[Follows THIS, THIS and THIS]Now that Rory was in safe hands at Blaise's secure manor, Riley actually had a chance to breathe. The nutter raving about vampires at the base of the Eiffel Tower had been shipped off to the local hospital for a psych assessment and luckily with Halloween so close, no one really batted much of an eyelid and Riley's team ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]It was a buzzing sound that dragged Riley out of his glorious and warm bubble of sleep. It seemed like it was a far off sound at first, and one he could ignore and just keep on sleeping, but it soon got to the point it was irritating and because he wasn't the deepest sleeper at the best of times, once he was woken, he was ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]There was nothing more awkward than listening to an argument between a guy you had the hots for and his Kindred mate. Buffy had tried to ignore it, or even to walk away but then there was still the morbid curiosity about what she was hearing. It sounded like Blaise had fed on Rory, and that Juliette was pissed. More than pissed. Then ( Read more... )

[With histhornedrose, obscuritenoire, gr8muppetyodin & loganthebrave | Follows THIS]Buffy was becoming starkly aware that no one had said anything, but what was there to say. She just sat there with her jaw hanging open as she took in the fact that Logan Buchanan really did share his brother's genes, and then some. Their parents had to have been ridiculously good looking. And now, come to think of it, ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]There were four people in Riley's office right but, but he could actually swear blindly that there were eight. He was sitting at his desk trying his best to look like he could actually focus on them without going cross-eyed, but it wasn't the easiest of tasks he had ever faced. He blinked slowly a couple of times, his hands ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]After Juliette's little impromptu de-robed art session, Blaise was now sitting back at his desk, but this time dressed in a pair of tight jeans and a silver casual button-up shirt. He wasn't out on business, and he had the luxury of dressing down around his home. He realised that Buffy hadn't seen him like this, and nor had Sergeant ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]Riley was more than aware of the fact that there was no way to make his workplace any less intimidating. It was supposed to be that way. It was a military thing. At least not everyone was walking around in camos. Even now, he was only in a pair of dark jeans and a grey t-shirt. He had to change after he had sweated so much the clothes ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]Riley was trying desperately not to vomit as he rode the elevator up to the fourteenth floor of the military headquarters. The thing was, despite dragging Buffy along there with him knowing she needed to be there, he couldn't actually reveal anything to her. Not yet. Blaise needed to be the first to know so he could advise on the next ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]In the wake of Blaise's dramatic exit, Riley was left feeling like the elusive Kindred had smacked him around the face a few times and then left him dangling over a very large cliff. He didn't know whether it just coincided with his fever spiking or what, but he broke into a bout of shivering that he just didn't seem to be able to ( Read more... )

9.10. I can't fight this feeling any longer
And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship has grown stronger
I only wish I had the strength to let it show
Can’t Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon

Co-written with gr8muppetyodinRiley adjusted the dark sunglasses on his nose when they slipped down a little but he was digging his apartment ( Read more... )