13.3. “Take a deep breath, you only got one shot, make it count.”
| Quantum of Solace

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[Before THIS]Riley tapped his fingers anxiously on the steering wheel as they waited at some lights at a busy intersection. Driving in New York used to be second nature, but now after living so long in Edinburgh and then Princeton, it just did ( Read more... )

14. I don’t get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
[‘The Luckiest’ - Ben Folds]

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[Before THIS]They were home from Scotland, the mood around the house was pretty sombre. It was tough to come away from a place everyone loved so much, ( Read more... )

2.19. "Dude, marriage is the 'get out of loneliness free' card in the Monopoly game of life."
- Veronica Pare and Ferrett Steinmetz

Co-written with imnodoctorOnce Riley was done cleaning himself up, Evie stretched her body languidly before she draped herself over her husband. They were both naked under the sheets of their bed; wedding clothes strewn around ( Read more... )

11.2. What's one thing that turned you on that you never expected to?

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( Said Scot also lived well up to his Best Man duties because Riley woke that morning lying under a table at the bar dressed like Braveheart, face half painted with blue paint, in a kilt, with his nether regions and one leg shaved. Thankfully he still had both his eyebrows... )

17.1.2. “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine

Co-written with imnodoctorEvie gently sat the receiver back on the cradle. Not all the phones in the house were cordless, and for some reason Evie was grateful that this particular was taken on an older phone. Like it made it more real if ( Read more... )

26.8. Beginning

Co-written with imnodoctorRiley stuck his tongue out in annoyance as he read the reading on the thermometer. Another fucking fever. He felt mostly okay, just hot and achy. The joys of being HIV Positive with no spleen... he had little chance of fighting off minor random bugs or viruses. He had to keep a close eye on his health at all times. ( Read more... )

17.5.2. Be told something you really don't want to hear

Co-written with imnodoctor | Follows THISEvie's shift finished an hour before Riley's, but rather than go home on her own, Evie waited. She took her time getting changed, that feeling of being dunked underwater still never really going away. She barely managed to understand people when they talked to ( Read more... )

1.14. "Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without."
- James C. Dobson

Co-written with imnodoctorRiley was nervous. Actually, no. 'Nervous' wasn't even close to what Riley was right then. Physically, it was sort of a cross between feeling a little sick, headachy, and like he had had far too ( Read more... )

14. I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches
build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growin’ old with you.
I'll miss you, kiss you, give you my coat when you are cold.
Need you, feed you, I'll even let you hold the remote control.
[‘Grow Old With You’ - Adam Sandler]

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[Follows THIS]Riley blindly grabbed ( Read more... )

7. "I do. Whatever happens tomorrow, or for the rest of my life, I'm happy now... because I love you."
| Groundhog Day

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[Follows THIS and THIS]Evie twirled some pasta around her fork and smiled at Riley as she slipped it into her mouth. She couldn't remember the last time the two of them had gone on a romantic date. Theses days it ( Read more... )