Rory had long rationalized her relationship with Jess down to a combination of misdirected friendship and teenage lust, and she was sure he felt the same way. So when he suddenly goes silent after she sends him her latest chapter, she's not expecting what she finds when she tracks him down. And now nothing will ever be the same. A prelude to "Daddy Shark."

Oneshot of Jess's Father Day set between my Appreciation and Flux fics. Domestic Literati fluff!

S4 AU where Rory leaves with Jess instead of sending him away in Last Week Fights, This Week Tights. Some chapters will be from Rory's POV and other's from Jess's. Warning that it will be heavy on angst! Hope you enjoy it!

"Why don't you just go off with John, Jack, whatever his name is?" Rory opened her mouth to tell Logan that was never her plan, but the words wouldn't come. Meeting his wild eyes, she stood her ground and called his bluff. "You know, what, Logan? That is the first intelligent thing you've said tonight." [AU beginning in 6.8 Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out]

Following the revival, A Year in The Life: Those four words have forever changed the trajectory of Rory & her family. She's taken Jess' advice; she's writing a book and she wants his help to bring it to fruition. How will everyone react to Rory's revelation? Will she be honest with the man at the center of it all? What becomes of Rory now?

AU starting the day before Rory's 21st birthday party. Jess needs a friend when his world is turned upside down and Rory needs someone who knows her.

Rory needs help figuring out who she is. Jess is there to help. Starts 6.08. Lit

Post-Revival. Rory has some big decisions in her life to make after she learns she is pregnant. Jess offers her an option she finds very hard to refuse. Set as they begin a relationship and work through the life around them.

[Post revival, spoilers everything] She's always been her mother's daughter, but this is a curveball she definitely couldn't have seen coming. Slowly untangling the revival. Eventually Literati (and very Jess and Rory centric before then too).

Teenaged Rory Gilmore is a real wild child and the grandparents she once believed were her parents just can't take anymore. Looks like Lorelai finally gets the chance to be a real mom, but bringing Rory to Stars Hollow may cause more problems than it solves, as she might yet prove to be a bad influence on the town's favourite teen and good guy, Jess Danes.

[SEQUEL TO 2,000 MILES TOGETHER] Jess left. Now he's back. And he's back to win his girl, no matter what it takes. (Literati)

It seemed like the obvious father of Rory's child had to be Logan Huntzberger. But what if that wasn't the case at all? Now 100% Literati.

Now that Jess Mariano seems to be a permanent fixture in the lives of Rory and her son, Logan Huntzberger decides it's only appropriate to invite Jess to join him and his friends for a nice, friendly little game of poker. What could possibly go wrong? Post-AYITL

Carrying on from after those four words, Rory and Lorelai work through what is to come, with a little help from Jess, Luke and all of Stars Hollow.

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

AU. Rory Hayden-Gilmore is a society girl, living in a world of fancy parties, rich friends, and every luxury imaginable. Jess Mariano is a small-town guy, working in a diner and hoping to get a novel published some day. When they meet, the attraction between them can't be denied, but can two people from such different worlds really ever make it work?

Gilmore Girls- Rory's little baby is now all grown up with a life absolutely no one expected her to have. At sixteen she's got life pretty much figured out, right? Wrong. Will include Luke/Lorelai and Rory/Jess.

Rory is having a hard time with Logan's new life and her parents getting married. She's feeling a little mixed up and looking for some help to get back on track, so she turns to the guy that helped her out the last time but is Jess going to come through after what happened at Truncheon last year? [Starts in 7.8 'Introducing Lorelai Planetarium' and goes AU]

This is a future fic where Rory's daughter is sixteen. It's sort of a sequel to Appreciation, but you don't need to read that to follow this. Literati, of course! Hope you enjoy it!

Our most favorite diner boys, together trying to make sense of the chaos that Gilmore Girls has become. Post 6x21.

The personal and professional paths of four young doctors cross and adverse events ensue. An 'Adverse Events' and 'Adverse Events Continued' sequel. AU Lit.

