going to happen,” she informed him drily.

He shrugged again, making her temper rise. “It was worth a try.” He was silent for a moment and Emma picked her book back up. “And what are you reading today?” he asked.

She laid down the book again, exasperated. “Nothing, while you’re here. You’re too distracting,” she mumbled, bringing the book back up again.

“Oh, am I?” He sounded immensely pleased at her statement and Emma’s cheeks flamed. She rose to her feet. Killian immediately followed. The gesture of respect was not lost on Emma. Gentlemen usually did not stand for servants.

“I’m going inside.”

She started to walk away from him, but came to a stop when he spoke softly. “Your new dress is quite fetching.”

Emma swallowed heavily and turned to face him. Even as unnerved as she was at his presence, good manners were good manners and she couldn’t just ignore a sincere compliment. “Thank you. It was a gift from your mother. I believe it belonged to Tink.”

Killian raised his eyebrows. “Ahhh, I see you took my suggestion and joined the rest of us in calling her Tink,” he commented, making her cheeks flame, before addressing her statement. “And it’s customary to gift a dress to a maid?”

Emma nodded, thankful for the change in subject. “When one is through with them, of course.”

“I see.”

Emma eyed him suspiciously. She couldn’t fathom why he cared about where her clothing came from.

“What are you up to?”

His face was all innocence. “Up to? Me? You wound me.”

She crossed her arms and speared him with an unamused look. “You wouldn’t be you if you weren’t up to something.”

Killian grinned. “Why, thank you, milady. I do believe that was a compliment.”

Emma wasn’t sure how to respond to that, so she remained silent. She also didn’t move any closer to the door. She wasn’t sure why, but her feet refused to obey what her head was saying. She needed to get away from him. For her own peace of mind. She desperately loved this man. Longed for him. But he’d never be hers. The life she dreamed of with him would never be. She really couldn’t fault him for wanting her to be his mistress. He’d done what any man in his position would have done. He wanted her close to him, and when she rejected his offer, he did the next best thing. There was no place for her at his side except as his mistress.

She was under no illusions about her place in London society, about her place in Killian’s life. She was a maid, a servant. The only difference between her and other maids and servants was that she’d had a taste of luxury as a child. She’d been reared as a lady, if without love, and that experience had shaped her views, her convictions, her ideals and values. Now she was forever stuck between two worlds, not truly belonging in either.

“You look very serious,” he said quietly. Stepping forward, he moved to touch her face, but then stopped himself. Something about her right at this moment was untouchable, unreachable. “I can’t bear it when you look so sad.” He hadn’t meant to say the words, they just slipped out, unbidden.

His words caught her attention then and she looked up at him. “I’m not sad.”

“There is a sorrow deep in your eyes,” he murmured, “It’s rarely gone.”

Her hand flew to her face, and Killian took it in his own and brought it to his chest, over his heart. “I wish you would share your other secrets with me. I think I’ve proved myself trustworthy to protect them. And you.”

“I have no…”

“Don’t lie to me,” he interjected, more harshly than he intended. “You promised you wouldn’t lie to me.”

“There is nothing wrong with secrets,” she whispered.

“Your secrets are eating you alive.” He couldn’t stand here and listen to her excuses. And that frustration eroded his patience. “You have the opportunity to change your life. To reach out and grasp happiness with both hands, and you won’t do it!”

“I can’t.” She closed her eyes against the anguish and frustration in his. She couldn’t bear to see it anymore. “Please, Killian,” she begged, “Don’t make this harder than it already is.”

Something snapped in Killian when she said his name and he pulled her fully against him so she could feel for herself just how hard he was.

“You think it’s not hard?” he growled, “You think it’s not hard?”

“I didn’t say that!” she cried.

“I burn for you, Emma,” he murmured into her ear. “Every night, I lay in my bed, thinking of you, wishing you were with me, instead of here.”

“I don’t want…”

“You don’t know what you want,” he cut in, teeth clenched in anger.

It was cruel. Condescending in the extreme. But, God help her, it was true. She didn’t know what she wanted. Right now, at this moment, she didn’t know which way was up or which way was down. Which way would be her destruction and which way would be her salvation. But being held so tightly against him, she could fight him no longer. She relaxed in his arms and turned her lips to his.

