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An Alternate Version of Events: Kate has one goal in coming to England: to get her little sister Edwina married, and not just married--illustrously and happily married. But when the Sheffields refuse to sponsor their granddaughter, Kate sees an unconventional way to give her sister the glittering season she's always dreamed of: she'll have to marry rich herself. And she doesn't require romance and fairy tales. Just someone of fortune in want of a wife.
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collision theory by heartsleeves for antematter
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
05 Jul 2025
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Was this what he was reduced to now, so starved for her presence that he would invent any excuse to delay her departure, even if for merely seconds? He had asked for this, had wished for this - a courteous marriage, after all, was a safe marriage. And yet here he was, nothing but a lonely fool; Midas, weeping in a room of gold, beautiful, still, untouchable.
or: Kate and Anthony get married for what they tell themselves is duty’s sake. They still manage to break their own hearts.
(a marriage of convenience AU)
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16 Feb 2026
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We Grew Up at Midnight by Helena K Wayne (h_k_w) for antematter
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Nov 2025
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On the eve of an arranged wedding, a gentleman and a lady strike a truce—no names, no futures, only ordinary recreation.
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15 Feb 2026
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the trouble with gemini season by antematter
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Jun 2025
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“Mary,” she said sternly, not looking away from where Anthony had frozen completely. “Level with me here. Is there the slightest possibility that your father - and be very honest with me right now - that your father didn’t know that we were coming?”
(a parent trap AU)
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by any other name by antematter
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
23 Oct 2024
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No one should have been happier about the arrival of the Sharma sisters than Anthony Bridgerton, except perhaps his mother. After all, the name on his wrist had written itself into existence on his eighteenth birthday amidst a great deal of consternation from that good woman.
“Sharma? Where on earth are you going to meet a Sharma? No one in the Ton has a name like that,” his mother had declared when the name on his wrist had been revealed. “It sounds like a man’s name, does it not? That will prove problematic for an heir.”
His father had been more sanguine. “Sharma’s a strong name,” he’d said. “Unique too. At least there won’t be any doubt as to who your soulmate is, when they appear.”(a soulmark AU from S2 Anthony's emotionally constipated Regency point of view)
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