The day it had happened (that is, the day her house had been destroyed by a man who'd called himself a hero, and wasn't that just a familiar turn of phrase?), Daphne had ran. She'd ran until she physically couldn't, until her legs had finally given out, and she was forced to her knees in the middle of the jungle, gasping for air that wouldn't come ( Read more... )

Dated December 25, 2009:
Missing her family and not wanting to spend Christmas alone, Jenny goes to Daphne's, and winds up spending the day with her and Matt.

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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... )

It was a stupid thing to think, maybe, but Jenny was becoming convinced that it had something to do with the snow ( Read more... )

It's something Norman had finished pretty quickly once he'd set his mind to it some weeks back, but it's still been a long time coming. If he'd had his way, this fun little stunt would have been in the can ages ago, but an increasingly shaky confidence in his ability to hold himself together has been postponing it. He knows he doesn't need a ( Read more... )

One year ago, Matt Parkman died. His already-ridiculous world turned itself upside down, everything turned to fire and ice or something less poetic-sounding, he died, and then it all got turned upside down again. He met the woman who would turn out to be the best thing that had happened to him in years (he also pulled a gun on her, but hey, ( Read more... )

It was hard not to be bored as hell sometimes. Back home, Gideon had always been on the move. And sure, his version of being on the move likely involved some form of illegal activity, that was besides the point. He wanted to do something that wasn't laying around watching the fucking clouds on the beach or whatever. Of course, the bookshelf had ( Read more... )

Pepper couldn't remember the last time she felt so harried. Planning something this large on what was essentially short notice would have been taxing back home, but was all the more difficult on the island, which lacked most of the conveniences that made party planning actually enjoyable ( Read more... )

I know your face from Earth's history.

He lies there, his lungs screaming, vision swimming and that's all that he can hear and he sees Spock's, old Spock's, face. I am, and have always been your friend. Even a smart guy would have trouble keeping that straight, and Kirk's the smartest, and what he's coming away from it with is this: he's not ( Read more... )