Killian was stunned only for a moment when her lips met his and she all but melted in his embrace. Her arms wrapped around him, her hands plunging into his hair, her mouth opening under his. He didn’t know why she suddenly decided to kiss him, but he wasn’t about to pull back and ask her.

He seized the moment, tasting her, drinking her in, drowning in her. He was no longer convinced that he’d be able to change her mind about becoming his mistress, so it was absolutely imperative that this kiss be more than just a kiss. He might have to live on this kiss for a lifetime.

A picture of the mystery woman from the masquerade flashed in his mind and he remembered saying they had to pack a lifetime into that single night. He’d been overconfident then, not believing her when she said he’d never see her again.

He would not lose Emma the same way.

She was here now, in his arms, and she felt like heaven. She was born to rest in the safety of his arms, and he was born to hold her.

“Come home with me. Please,” he begged.

“I can’t,” she said, her breath whispering across his skin.

“You can,” he insisted, holding her even tighter to the hard planes of his body.

She shook her head, but she didn’t pull away, so he captured her lips with his own, his tongue delving into the depths of her mouth, exploring every part of it. His hand ran up her side until it met her breast and he squeezed gently, making her gasp and shiver in his arms. It wasn’t enough. It wasn’t anywhere near enough. He wanted to touch her skin, not have this blasted fabric between them.

But he couldn’t here. They were in his mother’s garden, for heaven’s sake. Anyone could come out of the house at any time and find them. It would be enough for Emma to be fired on the spot, no questions asked.

Then she would have to be his mistress. She’d have no choice.

But it suddenly occurred to him- and how he had the presence of mind at this moment for anything to occur to him, he’d never know- that part of the reason he cared so much for Emma was her strength and her sense of self. She knew exactly who she was and she didn’t flinch away from standing up for her ideals and her convictions. She refused to compromise her values. Even when offered a life with him.

Right now, if someone were to come out and find them- if he were to ruin her so publicly, in front of people she respected and admired- it would break her spirit. And that would be unforgivable.

He slowly pulled away. Her eyes were half lidded, still caught up in the passion between them. He still wanted her, but he wasn’t going to force the issue by compromising her in his mother’s household.

“You stopped,” she whispered, her voice sounding dazed.

“It’s not the time or the place,” he murmured. It took a moment for his words to register, but then horror dawned in her eyes. “Shh, shh, shh,” he urged her. “No, no, no. No one has seen us. We’re alone,” he assured her. “I want you, Emma. I want you to come home with me. I want you to be mine. But I won’t do it like this. There will be no trickery. No manipulation. I want your heart, Emma. And I will wait for you to give it. Of your own free will.”

Emma shook her head. “We can’t do this again.”

He placed his finger against her lips. “You’re spoiling it.”

“No, but…”

“Humor me. Please,” he said, “let me believe that I left you here without you saying it could never happen again.”

“But…”

“You’re not humoring me.”

“But…”

“Can’t I have this one fantasy?”

That finally broke through. She smiled.

“Good. Now that’s more like it.”

Her lips quivered, and amazingly, her smile grew.

“Excellent,” he murmured. “Now, I am going to leave, and you have one task and one task only. And that is to keep smiling. Because it breaks my heart for any other expression to find a home on your lovely face.”

“You won’t be able to see me,” she pointed out, her smile turning into more of a smirk.

He gently brushed her cheek with his finger. “I’ll know.” Then he turned around and walked away.

~*~*~

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A House in the Country by BoredRavenvlaw620: “That’s it, just no. I’ve done my duty to the Wizarding world. I gave up my childhood, I gave up my dreams, and for what… a tiny cubicle in which I put the Ministry stamp on endless permits. No more. I quit. Effective immediately. I think you’ll find I have ample vacation saved up. I’ll owl human resources on where they can send my check.”She spent her childhood fighting a war she didn't start. Now life is passing her by. What will she find when she makes choices not based off expectation? T, 12 Chapters, 25,871 Words

