"Do this, do that, DON'T do this....am I glad to see an end to it," Lize thought as she stepped on the brakes of her car. She glanced over her shoulder at the two small girls sleeping in the backseat. "We're here already!" she said in a stage whisper.

Elise opened her eyes drowsily. "Where are we Mamma?"

"Your Tita Ida's place," Lize said. "Wake up ( Read more... )

A/N: Some exploration I do intend to write for a later chapter in the novel. In which Emil muses on the strange twists of fate his passions have brought him to. Some activist angst, a bit of Emil/Marce, and inevitably introspection.

Half-Light

It was far too cold, even for February. Yet Emil knew that there was no way he and his friends would move ( Read more... )

Angsty, angsty Darren for a change. Set right about 2008.

Sidekick Tendencies

"You are definitely leading man material, Darren. There's no way you're gonna fail on West End."

Darren shrugged as he spun his fedora on the tips of his two fingers. "I'm still quite inexperienced. Who knows, I may turn out to be a bad egg on stage."

Emil only laughed as he ( Read more... )

Chapter 1 Part 1 here
Chapter 2 Part 2 here

All I Want For Christmas (part 3)

It was the helplessness that grated the most on Emil, more than the weariness and frenzy of the day. "This is a situation you won't be able to fix," he had to keep reminding himself as he watched Marce toss and turn restlessly in her sleep. It was a wonder that his wife ( Read more... )