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Five years after losing her wife, Carol Sturka has built a quiet life by the coast: hands busy, heart carefully guarded, love poured into animals and things she can fix.
Zosia Kosłowska arrives in town running from expectations, from a future already decided for her, and from a desire she has never allowed herself to name.This is a slow story about grief, restraint, late blooming, and the kind of wanting that learns to speak through hands, silence, and time.
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02 Feb 2026
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home is wherever you are (and I'll follow you there) by oceansidedrive
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
28 Jan 2026
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The beige Southwestern building at the end of 1208 Ciell Rosado Court is just a house when Carol and Helen move in.
Over time, it becomes something else entirely.Five moments that turned this house into their home.
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29 Jan 2026
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That was when she turned the corner and her eyes landed on a diner. Its ‘Open 24 hours’ sign was still glowing softly against the dark sky.
Convenient, she thought, arching an eyebrow. A truly good cup of coffee might help her write, too.
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The Diner AU
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29 Jan 2026
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Just a slow burn Bartender AU
Carol Sturka is a sad (possibly pathetic), usually drunk, grumpy 53 year old author. She spends 4-7 days a week hanging out at the local lesbian bar ‘The Hunnycomb’. Where she flirts, drinks and crushes hard… on the Bartender.
Zosia Wydra is that bartender. A ex model that is all smiles, hopelessly in love with Carol, and absolutely terrified of loosing a friendship. To make matters worse, she promised her best friend (Koumba) that she’d bring Carol as her date, but problem is… they aren’t together… yet.
Can they get their act together and finally go after what they want? Or will Carol’s insecurities from her past get in her way? Will Zosia finally takes what she wants?
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29 Jan 2026
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Carol Sturka, a novelist and English professor, struggles with grief and isolation after the death of her wife. Upon her return to work, Carol discovers she is now forced to share her classroom with Zosia Rybak, an ESL instructor. Initially resentful, Carol learns that Zosia admires her writing and specifically requested to work with her. Time heals, and even though Carol's wounds are deep, she learns that there's something still left for her to pursue.
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