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1. A Better Understanding by Owlkin

   Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Apr 2017

   Tags

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   • Margaret Hale/John Thornton
   • Margaret Hale
   • Mr Bell (North and South UK)
   • John Thornton
   • Verbal Fight
   • Marriage Proposal
   • Fatherly Advice
   • Total projection of what I wanted but didn't see
   • Margaret said some not-very-nice things
   • Mr. Bell likes to meddle
   • And he decides to intervene
   • Character Growth
   • Angst but not the same as the series
   • Mr. and Mrs. Hale are not as detached

   Summary

   A very AU one-shot that examines Margaret's state of being after Mr. Thornton storms out, after the proposal. And should Mr. Bell find his god-daughter, what sort of wisdom does he have to dispense? *Update 10/25/16* dusting off notes to re-write next chapters.

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