Post 5x03: An unexpected loss strikes the Peck family, forcing the remaining members to band together to try to make sense of it. It will be a struggle, and there will be a lot of emotions, varying from anger, sadness and loneliness. [told mainly through Gail's POV, but may briefly take on multiple POVs throughout, focusing on family and relationships].

This is a collection of Gail and Holly ficlets and prompts.

There's something about watching Tessa walk up to the door and slide the key in that makes this whole situation feel a lot less hopeless. And the moment she steps into the apartment, it affirms this was the right thing to do.

This revisits Emily and Naomi some years later to see what they are up to.

A small part of her was expecting some kind of display from Mariah, just not the one she got. A much bigger part of her was hoping, rather futilely, Mariah would lay this to bed and agree to be friends like they had before. Which, on reflection, is a particularly selfish prayer.

Mariah just wants to go, but somebody won't let her.

A little moment.

Ficlets that revolve around Nistrid.

Emily never did make it out of Katie's shadow, nor did she pursue Naomi. But what if Emily was at the bus stop that night for different reasons and it wasn't Thomas she bumped into?

Time can change a lot of things.

Post 5x11, two-part: "But that control never came into question the day she met Gail, no. And it never dominated the moments spent with her long after, no. She was bare, susceptible to her bottomless wit and charm, beauty and grace. But most importantly, she felt safe. Her heart felt protected, even though it wasn't." [complete]

(AU) This story follows Naomi as she wakes up to a world gone, and in its place the walking dead roam. Can she survive? Will she find her loved ones? And most importantly, will Naomi be able to cling on to the fading fragments of her life as she embarks on this journey?

One-shot: "It's not so much the texture that melds agreeably against her skin, but rather the initiation – the tender dance before the impact – which is always, ever so sweet."

Post 5x11: "She just stares at Holly, lost in all the chaos of spoken words and jumbled emotions, trying to sort out how all of this happened exactly - and in the locker room of all places. It's just too difficult to reconcile with the news, and a part of her realizes that maybe Holly must be feeling this too – because it's all kinds of unexpected and surprising."

Post 5x10: "Sophie. Eight years of age. An orphan: a motherless child that knows not of where life will take her next. Only that's not entirely true, because there is direction - a possibility that her life may be channeled and cared for by one, Ms Gail Peck."

Post 5x07, Holly POV: "The reality of the situation would come to her in small doses; tiny moments compound with long intervals that were controllable in her everyday life. She took it in her stride with every new awakening, right down to when she went to bed."

Post 5x07, Gail POV: "Life carried on. It just went on and on. It was as if what she said were mere utterings gushed to the wind and never quite received by the one person who she was directing the words toward in the first place - because it took a lot for her to be honest, a lot more than she could have realised at the time."

Just a little extra after 5x07, in regards to how Gail may be feeling.

Just a little extra after 5x07, in regards to how Holly may be feeling.

This is a one-shot piece inspired by the show Beyond Scared Straight, and features the second generation of Skins. Will the intervention program set these teenagers straight or will they continue down the path of delinquency? Naomi POV / Naomily

It's Christmas day; 2 months and 6 days after the loss of Gina Campbell, and Naomi is fast coming to accept that no matter how much darkness she may experience, there will always be specks of light to guide her through.

We're all on the same course, why not experience it together?

This is a one-off set after Skins Fire, with Naomi thinking about her life and being with her love, Emily.

Naomi is torn between believing whether its a Christmas miracle, or some sort of prank. Either way, Naomi is in for the ride and her destination is the Fitch house! (One-off Christmas shot)