On the night of the attack Lily escaped with her infant son and fled to France. She trained him to the best of her abilities, shaping him into a dangerous, intelligent and powerful wizard. But when Britain re-establishes the Triwizard Tournament, Harry, known as Hadrian, is forced to return to his once-home, and he finds himself engaged in a game he might not want to play.

After returning from her honeymoon, Scarlett overhears a conversation which changes everything. Well, you know what they say about eavesdroppers...

Bella wants to die, and almost gets her wish fulfilled when she gets hit by a shiny Volvo. She is left with serious injuries, and the only thing keeping her from dying is the person who hit her. All Human, Rated M for language, dark themes & violence.

Scarlett visits Rhett's room the night he tells her he's leaving.

Albus Dumbledore has been searching for Harry Potter for seven years, unknowingly he bumped into the eighteen year old, and stirs the hornets nest. Harry who is the leader of the underworld, vows to put an end to the manipulative old man and also has to deal with Voldemort who was encroaching upon his territory. SS/HP top Harry bottom Severus! will Sirius and Remus join Harry?

The pressure is building for Joe when finds himself in trouble after helping a friend who's being bullied in a way, he never thought possible. The Hardy boys soon discover a disturbing secret. *Child Abuse is mentioned in this story. Let me know what you think. There are 2 sequels in the works:)

My own version of what happened after the season 2 finale. Damon and Elena grow closer as they struggle to rescue Stefan from Klaus as well as unravel why freak accidents keep endangering Elena. Will Elena find the courage to follow her heart, or will she be too afraid to risk everything for a once in a lifetime love? As always, much sexiness and profanity. Delena

UPDATED 3/9/24. Rhett thinks he is done with Scarlett, but she has other plans as she pursues him to Charleston. Can Scarlett succeed at claiming Rhett's heart again?

Elena is set to marry her practically perfect fiancé. That is until her nagging mom and underwhelmed future mother-in-law drive her to a chance encounter with a handsome stranger who leaves her questioning what her heart truly feels. #DEHolidays2023

Broke. Broken. He has nothing. And now he has to trust her. His shame. His heart. His very last chance...

It's simple, really. A story about two best friends realizing they're head over feet in love.

Harry is the Master of Death and Lord of Time through his joining of the three Hallows together. During a duel that wasn't going well, he jumps to the 1940's and has a talk with the true Master of Death. Can have prevent the destruction that will occur? Can he change Voldemort prevent him from becoming the darkest wizard of all time? Or will he be caught in Tom's web? Slash TMR/HP?

On the brink of his wedding, Damon discovers the annulment papers from his teenage marriage were never filed, meaning he's still married to the girl he left behind.

An inexperienced yet naturally gifted ice skater makes a spectacular debut in the skating world. An unexpected event threatens to derail her dreams. Can Damon help her find the strength to take the ice again and make her dream come true?

With a desperate desire to change the past, Christine finds the impossible near some ancient standing stones – and falls centuries into a destiny fated-to-be with the man known only as Le Masque. She alone can save them, before death's cruel hand separates them for all time. An E/C historical fantasy sequel - Heavily inspired by D.G.s Outlander and similar tales

In 1692, two witches are burned at the stake by Alessandro Salvatore. 250 years pass until they rematerialize to plague his descendant Damon who is about to marry acid-tongued Katherine. Elena has other ideas...then her love potion goes wrong.

Damon kisses his sleeping fiancé goodbye before leaving to pick them up some breakfast. What he finds when he returns will change his life forever. Elena's inexplicable absence quickly turns into a nightmare when police detectives find it impossible to come to any single conclusion except that Damon is a cold-blooded killer.

A Marriage Law is enacted, and everyone is nervous about their matches. What happens when you're paired with the person you least expected and didn't know you wanted? Harry/Luna ; Hermione/Neville ; Ron/Lavender pairings. EWE, AU, OOC warning. Rated M just to be safe.

A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a couple's sense of adventure - and their estranged romance.

Reborn in a new world after he is killed by Zeus here lies Percy Jackson, but this is not your simple world. This world is complete with its own Adventures, Dragons, Dungeons, and just about anything you can imagine. Now follow percy and his path for divinity. Also this world works just like a video game. Percy/Gaia/Zoe/Artemis/Bianca/Chaos/Khione/Hestia/Hera/Piper

AU:NOT DYSTOPIAN! The Dark Lord wanted a consort and had decided to host a competition that involved nearly everyone in Britain. If they thought they were good enough, they could enter to compete in a certain amount of tasks set by the Lord of the lands himself. Only the victor would have the skills necessary to become Voldemort's consort. A/N: Harrymort. Voldy-Wins-AU.

They say you can never go home again, and for Elena Gilbert, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life five years ago, that has felt all too true. Instead of glittering summers on the seashore, she spends them at home or at work, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.

No one ever expected it to happen, least of all, Damon. Merry Christmas, Eva. *DE Holidays 2022*

When the airline loses all of his luggage which includes Christmas presents for his family, a desperate Damon seeks help from the pretty owner of The Treasure Box. *DE Holidays 2022*

As danger ignites all around them, Elena and Damon must rely on hard-won experience and gut instinct to catch a man determined to burn everything down.

Elena seems to have the perfect life with a wonderful husband and two adorable children. Then she finds herself awakening from a coma - and discovers she is not now nor has she ever been married. But when she meets him for real, she seizes on the chance to help him fall in love with her again- for the first time.

With a sharp mind for murder, a millionaire hitman takes his assassinations very seriously...until he meets his next mark.

A shot rings out - and his whole life changes in an instant. He's running. Terrified. Desperate to find safety. He knows that the men hunting him have killed before. And if they catch him- he'll be next.

A highly infectious virus suddenly appears in the desert Southwest of the United States. There is no known cure. In a few days, 50 percent of its victims are dead. A CDC disease hunter and a local doctor mobilize to stop the outbreak of this deadly virus. *Not Covid*

Sometimes everything you're looking for ends up being right where you left it.

Podcaster Elena Gilbert is assigned to cover a series of murders- victims are left bloodless- apparently drained via suspicious puncture marks on their necks. It's all a little too Bram Stoker for Elena. Vampires are folklore, right? A more logical explanation must exist. And speaking of mysteries, who's the black-clad, handsome stranger who keeps popping up at the crime scenes?

