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since: 07-17-04, id: 633774, Profile Updated: 11-16-09
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Author has written 45 stories for Xenosaga, Grey's Anatomy, and Private Practice.

Hey there! The name's Foibles and Fables, and I'm here to share some of my writing with you. I'm just your average, ordinary kind of high school Senior living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A major Bio overhaul is coming soon so uh, bear with the ugly empty space for a while.

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1. You Read Your Book, Baby I'll Float Away reviews
You’re lying in silence, not awkward like it used to be, not silence because she doesn’t want to acknowledge your presence – silence simply for the sake of content silence.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,441 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-16-09 - Lexie. G & Meredith. G - Complete
2. A Life We Can't Hide From reviews
Lexie seeks refuge in Meredith's room after another hard day of the merger. "No Mercy West bastards here."
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 715 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 10-28-09 - Meredith. G & Lexie. G - Complete
3. See What They Have reviews
A young Derek Shepherd makes a strange request of his mother. Carolyn gently turns him down. Nancy, of course, makes fun of him.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 632 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 10-14-09 - Mark. S & Derek. S - Complete
4. Initiation reviews
Meredith and Lexie are welcomed into a certain club. Speculation for 6.04, possible spoilers.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,314 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 10-7-09 - Meredith. G & Lexie. G - Complete
5. Wish You Were Here reviews
Mark travels to New York City for a conference, leaving Lexie in Seattle. But technology can easily bridge that gap. Very explicit content, Mark/Lexie.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: M - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,905 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-27-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
6. Hope it's Not Rusty reviews
Sometimes, Derek Shepherd doesn't do well with subtlety. A short, hopefully humorous piece. Implied Mark/Lexie.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 802 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-24-09 - Mark. S & Derek. S - Complete
7. The Memory of This Still Reminds Me of You reviews
He probably wants to forget all about you, that you ever existed, and he already might have. An exploration of Mark and Derek's scene in 3.16, Drowning on Dry Land.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 633 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-15-09 - Mark. S & Derek. S - Complete
8. Drifting Further Away » reviews
In the midst of an heartbreaking situation and a strained relationship, Mark and Lexie travel to Los Angeles to seek the help they need: Dr. Naomi Bennett. Consists of two parts and a short epilogue. Private Practice characters make appearances.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 10,817 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 9-2-09 - Published: 8-26-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
9. The Hurricane I'll Never Outrun reviews
Lexie has an announcement, but Mark can't handle it. Not today. Not on April sixth. Mark/Lexie, hints of Mark/Addison.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,329 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 8-18-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
10. We Could Pretend it All the Time reviews
They try to pretend that everything is okay again, and pretending begins with pancakes. Set sometime after the season 5 finale. A response to a prompt from the Meredith-Lexie community on LiveJournal.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,203 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 8-7-09 - Meredith. G & Lexie. G - Complete
11. Left Breathless reviews
Of love and loss, laughter and anger, everyday and extraordinary, remembering and forgetting, past, present, and future. Completed claim for the 1sentence community on LiveJournal. Burke/Cristina
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,151 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-29-09 - Cristina. Y & Preston. B - Complete
12. Time to Grow » reviews
Lexie Grey's life was finally beginning to look up. But, when fate sends more than a few very unexpected twists and turns at her, what will she do? When she faces the hardest decisions of her life, what will become of her relationships and of herself?
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 6 - Words: 23,903 - Reviews: 54 - Updated: 7-28-09 - Published: 4-12-09 - Lexie. G & Mark. S
13. You Have Been Here And You Are Everything reviews
It’s two o’ clock in the morning, and if Lexie and Meredith were a lot younger they would have pretended that they were the only human beings alive in the world and they both secretly are ; a summer night, wine, and a few more steps together.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,349 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-13-09 - Lexie. G & Meredith. G - Complete
14. The Seether reviews
He is in love with Charlotte King: the seether, the unendearing, prickly, bossy, cranky, Charlotte King; Charlotte/Cooper, set post-Homeward Bound and pre-crossover.
