A lonely night, a bridge and a swan...and oh so much more. Future Literati. (Set after episode 608, which was the future when this story was started.)

Rory is a successful businesswoman in her mid twenties with no time, or skill, for relationships. Jess is a good looking guy who is willing to spend a night pleasing a woman as long as she pays for it. What happens when they meet? AU Lit

A somewhat different history...just how different, I don't know yet.

Two words: Arranged Marriage.

*COMPLETE* Literati. Future Fic. It's been years since Rory let herself think of Jess, but all it took was the sound of his voice to take her back to where it all started. Now back in Stars Hollow, will this be a second chance at love or just another heartbreak?

Rory returns home for Christmas while working the campaign. She's not the only one who's coming home either. Lit. and JJ

Rory's working in Boston, living with a new friend. It's three years after the seventh season ended and someone from her past has shown up... yet again.

When a freak accident puts Jess' life in jeopardy, Luke is unaware that this is going to prove to be the least of their problems. Jess and Luke centric - set in Season 2. Chapter 27 now up.

Emily doesn't make the rolls so Lorelai stops by the diner. And since Lane's mother's conference is cancelled, Rory goes home where Dean is waiting. Season 2, Back in the saddle again rewrite. Literati and JJ.

When Damon finds himself turning up inexplicably outside the Bennett house, he knows the little witch is to blame. Bonnie is struggling with a new spell, and for some reason a certain pesky vampire has taken up residence on her porch. UPDATE: Cover Art by Zevrantiva (zevrantiva dot tumblr dot com ). I LOVE it so much! Please send her some love if you do, too!

Literati. Set during "Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels." Jess has stunned Rory with his declaration of love, but things go differently this time around.

one shot; post-series, Rory runs into Jess at Luke's and things proceed from there. Rory/Jess

..."Shouldn’t Lorelai be involved? I mean, technically, she’s gonna be the kid's step-mom; might be nice if they meet each other before the wedding." A few extra lines during The Real Paul Anka has a snowball effect on all involved.

Sequel to The Rest of the Sun Belongs to Me. Set 3 weeks later. Jess is getting back on his feet while Rory starts to spiral away. What will happen once Jess and Rory attempt to merge their lives during a problematic time? AU LITERATI/splash of Javajunkie

Alice Gilmore-Huntzburger's bookshelf had always played host to a collection of books by Jess Mariano.

AU. Literati. Jess was sent to Stars Hollow when he was eight years old. Since then, he and Rory have been best friends. When they finally get together, how will they face hardships as a couple instead of just friends?

Post-finale. Jess and Rory run into each other in an unexpected place. Emotional mayhem ensues :P

For once there were no external obstacles standing between them. The internal ones, however, were there, deeply settled. A story of bringing them down. Lit attempt at post-finale friendship.

Because their story was far from finished.

Jess Mariano has had the good life in Stars Hollow, Rory the bad in New York. Now, they're meeting up for the first time that they can remember and their families are coming together. More of a summary in chapter one. LIT & JJ

“Rory,” he said, touching her elbow and guiding her towards his friend. “Allow me the pleasure of introducing my good friend. Jess Mariano,” he addressed the boy now to his left, “this is my friend Rory Gilmore.”

Welcome to high society, where only the truly fabulous matter. Don't feel bad if you don't own your own pair of Christian Louboutin sandals and don't have two boys with perfect smiles vying after you. Here you can live vicariously through Rory Gilmore.

Rory and Jess are stuck in the storage room of the diner for 6 hours, just after their fight in Doose's in 3x02. Cue bitter banter, frustration and, eventually, reconciliation. One shot.

Jess leaves for California to deal with past demons. Rory's determined not to care, he's determined to stay away, yet somehow, neither of them can really pull it off.

Rory comes back to Stars Hollow to try and pick up the pieces of her ruined life. But she is not the only one who want to do that. Jess is there too, but he is not the same.

Takes place a year after series finale. Rory and Jess both come home for Luke and Lorelai's long awaited wedding and inevitably meet up...

As the country celebrates the election of a new president, one young man acts on a spiteful impulse, hurting the only woman he's ever cared about. When they're put back together again, can they keep it together for good? Post-finale Literati

Jumping off point: V gets Duncan's journal in Echolls' Family Xmas. AU from there but many canon events happen too. All characters in the VM-verse make an appearance, but it is a LoVe story. In script format-but give it a try, it's well written.

Rory grows up in Luke's apartment, and then Jess moves in, turning things around. Just read it! r/j

Literati revisited. Coffee and conversation and rain. Takes place a couple of months after the series finale. "He disappears into his room, his eyes nearly welling. That's never happened before."

This AU Literati story is based four years in the future, after Philadelphia. Rory and Jess meet again in Stars Hollow for Luke and Lorelai's wedding. Each of them keep a secret. Secret,that can change a life.Can they be together again, this time forever?

Literati. She refused to be a cliché, falling for the seemingly dangerous guy when she was with the safer one. He refused to let the innocent girl of his friend to make him feel something unwanted. AU.

Lorelai has to go out of town shortly after Rory broke her arm- who will help her if not the town's most hated bad boy? And what exactly is he planning on helping her with?