Having fallen behind on her mortgage, a development company takes an interest in Elena's Montana guest ranch. Damon is sent to study the property, but before he reveals his true intent, the two start falling for each other. *HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVA*

After years of terror, Elena Gilbert reaches the breaking point. The story of a woman pushed over the edge.

Bella Swan has survived a living hell, twice. She no longer speaks. Nobody ever listened. The Cullen family take her into their care. Bella fights to leave her past behind, but will she be able to let love in? AH M-rated for violence, content, language

After crashing his jet during a mission, Fighter pilot, Lt. Damon Salvatore finds an ancient-looking bottle buried in the sand. *Happy Birthday amazing Aisha*

Magician Damon Salvatore is rich, famous and has a residency that's the hottest, most raved about show in Las Vegas. He has everything he could possibly want until he meets a young entrepreneur who turns his world upside down.

She remembers the taste of divine peaches. How foolish had she been to think that they were the best thing she had tasted in her young life? She abhors the taste of peaches now, smell of peach blossoms too, the mere thought of them. Those peaches, they turned her into this. She is a goddess, she thinks in disgust.

He was a force of nature that she wasn't ready for. He was gravity and she was caught in the pull - His was a world she was desperate to escape. They say you never forget your first love. She remembers the way he whispered her name when he touched her, and the taste of him on her lips. She remembers everything. *DE Holiday 2020*

At the last minute on a snowy Christmas Eve afternoon, Elena insists that Damon needs a tree so they set out to find one. She's looking like a present and Damon can't wait to unwrap her. Too bad they're in the middle of a tree lot surrounded by several other last-minute customers... Damon's not about to let that stop him... *MERRY CHRISTMAS EVA*

The Salvatore's and the Gilbert's have hated each other for generations. Somewhere down the line, most have forgotten its origins, it was just expected that the feud would continue. Damon and Elena disagree, having eloped just before coming home for the holidays. They plan to break it to their parents at the annual Lockwood Christmas Gala... *Full prompt inside.

There are many things Elena's not particularly fond of; beets, hamburger pickles, spiders, parent-teacher conferences, getting up early on her days off and everything Damon Salvatore.

When the cold-hearted Snow King abducts Elena, Damon begins a magical yet perilous journey to find and release her from his treacherous spell.

Newly unemployed Elena Gilbert lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a hotshot reporter from her romantic past.

Needing a job, 17-year-old Damon goes to work for a young widow. The pair are attracted to each other and in the blistering heat of the summer, will their working relationship blossom into something more?

Best-selling crime writer, Elena Gilbert comes to Las Vegas on a working vacation where she meets a millionaire brewery CEO. Sharing a chemistry neither can deny, will she take a leap of faith and allow him to convince her to stay?

A collection of short, one-shot scenes, E/C in general, each chapter complete but unrelated to each other. Erik, Christine, the Persian, Philippe and Sorelli, Carlotta and Ubaldo, Meg, Madame Giry...all make their appearance in various short stories. Mostly T, one M. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

One night - exhausted, slightly tipsy, and on her way home from a party - the glaring white lights of a car come crashing toward her... Instead of waking up in a 21st-century hospital, Elena finds herself coming to in sixth century England.

Elena Gilbert is trying to fund her education by sashaying her hips and taking her clothes off in an exclusive bar downtown when Damon Salvatore strolls in her life with a blank cheque and proposition : to fill any amount she desires for seducing one Elijah Mikaelson.

On the day her father remarried, Elena Gilbert set eyes on Damon Salvatore for the first time, and from that moment he became her protector, her executioner, her best friend and her enemy. She should have been afraid of him but she wasn't, because something in his eyes told her he understood and would never let any harm come to her, she had been foolish enough to believe that.

Katherine Mikaelson is brutally murdered in what appears to be a robbery gone bad... With the victim's sister contending there's more to her killing, a tenacious Texas Ranger begins a dogged pursuit of the truth no matter where it may lead.

A young woman who's reinvented herself as a New York City makeup artist must return home to Louisiana to obtain a divorce from her husband, five years after their separation. *Sweet Home Alabama* story-verse

My sister keeps telling me the media is way too hard on Prince Edward—that he isn't an arrogant, self-entitled bastard and I'd like him if I got to know him. Right. The more time I spend with His Royal Heinous, the more I want him to leave me alone. But he won't, and since the tabloids already think I'm sleeping with him, he might as well kiss me.

April, 1912. The journey home could change Elena's entire future. One fateful voyage may lead to the happiness she's always wanted, or be the end of everything.

How in the world could they have let this happen? A child with this much power and intelligence? Such powerful blessings from a goddess in her greatest years? No one had ever seen anything like this. I bet they wished that they had clipped that string of his a lot sooner. But then again, I guess they enjoy watching him go through this sick game of love.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY *AMAZING AISHA*: Young Prince Oliver - his father's son - is constantly being naughty and getting into trouble. It's time this spoiled little boy understands that bad manners and tantrums are not the makings of royalty, but what can be done? Damon has a plan… *Painted On My Heart* story-verse.

A wedding is a series of special moments, strung together like beads on a chain. By themselves, they are lovely, but put them all together and you get art. *HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVA*

A beautiful workaholic meets an easygoing bar owner with no sense of time, living his life as the seasons come and go. When they cross paths at Nassau in the Bahamas - anything goes.

Elena and Damon along with their friends combine forces to save the old Inn from a developer. In an effort to raise money a none-too-pleased Damon is forced to participate in a kissing booth. How will his night end? *HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY*

AU. Nancy, Frank, and Joe had no idea what they were getting into when they went to search for Nancy's kidnapped father in a rotting, abandoned factory. They had no knowledge of the life-altering experiments that were taking place. How could they, after all? How could they have known that that day would change the course of their lives...well, forever? NOW COMPLETE.

With the threat of having to close her family's generations old candy store weighing on her, Elena and her young daughter travel to the big city in hopes of making enough money to save the family business.

Elena travels back in time to the Christmas she broke up with her boyfriend to repair what went wrong. She soon discovers that it's not so easy.

