Follow-up to BarFly. This story dovetails with the series and hopefully, answers some questions we've all had about the relationship between our two ladies as portrayed in the series.

"It would just be sex," Maura said, sounding formal and matter-of-fact. "And only until I feel safe dating again." Lyrics from Sweet Surrender by Sarah McLachlan

Jane and Maura spend Christmas with their children.

Jane's always a little less patient when Casey is in town, and Maura takes it upon herself to use science to answer a question she'd initially asked Jane.

the bewitched mistletoe - angsty version this story shares the same 1st chapter than the fluffy version. It's still about Angela trying to bring Jane and Maura together with the help of a spell lol

Angela is frustrated: why can't Jane and Maura see that they are in love? After trying every trick in the book she is willing to reach for unusual measures to help them to recognise their feelings for each other.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808)

AU. Maura is a prominent trauma surgeon in a London hospital. Jane is a Boston detective on secondment in the very same city. After eight years apart, seeing the years and the slow parade of fears, learning how not to cry, is it too late for them to feel the way they did before?

Angela is a little fed up of waiting. She's been waiting for years for Maura to marry one of her children, to make it official. But she never has

Jane lies awake, the guest bedroom door opened a crack. She listens for the creak of Maura's bed springs, waits for the nail she balanced on top of the bedroom door to drop. It doesn't, and when she goes to check, Maura is somehow gone.

Un chapitre une histoire, que des os sur le couple Maura Isles et Jane Rizzoli / Rizzles. . Les personnages proviennent de la série Rizzoli and Isles.

Oh, so just let me try I will be good to you Just let me try And I will be there for you I'll show you why You're so much more than Good enough Maura dates someone who's not good enough for her

She asks, when I lie beside her for the first time, if I'm attracted to her. She forms it as a joke, and it doesn't require a response, so I don't supply one.

Meeting at a conference, Jane and Maura have to solve their first murder together

Maura describes why she thinks Jane is so brave.

Maura is sickened by the sight of Casey's ring on Jane's finger.

Sequel to Yes I Still Believe & Yes Maura There is a Santa Claus.

"How do you always know exactly what I need?" Maura asked softly, stretching her feet over Jane's lap.

Jane has a lot of boundaries, a lot of rules. Maura is the exception to every single one.

After Hoyt, Jane asks Maura to stay

Maura always hesitates to touch Jane, as though she's scared it will hurt one of them somehow. But then she does it again, and again, always fleeting contact, not permanent, an affectionate tap as though she's not sure if they're flirting, trying to read cues from Jane. As though she's scared that once she starts, she won't be able to stop. But Jane never hesitates, like Fridays.

Chance by Hayley Kiyoko: I was a no, never maybe I knew she'd never take a chance on me How did it go? We'll never see I knew she'd never take a chance on me I didn't know no better I wouldn't let myself believe Now we'll never see 'Cause I never let her take a chance Let her take a chance on me

Set before Jane (would) move to Quantico but after the best friends' Paris trip. Prompted by the lieutenant, Jane goes for her last assignment as a backup undercover for the drug unit. Seems simple enough until the operation goes haywire and Jane finds herself, well a kid again. Lieutenant Martinez has a brilliant solution, "Dr. Isles, how do you feel about fostering a child?"

AU. Jane and Maura are in high school. They make a secret pact to have sex together (no strings attached) before going to college, but every decision made has its own consequences. What would follow? Read and find out.

One shots in 'The Way It Should Have Been' universe. Mostly prompts. Might also include anything I missed when I started writing The Way It Should Have Been.