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A Well-Behaved Woman by femme_ecrivain: Astoria Greengrass can’t remember a time when she didn’t know she would one day be a Malfoy. Her entire life has been focused on one thing only: becoming the perfect wife to the scion of Wizarding society’s most prominent Pureblood family. Not even a war can get in the way of that goal—but her fiancé’s feelings for Hermione Granger just might. On the evening of her engagement ball Astoria’s world is rocked to its foundations and she finds herself facing some difficult decisions. But if there’s one thing she’s learned from Hermione (and Draco) it’s that well-behaved women rarely make history. And sometimes the drastic choice is the only one to make. T, 3 Chapters, 12,229 Words

A Woman of Independent Means by PacificRimbaud: In London, 1851, Draco Malfoy, Earl of Wiltshire, has been tasked with gifting the British Museum with a bequest from his grandfather's estate. Simple enough, but for the mysterious contents of the gift, and the museum staff assigned to receive it. M, 1 Chapter, 5,023 Words

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An Apparition Condition by ChaosAndCrumpets: Every time Hermione Granger is in close proximity to Draco Malfoy, she is seized by a sudden urge to flee his presence. What on earth could be the reason for that? E, 4 Chapters, 9,538 Words

Anchors In A Storm by inadaze22: Draco’s current mistake—well, it wasn’t simply one, but three—was a chain of seemingly unconnected events that, when spliced together just so, made one hell of a shit storm. E, 9 Chapters, 30,442 Words

And She Was Golden by another_lonely_writer: Their eyes meet just for a fraction of a moment and that's all it takes. All his boxes and walls come crashing down. He’s always been weak in the face of her reality- no matter how furiously he would deny it. Breathe in. Draco Malfoy unravels. Breathe out. E, WIP

Apple Pies and Other Amends by ToEatAPeach: It’s not until she’s brought a basil and strawberry sponge cake to Neville Longbottom and his new girlfriend, Hannah Abbott, a dozen rhubarb hand-pies to Luna and Xenophilius Lovegood, and another basket of ganache-covered muffins to Dean and Seamus, that Hermione admits to herself what she’s actually doing: she’s making a thing of this. It’s a veritable PTSD tour. With pastries. And hand-skimmed clotted cream. And she has no idea why she’s doing it, but it’s becoming very apparent that she is.Sometimes you're sad. Sometimes you need dessert. And sometimes, it's a little of both. M, 29 Chapters, 76,720 Words

Be My Baby by OneEqualTemper: Draco’s first marriage ended almost exactly a year after it started. His second lasted only six months. When he comes to the aid of Hermione, a girl 20 years his junior, he thinks he’s finally found a girl who wants the same things as him: Comfort, safety and a Daddy to cuddle at the end of the day. E, WIP

Beginning and End by mightbewriting: Years. Broken into months into weeks into days—into hours, minutes, seconds—into moments. Simple at one end, complex at the other. In Draco’s experience, moments, even when simple, had a habit of becoming irretrievable. Moments grew, stretched, multiplied into ages and eras that defined whole stretches of measurable time. Draco regretted several moments in his life, some within his control, some without: all of them irretrievable in nature. At a certain point, wedged between ‘what-ifs’ of his own devising, he’d stopped trying to keep track of those regrettable moments: now and then, pushing and pulling, coming and going, beginning and end. Moments were only moments for just as long. After that, he had no control. A Draco POV prequel to Wait and Hope. E, 48 Chapters, 241,981 Words

Bells on a Hill by HeyJude19: Left by his fiancée a month before the ceremony, Draco never got his dream wedding, so agreeing to assist Granger with her own wedding planning to distract himself from his broken engagement seems like a great idea—though Draco probably shouldn’t fall in love with the bride-to-be. Based very (very) loosely on The Wedding Singer. T, 7 Chapters, 32,228 Words

Bending Light by scullymurphy: Draco Malfoy was in exile, though they called it protection. It was the summer after sixth year and he'd taken Dumbledore's offer, defected to the other side and been sent away to a small town in Italy for his troubles. No magic, few rules, and not a lot to do -- until Hermione Granger arrived. What do you do when you're thrown into exile with the last person you wanted? You live like there's no tomorrow... M, 29 Chapters, 146,899 Words