Elena Gilbert's sixteenth is anything but sweet. 'He' doesn't know she's alive, her parents and family forget her birthday and she suffers every humiliation possible over the course of one day. Will things turn around and will this turn out to be the best birthday ever? *Dedicated to AMAZING AISHA*

Clinging to the only life she's ever known, Elena suddenly finds herself on the verge of losing her family's farm. When the town leaders notify her that they will seize the property after the holidays, her last hope rests on her former love, now a country music star.

Afraid to tell her mother she's been dumped, Elena hires an actor to play her fiancé for Thanksgiving weekend at her parent's house.

Elena is all beauty-on the outside. A glamorous socialite, she spends her days spoiling herself and spending money like it's going out of style. When she injures herself and gets lost in an isolated stretch of wilderness, she stumbles onto Damon, a man hiding from both the world and his past. *Beauty and the Beast with a twist.*

Damon's friends hire a stripper named "Kat" to entertain him for his Bachelor's Party, but she leads him to rethink his future marriage. Delena oneshot.

The Jersey Devil: myth, monster or man? Scary hijinks ensue when Elena is sent into the Pine Barrens to investigate a 'ghost' sighting at the old Lockwood estate.

A skydiving accident lands Damon in the hospital, while there he meets a beautiful but enigmatic young woman.

Captain Salvatore rules the high seas where he and his crew acquire their loot through piracy. Will the cheeky Miss Gilbert be able to look past his ill gotten booty and see the man he truly is or can she not?

Damon returns from a four year stint in the military only to learn that his old high school sweetheart is now quite famous in ways he never would have thought possible.

Thousands of years ago, the boy King, Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life - no one knows the secrets of his death. After an archeological expedition discovers his tomb, people mysteriously begin to die...

Saying goodbye isn't painful unless you're never going to say hello again.

Damon Salvatore, the outcast who only wants to make his mom proud and find a way to prove the town they were wrong about him; Elena Gilbert, the school's queen who truly just wants to stop feeling so alone. A couple no one saw coming but that will experience a rollercoaster of emotions that will take them to live the best and worst year of their lives.

Small town teacher Elena Gilbert is going back to the city for her wedding. After a blizzard strikes, she is forced to travel with a stranger who leaves her questioning her future plans.

Separated by a long ago tragedy, Elena unexpectedly stumbles onto Damon.

Fresh from a talk with her grandmother, Elena faces a troubling assignment: she must go to a tiny Georgia town to dig into an old murder case. Dogged by ghosts of the past and with the help of a small town sheriff, she must unravel the psychological puzzle if she wants to get the story - and identify the real killer.

*SLASH* A modern day re-imagining of Starsky and Hutch. A tale of secrets, Simon Marcus, and Fate told in three parts.

Edward wins more than he bargained for at what was supposed to be a friendly poker game. AH. Ysar made me my banner!

It's the summer of 1944. With both America and their parents at war, Damon and Elena try to steal a few moments to be together. When the circus arrives for a performance in Hartford, what promises to be an exciting day soon becomes one of terror and mayhem...

A playboy prince finds himself mesmerized by an old portrait. When the Bulgarian Royal family makes a visit, Damon meets the princess who looks eerily similar to the woman in the painting. Wanting to know her better, he finds himself short on time when he learns she's about to become engaged to his cousin.

'Is it okay to love someone more than they love us...' You raise your head at my question, looking at me as if I've grown an extra head.

AU/Olicitiy/HEA: Every night that Felicity has lived in her new apartment she has had the pleasure of experiencing secondhand her neighbor's nightly escapades in the bedroom through the rocking and swaying of her own bed. Tensions will rise, that is a promise. Crossposted on Archive of Our Own (Ao3).

To fool the tabloids, Hollywood starlet Elena Gilbert agrees to another arranged date on Valentine's Day. How genuine can it get?

What feelings are hidden deep in his heart , love of his life is completely ignorant and just see him as her friend ,best friend. Now he found way to express his feelings by telling his story through Fanfiction. Friendship, Love and Fanfiction my small short story as birthday gift to my dearest sis Sohela and thanks to great world of Delana and Fanfiction.

They met on a cold December night.Fell in love the very next day. She was to be with him forever and theirs was to be the most epic love story. But as fast as it arrived, it disappeared; leaving a trail of pain and broken hearts behind. Now, on another cold night they meet again and they can't help but wonder if their love can be enough to keep them afloat this time.

Cut by perfect cut, Elijah makes exquisite wood carvings. This doll he has crafted for Hope with so much care and attention will be compassionate and understanding. She is the light and he'll call her… Elena.

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give you forever" *Delena Christmas 2018*

He looks like her lost love in the light of the sun, and behaves like him when the shadows return. Her father once made her wings to fly away from the sinister labyrinth, but those wings lie in ruin, burned when she flew too close to the sun. This is a tale of love? A story about Elena and Damon...

Old adversaries reunite when a long missing person's body turns up on her property. Raw passion ignites, haunting memories return and suspicion burns white hot... And who will claim victory in the deadly game of cat and mouse that ensues?

Damon unexpectedly finds himself in need of a job. Elena needs a new Santa. When chance brings them together can they help each other and save Christmas too?

Leaving Elena to prepare for their family Christmas, Damon kisses her goodbye to go to work. Before the day ends, they unexpectedly find themselves back to where it all began. *I Can't Escape Myself* story-verse.

Snow is falling, cookies baking, colorful lights shimmering and hearts are aglow as Christmas nears. But Damon's heart is racing for a very different reason. He wants to ask Elena to their middle school Christmas dance. However, he's not the only one vying for her affection...

DELENA GREEK GOD AU ("Can you even imagine yourself in paradise? Even the daughters of gods must know loneliness, must sometimes want nothing more than to be trapped in a hell of forevers. Thank me, you queen. I've given you forever." - Clementine von Radics) A daughter of Aphrodite makes a deal with the son of Hades, and must deal with the consequences of its fallout.

His name is Damon Salvatore. He falls like an angel from the sky, braving the fire and flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. Fellow smokejumper Elena Gilbert is fearless yet slow to trust and harbors a secret that threatens to burn a brand on all of their hearts.

