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Picking up immediately after the final scene of A Year in the Life, Rory finds herself pregnant with Logan's child and searching for solid ground, all while circling back to the one constant she's never been able to shake: Jess, the love she never could truly let go of. Told across seven years in a traditional seven-season style, this is the story of navigating motherhood, co-parenting with Logan, and finding each other again when everything else is falling apart. But it's also about the patterns we inherit and whether two people can finally break toxic cycles, learning to let each other in and trusting that this time might actually be different.
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logans fortieth birthday is coming up, and colin and finn decide to pay rory a visit. what they dont know is that rory has had logans kid. (im really bad at summaries give me another chance)
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Ten years after A Year in the Life, Rory Gilmore has sworn off relationships to raise her daughter, Ivy, in the same man-free household her mother once created for her. As the next generation takes its first steps toward careers and love, the season sets the stage for new stories while promising longtime fans the closure they’ve been waiting for. By the finale, Rory will choose her forever partner, and the identity of her daughter’s father will be revealed.
Episode 1 now complete!
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A Sky Full Of Stars by reader_25 for Likerealpeopledo, sandy_s, LoveRocket, Moriarty87, Brighterthansunshine28, therethedanceis, QueenOfTheSloths, Caro1414, dollsome, anexistence, Helogan, dreambeliever617, EarlGayTea711, aperfectpirouette, MBlair, bb52, Somekindofflower, domesticghost, clarineta, SoraM, tempestaurora, RollingHollow, thedemonkingawakes, BriarSnow, Vivss, sweeteater19, whitters23, wrinkled_rain, PRINCESS2083, Sokorra, aflawedfashion, fightingwithtruelove, benwvatt, TemperanceCain, gonzogarbanzo, viharker, CarolineMorrison, dreamtheft, Miral (Maldiscontent), BookTease, andsocanshe, convolutings, jeitbqbe, Monkeybootcamp, VanillaMostly, fluffernutter8, Somekindoffunny, Loveloveholic, rorysluckydress, ParakeetFins, bookxish, Crystalclear89, xEnchanted, IShipItAll, StealingATimeLord, starrnobella, JinRoseMoon, 2Heartbeats, dancingdriver, Curious_Reader, Pericles, RedLights, tasteofdreams, LadyM28, eeyore16, Tigger23, pinkbow, NatyCS, Mjatc11, USSAnke, ktse2503, Shamelessly_Radiant, RoryAceGilmoreHuntzberger, ChristyCorr, srloftis, lecornergirl, forevermagic, stressedasalways, whobee, DimpleCloud, LilyRose_89, electricsymphony, joyridingfuck, Mierke, mcc0313, whisperyvoices, atatteredrose (atr), dormiensa, orsinoslady, Mpd, aceofdiamonds, let_tyrants_fear, ExcellentlyEllen, glossylexie, Loonymaurader, darce, JustALittleBitBoohoo
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
25 Oct 2025
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Reflections on long-forgotten days that have all merged into one with their new reality.
Can be read separately from other one-shots in series.
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the road not taken looks real good now (and it always leads to you in my hometown) by OnceUponaSwanQueen
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
13 Oct 2025
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Jess has been spending more and more time with Rory and her daughter Ellie, and at the fall festival, the two finally stop pretending they're 'just friends'.
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Something That in My Memory Has Been Misplaced Suddenly All Comes Back by AnxiousLittleBird for Ultra
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
11 Oct 2025
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Jess grows up, Logan gets married, and Rory makes a phone call.
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need to work this maze inside my heart by tedliwaith (Medliwaith)
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
27 Sep 2025
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Rory's trying to sort her shit out. But it's hard.
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Post-AYITL. She has to call him. She has to tell him.
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When Jess sees someone he recognises in his local coffee shop, he doesn’t want to get involved, but knows he must. Unfortunately, helping out this particular troubled teen is going to lead him down a path he’s been trying to avoid for years, and also make another trip back to Stars Hollow, and Rory Gilmore, suddenly seem unavoidable.
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It's a lot to ask of a book, to help her find the north that her life had been missing.
