Hello to anyone who may still be watching.

I've had numerous requests to finish this, and lately those requests have been more common. SO. I'm going to stick my fingers back into it and see what I can do with what I remember of the story we intended to tell. I hope it lives up to any expectations.

PAWNS

Claire Fitzwilliam: For everything there is to know about Claire (in canon), see here. This Claire, however, never met John Camden until she moved out of her house at nineteen. Avery, her best friend, was murdered a year earlier.

John "Jack and/or Johnny" Camden: A formerly more rough-around-the-edges punk Londoner, Jack is the very definition of a ladies man. Purchased the flat with a girlfriend. Girlfriend walked out of the picture. One year Claire's senior.

John Driscoll: Claire's first serious boyfriend. Eight years her senior and a prominent lawyer at his father's law firm.

Grainne "Louise" Fitzwilliam: As in canon, Louise is a bit of a slut. A lot of a slut. She is Claire's oldest younger sister, a brunette only one year younger than her.

Charles "Charlie" Fitzwilliam: Claire's father and the head of the Fitzwilliam Diamond Company.

Ruth Fitzwilliam: Claire's darling mother.

Patrick Fitzwilliam: Claire's youngest sibling and only brother.

Eleanor Fitzwilliam: Claire's youngest sister.

WELCOME to Flatmates, an alternate version of Claire and Johnny's relationship as documented canonically in lavenderdiary.

PREMISE Freshly nineteen and a newly-appointed principal dancer for the Royal Ballet, Claire Fitzwilliam decides she needs to move out of her family's posh home and live on her own. Though she has the money to afford a home as fancy as her parents', she chooses to flat hunt, instead, wanting a roommate, wanting not to live alone.

That's how she meets John Camden.

The rest will soon be history.

BEHIND THE SCENES As this is an AU, you do not need any knowledge of the characters or the canon. The authors are Scout chimbleysweep and Juliette, creators of Claire and Johnny, respectively. If ever you have questions about the characters, feel free to comment and ask at any time.

We hope you'll enjoy this sort-of NaNovel.