People sometimes meet under the most curious of circumstances. Having heard a radio alert announcing that a huge flaming object has crashed to earth near their home in Grover's Mill, NJ, the Salvatore siblings rush to the site. Among the gathered crowd is a pretty young woman that Damon's never seen before. *Happy Halloween*

"They didn't agree on much. In fact, they didn't agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other." *November Rain* story-verse *Happy Birthday KeepTheFlameBurning*

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

A day at the amusement park leads to some fun and sexy hijinks for Damon and Elena. *Happy Birthday LittlePrince8*

As a little girl Elena was terrified of monsters. Her daddy assured her they didn't exist. She wishes he had told her the whole truth. Monsters do exist, they're not just hiding in closets and under the bed. **Happy Birthday Eos Blaze 0402**

"This life will be good and beautiful but not without heartbreak. In death comes peace, but pain is the cost of living. Like love, it's how we know we're alive." – Elena Gilbert

She sleeps in the circle of Damon's arms and dreams about that peach dress. He holds her close and tries to forget the words of his father that never go away. She says I love you, he does too. And yet they dream about someone else. She dreams about the man she loved in her youth, a regret by the name of Elijah. And Damon...well he dreams about someone too. Wanna find out who?

July 1916 is a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War raging in Europe. But beach-goers in New Jersey are threatened by an even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Lifeguard Damon and Elena unexpectedly find themselves right in the middle of it.

After a fallout with his father, Damon leaves Mystic Falls to attend college on the west coast. Agreeing to return for his best friend's wedding and to house sit for a month, Damon finds himself wanting to tear his hair out when he's forced to spend the time with Caroline's maid of honor. *Happy Birthday Florencia7*

Norman Conquest AU. Fourteen years after eloping with a Muggle, Merope Riddle wants her noble title back. Lord and Lady Granger want their daughter to go to Hogwarts, but Lord Malfoy, appointed by the Conqueror to rule English wizards, won't allow it. The two families make common cause and betroth their children, but war is coming and a long, dark path lies ahead.

After a mortifying first meeting, fanfiction writer Bella finds story inspiration in her distracting new neighbor. She thinks he's just a player. He thinks she's a little odd. But you can't judge a book by its cover. And just wait until Bella discovers who's reading her newest fic! Art imitates life imitates art. An AH romantic comedy.

Damon Salvatore's plan is simple: hop on his Harley & experience life. The grit. The heat. The passion of the Sturgis motorcycle rally. For ten life-changing days every August he returns to a certain doe-eyed bartender. Faced with the prospect of losing her forever, can Damon get past his fear of abandonment and let Elena take her place in his heart?

AU: Luke's survival leads to the disgrace of the battle-hardened, former leader of Camp-Halfblood, Persephone Jackson. Alone, humiliated, hurt and disinherited by her father and most of those she once called friends, she is offered another chance by the most unlikely of goddesses. What will she do with the opportunity?

One moment the air is calm; the next the sky explodes in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunge as an unprecedented cold front rips through the plains. When the storm poses a very real threat to their lives, it's up to Miss Gilbert to get the children to safety, the reclusive and enigmatic Mr. Salvatore being their only option.

Frank Hardy finds himself in a rather precarious position when Nancy's head injury leaves her thinking that she IS her alter-ego Rebecca Addison... and that she's married to him! An alternate version of Secrets of the Nile.

"Daddy, you may be giving me away today, but I will always be your little girl. Never forget I loved you first." *I Can't Escape Myself* story verse.

'70s show/AU. Still recovering from the CIA's brainwashing, Frank and Joe are sent to England on the trail of occult thieves who have stolen priceless artifacts of myth and legend. Yet the powerful Witchmaster means to keep his prize, threatening the Hardys' lives & souls. Will the brothers recover the legendary Grail, or will they be sacrificed in the darkest of evil rituals?

A soul mate is not found. A soul mate is recognized.

F/20 J/19 "Taken" series. Follows "Survival Instincts." It's summer time and the trio are working for ORT and Joe contemplates taking a serious step with Vanessa. But as Joe tries to help a friend the boys find their lives are also in danger. Now they are pulled into a life and death struggle when the Assassins decide enough is enough.

(Arkham Origins appearance with a twist to make my own Croc.) Croc gets a new caretaker. Yekaterina-Kat for short. He soon realizes that she's different from the others and falls in love. But no one could love him, right? She's Beauty. He's the Beast. You get to choose where the story goes. Choose their Decisions! Wrote this as a kid. Will be re-writing soon.

Sequel to Never the Same. Frank and Joe begin to recover after Fenton saves them from years of child abuse. However, Louis is out for revenge and lurking around every corner. Warning: Language, intense violence, rape of minors, abuse etc.

In which Joe and Nancy are up to no good, family shows its true colors for better or for worse, and Frank and Callie say "I do" (again). (A sort-of sequel to "The Clue in the Inheritance.")

A flash forward to Christmas time in Building a Family. Robin, Regina, Sophie and Roland get ready to celebrate the holidays with a few surprises along the way. [OQ AU]

During Christmas season, Joe's new idea to have a special day with his nephew goes horribly wrong. In a life and death situation, Joe and Frank, though separate, must learn to work together to bring everyone home safely. Through the journey, family & friends remain by each other's side & work together to support each other. The 10 chapter story follows "The Stages of Conviction."

This is written for FAITH2727. It's based on her prompt for the LJ DELENA A2A Exchange: It's up to Elena to choose the perfect tree for this year's Gilbert family Christmas, so she heads to the best place in Mystic Falls-the Salvatores' tree farm. FULL PROMPT INSIDE.

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

On a train bound for Mystic Falls, Elena meets Damon, a soldier on leave for the holidays. The pair are attracted to each other and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance. But with each having secrets... will their pasts deny them a future, one that may or may not come? *Delena Christmas 2017*

Elena Gilbert, mafia princess madly in love with her brother's friend meets Damon Salvatore, ruthless mobster with a thirst for power. The result is nothing less than chaotic…for he will not give up and she will not surrender.

A girl is stranded in the cold New York City streets at Christmas time. A down on his luck bar keep notices and finds himself inexplicably drawn to her and wanting to help.

Joe and Callie, recovering from illness and injuries, are keeping each other company over the holidays. When Joe confides in Callie, she does her best to help him make his Christmas Wish come true. This 5 chapter little story follows "The Path to Gratitude" and chapters will be posted every 3-4 days. Enjoy!

