"Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but, in passing it over, he is superior, for it is a prince's part to pardon." Francis Bacon

Part Two of the Mother of the Bride Series - In the three months since her only child's wedding, Beth Marks' life completely changed. Not only did she fall in love again, but she, Rio, and his son, Marcus, became a family together. Now, that family is about to grow. Doubly so.

Part Ten of the Mutually Assured... Series: Grab your favorite medieval weapon, because it is time for the Lowen Games!

Mutually Assured... Part Nine: Adalind Schade is multilingual. She is fluent in English, French, and German. She doesn't know Japanese, but she definitely speaks Black Widow, and there is room for only one predatory female in Nick Burkhardt's life: her. So, it's a good thing Monroe has a full-proof way to dispose of spiders.

Mutually Assured... Part Eight: Just because Nick called Adalind and asked her to dinner, that does not mean they're going on a date. Because it's work related. And there will be kids there. Teenagers! Is anything less date-like than that? Nope! Plus, it's Adalind. So, dinner? Yes. But a date? Absolutely not! Seriously. It's. Not. A. Date.

After World War I and, before that, more than a decade in America, Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall with a secret child and the hopes of providing her with a home and a family. Both, however, are in disarray. Others have ideas on how he should go about securing his future, but Ross has never been one for convention...or for doing what's expected. And neither is his daughter, Julia.

When Rio Reyes agreed to give Dean Boland a high interest, high risk, and high reward (for Rio) loan, he gifted himself thirty days to make the owner of Boland Motors absolutely miserable. Then, he met Mrs. Boland, and he realized he must have been a very good boy that year, because he also gave himself thirty days to seduce away Boland's wife. Merry Christmas to him indeed!

Part IV of Vague Places: Camila has a meeting with Batman, James continues to manipulate his boss, Teresa deciphers something from the notebook, and James sheds light on the Vargas' marriage.

Mutually Assured... - Part Seven: Adalind Schade isn't sure if she's more irritated that Reapers went after her friend or that she is friends with someone incapable of defending himself against Reapers. No, wait. Scratch that. She knows exactly what makes her the most irate: that Nick doesn't seem to care about either of her problems. Ugh. Stupid, selfish Grimm!

For Beth Marks, the only thing worse than having to deal with her ex-husband and the father of the bride at her only daughter's wedding was once being married to him. Now, she just needs to survive the reception without killing the insufferable ass, and the day will be a success.

The Why of It All - Part II: After Thony told Arman about the FBI approaching her, together, they immediately formed a plan to keep her and her sister-in-law safe from threats of deportation. Now, it's time to put that plan into motion, including not one but two weddings, a honeymoon, and a game of H-O-R-S-E.

The Why of It All - Part I: She has only known him for a few weeks, but knowing Arman Morales has not only put her life in danger but also saved it multiple times. Knowing Arman has stained Thony's hands with the blood of dead men. And, now, knowing him has saved her son's life as well. Perhaps that's why, for reasons she cannot allow herself to explore, Thony trusts him.

It's Christmas Eve and Rio and Elizabeth are getting ready for a party at his Mom's house when the doorbell rings. And rings. And rings. They think it's a delivery - a last minute present arriving just in time. But they're wrong... very, very wrong.

On his way out of town and on vacation for the first time in his life, James learns of a winter storm that will see Dallas brought to its knees: no way in and no way out, loss of power, few supplies. There was a point just a few months back when such a weather report wouldn't have made him even pause, but that was before... her.

When Wu learns that Captain Renard told his four year old daughter, Diana, that there is no such thing as Santa Claus, he vows to provide the little girl with some holiday magic while proving to her that the myth is actually a legend.

A missing dog, a flooded road, and unvoiced feelings conspire to bring Ross and Demelza together over Christmas. Can a little holiday magic bring the stubborn fools together, or are they a lost cause?

Part Six of the Mutually Assured… Series: Three months ago, Detective Nick Burkhardt would have said that ogres didn't exist, and even if they did, the worst thing about them would have been the onion breath. Unfortunately, he was wrong about both assumptions.

James learns more about Pote and why he's with them in Dallas, has another confrontation with Camila, and grows closer with Teresa as they find some direction for her thirst for revenge against Epifanio.

Rio could feel retirement nipping at his heels. To prepare, he had his agent/lawyer set up local advertisement gigs for him. Rio's expectation is that he's readying himself for the next phase of his life; what he doesn't expect is to completely turn his life upside down and inside out, but that's exactly what happens when he agrees to star in a commercial for Boland Motors.

Part Two of the Vague Places Series: James returns to Dallas to face Camila's wrath for his disappearance, and James and Teresa work on building their trust and friendship rather than plotting her revenge.

Mutually Assured... Part V: All Adalind wanted to do was get drunk on eggnog and figure out the best placement for the miniature lampposts, but noo! Instead, the Grimm had to come along - uninvited, of course! - and give her and the Blutbad some sob story about a kidnapped Wesen who didn't know who or what she was. The worst part? She might actually... care! Alcohol is bad.

When James Valdez was ordered to attend the Vargas Cartel's Christmas party, he expected boredom and annoyance. What he wasn't expecting was trouble with a capital T... as in Teresa, the attractive, smarter and more capable than even she realized woman he found eavesdropping outside of his employer, Camila Vargas', bedroom. Now, what is he going to do with her?

Beth Marks always wanted to be a teacher. But then life happened. Suddenly, she's 37, and it has been fifteen years since she graduated with a degree in education, a degree she's never used. But then her marriage falls apart, prompting Beth to finally do what she's always wanted with her life, and she won't let anyone get in her way.

It took Beth six hours to start having doubts about her brand new marriage, six days to realize she had made a mistake, six weeks to figure out that her husband was already cheating on her, six months to give up on her marriage, and six years to finally and definitely do something about it.

