When his wife gives him the news, William is firstly ecstatic and secondly scared out of his mind.  His excitement and joy and anxiety and thoughts of oh god how are we going to do this? are all jumbled up inside his heart, ready to burst.  He’s really never felt like that before, so full of nervous energy and elation all at the same time, and the ( Read more... )

When Curio had offered to accompany Juliet to visit Romeo at the Gradisca mines, he had done so only because he wanted to finally meet the boy.  Well, perhaps ‘meet’ wasn’t the right word, because what Curio truly wanted (had wanted from the moment Lady Juliet came into their group’s collective care) was to spill the blood of every last member of ( Read more... )

 
( His father’s hand came up to rest on his shoulder, and if Kyouya were naïve, he might have thought the gesture was meant to be comforting. )

In the beginning, they were forced to be cautious.  They were almost never seen together in public unless they were at a dinner party or a business function that involved both of their fathers, in which case it didn’t seem odd that they made small talk with one another and with the other guests.  They were interacting as rivals, not as friends and ( Read more... )

Sometimes, Ritsuka wondered if he would get into trouble for using his brother's Fighter. He wondered if Seimei's order made it okay, because he couldn't imagine a life without Soubi. And sometimes, especially at times when he was curled up in Soubi's arms, he wondered what would happen if the Loveless Fighter unit would appear before him. They had ( Read more... )

Title: Musings
Rating: K+
Warning: Slight alcohol reference.
Word Count: 886
Pairings/Characters: Yuffentine
Summary: Vincent wonders sometimes if she knew that being with her sometimes made him feel like a dirty old man.

( She had helped him see that loving her was nothing to be afraid or ashamed of. Even if it did make him feel like a pedophile sometimes. )

Title: A Phone Call In The Night
Rating: K+
Warning: Innuendo.  Lots of it.
Word Count: 250
Pairings/Characters: Yuffentine
Summary: Late one night, Vincent gets a call from Yuffie. What in the world could she want?

( I missed you, Vincent. )

 
( Because, in the end, it was just a race. )

Title:  Asking
Rating:  K+
Warnings: N/A
Word Count: 1,616
Pairing/Characters: Implied TamaHaru, Ranka and Ryouji
Summary:  That wasn’t it, really. He supposed he didn’t need her permission per se to feel love for another person. Ryouji agonizes as Ranka anticipates.

( Ryouji got home that night later than he normally did, because the universe seemed to be working against him lately. )