Stephen Walker (Now and Then)
This tag belongs to the Character Category.
This tag has not been marked common and can't be filtered on (yet).
Works which have used it as a tag:
-
Tags
Summary
Years after leaving Blandfords, Jimmy and Stephen unexpectedly reconnect and develop an uncomplicated friendship, leaving much of the baggage of their school days behind. They never speak of the unwitting third point of their boyhood triangle; their mutual first love, the boy whom one wanted but never had, and whom the other betrayed. Until now.
Or, how the conversation between Jimmy and Stephen about Kit's breakdown might have gone.
(Commences about five or so years before the events of "now" - necessarily includes spoilers for the novel)
-
Tags
Summary
First love hurts like hell and can haunt you forever. But sometimes, things come full circle.
Scenes from Blandfords and beyond, from Jimmy's POV.
Series
- Part 2 of Broken wings
-
Tags
Summary
From his first year at boarding school, Stephen's always known how to get what he wants, and usually succeeds. Then Metcalfe suddenly throws his world into disarray.
Takes place before the events of the book.
Series
- Part 1 of Broken wings
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,474
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 2
- Hits:
- 32
-
Solace in the strangest place by CassandraAstraea
Fandoms: Now and Then - William Corlett
28 Dec 2023
Tags
Summary
Stephen's promised letter never comes. Chris is at breaking point, and the last thing he needs is the world's most annoying lower fifth-former dogging his heels. Or maybe it's exactly what he needs.
Begins at the time of the last "Then" chapter, after Stephen leaves Blandfords, and spans about three years.
Series
- Part 1 of Solace in the strangest place (Now and Then AU)
- Part 1 of Now and Then canon-divergent AUs
-
Tags
Summary
"I loved them all, Kit – at the time. Even the little bits on the side. Even the one-night stands. That’s my problem." - Stephen to Chris in Granada
A handsome young waiter at a flash Hong Kong hotel is drawn to a beautiful but sad English boy at the best table. A grieving Stephen desperately wants to forget. Their mutual craving for affection and intimacy sparks a fleeting yet powerful and passionate connection.
Series
- Part 3 of Broken wings
-
Tags
Summary
"My younger daughter writes incessantly in a journal with pictures of cats and rock bands stuck all over the front of it, which she guards with the ferocity of a half-starved Alsatian. I write letters that you’ll never read. ... All these letters to you before and since, and the one time I should have written, I couldn’t put pen to paper at all."
A series of letters Stephen Walker never sent - and one he actually might.
Series
- Part 4 of Broken wings
- Part 1 of Walker Family Melodrama
-
Distant sound of an old symphony by CassandraAstraea
Fandoms: Now and Then - William Corlett
22 Jul 2024
Tags
Summary
Liz Harker's music career is taking off, she's young and vibrant and deeply in love with her urbane, handsome, successful husband. And so amazingly, ecstatically happy. Others can judge as they see fit. She knows their marriage is the relationship equivalent of a symphony so exquisite that no composer could rival its perfection.
A chance meeting in Spain with someone from Steve's past does not expose any discordant notes or cracks in the façade. None whatsoever. At all.
Series
- Part 5 of Broken wings
- Part 3 of Walker Family Melodrama
-
Tags
Summary
Hong Kong in summer. After leaving school for the final time, Stephen keeps one promise. (Mini-sequel to Anchor in the fog)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 470
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 3
-
Tags
Summary
After reluctantly answering a distress call from Laura Metcalfe, Stephen realises letting go of Kit isn’t as easy as he thought.
Series
- Part 3 of Now and Then canon-divergent AUs
-
Tags
Summary
Sophie Walker doesn't come from a broken home. She's proud of her blended family, of the fact that her mum and dad are still good friends who care deeply for each other, and while she loves her mum, she understands why her beloved stepmum turned out to be the love of Dad's life. Most importantly, from the moment she could form lasting memories, she’s been certain of one thing above all others: her dad is her strength, her most loyal champion, her trusted confidant, her shield - and sometimes, sword - when life is cruel to her. He's her dearest friend as well as the best dad in the world. Throughout her childhood, no matter how hard life outside the sanctuary of home became, nothing could shake her belief in him, and surely nothing will.
Until her dad makes an unexpected and shocking decision that shatters everyone's lives and leads Sophie to question everything.
Rating for heavy themes.
Set primarily in Melbourne, Australia, during the 1970s and 80s and predates the Now chapters of the book. Eventual female OC/female OC in later chapters, though it's not the principal focus of the story.
Series
- Part 2 of Walker Family Melodrama
-
Tags
Summary
At twenty-seven and recently arrived home from his big round-the-world odyssey, Joel is reasonably sure he has his life trajectory planned out: MA, doctorate, tenure at a university – preferably several hours away from his parents, his troubled sister and constant family tension - and settle down in with his wonderful girlfriend of seven years at last.
A few months after Granada, Stephen is determined once again to bury the uncomfortable memories of his childhood and teen years for good, and return to his blissful new life as a successful - and straight - businessman with a gorgeous, accomplished young wife, untroubled by the past, unaffected by the fallout of his second divorce in the present, and certainly harbouring no fears for the future. Of course he's happy. Why wouldn't he be?
Their meeting at an ordinary family barbecue in late 1989 isn't particularly memorable. Neither anticipates how much it eventually will upend both men's lives - and carefully constructed images of themselves.
[Title updated August 2025]
Series
- Part 4 of Walker Family Melodrama
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 27,242
- Chapters:
- 5/?
- Hits:
- 16