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Where I Follow, You'll Go by neolithicelisabeth
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000), Gilmore Girls RPF, Gilmore girls a year in the life
07 Aug 2025
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I hope this five part series makes you laugh and cry. There is an equal mix witty banter and painful soul-searching, in which Rory and Logan are actually mature adults admitting the pain they have both endured leading up to AYITL.
Part 1: These are the 3 days just before the start of AYITL
This gives us some of the much needed context of Rory and Logan's Vegas arrangement, and also provides more vulnerability from Logan's side, which I feel like AYITL really missed out on.
Part 2: One year later, Christmas 2016, a few weeks after AYITL ends. Pregnant Rory is headed to London after making a plan with Lorelai and Finn/Colin/Robert to sign with a London Publisher and confront Logan about the baby before his wedding. Antics ensue. mostly comic relief, but highlights some emotional digging from Rory that we did not get in AYITL.
Part 3: Rory reveals to Logan that she is pregnant and gives him an ULTIMATUM
Part 4: Logan faces the fall out with his family and job after announcing Rory's pregnancy in a dramatic way. Rory lands her book deal and heads back to Stars Hollow, but not before a celebratory night with all the guys (This Chapter rated M)
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“You’re Rory’s Luke. She just needs a little time to see it.”
Jess lifted his gaze, staring out into the dark yard. He didn’t say anything.
But for the first time in years, he felt something inside him click perfectly into the place it had always meant to be.
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Takes place six months after A Year in the Life.
Rory Gilmore, once full of ambition and promise, finds herself back in her childhood home in Stars Hollow at 32, pregnant, and lost. As she navigates the challenges of unexpected motherhood, strained family relationships, and the pressure to publish her book, Rory leans on the people around her, especially her old kind of enemy-turned lover-turned enemy-turned friend, Jess Mariano.
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They stood just in front of a closed tattoo shop eating pizza at midnight in Greenwich Village. On the highly trafficked sidewalk, they watched students attempt to corral a drunk friend.
As much as he missed his college days with Rory, Logan wouldn’t trade it for what they now have.
A collection of interconnected microfics post-AYITL from Logan’s POV.
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He should've left it there. Called a car. Done the decent thing. But Rory stood so close.
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A Logan-centric fix-it fic exploring the AYITL affair, the pregnancy that changes everything, and the messy path back to each other. Rogan.
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Watching her mom move forward into a new chapter of life, Rory finds she’s simply scared. There’s the precarity of her career, the instability in her love life, and the fear she’s squandered all her opportunities and connections.
A character study set during the final four words of ‘A Year in the Life.’ Written for the Little Fics for Little Moments Flash Comp.
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Luke and Lorelai's Shed O' Feelings by Nari_the_Mighty (scfi_chica00)
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
21 May 2025
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After the events of the series finale, Luke and Lorelai are back together and all is right with the world! It's that easy, right? Right?? Sometimes it takes a special something extra to get back to where you're meant to be... Welcome to Luke and Lorelai's Shed O' Feelings!
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A Love to the Stars and Back by mind_of_emmette
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls (TV 2000), The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir
03 May 2025
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On the eve of her last shot at a real journalism job, Rory Gilmore meets a man in a Wookiee costume while covering a collectibles line in New York City. Neither shares their real name, but their one-night connection changes both of them—her path forward, his heart. When he vanishes to Mars as part of the Ares III mission, she’s left behind with a secret and a promise.
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“I agreed to edit once you were done,” Jess reminds her, a playfulness to his tone.
“That is very true but I think that it’s important that you’re part of this process now.”
Jess smirks and pulls the papers towards him, running his fingers across the large, bold title. “Oh, yeah?”
Rory nods, that smile still in place. “Yeah.” It’s soft, gently pressing on his heart. “It was all coming out so easily and then it just stopped. I’ve tried all my usual tricks to get it going again but I’ve never written a novel before—and, obviously you have—so I thought you’d know something I don’t.”
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A Run in with the Past by LadyFia_21
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Gilmore Girls (TV 2000)
16 Apr 2025
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Sam and Dean Winchester have a job in New England. They stop over in Stars Hollow where Sam, known there as Dean Forester, spent the tail end of his teens before leaving for Stanford. He quite literally runs into his first love.