A one shot based on the Dixie Chicks song 'Travelin' Soldier' !

Heir Jackson Avery can't access his inheritance without being married. He pays off April Kepner's family so in return, she will be his wife. As they're thrown into a life they've never known, around every corner awaits something new; an unburied secret, a hidden heart. How much is too much before the burden becomes unbearable? How is it possible to be married and not fall in love?

April Kepner is a single mother to her only daughter, Alaina, who happens to a handful in herself. What happens when Jackson Avery, Alaina's kindergarten teacher, happens to catch the divorcee's eye?

[Canon/AU, Three-shot] Set right after 13x16. The flight back, the discussion we all deserved. Can they make this work? APOV, NOW COMPLETE

Nanny by day and lounge pianist/bar singer by night, April is the newest addition to the Avery family. Jackson is a single father to troubled Athena, and April is the last thing the little girl wants in her life, but she might be what she needs the most.

In canon, we learned that Jackson has been calling April. This is what one of those phone calls looks like in my head.

Japril Fanfiction Challenge #3 written for you by us. Just another challenge run by one of us featuring several Japril fics inspired by different TV shows (you know the good ones that don't give you high blood pressure) to be released over the next coming weeks. Enjoy!

Tragedy strikes April and Matthew's tumultuous marriage. Without a husband, April is left with two children - one biological, one not, and the Taylor family doesn't plan on making this easy. Luckily, she still has her best friend by her side.  What will come of this makeshift family? Sparks fly, relationships renew, and surprises wait around every corner.

April is a sex and relationship columnist and Jackson is a man about town. They navigate love, lust and romance in the city of New York.

Jackson comes to a realization regarding his relationship with April. This story takes place during season 12, beginning 3 months before the birth of Harriet Kepner-Avery.

Happily married for seven years, Jackson and April have the perfect life. They're both head of their departments at Northwestern Memorial, they own a gorgeous house, and they're parents to a beautiful baby girl. How long can perfection last? Every marriage hits bumps, but not all marriages have bumps like theirs. Soon, the couple is blindsided by a challenge they never saw coming.

April Kepner, Mark Sloan's stepdaughter, has her eyes on his new coworker, Jackson Avery. And he has his eyes on her, too.

After finding out that Lydia is his daughter, Jackson struggles to balance being a dad and being a doctor, all while trying to rekindle his relationship with April. Sequel to On The Radio

"Some people can spend their entire lives looking for someone who will complete them, while others get to spend their entire lives with the person they have already found." Or April Kepner has a tulip garden and Jackson likes to steal them to take to his mother's grave. AU Oneshot. Dedicated to Missy

Conversations that would have happened in the series—if I had anything to say about it.

April's crisis of faith has her spiraling out of control, and it's impossible for Jackson to ignore. He wants to step in before it becomes too late but doesn't know where to start. Canon-divergent, post-14x13.

April is 18 years old and lives on a farm with her family. Her life is simple and predictable until Jackson Avery shows up, sent to the farm by his mother to straighten up for a summer. For three months, April is responsible for him, and he makes her question everything she's ever known. Everything changes when Jackson arrives, and nothing will be the same once he leaves.

April comforts Jackson during his nightmares post-shooting.

Jackson Avery is in love with his best friend. She has no idea. He writes anonymous notes to her in the school newspaper and hopes that she'll figure out its from him. Oneshot AU / my first fic!

Jackson and April were secret high school sweethearts. They planned a beautiful future together until April got pregnant and left town for the greater good. Now, the son Jackson never knew is six years old. April created a life for her child that she is proud of. Everything is going smoothly until famous football player Jackson finds his way back into their lives.

April is a confident junior at the University of Chicago. She's not inexperienced with boys, but she has yet to find someone perfect. On the first day of classes, that person seemingly shows up - in the most unexpected of ways. Dr. Jackson Avery is her Gender and Sexuality professor. How is this supposed to work? The lessons inside the classroom aren't all she has to learn.

April has just moved to Chicago in hopes to make it big on stage. Her studio apartment is right above Avery's Deli, where Jackson works, where he happens to be every night just in time for her to walk in. They become each other's best friends, each other's everything, unable to fight the push to become something more. Until something beautifully tragic forces them apart.

After what started out as a tutor/student relationship turns into something much more... high school senior, April Kepner, finds herself in a situation she's never experienced before. Raised in a strictly Catholic household, how will April deal with her feelings for him? She thought she could handle anything that life threw at her - until life threw her Jackson Avery.

"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." Jackson and April find themselves reminiscing on their past when forced to spend some time together during a hospital lock down.

