Before Summer Came || Bas Baddingham
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Daphne O'Hara expected the Cotswolds to be quiet.
Predictable. Boring.
Instead, she found chaos.
And somehow, in the middle of it all, Bas Baddingham became the only thing keeping her grounded.
Though she refuses to ask herself why.
Original character x Bas Baddingham
THIS IS A SLOW BURN GANG VERY SLOW BURN
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