Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 7

WC: ~1900 this chapter, ~14,000 so far

Rating: T

Summary: "She hates how easy it is for her to forget, even for the space of a few minutes. For a smile to settle over her and
all this to feel normal. For life to go on."

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Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 6

WC: ~2200

Rating: T

Summary: "She's been stupid. So stupid, and now the possibilities are drowning her. All these things at the back of her mind-things she and Martha have kept mostly between them, because he's an active agent. Except he might not be. Because he's Castle's father. Except he isn't. Not in anyway that matters, ( Read more... )

Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 5

WC: ~2200 this chapter, 10,000 total so far

Summary: "She falters, there's a single instant when she wonders if this is right. If what she can't live without might not kill them all. If she has any right to burden them with this."

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Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 4

WC: ~1900 this chapter, ~7900 so far

Summary: "But it's only in this moment that it's clear to her. Stupid and distracted and done, she realizes she's been expecting him all along."

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Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 3

WC: ~1600 this chapter, ~5600 so far

Summary: "Alexis is quiet through most of it. A stranger to Kate with her red-rimmed eyes and the careful way she moves through the world now. A mirror for now and then."

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Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 2

WC: ~1500 this chapter, ~3900 so far

Summary: "Every time, Martha listens, quiet and unshakeable. Every time, she is the same, immovable object. She's a grown woman. She's his daughter. I can't keep it from her, darling. I won't."

Kate stares at the neat line of Martha's bags waiting by the door.

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Title: Ephemeris, Ch. 1

Rating: T

WC: ~2400 words, this chapter

Summary: "His mother is steady as ever. An invaluable bellwether. A check on hope and despair alike. But Kate had never imagined how following where this conviction leads would open them both up to this. To the exquisite ache of memory." A post-For Better or Worse multi-chap.

A/N: A few ( Read more... )