Now that it was nearly the end of the cruise, Ethan couldn't believe how bloody quick the whole thing had gone. Initially, it had been luxury to think they had three weeks of relaxtion ahead of them in the sun, stopping at various European ports to explore and just basically leave all the stress of the past few months behind them. Really, the last ( Read more... )

LINK: Ethan wondered if he was ever going to find a good time to confess to Sophie that his ex girlfriend was on board the cruise... and that she had tried to hit on him in the cocktail bar the first night they were at sea.

[Follows THIS]Ethan was willing to concede that he was having a bad day. He had them occasionally, he just didn't ever like to admit the defeat. Today, the ego was going down a couple of notches. He was stressed out of his fucking knob, he didn't feel good, and the migraine seemed to make the height of his company building even more dizzying. He ( Read more... )

6.27. I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while even though
Goin' on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm okay
But that's not what gets me
What Hurts The Most - Rascal FlattsIt was one of those days. The sort where it felt like, from the minute you woke up, that you shouldn't have bothered getting out of ( Read more... )

LINK: I don't think it's working.

[Follows THIS]After Sophie got paged into work the next morning, despite hoping she would have another day off with her husband, Ethan assured her he would be fine, especially in light of the fact it was a young kid that really needed her help. They had made an executive decision together to not visit the hospital the day before to give Stuart some ( Read more... )

LINK: It might all be over, but Ethan couldn't help but feel like things just might not ever be the same again, and hopefully that wasn't a bad thing.

[Follows THIS]The whole ordeal with Tom had taken a lot more toll on Ethan than he thought... or would probably admit to. The sheer and utter draining relief that came when Tom finally opened his eyes and seemed okay had been exhausting. Ethan knew he had entertained ideas about having some sort of comfort sex with his wife when they got back to ( Read more... )

5.24. If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with
My superhuman might
Kryptonite
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

Co-written with seeuincourt, cantbuy_me and scotcopperThe past forty eight hours had been the most terrifying of Stuart's whole life. After nothing progressing in the case for ( Read more... )

LINK: Watching the cop sit there with his hand wrapped around Tom's almost-lifeless one, Ethan realised he was still struggling to wrap his head around the notion that his childhood best friend had finally bitten the relationship bullet and it might even actually be serious... if Tom survived.