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Carol storms out of a difficult meeting and Helen picks up the pieces.
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For Greta and Carson, children had always been a maybe - something to consider in the future, once they had better jobs or a bigger apartment. It had always been easier to push the problem into another day, burying it under practicalities until they could no longer see the worries and fears hidden down below.
Except now, surrounded by growing families, Carson begins to wonder if they could build that life together after all.
(Or Greta and Carson have a baby together and Carson figures out what it means to be a dad)
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But like everything else she’d experienced since that very first morning on the streets of Chicago, it was different with Greta. She knew Carson’s body as if it were an extension of her own, knew the places where touch was always okay and the places where it would make Carson recoil and stiffen up unwittingly. To an outsider, it seemed like any other beauty consultation taking place in a cosmetics store but the reality was a much more intricate ritual as Greta worked her way across Carson’s skin.
Or Carson takes a risk and decides to visit Greta whilst she's working at Vivienne Hughes Cosmetics.
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18. Skirts - The only issue Greta had with her uniform was that it was much better suited to a dancer than a baseball player, something that had become exceedingly clear after she had slid into third base that afternoon.
I have also succumbed to doing Leaguetober (thank you Ally Baldwin for the prompts!) despite knowing I probably won't finish it. The title is from the poem I Swear Somewhere This Works by Trista Mateer - shoutout to @gretacarsons on Tumblr for the beautiful edit that brought the poem to my attention!
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A character study into Greta's thoughts regarding sexuality and language.
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Carol Sturka is the forty-seventh President of the United States, and the most convincing thing about her presidency might be her marriage to Julian Vane, which is warm and genuine and entirely platonic. Helen Umstead, who serves as her Press Secretary, is the woman who sees through all of it, and who Carol cannot stop noticing in ways that have absolutely nothing to do with press strategy. After a Republican senator starts questioning the true nature of the marriage and an emergency in the Arctic forces the administration into intense scrutiny, Carol or Helen learn that the White House contains no space more hazardous than any room that leaves the two of them alone.
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23 Feb 2026
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“I mean, are you just not into me? ‘Cause you can just say it. I’m not that thin-skinned.”
Carol is staring back, totally blank. Her lips have fallen just slightly open — those perky pink lips that press together when she hears something funny, that tug sideways when she’s embarrassed, the lips Helen’s watched sipping glasses of wine for months now and has never been allowed to touch.
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21 Jan 2026
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Carol's mom dies. Carol cleans up after her. Helen picks up the pieces.
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20 Jan 2026
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Charlotte isn't sure she knows exactly what she wants, but she's certain that she's not allowed to want it.
Set during Season 4.
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06 Jul 2025
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and this is the last time (i'll allow my ribs to be swollen) by tittianamaslany
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
04 Dec 2022
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“Do you ever want to change your body?” Max asked her, folding her own arms over Esther’s.
“How do you mean?” Esther asked.
“I mean…” Max sighed in frustration. She didn’t have the words. “Sometimes I wish I could just flatten myself, you know? Be more…man-shaped,” Max said. She turned to face Esther and crinkled her face.
“If you want some advice, I think you can call your Uncle Bert,” Esther said gently. “He’s done more than you might want to, but he might be able to point you in the right direction.”
or: Max explores chest binding
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10 Dec 2022