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It's late. It's very very late. It's two months late. But here it is? So sorry about the delay, havocmangawip, thanks so much for your patience, and I hope you enjoy it. XD


Title: Renovations
Characters: Gracia, Elysia, Havoc/Sciezka (UST, dudes)
Word count: 3327
Rating: PG
Summary: before she works out Plan B, Gracia has a few things to get done around the house.
Notes: written for havocmangawip, for her generous help_haiti auction donation. This story takes place in her ongoing 'verse, specifically during Chapters 2 to 8 of Jean Havoc: a Work in Progress. The low-down here is that after the events of Chapter 38 of the manga, Jean has been discharged from hospital and comes to stay with Gracia in Central while he rehabilitates. This story was written as a companion piece to WIP, so will probably be at its best if you've read at least the early chapters of that. Go read it here! Thoughtful, complex slice-of-life drama, romantic comedy, cheeky smut, plottiness, minor characters getting lots of nuanced development, and a fantastic, human and very lovable Havoc at the centre of it all. I hereby rec it.
Also notes: thanks so much to cornerofmadness for the beta and translation services from the British. EDIT: And thanks to enemytosleep for commenting on an early draft and steering me right.


( The first thing Gracia bought after her husband died was a stepladder.  )