runaway_tales index
Introduction to the story and characters can be found here.
Stories (and art!) by others but set in this universe can be found here, as well as stories written by me but set in other universes.
The Caramel Project and all AUs can be found here.
1941: Empty. Karol will never care again.
1965: Clarity. Frank is confused.
1970: Control. She'll never do this to her kids.
1975: Tending. Thea needs a break.
1975: Tanking. Henrik meets his future wife.
Halloween 1975: tricks. Yvonne as a girl.
March 1979: Nightfall. Lynne and Gary at nightfall.
Spring 1980: Gravity. Arelie never expected this. Sexytiems, adultery.
Spring 1980: In the Creases. Farid falls in love. Sexytiems, adultery.
Spring 1980: Sunset. Arelie and Farid.
May 1980: Scheherazade Lies. Not every story is true.
May 1980: Howl. She howled, when she first found out.
June 1980: Premonitions. Melanie, before she accepts.
Summer 1980: Cracks. She thought about leaving.
Summer 1980: Time. Time is a river-- it only flows one way.
December 1980: Dear Baby. Arelie writes to her daughter.
1980-1981: Giving. Arelie and Maria Jackson. WARNING for discussion of miscarriage and infertility.
February 1981: Ahava. Love is giving. Arelie lets go.
October 1981: Dear Arelie. Maria's first letter to Arelie.
1981: Maturity. Rebecca is in love.
February 13th, 1983: Moment of Truth. This is it. This is when she'll love him.
February 13th, 1983: Simple Gifts. Nathan's commander gives him an unexpected present.
1983: Tired. Aaron won't stop crying, and Melanie is so tired. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior, implications of postpartum depression and all that entails.
June 1984: Drowning. Melanie has an epiphany of sorts. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior.
March 1985: Theft. Hugh and Yvonne meet.
April 1st, 1985: why. Nobody explained anything to Danny.
May 1985: Easy. By trial and error, she learned. WARNING for Yvonne.
June 1985: Beauty. Melanie should feel guilty.
November 1985: Joy (baby remix). They hope this one will live. WARNING: Non-graphic references to miscarriage.
1985: Funny. It's funny. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior.
January 1986: Intimacy. A portrait of intimacy.
August 1986: thoughtless. Gail and Ivy's father.
December 1986: Youth. Lynne and Gary.
August 1987: So Far, So Good. Gail has a difficult decision to make. So she calls her sister. Mentions abortion.
August 1987: Authority. Gail is pregnant, and Cecily's mind is blown.
August 1987: that's what you get. Sometimes Gail just needs a friend, some ice cream, and elaborate plans for murder. Kim provides.
August 1987: Thinking About It. She stands over the crib and thinks about it. WARNING: Yvonne, implications of child death.
September 1987: News. Gail's father gets two pieces of news.
December 1987: There Oughta Be An Award. It is four-year-old Aaron's humble opinion that he has the best daddy in the whole world.
February 3rd, 1988: Grief. Arelie grieves, and Dennis helps.
April 14th, 1988: Courage. Gail and the scariest thing she's ever done.
April 14th, 1988: Certain. Gail is scared out of her mind.
April 1988: Offspring. Brad's first impression of his child. WARNING for use of "psychotic" as a pejorative.
Summer 1988: Reasons. Six pregnancies, seven children, and a baby is still such a miracle to Thea.
Fall 1988: Cravings. Part of being close to your sister is getting weird, random, mildly invasive phone calls.
March 1989: Better Things To Do. Brad walks. Gail deals.
April 1990: Taking Chances. Friends exist to drive you nuts and make you take chances. Usually at the same time.
April 1990: First Sight. Nathan and Gail meet for the first time.
1990: You and Me. Danny's version of a bedtime story. WARNING for implications of child abuse.
Early 1991: Falling. Gail realizes something important.
September 1991: What I Did On My Summer Vacation, by Danny Sierbenski. Danny's first essay in third grade. WARNING: Implications of child abuse.
1991: Talent. Chrissy fixes things.
April 1992: Sundays. Sundays are Olivia's favorite days.
Fall 1992: First Impressions. Aaron, this is Ivy.
Fall 1992: Impressing. Ivy, meet Aaron.
Fall 1992: Truth. Melanie raises a concern, Nathan says something he shouldn't have, and a lot of things lie just under the surface.
Fall 1992: A Clear Question. Ivy wants a daddy.
Fall 1992: New Leaves. Margery makes a change.
Spring 1993: Dressing. Gail, her wedding dress, and various reactions.
Spring 1993: Adjustments. "It's hard to be mad at someone who misses you while you're asleep." -- Bill Watterson.
September 1993: Daddy's Little Girl. Ivy gets into a fight at school. Nathan would like to know why.
September 1993: Provocation. Gail finds out about one of Ivy's escapades.
September 1993: Having Words. Gail has a few things to say to Tara Carson.
Fall 1993: Lessons. Ahava learns from her mothers.
1993: No Giving Up. She'll be strong for Michael. WARNING: Implications of child abuse.
1993: Adventuring. Danny and Michael on two adventures, ten years apart. WARNING: Implications of child abuse.
1995: Runaway. Rebecca runs away. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior.
Summer 1995: Vacation. The Warmind family attempts a vacation.
1996: Respect. Ben meets his soon-to-be stepson.
1997: Screwing Around. Gail and Nathan screw with each other. Sexytiems.
1997: Charcoal. Ivy cooks.
December 1998: Good For You. In Which Nathan goes to a party, meets an old friend of Gail's, is a wee bit jealous, gets threatened with a beating, gets everything explained, and ends by being more in love with Gail than ever. Oh, and there are Implications.
December 1998: Screw the Underwear Models. Gail and pregnancy cravings. Implied sexytiems.
1998: Learning. Gina isn't doing her homework, but she's learning just the same. WARNING for subtle homophobia.
1998: Debrief. Frank leaves Rebecca.
February 1999: Trekkin'. Aaron has a bad afternoon.
June 25th, 1999: Going Out. "Please, Daddy?"
June 26th, 1999: can't go back. Olivia's life falls apart.
June 27th, 1999: When They Come Back. He doesn't sleep that night.
June 27th 1999: Strength. Yvonne does care about Olivia, in her own twisted and self-involved way.
June 1999: Candlelight. Nathan wins Husband of the Year. Sexytiems.
December 1999: Go Fish. Game night at the Hirschfeld-Kendall household.
1999: Getting It. When Ivy first found out that she was going to be a big sister, her reaction was mostly flat disbelief.
June 18th, 2000: A Year Ago. A year ago, everything made sense.
2000: Unique. Ivy has a punchline but no joke.
March 2001: Adventures in Pyrotechnics. Science is fun!
April 2001: Enough to Go By. Aaron gets into Berkeley, Ivy throws a fit, and Aaron's mother Melanie makes her first appearance.
2001: Clean. Summer's earliest memory.
Spring 2002: Expectations. Gina learns that her mother is, first of all, her mother.
