Empathisthide bio
 Author has written 32 stories for Hollyoaks. Writing in the Brendan Brady/Ste Hay/Stendan fandom. For anyone who wants to read the Dublin-and-after stories in sequence, they go in this order: Real Arms Around Me (long) - Tied (one-shot) is set during Real Arms Around Me, in January 2013 Bones (one-shot) Doing It Again (long) From This Day Forward (one-shot) To the Dark to the Endless Sky (one-shot) Say It Back (one-shot) - Diversion (one-shot) is set early during After Today After Today (very long, ongoing) - That's My Life (occasional chapters) running alongside After Today |
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After Today reviews
A sequel to the series of stories following Real Arms Around Me including Doing It Again. This one begins in the spring of 2016, a couple of days after Say It Back. Brendan and Ste are making a life together after prison. It's a continuing story which won't be finishing any time soon. I promise it won't be abandoned or ended without warning x
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 103 - Words: 761,939 - Reviews: 6584 - Favs: 99 - Follows: 111 - Updated: 1/3 - Published: 1/19/2014 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay]
That's My Life reviews
An occasional spinoff from After Today, written from Ste's point of view not Brendan's. Each chapter runs parallel to part of After Today rather than forming a continuous story of their own, and won't make much sense without that context. Chapter 1 fits into After Today as 'Chapter 39a', Chapter 2 would be 'Chapter 44a', Chapter 3 would be 'Chapter 59a'.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 27,909 - Reviews: 169 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 7/24/2017 - Published: 12/3/2015 - Ste Hay, Brendan B.
From This Day Forward reviews
Brendan and Ste. One-shot. This story is set a few hours after Doing It Again, so if you don't want to know how Doing It Again ends, don't read this one..! Originally written for Tessa's birthday xx
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,843 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/23/2014 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Diversion reviews
A fluffy one-shot set on one Sunday sometime between the early chapters of After Today. Brendan and Ste take the kids home to Amy, and end up going on a drive. Written for Chloe's birthday ;)
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,881 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/20/2014 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
To the Dark and the Endless Sky reviews
A short and fluffy Stendan one-shot for Valentine's day. Set in February 2016, and for anyone who keeps track, it fits in between Doing It Again and Say It Back.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,761 - Reviews: 32 - Favs: 13 - Published: 2/14/2014 - Ste Hay, Brendan B. - Complete
Advent reviews
A retro Stendan story for Christmas. Set in December 2010, it begins at the episode shown on E4 on 15 December/C4 16 December. One-shot.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,010 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/25/2013 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Say It Back reviews
Fluffy one-shot set two or three months after Doing It Again. No real plot, more of a snapshot of how Brendan and Ste are doing. For Tessa with love :) xxx
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,205 - Reviews: 33 - Favs: 30 - Follows: 3 - Published: 11/27/2013 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Doing It Again reviews
In 2015, Brendan is released from prison and is reunited with Ste.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 8 - Words: 53,261 - Reviews: 235 - Favs: 87 - Follows: 62 - Updated: 10/20/2013 - Published: 8/26/2013 - Ste Hay, Brendan B. - Complete
Bones reviews
13th August 2013. Brendan reflects on his first meeting with Steven three years before. One-shot.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,352 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 2 - Published: 8/13/2013 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Tied reviews
Fluffy one-shot set in January 2013.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,685 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 2 - Published: 8/5/2013 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Real Arms Around Me reviews
Brendan and Ste. Begins in Dublin in December 2012, and follows the show's storyline right up until Brendan left in March 2013.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 23 - Words: 146,768 - Reviews: 344 - Favs: 78 - Follows: 84 - Updated: 7/28/2013 - Published: 12/29/2012 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Forty-One Kisses reviews
All the Stendan kisses that we've seen on screen, from October 2010 to March 2013. About half are described from Brendan's point of view, and half from Ste's. There's no plot, other than what the kisses say about the course of their relationship.
