When love and pain intersect, and life altering decisions aren't easy. Sometimes saying goodbye is easier than actually letting go. Set in 1991, this retelling of John, Marlena, and Roman's story comes after Mexico. It examines the pain of abandonment that comes from a father saying goodbye, the ultimate betrayal, a love denied, and the impact of C-PTSD on a man who refuses to acknowledge he needs help coping with seven years of torture.

Royalty. Betrayal. Hidden heirs. Dangerous obsessions. In the kingdoms of Roquebrune and Alamainia, love may be the most dangerous weapon of all. Behind every crown lies a secret. Behind every secret lies a choice. And for John and Marlena, the price of love may be two kingdoms. A Jarlena AU.

A collection of Jarlena drabbles inspired by writing prompts, random ideas, and the moments in between. From quiet conversations to life-changing decisions, these stories explore the love, family, friendship, and hope that have always defined John and Marlena.

Three years after they said goodbye in Mexico, John is engaged to Kristen Blake, and Marlena is living a quiet, if not boring, life with Roman. One fateful choice, a flight to Seattle, and Stefano's desire to rip John from his daughter's life changes everything forever.

John struggles with his love for two women. One who is dying, and the other belongs to someone else... but she used to be his.

John Black's world changed forever in February of 1995. Losing his son and the one woman who always held his heart nearly killed him. Five years later his marriage to Kristen is falling apart. His obsession with finding the last of Stefano's clones might destroy him... or possibly bring him back from the darkness he's called home for the last five years.

An AU rewrite of the Salem Strangler storyline with several twists and turns. How would it play out if John Black came to Salem in 1982?

An AU story about Marlena's 1993 pregnancy. The blood test was inconclusive, John sends Kristen packing, and Sami never witnessed anything. A story of healing, and the final acceptance that fate is out of our hands.

These stories are all one-offs. They are not meant to tie together. These explore the divorce and post-divorce storylines.

Please Note: this story is in the process of being heavily rewritten/re-edited to fix style, depth and continuity issues. I have gone back to the beginning to completely revise chapters to allow for the change in story direction as I have been going along. ********************************************************** It's late 2014 when John wakes from a coma believing it's still 2012, and that he and Marlena are still married and deeply in love. But in reality, they're divorced. Their relationship broken by pain and choices that can't be undone. Marlena tries to guard her heart. John only remembers how to love her. Going Home to Doc is a slow-burn, second-chance romance that asks: can soulmates ever truly let go? Notes about the use of canon in this universe: John & Marlena have been married since 1999 and that marriage was fully intact until 2012. There was no Princess Gina, no Alex North, no Gemini Twins, no reasons for multiple separations and marriages over the years. Until 2012 their relationship was solid and the tests to their relationship always came from the outside, never within. 2012 changed everything.