NOT part of a series. What happens when a brother is lost and can't find his way? Can the past be changed so that life continues? Written for an HDA contest.

There are moments which mark your life; moments when you realize that nothing will ever be the same and time is divided into two parts: BEFORE this and AFTER this. "I Can't Escape Myself" sequel story.

When a catastrophic accident leaves him unable to distinguish real from make believe, Damon is thrust into a world that he doesn't understand, his only solace being a mysterious brown-haired girl. Summoning a strength she didn't know she had, Elena vows to find Damon because he not only left her, he also left a part of himself behind.

"I think perhaps I will always hold a candle for you – even until it burns my hand. And when the light has long since gone …. I will be there in the darkness holding what remains, quite simply because I cannot let go."

What type of Mystery has been dropped at the doorstep of the teenage detectives. Will Nancy and Frank ever tell each other about their love for the other. Or will they always be fated to be apart/

As Frank and Joe, along with their girlfriends and friends, head to Gettysburg, PA for a little fun vacation, they encounter more than they bargained for when they find themselves in the midst of two separate mysteries during one of the town's busiest times. Both brothers, Joe especially, must face internal battles to try to grow up along the way. Further summary in Chapter 1.

While busy preparing for Christmas Eve, Damon and Elena's constant bickering lands them in big trouble with Santa... Suddenly they find themselves thrust into the biggest adventure of their lives.

A horrific accident right before Thanksgiving, that appears to have been caused by fatigue and a careless mistake, may cost the life of a loved one and threatens to tear the Hardy family apart. When the truth comes out, will they be able to forgive and find their way back to what really matters? Originally published as contest story on HDA, the completed story is 10 chapters.

When Elena's skating partner suffers a career ending injury, her coach encourages her to take a chance with a brilliant but undisciplined skater. Following a rather ugly fall from grace, figure skater Damon Salvatore is given one last chance to prove to the world that he's more than a flash in the pan.

Will you be there beside me if the world falls apart? And will all of our moments remain in your heart? Will you be there to guide me all the way through? I wonder will you walk by my side and follow my dreams? With the Nazi reign of terror at its zenith, Damon and Elena form an unlikely friendship in WW2 era Czechoslovakia.

Dancing with heartbreak is the strangest thing. It's like playing with fire, you know you'll get burnt but you are still captivated by the flickering flame and the magnetic heart.

Have you ever wondered about the connection between Madame Giry and the Phantom? Why did he choose her to be his box keeper? Why did she seem so willing to do his bidding? Meet Annie, a brave but lonely young girl doing her best to survive in an unbearable situation. But one night she sneaks out and stumbles upon an angel-and their lives would never be the same.

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

When a modern-day Robin Hood surfaces near River Heights, Nancy faces a moral dilemma in tracking him down. At the same time, a mysterious package sends the detective on a dangerous quest that seems to be related to a case from Carson's past. Part 2 of the Chapters series.

Next in the "Taken" series after "Debts." F/20 J/18. What was pitched as a babysitting assignment at a week-long country club survival camp with little risk turns into a cathartic experience for Joe as he faces old wounds. Vanessa and Frank are along for the ride and face their own concerns as the assignment turns out to be more than babysitting.

Life and Fate have a certain way of making Harry's life infinitely worse for him. Between the Dursleys and his crippling isolation, he thinks the Wizarding World offers salvation for him. How foolhardy. It instead, pushes him to his limits. That raises the question, how long will it take till he's thrown over the edge? This is an Abused!Harry Dark-ish!Harry story

In the sequel to "The Secret Spaces," the Hardys must deal with the return of Alan Cotnig while a separate case threatens to tear the family apart. Everyone must learn to follow their own convictions as secrets get revealed, but at what cost? Further summary is inside. The story is completed and chapters will post every 3-4 days.

An all-swallowing wave, not unlike a surf comber on a beach, was rushing up the boat deck, enveloping passengers, boats, and everything that lay in its path. A mass wail rose from those it engulfed. "All the despair, terror and anguish of hundreds of souls passing into eternity composed that awful cry."

When Erik overhears Raoul and Christine rehearsing the Don Juan seduction scene together, he finds himself oddly attracted to the way they sing together. And so Raoul gets suddenly added to the opera cast. And the game of obsession gets a little more complicated. Canon divergent AU, E/C/R.

Damon thought the worst thing he'd ever have to endure was Elena's sudden disappearance. Little did he realize that her kidnapping was only the opening salvo in the nightmare that was to follow.

Reptilia28 Challenge. Harry learns the fallacy of forgiveness at a Maternal!Reaper's knee. He realises that maximum control is the only way to destroy the Voldemort ideology. ALL Death Eaters(inc Snape) are bad. Max Revenge, Min romance, CRACK/heavy tropey/OTT elements, so distrusted but not bashed Weasleys and Dumbledore. (Add pinches of salt to taste!)

Elena's awake but everything has changed. Damon is being controlled by something evil and no one has any idea on how to save him, including her. Plus, Kai may have had one more trick up his sleeve when he cast the Sleeping Beauty spell and no one expected it. (Post Season 7; Continued AU)

Christine Daaé has spent eight months imagining what she might say to the Opera Ghost if she ever saw him again. Now he is here in her flat, quite by accident, and the fact of the matter is she can no longer speak. COMPLETE.

For NTSB Investigator, Damon Salvatore, the case of Flight 1042 was open and shut. Or so he thought until he finds himself staring at the business end of a loaded weapon and the big brown eyes of the woman wielding it.

High School Fictional. No one sends Bella into a tailspin quite like Edward Cullen... but can she make him hers? The ups and downs and all arounds.

Elena has her life all mapped out, but after disappointing news, she's forced to take in the mysterious Damon Salvatore as a roommate. Can the arrangement work? Sure. As long as she can accept his past, embrace his demons and maintain a firm grip on her heart. AU. AH.

Damon Salvatore is a nightclub owner in San Francisco's famed Barbary Coast. When Elena Gilbert returns home after spending the last ten years attending boarding school in New York, Damon finds himself falling hard and fast much to the chagrin of his best friend, Fr. Brady Gilbert.

"Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it"

This is the story of Joe Hardy and Vanessa Bender's bachelor/ bachelorette party, thrown by Frank and Callie,and involving much love, laughter, mischief, fun, and friends. This one-shot story takes place right after "First Encounters" and before "The Secret Spaces." More information is found at the start of the story.

