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Alternate canon - what if Becky didn't fake her own death and the Swains moved to Weatherfield? When recently-divorced Carla Connor calls on the local police to deal with local drug dealers she meets two very different Swains. She finds herself drawn into solving a mystery of her own.
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06 Sep 2026
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If anyone was to ask who was to blame for Carla ending up on the date in the first place, she'd say her friend Michelle. Michelle, a bottle of tequila and a pink vibrator named Susan.
Carla signs up to a women only dating site...who will she end up chatting to?
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28 Aug 2026
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Under government rules, single adults get twenty-four hours to do whatever—and whoever—they want, completely free of judgment or lasting consequence. It’s the only night of the year that pre-marital casual hook-ups is allowed.
Lisa Swain thinks the whole concept is a nightmare. Carla Connor thinks it’s ridiculous and pathetic.
Neither has any intention of participating, until a chaotic night drives them both into the same quiet space to escape the madness.
What starts as a shared disdain for an absurd law, turns into a midnight conversation neither woman saw coming—and a connection that might be far too real for a one-night-only rulebook.
Authors note: Cassie Stuart is just a character in this story. I wanted Lisa to have a friend in the force and Cassie Stuart from Unforgotten is one of my most favourite detectives outside of Corrie.
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19 Aug 2026
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Carla is desperate for Lisa to find love again after numerous years of bad luck but when Lisa finally agrees to start dating again, Carla finds herself in a whole new world of confusion. Can their 5 year friendship withstand the new feelings that arise along the way?
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06 Aug 2026
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A delayed flight leads to a chance meeting which might just change the lives of Carla Connor and Lisa Swain forever. Strangers, independently travelling to Ibiza for very different reasons, the two women's paths converge as their plane is unexpectedly delayed. What begins as a way to pass time quickly grows into a tentative friendship with a chemistry bubbling thinly beneath the surface between them. When circumstances grow tense at the hotel, will Carla's presence prove a hindrance or a help as Lisa confronts a problem from her past in the shape of her narcissistic, manipulative ex-wife.
A frivolous, short side project to allow some more light-hearted writing while my other two stories are a bit heavier at present. And a challenge to myself to a) not injure any character so badly the need hospitalisation in this story and b) cram as many tropes in as possible lol.
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28 Jul 2026
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Time for Ryan to say I do, flanked with the other two woman in life, his mum and aunt.
Carla can’t help but feel intrigued by the beautiful aunt of the bride.
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28 Jul 2026
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Quinn harbors some complicated feelings towards Rachel and relieves them by living vicariously through Finn until a leaked sex tape forces her to confront the truth.
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27 Jul 2026
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A swarla affair fic because I personally can not get over the idea of them being an affair!
(Betsy and Bobby do not exist in this story and I have messed a little with the timeline.)Bookmarked by Ref6048
20 Jul 2026
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In 2026, Carla and Lisa are both in the middle of unpleasant divorces when they cross paths, but it’s not the first time they have met. With a complicated, messy and tangled history, the two must learn how to move forward after so many wrong choices and mistakes made in their shared past.
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19 Jul 2026
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Underworlds sinking and Carla will not go down with her ship, she will do anything she can to keep it afloat. But what if one bad decisions doesn’t mean losing Underworld but potentially her life.
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16 Jul 2026
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A strange virus has ravaged the world. Rachel, with a young son, fears the inevitable infection. Quinn is hit the hardest. #Faberry
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15 Jul 2026
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Lisa Swain and her daughter Betsy have struggled to get along after the death of Betsy's other mum. But it's nothing a rogue lightning storm can't solve.
It's Freaky Friday...Swain style!
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14 Jul 2026
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"But anyway, Beth and Shelby think we're dating. Each other."
"Did you tell them we aren't?"
"I—tried," Quinn flounders. "Beth kept interrupting me. And now we're invited to brunch."
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01 Jul 2026
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Newcastle University, 2004, three eighteen year olds meet and become firm friends. But while her new friends are confident in their own identity, 18 year old Lisa Swain is still figuring herself out.
After uni, Lisa finds herself settling down in the north east, getting married and having a baby. But when Lisa's wife is killed in a hit and run, she moves back to the Manchester area with her daughter to start afresh.
Four years after losing her wife, Lisa is lonely. Letting herself be set up on a blind date might turn out to be a terrible plan. But, then again, maybe it might just turn out to be the best thing Lisa ever did.
(Eve Panesar-Unwin is a character in this, but she is written in a way that you don't need to know anything about her for this to make sense. So non-Eastenders fans can treat her like an original character.)
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27 Jun 2026
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A different version of the MANY police related incidents Carla Connor has had during her tenure on Coronation Street. Also charts Lisa moving up through the ranks.
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23 Jun 2026
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When Rachel Berry is forced to duet with Quinn Fabray — the same girl who watched her get slushied without a word — she expects cruelty, not quiet apologies in empty choir rooms or a voice that cracks on Sondheim like it’s hiding something broken.
But every rehearsal chips away at the armor. Between resentment and harmony lies the terrifying truth: the person she hates most might be the only one who truly sees her.
Faberry slow burn. Heavy angst. Enemies to lovers. Some silences hurt worse than slushies.Bookmarked by Ref6048
22 Jun 2026
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Set sometime after her first divorce from Peter, Carla has a one night stand, it leads her to meeting the love of her life.
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22 Jun 2026
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Set in 2018, during Carla's first kidney transplant, she finds herself making friends with the woman in the hospital bed opposite.
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22 Jun 2026
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20 Jun 2026
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Twenty-year-old Lisa never expected one reckless night to mean anything at all. Carla was supposed to be a stranger — someone she could leave behind by morning.
But weeks later, just as Lisa is trying to move on, something unexpected throws Carla back into her world. Suddenly, avoiding Carla becomes impossible, and the connection between them grows harder to ignore with every passing day.
As feelings deepen and secrets threaten to surface, both women are forced to decide whether what they have is worth the risk of everything falling apart.
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20 Jun 2026