Hollyoaks - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16,279 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 36 - Follows: 4 - Published: 3/23/2013 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Had reviews
This story will look at the time when Ste scammed Brendan out of the money for the deli in June 2012. It begins a couple of months earlier, and is told from both Brendan's and Ste's points of view.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 5 - Words: 22,007 - Reviews: 38 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 12/17/2012 - Published: 9/26/2012 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Room Service reviews
Brendan and Ste are in a relationship, and it's Brendan's birthday. A very fluffy one-shot.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,647 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 3 - Published: 10/12/2012 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Out reviews
Beginning with Brendan's release from prison in November 2011, this story covers the missing three weeks before he returned to Hollyoaks village. There are flashbacks to other characters, including Ste, and to events in Brendan's past.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 19 - Words: 58,170 - Reviews: 104 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 12 - Updated: 9/9/2012 - Published: 3/4/2012 - Brendan B. - Complete
Step by Step reviews
One-shot story set in a future in which Brendan and Ste have recently reunited and are giving a relationship a go.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,573 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 26 - Follows: 3 - Published: 8/18/2012 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Yours reviews
Brendan writes Ste a letter, one year on from the first time he said 'I love you'.
Hollyoaks - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,579 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 5 - Published: 8/1/2012 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Holding On reviews
A short one-shot story set in the immediate aftermath of Brendan finding Lynsey's body.
Hollyoaks - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,675 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 4 - Published: 7/2/2012 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Missing reviews
A Ste-centric one-shot story. After being jailed on suspicion of committing Silas's crimes, Brendan has just got out of prison and disappeared. This story looks at where Ste is in his head at the time, including his thoughts about Brendan. Written for Iclabon.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,914 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 2 - Published: 6/16/2012 - Ste Hay, Brendan B. - Complete
Sticky reviews
Brendan and Ste hook up, and Ste discovers Brendan's taste in jam. One-shot.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,590 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 4 - Published: 6/4/2012 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Ghost of a Chance reviews
A very short one-shot story, imagining a different, non-canon outcome when Brendan went to see Ste the last time he punched him. Previously published on 8 March 2012 on LiveJournal. Written for Iclabon.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 849 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 2 - Published: 4/22/2012 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Bodies reviews
A one-shot story imagining Brendan and Ste reuniting. For mojo x
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,696 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 2 - Published: 4/12/2012 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Want You Back reviews
August 2010. Brendan Brady has left Belfast for Hollyoaks, leaving Macca behind to pick up the pieces. A follow-up to the prequel story Breaking Rules, covering Macca's time in Hollyoaks, and the beginning of Stendan.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 24 - Words: 59,201 - Reviews: 113 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 16 - Updated: 2/13/2012 - Published: 6/23/2011 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Do I Look Scared to You? reviews
A one-shot story from Brendan Brady's point of view, following the events of new year's day 2012.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,825 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 2 - Published: 1/13/2012 - Brendan B. - Complete
Take Him On reviews
A one-shot story, set sometime in 2012 when Brendan Brady and Ste Hay have tentatively begun to see each other again. Written for LMan x
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,661 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/27/2011 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
In Treatment reviews
Before he leaves prison where he's being held on suspicion of Silas's crimes, Brendan Brady is persuaded to attend a session with a counsellor. Against his better judgement, he finds himself looking back over his life so far.
Hollyoaks - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,710 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 11/19/2011 - Brendan B. - Complete
Bloodlines reviews
A short story looking at Brendan Brady and Stephen Hay's backgrounds. Previously posted on Live Journal on 2 September 2011.
Hollyoaks - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,458 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/10/2011 - [Brendan B., Ste Hay] - Complete
Get Well Soon reviews
A short story with Brendan Brady, set during Ste's time with Noah - Noah isn't in the story though. Previously published on 4 October 2011 on Live Journal. Written for Ayla.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,465 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 3 - Published: 10/8/2011 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Trade reviews
A single-chapter story from the point of view of Sean, who was hired by Brendan Brady to pose as his boyfriend and to split up Stephen and Noah. I've listed Stephen as a character, but be warned, we don't see much of him.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,180 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 9/22/2011 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete
Stay reviews
Before Stephen, before Macca, Brendan Brady ran a club owned by Danny Houston in Liverpool. Vinnie was his boyfriend, and this story in four chapters is from Vinnie's point of view.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 4 - Words: 10,820 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 9/11/2011 - Published: 8/28/2011 - Brendan B. - Complete
Breaking Rules reviews
This takes place in 2009 and 2010, before Brendan Brady arrived in Hollyoaks. It begins when he is working at Danny Houston's club in Liverpool, and follows his return to Belfast and his relationship with Macca.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 26 - Words: 40,227 - Reviews: 43 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 6/8/2011 - Published: 3/20/2011 - Brendan B. - Complete
Reverie reviews
Following the attack on him by Ste, Brendan Brady lies unconscious in a hospital bed, and memories of his life and relationships play out in his head.
Hollyoaks - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,749 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 4 - Published: 3/16/2011 - Brendan B., Ste Hay - Complete