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Suddenly, Taggie felt entirely lost. There it was again, that dark look of self-hatred in his eyes. She had seen that look before, when they had talked about Helen and how he believed himself utterly incapable of making anyone happy. It had broken her heart then to hear how poorly he saw himself, and it shattered her all over again now. All this time, through every agonizing day they had spent apart, he had been sitting here in the dark, believing he deserved every bit of it.
Or: Where Taggie follows her heart once more and how that leads her straight to Penscombe in the middle of the night.
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05 Jul 2026
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Set just after Belle tells Jack she won't have congress until after marriage.
Jack hints that they could still do a bit more than just steal kisses in cupboards.
Belle is rather interested in finding out exactly what he means.
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30 Jun 2026
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After Monica Baddingham's death, Tony's grief takes an unexpected turn.
Tony Baddingham needs Taggie’s assistance for a Corinium reception after Monica's funeral; Rupert can't shake the feeling that something is wrong. Taggie ignores his concerns. Rupert lets her go.
When a storm rolls across Rutshire and Taggie fails to come home, Rupert is forced to confront the one fear he has never been able to outrun: losing the person he loves most.
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Or: Taggie is hurt and Rupert suffers (for a little)
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30 Jun 2026
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“Can’t you let me love you?” Taggie whispered, “Isn’t it enough?”
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As Venturer celebrate winning the franchise, Taggie and Rupert realise they no longer have a distraction from their feelings.
An imagined ending to the series and the novel.
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29 Jun 2026
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John makes Paul a bet. Paul takes him up on it. Crossdressing shenanigans and angst ensue, and ~feelings come out in the wash. 1961.
OR: boys in knickers, lots and lots (and lots) of sex, angst, homophobic slurs, schmoop. The Pineapple Club is fictitious. Originally posted on LJ in 2012.
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29 Jun 2026
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Your head is full of poison, my heart is full of doubt by Tamara267
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
23 Jun 2026
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"D'you think she's happy?" said Rupert, slicing through her thoughts, "I think I could bear it, if I knew she was happy."
OR: a case of mistaken identity proves that drunk words reveal sober thoughts
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23 Jun 2026
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“There’s no one to pay the deejays, someone’s broken a window in the kitchen, and there is vomit all over the yellow sofa.”
or, Rupert tackles Taggie's to-do list
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17 Jun 2026
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"Can't," Rupert muttered, his speech thick and terribly slurred. He blinked heavily, trying to focus on Maud’s face, which was currently far too close to his own. "Impossible. Strictly off the market, Maudie. I'm a married man."
"Oh, Rupert, darling, you really are wasted," Maud gasped, patting his arm affectionately, though her sharp eyes were already scanning his face for the punchline. "You're not married!"
"Can't tell you," he whispered conspiratorially to the tablecloth, his eyes half-closing. "She’s mine. My girl. My angel"
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rupert+declan return to the priory pissed as pirates and apparently married to an angel???????????????? taggie fears she may die x
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17 Jun 2026
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You, soft and lonely by Tamara267
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
15 Jun 2026
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Taggie could admit, that in all her imaginings of how she and Rupert might finally come back together, the backseat of an Aston Martin had never featured. Yet here she was, all but horizontal against blue leather, watching on as Rupert grew more flustered by the minute.
“I mean really, it had to be the dungarees, didn’t it?”
“This wasn’t really what I had in mind when I got dressed this morning.”
Or: the 2x02 car fic
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16 Jun 2026
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"Rocky says sorry, and he hopes you haven't caught a chill,” he hears himself saying. Finds himself, in fact, sinking to his knees before her. Thinks: how right it feels.
In which Rupert Campbell-Black tries very hard not to be in love. Except Taggie O'Hara makes that quite impossible.
or; a deep dive and extension of the rutag scene from 2x06.
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13 Jun 2026
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coming up roses by novellysarahwrites for fourleafclovers
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
11 Jun 2026
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“What do you think, angel? Santorini for your birthday, and Zurich to ring in the New Year?”
