This story has been written for the express purpose of writing one of my favourite Spooks characters. This is the first chapter, (most likely) of two. I have not yet written the next chapter, but the story feels incomplete as a one shot.
This story is woven around a familiar theme, and in a familiar setting, but with a different outcome. One shot only (definitely).
The following fic is AU, set 2.5 years after the end of S10. It is an experiment in using OCs to assist the narrative, as observers of our favourite couple. What started out as a one shot has become 3 chapters, which I hope will tie things off nicely.
This story (currently a one shot but with potential to be expanded to one more chapter) is set late in S10, with an AU scenario in relation to the visiting Russians. Realistically, it's just another excuse/vehicle for getting H & R together.
This one shot is a follow up story to "Flirting", and it may help if you read that first, although this story can stand alone. Set mid S.5 (and where Cotterdam did not happen, and perhaps O. Mace could have found another Section head to target) Ruth and Harry go on their second dinner date ... even though Ruth still has some reservations.
In the wake of Harry's proposal after Ros' funeral, he takes an unnecessary risk, leaving Ruth to reconsider her decision to turn him down. 4 chapters, with brief appearances by other S.9 characters.
Who is the woman who has the ability to create such anger in Harry? Ruth is sure it is none of her business. This story in 3 chapters is the outcome of a stray comment on Facebook by a couple of other readers/writers of HR fanfic. Set some time (probably late-ish) in S8, an alternative lead up to Ruth asking Harry for a drink.
What will it take for Harry to reconsider his future? This story is set around 7 months after the end of S.10. Definitely one shot.
Set early in S9, after 9.1, this is a short story in 4 chapters – a one-shot which got away from me. Harry and Ruth, with no-one else, and no plot to speak of. While not altogether serious, nor could it be classified as humorous, and nor is it original. Just some quite gentle Harry and Ruth.
My second one-shot in honour of Harry's birthday, this story follows a similar arc to "A Birthday To Remember", and so is a companion piece. Set just after the end of S.10, following canon, but with a couple of (rather necessary) differences.
An AU one-shot, set some time in S.9. Harry tries to explain to Ruth the rules of cricket. Is that even possible, and does Ruth even care? This is my tribute to the long standing cricketing rivalry between England and Australia. Light hearted nonsense, rated T for a few sweary words.
A one shot set some months after the end of S10. I find it impossible to categorise this story, or to choose the chief characters, so I'll not do that. All is revealled by reading, so best you do that. Rated T for some adult concepts.
This is a two shot - Harry and Ruth - AU scenario, but within a canon context. None of what is written here would ever have occurred in Spooks, which is why I have rambled about it here.
This fic began with the idea of putting Ruth and Connie together on the Grid - as work colleagues - and the likely repercussions of such a pairing. What happened wasn't what I'd expected at all, and what was meant to be lightly humorous, rather quickly turned serious, and a little bit dark. An AU tale, set early in S.7. 3 chapters.
Another one-shot, set in that AU universe post 10.6. This story follows Harry a month after Ruth's funeral. Best I don't natter on here. Best you read it instead.
A light-hearted look at what happens when Ruth texts a friend, but the text ends up being received by the wrong person ... or perhaps it is received by the right person. I'll let you decide. One shot.
15 chapters, set during S.9, but after 9.1. When this story opens, Harry and Ruth are dating, having transcended the difficulties which arose after he proposed to her at Ros' funeral. An AU scenario, with some action, some romance, some swearing - so it's T-rated. Spooks characters belong to Kudos, while my own belong to me.
This short story is told in 3 chapters. Set late in S.8, I have written this story to stand instead of the drink-they-never-got-to-have. It also might serve to lead into Harry's strange proposal early in S.9. Truthfully, it emerged from an idea which wouldn't go away. I have written all but the opening paragraph of Chapter 1 during the course of one day.
Harry is approaching his 60th birthday - another birthday without Ruth - when everything he'd believed to be true is proven to be untrue. How does he handle the news, especially when he has been attempting to move on? 11 chapters (probably)
My original NYE fic, set as 2010 became 2011. Harry & Ruth can't seem to speak to one another in complete and comprehensible sentences. One shot.