5.1. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
H. G. Wells

[co-written with notskywalker & tacticalmind]It was a weeknight, so The Bondi wasn't very busy except for a steady trickle of musicians coming into jam with others, and a few people having some casual drinks after work. Luke was up in New York for a few days to get the paperwork done, so while he wasn't ( Read more... )

3.1. "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain."
Jennifer Aniston

Co-written with tacticalmind
[Follows THIS and THIS]Rob felt like a piece of shit, but he didn't care. The medic had said he could get out of bed to make a phone call if he was up to it. It wasn't a question of whether he was up to it. It wasn't a question ( Read more... )

2.3. "I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to."
Jimi Hendrix

Co-written with tacticalmind | Follows THISIt was five in the morning, and Rob was going to hell. Directly to hell. The sun was barely just starting to rise, and he was about to ring the buzzer of an apartment housing more than one person ( Read more... )

1.30. And though my love is rare
And though my love is true
Hey I'm just scared
That we may fall through
'I'm Like A Bird' - Nelly Furtado

[Co-written with tacticalmind | Follows THIS and THIS]The truth was Leila had agonised over the choice of bar for a long time. Ever since Rob had left it up to her. She knew the City, or at least some of it, but that didn' ( Read more... )

1.15. "The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free. Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open. And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore. The problem with secrets is even when you think you're in control, you're not."
Grey's Anatomy

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Co-written with tacticalmind
[Follows THIS, THIS, and THIS]The jury was still out on whether Rob liked New York or not. It seemed everyone he actually met who was in New York, or knew New York wanted to point him in the direction of a bar. He had names of bars coming out his butt by this point, and a strange urge to eat a pretzel. As it was, he spent the day ( Read more... )

Co-written with notskywalker

1.1. "The fact is I am not having sex. But I feel absolutely ripe for the - what would you say - plucking?"
Angelina JolieLeila Jackson leaned against the bar, the straw from her drink in her mouth as she sucked on it. She wasn't using it so much for drinking, as a distraction from other things. Her blue eyes flitted around her ( Read more... )