Kelton's reckoning occurs through blood and bullets; theirs could also be counted in shell-casings and scars, but at least she and Jay have survived. So far, at least. [or: the three times during the finale hailey thinks about it, and the one time afterwards that she doesn't.]

Stiles glances up from his spot half-knelt in the dirt, his fingers and wrists dark with ash and the tail end of a spell lingering in the air. Lydia thinks, you're the one who always figures it out, and wills it to be true again. "We deserve normal, now. And I promise you can have it, after this." [a daemon!college au in which stiles and lydia solve a mystery and avoid feelings.]

He's got a couple orders to fill. Stiles makes hers last so she has to linger longer; it's a silly thing to do maybe, but he's always been a bit of a selfish thing. [or the coffeeshop AU that miraculously no one has written yet. rated for explicit language and sexy times]

There are too many thoughts at once. The first is, 'this cannot be happening.' The fifth is, 'you should have seen this coming.' The last is, 'is this what she felt like when I was gone' [aka Cameron and Kirsten and immediate finale emotions]

Jasper thinks of the shores of the Thames and feels suddenly, oddly, rushingly homesick (he can't settle on the thought that London is home now, lest he allow it to be true, lest he accept that this girl has fundamentally and irrevocably taken what he'd thought of his life and pulled it into her orbit). God, he's so fucked. [in which jasper follows eleanor.]

It's almost as though they've done this before, like they've done it countless times; Lydia will never know for certain how they arrived here, at this point where their hands intertwined is as familiar as her own heartbeat, but they are and she can only be grateful. [2nd in the '(with your help now) I will be alright' series]

Lydia knows the symbolism of arrow tattoos, that they only move in one direction – forward – but she doesn't mind that hers will serve to root her in the past. Not with a person she loves so much. (i.e - in which everything is the same, except lydia gets a tattoo) [1st in the '(with your help now) I will be alright' series]

It is 11:36 PM and the King is dead. [aka immediate finale aftermaths]

Part of Kai (the 'Luke' part) insists that Bonnie doesn't owe him anything, that even a shot at redemption in her eyes is more than he should be allowed in this new second life, but the larger, older parts of him did not grow up while he was frozen in time. There is a reason Malachai won the merge, after all. [a 6.17 character study, and the question, what next?]

He has to will his hand not to shake when he weaves his fingers through the fragile piece of hair framing her face, when he cups her cheek (she leans into his palm and Stiles thinks of werewolf anchors and strong connections and the desire to be her emotional tether is something rooted and hot in his chest) and says, "I'm sorry."

He says, "Go with Scott," and she's not sure why but it feels like a betrayal. (aka obligatory finale feels fest.) [9th and final fic in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

Joan and Sherlock and immediate aftermaths. [Episode Tag to 2.21 "Paint It Black"]

'For a heartbeat or two there is an oddly fragile silence, before it is shattered by the rustle of motion; Lydia drags herself forward just as Stiles reaches to pull her in' (or - Stiles and Lydia and the simple truth of just needing someone to keep the shadows at bay). [8th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

If she looks at his face and not at their hands, Lydia can't think about that ancient Japanese legend and hear words like, fate and destiny. [7th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

A kiss seals two souls for a moment in time. - Levende Waters (lydia/stiles, issac/allison)

There is that awful sensation of falling, suddenly–Lydia's eyes latch onto a smatter of dark marks in the shadow of Stiles' throat like they're anchors on a raging sea. How can that be? she wonders, how can he be her undoing and her salvation all at once? "What is the Lydia Martin still afraid of?" [6th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

emotional tether is a strong word. - (or: episodic studies on Allison and Isaac/Lydia and Stiles because changing relationships are as powerful as anything)

"Isaac James Lahey if you ever leave me alone in a hospital without answering your phone again I am going to kick your supernatural ass into the next millenium, do you hear me?" or: Lydia and Isaac and aftermaths. [5th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

Sleep comes in stages - these are theirs. (or: five times Lydia finds herself sleeping with/in the vicinity of Stiles, and feelings) [4th in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

in which Lydia convinces herself that she and Stiles should probably learn to defend themselves, especially against creepy douche new kids who can't take 'no' for an answer. [3rd in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

for a moment Lydia can't distinguish the whimpers from wolf to boy and then Isaac is shaking with the force of his sobs. It is too much grief in too small a space – she is caught in its tide and it's all Lydia can do to grab at Isaac's shoulder and pull him in. [2nd in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

She gets exactly two hours and seven minutes of quiet before he starts up again. Post - Motel California [1st in the 'toss me a heavy rope' series]

[8th in the SDYG series] In that moment, gone is her speed and agility and inhuman reflexes. She is just a girl about to fall into a lake; Caroline imagines the darkness of the water swallowing her up and wonders what it would be like to simply sink down to the bottom and stay there forever. But Klaus is there.