When seventeen year old Rio - just three months shy of his eighteenth birthday - is released from Juvie, the last thing he wants or thinks he needs is some pushy, know-it-all social worker gettin' all up in his business, but at least she's easy on the eyes, yeah?

They had sex. He knows that she saw him with another woman; she tried to sleep with someone else but couldn't, because she only wants him. So, now what?

Part Four of the Mutually Assured... Series: Wanting to distance Monroe from his police work and annoy Adalind at the same time, Nick calls in another marker with the Hexenbiest, all but demanding that she babysit a hapless Hap Lasser for him.

Mutually Assured... Series - Part Three: Adalind seeks out a friendly-ish face and a fortifying drink before setting off to accomplish her latest directive from Sean: make nice with the Grimm's Kehrseite partner over an, unbeknownst to him, ambushed dinner. In doing so, she sees and once more spars with Nick, taking another step in their relationship.

Adalind Schade hasn't been home to see her mother in seven years. When she left Portland behind, she also left the life she lived there, including her hexenbiest ways, behind, too. And that was all before she met Nick Burkhardt, a Kehrseite, the man she loves, and her boyfriend who she thinks is about to propose to her... IF she introduces him to her Mom over Christmas dinner.

There is a river that meanders through Dearden Farms. It's a place of joy and play for Oliver, Felicity, and their children. It connects them together even when they are apart. For others, that river represents the ultimate disconnect. They could just... skate away.

It has been nineteen years since Tara Knowles left Charming and Jax Teller behind for college, for a career, for just... more. A world-class surgeon in Denver, Colorado, her life is her work, and work is her entire life... at least until a precocious, matchmaking eight year old shows up out of nowhere, determined to give his Dad love and himself a Mom and a family for Christmas.

Oops, he, Roy Harper, did it again. Not DID. Ugh. Never! But did? Again? Yeah. *sighs* Fuck his life.

Featuring three letters that Tara wrote to Jax throughout their long and complicated relationship, Jax reflects back on their time both together and apart, coming to some important realizations.

When Tara leaves Charming for college, she and Jax remain in contact. They're not together as a couple, but they're not exactly apart either. How could this combined with Jax's disillusionment change not only Jax and Tara's relationship but also the trajectories of their futures together and separately?

Picking up directly where The First Time left off, Oliver and Felicity now know that Malcolm Merlyn is the Dark Archer, Malcolm Merlyn now knows that Oliver is the Hood, and Oliver has declared Felicity to be his fiancee. How do these three revelations change not only Oliver and Felicity's lives moving forward but all of Starling City?

When Jax returns home to Tara and Abel with blood on his hands, he is consumed with and distracted by guilt... but not about the murder he facilitated. Rather, his thoughts are in the past, on the first time he ever intentionally drew blood, and how he is still, to that day, haunted by his original sin.

Needing evidence on a suspect but not having any probable cause, Nick decides to go undercover to further investigate Billy Capra. But he's not going in alone. He can't. Because, for his cover, he needs a girlfriend - a soon to be fiancee, so he calls in just one of his many, many chips with a new... friend. (Part Two of the Mutually Assured... Series)

They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, so does that mean that Oliver Queen is accidentally, mistakenly wooing him, John Diggle? OR Oliver Queen (parent & cafe owner) bakes, Felicity Smoak (teacher) avoids both him and his sweets, and John Diggle (principal) is stuck in the middle, passing message back and forth between the two idiots. But... why!

Only one thing could bring Tara Knowles back to Charming, California: love.

Desperate to take advantage of what little time he has left and needing to feel close to his family, Oliver tries to lose himself in memories of his wife and children... only to, in the process, find them once again.

Starting in 1x03, what if Adalind took a more proactive approach to dealing with Nick instead of allowing Renard to use and manipulate her? After all, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, right… though nobody wants to be a seltenvogel. Ugh. (Part One of the Mutually Assured... Series)

A man dies, another does everything he can to keep his family safe, and one man is reborn all under the backdrop of hazy winter days.

Just because we love someone, that does not meant we understand them, and blood does not always make a family. It's only when Oliver and Felicity start to blend their lives together that things for them and their children start to make sense and work.

It's been nine years since she left him, and he's about to marry someone else, but Jax finally decides to go after the only woman he's ever loved. He only has the night to find her, though.

What would have happened if, when Nick first met Adalind, she didn't woge? How could an alternative first meeting between them change the entire series moving forward?

When Oliver goes to Felicity Smoak for help in making the most of a reality baking competition his mother and the QC PR team cooked up to bolster his reputation, he's pleasantly surprised to learn that his employee was unwittingly entered into the competition by her meddling mother.

The very last place Oliver Queen ever expected to fall in love was at a political event. But, nevertheless, there he was, campaigning for his mother while gone for a woman whose name he didn't even know. Three debates later, that and everything else about his world would be changed.

It might not be the life Felicity imagined she'd have one day, but that doesn't mean that what she and Oliver have created together in their rural mountain town isn't perfect nonetheless. A year after they met and fell in love, though, their new family is threatened when a stranger comes knocking, looking for Oliver and bringing past and present danger to their doorstep.

If Felicity had discovered someone using a presumed dead Oliver Queen's log on to access the Queen Consolidated network when she had first moved to Starling City and started working for the aforementioned company, how could this have changed her path... and, eventually, Oliver's as well?

When Felicity wakes up disconnected from her location, her life, and herself, somehow seeing and knowing things that neither fit with what she knew beforehand nor make sense, a simple high or allergic reaction do not explain her confusion. But a psychic connection? Pshw! That's crazy, crazy talk.

Oliver Queen floats through life. Drunk, high, or hung over, everything is just a vapid blur... until it's not. Until he meets her.

A reflective Jax looks back on his relationship with Tara, remembering the night he lost her, that moment when she first gave herself to him, and various stages in between. Moving full circle, it's these recollections that eventually lead him to discover that, eleven years later, she's back in Charming.

