A prequel, set two years before A Second Chance. How did it all begin?

Alternative Universe: Can these two lovers get past their grief and despair, to give themselves a fighting second chance at love?

Faced with the news that her husband's military convoy was ambushed whilst on tour of Iraq; presumed dead, Bonnie turns to her best friend for support and comfort. With a life time spent losing those she loves, it would seem that fate has dealt Bonnie with another raw deal, but little does she know what fate really has in store. AU fic.

It's 1967, Olivia Pope, law graduate from Howard University struggles to find a job, in a country still filled with civil unrest and inequality. That's until Fitz, a friend of her father helps her out- securing her a role in a women's rights organisation. Working so closely together, feelings soon develop; but will the price they pay to be together come at too great a cost?

After two years of no communication, no word, no nothing, Olivia returns to Washington DC, hoping to make amends for running away, but after all he's been through can Fitz find it in himself to forgive her and move on?