Title: The Weight of the World (Lifted)
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst, Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance
Warnings: Minor character death, talk of suicide
Word Count: 8,808
Characters/Pairings: Madison, Ben, Thomas, Jamie, Hannah, mentions of Caroline (Madison/Ben)

( Madison heads back to the break room, grabbing her purse and pulling her phone from inside as she calls out to her boss that she's going to lunch. )

Title: A Second Chance
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: G
Genre: Friendship, Fluff, Angsty bits
Word Count: 4,256
Characters/Pairings: Jackie, Hannah, mentions of Eddie

A/N: Another one I'm super excited to post. (Also posting tonight because I'm not sure what my schedule will be like tomorrow.)

( Jackie steps hesitantly off the bus, his fingers tightening around the strap of his bag as the doors rattle shut behind him and the bus drives away in a puff of exhaust. )

Title: Welcome Home
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: G
Genre: Romance, Fluff, Friendship, Family
Word Count: 2,660
Characters/Pairings: Madison, Ben, Hannah, Eli, Thomas, Grace, Jamie (Madison/Ben, Hannah/Eli, Thomas/Grace)

A/N: Really excited to post this fic :333

( In the middle of November, Madison drops down beside Ben on the couch, and reaches for his left hand. )

overdue visit (Chris, Jeannie, Nathaniel, Haley, mentions of Kari and Tony [Chris/Kari, Jeannie/Tony]), G

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Title: Sissy
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: G
Genre: Family, Fluff
Word Count: 2,712
Characters/Pairings: Hannah, Eli, Nicholas (Hannah/Eli)

( Hello, my sweet girl. )

Title: Everything He's Ever Wanted
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: G
Genre: Friendship, Family, Romance, smidgen of Angst
Word Count: 3,232
Characters/Pairings: Chris, Kari, Hannah, Eli, Nicholas, Angela (Chris/Kari, Hannah/Eli)

( Hannah smiles as she looks over at the blue-clad bundle in Chris's arms, and then looks down at the baby girl she's holding. )

Title: Moving In
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: G
Genre: Friendship, Family, Romance
Word Count: 2,731
Characters/Pairings: Chris, Kari, Hannah, Eli, Ben, Madison (Chris/Kari, Hannah/Eli, Ben/Madison)

A/N: A bit of filler this week, but also friendship fluff XD

( Everything looks so bare. )

A/N: Okay, this one started out as a ficlet, and then became fic-sized, but it seems like a waste of a fic day to post it as an actual fic, when it's really more of a reaction fic, so I'm just posting it as a really long ficlet. There's a couple more like this scattered throughout the arc, I think.

what if? (Hannah, Nicholas, Eli [Hannah/Eli]), ( Read more... )

Title: A Fresh Start
Author: Mary (stillxmyxheart)
Beta: Lindsay (rowofstars)
Rating: G
Genre: Friendship, little teeny hints of Angst
Word Count: 3,753
Characters/Pairings: Hannah, Rose, Nicholas, Chris, Kari, Ben, Madison, Eli, mentions of Jackie (Hannah/Eli, Chris/Kari, Ben/Madison in spirit)

A/N: And back to the happy.

( It's the first day of the fall semester, and she always loves this day; everybody seems so optimistic and ready for a new semester. )

A/N: Kind of a super sized Ficlet Friday this week. The time gap between the last fic and the next fic is a few months, so this is sort of a bridge between them, and hopefully a mostly fluffy reprieve from all the angst of late.

normal (Chris, Kari, mentions of Tony [Chris/Kari]), G

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