He can smell death all around, and that scares him. It's a heavy, musky odor, invading his nostrils and making him want to gag harder than he's ever wanted to in his entire life.

He doesn't though, because then the beasts will find him.

They're monsters of the worst kind, because they are real. They don't hide under your bed or in your closet ( Read more... )

"Hell is empty and the devils are here" - Shakespeare 'The Temptest'

( Everything was tilting )

Two young boys run and stumble among the sand dunes, laughing as they come to a stop under one of the few trees, twined fingers shining under the bright sun.

“We'll go on an adventure,” he whispers “and we’ll become heroes!” Eyes shine with the simple childhood belief that the world is their playground, , made especially for them to explore and ( Read more... )

Jack knows that the last thing he should feel for Gray right now is love.

He remembers having seen it when he used to travel, both as a Time Agent and with the Doctor; people, idiots, his mind would supply silently, risking so many things, so many lives for the sake of a single person. One who’s death would almost certainly leave the universe ( Read more... )

For the majority of us, the past is a regret and the future an experiment. - Mark Twain

Jack Harkness, pleasure to meet you. Though considering you’re holding my file, I don’t think I needed to tell you that. So, what did that idiot from UNIT put down as my reason for being here? Emotional issues, paranoia, trauma? I’m just naming these off the top ( Read more... )