Godric was smoking out on his balcony, leaning over the railing. Noah was sitting in the corner, plucking lazily at a guitar he kind of only half-knew how to play. It was a rare afternoon when Noah didn't rush home to spend time with the twins, but Godric needed the company and Noah understood.

( Best Friends )

Deirdre was so unbelievably and indescribably happy.

( Crushed like a Bug )

Godric had been playing the same chord on his tiny keyboard. Over and over, he played a diminished fifth which sounded something like a flock of flamingoes all screaming in terrible pain at the same time. For a while he had been playing the dissonant note followed by a the resolved tritone, but the dissonance spoke more to him ( Read more... )

Julian sat inside his hospital room in the now very familiar Robert Macgavillary Memorial Hospital. Not only did his Aunt and father work there, he had been there twice for detoxing and fighting his addiction. His surroundings were so familiar, it almost felt like he was home. He had been reminded, several times, that this was where he met Damon ( Read more... )

Godric was sitting in the back, his foot jiggling. The room smelled like instant coffee and stale shortbread, and it was filled with the hushed whispers of people trying to ignore the reason they were here at least until the meeting started. Narcotics Anonymous. They all came together to cry on each other's shoulders when it was too hard to get ( Read more... )

Godric had gone with Serenity to the audition, so he had seen Serenity's interaction with Flynn. Flynn had happened to be there because he did live with Spectre and he hadn't wanted Spectre to be alone. Serenity and Flynn had hit it off right away, and that made Godric happy. He loved it when people he knew liked each other. Which was why he ( Read more... )

Godric had called into the helpline to let them know he wouldn't be in. This happened every once in awhile and they were well used to it by now. They knew Godric suffered from bipolar disorder, and that even though he managed it well and stuck to his meds, sometimes a depressive state was unavoidable.

( Melancholy Mechanics )

Reading the paper was often a depressing exercise, but one that Serena usually forced herself to do. She had to engage with the world somehow. So her eyes flittered over the hopeless words as the cafe buzzed around her. She was caught up in a story about pirates and booty when someone put their hand on the middle of her paper, crinkling it ( Read more... )

When considering the perfect place to locate a present each for Quinn, Adrina, and Spectre, the most obvious answer was of course an antique store. Adrina practically foamed at the mouth when you brought one up, Quinn loved history, and Spectre was fond of all manner of pretty things. Not being familiar with the antique store community, Flynn ( Read more... )