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Unscripted ♡

Hollywood in the 90s: caffeine, big hair, bigger egos, unresolved sexual tension, and two people who should really not be in the same room.

But when Fran Fine lands the lead in Maxwell Sheffield’s new film, they’re one script away from either falling in love or committing mutual manslaughter.

Or: an AU absolutely no one asked for, but I delivered anyway. (Now featuring an entire subplot about ugly hotel wallpapers. Don’t ask.)

Too Close for a Gentleman ♡

When the Sheffield household gets stranded at Fran’s parents’ apartment, sleeping arrangements become a matter of survival. Unfortunately for Maxwell, survival means her bed.

And Fran has never been particularly known for letting a situation go to waste.

☆ Takes place in 1x16 “Schlepped Away”.

Putting the FINE in Fran Fine. ❤️‍🔥

I had absolutely no reason to do this to myself. 💔

my favorite Bambi-like couple ♡

Love this! Looking forward to seeing yours! ♥️

So, I went overboard and wrote seven instead, because I have no self-control. Oops.

There were days when loving his children felt like burning alive on a stake he built himself. Every move they made was a flame carefully threaded with the version of their mom they remembered in the quiet of the night, in spaces beyond his reach. He would give them everything, except the version of himself that existed before she died. That man was gone with her, buried somewhere between hospital corridors and unanswered prayers, between the last time she said his name and the first night he realized the bed would always be too big. He had thought, briefly, that love might be enough. That loving them as fiercely as he loved her might somehow make up for the absence she left behind. It didn’t, because love did not replace love.

’Til Memory Do Us Part ♡

Elizabeth Taylor’s pearls go missing. Fran’s memory does too.

Maxwell quickly discovers that resisting the woman he’s secretly in love with is impossible, especially when she forgets everything except how to drive him mad.

☆ Takes place in 3x21 “Where’s the Pearls?”.

Dressed for the Job ♡

After one unfortunate misunderstanding involving the nanny uniform, Fran discovers something very interesting about Maxwell Sheffield. Namely, that he gets flustered. Naturally, she decides to experiment.

☆ Takes place in 1x10 “The Nanny-in-Law”.

Soaked in Almost ♡

After years of almosts, Maxwell finally takes Fran on their first date and promptly ruins it by trying to impress everyone except the woman he’s actually with.

When his need for control leaves her feeling small, he’s forced to confront the truth he’s avoided for years: loving Fran means embracing the chaos, not apologizing for it.

☆ Takes place in 5x2 “First Date”.

The love that stayed. ♡

The Height of Temptation ♡

Fran had insisted he needed spontaneity.

Maxwell had insisted he absolutely did not.

One night proved she’d been right…and that he didn’t mind one bit.

☆ Takes place in 3x17 “The Grandmas” after the last scene.

In the Quiet After ♡

Maxwell Sheffield only planned to attend a Shakespeare festival, not live through one. Between thunderous applause, scandalous kisses, and a very determined Miss Fine, he’s about to learn that “to be or not to be” isn’t nearly as hard a question as “to resist or not to resist”.

☆ Takes place in 2x26 “Fran Gets Mugged” before the last scene.