She’d never thought she would do this. She had never been one to take the easy way out. Still, she was sitting there on the floor in the dimly lit bathroom, her back against the cool wall. Set after 6x08. Literati. WARNING: Deals with self-harm

New Summary. In the middle of her grandparent’s vow renewal, Rory finds Jess crashing back into her life. Maybe for good this time.

Rory gets drunk at Madelaine's birthday party, somewhere after "One's got class and the other one dyes" and ends up telling Jess how she feels. But the town is small and her voice carries. So much for stealth. One-shot Lit, like espresso. M for languag

AU, Literati, Futurefic. Jess comes back to Stars Hollow with a kid in tow. Will the town be able to deal with it? What happens when your past comes back to bite you... Some humor, some angst, lot of the Hollow... FINAL CHAPTER IS UP! Coming soon, sequel!

Literati. They’re on a plateau, no ups or downs, no excitement or joy. They learn that complacency is not the best position to be in. AU.

Rory and Jess run into each other, two years after she graduates college. They've grown up, but have they moved on?

It was like staring down the barrel of a gun or over the edge of some great height. The expanse is so broad yet totally singular; a cliff, a bullet, a face. Books and wit would never write the ending for her. Future Fic, Literati

[Previosuly called Strangers]A different Rory and Jess bump into each other for the first time when they are 21. She is a timid, strange girl who seems to be hiding something. He is the same bad boy wanna be, but he has grown up. Total AU Lit

Literati, post LMHYBRO. What if Rory walked out on Logan the same time Jess realized he had to have her? Don’t accuse me of having it easy when it comes to you. I drove so many more miles and did so much less because of you.

Her upper lip quivers, she tries to quell the wave of nausea that rises up from her stomach. She feels like an intruder now, a home-wrecker, a wanton divorcée. Rory blinks, swallows. “Your daughter is very beautiful.” Lit future fic.

She’d always been terrified that sex would be just another thing she wouldn’t get to experience, a language that she wouldn’t be able to decode. He wanted to be her dictionary. Season three Lit. Complete.

Post S7. Rory fully settled in the campaign finds out Jess wrote a book of their earlier relationship. In order for Rory to move on with her future she must now face her past. This is my first Literati fic, so hopefully i'll do them justice.LL implied RR

Ever wonder how Rory would have been if she had been more open in the third season. This picks up at the end of Swan Song and continues with a new spin on the rest of the season. Lit. Warning: Sexual issues and smut. Worth the read.

Years after their last encounter Jess and Rory meet once again. Naturally, this will change both of their worlds and bring back feelings Rory thought she had buried long ago. Will Jess succeed this time? LIT.

It's the little things, really. [Lit]

. . . he will always hold onto the old pieces of her that she is casting off . . . he has picked them up over the years and glued them back together and now he carries them around with him in his pocket, right next to the future that they almost had and t

Sometimes forgiveness is even harder than letting go. Literati. Complete.

Literati. He can’t seem to say anything right this morning. AU.

Literati. “You’re supposed to have sex on your wedding night. It’s part of the package. It’s expected!” “Exactly!” AU.

“Maybe he calls out your name,” he whispered, restarting the slow, careful movement of his hips against hers. He dropped his head, burying his face in her neck. “Rory,” he breathed, his exhalations rapid and irregular. “Rory…” Literati oneshot

...It means that, well, nothing about us is easy. And hating you would be easy... Jess remembers the little things, even after everything that's happened. Maybe it is what it is doesn't have to be so bad. season 7ish. Complete!

Rory and Jess have not met yet, Rory is a freshman at Yale, and so is Jess. They meet all is well with the world? JJ undertones

A 26 year old jilted bride, Rory finally decides to run and start a new life with Jess, but not in the way that he'd had in mind when they were kids. Future fic. AU after Season 5. COMPLETE

Abandoned AU. Jess never came to Stars Hollow, but Rory was sent to New York to live with her aunt. Lit starting second chapter. JJ in later chapters.

When Jess is pining away over Rory in California, his new friend will go to great lengths to get them back together. COMPLETE!

Rory's boyfriend has been abusing her. She stays with him, claiming she still loves him. Will she still love him after a certain exboyfriend has returned to Stars Hollow and brought to her attention again the REAL feeling of love? LITERATI!

COMPLETE. You always hurt the one you love. RJ

After Rory loses her virginity to Dean, Emily makes her an offer that sends her to New York for the summer. What will happen when she runs into Jess, and what kind of choices will they both have to make? Literati. COMPLETE

Literati. He thought apologizing was supposed to make things easier. Neither one of them expected this. Complete.

Completed 9.12.04. What if Rory and Jess had destroyed the snowman in "Bracebridge Dinner"? What if everything had been different? What if Season 2 had gone my way? Lit and JJ

Chapter 30 Up- Rory and Jess manage to stabilize their relationship, everything seems to be going perfect but will new developements turn everything sour?

Love me for stupid reasons. I like those most. One-Part Future Lit

Literati. 'Beautiful. She called him beautiful.' -- The after effects as Jess feels it.

Literati. Written after the Dance Marathon to show Rory breaking up with Dean (not the other way around.) This is my first fic and Dean is OOC - you've been warned. Story is completed.

What seemed like a harmless tradition has created quite a stir in the tiny community of Stars Hollow. Feel-good fluff for your Christmas reading enjoyment. Dean-friendly R/J, L/L and L/D, and plenty of non-shipper goodness. Collaboration with MahliaLily.