Tyler's suggestion on how to start that Christmas vacation off was literally snatching bliss from the jaws of disaster, and there weren't words enough for how grateful Caleb was that they were them and it worked out.

( And now it's Q-time. Also, it might be somewhat queasy-fying. )

( Back here. Some responses contain graphic or explicit adult themes, and some are connected to future plotted developments. )

It had been generally thought that Caleb's present for Pogue's eighteenth birthday was over the top. Maybe it was? But Caleb could afford it; and he thought it had been just right. For all the residual fear that it might happen again, Pogue without a bike just didn't feel right. And nothing other than what the blond had chosen for himself would do ( Read more... )

A/N: Companion piece to this. Set in the Pile o' Puppies 'verse. Written to an inspiration for a while and this picture prompt.

Fundraisers. They had all grown up with those, even though the people who mattered knew that the old Ipswich families did the bulk of their charity away from the public eye, quiet and very efficient. However, there were ( Read more... )

http://i39.tinypic.com/x1hmb7.jpgHe couldn't find Chase, among the flames ( Read more... )

The future is not set.
I've been told I said that once.
Many years from now.
It was a warning.
That I was going to hell.
But if I fought hard enough, I could escape.
I believed it for a lifetime. -John Connor

( Cutting for length. And backstory; age 14. )

*texting the Sons of Ipswich* If using-- Guys. I need you.

OOC: Re this. And this.

( Cut for length and, well, sadness. )