15 Works in Dennis Rickman
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February 2024. Johnny Allen finally dies in prison, which means that every person who had to hide away from him in order to stay alive can now return to their former lives. If only it were that simple.
Can Dennis find his way back to Sharon after 19 years?
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Post-ep for 24th-25th October 2005. As a storm continues to rage outside, Dennis and Sharon remember their reunion in Miami.
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Sharon finds comfort in the midst of her grief as she has a quiet night out with Dennis. Inspired by the episode in September 2005 where Sharon suggests to Sonia that she and Dennis can go out for a kebab and a beer. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see that, and it kind of amused me, so I wrote it.
‘Walking away from No 45, watching as people went about their business as usual, all that echoed in her mind was the same, unbelievable-yet-undeniable mantra: he's gone, he's gone, he's gone.
While the world carried on, Sharon had been shifted off her axis.’
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Post-ep for 12th October 2004.
After Sharon confesses she can’t have children, she takes a late-night/early morning walk with Dennis as they face an uncertain future.
‘Relief soon takes over as he comes back out into the street, footsteps hollow on the pavement and steam rising into the chilly air from the hot drinks. Because she knows that, whatever is happening, whatever the distance, or the hurt, or the mess and the mayhem, she’s always safe with him. Not that she wasn’t used to the lateness or particularly afraid, but the shape of the night felt different with him there.’
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- English
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Can Dennis escape the past and build a future? What if he hadn't gone after Johnny Allen on New Year's Eve 2005?
'And, yeah, your kids should be enough to pull you out, but it’s never that simple. In the haze of my own anger I found that moment of clarity that allowed me to break free. Although now I know it wasn’t just that down to that one moment, but it had been built from the fabric of my life before it: of antiseptic and fingertips along my jaw in the bathroom of 43b; of pink-blushed sunsets in Tenerife; of hazy laughter and hope for the future in Miami; of the black-and-white blur of an ultrasound picture.'
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In the wake of the revelation that Chrissie murdered Den, Sharon and Dennis escape the Square for a quiet moment and a conversation about the past and the future.
'Perfect white lace frays under her fingertips as she pulls at the hem of her nightshirt and wonders if, like her warring emotions, it will unravel slowly or all at once.'
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Dennis goes to Dot for some comfort after a stressful day.
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- Part 2 of Happy Family (including part 2)
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Sharon and Vicki are concerned about their brother.
Series
- Part 1 of Happy Family (including part 2)
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New Year's Eve 2005 without the threat of Johnny Allen.
'Behind momentarily closed eyelids Sharon relishes in the languor set deep in her bones because she knows it emanates from the impossible-now-possible peace of the knowledge that she is carrying the child she never thought she would have.'
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Dennis Rickman has a reputation as a womaniser, but what if his interest in women is waning, and what if he has enough charm and good looks to seduce the good looking men in the Square?
Not entirely canon - Dennis, for example, overlaps in this with characters who were not present when he was in EastEnders.
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- 1/1
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- 5
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I really hated the Martin Ben gangster storyline of autumn 2019. I know Ben came back hardened and vengeful earlier that year, but the gangster stuff was all too much. So I have rewritten the story from October 2019 to March 2020. I have included some EE scenes and dialogues as I wanted to keep touching base with the EE storyline. I tried to keep Ben and Martin in character as much as I could, developed stories for Callum and Bobby, suggested Phil’s redemption arc, added some interest to other characters like Louise, Lola, Jay and Ruby, and, of course, focused on the greatest love story ever told – Ben and Callum.
I wrote this during compassionate leave when my lovely mum passed away. It’s probably why it’s a bit light on angst and heavy on fluff. It’s also littered with little bits of her wisdom because I was thinking about her a lot. The title comes from one of her favourite sayings; you’ll come across it in the story.
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Ben and Callum explains to different family members and friends what each other means to them.
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Dennis and Dalton and Andy back in the day.
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Dennis waits. Andy Watches.
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Sharon comes back to Dennis.