"She's too old for nightmares. She doesn't want company...except that she does. She wants HIS company. She wants her tío. She's known about his bolt-hole for years, and she's had to pretend she doesn't ...but tonight, she's going to stop pretending, because if she's too old for nightmares, she's certainly too old to pretend." Set immediately before Antonio's ceremony.
"Though almost two years had passed since the most recent Gifting, Bruno was somewhat surprised not to find himself banned. But he had noted a distinct lack of invitation to help set up, and it stung a little to think he was being kept as far from Luisa's ceremony as could be managed." (Rating/genre may change as story develops.) Part 3 of the Ceremonies series. Prologue.
"Our magic...is different from most I know of. If it feels like we have a need, it will meet it, and that may mean a Gift or a Casita or an Encanto or a family, together and safe." He hoped he had said the right thing. Because if he were completely honest... he didn't think the Magic was finished with his family. - A short story, when the first Madrigal grandchild is blessed.
Bruno writes a letter. Set shortly after Casita is rebuilt. A Bruno One-Shot.
"There were days when I woke up knowing that the pain would come for me. There were days I woke up and it already had. There were times when it lay docile if undisturbed, and there were times when I refused to acknowledge it. But there was never a time without it." An Alma One Shot, set shortly after Pedro's death. Rated T for brief graphic description and depressed thoughts.