Author's Notes:A collection of drabbles/ficlets exploring Alice's history, her relationship with Alan and the darkness that threatens to destroy all she loves.
I'm neither a professional writer, nor an English literature professor, so go easy on me. I assure you any and all mistakes be it grammar/spelling or otherwise are not intentional.
As always this fandom does not belong to me.
A shadow seemed to linger about Alan Wake that Alice could not ignore. The heaviness that hung about the writer ran deeper than his fiery temper or his destructive dependency on drugs and alcohol. It was as though the darkness was an undercurrent that flowed in his veins, only to surface in his eyes, whenever his guard was down.
Against the advice of his best friend, and agent, Barry Wheeler, the troubled writer continued to rely on Alice's photography and photo manipulation skills. He hired her to not only work on his book covers but also other related promotional work for his writing. It was an opportunity that Alice could not refuse.
The writer's tumultuous nature left much to be desired, but the photographer soon learned how to weather his storms. Alice was nothing, if not professional. Yet the more she tried to keep Alan at arms length, the more personable and open the writer became. As Alice came to know Alan, she also came to understand the meaning behind her late professor's final words. Without the dark, the light grows stagnant. Without the light, there was no hope.
In the end Alice became Alan's last hope.