Private Practice - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,400 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-2-09 - Complete
15. Adventures in Babysitting » reviews
When Lexie and Meredith have dinner plans and Derek is at the hospital, the Shepherd children are left in the care of Uncle Mark. It's a learning experience for him, to say the least.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,853 - Reviews: 48 - Updated: 6-9-09 - Published: 3-24-09 - Mark. S
16. Now There is a Scar reviews
Life sucks," he says curtly, voice slightly affected by the alcohol; Tragedy and heartbreak immobilized them. They drink about what happened. Takes place a few years after Now or Never, vague Alex/Lexie, character deaths implied
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,712 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-7-09 - Alex. K & Lexie. G - Complete
17. The Last Temptation of Lexie Grey reviews
Alternate title: The Dublin Mudslide Incident. A frantic Lexie decides to start on a diet, making Mark miserable in the process. In the end, it's up to him to set things right. Takes place between 5.20 and 5.22.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,717 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-1-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
18. The Smoke in the Air Couldn't Hide My Shame reviews
“So, what’s your story?” she asked him as their drinks were being poured. Derek took the bitter smile that crossed his face and tried to make it nonchalant. An alternate ending to 3.24 Testing 1-2-3 .
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,871 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-25-09 - Derek. S & Lexie. G - Complete
19. At a Glimpse reviews
A set of ficlets written for a Mark and/or Lexie Drabble-a-Thon on LiveJournal. Alex/Lexie, George/Lexie, and two Mark/Lexie pieces, concerning mistakes, things coming full circle, a onesie, and the color red.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,151 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-24-09 - Lexie. G - Complete
20. Possessive reviews
His voice is a low rumble in her ear. “You’re mine.”; An E.R. patient's flirtation with Lexie drives Mark crazy, and he makes her remember this fact.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,019 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 5-7-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
21. Consider Yourself reviews
Concerning drunk lovers, late-night guilt attacks, a sharp regression into face-stuffing, coffee that won't help insomnia, weirdness, an actual hashing out of issues, and warm hands. A direct one-shot continuation of 5.20.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,175 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 4-28-09 - Lexie. G & Meredith. G - Complete
22. For Everything There is a Season reviews
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. A collection of Mark/Lexie vignettes based on the common experiences, events, and feelings in life.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,118 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-10-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
23. That Book By Nabokov reviews
Sometimes I feel like a dirty old man." In which Mark invents issues and Lexie is the one to reassure him.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,563 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-7-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
24. Love Drunk Proud reviews
Mark and Lexie celebrated the day's victories with the typical dining, drinking, sex, and words that he needed to hear. An extension of 5.18.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,982 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 3-21-09 - Lexie. G & Mark. S - Complete
25. Dearly Beloved reviews
The big day is here: Meredith and Derek's wedding. A glimpse into how their friends prepare for this extraordinary event. Chapter One: eagerness running high, Mark and Lexie get ready for the day's wedding and, possibly, another.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,435 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 3-18-09
26. The Seattle Grace Shuffle » reviews
A response to the ten-drabble shuffle challenge. Chapter 2: the good and bad times for Mark/Lexie, Meredith/Derek, Addison/Derek, Owen/Cristina, Callie/Arizona, Alex, and the Fab Five.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,174 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-16-09 - Published: 1-18-09
27. Well Enough Alone » reviews
Lexie makes a request of Mark and accidently causes old wounds to burn fiercely. A take on what could happen in 5.14 and the implications that Addison's return could carry. Mark/Lexie, Mark/Addison undertones. No longer a one-shot.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 26,311 - Reviews: 70 - Updated: 3-11-09 - Published: 2-3-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G
28. Tactile Learning reviews
Lexie is stressed about the upcoming intern exam, and Mark knows just how to help her.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: M - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,960 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 3-4-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G
29. If You Don't Belong Here reviews
George didn't approve of Sadie's presence. And he was appalled that he was so attracted to her. A slightly AU approach of the events of 5.15, Before and After. George/Sadie. T-rating is very very strong.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,139 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-21-09 - George. O - Complete
