Introduction

( Many pictures and TL;DR behind the cut. )

Empty

Title: Empty
Rating: PG.
Summary: Karol will never care again.
Date: 1941
Notes: This is Danny's grandfather, and might explain a bit about her father.

( Empty )

Clarity

Title: Clarity
Rating: PG
Summary: Frank is confused.
Date: 1965
Notes: Some more explanation.

( Clarity )

Control

Title: Control
Rating: PG.
Summary: She'll never do this to her kids.
Date: 1970
Notes: Might explain a bit about Rebecca.

( Control )

Tending

Title: Tending
Rating: PG for some cussing.
Summary: Thea needs a break.
Date: 1975
Notes: Manager based on an ex-manager of mine. All names have been changed to protect the not-terribly-innocent.

( Tending )

Tanking

Title: Tanking
Rating: PG-13 for a naughty word.
Summary: Henrik meets his future wife.
Date: 1975
Notes: This was fun to write.

( Tanking )

tricks

Title: tricks
Rating: PG
Summary: Yvonne as a girl.
Date: Halloween 1975.
Notes: I... don't even know. It started as a prose piece, then became a sonnet and now it's half that and half a Babylon rhyme. idk. Enjoy.

( tricks )

Nightfall

Title: Nightfall
Rating: PG
Summary: Lynne and Gary at nightfall.
Date: March 1979
Notes: Silly fluff for incredibly minor characters, because I can.

( Nightfall )

Gravity

Title: Gravity
Rating: R
Summary: Arelie never expected this.
Date: Spring 1980
WARNING: Possible dubious consent.

( Gravity )

In the Creases

Title: In the Creases
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: Farid falls in love.
Date: Spring 1980
Notes: Title from a gorgeous song by Vienna Teng and Alex Wong.

( In the Creases )

Sunset

Title: Sunset
Rating: PG.
Summary: Arelie and Farid.
Date: Spring 1980
Notes: The same day as the picnic in Gravity and In the Creases.

( Sunset )

Scheherazade Lies

Title: Scheherazade Lies
Rating: G
Summary: Not every story is true.
Date: May 1980
Notes: A little elaboration on Joanna's childhood. There is every possibility that I've spelled Scheherazade wrong at least once. Please let me know if you spot a misspelling.

( Scheherazade Lies )

Howl

Title: Howl
Rating: PG-13.
Date: Spring-summer 1980.
Summary: She howled when she first found out.
Notes: none

( Howl )

Premonitions

Title: Premonitions
Rating: PG
Date: June 1980
Summary: Melanie, before she accepts.
Notes: none

( Premonitions )

Cracks

Title: Cracks
Rating: PG.
Summary: She thought about leaving.
Date: Summer 1980.
Notes: none.

( Cracks )

Time

Title: Time
Rating: PG.
Summary: Time is a river-- it only flows one way.
Date: Summer 1980
Notes: none

( Time )

Dear Baby

Title: Dear Baby
Rating: PG.
Summary: Arelie writes to her daughter.
Date: December 1980
Notes: Letter again. It worked.

( Dear Baby )

Giving

Title: Giving
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: Arelie and Maria Jackson.
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: Ow, my fingers.
WARNING: This fic discusses miscarriage and infertility in detail.

( Giving )

Ahava

Title: Ahava
Rating: PG.
Summary: Love is giving. Arelie lets go.
Date: February 1981
Notes: Farid is Joanna's father. That's how minor these characters are.

( Ahava )

Dear Arelie

Title: Dear Arelie
Rating: PG.
Summary: Maria's first letter to Arelie.
Date: October 1981
Notes: none.

( Dear Arelie )

Maturity

Title: Maturity
Rating: PG
Summary: Rebecca is in love.
Date: 1981
Notes: none

( Maturity )

Moment of Truth

Title: Moment of Truth
Rating: PG
Summary: This is it. This is when she'll love him.
Date: February 13th, 1983
Notes: none

( Moment of Truth )

Simple Gifts

Title: Simple Gifts
Rating: Pure G.
Summary: Nathan's commander gives him an unexpected present.
Date: February 13th, 1983
Notes: This took way too much research for 100 words. Also, Nathan is still in the Navy at this point, but not for much longer.

( Simple Gifts )

Tired

Title: Tired
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Aaron won't stop crying, and Melanie is so tired.
Date: 1983
Notes: none
WARNING: Depressive thoughts and behavior, implications of postpartum depression and all that entails.

( Tired )

Drowning

Title: Drowning
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Melanie has an epiphany of sorts.
Date: June 1984
Notes: Melanie is not normally like this.
WARNING: depressive thoughts and behavior.

( Drowning )

Theft

Title: Theft
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: Hugh and Yvonne meet.
Date: March 1985
Notes: Lord Byron was a jerk but he did write good poetry.

( Theft )

why

Title: why
Rating: PG.
Summary: Nobody explained anything to Danny.
Date: April 1st, 1985
Notes: none

( why )

(no subject)

Title: Easy
Rating: PG-13, for sex and swearing.
Summary: By trial and error, she learned.
Date: May 1985
Notes: Several things came together for this. Beware of Yvonne.
WARNING: Yvonne

( Easy )

Beauty

Title: Beauty
Rating: PG
Summary: Melanie should feel guilty.
Date: June 1985
Notes: none

( Beauty )

Joy (baby remix)

Title: Joy (baby remix)
Rating: PG.
Summary: They hope this one will live.
Notes: none
WARNING: Non-graphic references to miscarriage.

( Joy (baby remix) )

Funny

Title: Funny
Rating: PG.
Summary: It's funny.
Date: 1985
Notes: None

( Funny )

Intimacy

Title: Intimacy
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: A portrait of intimacy.
Date: January 1986
Notes: Written out of spite.
WARNING for non-graphic discussion of miscarriage.

( Intimacy )

thoughtless

Title: thoughtless
Rating: PG.
Summary: Gail and Ivy's father.
Date: August 1986
Notes: A couple of butterscotchy parental pockies for you today.

( thoughtless )