The island had done it again. Whether it was pure chance or benevolence none of them would ever know, but somehow, someway, the place had seen fit to give them all booze again ( Read more... )

Dated February 1, 2009:
The Turner twins, Heathcliff and Fitzwilliam, make their appearance. All the drama has to do with the adults--thankfully the babies are healthy and their birth is complication-free. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the family situation.

[ here | mostly-finished | PG]

Though initially Cecilia had not been enamoured with the idea of moving closer to the compound, for she so loved to hear the ocean from the hut they had shared near Green Arrow Estates, she found that her appreciate for Robbie's suggestion grew as each day passed. She tired much more easily now. Had they still resided in their old hut, Cecilia ( Read more... )

Carson had been happy when Ronon had shown up on the island again not long ago. Granted, he hadn't expected to find the man looming over a couple of wraith corpses in the snow, but he'd been happy to see him, all the same. While they hadn't known each other terribly well before, he'd always been personable...in his own way. And though Ronon being ( Read more... )

If you had been upstairs in the Compound or in the Hub at six in the evening of December 31, you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, or that you'd once again been whisked off to some strange, new place. Within the blink of an eye, the rooms had changed, sparkling instantly with festive decorations, and it was all so ( Read more... )

If you had been upstairs in the Compound or in the Hub at six in the evening of December 31, you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, or that you'd once again been whisked off to some strange, new place. Within the blink of an eye, the rooms had changed, sparkling instantly with festive decorations, and it was all so ( Read more... )

Dated to early December, 2008:
Not long after his conversation with Briony, Leon sets out, in his own foolish way, to make amends with both Robbie and Cecilia. Neither conversation goes very well, and even the usually optimistic Leon cannot claim to be surprised.

[Completed | PG]

It was warm in the laundry room.  Quiet, too, if you ignored the hum and thump from the machines.  When stacked up against the current chill of the great outdoors and the chaos of the more popular rooms in the Compound, the laundry room had a lot to recommend it.

Marwood sat on the floor, leaning up against the warmth of the dryer as it studiously ( Read more... )

I took the bottle of Strawberry Hill, unsure of what else to do but drink. Alaska had just admitted to watching her mother die, paralyzed by her fear when she was little, and that sure as hell beat any of the other worst days. So instead of saying anything, I raised the half-empty bottle to my mouth, feeling the mixture of acid and syrup drip down ( Read more... )

I feel so alone, I'd said to Foreman in the locker room as he stood there with that same damn accusatory look on his face. I'm tired. I'm going to go home.
( (House S5 spoilers.) )