"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.

24 mini fics, all on a Christmas/winter/festive theme, all Rory/Jess, all through Advent 2018. Dedicated to my faithful readers and reviewers - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings to you all, as is appropriate to you!

A peek into Rory and Jess's present as they raise their daughter in Philadelphia. Updated infrequently as inspiration arises. Takes place in the A Simple Twist Of Fate timeline. Literati with some JaveJunkie thrown in.

What if Lorelai and Rory ended up experiencing the major milestones of their adult lives at the same time? AU. Picks up where Bon Voyage left off but does not follow the AYITL timeline.

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.)

(Spoilers for A Year in the Life.) With this short story, I'm attempting to fix a startling omission in the revival. Is it AU or simply some unaired scenes within canon? You be the judge. Fair warning, this doesn't solve the problems of the revival's cliffhanger, only compounds them. If you're gonna end in a cliffhanger, you might as well go all out!

After the disaster at Kyle's party, Rory goes to the diner to make sure Jess is okay. What she finds is an bruised and broken boyfriend. Note: This isn't a happy ending story but it is open ended.

A broken motorcycle, a flat tire, some nice popcorn chicken and a decapitated president bobble head. Road trip anyone? AU and pretty OOC. [Literati]

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.

Takes place where AYITL leaves off, except in my story, that is only two years after the original series ended. So Rory is only 24, and has been out of college for only two years. Pregnant. Rory Gilmore was pregnant. Lost and confused by life and love, will she find the calm in the storm that is her life now? Read and enjoy! Will be a multiple chapter story! Literati fanfic!

Sequel to 'If The Kids Are United'. Jess, Rory, & Paris are all back together after a summer apart and are heading off to New Haven to attend Yale. Rory is excited, Paris isn't quite herself, and Jess is starting to wonder if he did the right thing at all! Meanwhile, in Stars Hollow, Luke & Lorelai adjust to life as an engaged couple and begin to plan a wedding.

In S2.19 "Teach Me Tonight", Jess and Rory's car accident goes a little differently, affecting the entire town of Stars Hollow.

(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.

"Fatalism is bullshit. Astrology makes more sense, and that's sayin' something. You inherit bad genes, not bad decisions." Starting right after the four last words and stretching on over a year, this au is a continuation of Harvest Moon and Trouble so you might enjoy this more if you read those first, but if not: Spoiler: Rory and Jess are having a baby.

After Jess told Rory he loved her, he turned and drove away, leaving her to wonder what she was supposed to do next. That decision only gets tougher when suddenly Jess is back, but not entirely himself, or maybe he's more like the real Jess than he's ever been... Literati

AU where Jess and Rory lived in a world where magic is normal. Doesn't change much, really. Title says it all.

Their timing was always off. Throughout the years, Rory and Jess have never been in the right place at the right time. But they have been recurrently in each other's lives, and their brief meetings will change their mutual history – forever. Follows the events of AYITL.

[Literati/Javajunkie] A ghost from her past has suddenly started making himself everywhere she turns. Post orginial series, without revival plot points.

Post-revival fic of Rory's life. Literati, of course!

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

One-Shot. Set in 2x16 There's the Rub. What if Rory decided to tell the truth about her thoughts and feelings when it comes to Dean and Jess? Making that one decision could change everything... for the better!

Jess is a pretty tough guy, that is, unless he gets drunk and his "lady-love" is forced to pick him up the night before their wedding. Oh the poetic words that flow out of a drunken man's mouth... AU and OOC [Literati] One-Shot

Jess Mariano never met his mother. He grew up with only his dad, Jimmy, travelling all over the country, before finally landing in Venice Beach, CA, where they had been for five years now. This Summer seems much like any other, until one day when a blue-eyed beauty walks into a bookstore on the boardwalk, changing Jess' life forever.