Between Certifiable and Bliss by HeyJude19: Strange things, dreams. How much credence should we give to where our subconscious takes us?There were many things Draco did not need in his Sixth Year. He did not need Theodore Nott implanting strange dreams in his head, for one.In the ensuing years, he did not need to constantly remember that blissful, impossible dream. He further did not need Potter bursting into his mostly turned-around life to embroil him in a conspiracy at Azkaban. And he definitely did not need to embark on a clandestine investigation into prisoner mistreatment with Hermione Granger. E, 19 Chapters, 97,712 Words

Bits of Rock and Dust by PurpleSugarQuills: Draco Malfoy doesn’t even like Hermione Granger. Her winning him over had nothing to do with dinners by candlelight, gifts of priceless heirloom jewelry, or whispered affections. She just kept barreling into his office again and again. If he thought about it—which he had, often—there wasn’t ever a chance he’d fall for anyone else. T, 1 Chapter, 4,484 Words

black lines and little white lies by godgavemelou: Draco’s large hand drifts by his collar, long fingers fiddling with the hem as he continues to look back at her. Her eyes shift to look where his hand sits, mesmerized by the size of his hands, the color of his skin, the silver ring that sits on his fourth finger. She’s pretty sure she isn’t even breathing. The entire bar moves around them as they stand frozen in time, completely enraptured in the moment. OR Draco has a new tattoo and Hermione has made it her mission to find out what it is E, 1 Chapter, 6,812 Words

Bring Him to His Knees by Musyc: Draco is on the case of a murderer, but to investigate, he needs a fake relationship - and a kink club play partner. When Hermione volunteers to take the role, both do their best to maintain the lie without letting each other know the truth: neither of them are acting. E, 31 Chapters, 246,196 Words

call it what you want by HawthorneWhisperer: “I need you to have sex with me.” Draco stared at her, sure he had misheard. “Pardon?” Hermione looked up at the ceiling, taking a deep breath. “I have it on good— I have heard— oh bloody hell,” she muttered. “I’m bad in bed. I need practice.” His lungs had entirely stopped working. “Practice,” he repeated dully. “Yes, practice.” “At sex.” “At sex.” “And you came to me why?” “Because what else are we going to do here this month?” M, 14 Chapters, 35,965 Words

Cambridge Blue by CharliPetidei: Hermione Granger's love of stories through the years has led her to an English degree at the University of Cambridge, where a love story of her own awaits between its ornate spires and cobbled streets. Winner of Admin's Choice, and Runner-Up for Fan Favourite, Best Romance, and Best Use of Prompt in Dramione Fanfiction Forum's Sounds Like Dramione comp 2021. E, 8 Chapters, 18,622 Words

Carpathian by niffizzle: The sprawling mountains of the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary offered a perfect chance for renewed self-discovery. Lush landscapes. Majestic beasts. It was intended to be Hermione’s escape. Except, she hadn’t been alone in that plan.Four years had passed since she last saw him, and to her knowledge, no one else in Britain had either. Rumours had sprouted like plants under a Herbivicus Charm after he failed to return for the second half of their final year at Hogwarts. Even Hermione hadn’t been able to resist the question in nearly every student’s mind: Where had Draco Malfoy gone?Apparently, she now had the answer. E, WIP

Choice and Chance by ChaosAndCrumpets: An accident in the Department of Mysteries leaves Hermione Granger stranded in a world not quite her own, her only companion the unknowable Draco Malfoy. Together, they learn who they truly are by virtue of who they could have been. M, 30 Chapters, 116,968 Words

Come Let Us Adore Him by ikindaneedahero: Hermione Granger scoured the subreddits, perused the checklists, and read virtually everything possible on how to be an all star Congressional intern and staffer. She had her job responsibilities well in hand, but instructions on how to handle the attention of an upstart Congressman Draco Malfoy were nowhere to be found. US politics AU: Congressional staffer Hermione, Congressman Draco WIP