2002: The Poetry Attempts. Lars writes poetry, Ivy comments.
2002: Photophobia. Melanie writes about her retinal migraines.
Fall 2002: Scars. She is diagnosed in the fall of her twenty-ninth year. WARNING for discussions of infertility.
Fall 2002: Wounds Joanna deals with the events of Scars, and Hugh tries to help. WARNING for discussions of infertility.
2002-3: Genesis. Bedrock Drift gets its start.
April 1st, 2003: Staying Strong. Rebecca Sierbenski can pinpoint the exact day that her life fell apart.
April 2003: Reforged. Danny can handle this.
June 2003: What I Need. Ivy comes out to her family.
Summer 2003: Fifth Place. Ivy enters Nathan's Famous Hotdogs eating contest. WARNING for emetophobes.
September 2003: Small Things. Summer scrapes her knee, and some things become obvious.
September 2003: Big Things. There's nothing wrong with Summer.
October 2003: how bright you glow. Joanna had not been hurt very much in her life, and she did not understand how someone could suffer so much and still keep walking.
October 2003: sleeping. Olivia in darkness. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
November 10th, 2003: Dukkha. A class assignment triggers something for Olivia. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
November 2003: Clearer Now. Olivia gets a wakeup call. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
December 2003: humpty dumpty. Olivia, on drugs. WARNING: Anxiety and depressive imagery.
2003: Far Enough. Michael can't get far enough away.
2003: Analysis. Bedrock Drift goes over their first gig.
February 2004: Retribution. Nathan doesn't think this is very funny.
Spring 2004: Bodies. Ivy protects her girlfriend, and gets in over her head. WARNING for homophobic language and sexual threats.
Spring 2004: Plans. Lorelai has plans. WARNING implied dubious consent, sexual privilege.
Spring 2004: Rage. Somebody punches Ivy's berserk button. WARNING for animal abuse.
April 2004: Denial. Aaron breaks up with his first girlfriend.
April 2004: Dumped. Lorelai gets dumped.
May 2004: someday you'll know. Lars loses his heart. Summer gains a brother.
June 23rd, 2004: Little by Little. He will not give up.
June 2004: Very Simple. Aaron has something to ask his sister.
Summer 2004: Artistic Merit. Ivy doesn't get it.
Summer 2004: Boring Would Be Nice For Once. Parenting three very odd children produces some very odd days, or, in which Aaron has weird habits and Summer is a ninja.
Summer 2004: Acceptance. Thea starts coughing again.
Summer 2004: Screw Customer Service. In which Ivy has some job-related rage to work out, and Aaron pretends to listen. WARNING for sexism.
August 2004: Escape. Olivia, getting out.
August 2004: Take Cover. Olivia packs.
August 2004: Burning Bridges. Yvonne starts to figure it out.
August 2004: Over. Yvonne reacts.
August 2004: Make New Friends. Olivia meets her new roommate.
September 2004: Should've. Gina should have seen this coming.
October 2004: Dancing. Olivia doesn't dance.
November 2004: Discipline. Warmind men do not cry. WARNING: character death.
November 2004: Ruin. Lars has nothing left to say. WARNING for death, depression, possible suicidal feelings.
Fall 2004: What Happened. A transcript of Summer's final interview with a therapist before being diagnosed with Asperger's. WARNING: depiction of a mental breakdown.
January 2005: The World Turned Upside Down. Hugh hears the last thing he ever wanted to hear.
January 2005: I Know This Much Is True. Hugh reacts.
January 2005: Self-Esteem. This is the basis of Yvonne's life.
Summer 2005: Practical Cats. Asparagus (sometimes called Gus) has good humans.
Fall 2005: roughly and blithely. Summer and the city. WARNING for depicition of a mental breakdown.
November 2005: I Am A Scientist. Ivy's college admissions essay, on what you want to study and why.
November 2005: Understanding. Clara can see that her father is crying.
November 24th, 2005: Conscripted. Danny gets adopted-- or maybe assimilated is a better word.
2005: Stupid People. "Aaron, what did I tell you about trying to explain things to stupid people?"
February 27th, 2006: Purple. Mom loved purple. WARNING: character death.
March 2006: Marginalia. Gary finds something, after Lynne's death.
Early 2006: Tact. Learn You Some. The start of a beautiful friendship.
Early 2006: Kneejerk. Esther is really confused by these people.
Summer 2006: Scandal! Gail and Nathan, sitting on a bench, K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
Summer 2006: Driftwood. Driftwood's not always a bad thing to be.
July 4th, 2006: Fireworks. Summer gets lost and Danny learns where she fits.
September 2006: Hope. Clara goes back to school.
October 2006: Pottery. Gina and Olivia talk about things and make pottery. Or try to, anyway.
October 2006: Study. Ivy flunks a test.
Fall 2006: Resting. Jake waits for his bar results.
Winter 2006: Becalmed. Sometimes driftwood is a very bad thing to be.
2006-2007: Warm. Gina and Lily.
June 2007: Moving Up. Jake gets a new job and Gail gets a new minion.
June 2007: Testing. Jake gets tested.
June 2007: Underestimate. George Colin Clark IV makes an offer that can't be refused.
June 2007: Arrested. George Colin Clark IV figures out his mistake.
2007: Punctilious. Summer pays attention.
January 2008: Auditions. Olivia has dinner with Jake and Ivy.
February 2008: Raining In New York. Rainy Saturday mornings are detrimental to getting up.
February 2008: Cowls. The long-suffering minion obeys his overlord in all things, except probably this.
February 2008: For Whom The Bell Tolls. Olivia and Danny have more in common than they thought. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
Spring 2008: Notes on a (Minor) Scandal. Gail wants to kill people, Ivy is squicked, Jake is annoyed and Nathan is just laughing.
July 2008: The Only Exception. Joanna's never really been one for love.
July 2008: Intimacy. Intimacy is different for everyone.
August 2008: Swimming Lessons. He who teaches must be careful what he teaches, or, how Summer learned to swim.
August 2008: what she can't be. So much of Joanna's life would disappoint her parents. WARNING: discussion of infertility.
August 2008: Story of My Life. Danny reflects. WARNING: child abuse.
November 2008: Leftovers. Summer writes an essay; her teacher misses the point.
2008: Keys. Aaron meets Michael for the first time.
2008: In the Morning. The morning after.
2008: Dinner. Joanna finally tells her mother the truth. WARNING for discussion of infertility.
April 2009: broken wings. Olivia is crying in her sleep.
April 2009: learn to fly. The story, or, what happened to Olivia. WARNING: implications of child abuse.
May 2009: Mother's Day. Not all children are yours by birth, or, the best Mother's Day present Gail ever got.
July 2009: Stalking. Vanessa sights her prey. WARNING: Vanessa.
July 2009: Innocence. Vanessa's first date with Gina. WARNING: Vanessa.
August 2009: For Now. Gina and Vanessa. WARNING: Vanessa. Porn.
September 2009: Rough Day. Aaron has a rough day at work.
