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    29 Aug 2026

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    She starts to worry that she is going completely insane. She writes him letters that go directly into the trash can. She plans impassioned speeches of what she wants to say if she ever sees him again. One time, she stays up all night very seriously writing a pro/con list about driving to Philadelphia to profess her undying love for him. The next day, she decides that she never wants to see his stupid face ever again.

    All told, when she steps through the door to Luke’s diner on the Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving only to see Jess Mariano behind the counter, she is 100% certain that she is hallucinating his image. Calmly thinks, ‘Oh. So this is what a psychotic break feels like.’

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    AKA... Season 6 Literati as they SHOULD have been written! Actual communication, reignited passion, non-stop banter, and a decent amount of smut. Canon compliant up until 6x8, then we're finishing out S6 the right way.

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    21 Aug 2026

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    When Jess has his welcome dinner at the Gilmore house he's at his wits end. He'd just been sent away from his home because his mom's new boyfriend didn't want a kid around and somehow before he'd even met anyone, he'd already labeled the problem child. Sure, he's got an attitude and walls built up around him a mile high, he'll admit that freely, but he'd never done anything to deserve his mom telling his uncle that he was 'too hard to handle. That's why, when Lorelai comes out with her 'well intentioned' talk on the porch he freaks and says way more about his life than he wanted anyone to know. With Lorelai knowing more about the truth of things, she's not going to let this kid get beat up anymore than he already has been. How does that change things? How does that change his interactions with Rory, and most importantly, how does that bring them together?

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    18 Aug 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    How could she be so stupid? She wasn’t 17 anymore, she couldn’t get distracted by the guy with the crooked smile who stole gnomes and mouthed off to every adult in his life.

    The guy whose deep brown eyes caught flecks of caramel in certain lighting.

    The one with the broad shoulders and the Hemingway tattoo. The one whose intellect and wit matched hers where it felt like they were speaking their own language at times. The one whose warm breath on her ear as he whispered sweet nothings just for her. The one whose tongue-

    She took a cold shower.

    Fuck Jess.

    or: Jess distracts Rory while she's working on an article

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    14 Aug 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 85

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    There’s an ache rising in his chest, flooding up his throat and into his mouth. He can practically taste it, needy and bitter and awful. He can’t breathe, can’t think, can’t do anything except kiss her through it.

    or: a keg! max! au

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    06 Aug 2026