Coming Down by nikitajobson, raven_maiden: He knows her, now, in ways no one ever has. He knows the things she’ll say, the things she’ll hide. The things only her body will tell him in a quiet room, when she drowns her sorrows in the feel of him. * Of all the things Hermione thought she'd learn at Hogwarts her eighth year, Draco Malfoy is by far the most unexpected. An art-fic collab with Nikita Jobson. E, 1 Chapter, 4,429 Words

Commonalities of the Coldest Kind by ChaosAndCrumpets: When Draco Malfoy is infected with a terrible Muggle plague*, the only person brave enough to risk death to care for him is his colleague Hermione Granger.*DISCLAIMER: Draco has a cold. M, 5 Chapters, 12,087 Words

Compassion for the Condemned by Ghastly_lemons: The Ministry holding cells were, Draco supposed, like the Cloudhopper training broom he’d had as a child to the Nimbus 2001 of the Azkaban cells. They were clammy and cold, but not glacial. Dingy, but not filthy. Stifling, but not suffocating. Meagre, but not barren. Callous, but not cruel. Depressing, but not nightmarish. - Draco Malfoy has resigned himself to his inevitable fate in the wake of the war; a cell in Azkaban, likely for the remainder of his life. He sees no point in fighting it, but an unlikely someone has decided for fight for him. M, WIP

Contradictions by ambpersand: When Hermione Granger is presented with a problem, she turns to research. Information, hypotheses, and experiments... These are all things she knows and loves, so it should come as no surprise that when she finds herself with a problem in the bedroom, she knows exactly how to find a solution. And it just so happens that the solution is in the arms of a strong and confident stranger, with hands and lips that know just how to drive her body wild. The only problem? They belong to Draco Malfoy, the one person she should never trust. E, WIP

Damn Your Love, Damn Your Lies by AdAsttra: Draco's a Veela, Hermione is his mate. The only problem is that he hates her. E, WIP

Different People by nevertoosweets: Draco had gotten it wrong. He’d thought that they had been working towards something new. He’d hoped, for a brief moment, that there’d be something worth coming back to England for, but they weren’t different people, after all, no matter how changed he felt.Some things aren’t able to be glossed over or set aside. Scars, for example. Hadn’t scars been the thing that started it all? And now it’s ended with two different scars on opposite arms of two very different people and he didn’t know why he'd thought that’d be something either of them could ever ignore.Both scars had only ever caused her pain. M, WIP

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[hl-obsessed]

husbands out in london 🇬🇧

#harry styles #louis tomlinson #larry #larry stylinson #larry stylinson manip #larry stylinson manips #hlcreators #hledit #hsedit #ltedit #1d #one direction #one direction manip #one direction manips #mine #larents #larry manip #larry manips #london manips

[liaromancewriter]

The Valentine Twins collection

A/N: While Max often appears in other fics, this collection of stories and edits focus mainly on Cassie & Max's sibling relationship.

Intern Year

First Day Jitters 🎨   Cassie Valentine’s first day at Edenbrook isn’t going as planned. Luckily her twin brother is there to lift her spirits.

Double the Fun 🎨 Cassie spends her day off with a quick trip home and a day out with her twin brother, Max.

SOS – a text fic 🎨🎭 When Cassie has an emergency, there’s only one person to talk her off the ledge. Text fic featuring my favorite twins.  

Zodiac Fun 🎨 Cassie is all about love that’s written in the stars.

Stop The Clock  🎭🎪 After almost six weeks without word from Ethan, Cassie needs her family more than anything.

Second Year

Spill the Tea 🎨  Cassie has been dating Ethan (discretely) for a couple of months now and her family and friends want to know who the mystery man is. 

Lost and Found 🌼 Cassie and Max celebrate their birthday under the Northern Lights and have a heart to heart about what’s happening in their lives. 

Falling Into Dust 🔖🌵 After surviving a deadly poison attack, Cassie struggles with guilt for her part in the tragedy and tries to find her way back to the person she was.

Part 1: The Aftermath

Part 2: The Healing 

Beach Clean-up 🎨 Cassie is not happy about what she finds. 

Third Year

Reunions and Resets 🎨 After a grueling few weeks, Cassie spends three days in London with her brother to recharge and reset. Continuation from Checks and Balances. 

Crossed Wires 🎨 Cassie finds out Max kept a secret from her.

