If Stuart was a woman, people would probably be wondering if he was knocked up by now. The only way he seemed to be able to explain his behaviour since returning from the cruise was 'nesting'. In fact, Jules had spent the morning sniggering at him when he went so far as to Google these special muffins for people who needed to eat certain things ( Read more... )

[Simultaneous to THIS and THIS]Stuart was seriously struggling to shake the sensation that his desk belonged to someone else and he was intruding. With Euan apparently checking out extremely quickly, his stuff was still all over the place, and even though he had scooped a lot of it up and covertly stacked it at the back of Gee's desk without her ( Read more... )

5.4 "Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment."
Will Rogers

Co-written with scotcopper & seeuincourt
Follows THISGee wanted to drive, and Stuart didn't even try to protest this time. Usually they had to end up tossing a coin or playing Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who got to take the driver's seat when ( Read more... )

5.17. "I always thought as different as we are, some how we could still be together. And now I don't know."
True Blood

Co-written with scotcopper
[Follows THIS]As soon as Stuart's detective mind cottoned on to what they were dealing with from their latest victim, he immediately started to feel sick. The anxiety clawed in his gut and it became difficult for ( Read more... )

It was Monday, and Stuart was back at work. He hadn't anticipated just how fucking hard it would be to go to work that morning after spending an amazing Christmas and weekend with Tom in Scotland. Tom hadn't done a runner. In fact, he stayed with Stuart for the rest of his time there and they flew back home together on Tom's mate's plane, which led ( Read more... )

4.7. "You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on."
Tupac

Co-written with scotcopper
[Follows THIS]Gabrielle had given what she considered enough time for Stuart to sleep ( Read more... )