Author’s Note: Thanks to Medie for moral support, hand-holding, and helping me come up with the last two. Written for DebC for her birthday. Part one is set in the same universe as “By the Load I Bear,” the others are all new AUs. Because each chapter takes place in a separate AU, they can all be read independently. “Casting”: Parminder Nagra as Mehadi; Camryn Manheim as Madeline; Braeden Lemasters as Michael.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five