Lucy had always been an explorer. She'd been called a tomboy by a visiting prince once, and while Lucy had laughed, in some ways it was true. She'd rather be out doing things then at home being a proper young girl. Really, if she was a young girl, then how could she not be proper? It was another one of things she was sure couldn't be right ( Read more... )

There was something decidedly unnerving about having a date, even when said date was intended solely as a method for manipulation. Being clever and having self-confidence was one thing, but Sylar had never been especially in tune with the social stratosphere, and when he'd suggested to Eden that he needed Dating for Dummies, he wasn't terribly far ( Read more... )

For some reason, today the bookshelf was supplying Johnny with nothing but children's books. There was a whole heap of them sitting on the floor next to him, as he lay on the rec room couch smoking a cigarette and perusing a fascinating tome entitled Goodnight Moon.

"Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight ( Read more... )

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Johnny was down on the beach again, lured by the white sand and blue water - a far cry from the dismal holidays of his youth, when his mum and whatever arsehole she happened to be dating at the time would drag him and his brother off to the seashore. He would dispiritedly try to build sandcastles while his mum and her man went off to the pub and ( Read more... )

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Running towards Roy Cohn with serious urgency, Belize focused on the small cart that was placed in the hallway of the ward. Rubber gloves, antiseptic, alcohol pads, gauze, and IV needles were in high demand for the patients here in the AIDS Hallway. The Death Tunnel, so properly named by the staff ( Read more... )

House was in the rec room for some other purpose that he suddenly couldn't remember when he spotted a guitar case leaning against the side of the piano. He limped over, sat down, and picked it up. He realized full well that it probably belonged to someone and that he had no business touching it, but House had no business doing a lot of things ( Read more... )

Duo had been making frequent stops back at the bookshelf, looking for more of his television show. All in all, the idea idea that he was, in some world, animated was pretty weird. he guessed it made sense. Giant robots, awesome main character, re: him. But it seemed awfully politically complicated, so far, to be a kids show, so he didn't know ( Read more... )

The commemoration of birthdays was always a very welcome event and did serve to remind Jane of the sanctity of life and how each person's was quite precious. With that in mind, she baked and cooked this morning with a slight different purpose, creating muffins with a lemon glaze akin to sugaring on top, intended for all the people who normally ( Read more... )