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Lisa Swain is a masterpiece of corporate calibration. To her mother, she is a silent strategist and a perfect trophy - a girl expertly trained to be the face of an empire. But the "Swain Standard" is a gilded cage, and Lisa is holding her breath until she finally disappears.
Across Manchester, Carla Connor is picking up the pieces. A year after the crash that left her the keys to Underworld, she is fighting to keep her parents' legacy alive in a city full of wolves.
They are two sides of the same coin: one trapped by a family that won't let go, and one haunted by the family she lost. As their companies collide and the secrets begin to spill, the cost of perfection is about to become too high to pay.
This story is heavily inspired by "Masquerade" by Taylor Acorn, exploring the hollow pressure of living for everyone else’s expectations until the mask finally cracks.Bookmarked by Elphiero
16 Mar 2026
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Carla can't speak.
Just watches - mouth dry - as the blonde holds it up, a satin spaghetti strap dangling from each hand as she takes it in, curious gaze lingering on the more daring elements, and then-
(Oh, god-)
Spins it around, holds it against herself, almost like she's wearing it, eyes sparkling.
Or: Lisa tries on lingerie for Carla. For research purposes. Obviously.
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02 Mar 2026
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She crouches, until they are very almost eye-to-eye.
“I don’t.”
(She does she does she does she does she does. And one day soon she will have to prove it.)
“Don’t what?”
“I don’t believe that you killed him.”
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18 Feb 2026
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So, is it any wonder that Carla can’t hold back the moans that keep gobbing up in her throat? Can’t possibly, for the life of her, put a cork on the noises that are ripping out of her with abandon?
She went weeks without Lisa’s touch.
(Can’t stomach a second without it, now.)
OR what was happening in their bedroom the night before 23 January 2026.
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15 Feb 2026
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And she knows it’s all for naught; that one day soon she’ll reach for a spoon in the kitchen without thinking or grab her cream from the vanity without needing to look and she’ll miss, instead, these moments where everything is new.
But it’s late – or early – and the house is quiet and so she gives herself permission to want for what once was – just for a minute. Just while there’s no one awake to catch her mooning over time gone by.
OR Carla, the middle of the night at number 6, and some quiet reflection.
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08 Feb 2026
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“Marry me.” No ring, no bended knee, just tear stained cheeks and a white knuckled grip on her hand.
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Continuation of Fridays cliff hanger just because
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07 Feb 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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23 Jan 2026
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“So, you want one then?” Lisa asks, proffering the bag she’s had stashed under the table, "I was hiding them from Ryan and Betsy."
“Nah, wouldn’t want to deprive you, we both know how much that pretty mouth likes to be kept occupied,” Carla hums, running her thumb over Lisa’s bottom lip before pressing the candy cane back between them.
Lisa cocks her head, eyelashes fluttering as she stares up at her. “Yeah?” She says breathily, not missing a beat, “I can think of plenty of other ways you could keep it occupied.”
(Or: It's Carla's first day back at work after christmas, and Lisa's feeling especially needy.)
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03 Jan 2026
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“Such a gentleman- woman- gentlewoman,” Carla fumbled the first time.
“It’s fine,” Swain replied, deep down unsure which one was more fine than the other.
Growing up, Lisa was a bit of a tomboy who resisted and rejected dresses in favour of a t-shirt, hoodie and jeans – but that was normal for anyone who favoured practicality above looks. Right?
She was a daughter, lesbian, constable, girlfriend, partner, detective, mother, wife and widow.And yet, he had always wanted to be a gentleman, too.
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- Part 1 of he is wanted
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02 Jan 2026
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When they finally find their way back to one another, they do so each with their pockets emptied inside out and their palms outstretched, uttering to one another on a constant loop— you’re safe here— as they take their clothes off for each other to see.
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30 Dec 2025
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You took my dreams from me (when I first found you) by wrackwonder
Fandoms: Coronation Street
23 Dec 2025
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Becky's love and Carla's love are different languages. Lisa can't help but compare.
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23 Dec 2025
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"You okay, sweetheart?"
The blonde turns to her with a gentle smile, leans back against the windowsill, bright-eyed and wide awake. Still whispering, though, into the peaceful quiet of the room when she gleefully tells Carla, "Ryan owes me a tenner."
"Oh," she chuckles, voice husky with sleep. Well, that explains the weird glow. "It snowed?"
Lisa's grin breaks across her pretty face. "It did, indeed."
Or: Snow, novelty socks, and plans.
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13 Dec 2025
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After Lisa has a particularly stressful day at work, Carla knows exactly how to help her unwind.
This is the fifth in a series of festive one shots for the 12 Days of Swarla challenge. Today’s prompt - Naughty or Nice.
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13 Dec 2025
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Carla makes Lisa attend her own Christmas party.
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A different take on Lisa being a helpless bottom.
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10 Dec 2025
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the altar is my hips (even if it’s a false god) by swainconnor
Fandoms: Coronation Street
07 Dec 2025
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If you’re very good… I might get us a room.
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07 Dec 2025
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“Whatever shall we do with this big, empty, house of ours then?” She keeps her tone casual, a look of faux innocence spread across her face.
Lisa’s clearly not buying it. Truthfully they both know this is only ever going to end one way — but ever the diplomat, Lisa steps back, eyebrows raised.
“We should probably make a start on these boxes, we’ve got a lot to get done.”
“Mm, we should. . .” Carla trails off, pretending to contemplate the situation. “Or, you could use those gorgeous arms to carry me over the threshold of our room and then help me christen it.”
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(Or Carla and Lisa attempt to unpack after the events of the August 4th episode.)
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09 Nov 2025
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“Look. I didn’t come here to argue.”
“Oh yeah?” Footsteps. Slow. Measured. Getting closer. “Then why did you come?”
She turns back slowly, ready to reiterate her pathetic lie. To try to rationalise what had never once been about rationality.
But then she catches the look in Lisa’s eyes. Dark, dangerous and so fucking hungry.
It’s almost convincing enough that she can ignore the agony behind it.
“Y’know I saw you earlier, out on a little date with your girlfriend,” Lisa says the word with a sneer, like it’s a joke they’re both in on, “shouldn’t you be with her? Or is she not good enough for you to let her take you home?”
(Or: post-breakup, Carla seeks distraction in the arms of another woman, and Lisa’s jealousy gets the better of her.)
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09 Nov 2025
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Weatherfield’s highly anticipated conker competition is fast approaching. Tensions run high among the residents as accusations run rife, with everyone in a bid to win. All the Connor-Swains want to do is stay at home and use their brand-new wood burner, but fate continues to have other plans.
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03 Nov 2025
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Lisa has a crisis of faith in her role as a police officer when she discovers a man is practicing conversion 'therapy' in her neighbourhood.
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03 Nov 2025
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01 Nov 2025