At first, he's just a dark shadow against the bright light of the moon. But as Rapunzel looks closer, leaning further over the windows' edge, she realizes that those graceful, looping arcs are not the work of a moonlit bird as she'd previously thought. It's a boy. [eventual Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons crossover fic]

[7th in the SDYG series] He stands feet apart and arms behind his back, and when he smiles at the sight of her something aches in her chest. She could spend centuries wondering—another time, another place, if he were less murderous and she less bound still by the human qualities of her life—what could they have been?

"Tash?" she asks with a faint snort and if he wasn't supposed to be her killer Clint probably would have laughed. - Minor language

In a tiny room on the dark ocean, Marta faces all the things from which she has run. "You're okay." Aaron is reaching up to brush her hair from the back of her neck, and something deep in her chest aches. He presses words into the hair curling behind her ear. "I've got you. I've got you."

"Harvey's eyes rove over the sleeping face of his brilliant associate, slack and untroubled in the dim light. He leans back against the headboard and reasons that just closing his eyes for a minute wouldn't hurt. The faint pressure of Mike's fingers against his heartbeat follows him down into the dark." Sick!Mike companion piece to "i'm drifting out of deep oceans."

Sometimes, she figures, she could be so in love with Harvey Specter that it hurts. -Tags to 2x07 and 2x08

No one tells her, "It was just a job." No one says, "There will be other bosses." Because it wasn't, and there won't be. She might be alright, eventually, but before the thought can fully form in her mind, the phone rings. It's Mike.

[6th in the SYDG series] Caroline wants to ask him how much has changed between them - it seems somehow as though the tide is suddenly moving sideways and she doesn't know which way to swim.

[5th in the SDYG series] Post 3.16 - Caroline has yet to figure out what exactly allows him past her carefully constructed shields with so little resistance. Why is the truth so easy with him?"

[4th in the SDYG series] The last thing Caroline expected of tonight was Damon Salvatore's opinion on her quasi-relationship with the most dangerous being in town. But this is Mystic Falls; it's a wonder she's not used to it by now.

[3rd in the SDYG series] He presses closer, sliding his free hand up her thigh and pleased at the way their bodies shift together, at the slight hitch of her breath. "I could make you want me."

[2nd in the SDYG series] Klaus's fingers are ghosting patterns of blood over her skin and Caroline wonders what the colour would look like on his canvas.

[1st in the Set Down Your Glass series] "You want to slow dance." Klaus's apparent delight is just making all of this worse. At Caroline's obvious hesitance, his lips curve. She's reminded of a slinking panther. Careful. "Indulge me."

Though she's never spoken of it, Caroline supposes this is what Elena must have felt watching Damon deteriorate, dying right before her eyes. How is she supposed to move on from this? :3x15 speculation, Klaroline:

She let her hands play in the hair of the tragic boy. She was not a little girl heart-broken about him; she was a grown woman smiling at it all, but they were wet smiles. - J.M Barrie :Amy/Eleven friendship:

In what looks like the battle to decide the fate of Camelot, Merlin's luck runs out just as all is revealed. Slight Merlin/Arthur, if you squint.

Blaine makes a choice that might just change everything, in the best way possible. Post "New York."

Falling. The bishop falls for her, as does the die for him. It's like a kick, pulling them up for air when they find themselves drowning in the shadows of an ill-fated dream, thrown in by someone who wants nothing more than to rip them apart. Complete!

Ariadne considers a tempting future. Post "Capitulation" epilogue/one-shot...thing. AxA

"...we get that this, him going back, is hard on both of you, because he's getting his family back and we're losing someone who changed us forever. But it's going to be okay, Blaine. I promise." Wes, David, Klaine, and the Somewhere performance.

