Shadow Of A Heart

A GH (AU)Nikolas/Emily fanfic. While Nikolas Cassadine and Emily Quartermaine's love story is a thing of beauty, I really enjoyed the detour Nikolas took with Liz after Emily died even though I hated that Emily died to begin with and hated how Liz treated Nikolas after the affair, so I decided to smush the two plots together in a way. I also wished Emily had a little more of Liz's fire and imperfections so I decided to give them to her. I'm hoping that makes sense to more than just me! Lol! Some of this will follow the show, some of it won't. Some actions by characters on the show will be done by other characters in the story. Some family roles will be switched around. For example, Emily's biological father is Sonny (cause I didn't want to go the whole Emily/Sonny route which did not work for me) and her mother is an original character married to AJ who had a drunken one night stand with Sonny. Emily lives with her mother and AJ as a Quartermaine for her protection. Lucky is her best friend who has feelings for her. She's starting to reciprocate those feelings when fate intervenes and places a dark prince in her path.
So basically, this is Nikolas and Emily's story, how I would have written it. The story begins shortly before Nikolas's first appearance in Port Charles, so the characters start as teenagers. With that long set up, I hope you guys enjoy!