Scintilla Love

Scintilla Love is an American dark-romance series developed by British writer 'mylonelydreamhouse'. Its original name was 'A Reflection of Our Love' which was later re-adjusted due to its unimaginative title. It joined the 'Better Days Ahead Universe' in April 2021, bringing a pre-story of the world shown before the events of BDA.

The series stars a woman named Madeline Vlahos (originally Madeline Beckett) reflecting upon her 1960s youth-self to her newborn grandson in 2003. Upon her reflection, she also recounts the leading-up tales of Indigo Schroder and Zion Patricson, who have both recently "walked the edge of life". The story primarily takes place in a fictional town named Woodbridge, Connecticut while the storytelling and secondary city takes place in Tucson, Arizona; providing two whole new locations in the BDA universe.

Confirmed Sequences

 * The series starts in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona. Though these Arizona scenes are very small and hardly talked about. From what is seen, Madeline travels between a hospital to a hotel to her daughter's house to a graveyard.
 * The series confirms the origins of the Shuteye Virus.
 * Madeline's father leaving is the biggest cause of her running away.
 * 'Blight Elves' are first seen; though their activity is unknown.
 * In the beginning sequence, it starts with a small story of three teenagers in 1989 at a Lake Champlain beach in Vermont. As the three gossip about Death being a Woman, their similarity to the 3 Witches in Macbeth, Boy gossip and pop culture, a strange large black creature from the lake attacks the women, killing 2 of the 3. Later on, it is revealed this creature was 'killed' by the 3 main characters in 1969, but the sequence confirms its survival.

Behind the scenes

 * The story takes influence from a lot of previous famous stories such as; The Notebook, Titanic, The End of the F***ing World, The Kings of Summer, Bridge to Terabithia as well as Grease.
 * The story includes 'Indigo Schroder', a member of the notorious Schroder family in BDA. Though due to the series location, it is presumed Indigo and his 'branch' of the family are not connected to the original Kansas family.
 * Scintilla Love is the first series in the BDA universe to feature the 1960 and 2000 eras.
 * Scintilla Love is the first series in the BDA universe to feature a multiracial main character.
 * Scintilla Love is the first dark-romance series in the BDA universe.