The pregnancy trope. Felicity finds herself pregnant, but she and Oliver can't remember how it happened.

A case that Fenton Hardy and his sons start to work on soon comes to parallel another, very closely related situation in their personal lives. As patterns emerge, Frank and Joe realize they may well lose those closest to them in a case of art imitating life... imitating art. The clues lie in the secret spaces, both literal and figurative, in a race against time.

One Hundred five year old children, all around the world, disappear. It is the most mysterious Case of Amelia Bones' Career. Six years later, three of them reappear, and Amelia almost wishes they hadn't because the Wizarding World will never be the same again. Chapter 5 up

During Christmas at Grimmauld Place, Harry and Ginny realize they can help each other overcome the memories of their past. Watching them, Sirius finds the courage to forgive himself for his past mistakes and start living again. Umbridge, however has other plans. She expels the couple, starting them on a very perilous journey. *Mentions of child abuse and alcohol/substance use*

Forced into a marriage that neither one wants, Erik and Christine must learn to coexist and hopefully find the love they both long for. Yet can such a thing be achieved before Christine discovers the secrets of Summercrest and destroys everything Erik has worked so hard to conceal? A tale of mystery, intrigue and love. Set in 1830s England. Rated M for some adult themes - NOT SMUT

While vacationing with Frank, Joe, and Vanessa, Callie submits a project for her college class. When the article and photos are published in a national newspaper, Callie finds out she has accidentally stumbled onto a major crime ring now bent on revenge. When Joe tries to help her, the idyllic summer vacation turns deadly and may cost Frank the two relationships he values most.

Carson Drew tells Nancy a secret from his past that will change her life forever and he asks Frank and Joe Hardy to come cheer her up. When she disappears, Carson's past comes back to haunt him. Can they find Nancy before its too late? COMPLETE

Nancy and Joe unravel a tangled web of family secrets and hidden identities while working on their relationship and tracking down the special dessert Hannah is missing- all in the week before Thanksgiving. And you thought you had a lot on your plate. **A sequel to my previous story, The Secret of Idlewild Manor**

Someone the Hardys and Nancy thought long gone returns to exact revenge. The Hardy, Riley & Son's Detective Agency need to respond in kind, but harder, faster and stronger in order to keep themselves safe, and pluck one of their own from the jaws of death. Working to their strengths is the name of the game.

Did you read to the end of Gone with the Wind and think 'It can't end there? Well now it doesn't! Read on to find out what happens next, as Scarlett finally begins to grow up. Meanwhile Rhett is trying to move on, but it seems he is not as over her as he thought.

This is the story of the significance of "First Times" in life. It tells the story of Frank Hardy and Callie Shaw's relationship through the years, from teenagers through adulthood. The story also has several appearances by Joe Hardy and Vanessa Bender. Please see the "Author's Note" at the start of the story for additional information. The story is 10 chapters long.

As Frank begins to move on with his life away at college, Joe starts to feel the loss of his best friend. It is only if he is able to get the perfect present for his brother that he hopes he can somehow show Frank how much he really means to him. Frank, though, has his own surprises in store… This story was written in 2008 for a contest called "Carefully Wrapped Presents."

Even after all these years, she still finds herself here when Christmas comes around.

One bored night, Bella goes online and stumbles across an American's soldier's profile. On a whim she decides to write Sergeant Masen a letter. She never thought she would get a response back from Iraq, much less fall in love with a man in combat boots.

With their divorce nearing completion, Elena has accepted a new job offer in Washington DC. As scientists, they find common ground with when the mountain starts to rumble for the first time in over a century. Facing almost certain death, will Damon and Elena finally face the truths that drove them apart?

When Rhett returned from his three month absence with Bonnie and met Scarlett on the stairs, it could have gone so much better. In this version, it does. (and no one falls down the stairs)

What if it had been Scarlett, not Melanie, who visited Rhett's room to persuade him to allow Bonnie's burial?

This is the sequel to "A Change in Plans" and will make more sense if you read that first. Being married while still in high school isn't always easy and as they plan for their future Troy and Gabriella find that marriage doesn't make them immune from normal teenage insecurities and misunderstandings.

In which Rhett Butler has bad dreams, and the events of 1871 unfold a little bit differently.

(Ch. 34 is up! And... COMPLETE) Nothing is as we know it for our two detectives. Something has gone very, very wrong. How and why did this happen? Violence, strong language. Angst. H/C. Mystery.

Gabriella is not the party girl her friends want her to be, never was and won't ever be. As a phone sex operator, she just wants to stay in and read her Jane Austin novels she never even imagine she'd catch the eye of the campus big bad. Or that he'd be so blunt about what he wants … her. Preferably covered in black lace.

"He talks to me sometimes. I mean, it's usually sort of one-sided, but… every once in a while, he'll make eye contact with me, and I feel like I've won the lottery or something." A boy most people overlook. A girl who sees just how amazing he is. All human. High School. Dedicated to lellabeth.

"Eleven dimensions. Infinite parallel realities. And in all of them, I love her." Muppets, math, and physicists falling in love. Fluff and eventual lemons. ExB, AH.

When Rhett becomes seriously ill from a bleeding stomach ulcer on the very night of Melanie's miscarriage, the course of his life and Scarlett's is dramatically altered. Now complete!

** COMPLETE ** One last high school event changes Bella's life in ways she never imagined, when she finds herself pregnant by an up-and-coming rock star. ** BANDWARD CONTEST ENTRY ** #1 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Apr 2015 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

Upon waking, there's a brief, blissful period in which you don't yet recall the sins of the night before, but eventually, you have to open your eyes. I'm Bella Swan, seventeen years old, cheerleader. This morning I woke up in the wrong bed.

This story takes place after Dr. Mead informs Scarlett that another child is what will bring Rhett back to sanity. Comes from the Book. Although I did use costume from the movie.

Ten years after Edward and Alice abandoned her, Bella returns to Forks. What brings Alice to her door? Why has Edward moved into the Cullens' old house? And who helps Bella escape her painful past-in his playroom? AH

"She's Audrey Hepburn, and he's Cary Grant. She's Marilyn, and he's James Dean. She's timeless elegance, and he's old grace. She's searching, and he's already found, already taken. She's sixteen. And he's twenty-seven. But that doesn't matter. Not to a girl in love. Nothing matters, then." Edward & Bella in the definition of a forbidden relationship.

