17 Bookmarks by shadowqa
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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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19 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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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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16 Jul 2026
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Carla, 50, is the factory owner of Underworld aiming to expand the business. Lisa, 30, is her new employee and definitely trouble. Well-educated, devoted and fast-learning. It's a slow slow-burn with angst and tension and definitely much pining for each other, so be patient.
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05 Jul 2026
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"Oh, please tell me you haven’t had an argument with your mother in front of the whole family".
"Worse" Lisa muttered, suddenly looking very interested in the floor. "I lied".
"You? Detective Sergeant Lisa Swain, pillar of truth and justice, told a fib? Colour me intrigued. What did you say?"
"I told them I was already dating someone."
Carla let out a sharp bark of laughter. "No! Brilliant. Who’s the lucky imaginary lady?"
"Mum went into absolute overdrive. She didn't even pause for breath. She immediately declared that if I’ve been seeing someone, they have to come on the family holiday. I started panicking, trying to make up excuses – said she was busy, said she hated the beach, said she had a terrible phobia of flying. But they wouldn't have it. Mum was relentless. She demanded to know her name".
"And? What did you tell her?”
"I said Carla"
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02 Jul 2026
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Single mother DS Lisa Swain enrols her young daughter Betsy into an aerial class, in a bid to get her into a new hobby while she juggles parenthood and recovers from demons of the past.
What she doesn't anticipate is falling in love with Carla Connor, the owner and pole instructor of Elevé fitness studio, and learning how to love her own body once again.Bookmarked by shadowqa
14 May 2026
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Carla is standing there, dark in her signature look and eyes full of expression. She is the opposite of death and nothing like the people who have turned to mere memories, and Lisa can’t help but be drawn to her, desperately clinging to her charm as a way to forget everything else.
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Lisa's story from losing her wife to finding something new with Carla. But is it already too late to heal what's haunting her?
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10 May 2026
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Carla replayed it in her mind over and over— the cold look on Lisa’s face as she’d told Carla to go, the blame she had spat in Carla’s face. It was impossible to reconcile this with her love, her life, the Lisa who had held her hand all those months ago and told her she was never going anywhere.
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10 May 2026
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Lisa spent four years in witness protection after an undercover operation went south.
To Carla’s knowledge she became a widow at the time with their 2 year old daughter Betsy, because she was told her wife Lisa, died in the line of duty.
Betsy is football obsessed and inspired by the Lionesses and wants to play for England when she grows up. Will she ever get to meet the Lionesses?
What happens when Lisa can finally come home and Carla had psychosis and couldn’t care for Betsy?
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08 May 2026
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A delayed gift arrives on an ordinary Tuesday, stirring old emotions neither Carla nor Lisa are prepared to face.
As they move through the familiar rhythms of family life, every glance and passing remark hints at a history far more complicated than either of them will admit.
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08 May 2026
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When Becky returned from the dead Carla knew it wasn’t going to be an easy ride. She was determined to fight for her relationship with Lisa. But after months of fighting, tension, and holding on for dear life it all became too much for Carla and Lisa, and they mutually decided to split.
Carla moved to Ireland – left everything behind to start fresh, apart from Underworld - she did as much as she could remotely while Sarah did more of the in-person management. Lisa moved away to Brighton after the house sold, transferring to Sussex police.
Carla kept in touch with Betsy – never mentioning Lisa or Becky.
5 years later a sudden attack at Underworld takes place that requires Carla to come back to Weatherfield.
How will she react when she comes face to face with ex Lisa who unbeknown to Carla has been back in Weatherfield for the past year.- Language:
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02 May 2026
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Carson comes to Weatherfield in hopes of finding what’s missing in her life. How will it go? How will Lisa take the news that she actually has another kid? And Betsy has a sibling?
This is very random and was just something fun I made up. Sticks with some storyline but other than that it’s completely made up by me. Title is work in progress haha
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30 Apr 2026
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Nights We Don't Remember, With Friends We Won't Forget by Swarla_Fan
Fandoms: Coronation Street
23 Jul 2026
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Carla and Peter were together a long time, on and off, and his sudden departure has left a hole in Carla's life. After her annoying nephew turns up, Carla heads to a bar to drown her sorrows and runs into none other than the detective who arrested Peter for murder. Two women drinking alone. Not friends...certainly nothing more than that. Will their shared loneliness bring them together? Can they forge a friendship through a few drunken nights out?
Set in early 2024, this is a enemies to friends to lovers tale, laced with many cocktails and some drunken dancing.
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19 Apr 2026
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Lisa gave up everything. Her name, her home, and her heart to keep her family safe.
For four years, she’s been a shadow in the distance. Close but not close enough. Now Lisa is going back to the life she lost, and this time, she isn't running. They say the dead don't talk. Lisa is about to break her silence.
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13 Apr 2026
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After Lisa is assaulted, Carla helps her through despite how triggering it is for her.
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07 Apr 2026
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it would sure do me good to do you good by Phoebmonster for PlainBadHeroine
Fandoms: Coronation Street
25 Mar 2026
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Carla's arms were crossed, and she looked far too glamourous to be sitting on a plastic chair in an A&E waiting room, with her manicured nails and calf length leather boots. "So... I'm your emergency contact?"
"I had to put someone, and it turns out, you're basically the only adult I know who doesn't work where I work, and that was so depressing that I didn't want to tell you." Lisa said begrudgingly. "That's just another fun side effect of my wife dying. You suddenly don't have an emergency contact."
or, the five times carla was called on as lisa's emergency contact
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26 Mar 2026