Holding on is hell, but they have to hold on to each other. 11x10.

AU. For private investigator April Kepner and her cop best friend Jackson Avery, crimes of aggression are easy enough to solve. Crimes of passion, however – say, the kind of passion that happens one night when there's blood and rainwater on the floor – are a bit more tricky.

I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have ended up doing the same thing, in a safer place, in gray clothes instead of black ones. Fourtris.

Reduced function in the hand leads to reduced function in the heart. AU, post 10x17.

The man in the mirror should probably have stayed home. Jackson's POV of April's (almost) wedding.

They were never best friends before now, but she knocks on his door when he has nightmares, and sometimes she goes inside. It's not fine (and it's not love), but it will be.

You're going to look back on this when you're old, when you're tired, when you're richer than Midas with a lifetime of memories. You're going to think there is no better day to get married than your wedding day, the day that became the day that was meant to be your wedding day.

France, 2492. A self-important man (in a manner of speaking) and an ungrateful girl (in a manner of speaking) share a special occasion.

Lately, she's been all about firsts. 9x21.

A continuation of the alternate timeline: April goes to another bar and drinks bourbon because it's strong. Jackson sits down next to her because she hasn't changed too much and her lower lip is still wobbling like she might cry.

And now he's here, saying all that, asking all that, and all I can think about is O Holy Night, and the only question on my mind is whether Jackson is my thrill of hope, and whether I'm his weary world.

"What sets us apart from the animals is that we can think, feel, dream and love." Jackson and April's relationship, from interns to attendings.

Love leaves through the open door, and love stays to help her through the worst. If Peeta had left instead of Gale.

Oh, Finnick, why don't you know? Why can't you see? A wistful 'what if' Johanna character sketch.

It's not like it's 1940 and he's here to wait as long as it takes for his showgirl. AU, the stage is set for Puck and Quinn reunite post-college, him in his heavy boots and her in her white cardigan.

He is the reason the weak fear the dark, but he draws strength from her light. There are words between them, but they'll take time - they two will take time.

A short history of desperation and devotion.

I did not choose to love you, as you stand there and hate me, but I do. Post 10x02.

Rosemarie: after her grandmothers. Melike: the name of a queen. It denotes beauty, importance, a beloved child.

I had to take him in, to drink him in: the chin length brown hair, tied back in its usual ponytail; the brown eyes, not as dark as mine but softer, stronger; the gorgeous face, almost stern like a teacher, like when he had been my teacher.

The sequel to 'These Strings That Bind', 'And Tear Us Apart Again' and 'Heartbeat Come Undone' - a compilation of vignettes exploring C/B's past, present and future, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sharp or sweet or sour. Bittersweet and strange.

Surgery is so much easier. Surgery has process, rhythm, predictability. Love has none of those. Post 9x24.

Alfonso's blood is drying on her throat, wetting his tongue, and the taste of it means that they are no longer human. They are Spanish dogs, run mad in the heat of a single night, and he is a cur, and she is his bitch. 3x10.

Here is where a witch saw how I love you. It is written upon my hand. Post 3x09.

Tyler Lockwood and Caroline Forbes cordially invite Niklaus Mikaelson to their wedding, to take place on...

The real Klaus checks up on the real Caroline. Post 4x21.

How could she ever compare to me, I who have always known where it is that makes you happy and where it is that makes you hurt. 3x04, sisterly love and sisterly hate.

They are before sin: Adam and Eve falling, but not yet Fallen. Post 3x03.

Let me taste your forbidden fruit. Let us create a new kind of brother and sisterhood. 3x03, Lucrezia to her brother, Cesare to his sister.

You have to be cool to be queen. Inspired by the axed episode of the same name from season one.

Chastisement is a strange way of showing you care, and visiting a murderer is a strange way of paying your respects.

A love letter is written from a queen to a king. Special thanks to Henry Bass for being good while his mother wrote this, and to Auntie Serena for the tissues.

One hybrid, one vampire, one rickety barstool. "You're a fool to treat your body like currency, to use it to get what you want while you want it."

Beauty queen of only eighteen, she's curious and he's glad she came.

Dazzling. Dangerous. Damned. The year is 1900, and Jenny Bass is taking the city by storm. Too bad her husband has his eyes on the prize she lost him, and too bad his princess is about to be besieged. Hearts will break; heads will roll.

"Again." They're going to break through the wall, the floor, they're going to set the room on fire. Based on the season six promo.

There's never enough time to be selfish. Intimate Galeniss.

They could have, should have been. Galeniss at the Reaping.

Their colours are bleeding together, red and white, victory and surrender. The bed is a battleground, and she's come to fight for him. Post season five finale, Chuck and Blair work out their issues - and some kinks.

Chuck. Blair. The casino. Crossing the floor is fording the ocean, but she knows how to swim.

He'd rather have all than nothing, nothing than half. There is no nutritional equivalent to true love.

