Euan was doing it again. He knew he was. He was doing the Dad thing again, but trying not to let on that he was doing it. They were just passing Penrith, and not far from the England-Scotland border, and he was looking in the rearview mirror with monotonous regularity to make sure his sleeping son was okay. It seemed irrelevant to his Dad mojo that ( Read more... )

Neil was pretty sure he was about just one step away from shitting his pants when Renee's call came through to him at work. He had been just ending a scene, leading to a wrap, and things were going smoothly. He was able to take the call, thankfully, but he couldn't have expected what she said no matter how hard he could have told himself he would ( Read more... )

Euan was sitting on the stone wall in the backyard of the house he had just signed on, the keys to their new home sitting securely in his pocket as he indulged in a cigarette. He blew out a slow stream of smoke as he looked up at the back of the modest two story house, still trying to wrap his head around everything that had changed and turned ( Read more... )

After staying the night before at Euan's again, Aoife had chosen to leave that morning with just a note to say she needed to start getting herself organised for work. It was never easy for a teacher to start at a new school, so she needed to shop for a whole heap of supplies and source materials now she at least knew what the classes were like. ( Read more... )

Ciaran was trying to brush his teeth after waking up blearily that morning, only to end up breaking into a huge sneezing fit and nearly asphyxiating himself on his toothbrush. It took a lot longer to get the job done than it normally would, and he was just left feeling even more stuffed up in the wake of it. He wasn't even sure he wanted to be ( Read more... )

It was barely after seven pm, yet Euan couldn't believe how freaking tired he was. Considering it was a grandpa's bed time, he figured it must be everything of late catching up with him. Not to mention Ciaran's screaming the night before. When Euan and the kid had finally woken up that morning, with neither of them on the floor somehow, Gee had ( Read more... )