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It falls with great force by ithinkofnealcassady (stewyonmolly)
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
23 May 2026
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Dangerous by neglect.
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- Part 2 of Commedia
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A rewrite of the Jess/Rory relationship, starting from the very first time we see Jess. What would've happened if Rory had broken up with Dean sooner? And what if Rory and Jess communicated properly? Could Jess and Lane be friends? The work features both beloved scenes from the series and things that happened off-camera up till the point they get into a relationship.
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19 Apr 2026
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starts in Last Week Fights, This Week Tights; Rory decides not to go out on the set-up her grandma arranged and returns to Stars Hollow in time for Liz & TJ's wedding. Seeing Jess again is awkward and strange, but maybe this time they can rebuild their relationship in a healthier way than before.
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19 Apr 2026
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(If Jess were a guy –) ((But she's not and this is what it is.)) | Jess is a girl and Rory's life's a little different.
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03 Apr 2026
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“This isn’t you, Rory. You know it isn’t.”
After Jess reads Rory the riot act in 6.08, she reflects on their relationship: who she was, who she wanted to be, and who he saw her as a teenager. Falls in the timeline between 6.08 and 6.10, with flashbacks to seasons 2-4. Notes for each chapter include the episodes in which the flashback scenes would (presumably) take place. #literati
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Alternate Universe.
At seventeen, Jess Mariano received news that would change his life forever. When his mother decided to send him down the same path his father once took, he realized he needed to break the cycle. So, instead of being shipped off to Stars Hollow to start fresh, he stayed in New York to support his girlfriend and their unborn child. Now, he's a driver for the New York Press and a devoted single father to a five-year-old.
Rory Gilmore has always known exactly what she wanted: Harvard, then a career in journalism. With the first goal behind her, she lands a job as an assistant editor at the same paper, determined to be bolder, take more risks, stop playing it safe, and finally find her voice.
What they didn't expect was to find each other. But as their chance encounter develops into a relationship, they begin to realize that despite every detour and changed circumstance, their lives were always meant to intertwine. Whether that's enough to overcome grief, the responsibilities of parenthood, and the scars left by family trauma remains to be seen.
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“It’s really you,” Jess says. “I mean, when your friend called me over — she’s got great name recognition skills, by the way, she should go on What’s That Name — I thought it might be, but…” Then he breaks out into a grin that has her heart skipping a beat. “What are the odds of this happening?”
“Of me being at a party hosted by my coworker?” she asks, trying not to smile like a complete moron. She holds her thumb and forefinger a hair's width apart. “Not so big.”
“In a city of eight million, you always seem to run into someone you know, don’t you?”
Or: Nine months after they last met, Jess and Rory find themselves in the same city at the same time once more, but this time, both of them are there to stay.
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- Part 2 of for blue skies