AU season 2/3-follows canon: Rory has to go to an anger management group for her class. Jess has to go because he can't pay for the damages at school from his last fight. At first Rory can't stand him, but when Jess ends up in Stars Hollow, things quickly change. Soon Rory sees that there's more to Jess than she realized, and it isn't long before their unlikely friendship heats up.

Jess and Rory left things on a bad note over a year ago, but now that they're both in Stars Hollow for a wedding, they try to rehash the past and figure out their next step.

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

As we know, Rory becomes pregnant at the end of AYITL. This story will eventually go the route of Rory raising her twins with Jess. But 16 years after her and Jess made the arrangement of not telling the twins that their real father is Logan, the twins find out and the drama unfolds.

Follow up to my story Punch Out. Picks up immediately after that one ends. Jess runs into more unexpected company.

One-shot of Jess meeting Rory the night before Christmas 2017. Happy Holidays! (Post-A Year in the Life)

It is what is. But it is, and that's the thing. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be real. What would the revival have been like if Rory and Jess got together before it? Starts in early fall of 2015 through 2016 to Luke and Lorelai's wedding. It's good, but not necessary to read Harvest Moon first as this is a continuation of it. Disclaimer: Very ship-centric.

Sequel to my story Rediscover Communication, set after the end of Say Goodnight, Gracie. This story picks up shortly after the end of the other one.

24 mini fics, all on a Christmas/winter/festive theme, all Rory/Jess, all through Advent 2017. Dedicated to my faithful readers and reviewers - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings to you all, as is appropriate to you!

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.

Takes place immediately after "Only say 'no' if you really don't want to be with me." in 4.22. Canon divergent. My first ever literati-fic and sex-scene. Previously published on Ao3. I'm new to .

Ten years is a long time, and so many things were left unsaid. When Rory found that little list written on the margins of a book, she needed to track the meaning behind each bullet point - including the only word he did not cross. A Literati account of the handful of moments Rory and Jess had together since their last brief meeting in 2006 until that longing look in 2016.

[Sequel to That Part Always Worked.] Post-finale Rory and Jess fic. Picks up one year after the end of That Part Always Worked!

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.

Jess and Rory navigate their complicated relationship five years after the Revival and it seems like neither one of them can close the door on their former relationship. How will Rory's daughter Abby fit into their relationship?

Rory Gilmore has become someone she doesn't recognize, someone she doesn't quite like, and now she's got a life growing inside her that is counting on her to get her act together. [post Fall, eventual Literati with background JavaJunkie]

When Jess tells Rory he loves her, she realised that she loves him back. But when fate keeps pushing them apart, and they're never in the same place at the same time... can they be together and happy? Starts in 4x13 "I love you"! Rated M because reasons.

Jess decides to Bury the Hatchet with Lorelai, but why now? After all these years? It's been just over a year since Rory left on the Obama campaign trail and the last time he had seen Rory was the Truncheon open-house. I'd like to say a huge thank you to Siss7 for editing and helping me so much, I would not have had the confidence to post this without her!

"All the pain and the love I felt as a teenage girl floods back into my body, hot and electric... I just stare at him, unable to move forward with him in time, unable to reconcile the past with the present." Begins immediately after the events of Fall. Rory deals with her new role as a mother and discovers how past loves are still present in her life. Rory x Jess

"What makes you think I don't care about you?" Post-Revival Lit

Rory's starting a new chapter in her life, but doesn't know what role Jess wants to play in it. Lit. Set directly after AYITL. Complete.

post-AYITL. Rory is pregnant and in need of help. Jess is the one who has always been there for her. Join the two of them on a journey down the road into the future that neither expected, but were probably fated to walk all along. (A series of snapshots through time, beginning the day after the revival ends).

(AU) Logan Huntzberger & Jess Mariano need a third person to share the rent on their NYC apartment. Despite initial reservations about sharing with guys, Rory decides to move in. Two has always been company, three might be a crowd. Though Logan & Jess always vowed to put their friendship before women, things might justchange when Rory Gilmore enters their lives.