Fall 2009: Aesop Shuns Zombies. Reasonable morals are for silly people, or, how Ivy learned not to get blackout drunk.
Late 2009: Profiling. Joanna and Hugh have a fight.
Late 2009: parallel truth. Joanna finally understands what happened.
Late 2009: Piano Man. "If you can't ask like a normal person, I'm not going to sing for you."
Winter 2009: flash. When it came, it was sudden, and blinding.
January 2010: Bubbles. "Look, I haven't had a bubble bath since I was ten and we had some room in the budget."
February 2010: Missed Connections. Eyes meet across a crowded room... and nothing happens.
March 2010: Skillet on the Stove. Gina's last argument with Vanessa. WARNING: domestic abuse.
Spring 2010: Intelligence. In which Ivy is a bitch but still makes a friend.
April 2010: Here Kitty Kitty. The gentle art of picking up guys, or, how Aaron wound up dating a stripper.
May 2010: Keep the Old. Gina has a stroke of luck, meets an old friend, and makes a new one. Or, Ivy and Gina actually talk this time.
May 2010: The Other Gold. Ivy's life changes.
June 2010: The Sun From Both Sides. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." --David Viscott.
June 2010: Roadsigns. Gina, finding her way.
July 2010: Laughable. Joy has an incident at work.
Summer 2010: Obvious. Everyone can see it.
December 10th, 2010: Stay A While. Ivy's wretched day gets quite unexpectedly better.
December 17th, 2010: Brush. Casual touches.
Winter 2010: Cheating. Never take on Ivy in a snowball fight.
2010: Beat Control. The beat is in her blood.
January 2011: Reclamation. Everyone needs to be forgiven. WARNING for child death, depression, and suicidal feelings.
February 13th-14th, 2011: In Vino Veritas. Ivy gets drunk and Gina gets answers.
March 2011: Faith. Frank loves his family. WARNING: Frank.
March 2011: California Girls. Rachel elaborates on her dislike for southern California via Katy Perry.
May 2011: Walk Away. Michael's reunion with his mother goes wrong.
May 2011: Comfort. Rebecca finds some comfort.
Summer 2011: The Things That Summer Knows. These are the things that Summer knows.
Summer 2011: Stage Fright. Olivia cannot believe Jake is talking her into this.
Summer 2011: Dealing. Five concurrent conversations on the subject of Lars' perfectionism.
Summer 2011: Rough Sketch. Jake has a lot of hobbies he's neglected to tell Olivia about. One of them being sketching.
Summer 2011: Just Another Friday Night. Why Russell should cut back on the booze, or, Aaron's Friday nights.
Summer 2011: City of Angels. Rachel Weston hates LA.
November 2011: Tomorrow. Gina and Ivy. Sexytiems.
November 2011: Here Is. Here is Gina, and here is Ivy, and here is where they stay. Sexytiems.
Fall 2011: I'm Nobody. Summer writes a poem for class.
December 10th, 2011: Anniversaries. Perfection is where you find it.
Spring 2012: Weird. Madison meets Summer.
Summer 2012: Serious. Chris files for divorce.
Summer 2012: Exorcism. Cecily, getting divorced.
Winter 2012: All For The Best. Madison practices.
Winter 2012: Fracture. Lars loses too much.
Winter 2012: Splint. Summer forgives Lars.
Winter 2012: Fame. Madison only wanted to be first.
2012: Wisdom. She's very good at this part of the game.
August 2013: Luck. Sometimes the best of things happen through the purest of luck, or, Joanna didn't even want to go to this party. Part I.
August 2013: All I Ever Wanted. One of the most terrifying things is a dream coming true.
August 2013: Gossip Chain. Word spreads.
August 2013: Goodbyes. Ivy went to the restaurant with every intention of hating the girl she was going to meet.
August 2013: goodbye, goodbye. Jake can't take this.
November 2013: Circles. One of the problems with depression... you're never really cured. WARNING: depiction of depression in both story and linked video.
2013: Sensual. Ivy and Gina meditate on each other. Sexytiems.
2013: Snap. A letter to his sister that Michael never sent.
Early 2014: Jake of All Trades. Jake at work.
June 15th, 2014: Father's Day. Father's day, 2014.
June 2014: Butterflies. Clara makes a choice. WARNING: sexual privilege.
June 2014: Enough. It's enough.
August 2014: Goneaway. Jake takes a surprise like a punch to the gut.
December 2014: Reason. Gina tells Ivy why she's so afraid to come out to her parents.
December 2014: Plunge. Gina practices.
Christmas 2014: Hark, the Herald Angels... Something, Anyway. The Warmind family's somewhat ballistic approach to caroling.
2014: Prosperity. Ethan parses life.
2014: Signs and Signals. Lars sucks at romance.
2014: misuse. Lars asks a question, and Danny evades. Sexytiems.
2014: For the Horde! A somewhat unusual form of boyfriend-harassing.
2014: Prerogatives. Michael has plans.
January 2015: Hi. Some things are meant to be, or, Aaron is tongue-tied.
January 2015: Like Vines. Aaron and Clara have their first date.
January 2015: Roses. Clara and Aaron have their first date.
June 2015: Sales. "So, Danny, what do you do?"
Christmas 2015: Nice People. Danny spends Christmas with the Warminds, or, ways you know you've joined the family.
Christmas 2015: Nice Girl. On the whole, the Warminds approve of Danny.
2015: Flamenco. Clara's going to make Aaron tell her this story someday.
2015: Pressure. Gina deals with a would-be suitor who just doesn't get it. WARNING: Homophobia, niceguyism, sexism.
2015: Any Day Now. Henry J. Holmes, bless his heart. WARNING: Smarm. Homophobia. Nice Guy. Henry.
2015: Screamer. Ivy gets her revenge.
January 2016: For Clara. Aaron writes a song.
January 2016: Reviews. Reactions to Aaron's first try.
January 2016: Trucker Hat. Everyone's been asking if Clara's going to the show tonight.
March 15th, 2016: Fertility. Clara and Aaron discuss children. At 2:30 AM.
May 2016: Family. In Which Ivy's biological father shows up again, and no one is happy to see him. WARNING: subtle homophobia, Brad.
July 3rd, 2016: Right. Aaron's wedding planner makes a bad assumption (and, one assumes, gets no more work).
July 5th, 2016: Joy. Michael dreams.
2016: Love Letters. The Amala children find their father's love letters.
December 2017: Summertime. Summer, the seasons, and a butterfly.
November 2018: Plausible Deniability. In which Jake is a drama queen and Olivia washes dishes.
February 25th, 2019: She Also Looks Like Winston Churchill. Danny doesn't use that gushy voice on babies.
2019: Touch. Ivy and Gina. Porn.
June 2020: Nine. Clara's pregnancy, start to finish.
June 2020: One. Something is bothering Jake, and Ivy is not prepared to let it go.
September 2020: Twins. We're having twins!
