Grief has two parts: loss and then the remaking of life. (Paraphrased from Anne Roiphe.)
This a continuation of the fanfic on Ben and Maria Evans.
What should have happened instead. Brief moments of what if ... following a recent rewatching of Olivia/Gregory scenes on YouTube. Feedback (positive or negative) would be much appreciated :-)
It had been quite awhile since she was forced to eavesdrop on her parents.
Her deliciously secret smile wove its way from her face and into his heart.
Maybe it's a feeling that something has changed, or maybe it's a feeling that nothing has.
It would be the first Christmas he's ever spent with both of his parents. His real ones.
He wouldn't admit this to anyone, and certainly not to his wife, but there were times when he just didn't understand her.
Traduction de Power (Oparu)
As clearly as she knows her own name, she knows she's going to break her daughter's heart.
100 Drabbles about Olivia with added Gregory and Cole - Alternate Universe
Car accident changes lots of things. "I want to continue my dream. It was great. Everything was white and calming, I felt as everything bad just went away. And I was so close to be absolutely happy where I was."
Don't patronize me by saying it has possibilities.
We are the sum of our entire lives.
We still shine.
She wanted tonight to go well for him. He needed to be focused. But, now...
Sometimes, all that glitters is gold.
Sometimes, he goes to his little apartment above the Waffle Shop and turns up the most visceral Otis Redding songs he knows, until they shake the patrons' dishes downstairs.
He nodded, realizing for the first time that her parents, who had caused him so much grief in the few short months he'd known them, were just people.