First & Second Loves: Notebook Fanfiction

A modern retelling of the 2004 film The Notebook, starring Rachel McAdams (Allie), Ryan Gosling (Noah), and James Marsden (Lon).

When I was in high school, I really rooted for Noah and Allie. But now, I can't help noticing how volatile their relationship. Lon, meanwhile, is so funny, sweet, playful, and supportive. And Allie appears genuinely happy when she's with him.

I'm writing Notebook fanfiction because I wanted to push back against the idea that love and passion have to be volatile, and I wanted to give Lon Hammond the serious consideration he deserves.

My story is set in modern day and focuses on the characters when they're in their 20s, because I cannot with the Alzheimer's. It's too heartbreaking and real life is hard enough.

NOTE: This story contains sexually explicit content in chapter 5.

EXCERPTS:

"He stared at her with such intensity, like she was the only person in the whole world who mattered. It was intoxicating."

"She felt like she was on the brink of something big, like she was teetering on the edge of a precipice and everything could change in an instant. What would happen if she let herself fall?"

"She felt like she was blasted into another dimension, an infinite cosmos filled with blindingly bright stars where no one else existed but the two of them."