Roy learns the hard way to ignore scorned women. Their rage? Manageable. The real terror is a vengeful Felicity Smoak-Queen. [Sequel to Quirks]

It doesn't matter how much time or distance Felicity puts between herself and the city where she was raised, she hates Las Vegas. While traveling with Oliver, she's reminded of this when they receive an unexpected visitor armed with less than unexpected questions.

When watermelon seeds and four syllable names are ruining Roy's life, he decides to take back control.

When Felicity wakes up disoriented and confused, the only logical conclusion is that she had an allergic reaction. Because anything else would be ridiculous. And surreal. And she wears panda flats. Things like... anything else... do not happen to IT girls who wear panda flats!

It has been eighteen months since Oliver last saw his best friend, and, apparently, while apart, Tommy Merlyn spent way too much of his time watching soft-core porn.

When meeting Felicity, Oliver has a flashback. Afterwards, he flees, leaving behind hiss 'latted' laptop. She further investigates on her own, but lurking underneath everything else is Felicity's concern for Oliver. Just like with anything that matters to her – she doesn't know why he matters but he does, she can't let the episode – what she fears to be PTSD – go.

Her days are filled with work, and her nights consumed by three heroes masquerading as men. After more than two years of this routine, Felicity is used to this life. Content with it. But then she's presented with a proposal that would allow her to serve Starling City not only in secret but also out in the open, and the proposal throws her entire world into a tailspin.

With a past she fears nipping at her heels, Doctor Tara Knowles runs to the small town of Charming, California where she hopes that she'll be able to hide from the things, from the people, who haunt her, not realizing that, though quaint, Charming is home to its own brand of violence and danger.

After returning home from Lian Yu, Oliver can't acclimate to his former life and lifestyle, so he leaves Starling City and starts a new life for himself in a rural mountain town. It isn't much of a life, though... until, one holiday season, a repeat customer catches his eye.

After Oliver is injured fighting the Dark Archer for the first time, Felicity comes to visit him in the hospital, amusing Digg and inspiring Oliver into making a surprising overture.

Sometimes the destruction of the individual can be more powerful than the decimation of the collective.

Flash Fic Prompt #1: Into The Wild - When Oliver and Digg try to break into Queen Consolidated to investigate his mother during S1, they run into a little wrinkle named Felicity Smoak. To get around her network vigilance, they devise a company retreat: seven days in the middle of nowhere - just Oliver, Felicity, and the entire IT and Security Departments. What could go wrong?

When Audrey Hardy dies, she leaves her very messy affairs for her granddaughter to take care of, eventually providing an ungrateful Elizabeth with a way to majorly clean up... and clean out the pockets of Port Charles' most well-lined citizens.

The sequel to White Aproned (Intentioned) Crime, this picks up directly when Oliver wraps his hands around Felicity's waist from behind. Not only do they have to deal with the fact that he just caught her snooping in his bedroom... dressed in a maid's costume, but they also have to tackle Felicity's new knowledge of his secret.

After she and Jax are arrested together for the first time, Tara notices that people start to treat her differently. Her status in the MC changes. Consequently, Tara decides to get a tattoo.

Part Three of the Devil One Shot Series – It was only supposed to be a temporary delay – and a well-intentioned one at that, but Felicity should have known better, because no good deed ever goes unpunished... especially not by the devil.

Now essentially a hired gun for a top-secret government agency, Oliver never thought he'd find any peace, let alone friendship and redemption, in Hong Kong.

It's the summer after Jax should have graduated from high school when he receives an anonymous package full of old, faded letters. The secrets revealed inside of the missives tear his world apart, and he takes drastic action in an attempt to put it back together.

Walter has disappeared, and, maybe his family refuses to do anything about it, but that doesn't mean Felicity will just stand by and hope for the best. She has her suspicions - mainly towards the Queen family, but, before she can share her ideas with the police, she needs evidence: real, solid, physical evidence. So, she sets off to find it... at the Queen mansion.

Roy's stressed, Felicity is the root of his frustration, and Oliver is a convenient target for Roy to unleash all of his discontent upon. Digg's there, too, so it's a regular Team Arrow bonding session... only, yeah, not. In the process, Roy learns some valuable... and useful... information about Oliver, and Felicity, and their (non)relationship relationship.

When Oliver Queen meets Felicity Smoak, she doesn't work for his family's company, and she's in a committed, long-term relationship. Despite this, there's an instant connection between them. How do these differences change their interaction moving forward... or do they?

After being found alone wandering in the desert, Max Evans quickly learned 2 things: 1, he wasn't like everybody else, and, 2, if he wanted to survive, no one could discover what he really was. This meant no friends, no connections, absolute isolation and loneliness... even from his own family, leaving his senses dangerously stimulated and Max seeking any way possible to numb them.

Part Two of the Devil One Shot Series – It's been ten days since Oliver and Felicity agreed that they have to have sex to protect the cover story she told Roy, only no sex has happened. Once Felicity finds out what the delay is, she schedules them a lunchtime field trip... to the gynecologist.

Roy has figured out Oliver's secret (identity), and it's up to Felicity to convince him otherwise. Like as what often happens, though, Felicity's words get away from her, and they have repercussions with her relationship with Oliver that she never could have predicted.

Set at the beginning of Season Two, Michael is determined to keep Max and Liz apart, making Liz his co-conspirator. He will stop at nothing to accomplish this goal... even if, in doing so, he breaks the both of them and everyone they care about.

Upset and distracted over his mother's secrets, over what she did to Felicity, Oliver goes to the foundry only to find the object of his distraction – Felicity – already there. With her that night, he finds redemption and damnation. (A 2x13 Rewrite Piece)

Oliver confesses. Felicity runs away. Digg offers insight. And then Olicity clean, coming to an understanding together. (A 2x13 Reaction Piece)

Felicity Smoak had the Valentine's Day blues. (So, would that make them the purples?) Maybe she's still single, and maybe Oliver sees her as the only woman in Starling City that he can't sleep with, but that didn't mean that she was going to lie down and take what the holiday had to give her. Instead, she was going to snark her way into March if it was the last thing she did.