November 2020: Never Seen A Sight So Fine. "Been ten years waiting but it's better late than the never we've been told before." City Hall, Vienna Teng.
December 2020: Perfect. Gina and Olivia shop for a wedding dress.
December 2020: Something Old, Something New. Ivy and Gina get married.
December 2020: Honeymoon. "Everything did go well, right?"
January 2021: Encounter. Clara has a highly disturbing encounter. WARNING: threatened and actual violence.
January 2021: Realization. Kevin gets it all at once.
January 2021: Protective. Aaron is protective, or, beware the nice ones.
March 2021: Happy. Ivy and Gina in the waiting room at 3 AM.
December 2021: Dawn. Summer at Georgetown.
April 2023: Security. Andy had been subdued ever since they told him about the baby.
September 2025: Baby Makes Three. Jake and Olivia get a surprise.
2025: Never Again. "So how was babysitting?"
2025: Homecoming. How many people have to hide in the kitchen before the party moves to the kitchen?
Mid-March 2026: Observations. Lars felt a little bit left out.
2026: Diplomacy. Diplomacy, noun, the art of lying.
2026: Sibling Rivalry. Aaron encounters sibling rivalry.
2026: Rude Awakenings. In the mighty New York jungle, the lion may sleep tonight, but Jake's daughters don't.
2026: Loss. The hardest day in Billy and Molly's young lives. WARNING: animal death.
2026: The Quicker Picker-Upper. Molly cheats.
2026: How I Met Your Mother. Andy the romantic does not approve of his mothers' first meeting.
2026: Resounding. Aaron likes to think of himself as the patient type.
February 13th, 2027: Bright and Early. Vengeance is Clara's.
2027: Endings. Danny and Michael, after their father's death.
2027: Misplaced. Michael attends a funeral.
2027: God Is Love. Gina writes on love, faith, and why no form of love is ever wrong. WARNING for blatant homophobia.
2030ish: Olivia's Lullaby. Olivia sings the same lullaby to her daughters that her father sang to her.
2031: The Right Message. Ivy does not give your typical birds-and-bees talk. TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of rape and sexual assault.
Spring 2036: Worth It. Will's life is in ruins.
Autumn 2036: Coming to Terms. Olivia, coming to terms.
2039: Purity. Andy doesn't get this whole "a man should not be a virgin" thing.
2039: Dizygotic, or, Handy Twin Facts. Will Kendall has had it up to here with these questions.
2039: pretend. She can pretend this isn't happening, if she wants.
2039: Minutes. One minute he's fine.
2039: Peace. One last fight. WARNING: character death.
2055: Elegy. Remembering. WARNING: character death.
The Future Sometime: Stretch Marks. All she has left.
Three Bouncing Balls. My gentlemen, and sports.
Four Ways To Get Home. What home means to my ladies.
Easy Silence. Hugh and Joanna, being together.
Mother Used To Say. Five times Yvonne thought her mother was wrong. WARNING: Yvonne.
A Long, Long Time. Five people Gina broke up with, and the one she didn't. WARNING: domestic abuse, physical and emotional.
All I Need. Gina, coming out.
Glimpse of Heaven. Seven things that shaped Aaron's view of love.
Fire. Jake Foster and fire. WARNING: child death, self-injury.
Cradle. Five babies Gary Hawkins held, and the one he never did. WARNING: reference to miscarriage.
Blinding. Love makes fools of us all. WARNING: domestic abuse.
All Things Come To This. Souvenirs of a life well loved.
Sacraments. Gina, being gay, and the church, in the person of Father Arnott.
Voicemail. Three missed phone calls.
Inheritance. Ivy doesn't have favorite things so much as she has favorite memories.
Nothing Else Will Do. He tried, oh, he tried to let her go, but somehow he could never quite manage it.
Higher Education. Three generations of higher education.
Advice. Summer and Gina help each other out.
When I Was Young I Believed. Disillusionment. WARNING: child abuse, death.
Shelter. Five times Lars protected Summer, and once she protected him.
Colors. Gina lives her life in colors.
Ever At Your Service. Love stories, in one hundred words or less.
This Is Why. Beauty is never ridiculous.
You and I. More love stories, in 100 words or less.
Mothering. Lessons in motherhood. WARNING: child abuse.
This Is What It Is. Olivia, on depression. WARNING: depressive thoughts and feelings.
Choices. Five women, and their choices. Be advised that this story is about abortion.
Clerihew. Clerihews for four of my main characters.
Five Things That Never Happened To Jacob Foster (And One That Did). Small moments can change everything. WARING: child death, discussion of mental illness.
Letters to Heaven. Jake, learning to heal. WARNING: Some suicidal implications.
two and one. Meditations on marriage.
Shooting for the Stars. Ivy, dreaming.
Left. Andy has been left too often. TRIGGER WARNING: Child abandonment.
Picnics. Three picnics.
Hold On, Hold On. Danny and Michael hold on to each other. WARNING: Implied child abuse.
The People Who Raised Me. Ivy, on the people she loves.
We Are Golden. Gina and Olivia's friendship: the college years.
Civilized. Summer knows the rules.
Warm Strangers. Snapshots of relationships.
Fatherhood. Fathers and children.
Frailty. He never felt anything in particular for Fatimah.
Fading. Nathan and Melanie's marriage, from start to finish.
Why Can't. Four times someone asked Summer why.
Affection. Romantic touches are not always about sex.
Glass Ceilings. Whoever said sexism is dead was lying. WARNING for overt sexism.
Visible Soul. "No heaven will not ever Heaven be; unless my cats are there to welcome me." ~ Anonymous.
What I Deserve. Yvonne in therapy. WARNING for Yvonne.
Aftershocks. The Amala children survive. WARNING for sexual situations, emotional abuse and rough times.
Potential. Have you ever looked at a baby's hands? Gina has.
The Idle Pleasures of These Days. Bradley Spitzer has it made. WARNING for just about everything.
Resilence. Summer has an outlet.
Relenting. And then again. WARNING for depiction of depression.
Possibility. Ivy is so not a morning person.
Voices. I was there. WARNING for September 11th.
Princesses. Ivy has no need for princes.
Hell or High Water. Olivia and Jake, through the years. WARNING: discussion of mental illness, (emotional) child abuse, use of 'crazy' as a pejorative, and depictions of depression.
Ephemeral. Yvonne doesn't understand men.
Stages. Olivia recovers. WARNING for depiction of depression.
Reboot. Some days it all gets too much.
Sticks and Stones. Michael, on life.
water doesn't break it heals A day out with Danny and Michael.
Thunder. Everyone has that one fear.
Joy Maserati's Rules For Sex (And Life). Joy likes life. WARNING for underage sexual activity. Porn. Some AUs.
Ringing Out. Olivia and the music.
Father's Day. Five Father's Days in Hugh Marhenke's life.
let go. Rose Marie Kendall loved her husband very much. WARNING for suicide, discussion of PTSD and the Vietnam War.
Welcome To The Family. Leah Kendall's guide to the family for her soon-to-be cousin.
