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In depth snapshots for the social media AU 'no christmas without you'.
When Greta brings her friend and roommate for family Christmas at Jo's house, her close dynamic with Carson prompts a number of people to wonder if there is something more between them.
But, the thing is, Greta and Carson are just friends. (And besides, Carson’s friendship is too important for Greta to ever take a gamble on feelings that simply don’t exist). So...why does Greta’s chosen family think they know something she doesn’t? And...what better time is there to take a risk than Christmas?
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"Write again soon, stranger. I do look forward to your letters."
When Carson Shaw unintentionally takes a job typing letters for an advice columnist in a women's magazine, she is offered a glimpse into the lives of women from all across the country. Although her conservative boss refuses to respond to any problems which might be deemed inappropriate or immoral, Carson cannot help but connect with the readers who have poured out their hearts in hopes of being helped. The work brings some of her own fears to the fore and, with her husband away fighting in the war, she finds herself plagued with doubt over her marriage and her future.
When she secretly replies to some of the forbidden letters, she inadvertently begins a conversation with a fascinating stranger who might just change the course of her whole life...
[Or, a letter-writing AU based loosely on the book Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce]
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- Part 1 of dear mrs shaw
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i can't help but feel the thunder (the sun came up but i'm feeling darker) by maidenstar
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
13 Jul 2023
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"In truth, Greta doesn’t expect her to turn up on Saturday, either. But the hope, it burns. It rages in her chest, stark and bright and devastatingly painful."
A glimpse into Greta's perspective during the events of Chapter 6 of Dear Mrs Shaw.
She knows Carson isn't coming, but she waits and she waits regardless.
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- Part 2 of dear mrs shaw
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we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire by maidenstar for gillmenoww
Fandoms: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
25 Dec 2022
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"The letters paint a picture of Carson’s life since Rockford, and Greta hungers for every new instalment. She learns of what happened immediately after they parted on the porch, of the way Carson had returned to Idaho just long enough to draw a line under her life in Lake Valley. She follows Carson’s slow journey back to Illinois, this time to Chicago to earn a little money and try to set a new direction for herself. But, as a compass points always to the north, in time Carson had written to ask - ever so shyly and gently - if Greta might still want her to come to New York."
After months spent sending love letters back and forth across the country, Carson pays a visit to New York, just in time for Christmas.
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Greta feels the moment when, in the seat beside her, Sarge actively loses the will to live.
“Miss Gill, allow me to be quite clear. The next time a gentleman requests the pleasure of your company, for my own sanity I will be sending one of your teammates as chaperone. I trust you will all behave…appropriately.”
Greta Gill gets asked on a heck of a lot of dates. That requires a heck of a lot of chaperones.
[Or, five times Greta goes on an unwanted date with a man and at least one chaperone with a talent for sabotage, and the one time she finally gets the date she really wants.]