What if Oliver and Felicity developed their personal relationship before their vigilante partnership? How would this not only change their dynamic but also the fate of everyone around them and Starling City itself? After Oliver takes the bullet-riddled laptop to her in 1x03, he never seeks out her technical support again. Instead, The Hood starts to go to her at night.

Set during Season One, forget everything else that has happened on the show. Booth went on vacation... and he stayed on vacation.

Elizabeth Webber is doing everything within her power to care for and protect her unborn child, but, with her soon-to-be ex-husband refusing to let go of her or her baby, she might just be in over her head. Meanwhile, Jason Morgan lives a dangerous life that's starting to catch up with him. Perhaps what these two lost souls need the most is each other.

Buffy's sick, the demon world is speaking gibberish to the slayer, and she's having strange, recurring dreams that revolve around a visit to a L.A. that lasted no more than a couple of minutes... right? Something big has changed in Sunnydale.

When someone sets Aria up to take the blame for lighting Jason's house on fire and for nearly killing Jenna, it's a surprising source of faith who has to step up and use their conviction to prove Aria's innocence.

It's amazing how something beautiful and innocent can be twisted into something ugly and damning. Aria learns this lesson the hard way, and, in the process, her entire life changes.

Jason DiLaurentis is a busy, influential young man with places to go and people to see – charity events, fundraisers, alumni dinners. He is also single. Although he asks Spencer to accompany him in exchange for some new designer duds, she turns him down, instead suggesting he take someone else: Aria.

As Aria explores the many facets of her personality, she makes self-discoveries, ends an unhealthy relationship, and finally learns what being in love actually feels like.

What if Aria had not met Ezra in that bar; what if they had first met each other as teacher and student? This story takes a lot at how that might have changed their relationship... and helped to create another one.

With an oblique timeline, this story delves into how Jason would react to Aria's secrets if they were dating.

When Holden doesn't show up for school, Aria becomes unsettled, only to be comforted by an unexpected source of compassion.

When A gets their hands on one of Aria's sensitive journal entries, Ezra does not react well, and Aria emotionally runs straight into Jason's waiting arms.

A one-on-one counseling session during school with an unexpected source of wisdom opens Aria's eyes up to some painful truths.

It's prom time in Rosewood. Spencer's dreading the big day, and Jason's jealous as hell that Aria's going with Ezra, but the event proves to be a bonding point for the new siblings... and a surprising fairytale for a jilted pretty little liar.

When A kidnaps Aria, it becomes a race to see who in her life loves her enough to save her life.

When A sends Aria a cryptic note, she jumps to conclusions, only to learn a big secret and to reveal one of her own.

When Aria reaches a breaking point with her frustration over her stagnant relationship with Ezra, she turns to the last person she should talk to but the only person she wants to confide in: Jason. Their conversation brings unexpected revelations.

With one order, Anthony set in motion a chain of events that would, 5 years later, change an entire town's history & future. Jason, Elizabeth, Robin, Patrick, Maxie, Spinelli, Nadine, Nikolas, Johnny, Anthony, Alexis, Sonny, Carly, Jax, Claudia, & Diane

Jess was going to return to Trey's apartment at 8:00 to pick him up on her way to Vegas. What if Ryan would have arrived just a few minutes later? By tweaking the clock a little bit, the entire show could have been different.

As long since promised, this is the follow up piece to my submission to last year's IWRY Ficathon: Not an Addict. It picks up where the former piece ended. Buffy has promised to kill Angel for Lilah, desperate to get another fix.

When Max and Liz meet, she thinks he's just another boy in a bar with a bad pick-up line. But then they touch. It soon becomes apparent that there is something special about Max, and only together will they be able to discover the mysteries of his life.

Season One - Justin gets up to some mischief while watching Paige and Cooper, proving that a man never really outgrows his boyfriend fantasies.

The fourth alien from New York come to Roswell to help save Max & the others, but she's not what anyone would have been expecting had they known about the Dupes. Her presence causes the Roswell gang to question what they had thought to be the the truth.

Following 1.15, Hodgins can't stop thinking about the way Booth and Brennan embraced after the agent's rescue of the anthropologist. Wanting answers, he devises an experiment to get to the bottom of the partners' feelings for one another, roping in Zack.

Broken and confused with no path to follow in life or an any ambition, Jason spends one night after the other seeking out ways to destroy himself... until the night that he experiences the most exhilarating adrenaline rush yet. Immediately, he's addicted.

Two strangers stranded in an airport on Christmas Eve find themselves drawn to each other. But is the attraction natural, or is there something... magical... about it, and, once Christmas Eve turns into Christmas Day, will they go their separate ways?

With a vacation, Jason Morgan always tests his girlfriends, proving whether they are truly compatible or not. The trips are always a bust, though... until he's rescued by a woman extremely different from the types he usually dates.

A mysterious yet, at the same time, familiar young woman brings unexpected joys and unbelievable sorrows to Elizabeth, Jason, and their sons' lives when she gets a job as Elizabeth's art gallery assistant.

Following a series of unlikely events, Jason and Elizabeth find themselves continuously tossed together. After one too many coincidences, Elizabeth starts to suspect that there is more to the "accidents" than what meets the eye and enlists Jason's help.

When Liz's son comes to her, fearing that Santa isn't real, she confesses the reason behind her own unconditional belief in the figure and walks away from the talk with a steep promise for Santa to fulfill in order to convince her son of his existence.

Seattle, Washington. November 30th, 1999. Buffy is a protester; Angel is a cop. Their worlds collide. AU - Human.