Stories (and art!) by others but set in this universe can be found here, as well as stories written by me but set in other universes.
The Caramel Project and all AUs can be found here.
1941: Empty. Karol will never care again.
1965: Clarity. Frank is confused.
1970: Control. She'll never do this to her kids.
1975: Tending. Thea needs a break.
1975: Tanking. Henrik meets his future wife.
Halloween 1975: tricks. Yvonne as a girl.
March 1979: Nightfall. Lynne and Gary at nightfall.
Spring 1980: Gravity. Arelie never expected this. Sexytiems, adultery.
Spring 1980: In the Creases. Farid falls in love. Sexytiems, adultery.
Spring 1980: Sunset. Arelie and Farid.
May 1980: Scheherazade Lies. Not every story is true.
May 1980: Howl. She howled, when she first found out.
June 1980: Premonitions. Melanie, before she accepts.
Summer 1980: Cracks. She thought about leaving.
Summer 1980: Time. Time is a river-- it only flows one way.
December 1980: Dear Baby. Arelie writes to her daughter.
1980-1981: Giving. Arelie and Maria Jackson. WARNING for discussion of miscarriage and infertility.
February 1981: Ahava. Love is giving. Arelie lets go.
October 1981: Dear Arelie. Maria's first letter to Arelie.
1981: Maturity. Rebecca is in love.
February 13th, 1983: Moment of Truth. This is it. This is when she'll love him.
February 13th, 1983: Simple Gifts. Nathan's commander gives him an unexpected present.
1983: Tired. Aaron won't stop crying, and Melanie is so tired. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior, implications of postpartum depression and all that entails.
June 1984: Drowning. Melanie has an epiphany of sorts. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior.
March 1985: Theft. Hugh and Yvonne meet.
April 1st, 1985: why. Nobody explained anything to Danny.
May 1985: Easy. By trial and error, she learned. WARNING for Yvonne.
June 1985: Beauty. Melanie should feel guilty.
November 1985: Joy (baby remix). They hope this one will live. WARNING: Non-graphic references to miscarriage.
1985: Funny. It's funny. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior.
January 1986: Intimacy. A portrait of intimacy.
August 1986: thoughtless. Gail and Ivy's father.
December 1986: Youth. Lynne and Gary.
August 1987: So Far, So Good. Gail has a difficult decision to make. So she calls her sister. Mentions abortion.
August 1987: Authority. Gail is pregnant, and Cecily's mind is blown.
August 1987: that's what you get. Sometimes Gail just needs a friend, some ice cream, and elaborate plans for murder. Kim provides.
August 1987: Thinking About It. She stands over the crib and thinks about it. WARNING: Yvonne, implications of child death.
September 1987: News. Gail's father gets two pieces of news.
December 1987: There Oughta Be An Award. It is four-year-old Aaron's humble opinion that he has the best daddy in the whole world.
February 3rd, 1988: Grief. Arelie grieves, and Dennis helps.
April 14th, 1988: Courage. Gail and the scariest thing she's ever done.
April 14th, 1988: Certain. Gail is scared out of her mind.
April 1988: Offspring. Brad's first impression of his child. WARNING for use of "psychotic" as a pejorative.
Summer 1988: Reasons. Six pregnancies, seven children, and a baby is still such a miracle to Thea.
Fall 1988: Cravings. Part of being close to your sister is getting weird, random, mildly invasive phone calls.
March 1989: Better Things To Do. Brad walks. Gail deals.
April 1990: Taking Chances. Friends exist to drive you nuts and make you take chances. Usually at the same time.
April 1990: First Sight. Nathan and Gail meet for the first time.
1990: You and Me. Danny's version of a bedtime story. WARNING for implications of child abuse.
Early 1991: Falling. Gail realizes something important.
September 1991: What I Did On My Summer Vacation, by Danny Sierbenski. Danny's first essay in third grade. WARNING: Implications of child abuse.
1991: Talent. Chrissy fixes things.
April 1992: Sundays. Sundays are Olivia's favorite days.
Fall 1992: First Impressions. Aaron, this is Ivy.
Fall 1992: Impressing. Ivy, meet Aaron.
Fall 1992: Truth. Melanie raises a concern, Nathan says something he shouldn't have, and a lot of things lie just under the surface.
Fall 1992: A Clear Question. Ivy wants a daddy.
Fall 1992: New Leaves. Margery makes a change.
Spring 1993: Dressing. Gail, her wedding dress, and various reactions.
Spring 1993: Adjustments. "It's hard to be mad at someone who misses you while you're asleep." -- Bill Watterson.
September 1993: Daddy's Little Girl. Ivy gets into a fight at school. Nathan would like to know why.
September 1993: Provocation. Gail finds out about one of Ivy's escapades.
September 1993: Having Words. Gail has a few things to say to Tara Carson.
Fall 1993: Lessons. Ahava learns from her mothers.
1993: No Giving Up. She'll be strong for Michael. WARNING: Implications of child abuse.
1993: Adventuring. Danny and Michael on two adventures, ten years apart. WARNING: Implications of child abuse.
1995: Runaway. Rebecca runs away. WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior.
Summer 1995: Vacation. The Warmind family attempts a vacation.
1996: Respect. Ben meets his soon-to-be stepson.
1997: Screwing Around. Gail and Nathan screw with each other. Sexytiems.
1997: Charcoal. Ivy cooks.
December 1998: Good For You. In Which Nathan goes to a party, meets an old friend of Gail's, is a wee bit jealous, gets threatened with a beating, gets everything explained, and ends by being more in love with Gail than ever. Oh, and there are Implications.
December 1998: Screw the Underwear Models. Gail and pregnancy cravings. Implied sexytiems.
1998: Learning. Gina isn't doing her homework, but she's learning just the same. WARNING for subtle homophobia.
1998: Debrief. Frank leaves Rebecca.
February 1999: Trekkin'. Aaron has a bad afternoon.
June 25th, 1999: Going Out. "Please, Daddy?"
June 26th, 1999: can't go back. Olivia's life falls apart.
June 27th, 1999: When They Come Back. He doesn't sleep that night.
June 27th 1999: Strength. Yvonne does care about Olivia, in her own twisted and self-involved way.
June 1999: Candlelight. Nathan wins Husband of the Year. Sexytiems.
December 1999: Go Fish. Game night at the Hirschfeld-Kendall household.
1999: Getting It. When Ivy first found out that she was going to be a big sister, her reaction was mostly flat disbelief.
June 18th, 2000: A Year Ago. A year ago, everything made sense.
2000: Unique. Ivy has a punchline but no joke.
March 2001: Adventures in Pyrotechnics. Science is fun!
April 2001: Enough to Go By. Aaron gets into Berkeley, Ivy throws a fit, and Aaron's mother Melanie makes her first appearance.
2001: Clean. Summer's earliest memory.
Spring 2002: Expectations. Gina learns that her mother is, first of all, her mother.
