Reunion (CC, Mature) Couples: L/M, M/M, I/K - Chapter 71 - Completed - 7/15/2018
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 4:35 pm
Title: Reunion
Author: Parker1947
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They were created once upon a time by Jason Katims and those associated with the writing staff of Roswell and before them it was the esteem creator of the Roswell High series by Melinda Metz that captured all our attentions for more than eighteen years and counting…. I am just borrowing them for my own fun and imagination.
Genre: CC (Angsty)
Characters: ALL
Couples: M/L, M/M, I/K...
Rating: Mature
Synopsis: It should be time for West Roswell High’s 20th Reunion. Class of 2002 came and went. Life went on with love and tragedy. Little do they know the reminder of such an important event in their teenage lives has the capacity to change so much in ways they don’t know at the time. Will they even make it to the reunion or will have life as they know it change forever?
Any changes: Pretty much everything exists that occurred on the show except for the last few episodes of Roswell, including the finale episode of “Graduation". While some aspects of the finale do play into the story but the big showdown with the Special Unit is different although not really shown, just referenced and therefore the gang didn’t flee, and they stayed or not stayed depending on the direction of my story. Tess is still dead, and her baby did happen but not in the manner we knew it to be and is not a presence in the story. Alex is still gone, but his presence is very much felt in this story and is at times critical to the outcome. The true events of “Graduation” are referenced in the story but not canon for this story.
It’s posted here, because while one relationship differs from canon, they were hinted, and plot changes from the show go with the storyline but everyone still are the same people they were during the show, and it fits here more than in the Alternate Universe (Alien) because while they are still aliens, it’s not that sci-fi based and more CC.
Author’s Warning: It’s very angsty, and the road is very rough especially for Max and Liz as you can see from the opening of the story… It all makes sense in the end…I hope. Adult themes such as sexual assault is discussed within the story, while not shown and just discussed in the aftermath, and attempted and actual violence comes up later in the story… It’s not too graphic. Dialogue from the show appears sprinkled through the story. Some is verbatim, others are reworded, and any similarities were not intended. Credit is given when it is needed.
Author's Note: This is my first attempt, so we'll see how it goes... Hope you all like this. It's also a very long story even if the first chapter doesn't seem like it.
He opened the mailbox outside his home. Taking out a few envelopes and a magazine; he walked into the house. Flinging the mail on a desk near the door, he went down the hallway to the kitchen.
His birthday had come and went the day before. It was only a reminder that he was approaching 40 and his life was a workaholic’s dream. Sighing as he opened the fridge door he got out the leftovers from his birthday dinner and closed door to the fridge only to find a note.
Dad,
I have gone to Sue’s home to study before I head on to work. I am working the late shift so I won’t be home until late. You will find the leftovers from the party are in the fridge. Don’t eat too much of the cake!
I love you,
Grace
Smiling he took the food to the microwave. He had known his daughter had to work but he’d been hoping to catch her before the shift. But like his nature leaned towards being a workaholic, his daughter was a straight A and an academic-a-holic. Dreams of Yale or Harvard awaited his daughter in only two short years.
16 years he thought. His little girl was turning 16 in one week.
Memories of his little Gracie as a baby only brought memories of her mother. A woman he had loved with all his heart and someone he had lost too soon.
It was never easy to face those memories but it was a yearly an event and especially this year with his daughter facing such a milestone birthday. Waiting for the food to warm up, he went and collected the mail.
Walking back to the table. He sorted through the envelopes and magazines. With a daughter in the house, not all the mail came to him. Smiling at a postcard he couldn’t help but notice. Grace’s grandparents on her mother’s side were on a cruise to the Caribbean and would be back the day before the big party had sent the card for their only granddaughter. Deciding to set aside the postcard for Grace, he checked the rest of the mail.
Hesitating when he got to a larger envelope yet deciding to open the piece of mail with his heart dropping at rush of memories that came to him with the simple words.
Memories of the days in high school with his friends and of whom he had met there flooded his mind. He had found his wife and his soul mate.
His Liz.
“Max,” came a voice from the doorway to the house. Turning, he smiled when in came a bubbling blonde.
“Hey,” he smiled.
“So, you got the invitation?” the blonde asked.
“Yes,” he said. “So, did you and Michael get one too?”
“What do you think?” she said.
“Are you going Maria?”
