"Jake?" Mia rubbed her eyes as she walked into the kitchen, still looking half asleep. "What are you--" She paused, looking at what her husband was doing. "...you're cookingJake looked over, smirking as he poured some more batter on the skillet. "I'm making breakfast, yeah ( Read more... )

[set after this]It had been a lie. Jake hadn't had to work the next day, but he had needed a reason to show up the way he had at his ex-wife's workplace. At that moment he had said it because it had been the only believable lie he could think of ( Read more... )

Surprise, honey! (After this)

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My mother is a big fan of snapshots. She prefers to suddenly snap a picture rather than to have us pose for it, so finding some of these wasn't the hard part. The hard part was choosing which ones I liked enough to share.

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"Are you staying for Easter dinner? I invited Angela and Brian. And Val and Mia, of course ( Read more... )

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ooc: WARNING - cut for strong violence and angst. Valerie and Charlie were used with permissions from their lovely muns <3

03.28.04 - 22:09Jake could hear his children playing in the background despite how late it was, and for a moment he didn't say anything as he held the phone to his ear. He simply continued listening to them, cursing himself ( Read more... )

- Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on August 2, 1967 ( Read more... )

I dream of him every so often. When I'm too tired, or the pain pills hit just right or I've had too much to drink, I can picture him so clearly. He has those eyes that belong to my side of the family, and that smile that's just like his mother's. Sometimes he's still ten, like he was the last time I saw him. Other times he ages, and he's that ( Read more... )