[AU, OS] April was born cursed. A terrible demon with mesmerizing eyes is to steal her breath on her 16th birthday. With the help of an enchanted pendant, she managed to keep him from killing her. But what will happen when the demon refuses to leave her alone?

When the strain of raising four daughters takes its toll on April, will Jackson be able to handle the pressure? Will their marriage ever feel right again?

Best friends Jackson and April go on a road trip with Alex and Jo, but the figurative destination isn't the one they planned.

April and Jackson are both freshmen at DePaul University. She has a crush on Alex Karev, and enlists Jackson's help in getting him to notice her - in exchange for writing all of his papers for the quarter. In a clever ploy, he pretends to date her in until it catches Alex's attention or until the end of the quarter. There's just one rule: don't fall for each other.

AU where April is included in the original group of interns and Jackson is an attending. In a twist on MerDer fashion, they meet the night before her first day and discover the roles they never knew they'd be playing in each other's lives.

Jackson and April spent their childhoods inseparable, until the end of their senior year approached and the split that happens to so many happened to them. They drift apart and fifteen years pass without any communication. But when Jackson shows up on April's doorstep in army fatigues with nowhere else to go, that time disappears. How much has really changed?

Jackson comes home to find April wearing a Harvard t-shirt of his, and the rest of the night goes from there. A cute, hot and fluffy one-shot request set in the happy marriage bubble that I wish we could've lived in forever.

Back in their Mercy West days, before they really knew each other, Jackson and April had no idea what they would become to each other. In the beginning, they were barely friends. That is, until Jackson starts to see her in an entirely new way.

AU: Jackson and April are in their senior year of high school. They've been best friends since they were just kids and grew up living next door to each other without realizing they had feelings for one another. When will they realize that the feelings they share are bigger than just a simple friendship?

[AU, Multi] When April's 28th birthday arrives, her roommates get her a very special present. But no one warned poor April she shouldn't fall in love with the escort hired to deflower her.

Things often fall apart, but April never thought it would happen to her and her husband, Jackson. Yet here they are, in the beginning stages of a divorce, with too much pain between them to make their relationship worth it any longer. Just as they're getting used to the fact that they'll have to move on from one another, fate hands them a reminder of how much they need each other.

Japril one shots written from tumblr prompts, your comments and my own imagination haha

What would life look like if Jackson hadn't stood up at April's wedding? He realizes he loves her - enough to let her go. But when April and Matthew move to Chicago, the place where Jackson has made his new life, everyone involved is hit with the fact at how shallowly the old feelings had been buried. April wants her old best friend back; but at what price?

Jackson and April have been best friends for their whole lives. But what happens when a spark ignites during the summer before their senior year? (if you want fluff, you came to the right place)

When a fight with his girlfriend brings Alex into the Avery household, Jackson finds himself having to be a good friend to the man who's intent on disrupting his honeymoon bliss.

Aiden and Jordan Avery try to get their divorced parents, Jackson and April, back together. Either they succeed, or the events of the past will blow their operation to pieces.

[Canon, OS] April finally convinces Jackson to come meet her little friends. Married Japril fluff at the farm in Moline.

AU: After two new residents transfer to Seattle Grace Hospital, their presence threatens to disrupt the lives of those who thought their deepest secrets would stay buried and hidden from their peers. Japril/Jolex/AK2 friendship.

AU. April and Jackson meet in the worst way possible and neither can remember a thing. All they know is there was too much tequila to count, brand new tattoos and all they know for sure is that on Monday they start their internship at Mercy West together.

Inspired by the Taylor Swift song. After a traumatic event, April needs Jackson, even though they're dating other people.

A series of prompts about Japril's early years within the world of "The Girls Only," a multi-chapter fic currently in progress.

A night of drinking leads to a very awkward morning and many unanswered questions. One-shot; April/Arizona friendship, set sometime after 12x08.

AU: After their unforgettable summer in The Hamptons, Jackson and April are ready to take on the world together in New York, the city that never sleeps. Autumn comes, and with it the rekindling of some old wounds that will put their love to the test once again. - A sequel to The Hamptons

AU: Single father Jackson Avery hasn't been successful in the dating scene, but a trip to the ER with his son may change his luck. Japril & other character appearances.

AU: With his political career in need of a boost, Jackson Avery sets out to further his image by finding himself a wife. His employee, sweet and innocent girl-next-door April Kepner, seems like the perfect candidate, with her quirky ways and feminist views, to win America's heart.

April needs a date for her parents wedding anniversary and somehow she manages to talk Jackson into going with her. What happens when two best friends are forced to pretend they're in love for an entire week?