Author: Parker1947
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They were created once upon a time by Jason Katims and those associated with the writing staff of Roswell and before them it was the esteem creator of the Roswell High series by Melinda Metz that captured all our attentions for more than eighteen years and counting…. I am just borrowing them for my own fun and imagination.
Genre: CC (Angsty)
Characters: ALL
Couples: M/L, M/M, I/K...
Rating: Mature
Synopsis: It should be time for West Roswell High’s 20th Reunion. Class of 2002 came and went. Life went on with love and tragedy. Little do they know the reminder of such an important event in their teenage lives has the capacity to change so much in ways they don’t know at the time. Will they even make it to the reunion or will have life as they know it change forever?
Any changes: Pretty much everything exists that occurred on the show except for the last few episodes of Roswell, including the finale episode of “Graduation". While some aspects of the finale do play into the story but the big showdown with the Special Unit is different although not really shown, just referenced and therefore the gang didn’t flee, and they stayed or not stayed depending on the direction of my story. Tess is still dead, and her baby did happen but not in the manner we knew it to be and is not a presence in the story. Alex is still gone, but his presence is very much felt in this story and is at times critical to the outcome. The true events of “Graduation” are referenced in the story but not canon for this story.
It’s posted here, because while one relationship differs from canon, they were hinted, and plot changes from the show go with the storyline but everyone still are the same people they were during the show, and it fits here more than in the Alternate Universe (Alien) because while they are still aliens, it’s not that sci-fi based and more CC.
Author’s Warning: It’s very angsty, and the road is very rough especially for Max and Liz as you can see from the opening of the story… It all makes sense in the end…I hope. Adult themes such as sexual assault is discussed within the story, while not shown and just discussed in the aftermath, and attempted and actual violence comes up later in the story… It’s not too graphic. Dialogue from the show appears sprinkled through the story. Some is verbatim, others are reworded, and any similarities were not intended. Credit is given when it is needed.
Author's Note: This is my first attempt, so we'll see how it goes... Hope you all like this. It's also a very long story even if the first chapter doesn't seem like it.
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Chapter 1
2022
He opened the mailbox outside his home. Taking out a few envelopes and a magazine; he walked into the house. Flinging the mail on a desk near the door, he went down the hallway to the kitchen.
His birthday had come and went the day before. It was only a reminder that he was approaching 40 and his life was a workaholic’s dream. Sighing as he opened the fridge door he got out the leftovers from his birthday dinner and closed door to the fridge only to find a note.
Dad,
I have gone to Sue’s home to study before I head on to work. I am working the late shift so I won’t be home until late. You will find the leftovers from the party are in the fridge. Don’t eat too much of the cake!
I love you,
Grace
Smiling he took the food to the microwave. He had known his daughter had to work but he’d been hoping to catch her before the shift. But like his nature leaned towards being a workaholic, his daughter was a straight A and an academic-a-holic. Dreams of Yale or Harvard awaited his daughter in only two short years.
16 years he thought. His little girl was turning 16 in one week.
Memories of his little Gracie as a baby only brought memories of her mother. A woman he had loved with all his heart and someone he had lost too soon.
It was never easy to face those memories but it was a yearly an event and especially this year with his daughter facing such a milestone birthday. Waiting for the food to warm up, he went and collected the mail.
Walking back to the table. He sorted through the envelopes and magazines. With a daughter in the house, not all the mail came to him. Smiling at a postcard he couldn’t help but notice. Grace’s grandparents on her mother’s side were on a cruise to the Caribbean and would be back the day before the big party had sent the card for their only granddaughter. Deciding to set aside the postcard for Grace, he checked the rest of the mail.
Hesitating when he got to a larger envelope yet deciding to open the piece of mail with his heart dropping at rush of memories that came to him with the simple words.
Are you ready to celebrate 20 years?
If you are, why don’t you come and join your former classmates and celebrate your 20th Class Reunion. The Class of 2002 wants to see you!
Memories of the days in high school with his friends and of whom he had met there flooded his mind. He had found his wife and his soul mate.
His Liz.
“Max,” came a voice from the doorway to the house. Turning, he smiled when in came a bubbling blonde.
“Hey,” he smiled.
“So, you got the invitation?” the blonde asked.
“Yes,” he said. “So, did you and Michael get one too?”
“What do you think?” she said.
“Are you going Maria?”