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What if the affair, was really an affair? An emotionally messy, full of angst, and guilt, affair. John and Marlena can't seem to stay away from each other, no matter how many times they say it's over.

John struggles with his love for two women. One who is dying, and the other belongs to someone else...but she used to be his.

1992 Canon Divergeance - Marlena and John are friends, but they used to be much more. What happens as they attempt to navigate their new lives, but they continue to be drawn to each each other? Roman is pulled into the Raffi Torres case, leaving Marlena and the children unprotected. John steps in, taking care of the family that was once his. Will the line between friendship and lover be blurred?

A rewrite of the affair...

John left Salem in 1993, and two years later Stefano has drawn him back in, by kidnapping Marlena. John, Marlena, and Roman are pulled in as Pawn's in one last game plotted out by Stefano DiMera's diabolical mind. What happens when past lovers reconnect, and the real truth behind Stefano's hatred for the Brady's comes to light?

The possession is over, but Father John Black still struggles with the attraction he feels for the woman he saved.

A one-shot short story set in 1992. Marlena is married to Roman and John is married to Isabella, who never got cancer so never died. Everything else is the same as the show. This short story is set on the night that Stella spiked Marlena's drink at Wings but it ends quite differently...

After John announces he's leaving Salem with Brady, Marlena goes to the loft under the guise of returning Brady's forgotten teddy bear. The decision she makes that night changes everyone's lives.

This story is inspired by "A very Salem Christmas" which didn't have enough of the magic that is John and Marlena😍. I hope you will enjoy it☺️

Stefano escapes Maison Blanche with John and Marlena as his captives. On his island, Stefano once again makes John his mercenary, while using intimidation and coercion to break down Marlena's defenses. Marlena struggles to fight through Stefano's programming, and bring John back to her.

John and Marlena chose separate paths in Mexico, staying friends but choosing to move on with other people. Isabella's death, and Roman's infidelity push them back together. When they need each other the most, two friends come together and realize that maybe they were always inevitable.

Post Marlena's 1992 return to Salem. Marlena made the decision to give her marriage to Roman a try, but is struggling. John, putting his own pain aside, is frequently there to help her. Thank you to Ms. Goldie for the cover art and for inspiring me to revise and continue this story!

Marlena helps John discover the secrets of his past after the return from Mexico. Both of them navigates their individual relationships with Isabella and Roman, while denying their love for each other.

Marlena comes home...

A month after Roman's return Marlena realizes that everyone is unhappy. Roman wants their life to be the one he left behind seven years ago. John feels like everything he loved is lost, and Marlena is in love with the man who is not her husband, but once was.

John left Salem in 1994, after he was no longer able to live on the sidelines watching the life that he once had. No Isabella nor Brady. If the twins were 9 in 91, makes their graduation (in my timeline) 2000. It is soon after this that Marlena and John bump into each other. These chapters discuss the idea of regrets and fate helping two people who are meant to be. Quite the rewrite from the original version out there.

A Maison Blanche canon divergence. After being emotionally, and physically tortured at the hands of Stefano DiMera, John and Marlena finally get free. Do they continue to live the lives people expect of them, or do they finally take what they want in life? Each other.

Starting life over is never easy, but what if you get a second chance at life and love That exactly what happens for Marlena Evans when she leaves her life behind to run away from her abusive husband.

John can't forget the one woman he can't have. Marlena can't stop dreaming of the man she should have let go. What happens when fear, love, and desperation collide? This is a Canon Divergence retelling of the Lady in a Cage storyline with significant canon changes leading to another affair.

After Mexico, John left Salem without a word. Nearly a year later, a chance encounter in San Francisco brings John and Marlena together for one night, that changes everything.