Joe lived with his very gay son, his granddaughter, and his son's boyfriend. It was a perfect living situation in his mind, save for the fact that his wife and daughter were no longer with them. But as far as his life was now, he was finally content again.

( Intuitive little angel )

Sometimes the most difficult thing to do at his hospital was simply leaving it.

( Busy as a bee! )

Julian loved Christmas. It was harder these days, without his mother and his baby sister around. It hurt being merry without them, but they had made it through last year, and this year they would do the same. They would get Adam through his first year without Crystal, just as he had gotten them through their first year without Jordan and Jaida ( Read more... )

Joe was supposed to be in Blackpool with his son and granddaughter, but in the end he had opted to stay with Adam. Crystal was still missing and Joe wasn't going to leave his oldest and best friend alone while his love was gone. Especially not after Joe knew exactly how it felt to lose someone you loved. Joe had lost more than anyone ever should ( Read more... )

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... )

They talked about it a lot in Narcotics Anonymous. They discussed their various reasons for not succumbing to their addictions, and the reasons were never the same from person to person, though a lot of them involved family or loved ones. And Julian's reasons certainly did that as well, though secretly he felt it was maybe different than everyone ( Read more... )

Joe was at work and he had just managed to sit down for some much needed late lunch when his son burst through his office door with a grin. "Dad! Hi! Oh, soup!" Julian practically danced over to Joe's side and he helped himself to Joe's soup.

( Not a Hypocrite )

Joe woke up at around eleven to find his legs hopelessly entertwined with Jordan's. He looked over at her and he gave her a sleepy smile. "Mmmm. Hi."

( Secrets )

Julian had assured his father he was alright and he had returned to his own home, though Joe had told Renee to watch out for him. They had had a long talk about how things just never really got better because even if Julian dealt with his issues of addiction, Damon still wasn't there. Joe said he knew. Jordan wasn't either. Julian was going to ( Read more... )

Joe had done a stupid thing. Moreover, he had done a stupid thing in front of everyone. He had kissed Annik at his mother's Christmas party, and while Lavinia had deftly avoided bringing it up to him because she knew Joe didn't want to talk about it yet, there was someone Joe needed to clear things with. His son.

( Neverending )