Day 1 of the fanfic 2019 Advent Calendar! All Terminator: Dark Fate fans are respectfully requested to lay down all torches and pitchforks before entering.

John Connor never completely got over the T-800's death, and laments the effect that loss had on him. He would do anything to go back and change that, so he wouldn't have to be alone after his mother's death. His chance comes in the form of a stranger capable of doing just that, and John seizes the chance. But will it succed? Even if the T-800 is saved, the Connors may not be.

Oneshot: "August 29th, 1997 came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned forty. There was no Judgement Day. People went to work as they always do. Laughed. Complained. Watched TV. Made love. I wanted to run through the street yelling, to grab them all and say, 'every day from this day on is a gift. Use it well.' Instead, I got drunk. That was thirty years ago."

The year is 2032 A.D. What is left of mankind has fought to survive for the past 28 years. After an inexplicable massive defeat to Skynet, The Resistance is shattered and a small group of Catchers - those specialising in capturing and reprogramming Terminators - are displaced and isolated, when they discover a stranger in a wreckage. (Alternate ending for Terminator Franchise)

Oneshot: What were you meant to do when you lived in a world that was no longer under the control of Skynet? What were you meant to do when the thing you were raised from birth to do had been accomplished? The answers were different, but the questions intersected.

How would Sarah Connor react to meeting with her son from an alternate timeline? In other words, Linda Hamilton meets Nick Stahl.

Grace takes a one-way ticket to the past. The mission: save the girl at all costs. The problem? They fall in love and now fate seems to be a bit less set in stone than they originally thought it was. AKA The 100 ways to say I love you canon adjacent AU [spoilers if you haven't seen the movie]

They hooked up once in Mike Kripe's basement. Sort of. Ten years later, John Conner and Kate Brewster are in a completely different kind of basement. Post Rise of the Machines, Crystal Peak. Previously titled 'In the Basement'. T for frequent language throughout and mature situations in chapter 12.

Dani and Grace try to enjoy a quiet night out after the events of Terminator: Dark Fate. Reality has a way of ensuing.

Oneshot: "So you're a soldier. Fighting for whom?"

Grace has always loved Dani. She fears this very love will one day drive Dani away from her.

If Dani hadn't thought too much and just did what she wanted to do, none of this would've happened. Then again, if she'd done just that, their first kiss wouldn't be as special as this, and the events leading up to said kiss wouldn't be as entertainingly silly and stupidly mind-boggling.

Carl tells her mints are the most important thing to bring on a first date. Sarah tells her mints are overrated, and she should just focus on the date itself. Grace just wants to kiss Dani.

Love always comes out of a coffee shop. Always.

Sarah reflects upon her time with Kyle in this poem. Reviews are welcome.

A entirely different opening to Terminator Dark Fate. John Connor gets to make the choice. Terminator 2: Judgement Day post canon.

John Connor must send his father back through time or he won't exist however Judgement Day was avoided. Skynet activates a contingency plan that can only be stopped by another A.I. in a time war. Sarah has another chance to have Kyle back in her life. This fic disregards all movies past T2.

Skynet has learned that sending back Terminators to specific times had yielded no results. It has decided that it will continue to do but change the model it sends. John Connor realizes this with a help of a very unique Hybrid that is sent back through time, only this time there is something very, very wrong with the time lines. Rated T at the moment.

Summer, 1979, and Sarah Connor, 16-years-old and restless, asks herself what the future really holds. Terminator: Genisys (yes, really),

Oneshot: You know you're in for a rough night when encountering a drunk woman with a giant rifle is the least strange thing that happens to you.

Oneshot: The dreams in which he was dying weren't the best he'd ever had, but by no means were they the worst either.

Sarah reflects on the stories you can tell with photos, and whether or not neglecting hers all those decades ago was a fair trade for a pause from the storm (spoilers for Terminator: Dark Fate)

Oneshot: By 2018, John had realized that the war against Skynet wasn't the one his mother had told him about. By 2024, that was even more apparent. Question was, how to proceed?

Jon and Demian face imprisonment at the hands of Skynet. How will they handle this?

Throw away the history books, at least starting from the late 20th Century. Events of the world keep changing so why try to chronical anything? The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make.