Annie and Auggie have returned to hearth and home after their life-changing vacation and subsequent rescue. Now they have to learn how to work together and live together, and make their next step forward together as real-life circles around them. A sequel to Trade-Up and Wherever The Wind Takes Us.

Things had not been right between them for a long time. And Auggie's coping mechanism is to distract himself from the wrongness of things he doesn't want to address. Now, a huge hole in his life, Auggie has run out of options to distract himself any more. AU to Canon story line. This is all Walkerson, and deals with the events in Season 5. Spoilers.

Auggie and Annie have come through more pain and secrets and trials than most couples. But they have somehow managed to get past the events of the past year, and now, to recharge and heal, they are embarking on a vacation to celebrate their surviving and strengthening love for each other. Post Season five. This is my sequel to my previous story, Trade-up.

A turning point day in Auggie's life, which could have, like the explosion that brought him to this moment, gone a different way. Comes from two CA (one deleted) scenes that I felt were very important and critical to Auggie's character. One-shot.