30. Cupcakes and Conversation Hearts reviews
Lexie Grey was one of those girls who actually did enjoy the cliches. Those feelings came to a head on Valentine's Day. Mark/Lexie
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,171 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 2-13-09 - Lexie. G & Mark. S - Complete
31. All That's Known reviews
The past year has been one big learning experience for Dr. Miranda Bailey.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 839 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-1-09 - Miranda. B - Complete
32. The Cure For Pain reviews
Mark Sloan decides that it's not so bad to be cared for once in a while. Mark/Lexie, end of 5.13.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,116 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 1-23-09 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
33. Manifest Destiny reviews
Manifest Destiny: 1. The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the divine right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent 2. Mark Sloan's God-given right to be with any woman of his choice. Hints at Mark/Lexie
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 888 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-2-09 - Mark. S - Complete
34. And A Happy New Year reviews
Lexie Grey learns what it's like to really ring in the New Year. Mark/Lexie, explicit. Appearances made by the other characters, other pairings implied.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,424 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 12-31-08 - Lexie. G & Mark. S - Complete
35. Mama Who Bore Me reviews
While spending time with her baby son, Meredith Grey vows to be different from her mother. Based on the song "Mama Who Bore Me" from Spring Awakening. Implied MerDer, takes place a few years in the future.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: K+ - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,723 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-30-08 - Meredith. G & Ellis. G - Complete
36. Pop That Lolli reviews
Lexie enjoys a treat, and Mark enjoys it more. Take place during the earlier parts of 5.10. Warning: Rated a very strong T.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 983 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 12-26-08 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
37. Somewhere In My Memory reviews
Christmases haven't always treated Mark Sloan very well, but this one could be different. Lexie/Mark
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,523 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-24-08 - Mark. S & Lexie. G - Complete
38. And You Burn So Bright reviews
You never knew that such an old-fashioned idiom could describe your love life or lack thereof, technically so perfectly. Lexie POV, Lexie/George, Lexie/Mark
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,042 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 12-1-08 - Lexie. G & George. O - Complete
39. Out of Touch, Out of Time reviews
Holed up in the resident's lounge, armed with a grudge and a cell phone, Lexie Grey finally gets some answers and closure from Alex Karev. Takes place during "The Becoming". Title from "Again I Go Unnoticed" by Dashboard Confessional. T for launguage
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,673 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-22-08 - Complete
40. Of Single Bathrooms and Humiliation reviews
This is why George could never be a spy. Mentions of GeorgeMer, O'Callie, and Gizzie, but all in the failed sense. Sorta Gexie if you squint, but not really.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,549 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-26-08 - Complete
41. What's In a Name? reviews
All he wanted was an answer to his simple question. Alexie oneshot, ignoring the Ava situation, since I live in denial. Short, sweet and has no point. Rated for slight mature content, nothing too graphic.
Grey's Anatomy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,224 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-5-08 - Complete
42. Touch reviews
This is something that you knew was coming from me eventually. This is the deleted scene from chapter 1 of my story, Xenosaga II: Die Kraft der Liebe. It is a graphic lemon, don't take this warning lightly. [SxA, explicit]
Xenosaga - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,203 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 2-14-07 - Complete
43. Xenosaga Episode III: Lager Unsere Kreuze » reviews
A tiny ripple has just been born in the world that surrounds them.One day, that ripple will grow into a large wave, and it will swallow even them. Chapter 5: Things begin falling into a routine, and old wounds burn fiercely.
Xenosaga - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 25,880 - Reviews: 51 - Updated: 1-19-07 - Published: 3-27-06
44. Count on Me reviews
Sometimes, all we need is to know that somebody is there for us. It can offer all the comfort in the world. [Oneshot, slight Xenosaga 3 spoilers, RR]
Xenosaga - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,074 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-13-06 - Complete
45. Xenosaga Episode II: Die Kraft der Liebe » reviews
My version of Xenosaga 2. That means more romance and retarded humor at random moments. All finished!
Xenosaga - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 19 - Words: 96,029 - Reviews: 171 - Updated: 3-1-06 - Published: 6-29-05 - Complete
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