( I shouldn't have left. )

As Michael waited for Lauren to arrive, he idly drummed his fingers on the table of the booth where he was sitting. His stare was fixed on the door, expecting her to show up any minute now. He had talked to her a few hours ago, no longer able to just keep wondering that thing that had been plaguing him for weeks now ( Read more... )

"So are you actually going to tell me what's going on with you, or should I force you to talk somehow ( Read more... )

Christmas 1998."Remind me again why we're at this dumb party ( Read more... )

December 2001.It was done. After hours of goofing around, of playful arguments over where to place some ornaments, after replaying the same Christmas CD over and over, their Christmas tree was finally decorated. It was a small tree, since they didn't have a lot of space in the apartment for any other size, but it was perfect. If he had any doubt of ( Read more... )

He wasn't sure exactly what had led him to think that this would be a good idea, but when he couldn't stay in Long Island anymore, he had simply taken his jacket and keys before heading to Queens. Not Brooklyn, where Charlie was, but Queens, where he could find someone else. Someone who belonged in his past, along with Charlie and the rest of the ( Read more... )

The TM prompt for this week kind of inspired this fic (somehow...), so it just begged to be written. And it's Michael being silly, which is very rare nowadays, and it'll give an insight to his 'previous life.'

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Happens after this, and this.Not long after Lauren's arrival Michael had been called over to the restaurant. On Monday he had turned off his cell phone, wanting to take a day off and simply unplug himself from the world - which he did, and it had been a good thing - but now that Tuesday had come along life just wanted to catch up to him. Any other ( Read more... )

Sleepwalking through the summer rain and the tired spaces
You could hear her name when she was warm and tender
And you held her arms around you
There was nothing but her love and affection
She was crazy for you
Now she's part of something that you lostHe had never believed she would be the one that would get away. He had never imagined that he ( Read more... )

( Thursday Night: Hide and Seek )