2002: The Poetry Attempts. Lars writes poetry, Ivy comments.
2002: Photophobia. Melanie writes about her retinal migraines.
Fall 2002: Scars. She is diagnosed in the fall of her twenty-ninth year. WARNING for discussions of infertility.
Fall 2002: Wounds Joanna deals with the events of Scars, and Hugh tries to help. WARNING for discussions of infertility.
2002-3: Genesis. Bedrock Drift gets its start.
April 1st, 2003: Staying Strong. Rebecca Sierbenski can pinpoint the exact day that her life fell apart.
April 2003: Reforged. Danny can handle this.
June 2003: What I Need. Ivy comes out to her family.
Summer 2003: Fifth Place. Ivy enters Nathan's Famous Hotdogs eating contest. WARNING for emetophobes.
September 2003: Small Things. Summer scrapes her knee, and some things become obvious.
September 2003: Big Things. There's nothing wrong with Summer.
October 2003: how bright you glow. Joanna had not been hurt very much in her life, and she did not understand how someone could suffer so much and still keep walking.
October 2003: sleeping. Olivia in darkness. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
November 10th, 2003: Dukkha. A class assignment triggers something for Olivia. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
November 2003: Clearer Now. Olivia gets a wakeup call. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
December 2003: humpty dumpty. Olivia, on drugs. WARNING: Anxiety and depressive imagery.
2003: Far Enough. Michael can't get far enough away.
2003: Analysis. Bedrock Drift goes over their first gig.
February 2004: Retribution. Nathan doesn't think this is very funny.
Spring 2004: Bodies. Ivy protects her girlfriend, and gets in over her head. WARNING for homophobic language and sexual threats.
Spring 2004: Plans. Lorelai has plans. WARNING implied dubious consent, sexual privilege.
Spring 2004: Rage. Somebody punches Ivy's berserk button. WARNING for animal abuse.
April 2004: Denial. Aaron breaks up with his first girlfriend.
April 2004: Dumped. Lorelai gets dumped.
May 2004: someday you'll know. Lars loses his heart. Summer gains a brother.
June 23rd, 2004: Little by Little. He will not give up.
June 2004: Very Simple. Aaron has something to ask his sister.
Summer 2004: Artistic Merit. Ivy doesn't get it.
Summer 2004: Boring Would Be Nice For Once. Parenting three very odd children produces some very odd days, or, in which Aaron has weird habits and Summer is a ninja.
Summer 2004: Acceptance. Thea starts coughing again.
Summer 2004: Screw Customer Service. In which Ivy has some job-related rage to work out, and Aaron pretends to listen. WARNING for sexism.
August 2004: Escape. Olivia, getting out.
August 2004: Take Cover. Olivia packs.
August 2004: Burning Bridges. Yvonne starts to figure it out.
August 2004: Over. Yvonne reacts.
August 2004: Make New Friends. Olivia meets her new roommate.
September 2004: Should've. Gina should have seen this coming.
October 2004: Dancing. Olivia doesn't dance.
November 2004: Discipline. Warmind men do not cry. WARNING: character death.
November 2004: Ruin. Lars has nothing left to say. WARNING for death, depression, possible suicidal feelings.
Fall 2004: What Happened. A transcript of Summer's final interview with a therapist before being diagnosed with Asperger's. WARNING: depiction of a mental breakdown.
January 2005: The World Turned Upside Down. Hugh hears the last thing he ever wanted to hear.
January 2005: I Know This Much Is True. Hugh reacts.
January 2005: Self-Esteem. This is the basis of Yvonne's life.
Summer 2005: Practical Cats. Asparagus (sometimes called Gus) has good humans.
Fall 2005: roughly and blithely. Summer and the city. WARNING for depicition of a mental breakdown.
November 2005: I Am A Scientist. Ivy's college admissions essay, on what you want to study and why.
November 2005: Understanding. Clara can see that her father is crying.
November 24th, 2005: Conscripted. Danny gets adopted-- or maybe assimilated is a better word.
2005: Stupid People. "Aaron, what did I tell you about trying to explain things to stupid people?"
February 27th, 2006: Purple. Mom loved purple. WARNING: character death.
March 2006: Marginalia. Gary finds something, after Lynne's death.
Early 2006: Tact. Learn You Some. The start of a beautiful friendship.
Early 2006: Kneejerk. Esther is really confused by these people.
Summer 2006: Scandal! Gail and Nathan, sitting on a bench, K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
Summer 2006: Driftwood. Driftwood's not always a bad thing to be.
July 4th, 2006: Fireworks. Summer gets lost and Danny learns where she fits.
September 2006: Hope. Clara goes back to school.
October 2006: Pottery. Gina and Olivia talk about things and make pottery. Or try to, anyway.
October 2006: Study. Ivy flunks a test.
Fall 2006: Resting. Jake waits for his bar results.
Winter 2006: Becalmed. Sometimes driftwood is a very bad thing to be.
2006-2007: Warm. Gina and Lily.
June 2007: Moving Up. Jake gets a new job and Gail gets a new minion.
June 2007: Testing. Jake gets tested.
June 2007: Underestimate. George Colin Clark IV makes an offer that can't be refused.
June 2007: Arrested. George Colin Clark IV figures out his mistake.
2007: Punctilious. Summer pays attention.
January 2008: Auditions. Olivia has dinner with Jake and Ivy.
February 2008: Raining In New York. Rainy Saturday mornings are detrimental to getting up.
February 2008: Cowls. The long-suffering minion obeys his overlord in all things, except probably this.
February 2008: For Whom The Bell Tolls. Olivia and Danny have more in common than they thought. WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.
Spring 2008: Notes on a (Minor) Scandal. Gail wants to kill people, Ivy is squicked, Jake is annoyed and Nathan is just laughing.
July 2008: The Only Exception. Joanna's never really been one for love.
July 2008: Intimacy. Intimacy is different for everyone.
August 2008: Swimming Lessons. He who teaches must be careful what he teaches, or, how Summer learned to swim.
August 2008: what she can't be. So much of Joanna's life would disappoint her parents. WARNING: discussion of infertility.
August 2008: Story of My Life. Danny reflects. WARNING: child abuse.
November 2008: Leftovers. Summer writes an essay; her teacher misses the point.
2008: Keys. Aaron meets Michael for the first time.
2008: In the Morning. The morning after.
2008: Dinner. Joanna finally tells her mother the truth. WARNING for discussion of infertility.
April 2009: broken wings. Olivia is crying in her sleep.
April 2009: learn to fly. The story, or, what happened to Olivia. WARNING: implications of child abuse.
May 2009: Mother's Day. Not all children are yours by birth, or, the best Mother's Day present Gail ever got.
July 2009: Stalking. Vanessa sights her prey. WARNING: Vanessa.
July 2009: Innocence. Vanessa's first date with Gina. WARNING: Vanessa.
August 2009: For Now. Gina and Vanessa. WARNING: Vanessa. Porn.
September 2009: Rough Day. Aaron has a rough day at work.