Bella moved to LA and has found "sisters" in 2 of her school mates. They meet 3 brothers in their new apt building & experiences love in more ways than one, in more depth than she knew was possible. Zip up your love. Read IEWIS. AH, regular pairings.

Bella was one of the popular sophomores in her high school, but when a class trip goes awry she finds herself marooned on a tropical island with Edward Cullen, the resident school geek. The two must overcome their differences and learn to work together in order to survive. If you're a fan of 'Twilight' and 'Blue Lagoon', this is the story for you! *more info inside* AH, AU, E/B

Some things you never forget, they just hurt too much to remember.

It was meant to bring them business. A regional magazine, a small article and their new agency would gain attention and clients. Attention it brought!

AU/AH. When Elena and her 2 year-old daughter move to New York City, it's because she wants a fresh start away from her past love, Damon Salvatore. Both of them are determined to move on, to forget their past filled with bad memories. But, New York City isn't such a big city after all. DRAMA/ANGST/ROMANCE.

Aspiring author Elena Gilbert is sent to Mystic Falls on business. She gets more than she bargained for as her path consistently crosses with the enigmatic Damon Salvatore. Can she and Damon heal each others' wounds and learn to leave the past behind? Delena. AH/AU.

It's her last Olympics and nothing matters to Isabella Swan except one thing: A final gold medal. Until she meets long time admirer and snowboarder, Edward Cullen. Suddenly, she finds that her win isn't important without someone to celebrate it with. GOING FOR THE GOLD CONTEST WINNER. 1st place judge's vote. 2nd place public vote.

Set during their honeymoon in New Orleans, Rhett makes a different choice... Written entirely from Rhett's POV. One-shot.

Starsky's keeping a secret from Hutch. It's not that he wants to keep his partner in the dark; it's that, if he doesn't, then Hutch is a dead man.

Lois Lane always manages to find trouble. When she interferes with Clark trying to use the Legion ring to prevent being exposed by Linda Lake she causes the mother of all rewinds in time. Now, he'll make the best of things in ways that any average super powered teenager would. CLOIS

What if Scarlett had accepted the first time Rhett asked her to be his Rated M for future

"I should have helped her. I should have done something. I deserve this. I deserve to die" - Damon is an 18 year old troubled lost soul with a bad reputation and Elena a 17 year old popular high school student who thought she had everything she ever wanted, that is until she got to know the eldest Salvatore and realizes that life is about more than being crowned Prom Queen! AU R&R

The Boys take a weekend off to relax and help out a friend. Things quickly turn hot.

Based on the 70s show. Frank and Joe are on assignment in Switzerland to protect a U.S. Senator's daughter against a mysterious stalker. Along the way, they become entangled in a second mystery involving missing artifacts from a nearby monastery. The danger ratchets up, and an unexpected twist in their first case leaves Frank and Joe wondering if they'll actually make it home alive

EPOV Companion Piece to Words with Friends. Movie star Edward Cullen is done with women and focused on his career. A stranger reaches out to him via Words with Friends. Will her words change his mind?

Suffering from amnesia, Frank struggles to remember details of the brothers' latest job - keeping the granddaughter of a former N. Korean nuclear scientist safe from kidnapping. But is all what it seems? Encrypted series.

With his parole fast approaching, inmate Edward Masen is looking for a friend. College student Bella Swan stumbles across his profile on a prison pen-pal website. Their friendship is formed over written words, but will it last once he rejoins her world?

Elena Gilbert, 23, is a 'how to' journalist at a top fashion magazine. But what will happen when she has to write an article on how to change a womaniser into a one-woman man? Even more importantly, what will she do when the man she has to change is Damon Salvatore, 27, the renowned and successful businessman? One thing's for sure, sparks will fly. AU/AH

Damon disappeared three years previously after his mother's death. Now, back in Mystic Falls, he has one goal in mind; to mend Elena's broken heart. AU/AH O/S Written for the A2A Holiday Exchange on LJ.

How will the Hardys deal with the consequences when their home is invaded by criminals? Joe is 14 and Frank 16 in this story. Contains violence and child abuse.

Part Two: How does the head of the world's most powerful crime family juggle being a father, husband, and boss? Surrounded by trouble, Edward tries to manage his organization while struggling to spend time with his children and wife, Bella. Sequel to Quiet Storm. EDITED TO MEET THE TOS. FULL STORY CAN BE FOUND ON TWCS, where you'll need to log-in. A few passages are missing

When Wade falls ill after the end of the war, Scarlett will do what she must to help him - and desperate times call for desperate measures.

Senior year takes a turn for the deadly when Elena Gilbert unknowingly becomes the sole witness to a crime. When the people closest to her begin acting suspiciously, who can she trust? AU/AH. D/E

WWII :: Damon is a cocky & crude fighter pilot. He's also Elena's patient indefinitely. It's totally screwed up! That he's more of a threat to her sanity than any battle outside. * Co-Stars: Caroline/Tyler.

Damon Salvatore, Hollywood's highest paid actor, is reluctantly cast alongside an unknown daytime actress, the fetching Elena Gilbert, in a major motion picture. He is not pleased.

This story takes off after Scarlett has made her famous visit to Rhett’s jail. After that things take a different course. Mostly a happy fic provided R&S agree to cooperate, my pen can only do so much.

Elena Gilbert's a 'working girl' and Damon hates her job even if he wants her more than any other girl he'd ever wanted. They both promise themselves to stay emotionaly uninvolved, but would it work? Rated M for a good reason!

"I believe in fate more than the average person. We will run into each other again because we are meant to be. I just know it." AU/AH

Bella wanted to fulfill a fantasy - to be groped inside a crowded train. She gets her wish and more, when a sex-starved ex-convict decides she's fair game. ALLHUMAN. Mature but with plot.

AU/AH. When Elena Gilbert inherits a building in Mystic Falls, she takes the opportunity to start a new life for herself and her daughter. All appears to be going well. Until she makes an enemy in Damon Salvatore, that is...