Something's pulling Jess back to Stars Hollow on the eve of Luke & Lorelei's wedding. Rory goes to bed with a book, ready for a relaxing evening before the big day. Neither of them is going to have the night they planned. As in my other Jess & Rory fic, Rory is NOT pregnant in this story. Rated M for what I'm sure you'd want to be doing with Jess if you were Rory.

Their paths are getting further apart, will they ever find a way to each other? One thing is for sure: if they are to get together again, there is major sorting out to do. Rory Gilmore has decided to find the right track. Future literati fic. Rated M. It follows the events after AYITL, so spoilers. COMPLETE.

Set after the revival. Throughout the years, Rory and Jess have maintained a solid friendship. As Rory's life speeds onto an unforeseen track, it is Jess who is there to support her.

Let's pick up where Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life left off. It's the morning of Luke & Lorelei's wedding and there's still one couple yet to get together. Rory is NOT pregnant in my story. Rated M for exactly what you wanted to happen between Rory and Jess.

*For those who need closure after those final four words* Now that the Gilmore Girls' lives have come full circle, it seems predestined that Rory follow in her mother's footsteps. But does she have the will to break away and write her own story? And will she do it alone or will Jess Mariano finally take his place beside her?

Festive OneShot. The effect of mistletoe on Rory and Jess. Luke and Lorelai are finally getting married, and Rory and Jess must face each other again for the first time since the infamous kiss at Truncheon... Set in an AU Christmas 2008. [Please note, I have NOT seen the revival episodes yet!]

Jess Mariano is an author, a recluse who published his book- The Subsect- on a whim and never expected to become the next J.D. Salinger. Rory Gilmore is an aspiring journalist whose career has been put on hold because of her relationship and who needs to prove her worth. So she decides to take on the story of a lifetime, no matter the cost. AU Lit, full summary inside.

Rory tries to do Jess's eyebrows, but when he won't sit still, she's gotta give him a reason to. Cute little Lit fluff, not much plot but definitely worth the read. Rated M just in case :)

Rory is delayed in getting home for the weekend of the Firelight Festival, and Luke is being even more stubborn than usual, leaving Lorelai with a big decision - does she really hate Jess enough to let him freeze to death in his car? The choice she makes could change everything.

Letting Jess leave was a big mistake. After "Bridesmaids Revisited", Rory breaks up with Logan -for good. While at Logan's to pack her things, she finds the postcard from Jess & goes to Philly. Can they stop running & admit their feelings for one another? What would happen if this was their chance? Will it work out? Different take on canon events. Will go into post-series.

Since I didn't want to up the ratings for my stories, you can find all the "deleted scenes" for That Part Always Worked and It Still Works within these chapters. Enjoy!

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.

Literati smut. Takes place sometime after the series ended. Mature content. Inspired by "Until It Sleeps" by Meredith-Grey. Part One "The Sacrifice" and Part Two "The Recital" (complete).

Logan cheats, Rory leaves, and the fallout sets a ripple effect into motion. None of their lives will ever be the same. Post 6x18. Literati, JavaJunkie, Paris/Tristan and Logan/Other. Sorry NO Rogan.

Sometimes you'll see two hands pressed hard together, thumbs intertwined, clenching firmly. And it's hard to tell if they're bound in a love hold or if they're arm wrestling. And what tells one from the other is... faith? CHAPTER 24.

Vignettes of Luke and Lorelai's wedding. "What's going on? I can't remember anything. Why am I wearing a pink feather boa?" Lots of Literati, obviously a little Java Junkie. Completed.

Jess uses a series of plagiarized lines to say the things he can't say. Short, in-series chapters leading up to a post-finale LIT fic.

He looks at her, and for a brief moment he sees the girl that she used to be. The girl he fell in love with, almost the very second he saw her. Even now, he couldn't tell you why. Love's like that. One-shot. Rory and Jess, how it should have happened.

