4.15. "Find a person who loves you for exactly who you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass. That’s the person worth sticking with."
Juno

Co-written with paramedicallyAndrew sat stiffly on the sofa as he watched Ali rushing around the apartment trying to do ten different things ( Read more... )

2.4. "Oh, this is a dear diary moment..."
Matthew Perry

Co-written with paramedically
[Follows THIS]Life had to start returning to normal ( Read more... )

38.7. Care

Co-written with paramedically
[Follows THIS]

( They were her old bright purple sheets she used to use in her old apartment, complete with cow print edging and pillow slips. During the night, the sheets had to be changed three times, leaving her with this linen as a last resort. He looked strange lying amongst one of the remaining items of her bachelorette life that seemed so long ago now, but it was almost poignant... )

24.1.2. "Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down." - Bede Jarrett

Co-written with paramedically & notskywalker
[Part 'Love and Loss' verse, HERE and HERE]The discussions between Andrew and Ali's doctors had been lengthy and draining. It took awhile for them to come to a decision with the advice of her psychologist ( Read more... )

60.5. "Loneliness is just about the scariest thing out there" - Joss Whedon (from Week 23)

Co-written with paramedically
[Follows THIS]Ali didn't wake up quickly. Andrew watched her as she roused gradually, almost as if she was fighting off regaining consciousness. He rubbed her hand softly, trying to give her something to focus on so she wasn't spooked waking ( Read more... )

77.10. Pain (from Week 62)

Co-written with paramedically & pullmysteth
[Follows THIS]

( Behind him he could hear someone telling someone else to call 911. Ironic. Sickeningly ironic... )

39.10. Parent

Co-written with agentsullivan
[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS and THIS]It was just on dusk, and while one part of New York wearily signed off the for the day to head home after a hectic work day in the chaotic city, another part was just warming up to see the nightlife that promised to come alive, no matter what day of the week it was. Ali was ( Read more... )

31.9 Fingers

Co-written with paramedicallyAli was naked for the pure and simple reason she didn't want to put clothes on. Andrew's bathrobe had sufficed after her shower, but she had now discarded it on the bed and was standing naked in front of the full length bedroom mirror. She had hardly looked in a mirror during her first pregnancy, and had expected to ( Read more... )

22.8.6. The Baby Plan

Co-written with paramedically
[Follows THIS, THIS and THIS]Andrew had been exhausted the day before. He never really had an issue with nights, but you could never predict what was going to go down on any shift. There had been a number of car crashes and a gas leak in one of the restaurants down town. He worked the whole night without a ( Read more... )

14.15. “If you hurt that girl I will kill you, nurse you back to health, and then kill you again!”
| Off Centre

[Follows THIS]Mark looked down at the pink teddy bear in his hand and let out a rough, shaky breath. He tried to swallow away the nerves fluttering inside him, but it was impossible. When he returned home from a meeting with his old boss ( Read more... )