Instead of dulling the nothingness by having sex with Spike after she returns from heaven, Buffy turns to a different sort of addiction. When she spins out of control, what... or who will be there to reel her back in, or will it be too late?

This is alternative look at the episode "The End of the World." What if Liz asked for more from Future Max than for him to dance with her like he did at their wedding; what if she asked for him to sleep with her as well?

Backed into a corner because of society and his family's expectations and rules, Jason is desperate to find a way to avoid a loveless marriage and be with the woman he loves. Enter Elizabeth Webber, one of the women his family has chosen for him to wed.

Needing to escape both the hospital and the clutches of Jason Quartermaine's family, a recently awakened from his coma Jason sets off without word or notice and finds himself a friend under the most unusual circumstances.

In trouble once more, Sonny looks for the quick and easy solution to his problems, obtaining for himself a mail order bride. However, she's not what he expected, not what he wanted, and he's everything she fears. As always, Jason is forced to intervene.

When Tristan posed the idea of Isolde returning to Britain with him, what if she would have said yes? What of their lives together, if anything, would have been different, and what would have been the same?

Traffic accident, job interview, grocery store – a woman never knows when and where they'll meet the person they'll eventually fall in love with. Sometimes it's the most mundane occurrences that lead to our greatest moments both in and out of the kitchen.

When her waste of a husband disappears with their rent money, a poor and unhappy Elizabeth faces unthinkable consequences for both her and her daughter with the help of an unlikely savior.

Restless and unable to sleep, Buffy leaves her house in the middle of the night, wandering Sunnydale until she stops and enters a local bar where a stranger's company dulls her worry and pain for just a few hours... or so she thinks. AU - Humans

For a man who seems to know so much, is it that much of a stretch to think that maybe Barrons knew of Mac's importance long before she did? As he reflects upon his relationship with Mac while she recovers from Priya, Barrons divulges his memories of her.

AU – Buffy might not be the slayer, but that doesn't mean she's not just as crafty, just as dangerous, just as deadly. Working as a secret operative, she sets her sights on Angel Investigations.

Estranged from his wealthy family, Jason Morgan returns home to attend his younger sister's engagement ball. While there, though, even known as a man without honor, he comes to a woman's rescue, one he remembers fondly from his youth.

A woman should never live her life in an effort to make others happy, no matter how much she may love them. Buffy, now an adult, finally learns that lesson on her wedding day.

What if V'lane hadn't retrieved Mac from Punta Cana? What if Barrons had gone after her instead? This is a small, alternative scene, written as a one shot.

In India to identity bodies in a mass grave, Brennan is surprised by Booth's sudden arrival only to recall how dangerous Mumbai can be on Valentine's Day. Will they escape the day or suffer the consequences of being in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Even though she has retired her slayer gig, Buffy is still single and celebrating the fact by observing the Korean holiday Black Day, but it's while eating her plate of noodles and black bean sauce when another reveler changes her dating status for good.

After hearing a suspicious phone call, Elizabeth Webber investigates. Has she just uncovered the plans for a modern Valentine's Day Massacre, or is she in even deeper, more personal hot water?

What if James had possessed Angelus' body, leaving Buffy the one vulnerable to the gun's destructive blast? Would he try to save her, and, if so, who would he turn to for help and at what consequences? Alternative History.

AJ Quartermaine feels on top of the world. He's got the girl, he's his life under control, and he's pretty sure he's finally going to be able to beat his little brother. However, as things tend to do with AJ, everything falls apart.

Elizabeth Webber's on her honeymoon, but the last thing she wants to do is actually spend time with her groom. Confused and having second thoughts, she hits the hotel bar only to find a solution in the least likely of places, from the least likely person.

When Elizabeth is adopted into the Quartermaine family after losing her mother, she finds some of the new relationships foisted upon her to be rather difficult to accept. They only become more challenging after Jason's accident.

Brennan is determined to solve her most recent case with Booth in a single afternoon, no matter what, even if it is New Year's Eve. Oh, and she's also eight months pregnant and in labor, too.

Determined to find a babysitter for NYE so he can spend some alone time with his wife, Jason scrambles all over town in an attempt to call in favors with his friends and family... only to find out that Elizabeth is much better at doing so than he is.

What if Lucky didn't die in the fire, and Elizabeth took off with him to New York to actualize their Bohemian dream? Years later, when she finally returns home, she feels as though she doesn't belong... just to meet someone else who feels that same way.

Feeling discontent and unsatisfied in her relationship, Buffy seeks out ways to improve her love life only to realize that she wasn't the only one angling for a change when it came to her personal attachments. AU, Human

A collection of drabbles exploring the beginning, middle, and end of an affair.

As Illyria grows weary of humanity, she decides to leave her corporeal ways behind. Before she goes, however, she sets about offering one last parting gift to the mortals she associated with… even if they don’t deserve her attention.

Lost, confused, and damaged emotionally, Elizabeth falls down only to wake up in a world she never could have imagined and where nothing is the same.

The morning after Buffy's 17th birthday, she wakes up different, and it's more than just the fact that she's no longer a virgin. When Angel experienced his moment of true happiness, he didn't lose his soul; he lost something else, something much worse.

When Wolfram and Hart use a little black magic and some rock and roll to compel Buffy and Angelus together for one cataclysmic yet passionate evening, consequences are rendered that neither the slayer nor the vampire expected, changing the world forever.

When Booth, Brennan, Cam, and Zack are left to their own devices after Angela and Hodgins' wedding that wasn't, three of them cook up trouble with alcohol, while the one remaining experiments their way into some very enlightening answers.

A Collection of 200 Drabbles to Honor the 200th Booth and Brennan Appreciation Thread at .