Three years after the latest chapter of The Forever Kind (multi-chapter fic still in progress). Jackson he and April have enough fight in them to keep their family together? Is their love really "The Forever Kind?" (This world is forever evolving in random order...a series of oneshots)

AU: Jackson Avery is the rich and spoiled, eighteen year old boy who was used to spending his summers in the luxury of the Hamptons. He had it all, but something was missing. This was the summer he met the girl who changed everything. And life would never be the same again.

A collection of japril drabbles.

AU: Set in Season 8, inspired by the romantic comedy 'The Proposal', in which April is a Canadian citizen about to be deported and seeks Jackson's help in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. Then things change and they eventually realize the fake married life is not that easy when feelings are involved.

The best one shots from my 100 Days of One Shots project this past summer. I don't own any of the Grey's Anatomy characters mentioned in these one shots.

AU - What if Jackson and April had met under different circumstances? A series of crazy, unrelated one shots. Japril fun! Please R&R!

A series of oneshots about my two headcanon Japril kids, Everett and Eliza Avery. Originally posted and loved on Tumblr.

Set sometime in the marriage bubble. Because they have adorable personalised mugs in their kitchen and this needed a cute headcanon. (And we all need some good stuff right now to block out the angst!)

A series of short oneshots, written as Tumblr prompts.

AU: When April is told by a psychic that she's going to die within the next twelve days, she and her best friend Jackson set out to accomplish things she has always wanted to do before she dies. Rated M for later chapters.

AU: Jackson and April are celebrating their 2-year anniversary during a high school ski trip, but some unsolicited advice from their friends leads to some miscommunication and misunderstandings. One-shot. Teenage Japril; inspired by a tumblr gifset.

AU. For private investigator April Kepner and her cop best friend Jackson Avery, crimes of aggression are easy enough to solve. Crimes of passion, however – say, the kind of passion that happens one night when there's blood and rainwater on the floor – are a bit more tricky.

Oneshot AU: When April and Jackson get snowed in during a blizzard, there's only so much these two friends can handle before the sexual tension and the fireplaces and the candles become too much. J/A.

While one of them lies comatose, the other ponders the idea of life without them. (Warning: tissues are apparently needed.)

AU: Best friends April Kepner and Jo Wilson arrive in Aspen for a much needed vacation, but after crossing paths with fraternity brothers Jackson Avery and Alex Karev, their original plan unexpectedly changes. Japril/Jolex; Two-shot.

Five hours into their drive to Lake Tahoe, Jackson and April let themselves dream about days to come. Canon with 10x13. Japril fluff oneshot.

Jackson & April visit the Kepner's in Ohio, for the first time since they got married...for her baby shower...

"Did it ever occur to you..." she stopped suddenly before turning around at the same time he did. She looked so very broken tears glistening in her eyes and her shattered heart visible in her features, "... that maybe I'm not sticking around here for myself but for you." / AU

An unexpected visit from April's former high school flame makes Jackson question whether or not he truly appreciates his wife. Two-shot; Japril canon through 10x19, semi-AU for the Everwood crossover references.

Tumblr prompt: AU: April listens to a message Jackson sent her before he died.

Short Tumblr prompt: AU: They're in high school, and Jackson is April's brother's friend and they get it on secretly. (Including a special cameo)

AU: A lot can change in ten years, a lesson Jackson Avery learns while attending his 10-year high school reunion. So when he falls for a former classmate he once tormented, he aims to fix his past mistakes and earn a second chance to impress her. Japril & other character appearances.

Short one-shot, originally written as a Tumblr prompt: April in labour and Jackson coaching her through, and a moment afterwards with their child. Set sometime in the future.

AU: Mr. Perfectionist and womanizer Jackson Avery has everything he needs - steady job, a nice home, expensive car and all of the single women he can sleep with. But when a familiar woman arrives at Seattle Grace his buried past reminds him of who he used to be. Japril & other friendships.

AU: Sometimes opposites attract, but it can take time for a spark to ignite. Jackson wants to blend in without his famous last name being the center of attention. April just wants to be noticed. Takes place during their intern year at Mercy West.

Sequel to Rivers and Roads: A year later, Jackson and April are engaged and preparing for the next big step in their relationship. However, some unexpected distractions could disrupt their long awaited trip down the aisle. Very AU.

Post 8x24, set 5 months later in October. A significant event occurs that could either bring April and Jackson closer together or push them farther apart. Very AU because Lexie survived as well as Mark and Arizona. Japril centric, though other characters have roles in their story.

In the aftermath of San Francisco, April and Jackson try to make sense of the sudden shift in their relationship, and friends, family, and fellowships only serve to complicate things even further. Please R&R!