Reflections and Renewals 🎭🎪 Cassie’s temper flares up as the first anniversary of the poison attack approaches, but she soon learns the value of second chances. 

Yoga Fun 🎨 Cassie is all about trying new things, until she isn’t.

Gemini Calling 🎨 The Boards are finally here and Cassie wants the people she loves around her. But they don’t seem to want her. 

Much Tattoo About Nothing 🎨 When Cassie’s tattoo attracts interest from the tabloids, it has everyone buzzing.

Post Series

The Twin Code 🌼 For Cassie and Max Valentine, it’s always been them against the world, no matter who was in their lives or where they ended up in the world.

Three’s a Crowd 🎨🌼 Max, Sienna and Cassie end up in the tabloids after a night out on the town.

Sibling Rivalry 🌼 Cassie and Max play Monopoly and things get intense very quickly, much to the dismay of their loved ones. 

Twin Perspectives 🌼 The Valentine Twins know when and how to come through for each other.

Twinsies 🎨 Cassie and Max celebrate National Twin Day.

Anti Valentine 🎨 Cassie and Max commiserate each other on their most hated day.

Green-Eyed Girl 🎨 Random convo between Cassie and Max about family traits.

Christmas Tree Traditions 🌼 Decorating the Christmas Tree is a chance to create new traditions.

Carry On 🌼   Family traditions have always been important to the Valentines, and now it’s time for a new generation to carry on the legacy. 

Twin Shenanigans

Gif edition

Java edition

Panda edition

Random Edits

Reminiscing

Manips collection

Happy Birthday

Ride or Die

#the valentine twins #open heart #open heart choices #open heart fanfics #open heart fanfiction

[its-moopoint]

This is how stupid shippers are. They are ecstatic that Tony wasn't in NY at the premiere and also in Glasgow at BAFTA and are still saying that he wasn't with Cait during her Belfast promo.

She was in Austin and NY for 10 days of S7 promo after which she goes back to London where she starts filming her new movie. What would be the point for Tony to come along now that they have a small child and uproot him for such a short time? Makes no sense. In Glasgow, he was at home with him while she had to attend for a few hours. Again, no point for him to be there. Cait even said that she was late to give the baby his nightly bath as it's part of their routine. As for Belfast, Tony was with them in LA all that time. She even mentioned that she was giving interviews with the baby in the next room.

But stupid is as stupid does and if these crazies are mothers I feel sorry for their kids and husbands having to live with them.

"The funniest thing has been how the antis have justified the absence of you know who: he has been taking care of the child, while she works on the promo, an excuse that It was never needed when in the wild Belfast promo a nursemaid was needed and the baby was so much smaller.

Curious that in the last events in which she and Sam have coincided, he has not appeared.

Since I don't want to write the script, I'll shut up from here on 🤐"

Also, the manip is ready for OL delusionals.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/843dc82fd98e65ac05866648a4220f23/be16894049ff1d19-d4/s540x810/192730feb2536074fabbb68b56a90599a5dd114a.pnj

Fucking stupid. As always.

They are celebrating their shipper bubble WHILE OL promo. Then T appears and C goes back to being a bitch LOL.

There have been patterns all these years and they only have changed now that she's had her first and only child.

[thezfc]

At first I thought this was a photo manip at first of the fan that went to school in London and lived above the bookstore.

It won’t let me send the pic anonymously 🙄

LoL

[stylesunchained]

Does anyone know the source?// yeah it was a random man on twitter that said he went to the coronation in London and saw Harry and post Malone, and share this picture of Harry, he went private after the picture went viral

everyone saying it’s an al it’s delusional, and larries are trolling saying it’s a manip, it’s not, the picture it’s real

Of course he went private lol they always do after stirring the pot. I’m not stressing, it’s probably one of his friends.

[divergentmisfit-fandomsblog]

Thanks

I had to look up the show on Disney+ as I had no idea what it was. The show and its characters are not the within the demographic of my artistic focus, and therefore I would not be the right artist to work with for a London & Bailey manip. In light of this I will have to respectfully decline the request. I’m sure there will be artists out there who do work within the demographic and I wish you the all the best in finding an artist more suited to the task.