Buffy lives a lonely life on the Cleveland Hellmouth with her watcher, Giles. Things start to get interesting for her, though, when she continually manages to run into her mysterious neighbor on the elevator of the apartment building they both live in. AH

After Jason finds out he's going to be a father from Elizabeth, he goes to see Alan, and the conversation the father and son have spur the enforcer into drastically changing his life, but does that necessarily mean he'll be happy? One Shot

Set during the final episode of season one, Maria realizes that Tess isn't exactly who she claims to be, and she sets out to save all her friends from the fourth alien. Max and Liz, Michael and Maria, Alex and Isabel

When Brenda Barrett Morgan's stubborn, pig-headed, obstinate husband refuses to give her a divorce, she sets out to guarantee one... by finding Jason a mistress.

When mob enforcer Jason Morgan discovers a new criminal talent in town, just how exactly will he put that person to use serving his needs and wishes?

Angel's gone, and Buffy and Angelus find themselves drawn towards each other... whether they want to be or not. What will result from their shared and unwelcome feelings?

When sketch artist Elizabeth Webber meets the PCPD's new hotshot detective from the west coast, Detective Morgan, things don't exactly go too well. Oh, and there's also a dead body under the sidewalk, too, one who just so happens to be her ex-boyfriend.

Elizabeth Webber, a single mother, bites off more than she can chew when she decides to squat in one of mob boss Jason Morgan's safe houses.

Elizabeth is going to be fired if she's late for work just one more time, but, before this can happen, her own knight with a shiny plow shows up and rescues her. Will it be love at first sight, or will she and Jason have to dig a little deeper for love?

Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber, former acquaintances, meet up again under very tense, very unique extenuating circumstances. Things are going to get messy. AH

The holiday season has a funny way of catching up to Jason, Elizabeth, Cameron, and Jake when the Scorpio-Drakes take the on and off again couple's relationship into their own hands. Will they be able to pull off the biggest coup Port Charles has seen yet

In this culminating piece to my bickering, Liason series, Jason and Elizabeth see each other after almost a year's time. At her first professional art gallery showing, Jason discovers her latest means of revenge against him and dishes out some of his own.

Living a life separate from the mob, Jason Morgan enjoys the simple things in life, but, when his new neighbor, Elizabeth, starts to encroach upon his solitary peace and quiet, nothing is going to be simple for the blonde again.

Following Devious Apologies, this story presents what happens when Elizabeth tries to move on from her vengeful games with Jason Morgan by dating someone else. Let's just say her date doesn't go as planned.

When Elizabeth Webber's world... and engagement to Lucky Spencer... crumbles down around her, Jason Morgan, the ever ready black knight, is there to help her pick up the pieces.

Following in the steps of Finders Keepers and Driftwood Perspectives, Devious Apologies returns Elizabeth Webber to vengeance mode as she seeks retribution against her nemesis, Jason Morgan, once again. Can anyone say sweet tooth?

When Jason Morgan's son toilet papers a stranger's house, he forces the teenager to apologize and clean up after himself, but, unwittingly, the mobster gives himself the best Halloween treat he could have asked for: Elizabeth Webber.

When pressed into a corner, Elizabeth Webber proves that she will do anything for those she loves, showing the world that she can be just as dark and dangerous as the man she loves. WARNING: Contains Slight Spoilers!

In this sequel to Finders Keepers, Jason Morgan returns the favor and gets a little vengeance of his own against a sly and quick witted Elizabeth Webber.

This presents a harrowing portrait of what life COULD have been like for Elizabeth if the truth about Jake's paternity had not been revealed to a select set of key players.

When Elizabeth Webber is accused of being a witch in 17th century England, she finds sanctuary from the oddest of sources.

When the sins of Jason Quartermaine are visited upon Jason Morgan, Elizabeth Webber leaves her victim in a very precarious position.

Forced to live under a curse, Jason Morgan and Elizabeth Webber, both half man and half beast, must find a way to survive until someone or something can lift the spell that controls their very existence.

Elizabeth Webber has a sweet tooth. The problem? She might just be going after satisfying her craving the wrong way. Will Doctor Jason Morgan be able to change her course before it's too late? - A New, Holiday Inspired, Fluffy One Shot

Although not each other's dates, when Nadine Crowell and Johnny Zacchara run into each other and end up spending the majority of their time together at the reopening party of the Haunted Star, it's only the beginning of their interaction with one another.

Dissatisfied with his lot in life, Ryan Atwood gets an unexpected second chance in a new world thanks to an unlikely source. Flash Fic, one shot

As just a young girl, Elizabeth Webber falls in love with an older, mysterious man... one that no one else can see. ONE SHOT

Ryan and Marissa are best friends and roommates who also just so happen to have feelings for each other, too. However, neither of them know how to react to those feelings. ONE SHOT

Spinelli, in an effort to make the four people he loves the most in the world happier, sets up a blind, double date. The only problem is that his matchmaking skills leave something to be desired. Ask Jason, Johnny, Nadine, and Elizabeth. ONE SHOT

It's September 1st, 1864, and Southern belle Elizabeth Webber is about to find herself in more trouble than she bargained for. As Atlanta falls, so does she. ONE SHOT

New in town, Nurse Elizabeth Webber is about to go on her first date since a disastrous, failed engagement. The only problem is that she's going out with the wrong guy. ONE SHOT

Spinelli's getting married, and Jason is his best man. However, when it comes to the bachelor party, things don't go as Jason had planned. ONE SHOT

Michael Corinthos III is jealous of his uncle's love for another child, and, because of his jealousy, he does something Jason will never be able to forgive him for. ONE SHOT **Warning: This story contains graphic violence and sexual assault.**

Edward Quartermaine has a plan to bring his middle grandson back to the family fold, but little does he know that Jason Morgan is about to willingly come to him... at a price.

One Shot - This is a glance at Jason and Elizabeth last spring and what could have happened between them if she would have stopped dancing and backtracking around the issue and simply told him how she felt.

Jason Quartermaine still suffers a brain injury and becomes Jason Morgan, and Elizabeth Webber is still an artist, but nothing else for these two individuals is the same in this one shot.

