This is the masterpost for The Forgotten Years universe collaboration being written between @cbrownjc and I - being updated weekly (more or less)
We Dared Eternity and Won (4/4) - Louis stalks an unknowing Daniel Molloy leading up to the Interview, Armand sets him on a chase afterward; Louis and Armand shared PoV
Now or Neverland (4/4) - Winter of 1979, faced with the idea of being a father unexpectedly, Daniel reminisces about the early chase and falling in love with both Armand and Louis; Daniel PoV
Lost Islands of Hope (1/1) - Summer of 1977, Daniel overdoses while with human friends and finds out why it's dangerous to keep human friends when the person who loves you is a vampire; Daniel and Louis shared PoV
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1/1) - Daniel’s years long reporting on the AIDS epidemic takes a personal turn, sending him into a downward spiral as he wonders if his immortal lovers really love him in return, or are content to watch him die and move on without him one day; Daniel PoV
A Harsh and Terrible Silence (1/1) - Daniel is steadily losing his humanity in October 1985, when Louis and Armand begin to compose a plan to let him go in order to have a human life; Louis PoV
Promises, Promises (1/1) - Lestat and Louis’ reunion with the added twist of Lestat learning why Louis can’t join him because of a promise Louis made to Armand. Lestat gets it into his head to try and go find Daniel and turn him because he wants Louis back, while Louis and Armand race to stop him; Lestat POV
You May Ask Yourself, "How Did I Get Here?" (1/1) - Over the course of 2021-2022, the plan to bring Daniel to Dubai to see him one last time before he dies is hatched under the premise of redoing the 1973 interview; Louis POV
Ready to Return (1/1) - Early S2 Louis comes clean to Armand about why he's brought Daniel to Dubai and what this means for the relationship between the two of them; Louis PoV
Half-Forgotten Dreams (2/2) - Late S2 Louis attempts suicide, Lestat wakes up in a panic, Daniel has regained a few memories... enough to think there was a 'one night stand' in Pompeii between him and Armand; Daniel PoV
Why Can't You Stay 69? (1/1) - Daniel's helped Lestat out dealing with the body thief, but now he's left with consequences he never considered he'd have to face to that course of action; Daniel PoV
Where the Truth Lies (1/1) - Daniel returns home to Brooklyn, still reeling from the events of Dubai and the monumental change his life has now undergone.
Thief of the Sun (1/2) - After Daniel leaves Dubai, Armand is lost to memories from the Venice years to Memnoch, before finally choosing to go after Daniel and reuniting with him once and for all.
The Forgotten Years - A full timeline of events (0/1)