20. The great big city's a wonderous toy // just made for a girl and boy
(Ella Fitzgerald - 'Manhattan')

[Set after this THIS]

Co-written with notskywalkerDespite the loud and wide yawn Luke made no attempt to stifle, he realised his body was overtired. Even if he tried to go to bed now, he wouldn't be able to sleep. The excitement of the previous evening ( Read more... )

5.1.1. “Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.” - Marilyn Ferguson

[Co-written with notskywalker | Follows immediately from THISLuke felt sick. No, really. He did. After Tab all but screamed and sobbed her confessions at him, he stumbled into the nearest ( Read more... )

4.1.5 “Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.” - Antione de Saint-Exupery

[Co-written with notskywalker | Follows THISShe'd been waiting since she'd got off the phone with Riley for Luke to come home. She'd ducked out for five minutes to grab the pregnancy test and now it sat on the bathroom sink mocking her. She couldn' ( Read more... )

6.4. "Love is not only blind but stupid."
| Married With Children

[Co-written with pullmystethTab couldn't think straight. She also wasn't sure if she was freaking out for no reason, or if she had a genuine reason to freak out. Maybe it was just all that talk with Luke about kids and how they both liked their lives as they were ( Read more... )

04. Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be.
(Nirvana - 'Come As You Are')Tab popped one of the chili fries into her mouth and chewed happily as Luke nuzzled the sensitive spot behind her ear. Tab the barmaid was on her dinner break and she was enjoying it with her boss boyfriend. There were definitely benefits to working in the same ( Read more... )

"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." John Keating Dead Poets Society

Tabitha London Browne was back. She was back in New York. She was back on stage. And she was back. When she’d first taken to the stage to perform her mini-set, it had felt like an age since she’d played her guitar, and played with Benny, and played ( Read more... )