Prentiss reflects on what her life is now. "Some nights, passing headlights and distant voices causes her heart to hurt. They aren't calling. They aren't coming. They never will again." Post 6x18 - Lauren

Of the scar, burn, puncture, and target variety. From before, from after, and from in between that will never quite fade. Minor language.

The Doctor has nightmares. "She's always been a light sleeper, ever since — well, it's another thing she can attribute to the madman with the box. The Doctor moans intelligibly. It feels like forever before she can bring herself to open the door."

"If I'd known red wasn't your colour I wouldn't have suggested that sweater last week." The following laugh is half-hearted and they both know it. - Post Sue Sylvester Shuffle Bowl. Klaine

In which lessons are learned. Dalton boys learn self-control, Karofsky discovers regret, and Kurt finally understands what that infamous seven-letter word really means. Sequel to 'Paper Thin' Klaine

'And so they stand there in the dim corner, tucked away from the rest of the world, drowning in their sadness and pain but hanging on—just barely—to each other.' Distant relative of "Ties that Bind." Klaine-ish angstfest because Karofsky is a jerk.

Wherein Blaine reflects on Kurt, Sectionals, and this very ugly taste that seems to be invading his mouth lately every time he speaks. Set in/Spoilers for 'Special Education'. Complete

'Not once does Kurt get called Lady Boy. Although if he has to admit it, Porcelain had been starting to grow on him.' Actual follow up to Midnight Mettle and White Queen. Post 'Furt'

Blaine hears an intake of breath, followed by "Kurt! Oh my god. Call an ambulance. Finn! Just do it—Sam? Sam! What—?" And then nothing. Quasi-sequel to Midnight Mettle and White Queen. Klaine one-shot.

She knows what this is the second he starts that ridiculous swaying. Hermione knows and a dark, tiny part of her hates him for it. She doesn't see the point in this. But for some reason she gives in anyway. Spoilers for DH Part 1.

"Kurt needs you, Blaine. He needs a friend like you now more than ever." She doesn't mean to tear up. But it happens anyway. "Don't screw this up for him. Just don't, okay? Please." Because Mercedes will always look out for him. Slight Klaine

Kurt wants to say more, to thank Blaine for the absurdity of the hour in which the elder boy's kindness wound around him like the faint smell of his mother's perfume. But 'Hey' is the only thing that comes out. Klaine - Complete.

Elena had always hoped she'd never have to depend on Damon, what with his almost PMS-like mood swings and general air of anger and blood-lust and unpredictability. Damon is all she has left. /Missing Scene/Tag: Miss Mystic Falls./ :Damon/Elena:

There is a chance, he thinks. There is a chance that maybe; just maybe...she can redeem him. -Damon/Elena-

The steady beat of her heart and the undeniable sweetness of her scent means that she's safe. -Missing scene from episode 1x11: Bloodlines- :Damon/Elena:

[SasuSaku] Reunions. Football. Music. Friends. Enemies. Jealousy. Trust. Promises. Dares. Kisses. Tears. Love. So is the way of best friends. [Epilogue Up.]

It's a testament to Robin's ability to walk through walls that this has never happened before. A midnight visit goes awry with a distraught Marian, a returned engagement ring, and an overly-aggravating Gisbourne. :One shot:

And then came the Routine. The Routine had only been deviated from twice. Two missions, two sides of the same kunoichi, and one Uchiha saving the day.

A companion fic to Those Things We Do: "I-I just wanted to say...I um, thanks." If anything, his smirk only grew wider. Dasey.

ONESHOT "God dammit Derek, let me go!" But he didn't. He wouldn't. Couldn't. Slight Dasey.

They liked to think their friendship could withstand anything. But time has always been a force to be reckoned with... SasuSaku, NejiTen, ShikaIno, NaruHina. Plot courtesy of and co-written by Jasmin Kaiba.

You wouldn't expect Sasuke Uchiha to know a lot about love. He's Sasuke Uchiha, after all. But, as it turns out, our favourite avenger knows a lot more than we, and maybe even he himself, realize. One-shot.

Sora, Matt, and Tai. They're a trio, the best of friends. As Senior Year begins, things begin to get crazy. Still, they have each other. But what happens when notions are entertained and the fine line between love and friendship blurs beyond recognition?

After an accident, Cagalli loses her memory. How will this experience change her? And more importantly, how will it affect her relationship with the enigma that is Athrun Zala, the only person she remembers? ON HIATUS