Each person's breaking point is individual and unique. What will it take for Marissa to reach hers, and, by the time she does, will Ryan still be there to help her, to love her? AU

Sometimes in life, one must do things that are a necessary evil. This is a lesson Jason Morgan learned while still a child, and, as he matures, falls in love, and becomes the man he wants to be, it will be a lesson he'll never be able to forget.

What if Johnny and Nadine knew each other before they came to Port Charles? What if they were once involved but promised to keep their relationship a secret? And what if said secret relationship meant more at the time than either of them were aware of?

Nadine Crowell has a weakness for door-to-door salesmen, but the odd personality quirk just might catch up to her and prove to be her downfall.

Just when Ryan Atwood thought he was finally free of his mother, she, literally, comes back from the grave to haunt him. - AU/AH one shot

It's Caleb and Julie Nichol's first wedding anniversary, and it's a party NO ONE in Newport will EVER forget. AH, one shot

Marissa Cooper, unexpectedly, gets a new assignment at work, and it will catch her by surprise when she figures out just who her assignment is. flash fic, one shot

Elizabeth finds a rather unusual yet still gratifying way to recognize her wedding anniversary. Written in response to the fanfic challenge for The Canvas' 7th Birthday. One shot.

Two strangers meet under extraordinary circumstances, and their lives will never be the same again. AU, one shot

Jason Quartermaine is in an unhappy marriage, and Elizabeth Webber has just moved to Port Charles. Will they meet, and, if they do, what will happen? AH

Sometimes you don't realize how much you wanted something until it's already gone. one shot

In response to the challenge at the gh jason morgan community on lj, this is my entry. In it, Jason returns home for a brief visit in 2000 to surprise someone for Valentine's Day. one shot

In response to the Valentine's Day challenge at The Canvas, this ficlet is a fluffy piece that explores Jason's quest to find the perfect Valentine's Day gift for his wife. Craziness ensues, and he might just be the one who ends up suprised at the end.

Remember those crazy, holiday obsessed Atwoods? Well, they're back, and, this time, their fourth child is going to be born on Valentine's Day. For the OCFFVD08 Challenge.

After a difference of opinion at a football game, Ryan and Marissa, strangers, meet in Judge Sanford Cohen's courtroom. Things get sketchy. OCFF#13: TOUCHDOWN!

Flash Fic: When Marissa Cooper wakes up from an erotic dream, everything is not what it seemed, and it will never be the same again.

When Elizabeth's spontaneous New Year's Eve plans go awry, something, someone steps in and turns her world upside down, giving her a holiday she'll never forget. AU

Misunderstandings and jumping to conclusions lead to a very merry Christmas for Ryan and Marissa. Written for the OC Flash Fic Christmas Around the World Challenge.

Ryan Atwood's first Thanksgiving with the Cohens does not go as planned. However, luckily, he finds something to be grateful for anyway.

Little Hadley Noel's Uncle Seth has a penchant for buying her innappropriate presents for her birthday and Christmas. Find out how a pig throws the entire Atwood household into turmoil. Flash Fic

This is the sequel to Love's Fool. It jumps ahead about fifteen years, and it shows you what has happened to Ryan, Marissa, Garrett, Cooper, Loren, and a few new characters.

In response to the first ever flash fic prompt at the OCFICCHALLENGE community on LJ, this is my entry. Do you have a favorite flavor? Ryan does.

Once a year, two people meet up on Halloween for thirteen years straight. During the rest of the year, their paths never seem to cross. Are the brief meetings meaningful enough to form something lasting? AU 13 Flash Fic Pieces Canvas' HFF07 Challenge

In the middle of executing a hit, Jason realizes just how much Elizabeth really means to him. One Shot Very emotional.

Marissa Cooper is a nerd Ryan Atwood works in politics. It's a strange world where it takes an even more unlikely setup to get these two people to interact with each other. AU One shot

Elizabeth is new in town, 21, and looking for a job. Jason Morgan has just been given his friend's son to take care of and look after as his own. Things get interesting when Miss Webber shows up at the moblord's door looking to for a job. Slightly AU.

One Shot After two more murders, Jason and Elizabeth both become personally insightful as they listen to the rain.

AU One Shot Thirty something year olds Marissa and Summer are best friends. They've shared everything in life since they were in first grade. However, they're about to share something neither of them ever expected. Based upon the Rilo Kiley song.

AU One Shot Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

AU One Shot It is 1935 in rural America during the Great Depression when two strangers meet and fall in love. What happens when hardships strikes and threatens their world?

Have you ever fantasized about having sex in a funeral parlor? If so, then this is your one shot. AU

Marissa Carter's life is spinning out of control, and it will take the strangest of situations to help her make sense of it. Winner of the Possible Fic Vote Option 3: road trip, doctor, infidelity, snow, secret AU

Jason is in Vegas with Brenda to get married, and Elizabeth is in town to help Luke run yet another scam. What happens when their paths cross in a very unlikely place?

One Shot Ryan and Marissa are seniors in college. This one shot takes another look at just how they might have tried their relationship one last time.

Marissa Cooper, an elementary school teacher, is new in town and looking to make a life for herself. Ryan Atwood, native of Chino, is trying to make sense of the life he was given. Too bad Margaret Margie Miller, town busybody, has plans for them.

One Shot Marissa doesn't die, she doesn't go with Jackss Jimbo on his boat, and she DOES go to college with Ryan in the fall. This is just a fun way to get them back together once they're in school. FLUFF!

This is the much awaited and procrastinated sequel to Fear of Falling. Where has life taken Ryan and Marissa three more years down the line? Does he know about his son? Are they single? Find out if they can reconnect or if they're destined to remain apart

AU, Historical Drama one shot In the middle of a war torn state, a stranger happens upon a disguised young woman and helps her escape the reality of her life and a husband she doesn't love. Do they find happiness in each other?

