Drabble Chains

[intheheart]

Mixes

Impassioned. Ivy Hirschfeld-Kendall in twenty songs or less. WARNING for implications of sexism, homophobia.

Like a Lady. Gina Caravecchio in twenty songs or less. WARNING for homophobia, domestic violence, implications of sexism, mentions of suicide in Speeding Cars (not in document).

Calendar Girl. Olivia Marhenke in twenty songs or less. WARNING for emotional abuse, depressive thoughts and actions, depiction of a panic attack, implications of suicide, implications of sexual assault in Damaged (not in document), and Olivia describes herself as "crazy" with a derogatory edge.

Whadaya Want From Me? Danny Sierbenski in twenty songs or less. WARNING for child and domestic abuse, violence, sexual assault, drug use.

Blackbird. Summer Kendall in twenty songs or less. WARNING for violence, mentioned drug use, that one guy gets shot.

Son of a Preacher Man. Jake Foster in twenty songs or less. WARNING for loooots of depressive actions, some implications of suicide and self-injury, child abuse mentioned in one song.

Float On. Aaron Kendall in twenty songs or less. WARNING for sexual privilege.

Wayward Son. Lars Warmind in twenty songs or less. WARNING for alcohol abuse.

Pocketful of Sunshine. Joy Maserati in ten songs.

Homecoming. Michael Sierbenski in ten songs. WARNING for subtle ableism, child abuse and neglect.

Sail On, Sailor. Nathan Kendall in ten songs.

Two Apples. Ivy and Gina.



Three Bouncing Balls. My gentlemen, and sports.

Four Ways To Get Home. What going home means to my four main ladies.

Easy Silence. Hugh and Joanna, being together.

Mother Used To Say. Five times Yvonne thought her mother was wrong.

A Long, Long Time. Five people Gina broke up with, and the one she didn't.

All I Need. Gina, coming out.

Glimpse of Heaven. Seven things that shaped Aaron's view of love.

Fire. Jake Foster, and fire. WARNING for self-injury.

Cradle. Five babies Gary Hawkins held, and the one he never did. WARNING for miscarriage.

Blinding. Love makes fools of us all. WARNING for domestic abuse.

All Things Come To This. Souvieners of a life well loved.

Sacraments. Gina, being gay, and the church, in the person of Father Arnott.

Voicemail. Three missed 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 for child abuse.

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 one hundred words or less.

Mothering. Lessons in motherhood. WARNING for Yvonne.

This Is What It Is. This is what it feels like, or, Olivia on depression. WARNING for depression.

Choices. Five women and their choices. Please be aware 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.

Letters to Heaven. Jake, learning to heal. WARNING for suicidal implications and references to self-injury.

two and one. Meditations on marriage.

Shooting for the Stars. Ivy, dreaming.

Left. Andy has been left too often.

Picnics. Three picnics.

Hold On, Hold On. Danny and Michael hold on to each other. WARNING for 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, 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.

Potential. Have you ever really looked at a baby's hands? Gina has.

The Idle Pleasures of These Days. Bradley Spitzer has it made. WARNING: Drug use, objectification of women, violent death, perjoratives, dubious consent (mentioned only), general terrible-personness.

Reslience. Summer has an outlet.

Relenting. And then again. WARNING for 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.

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.

Nobody Better. Raising twins.

Disillusionment. Hugh gradually comes to realize the truth about Yvonne. WARNING for child abuse and neglect.

Giving Up. Giving up. WARNING for homophobia, teenage pregnancy, child abuse and neglect, physical and mental ableism, adultery, mentions of dubious sexual consent.

Pinkie-Swear. Ahava and Duncan, every two years.

Home. He comes home to an empty house. WARNING for mention of parental abduction.

Twelve Steps. Russell stops drinking. WARNING for alcoholism, an implication of sexual harassment, one quick mention of rape.

Lingerie. Gina loves lingerie. WARNING for sex and a brief mention of dubious consent.

Parenting. Nathan and Melanie may be divorced, but they still share a child. WARNING for some fairly vicious fighting.

Moving On. Moving on.

In Response to Tennyson. For my female characters, and for every woman.

Wonder. Three views of a divorce.

Need. Kayleigh and her mother.

Dear Prudence. Summer and the Beatles.

Heartbeat. Henrik and Thea, to the end.

Over the Moon. Rachel's first year in Boston.

Acceptance. Piece by piece, she lets him back in.

Roses in December. Gail and Nathan, through the years. Warnings for character death, much sexytimes, some mild ableism and sexism.

Valentine's. Ten Valentine's Days for Ivy and Gina.

Welcome To The Family. Leah Kendall's guide to the family for her soon-to-be cousin.