Title: Is this to be our life?
Author: oldwickedsongs
Characters: Arnold Rothstein, Carolyn Rothstein, mentions of the boys, Bobby Winthrop and Manny Horvitz
Rating: G
Word Count: 683
Summary: A dinner filled with silences and promises
Warnings: Angst. Vaguely inspired by Margaret/Nucky in 2.05 -hence the title

( And I am short on words Knowing what's occurred She begins to leave because of me Her bag is now much heavier I wish that I could carry her But this is our ungodly hour Ungodly hour, ungodly hour Her bag is now much heavier I wish that I could carry her
But this is our ungodly hour )

Title: We're shooting from the heart
Author: oldwickedsongs
Characters: Nucky Thompson, mentions of Margaret, Jimmy, others
Rating: G
Word Count: 555
Summary: Purely a reaction post to 2x01
Warnings: Spoilers for the opener herein

( Sunshine in the glory skies, When the broken men open up their eyes.
Sunshine in the glory skies, When the day is long and the clouds are high. We're stepping through the door We're shooting from the heart And if we get it wrong They'll feed us to the sharks )