He will never understand this place. Time moves in ways it bloody well shouldn't. It's only been twenty minutes since he was last here, only now it appears to be Christmas, if the decorations are to be believed.

He walks to the bar. 'You're tryin' to tell me somethin', aren't you?'

There is no reply. He waits a moment, then sighs. A pint appears.

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[Not OOM: Truths and roses have thorns about them. ]

Fawkes didn't have nearly as bad of a reaction to the battle at Adams Air Force Base as Ellen did. There are... advantages, sometimes, to the sort of nature he was endowed with long ago. But that doesn't mean he can't be concerned for his friend, or come looking for her. He figures that now that he's at the Bar, he might as well wait. She'll make ( Read more... )

'Blimey.'

It's been a while since he was here, from this decade at least. He thinks that the place really needs to pick her timing a bit better, as he was all fired up for his grand return to CID. But when he tries the door, it won't open so it looks like he's in for a drink at least.

''ave it your way,' he sighs, and goes to prop up one end of the ( Read more... )

OOM: Pre-S3/3x01. Home.

And if you loved me 'til my eyes could no more shine for you
If you walked beside me all the long way home

If you wasted all of your time on me
I couldn't love you more

[oom:

i. 50mls.  Kill or cure time.i. Does that DI of yours notice those eyes?
ii. 'You talk to me, Alex. If I mean anything to you at all.'
iii. "I'm sorry. But there's another Summers. I had to get my head around it and so do you."
iii. "I am trying to get my head around your connection to this because it is chilling me to my bones." ( Read more... )

[oom:

i. "You must to sort this mess out, Alex.
You can't go home until you do." i. ‘I’m thinking about Mac, abou’ Kevin Hales,
abou’ every investigation tha’s gone tits-up
as far back as I can remember.’ ii. ' Look me in the eyes an' tell me you didn' do it an' I'll believe you.' iii. " We're not done, yet." iv. ' You and me, Bolly.' ( Read more... )

There was a thing, and then another thing:

And then a resolve, of sorts.

[Tags of confusion: Gene Hunt and Alex Drake]

[ milli-timed to the morning after Halloween ]

(  Before she heads back through her door, she decides to leave a note for him. )

Alex has decided that fate has it in for her.  Honestly, it didn't even wait for her to enter the bar through her pantry tonight.  Instead, it met her at the front door of her flat, and dropped her here.

In this ridiculous outfit.  Little black ears, black push up corset, black skin tight pants, high heel boots and a tail.

"Oh you can't be serious."

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