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Title: Romancing Miss Irving, or The Angel Who Loved Me (1/?)
Series: Tales of Symphonia
Characters/Pairings: Kratos/Anna
Rating: PG-13 (for now)
Summary: There were a great many things occupying Kratos Aurion at the moment. Like the fact that he'd manage to alienate everyone he knew. And he lost the key to the Tower of Mana ... again. And, most disturbing of all ... he was falling in love with Anna Irving.

Spoiler Alert: This fic is the sequel to "Birthday" and lies in the same universe as it and "Longing." It's not a tale of Kratos springing Anna from the Asgard Ranch. Really, if you want that, there's lots of fics that deal with the subject. I highly recommend "Shifting Destiny" and "Adbertos." This story is meant to be a light-hearted adventure between two adults falling in love, in the days after the escape from the ranch and before Lloyd is born. The title is an homage to Julia Quinn's novels. If you enjoy romance novels, you can't beat hers. They're fantastic and witty.

( Chapter 1: In Which Denial Isn't Just a River, or We Get Acquainted with the Status Quo )

Title: Longing (1/1)
Series: Tales of Symphonia
Characters/Pairings: Kratos/Anna
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Once a year, they would allow themselves to grieve -- to go out into the night and long for the taste and feel of each other. It's been 13 years. The pain hasn't lessened. Neither has the devotion.

Spoiler Alert: This fic lies in a universe being developed where Anna survives the pre-game events in Iselia and does her best to continue Kratos's work in his absence. Spoilers mainly lie along the lines of the story arc dealing with Kratos, Anna and Lloyd's past, Kratos's betrayal of Cruxis and his original goals before Anna died pre-game. I also warn you that this is a piece of experimental writing, so the POVs jump quite a bit.

( Longing )