Fall 2009: Aesop Shuns Zombies. Reasonable morals are for silly people, or, how Ivy learned not to get blackout drunk.
Late 2009: Profiling. Joanna and Hugh have a fight.
Late 2009: parallel truth. Joanna finally understands what happened.
Late 2009: Piano Man. "If you can't ask like a normal person, I'm not going to sing for you."
Winter 2009: flash. When it came, it was sudden, and blinding.
January 2010: Bubbles. "Look, I haven't had a bubble bath since I was ten and we had some room in the budget."
February 2010: Missed Connections. Eyes meet across a crowded room... and nothing happens.
March 2010: Skillet on the Stove. Gina's last argument with Vanessa. WARNING: domestic abuse.
Spring 2010: Intelligence. In which Ivy is a bitch but still makes a friend.
April 2010: Here Kitty Kitty. The gentle art of picking up guys, or, how Aaron wound up dating a stripper.
May 2010: Keep the Old. Gina has a stroke of luck, meets an old friend, and makes a new one. Or, Ivy and Gina actually talk this time.
May 2010: The Other Gold. Ivy's life changes.
June 2010: The Sun From Both Sides. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." --David Viscott.
June 2010: Roadsigns. Gina, finding her way.
July 2010: Laughable. Joy has an incident at work.
Summer 2010: Obvious. Everyone can see it.
December 10th, 2010: Stay A While. Ivy's wretched day gets quite unexpectedly better.
December 17th, 2010: Brush. Casual touches.
Winter 2010: Cheating. Never take on Ivy in a snowball fight.
2010: Beat Control. The beat is in her blood.
January 2011: Reclamation. Everyone needs to be forgiven. WARNING for child death, depression, and suicidal feelings.
February 13th-14th, 2011: In Vino Veritas. Ivy gets drunk and Gina gets answers.
March 2011: Faith. Frank loves his family. WARNING: Frank.
March 2011: California Girls. Rachel elaborates on her dislike for southern California via Katy Perry.
May 2011: Walk Away. Michael's reunion with his mother goes wrong.
May 2011: Comfort. Rebecca finds some comfort.
Summer 2011: The Things That Summer Knows. These are the things that Summer knows.
Summer 2011: Stage Fright. Olivia cannot believe Jake is talking her into this.
Summer 2011: Dealing. Five concurrent conversations on the subject of Lars' perfectionism.
Summer 2011: Rough Sketch. Jake has a lot of hobbies he's neglected to tell Olivia about. One of them being sketching.
Summer 2011: Just Another Friday Night. Why Russell should cut back on the booze, or, Aaron's Friday nights.
Summer 2011: City of Angels. Rachel Weston hates LA.
November 2011: Tomorrow. Gina and Ivy. Sexytiems.
November 2011: Here Is. Here is Gina, and here is Ivy, and here is where they stay. Sexytiems.
Fall 2011: I'm Nobody. Summer writes a poem for class.
December 10th, 2011: Anniversaries. Perfection is where you find it.
Spring 2012: Weird. Madison meets Summer.
Summer 2012: Serious. Chris files for divorce.
Summer 2012: Exorcism. Cecily, getting divorced.
Winter 2012: All For The Best. Madison practices.
Winter 2012: Fracture. Lars loses too much.
Winter 2012: Splint. Summer forgives Lars.
Winter 2012: Fame. Madison only wanted to be first.
2012: Wisdom. She's very good at this part of the game.
August 2013: Luck. Sometimes the best of things happen through the purest of luck, or, Joanna didn't even want to go to this party. Part I.
August 2013: All I Ever Wanted. One of the most terrifying things is a dream coming true.
August 2013: Gossip Chain. Word spreads.
August 2013: Goodbyes. Ivy went to the restaurant with every intention of hating the girl she was going to meet.
August 2013: goodbye, goodbye. Jake can't take this.
November 2013: Circles. One of the problems with depression... you're never really cured. WARNING: depiction of depression in both story and linked video.
2013: Sensual. Ivy and Gina meditate on each other. Sexytiems.
2013: Snap. A letter to his sister that Michael never sent.
Early 2014: Jake of All Trades. Jake at work.
June 15th, 2014: Father's Day. Father's day, 2014.
June 2014: Butterflies. Clara makes a choice. WARNING: sexual privilege.
June 2014: Enough. It's enough.
August 2014: Goneaway. Jake takes a surprise like a punch to the gut.
December 2014: Reason. Gina tells Ivy why she's so afraid to come out to her parents.
December 2014: Plunge. Gina practices.
Christmas 2014: Hark, the Herald Angels... Something, Anyway. The Warmind family's somewhat ballistic approach to caroling.
2014: Prosperity. Ethan parses life.
2014: Signs and Signals. Lars sucks at romance.
2014: misuse. Lars asks a question, and Danny evades. Sexytiems.
2014: For the Horde! A somewhat unusual form of boyfriend-harassing.
2014: Prerogatives. Michael has plans.
January 2015: Hi. Some things are meant to be, or, Aaron is tongue-tied.
January 2015: Like Vines. Aaron and Clara have their first date.
January 2015: Roses. Clara and Aaron have their first date.
June 2015: Sales. "So, Danny, what do you do?"
Christmas 2015: Nice People. Danny spends Christmas with the Warminds, or, ways you know you've joined the family.
Christmas 2015: Nice Girl. On the whole, the Warminds approve of Danny.
2015: Flamenco. Clara's going to make Aaron tell her this story someday.
2015: Pressure. Gina deals with a would-be suitor who just doesn't get it. WARNING: Homophobia, niceguyism, sexism.
2015: Any Day Now. Henry J. Holmes, bless his heart. WARNING: Smarm. Homophobia. Nice Guy. Henry.
2015: Screamer. Ivy gets her revenge.
January 2016: For Clara. Aaron writes a song.
January 2016: Reviews. Reactions to Aaron's first try.
January 2016: Trucker Hat. Everyone's been asking if Clara's going to the show tonight.
March 15th, 2016: Fertility. Clara and Aaron discuss children. At 2:30 AM.
May 2016: Family. In Which Ivy's biological father shows up again, and no one is happy to see him. WARNING: subtle homophobia, Brad.
July 3rd, 2016: Right. Aaron's wedding planner makes a bad assumption (and, one assumes, gets no more work).
July 5th, 2016: Joy. Michael dreams.
2016: Love Letters. The Amala children find their father's love letters.
December 2017: Summertime. Summer, the seasons, and a butterfly.
November 2018: Plausible Deniability. In which Jake is a drama queen and Olivia washes dishes.
February 25th, 2019: She Also Looks Like Winston Churchill. Danny doesn't use that gushy voice on babies.
2019: Touch. Ivy and Gina. Porn.
June 2020: Nine. Clara's pregnancy, start to finish.
June 2020: One. Something is bothering Jake, and Ivy is not prepared to let it go.
September 2020: Twins. We're having twins!
