You Can't Protest Everything

by LeSass

(AU) Rory is determined to stake her claim as a journalist. With the uprising of rallies following the election of Donald Trump, Rory is given an opportunity to follow the protests. When Rory runs into Jess Mariano at a rally, Luke's elusive nephew, she knows getting closer to him means getting a better story. But it isn't long before the lines of business and pleasure are blurred.

1. Author's Explanation

AN: I wanted to explain some things for the story because otherwise, it gets confusing. Don't worry, there is an actual chapter one - it's "Chapter two" because I wanted this author's note to be separate from the story so it wouldn't bog things down.

Ages/Career: The time period is a little jammed up. Rory is going to be 27 while this story is taking place and Jess will be 28. I know that she's meant to be 32 for the revival, but things have changed about the story and I don't want her to be that old for the purpose of what I've changed. So the timeline messes up a little. In this alternative world, she began Obama's second campaign. This makes it more realistic for this story timeline because she hadn't graduated Yale at 21 for me to have her do both.

In terms of Rory and Jess: Jess and Rory have met previously, but there was no teenage romance. She met him briefly at Liz's wedding and again later when she was dropped out of Yale. That will come up in a later chapter - it's relevant. Rory still broke up with Dean, but it was because of the impending distance. She still had her first time with him, still dated Logan, and still denied the proposal. Logan will come up throughout the story because of a history I've given them in between the show ending and my story. Jess still published a book when he did, but it wasn't The Subsect, and it was also largely due to Luke. I'm excited to explore that. In terms of the Rory/Logan: have heart - I am never not Literati!

Rory and Jess will have slightly different personalities, but they should hopefully be true to who they are. Jess and Luke are no less close because of things changing, but I am still working on that to see how close I can make them. Originally Jess and Rory were going to know each other and have the same history because I adore it, but a friend convinced me to try something new, so here we go :)

Otherwise things are within the canon storyline, or should be. I don't anticipate changing things even as the revival comes out because there is still a lapse in time, but maybe! Also, this story incorporates politics and the opinions of many sides on the American 2016 election. I am trying to keep the opinions of different characters in check with their personalities; please don't read into it too much!

** Please hang in there with me. I reallllllly couldn't come up with a good fic description!