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1. should auld acquaintance be forgot by reindeerjumper for darkpartofmydestiny, ElizaG1

   Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   05 Jan 2026

   Tags

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   • Margaret Hale/John Thornton
   • Margaret Hale
   • John Thornton (North and South)
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Porn With Plot
   • New Year's Fluff
   • Victorian Attitudes
   • Married Sex
   • fireside smut
   • first-footing

   Summary

   “Let me get the door,” he said softly, finally regaining his momentum and coming up onto the landing next to her.

   “I’m perfectly capable of opening our front door,” she huffed, sidestepping to allow him more room around her skirts.

   “You’re perfectly capable of plenty, of that I have no doubt,” John replied, sliding the key into the lock. “But the first-footing won’t bode well if I let you go in before me.”

   Margaret blinked, not fully understanding her husband’s meaning.

   “The first-footing?”

   “Aye,” John said, turning the knob and swinging the large, heavy door inwards. “It’s bad luck to let a woman into your home on the new year before anyone else. Didn’t you know that?”

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   a smutty little new year's fic <3

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