November 2020: Never Seen A Sight So Fine. "Been ten years waiting but it's better late than the never we've been told before." City Hall, Vienna Teng.
December 2020: Perfect. Gina and Olivia shop for a wedding dress.
December 2020: Something Old, Something New. Ivy and Gina get married.
December 2020: Honeymoon. "Everything did go well, right?"
January 2021: Encounter. Clara has a highly disturbing encounter. WARNING: threatened and actual violence.
January 2021: Realization. Kevin gets it all at once.
January 2021: Protective. Aaron is protective, or, beware the nice ones.
March 2021: Happy. Ivy and Gina in the waiting room at 3 AM.
December 2021: Dawn. Summer at Georgetown.
April 2023: Security. Andy had been subdued ever since they told him about the baby.
September 2025: Baby Makes Three. Jake and Olivia get a surprise.
2025: Never Again. "So how was babysitting?"
2025: Homecoming. How many people have to hide in the kitchen before the party moves to the kitchen?
Mid-March 2026: Observations. Lars felt a little bit left out.
2026: Diplomacy. Diplomacy, noun, the art of lying.
2026: Sibling Rivalry. Aaron encounters sibling rivalry.
2026: Rude Awakenings. In the mighty New York jungle, the lion may sleep tonight, but Jake's daughters don't.
2026: Loss. The hardest day in Billy and Molly's young lives. WARNING: animal death.
2026: The Quicker Picker-Upper. Molly cheats.
2026: How I Met Your Mother. Andy the romantic does not approve of his mothers' first meeting.
2026: Resounding. Aaron likes to think of himself as the patient type.
February 13th, 2027: Bright and Early. Vengeance is Clara's.
2027: Endings. Danny and Michael, after their father's death.
2027: Misplaced. Michael attends a funeral.
2027: God Is Love. Gina writes on love, faith, and why no form of love is ever wrong. WARNING for blatant homophobia.
2030ish: Olivia's Lullaby. Olivia sings the same lullaby to her daughters that her father sang to her.
2031: The Right Message. Ivy does not give your typical birds-and-bees talk. TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of rape and sexual assault.
Spring 2036: Worth It. Will's life is in ruins.
Autumn 2036: Coming to Terms. Olivia, coming to terms.
2039: Purity. Andy doesn't get this whole "a man should not be a virgin" thing.
2039: Dizygotic, or, Handy Twin Facts. Will Kendall has had it up to here with these questions.
2039: pretend. She can pretend this isn't happening, if she wants.
2039: Minutes. One minute he's fine.
2039: Peace. One last fight. WARNING: character death.
2055: Elegy. Remembering. WARNING: character death.
The Future Sometime: Stretch Marks. All she has left.
Three Bouncing Balls. My gentlemen, and sports.
Four Ways To Get Home. What home means to my ladies.
Easy Silence. Hugh and Joanna, being together.
Mother Used To Say. Five times Yvonne thought her mother was wrong. WARNING: Yvonne.
A Long, Long Time. Five people Gina broke up with, and the one she didn't. WARNING: domestic abuse, physical and emotional.
All I Need. Gina, coming out.
Glimpse of Heaven. Seven things that shaped Aaron's view of love.
Fire. Jake Foster and fire. WARNING: child death, self-injury.
Cradle. Five babies Gary Hawkins held, and the one he never did. WARNING: reference to miscarriage.
Blinding. Love makes fools of us all. WARNING: domestic abuse.
All Things Come To This. Souvenirs of a life well loved.
Sacraments. Gina, being gay, and the church, in the person of Father Arnott.
Voicemail. Three missed phone calls.
Inheritance. Ivy doesn't have favorite things so much as she has favorite memories.
Nothing Else Will Do. He tried, oh, he tried to let her go, but somehow he could never quite manage it.
Higher Education. Three generations of higher education.
Advice. Summer and Gina help each other out.
When I Was Young I Believed. Disillusionment. WARNING: child abuse, death.
Shelter. Five times Lars protected Summer, and once she protected him.
Colors. Gina lives her life in colors.
Ever At Your Service. Love stories, in one hundred words or less.
This Is Why. Beauty is never ridiculous.
You and I. More love stories, in 100 words or less.
Mothering. Lessons in motherhood. WARNING: child abuse.
This Is What It Is. Olivia, on depression. WARNING: depressive thoughts and feelings.
Choices. Five women, and their choices. Be advised that this story is about abortion.
Clerihew. Clerihews for four of my main characters.
Five Things That Never Happened To Jacob Foster (And One That Did). Small moments can change everything. WARING: child death, discussion of mental illness.
Letters to Heaven. Jake, learning to heal. WARNING: Some suicidal implications.
two and one. Meditations on marriage.
Shooting for the Stars. Ivy, dreaming.
Left. Andy has been left too often. TRIGGER WARNING: Child abandonment.
Picnics. Three picnics.
Hold On, Hold On. Danny and Michael hold on to each other. WARNING: Implied child abuse.
The People Who Raised Me. Ivy, on the people she loves.
We Are Golden. Gina and Olivia's friendship: the college years.
Civilized. Summer knows the rules.
Warm Strangers. Snapshots of relationships.
Fatherhood. Fathers and children.
Frailty. He never felt anything in particular for Fatimah.
Fading. Nathan and Melanie's marriage, from start to finish.
Why Can't. Four times someone asked Summer why.
Affection. Romantic touches are not always about sex.
Glass Ceilings. Whoever said sexism is dead was lying. WARNING for overt sexism.
Visible Soul. "No heaven will not ever Heaven be; unless my cats are there to welcome me." ~ Anonymous.
What I Deserve. Yvonne in therapy. WARNING for Yvonne.
Aftershocks. The Amala children survive. WARNING for sexual situations, emotional abuse and rough times.
Potential. Have you ever looked at a baby's hands? Gina has.
The Idle Pleasures of These Days. Bradley Spitzer has it made. WARNING for just about everything.
Resilence. Summer has an outlet.
Relenting. And then again. WARNING for depiction of depression.
Possibility. Ivy is so not a morning person.
Voices. I was there. WARNING for September 11th.
Princesses. Ivy has no need for princes.
Hell or High Water. Olivia and Jake, through the years. WARNING: discussion of mental illness, (emotional) child abuse, use of 'crazy' as a pejorative, and depictions of depression.
Ephemeral. Yvonne doesn't understand men.
Stages. Olivia recovers. WARNING for depiction of depression.
Reboot. Some days it all gets too much.
Sticks and Stones. Michael, on life.
water doesn't break it heals A day out with Danny and Michael.
Thunder. Everyone has that one fear.
Joy Maserati's Rules For Sex (And Life). Joy likes life. WARNING for underage sexual activity. Porn. Some AUs.
Ringing Out. Olivia and the music.
Father's Day. Five Father's Days in Hugh Marhenke's life.
let go. Rose Marie Kendall loved her husband very much. WARNING for suicide, discussion of PTSD and the Vietnam War.
Welcome To The Family. Leah Kendall's guide to the family for her soon-to-be cousin.