AU where Rory marries Logan and comes to regret it. Rated M for sex, swearing and masturbation. Yes, I stole the title from Jeanette Winterson's wonderful novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit!

Alternate Universe. Literati. Now in their early 30s, as Jess and Rory juggle careers and expectations, they find that their friendship has been the one constant in their lives.

It's just scratching an itch. An itch in the heart. Because sometimes it's like this - Lit goes in circles.

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

A look at Rory and Jess ten years after they split up. The first half of the story takes part in Season Three and the later chapters are ten years afterwards. In this story, Rory slept with Jess instead of Dean but they still broke up. Rated M, may be too high. I hope you enjoy it!

Rory Gilmore has been running her grandfather's publishing house for a year now. She is surprised when she gets a phone call by her mother's ex-boyfriend Luke who asks her a certain favor. Starting from there, her life starts to alter rapidly. AU

Post season 7. With the minor change that Rory accepted Logan's proposal. It's set the night before their wedding when Rory receives a package containing a letter and a book.

Prequel Chapters to Getting Back On The Bus explaining the characters growth and thought processes. What happened to Rory overseas and how does Luke react? Why is Lorelai ok with Jess? Answers to these questions and more, as the Gilmores, Tristan, Luke, Lorelai, Jess and Rory all take turns center stage. Story 1 chronologically, written 2nd AU although Canon through Season 7

A kiss and a book. His book. Between her palms. Time telescoped by living memory. Rory's conscience pricks at Truncheon, but time never stands still; things change. AU The Real Paul Anka.

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

Rory and Jess study. Alone. Together. At least, that's how it starts...

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.

It didn't hurt, but it was a shock when they collided. Lit. Say Goodnight, Gracie AU.

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.

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

When a party that she gets dragged to ends up being raided for underage drinking, Rory ends up having to call Jess to pick her up from jail. Mocking and drunken babbling commence. Set sometime inbetween There's The Rub and Teach Me Tonight. One shot.

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

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.

Maybe the plot Rory was stuck in currently was deserving of some outward influence altering its course, a storytelling device that would completely unhinge her world, or at least her plans for the night? Jess hoped so, because if not, he was screwed...

Literati. Life doesn’t always turn out like you expect. Jess and Rory meet as adults when their lives are at a transition period. Life, love, and everything else: Version 2.0. AU.

Jess Mariano. Missing scene. From season six. "Everybody breaks everybody's heart, right?" he says back to her, half-smiling crookedly and turning around again to walk out.

Literati. The follow-up to my Literati fic: A Merciful Save. "His beating heart, bloody and thumping so quickly...carefully pinned to the sleeve of his thin, navy blue jacket."

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."

When sexy, infuriating Jess crashes Stars Hollow, his confrontation with Rory is inevitable. But the explosion is beyond anyone's wildest expectations. Literati. Rated for later chapters.

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

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.

Literati. Rory, a college freshman, meets a confident adult Jess for the first time. What happens when the circumstances are changed? AU

Alice Mariano Down the Rabbit Hole... Future lit.

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

How to Plan a Wedding without Killing your Loved ones in the Process. Literati... This story is ON HOLD for the time being.

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

These hot days, is the mad blood stirring. A visit, a Literati, a post Recipes and Raincoats. ABANDONED

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

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

A road trip, Rory and Jess. A hard, fast, dreamscape story; love, pain, longing.......and hot summer nights on the open road. Complete with intricate conversation, and a good dose of imagery for the die hard Literati.

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

--COMPLETE-- Rory’s 27th birthday is approaching, and Jess, who seven years before left her life, suddenly enters it again. But things are very different from the way they were before… It's a sequel to 'The Day After Tomorrow'

Rory and Jess meet at a club for a one-night stand. Imagine the possibilities. Set in the future. *Complete*

R/J future fic. Jess visits Rory at her apartment in New Haven. *Completed*

After the kiss, Rory and Jess decide to experiment, then deal with their emotions in the aftermath. COMPLETE