#kermit writes

Summary: Life begins to return to normal, without Mei Lin. They discover what their new normal could look like now that everything is out in the open Jean tells Patrick some home truths.

Notes: Happy birthday pumpkinspicelove! I LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, it's been over a year🫣 Thanks for those who are still reading this. I've moved stores, gone back to my first love of community theatre, and finally had my foot surgery. I am currently in month 4 of my supposed 3 months off work... Surgery went well, the foot was more damaged than they could see on the MRI and it was a very big surgery to begin with, so its taking a long time to heal. I may even be out of the moon boot indefinitely by the end of the week🤞

If you need an update of where we're at, which, fair, I'd suggest re-reading the previous two chapters.

Summary: Things come crashing down

Notes: Happy Birthday Dee! @doctoraliceharvey Thank you all for your patience as always. I moved jobs and am dealing with some stuff in my personal life which is not leaving me much brain space to write. I'm struggling with the timing of the events in the next two chapters, hopefully I can work through it soon. Tried to find a balance between Mei Lin being a bitch, but still giving her a reason to why she's wanting to hold onto the family she lost and Lucien trying to be his beautiful gentle self but also calling her out on her behavior, I hope it rings true and doesn't give you whiplash.

Elaborate Lives - Chapter 28 - Theloversthedreamersandme82 - The Doctor Blake Mysteries [Archive of Our Own]

Summary: Jean and Lucien finally talk Lucien tells Li everything Alice gets a glance at what real family and love looks like

Summary: The fallout from Mei Lin's return continues as she makes things difficult for everyone.

Notes: Thank you for all of your comments on the last chapter, i loved hearing your thoughts on Mei Lin. She's sticking around for a bit, so strap yourself in. I've really loved delving into this scenario, and writing Mei Lin as a bitch has been SO fun :)

I've had to make all of my works only available to members of AO3. There were some scummy people stealing other peoples works and posting them elsewhere. Sorry to any of you who were reading there as a guest. I don't have any invitations at the moment either, and I've all but given up on ff.net. If you're really having trouble accessing it let me know and I'll see what i can do.

Summary: Jean attempts to return to work, but struggles. Relationships continue to develop, both between Lucien and Jean, and Matthew and Alice

Notes: Phew! It's been over a year since I updated this. I was writing for a different fandom for a few months, and that was time sensitive as I wanted to get it out before S2 aired, and then early this year my best friend died. I've just been focusing on getting through the day and haven't had much brain space left to write. I've also been discovering that I have ADHD. This update is nice and long for you to enjoy. Please be assured that unless I've actively said I'm not working on this anymore, I'm still intending to finish it, and don't harass me about it. I do this in my spare time, for free. I'm currently working on the next three chapters which have the bare bones written. If you've read any of my other stuff the scenes between Matthew and Alice may seem familiar. I've reused and rewritten some of the stuff from one of my other stories.

Summary: Lucien invites Jean to dinner, where they plan to tell Li about them dating Things do not go as planned

Summary: Lucien is ready to tell Li about him and Jean, But Jean is concerned. Li has a meltdown over her grades. Mattie spends some time with Phryne and Lucien has a surprise present for Li

Notes: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA @dreamofragtime. Can't wait for your unhinged screaming in my whatsapp messages :) probably not much for this chapter, BUT… next chapter… I mean… I wish I could post the next one aswell, but it's not ready. You'll just have to wait.

Summary: The Wedding Day!

Notes: SURPRISE! Happy Birthday Dee! @doctoraliceharvey I know it's been forever since I updated this fic but I thought what better day to post a Malice wedding, than the birthday of the person who got me shipping them in the first place!? You guys might need to go back and re-read the previous chapter, or like the whole thing… it's been THAT long… I hope it was worth waiting for and you enjoy it.