Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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I’ll Save All My Romanticism For My Inner Life (and I’ll Get Lost on Purpose) by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
02 Sep 2024
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“It worked out fine,” Jess lies through his teeth. It didn’t work out fine.
or out alone in the world, Jess thinks about how easy it would be to go home.
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- Part 1 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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Who’s Gonna Stop Us From Waltzing Back Into Rekindled Flames (When We Know the Steps Anyway?) by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
04 Jun 2024
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Jess thinks as he kisses her, that this could have only happened here, in their spot. He thinks embarrassingly mushy things, like that maybe this was meant to be, now, then, in every universe. He thinks that her lips are just as soft as they had been when they were seventeen and he never, ever wants to stop kissing them again.
or Jess and Rory are in Stars Hallow at the same time for the first time in a while.
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- Part 2 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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I Scratch Your Head, You Fall Asleep (Like a Tattooed Golden Retriever) by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
03 Jun 2024
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Jess has exactly one tattoo and he pretends, usually, that it doesn’t mean anything. He has the lies memorized, he was drunk, he was pissed at the world, it was something to do.
But Rory’s fingers curl in the ends of his hair, tucking the strands behind his ear and trace the words hidden underneath, “Jess,” she breathes, and his mouth goes dry.
“I …” he starts, then, “It’s a long story.”
Rory hums, squirms a little so the bottom of her shirt – his shirt, f*ck – rides up and reveals the clean white skin underneath, and Jess thinks this girl might be the death of him, “Tell me?”
or Rory discovers Jess’s tattoo, and they have a long needed conversation.
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- Part 3 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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Quick, Quick Tell Me Something Awful by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
19 Aug 2024
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But he kind of wishes she would ask again.
He wishes she would give him an excuse to tell her everything, because this time he’d let her dig up the gnarled and tangled roots that grow around his heart and plant them in the ground right next to her.
or Jess finally talks about some stuff
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- Part 4 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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I Read About It In A Book When I Was a Precocious Child by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
08 Aug 2024
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Jess Marino was seventeen years old when he stood in the doorway of Rory Gilmore’s bedroom and took the second easy breath of his life. Oh, he thought, there it is.
Now Jess Mariano is twenty-seven years old, and he stands at the end of an aisle watching Rory Gilmore walk towards him in a white dress. Oh, he thinks, there it is.
or Jess and Rory’s wedding day
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- Part 5 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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You Lowdown Boy, You Standup Guy by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
25 Jun 2024
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“It’s yours by the way,” Rory adds helpfully, smirking at him.
“Yeah, I figured that out, thanks,” he mutters. He’s happy, he thinks, somewhere buried deep under all the panic.
They’re going to be parents.
F*ck
or Jess learns the difference between a father and a dad.
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- Part 6 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”
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I Choose This Cyclone With You by that_interesting_little_relationship
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
27 Aug 2024
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Jess and Rory grew up, grew back together, and built a family, a home, a life. It’s a life of controlled chaos, sure. And there’s always a field trip form or doctor’s appointment or all the other monotonous things that make life … life. But they’re happy and they’re together and that’s all that matters.
or snapshots of Jess and Rory’s little family.
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- Part 7 of Stitching “We Were Just Kids, Babe”