“I’ve been thinking about it, and what if we stayed home for my birthday?” Taggie’s fingers skim along the edge of his unshaven jaw. “I thought it might be nice, celebrating at home. Just our friends, and if Helen would let Tab and Marcus stay for a few days before…”
She trails off, peeking up through her lashes to gauge Rupert’s expression. He grins, sunlight warming her skin, and catches her hand, bringing her palm over to his lips. “Whatever you want, darling. You only turn 22 once.”
Or, Taggie celebrates her first birthday as Mrs. Campbell-Black
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12 Jun 2026
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no matter what, the campbell-black's will always find their way back home.
or, five times taggie brought the kids back to penscombe and one time they brought her home
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- Part 2 of everything is easy (cause of you)
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09 Jun 2026
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Her question is tricky, though, because when Taggie looks at him, like she's doing right now, with her gentle and unassuming doe eyes, he doesn’t want anything.
He wants everything.
or, rupert and taggie don't get interrupted in the kitchen
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07 Jun 2026
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Rising to the Occasion by Snow_Cherries658 for Someofusarequeer
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024)
03 Jun 2026
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Rupert Campbell-Black has had a riding accident...
He's scared he won't ride again...
He's scared he won't fuck again...
His angel of a physical therapist is here to heal himBookmarked by Surelylearning
05 Jun 2026
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She doesn't want someone's hands, she wants Rupert’s heavy, calloused hands—the ones that handle those massive polo mallets with such sickeningly perfect precision—to be the ones bunching the cheap cotton of her skirt in his fists, his eyes the ones to rake over her like he wants to eat her alive, his tongue the one to plunge deep into her mouth til she can't breathe anything that isn't him, his—
Yeah, she thinks, Shelley is absolutely right.
— or, taggie gets drunk and calls rupert
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23 May 2026
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smoothing me over by alsoalsowik
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
21 May 2026
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"Tag," Rupert says, his voice velvet against the shell of her ear. Something harsh pricks at her skin — the desperate way he says her name. "I'm sorry, angel. So sorry."
Pushing away from the sink only forces her closer to his chest, broad and steady behind her. Futile. Inevitable. Just like the all of the love and hate churning together in her gut, threatening to come up all over the kitchen. She pushes anyway.
When he turns her, gently, Taggie goes willingly.
or, Rupert tries to do the honorable thing and fails miserably.
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21 May 2026
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It's so exhilarating, so ecstatically exciting that she barely thinks about the fact that the flight attendants have most likely heard them — it wasn't like they were trying their best to be quiet, anyway.
"I think," Rupert starts, sucking on the pink skin of her throat, then the tender meat where neck and shoulder meet as he speaks "this was the perfect way to start our honeymoon."
Ah, yes. The honeymoon.
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18 May 2026
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He almost goes out the front door.
He chooses the kitchen instead.
A S2 Fix-It Fic.
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17 May 2026
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i turned my face away (and dreamed about you) by novellysarahwrites for overdead
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
28 Dec 2025
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And it starts like this: a wry twist of a sin-soaked smile and skin that glows golden in the light leaking out from the hallway, illuminating jet-black hair threaded with silver and warm, hazel eyes. There’s a rush of pink across her cheeks that she’s helpless to fight against, even as she wishes desperately she’d worn something other than her brother’s tattered university jumper and frilly, polka dot pyjama trousers.
“You are certainly not one of my daughter’s friends,” he says slowly, looking her up and down. A candy cane hangs loose between his lips, dropping to the ground when he offers her another grin. He doesn’t even seem to notice. “No, I’d have remembered you.”
or, the holiday au
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11 May 2026
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While playing in a polo match for Venturer, Rupert takes a hit to the head. Diagnosed with short-term memory loss, he finds himself at the Priory with lots of questions and only one person who has all the answers for him.
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05 May 2026