"Kill her. That was the job. But looking at her through a scope was nothing compared to feeling her skin against mine." Doug doesn't make mistakes. He doesn't have a conscience. He just has a target. Kamala Harris is brilliant, fierce, and stands for everything he's spent his life destroying. Getting close to her was easy. Resisting her is impossible. As the deadline for the hit approaches, the line between his mission and his desire begins to bleed. He was sent to ruin her life, but he's the one falling apart. When the truth comes out, will she see the man who loves her-or the killer who was never supposed to let her live?

Roman Brady has barely been back in Salem two months, when he abandons his family because of a threat from organized crime boss Raffi Torres. Marlena and her children are left vulnerable when Raffi decides to go after them instead. John takes Marlena, Eric, Sami, and Carrie on the run, determined to protect the family that will always be his.

Where John shows Marlena romance beyond her imagination

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!

they left after the (2011) party and promised they would be back but they did not think it would be so soon

When John gets arrested and the team helps and ask Marlena to talk to Stefano after john made her promise not to (2011)

A Days of Our Lives story about Marlena finally coming to terms with all that has happened to her in her life. She experiences PTSD and must be hospitalized for treatment. Everyone thinks she is well, but she has one last battle with her Fear that could cost her her life if John cannot reach her in time.

John is discharged from the hospital post-aneurysm. After a burgers and beer at the pub, he and Marlena finally get a chance to talk.

John wakes up from his aneurysm repair surgery. John and Marlena reconnect.

Recent events bring Marlena's past trauma back to the surface. She struggles to confide in John about parts of her life from before they met.