Lori was hysterically composing a thank you letter to her adrenal glands as her feet clattered down the stairs.  Her muscles were tired and screaming, but something primal had kicked in and was driving her to the door.

If she could just make it outside, she’d be fine.  It was getting there that was the problem.  The…thing ( Read more... )

There was nothing like a one-two punch and a hook to the jaw to set everything right in the world.  The other person's universe went spinning before becoming intimate with the ground, and he was the one standing.  It was a nice change of pace, before things flipped and he'd be on the receiving end of one of Life's cruel sucker punches.  For now, he ( Read more... )