She comes to awareness with a jarring shock, the room spinning around her and shimmering with things that are only half-real. Angel’s voice continues in her ears, but she is downstairs now. Alone.
Taking a wrenching breath, she pulls herself into a sitting positions and is
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The sunlight streaming in the window feels warm on her face. She roll over without opening her eyes, not wanting to shatter the moment. She feels good. Better than she’s felt in over a month. Almost. . .happy, like the faded memory of a good dream, forgotten as consciousness returns. Finally, the feeling begins to fade, and she opens her eyes
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There was a thin layer of ice on the streets, but thankfully it was a clear evening, and there was no more snow falling. Perhaps it would not be a white Christmas this year. Mimi quickened her step and tried to keep her breathing steady. She had been walking for what must have been an hour, starting out in the direction of the
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“Do you ever think you can feel it?” she asks Roger one morning after Life Support. His face gets all hard and lined, and she knows the answer immediately, though she is equally sure he will deny it.
“Feel what?” asks Roger, trying to hide his look of anguish behind a carefully constructed façade of confusion. It is
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3:33 AM on New Years Day, and the whole new world that had opened up over the past week was going straight to hell. It was the cold that brought Roger back to his senses, and the creaking of room 508’s ancient olive-green couch as he sat up. Outside the clouds had finally burst and the wind was howling, and hurling bits of ice and debris against
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Title: Messages Characters: Mimi, Roger Prompt: 027. Parents Word Count: 145 Rating: PG13 Summary: "Your mother called." Author's Notes: Progress chart is here. Disclaimer: Unfortunately, though I have claimed her, Mimi still belongs to the late, great, Jonathan Larson. Probably for the best.
Title: Guiding Light Characters: Mimi Prompt: 073. Light Word Count: 126 Rating: PG13 Summary: "Maybe you need this more than I do." Author's Notes: None. Disclaimer: Unfortunately, though I have claimed her, Mimi still belongs to the late, great, Jonathan Larson. Probably for the best.
Title: Choices Characters: Mimi, Roger Prompt: 086. Choices Word Count: 137 Rating: PG13 Summary: "If you didn't have..." Author's Notes: None. Disclaimer: Unfortunately, though I have claimed her, Mimi still belongs to the late, great, Jonathan Larson. Probably for the best.