I have to admit, I had wondered whether I was tempting fate by hosting a party on Halloween. Sure, the last Halloween had been mostly harmless and Tony and Pepper's party had gone off without a hitch. But I'd been on the island far too long to trust in its benevolence ( Read more... )

I arrived in the kitchen a little late for lunch, but there were leftovers and I was grateful for them. I got my meal together, putting the sandwich on my plate, but one thing that was missing was cutlery, so I went into the kitchen and rummaged around in some of the drawers.

I paused when I heard myself humming. I looked up. I suddenly realized ( Read more... )

"There's a hole in my roof, Dear Liza, Dear Liza... shitHawkeye dropped the hammer in his hand and clutched at his thumb. That was the third time in ten minutes that he'd hit it - it was a good thing he wasn't hammering hard, or he'd probably have broken something by now ( Read more... )

Riza held up a bright pink Hawaiin shirt and examined it critically. All around her were scattered other garments of dubious fashion. Finding clothing had never been difficult before. All she asked was that the style was practical and the colors solid. Simple. Easy. And, at least from this clothing box, in incredibly short supply. She had lucked ( Read more... )

Back home, before coming to the island, Helen had always done her shopping online. It took some of the fun out of it, to be sure, but when she hardly spent a day at home before going out into the field again it was just practical to shop online and have it shipped. Of course, that'd been a double edged sword and Helen had a collection of shoes ( Read more... )

Cole Porter was rip-roaring drunk ( Read more... )

She’s probably being ridiculous. Somewhere, deep down, Lexie is entirely aware of this, though not enough to question doing so in the first place. The thing about sex with Alex is that it’s exactly that: sex. No feelings, no strings attached, just a way of having fun. After all she’s been through lately, she deserves this, a chance to feel good ( Read more... )

Dimly, Charlie remembers her Momma teaching her to knit. She'd been five, maybe six, so the sickness had already set in hard, and Charlie remembers printed headscarves and things that beeped and hummed around the bed. She remember sitting curling close and watching her Momma knit, the click of the needles, the way that her fingers had moved. She ( Read more... )

Will was... not happy.

The whole thing with walking in on Magnus and her boyfriend, and then their fight, and then his moving to the compound, had him in a funk that he just couldn't shake. He was not glad he'd moved out, even though he knew it was the best thing, and it was really eating at him ( Read more... )

Dated September 15th, 2010:
Will has the unfortunate luck of walking in on Hawkeye and Helen in a compromising position and the two men in her life don't quite hit it off.

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Dated September 17th, 2010 :
Helen and Will have another disagreement about her feelings and his not seeing eye to eye, leading to Will's decision ( Read more... )