AU/AH. Elena Gilbert was never able to forget the man who unknowingly robbed her of her innocence. Ten years later, he comes back into her life. Elena will finally be able to seek revenge. But will she still want to?

Bicentennial Summer Trilogy #2: Starsky and Hutch tangle with Simon Marcus and his gang of murderous thugs for the first time. Warning: very dark!

Can Hutch and those around him survive his fight within himself? Slash! Sexually explicit! If homosexual content upsets you, please disregard this story.

Scarlett takes an uncharacteristic risk to get Rhett back. Rated Mature for a reason.

Edward Cullen,25,the son of a Chicago mob boss. He is second-in-command, cold and dangerous. Bella Swan,18,small town girl who has just enrolled as a freshman at Northwestern. A story about how love can survive in the cruelest of worlds.Very OCC.Rated M.

Conversations over coffee. Sometimes when you meet "the one," falling is easy – as simple as talking. Effortless. You just have to find the words. AH

Bella prefers the virtual to the actual, but feels herself being tugged from the safety of her online realm into the world of a rough edged Edward. This time she'll write her own story. Collab with astilbe13 AH/AU

GWTW Sunny Funny Ficathon entry. One night, she forgot to lock the door and he forgot to hold his liquor.

One fateful night, 29y/o Edward must make the decision that haunts every firefighter's worst nightmares. In choosing between his life and that of another, life altering repercussions arise. Rated M. Contains graphic descriptions of fire. HF Warning.

New student Bella Swan needs to break out of her shy exterior and her guidance counselor has the answer: tutoring. And Bella is too new to know she shouldn’t want to tutor Edward Cullen.

The perfect person appears at the worst possible moment, and one unforgettable encounter changes everything. AH

She knew this river, this place, what it had already taken from her. She did not want to go back into that water.

So Scarlett felt shame after Rhett witnessed her in her state of dishabille that one night he brought her Pa home but how exactly did Rhett Butler feel after seeing her like that? My Glut of Smut 2010 entry.

Follow Bella as she tries to survive a madman's abduction and keep a stranger's child from succumbing to his wild fantasies, and follow Edward as he tries to stay sane searching for his daughter taken right before his eyes.

Post finale 1 year later. AU and probably slightly OOC. Elena has been missing since the night Katherine came back. One brother never stopped looking for her.

Glut of Smut entry 2010. Set during Rhetts blockading days prior to the Atlanta Bazar. Please R&R.

Post finale: A shocking secret is revealed changing everything for Elena and Damon. The aftermath tests relationships, friendships and family allegiances. Can they come together and survive the biggest threat Mystic Falls has ever had? / NO CC Intended/ Complete

Elena Gilbert's nightmare is just beginning. Picks up right where season one finale left off. No relationship is left unchanged in the aftermath as history comes back to haunt them all...

Glut of Smut 2010 entry. On the night that Tony Fontaine visits the Kennedys before fleeing to Texas, Scarlett feels a desperate need for more security, and she decides to go to Rhett in hopes of getting another loan.

Rhett is in Charleston after leaving Scarlett when tragedy strikes. Does it bring them back together or futher drive them apart?

Frank and Joe Hardy, while still in high school, look into a mystery involving a ghostly figure sighted on Lovers Lane and discover an attraction to each other along the way. Prequel to The Mystery of the Celibate Corpse.

Follow the journey none of us wanted to end. Can Rhett and Scarlett find their 'happily ever after? And if so how long could it possibly last before another tragedy hits their lives? Will they draw together or drift apart? R&R! Rated M for abuse & death

Set many years after GWTW. Beau asks Rhett's permission to marry Ella kicking off a story about the nature of love. Beau/Ella and Rhett Scarlett romance.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Where will they take theirs? Nancy needs to start living her life again after the passing of her father, but she doesn't want to do it alone. Mostly UST-ish Joe/Nancy

The Hardys attempt to relax in Washington, DC on vacation before Frank heads off to college. What they find there is their most complicated mystery to date! New relationships form while old ones are questioned...

After a series of jewelry stores are robbed, Frank and Joe set out to find who is behind them. Their quest leads them to seek out the criminals, only to find themselves involved in an elaborate plot designed to enact revenge against the Hardy family.

What happens when you find yourself in love with your own sibling? TxG story!

When Vanessa Bender answers a mysterious Classified Ad in the paper she inadvertently sets into motion a huge chain of events; and Joe is left to decide between his past with Iola and his future with Vanessa.

When Callie Shaw inexplicably disappears, many questions arise- and we are all left to wonder if Iola really died after all.

The Hardys are working on a case that hits a bit too close to home when Callie and Vanessa are witnesses to a serious crime. Unable to solve the case on their own, the Hardys ask Nancy Drew for help in one of the most serious crimes they have encountered.

When a serial rapist seems to be methodically working his way towards Bayport, Frank, Joe and Fenton join with nearby law enforcement agencies to stop him before he reaches their hometown.

An unexpected kiss is one of the most amazing haze your mind can get caught up into. Clois all the way.

Smallville Stargate SG1 Fic. For years Clark Kent has wondered and feared about the day when his secret would be exposed. What happens when the agent of a government agency discovers he's an alien. What Happens when that agent is from the SGC. ClarkLana

Rhett has left. Scarlett wants him back. My take on what happens after the movie... It is rated M for a very good reason!

[Post PotC: DMC] Jack has been captured and now a battered Elizabeth has been thrown in his cell with him to send him over the edge. What will he do to save her, and how will they escape? JackElizabeth. SPOILERS! EPILOGUE UP!

Lois and Clark on a cruise, they're finally alone in the suite, when sparks start to fly and thier first time together starts to peak pass kissing.

Nancy Drew is missing! Does it have something to do with her current case? The Hardy Boys take up the investigation. Warning: This story contains an incestuous homosexual subplot, suggestive language and mature situations. COMPLETE

Scarlett agrees to become Rhett's mistress. Charles is captured by the Yankees and no one knows if he's death or alive.

One event changed everything.

When Lana receives a mysterious tapestry in the mail, she and Clark are transported back in time to the Middle Ages, where they must relive a tragic love story. Can they change history?

The Hardy Boys find a body in the woods. Nancy Drew steps in to help the investigation. SLASH WARNING! Includes scenes of gay and incestuous relationships. Complete.