My Stories 35
25What Happens in the Dark
Days spent in bright sunlight, nights spent in the shadows. Maria knows that others would see only scandal and sin if they knew the truth. But between Maria and her Captain, there is no room for shame.
Sound of Music, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Romance, words: 2k+, favs: 9, follows: 17, 5/31, Georg vT., Maria R.
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The Dinner Hour
What true TSOM fan hasn't stopped to imagine what happens in between Maria's return from the Abbey and Georg's appearance on the balcony? Here's my version of events, inspired by my friends in the Proboards fanfiction forum.
Sound of Music, K+, English, Romance & Hurt/Comfort, words: 5k+, favs: 15, follows: 8, 8/5/2022, Georg vT., Maria R., Elsa S.
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As Though They Knew the Way »
Eight years have passed since they last crossed paths. When they meet again, in post-war Salzburg, the Captain and Maria are no longer the same two people they had been, back when they danced in the garden. But as Rodgers and Hart wrote, "Sometimes you think you've lived before, all that you live today/Things you do, come back to you/As though they knew the way."
Sound of Music, T, English, Romance & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 10, words: 48k+, favs: 79, follows: 67, updated: 12/25/2019 published: 6/8/2019
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Untouched »
Rilke wrote, "For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the work for which all other work is but preparation." In flight from a dark and dangerous world, bound together by circumstance, but kept apart by private burdens of pain, regret and sorrow, can Maria and Georg find their way to each other?
Sound of Music, M, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 24, words: 94k+, favs: 130, follows: 90, updated: 1/5/2019 published: 5/28/2018, Georg vT., Maria R.
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Bank Shot »
In a curiously restless mood, the Captain seems to be going out of his way to provoke Fraulein Maria. In the ensuing battle of wills, though she doesn't realize it, she provokes him in return. Written for the Proboards holiday calendar challenge.
Sound of Music, T, English, Humor & Romance, chapters: 3, words: 13k+, favs: 67, follows: 28, updated: 12/29/2017 published: 12/18/2016
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The Fortune-Teller
"Bliss. Have you known it, Fraulein?" With apologies to Charlotte Bronte.
Sound of Music, K, English, Romance, words: 4k+, favs: 33, follows: 12, 10/22/2017, Georg vT., Maria R.
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The Widow »
What happens when the life you've ended up with is not the one you were born to live? Is it possible to erase the past and start over? "You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing...nearby is the country they call life."
Sound of Music, T, English, Romance & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 7, words: 35k+, favs: 41, follows: 27, updated: 10/8/2017 published: 8/27/2017
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Nothing Like A Yesterday »
"When was the last time you felt complete?" Two weeks before their wedding, Maria and Georg, each tense with anticipation, find themselves at a crossroads. What lies ahead? Lost hopes and shattered dreams? Or profound intimacy and boundless love? After this setup chapter, this story turns M-rated, so after you leave me a review, please follow if you like that sort of thing!
Sound of Music, M, English, Romance & Angst, chapters: 6, words: 29k+, favs: 123, follows: 76, updated: 6/11/2017 published: 4/2/2017, Georg vT., Maria R.
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Lorelei »
That magical night in the gazebo has faded into a wistful memory. With one month left before the wedding, Maria's troubles seem to grow bigger by the day, and even worse, she is alone with her misery, as Georg has become otherwise engaged. "She created quite a stir, and I want to be like her!" Please leave me a review.
Sound of Music, T, English, Romance & Angst, chapters: 4, words: 17k+, favs: 54, follows: 19, updated: 1/16/2017 published: 12/30/2016
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Love and Memory »
She wants nothing more than to remember the past. He wants nothing more than to forget it. An AU story influenced by the Story of the Trapp Family Singers and Maria's memoirs. Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, T, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 11, words: 48k+, favs: 58, follows: 40, updated: 11/22/2016 published: 8/7/2016, Georg vT., Maria R.
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A Long Line of Governesses
Maria is stuck between two lives, the old and the new. No longer a governess, but not yet a wife and mother, not for two more weeks. There are only long, lonely nights at the Abbey, and days full of wedding preparations and new lessons about love. An astonishing transformation, from postulant to Baroness, and it's happened so quickly! Why her? What had the others been like?
Sound of Music, T, English, Romance, words: 8k+, favs: 59, follows: 11, 5/10/2016
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Confidence
Last night, in the gazebo, she'd been swept along on a wave of joy and relief. But today, on what should be one of the happiest days of her life, Maria is plagued by doubts and worries. My heart should be wildly rejoicing, she thought. What's the matter with me? One-shot. Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, T, English, Angst & Romance, words: 8k+, favs: 70, follows: 10, 5/1/2016, Georg vT., Maria R.
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Yet Another Story About Raindrops on Taxis
Written for the April Proboards taxi prompt, so, of course, there's a taxi. And rain, and a certain young woman. And there's a man. "So you keep running away, but you always find your way back?" Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, K, English, Romance, words: 2k+, favs: 21, follows: 4, 4/8/2016
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How They Met »
"I knew it the first time I laid eyes on you. I can't explain how, but I knew - I just knew - that we belonged together." Written for the Proboards February prompt. Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, T, English, Romance, chapters: 3, words: 12k+, favs: 39, follows: 12, updated: 3/10/2016 published: 2/16/2016
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Shirtless in Stowe
Their new life in America proves difficult for Maria and Georg. Will things ever be the same? Written for mie779 to celebrate the Proboards story exchange.
Sound of Music, T, English, words: 2k+, favs: 47, follows: 12, 12/21/2015
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The Wishing Ring
A mysterious lost ring reappears, and suddenly, Maria's every wish seems to come true. Could it be magic? Or is the magic in knowing what to wish for? Written for the October Proboards supernatural prompt. One shot. Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, K+, English, Romance, words: 5k+, favs: 46, follows: 8, 10/11/2015, Georg vT., Maria R.
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Worth Any Price »
"The game isn't always worth the prize, Elsa." The story of Elsa Schraeder and Georg von Trapp.
Sound of Music, T, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 6, words: 18k+, favs: 17, follows: 7, updated: 9/26/2015 published: 8/18/2015, Georg vT., Elsa S.
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Thin Air
Where are the boundaries between sleep and waking, between reality and imagination, between past and future? No matter. Maria and Georg are destined to find each other. "Two happy lovers have the eternal life of the Natural." Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, K+, English, Romance & Supernatural, words: 3k+, favs: 13, follows: 3, 7/6/2015, Georg vT., Maria R.
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The By-Blow »
Every so often, there was a moment when the world suddenly, shockingly, turned upside down, and you seemed to hang, suspended in time, waiting to see what turn your life might take next. Maria knew from the strain in his voice that something had changed, that their lives would never be the same again. AU and dark Georg. Please leave me a review!
Sound of Music, T, English, Drama, chapters: 5, words: 12k+, favs: 33, follows: 19, updated: 6/7/2015 published: 5/13/2015, Georg vT., Maria R.
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The Edelweiss Waltz
Everything had changed. Nothing would ever be the same.
Sound of Music, K, English, Drama, words: 2k+, favs: 27, follows: 4, 5/11/2015, Georg vT., Maria R., Elsa S.