October 2007 - Henry and Elizabeth are professors at UVA, enjoying life in the private sector, though not always easy. Though they work in the private sector now, their private lives haven't gotten any easier.

What would an extra child bring into the McCord's life? What if her birth was questionable? What if... things aren't what they seem. And... what happens when that becomes public knowledge.

Series of one-shots of the McCords.

Henry gets a phone call from Elizabeth and quickly realizes something is wrong.

Elizabeth is announced Killed In Action during her tour of duty in Iraq in 2004. But, is that what truly happened? Soon enough, Henry will find out that no it isn't. An expanded version of The People Left Behind.

Lately, the middle of the night has been spent contemplating the what-ifs...

Exactly what the title says ;)

'Learning to let things go...' Elizabeth and Henry Love story. - Repost of an old fic.

'Your love lifts me up like Helium' - Inspo taken from Sia Song Helium. Young Henry and Elizabeth AU.

Recovery takes time. Takes place after "In The End."

Elizabeth Adams is in Virginia Beach for Spring Break 1989 when she receives a call that her brother, Will, has been in a terrible accident. With her trauma from the last accident that took her parents, she needs some assistance getting through these more-than-difficult moments. That's when a practical stranger, a fellow UVA sophomore, Henry McCord, lends her a helping hand.

It was almost like a meditative state of mind - relinquishing control. It was all part of the game: the preparation and the aftermath were as important as what happened in between, she knew this and Henry knew it too.

What happens when the buried past comes back to haunt us? How does one begin to process the trauma of old secrets? Henry and Elizabeth are about to find out.

Elizabeth Adams had thought it would be safe to assume she wouldn't run into her ex at Langley, let alone find herself married to him by the end of the working day, but that wasn't the first time she'd been wrong when it came to matters relating to Henry McCord. [Based on 'Gorgeous' by Taylor Swift (as requested on Tumblr) and the Moscow Rules.] ALSO ON AO3.

Madeline McCord's life was but a dream when things take a turn for the worst. All she had ever known is ripped away from her cruelly at the hands of her abductor. Can she find strength to hold on to hope that one day she might make it back to her family? Can the McCords survive the tragedy that severed life as they knew it? Even if they could, would they ever be the same again?

[pre-Madam Secretary] Elizabeth McCord has just taken a full-time job at UVA as a political science professor after leaving the CIA and moving their family out to a horse farm near Charlottesville. While she teaches a seminar on the September 11th attacks, she's forced to grapple with her past in ways that she had not expected in academia.

These will be one shot scenes that I cant get out of my head

"It's called a fascinator," Elizabeth tells him.

"I was thinking," he says. It isn't untrue. His sex life isn't only his. It's also hers. And he finds that most people are a little too interested in wanting to know about her in bed. He finds himself, more and more, trying to shield her from that fact. "About how we did have more sex before the election?" She questions. It's a very sappy scene extension.

In which Henry is jealous. [One-shot based on a prompt requested on Tumblr.]

Two months into Elizabeth's tenure as Secretary of State, he'd realized that her assistant would be the ultimate gatekeeper of access to his wife. He never would have imagined that Blake would shelter her from him too… (AU, set in season 2, around the whole Dmitri drama).

[alternate storyline] Elizabeth is just settling into her new role as Secretary of State and trying to dodge all the hardships that are coming at her-the loss of her friend George, the possible CIA involvement in that death, and so much more. The stress is already starting to get to her, and Henry is worried for her health.

"Your first Act as President could be to shoot down Air Force One." What if the season two opener took a different path? How would Elizabeth cope? What would become of US? What would become of the world? How does one rise up and lead through a crisis?

With 2024 rolling in, the McCords are back on the campaign trail, this time for a re-election. Between the pressure, the stress of leading, and the being away, certain pieces of their lives begin to crumble underneath that weight. [Inspired by Billy Joel's new song "Turn the Lights Back On"]

[Pre-Madam Secretary] Henry gets home from flight simulations one day to find Elizabeth painting her office in their little apartment.