People make my words into lies.

Jane waited until everyone was out of the office and Lisbon was busy with her paperwork before he poked his head in her office, bracing himself on the door frame. She worked late, these days. Later than usual. It's why he was here, actually.

"Hey."

"He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one." -Alexander PopeJane has been telling lies for so long, he used to forget where the lies stopped and the truth began. These days, most other people make his truths into lies on their own, and they maintain the ( Read more... )

[Holding salad, rings doorbell.] Movie night!

It's not the first Valentine's Day he's spent without them, and it's not much easier than the first one. Settling into a habit can hardly qualify as coping, really ( Read more... )