What if Ryan was adopted by the Cohens when he was a child? What if he was the one with substance abuse problems? What if he and Marissa were never anything more but friends? And what if one painful event destroyed their bond? Then what? AH

Future One Shot This is the follow up piece to Let It Die. In it, six months down the line, Elizabeth goes after what...or whom...she wants. The story also features appearances by Patrick, Spinelli, Carly, Max, and Milo.

Jason and Elizabeth's best friends both use an online dating website to set them up. However, things don't go as planned when the tobe couple already know each other and don't get along.

One Shot In the course of one day, Elizabeth has three conversations that help her make a very important decision.

AU One Shot Marissa is kidnapped and must depend upon on of her kidnappers to get out of the situation alive.

One Shot from a fic challenge: What if the Cohens refused to let Ryan leave and Theresa agreed to stay in Newport to have the baby? How would RM deal with her having Ryan's child and trying to still maintain their relationship?

Marissa Cooper caught her fiance cheating on her two weeks before their wedding, dumped him, but now is facing the daunting task of seeing him and his new fiance at her ten year high school reunion. Unable to find a date, she takes a drastic measure. AU

This is a one shot that was used in a fanfic challenge. The prompt was: You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. RM AU Future

One Shot: Jason and Elizabeth sacrifice their own happiness to ensure those in their lives are not hurt. Based upon the lyrics to Inara George's song Fools in Love.

The girls take Liz to Jake's for a bachelorette party. Too bad the bridetobe can't drink, is bored, and is desperate to talk to someone. What happens when she suggests a friendly little game of truth....and truth? ONE SHOT

Problems with conception can destroy a marriage. Will that happen to Ryan and Marissa, and, if not, will they ever get a child of their own? Future Fic This is semi AU because, obviously, Marissa is alive and the past has been changed.

What happens when the forbidden becomes reality? Jason and Elizabeth find themselves in a torrid, secret affair that could lead to disasterous consequences. Too bad they don't care.

Elizabeth is eight months pregant and miserable as she lives the lie she's been forced to tell. What happens when she tells Jason exactly how she feels in an emotional confrontation at a bar they share a past with? WARNING: CIRCUMSTANTIAL SPOILERS!

An AU fic where Ryan and Marissa do not know each other but meet up on the last night they are in college. A bet is made who will be the winner? NOW EXTENDED INTO A FICLET!

What happens when what was supposed to be an anonymous one night stand leaves his business card behind? It sends Marissa Cooper's world into a tailspin! AURM

It's a masked costumed party. Will Marissa's blind date be as BAD as she hoped? This is a slightly AU one shot, written for my friend Mel's bday. Enjoy!

This one shot shows what could have happened if Ryan had gone with Marissa to the lifeguard stand after Jimmy's disasterous Going Away party instead of DJ. Requested by spidergirl91.

Ryan Atwood and Marissa Cooper meet on a transcontinental flight from Columbus, Ohio to Seattle, Washington when something goes disasterously wrong. In the face of death, they share the most profound moment in either of their lives, forever changing the c

A fun tale of an alternative, seasonal way Ryan and Marissa could have met each other. AU One Shot NOW A TWO PART DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!

Marissa Cooper is running late on the worst day imaginable, and, just her luck, traffic is absolutely horrible that day. What happens when she meets Ryan Atwood under the most stressing situation possible? AU NOW A FICLET

What happens when Ryan has lived a life of luxury in Newport while Marissa, in Chino, is struggling to survive. Will they still fall in love, and will they be able to get past their difference to maintain a steady relationship? [AU]

Ryan and Marissa have very INTERESTING jobs. Can they get past the awkwardness of their first meeting and form a relationship?

What happens when the tables are turned at prom and Marissa cheats on Volchok instead of the other way around?

This is another AU fic that shows what happens when promises are broken, vows are forgotten, and two people fall in love when they know they really shouldn't. What starts out as feisty attraction turns into genuine feelings as the two completely different

Life as we know it in Newport does not exist, and things are about to change forever as Marissa Cooper comes to town. Raised outside of Newport in a very different lifestyle, she is not the girl we all know from the show, and when she enters into the live

It's Christmas in Seattle and Addison is miserable. Perhaps the last thing she expects though is just the thing to cheer her up.

Ryan and Marissa face the most difficult challenge ever presented to them. Will they survive with their sanity intact? Based upon Ben Folds Five's Brick.

AU Ryan and Marissa are 24, completing their Master programs, and seemingly in a perfect relationship, but as his fears tear them apart, he must win her back.

A little fun a mile high with comical consequences when Ryan and Marissa, college students, go on spring break.

This is a sequal to Fate, an another one shot, and it takes a look at what happens to Ryan and Marissa after she passes out in her office when he arrives to test her theory of her marriage contacts.

Marissa and Ryan have never met until, in the most unexpected way, their lives collide and make for a very interesting weekend.

Something mysterious happens to Marissa and Ryan after the car accident that will forever change their lives. Will they get revenge, and, if so, how will they celebrate?

This is a one shot which shows just what could have happened if Gabrielle Caleb's girlfriend, season one had gone after another man in the Cohen household.

Set after Marissa stops Sadie from leaving, but it has a different ending for both Ryan and Marissa.

A One Shot: Set during the summer between S2 and S3, Ryan and Marissa are trying to deal with the aftermath of the shooting. Ryan has shut down and avoids the topic completely, not having discussed that night with Marissa or anyone else for that matter. W

A One Shot: End of Season 3, hypothetical Ryan and Marissa have just gotten back together, only to find out soon after he is the father of Theresa’s baby. It’s a graduation party held at the Cohen’s and he’s decided to forego college this year and to leav

One Shot: Ryan leaves with only a simple, confusing not in the middle of the night. What happens to Marissa, Ryan, and their connection?