It had been an interesting and difficult time for Jennifer. Jason had been essentially pushed into retirement, being cut by the Sabers and without prospects from other teams, he'd ended up in sportscasting. Then there had been problems with his ex-wife and his daughter. Through it all she had felt like the piece that didn't belong. There had been ( Read more... )

Stark was entering her last trimester of pregnancy, and getting ready for maternity leave. She was determined, however, to do two things: leave her work in perfect order, and take at least one more night for herself while she could ( Read more... )

RP Prompt: Prom Night. Relive your prom the way you wanted if you've passed that stage.Stark's prom night had been one of the best nights of her then-young life. She, her boyfriend, and her best friends had all gone together and enjoyed themselves, capped off by a drunken rendition of Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now." It had been so much ( Read more... )

It was her husband's birthday. Though Stark and John had celebrated birthdays together before, this was their first time celebrating either of their birthdays as a couple. So she thought it was important. She had gone and bought him something, and then she wanted to do something to celebrate ( Read more... )

Set in the current crack!timeline, one day after the events of TMW 4.7

Syracuse, New YorkOddly, Stark found herself missing John. They had spent one day together, and it had been a very good day. She'd been sad to wake up alone; already she had gotten used to him even if he was twice her age. She was sad for awhile, not quite in the mood to get up ( Read more... )

Stark was feeling a little bit of her Catholic background, with a guilt sitting on her shoulders for her behavior of the last few days. She had been so concerned with worrying about his alternate universe counterpart - a man that she wasn't even sure she could get through to - that she felt like she had been neglecting her husband, or at least ( Read more... )

[Follows this and this.]It didn't surprise Stark that she had trouble sleeping that night, at least that morning. There was way too much on the calendar that day for her to be too comfortable. An hour before the alarm went off, she was awake, and reluctantly squirmed out of the arms of her sleeping fiancee to get a head start on the day ( Read more... )

FBI National Academy
Quantico, VirginiaStark had to swallow a little bit as she walked down the hall toward Scully's office. Not because she was nervous about seeing her former colleague, not at all. She had made no secret of her admiration for the woman both professionally and personally (at least when they had actually gotten to know each other ( Read more... )

It was all well and good discussing things with her boyfriend fiancee partner in the privacy of their his bedroom. But when it came time to own up and face the consequences of their whirlwind weekend, Stark found herself hesitating. There was a lump surprisingly wedged in her throat as she dressed, packed and made the drive she'd made a thousand ( Read more... )

[Follows this and subsequently, this. Takes place the evening of "The Lions."]If anything else in her life changed, Stark wondered if her brain might explode ( Read more... )