Title: A Visit to St. Cloud's
Fandom: The Cider House Rules (movie)
Pairings: Homer/Mary Agnes, Wally/Candy, Homer/Candy

( Homer felt defeated. He was tired of arguing with Mary Agnes, tired of feeling caught between his current life and the one he left behind. )

I was rewatching The Cider House Rules for the umpteenth time recently for inspiration for A Visit to St. Cloud's, and decided it was time for a retrospective picspam... Enjoy!

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Title: A Visit to St. Cloud's
Fandom: The Cider House Rules (movie)
Pairings: Homer/Mary Agnes, Wally/Candy, Homer/Candy

( The fury in Mary Agnes's eyes reminded him of her teenage years, when she appeared to hate everyone and everything in her life. She wasn't that girl any more. And yet, here she was, ready to spit at him as soon as look at him. )

Title: A Visit to St. Cloud's
Fandom: The Cider House Rules (movie)
Pairings: Homer/Mary Agnes, Wally/Candy, Homer/Candy

( Candy smiled at the children, but as they neared the end of the room the expression was slowly disappearing, leaving a hollow, haunted look in her eyes. )

Title: A Visit to St. Cloud's
Fandom: The Cider House Rules (movie)
Pairings: Homer/Mary Agnes, Wally/Candy, Homer/Candy

( If Wally looked different then Candy looked exactly as Homer remembered her, the first time he'd seen her at St. Cloud's. )

Title: A Visit to St. Cloud's
Fandom: The Cider House Rules (movie)
Pairings: Homer/Mary Agnes, Wally/Candy, Homer/Candy

( The ire drained from Angela when she saw the quiet resolve in his eyes. When Homer looked like that she couldn't help but think of Wilbur Larch. )

I loved the movie of The Cider House Rules. The book not so much, but as John Irving wrote the screenplay I don't feel so traitorous saying that. I've been mulling this story over for years, and recently found some old notes I made. So here it is, a sequel (if I can be so presumtuous as to call it that) to The CHR.

Title: A Visit to St. Cloud's
Fandom: The Cider House Rules (movie)
Pairings: Homer/Mary Agnes, Wally/Candy, Homer/Candy

( He missed his friends at Cape Kenneth – Rose Rose, Peaches, Muddy, Hero, even Jack. He missed Wally and, of course, he missed Candy. But they were part of his other life, the one outside St. Cloud's. He was back where he belonged, and Mary Agnes was there too. )