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[tzigone]

How would you AU Ike as alive?

There are plenty of options.

Does Emily just not exist?

If she does exist, does her father still die?  Does she die?

Or maybe the gang never leave Sweetwater?  Or do you go back even further and Sam and Emma never left Sweetwater?  That one opens up a lot of possibilities to me, as it’s so AU. I do like Noah and Rachel, but not as much as Sam and Emma. And I liked Kid and Lou’s personalities better in season 1.

But still, with Ike alive, what does he do after the Pony Express stops all routes east of Salt Lake City (I believe that’s in March 1861)?  Or does he quit earlier if he’s rushing into things with Emily?  Sure Pony Express is good money, but it’s dangerous work, and he might want to spend more time with her.

Would Buck keep having a problem with Ike moving too quickly with Emily after the wedding? Of, if she didn’t play in, would they then decide together what to do when their current employment dries up?

[tzigone]

Looking for old AU fanfic

Doubt anyone remembers this, but on the off chance anyone does, here I go. And I don't mind an answer a year later, either, if it turns out that way.

It's been ages, but from what I recall my sister was reading it while in-progress, and I was going to read it when finished, but it never was. Probably originally at Writers Ranch, but not sure.

Anyway, in this one Kid is not a pony express employee. His mom has since remarried to a nice guy and the family lives in Sweetwater. Jed is seeing a widow with a young daughter. His mom would rather he not choose someone previously married and with a child, which Kid finds a bit hypocritical.

Buck was the one who tended Lou and so he knows she is a girl. As I recall, Kid found out somehow, too, and he and Lou still have a romance brewing. Kathleen Devlin did make an appearance, I believe.