The long, frustrating road from partners to lovers.

D'Artagnan is desperate to win Constance back, but he can't do it alone. "After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a confession that contains its own proof…; a secret told to the mouth rather than to the ear, a fleeting moment filled with the hush of eternity… a way of living by the beat of another heart, and tasting another soul on one's lips." -Cyrano de Bergerac

After Shado dies and Slade doesn't, Oliver contends with the man Slade has become and remembers when things were better. But the past and present have a way of telling the same story. Slash, my dears.

"Besides this training session, when was the last time anyone touched you?" A slash one-shot, because reasons.

Our heroes reflect on the past, the fight to come, and each other. In the absence of any confidant apart from each other, they confess to photographs evoking the long, beloved departed.

Alone after hours, the captain has an intriguing visitor. A response to ch. 7 of CreepingMuse's She and He, with all respect and admiration.

Matt lets Rebekah show him the world.

When Jeremy finally came out of the burning house, Jenna was there to meet him. An epitaph in the wake of 4x15, "Stand By Me."

"I'm here, in your dream, and as long as you don't say a word, I will stay."

Hate is the beginning of a love story, not the end of one.

In 3x18, Rebekah toyed with the notion of compelling Damon to hurt Elena... "You're a smart boy: be creative," Rebekah said. "Impress me. Take your time, but break her."

What if those two scenes we saw aren't the only ones Damon compelled Elena to forget?

Damon takes Elena on a road trip to keep her safe from Klaus, but when they're finally alone, can she continue to justify her fidelity to Stefan? Picks up after 3x18.