Summary: "He always seemed like the best of us, you know?"
Notes/Warnings: Next up, in Christmas-to-New-Year's. Post-canon. Dark. See cut after the story for details if you want 'em.

( Senior year at Harvard ain't easy. )

Summary: Your birthday is supposed to be happy. Sometimes. Maybe. Worth trying, anyway.
Notes: Written for my birthday mathom challenge, first of three, for irisbleufic's request of "a TS birthday celebration drabble, any of the guys' birthdays but Billy's or Joey's." Warning: partially post-canon.

( Jonathan Bradberry's birthday is in October, which is after school starts but still early enough that they can do cool things. )

Summary: "Your first time seeing a body, Mr. Tepper?"
Notes: Written for my personal Not Exactly NaNo challenge (a snippet a day for all of October). Also story #5 in the Road Trip series, and the fill for prompt 30, "death," because I'm just that efficient. :) Someday I'll get off this mystery-novel subtext, I promise.

( Some things you're not allowed to forget. )

Summary: The continuance of deep grief, as expressed in a series of emails, December 1994.
Notes: Fifth and final birthday snippet, for irisbleufic and prompt 71, "broken". The title is from a Latin proverb: "Grieving for misfortune is adding gall to wormwood." And just in case: all spoiler warnings in effect.

( So how do you know when you're in love? )

Summary: If you can't even name the ghost, how can you help the haunted?
Notes: Third birthday snippet, for electrablue - the return of Dr. Gould's secretary. The title is from Poe's song "Haunted," which served as mood music. Spoilers for the end of the movie. Also, see prompt 88, "school."

( Regis School is haunted. )

Summary: The porn isn't what Billy and Joey were hoping it would be. But they'll make do.
Notes: Originally written as a comment-fic back in 2005 for irisbleufic, and never crossposted. Whoops. Slightly edited for prompt 23, "lovers", so Merry Christmas?

( The guy on top looked as bored as Billy felt. )

Summary: When you've been together long enough...
Notes: Written for Blogathon 2008, prompt of "old married couple." Because they are. Also prompt 2, "middles."

( Hey, Joey? Where's the... )

Summary: It's easy to overlook what's going on around you.
Notes: Three-fer today: fourth "Road Trip" story, written for prompt 56, "breakfast," and NENN for June 6th. Whew!

( If I don't tell them, it misses the entire point, my dear. )

Summary: Not everyone watching the terrorist crisis at Regis was worrying about the students.
Notes: For my birthday challenge, electrablue requested a story "about Headmaster Gould and his pretty, plump little personal secretary. Or whatever she is. [...] It doesn't have to be long, explicit or even terribly romantic. I'm more into the sad, long-suffering, ( Read more... )

Summary: Hank's mostly sure they're straight. Mostly.
Notes: Pre-canon, written for ajodasso's request for my birthday challenge, and for prompt 80, "Why". Happy birthday to me!

( But Snuffy said half of Hollywood was gay, so he's not the most reliable source. )