This is a retelling of Gaskell's North and South, but with a twist. At the beginning of our story, when Margaret is propositioned by Henry Lennox, she feels obligated to agree. (I've used a bit of poetic license with her reasons). Anyway, Margaret marries Lennox and then goes to visit her parents a few months later, as they have moved north. What will happen when she meets John?

"And you think I'm scared of you?" she wondered from him. He stood where he was, the back of his hand resting on her cheek. Not once did she flinch from him. "No," he gulped. "For some reason you are not." Gisborne/OC