These are all stand alone stories. They do not go together in any way. Just a way to look at all of the ways that J/M could have gotten together, with a huge focus on them being "normal" people, doing "normal" things, especially as parents of younger children.

John Black has had many injuries in his life. This one, however, threatens not just him, but those he loves as well.

This is my first John and Marlena Fanfiction! I hope you enjoy it. While I mainly write about Strummer, I decided to try to write about my favorite DOOL couple! This story picks up when John finds Marlena at the "new" Maison Blanche. I am hoping to fill in some holes we all wished had been filled. I hope you enjoy it!

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.

After Marlena divorced John after the Kristen/Brady debacle of 2013 - it's not over. It was never really over. Short little story I couldn't get out of my head.

What if the affair, was really an affair? An emotionally messy, full of angst, and guilt, affair. John and Marlena can't seem to stay away from each other, no matter how many times they say it's over.

Love Never Dies John Black is gone, but the story isn't over. When Mariah and Ethan Vaughan are drawn into a web of ISA secrets, family legacies, and unanswered questions, they discover that the past is far more dangerous than they ever imagined. A story of family, loyalty, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love. Because some legacies are written in blood. Others are written in love.

A different twist after the Affair... *I don't know how long this will be... or how often I can update. But it's been rolling around in my head and I had to get it out lol.*

A collection of Jarlena scenes, rewritten the way they should have played out. Each scene is separate and they are not interconnected.

The possession is over, but Father John Black still struggles with the attraction he feels for the woman he saved.