Jess and Rory begin their relationship after Jess' move to Stars Hollow. But shortly after their relationship begins, they find that sustaining it is the real test. With disapproval from family, friends, and the town, will Jess and Rory decide that their relationship is too much of a weight to carry? For The Love Of Howl sequel

"How many identical days will have to pass before Rory Gilmore starts raising some hell?" Groundhog Day au on Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels.

It became a new normal that they would run into each other once or twice a year, drawn together at Luke and Lorelai's for family holidays and events. What does this new normal look like for Jess and Rory? Banter, late night conversations, old friends becoming new friends, hints of tension and accidental touches. Literati slow burn, scattered moments after S7.

Rory finds a phone number written in a book that she bought in NYC. (Based on a Tumblr prompt)

It's 9 years later, and Rory is moving on to what could be the height of her career. Is she ready? Her past, present and future collide with dazzling results. Inspired by the buzz around the new episodes ordered by Netflix. Changed to a mature rating for language, and for future adult scenes.

Takes place late in the fall after season 7 ended. Rory is visiting her mother on a weekend off from the campaign trail and stumbles on someone from her past.

Jess never went to Stars Hollow, continuing down a bad path living in New York, eventually getting punished with community service, where he happens to bump into a certain Gilmore fresh from her yacht-stealing escapades. Lit. Set around 6x03 and onwards.

What if Rory stayed in touch with Jess throughout his transformation into the guy we see in Season 6? Starts at 4x21: Rory has enough money for a cab and so doesn't call Dean for a ride home. Jess shows up too early and, while waiting outside her dorm, has a chance to re-think his proposal. Season 5 rewrite.

AU where Lorelai raised Rory in CA instead - Rory Gilmore is looking forward to one last peaceful summer in her hometown before heading off to Yale, but her plans are derailed when her mother offers Jess, a young runaway, shelter and a job. As she grows closer to Jess, her relationship with her boyfriend and her certainty about her future wavers. (More detailed summary inside.)

As she aged, she found something incredibly attractive about the salt and pepper look. He had it. Literati. 17 years after the finale.

Almost a decade after the disastrous kiss at Truncheon, Luke & Lorelei are married. Rory is a world-traveling reporter based in Boston. Jess is a successful author recently moved from Philadelphia to New York. When life brings Rory to New York she and Jess reconnect.

A realistic glimpse of how assistant NYTimes editor Rory finds ways back to Stars Hollow and back to casual encounters with a former boyfriend through his annotated pages of Hemingway, Kerouac, Woolf, and Vonnegut. Written before the reboot, 4 seasons, 4 very long chapters, with healthy doses of coffee, whiskey, literature, and hidden half-smiles. Literati, Alt AYITL.

Sorta AU post-finale Gilmore Girls. Lorelai has big news to share with her daughter and it's only natural her husband's nephew knows too right? Its so much more than just this summary. Lit fic, set in 2015.

Rory got done with Yale, and went out into the world to be a journalist. Jess turned The Subsect into a success and then wrote another highly successful novel. Now she's going to interview him for the paper she works for, but here's the twist, in this story, Rory and Jess have never met before... until now.

Post-finale Literati (with JavaJunkie as well). Rory bumps into Jess after three years of not seeing him. Sparks fly, coffee spills. Will their timing finally be right? Rated T (or T-Plus) for language and talk of sex (nothing graphic, though).

Post finale literati because Jess needs to know that Rory did fix everything in the end.

Jess goes to a wedding and runs into an "old friend." What will be seven chapters that follow three times Jess and Rory are thrusted together. Every other chapter is in Jess's POV while the remaining ones are in Rory's. I loved writing it and I hope you love reading it.

Jess and Rory in New York City. "Is it still your dream to become a foreign correspondent?...You still want to be reporting from the trenches? From where all the action is?" "Yes." ""So tell me how things are different." "You and me, Jess!" Literati, Post-Series.

One-shot: Rory and Jess can't keep meeting like this. A conversation is in order.

Jess stops in to pick up something left in Stars Hollow. Rory stops to crash in her old bed for a night. Neither is expecting company, but they find it nonetheless.

A backstory to "Third Time's The Charm" by Lady-Of-Victory-Rising. AU post-finale Lit - Jess never came to live in Stars Hollow and never met the Gilmores but Rory now needs some help to get accomodated in Philadelphia when she comes for an internship.

Rory wakes up in the one bedroom she never thought she would. Jess's. Apparently things happen when there are one too many Martinis involved. Post-finale Literati.

"you were right; it is what it is, you- me. What it is, is never over." - Post Series One-shot: Three years since Jess last saw Rory. How much could things have really changed? Not that much, if they still always come back to each other. Lit

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

AU Lit. She fainted. He caught her. But there's something else there, right?

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 and Jess meet during Luke and Lorelai's wedding. Set after series finale. Literati all the way, with some JJ

Despite all the bad he's done, I love him. Sometimes." A few words and a spark of conscience change everything. What if, in The Real Paul Anka, Rory decided to go back and propery apologize to Jess? A confrontation leads to friendship... and maybe more?

Rory Gilmore has been proposed to twice on graduation days. Well, you know what they say about the third time... AU Lit oneshot.

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

Literati.My take on how episode 6x18 should've ended and how things should've continued. She decides to stay. Is getting drunk the answer? Will it make them forget? "Drunk people do stupid things." "So I've been told."

He’s sure she didn’t mean for her photo to mean anything; it was just different way of congratulating him for finishing that book. But she inadvertently started something big: she’s making him consider initiating a way to communicate.

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!

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

Ever wondered who lived on the other side of the Gilmore's? Well no one until a certain someone moves in. RoryJess. rated M for chapters 18,19,28. Enjoy :

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.

Lit, post 6.08. Dipping his head lower, he whispered to her in what she now knew to be his most secretive voice, husky and heavy and choked and always a little insecure. “I’m really glad you’re here.”

“And MTV sends reporters to Bahrain?” Jess and Rory in NYC. loosely based on the movie of the same title.

She needs someone to point the way home, and he remembers what it feels like to be lost. Rory and Jess redefine a friendship. A sequel to 'U Turn,' set during 'Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out' and following.

Another Jess comes into town with a daughter fic, except this time only 2 people in S.H. knows who the mother is: Jess and the mother. Future fic by Aki

Her friend at work sets her up on a blind date. His friend pushes him into doing it. Fate has that funny way of pulling people together. New chap up.

Jess and Rory are 25 years old, living on opposite ends of the country, and both happen to have books on the bestseller list. Jess never came back East after leaving for California, until now. Epilogue up: Mr. and Mrs. Mariano

A chance meeting in a coffee shop. Written for the Lit Fanfiction exchange.

Jess hopped in his car and left Rory in the dust in Star’s Hollow, yet again. But we can’t let it end there, can we? Literati postNag Hammadi

Jess and Rory reconnect under some interesting circumstances.. future lit-Complete!

Rory's tried to move on, but her mind keeps whispering... I don't wanna get over you. [Literati]