With she still in her ballgown and he still in his tux, they talk - or don't talk.

Repost, previously entitled 'A Little Tyrant'. They do the nursery rhyme backwards: first comes the baby carriage, then comes the war, then comes surrender as the clothes hit the floor.

Of all the many dilemmas in life - and death - this is the worst: should I be more worried about the fact that he might kill me or that I haven't washed my hair? Fluffy Klaroline.

Though April may be more famous for its showers, it’s important to remember that peace and goodwill should last all year round. Here’s how our favourite UES-ers keep the Yule time gay in customary style. NJBC, N/S, C/B, future fic.

The sequel to 'These Strings That Bind' and 'And Tear Us Apart Again' - a compilation of vignettes which span C/B's past, present and future with more than enough room left over for drama, tears, laughter and love. Vive l'amour.

A princess honours her country first and her heart second. Blair character sketch set post 5x14, no particular pairing.

"You love him." "I do. You love her." "I do." Dan and Blair, mutually in love. Sex lives. Gin martinis. A white sun dress. This is how friendship should be.

For you, I push all my chips to the centre of the table. I give it all so you will win. My perspective on 'let him live'.

Beautiful. Dirty. Rich. The year is 1899, and society belle Blair Waldorf rules the ballroom. Desired by many and envied by all, Blair seems above reproach...until the one person with the power to ruin it all returns with his heart set on her destruction.

A conscientious objector, he won't help her cut. He knows who'll kill them all if he discovers another was first to know her secret. Chair emphasis but Dair interaction, no pairing hate please.

It starts out as a mistake: summer of '08, a bonfire on the beach. Her last summer before adulthood, and still she hates fire. AU, five summers in the Hamptons until a boy and a girl realise they hate the idea of being without each other.

It's a special kind of irony that the thing you want the most is always what you can't have. The apple had nothing to do with it - he wanted Eve.

It is the fate of some roses to love thorns; it takes nine months for a marriage to fall apart, and a great love once lost to bloom.

In a vain attempt at a birthday present, I attempt to make Chuck and Blair user friendly for even the most teen drama fearing among us. Failing that, it's also good for a laugh and contains someone named Audrey Creamhorn.

The Beast broke Beauty. The names are different, but he understands. He understands that he does not deserve to be forgiven.

There are no words for your heart and mine; I take thee, to have and to hold, 'til death do us part - like a life sentence, Waldorf, only you don't get time off for good behaviour.

She eats their love alive, and then she eats herself. Jenny 3x22 character sketch, implied C/J, C/B.

AU. A tortured billionaire. A beautiful thief. In a world of possibilities, there's only so many ways to find each other.

And I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too, so I stayed in the darkness with you; even despair can sometimes bring us to a new happy ending. Warning: character deaths.

When she gets burned, she doesn't want his love. When he fights back, she needs it.

The harsh words of a mother turned a young Blair Waldorf to ice and even as one of London's most famous beauties, she spurns the company of men and vows never to love. There's just one problem with playing with fire: you might just get burnt. AU/Hist.

Some people think with their heads, and some with their hearts. She thinks with the hole in her heart so she never has to give the whole of her heart away. Blair Waldorf character sketch, endgame C/B.

She doesn't want to lose this - him.

...and hear the angels sing. A series of C/B oneshots which are, conveniently enough, also Christmas presents for my very nearest and dearest.

What is she to him, anyway?

The Non-Judging Breakfast Club lie on a golf course in the Hamptons and reflect. C/B, slight N/S.

The sequel to 'These Strings That Bind' - a collection of vignettes which document C/B's past, present and future, complete with a little angst, a little fluff, a little lovin' and a little laughter. Variety is the spice of life, after all.

What if Gossip Girl monitored Facebook? What kind of posts would she intercept? What new secrets would she uncover? Discover the clubs, pages and statuses which make up the lives of your favourite Upper East Siders.

The sickness comes upon them like a wildfire, and oh how it burns. For SaturnineSunshine.

On reflection, it really would be easier if everyone just followed through on their promises and he stopped looking at her like that. MerDer, season two finale.

When it seems like all hope of that nothing becoming a something has gone, Quinn's decision to move out spurs Puck into action.

Puck and Quinn may have a difficult relationship, but Quinn still fights for their baby because on some level it feels like she's fighting for them.

A collection of C/B vignettes covering their past, present and future. Some are fluffy, some are angsty, some are long and some are short, but all were written with great love for one of my favourite ever pairings.

Rules regarding lingerie, castration and Audrey Hepburn await as Chuck and Blair prepare to take the plunge.

The light of a whole world dies when love is done. AU, oneshot.

Inspired by the 'Once Upon A Twilight' contest, here be the tale of a sexy shoemaker, a foul mouthed pixie, and a cat called Galveston. Rated T for farytale cussing and rippling abdominals.