[Follows THIS]Mel couldn't believe it. She'd managed to keep her breakfast down, and even get through a shower without feeling like she was about to fall over. It felt like a miracle. Her hair was washed and she no longer felt like she smelt like a toilet, or had that icky grimy feel over her skin. She wasn't completely better, but there was ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]Nathan was pretty sure it was supposed to be the pregnant woman doing all the throwing up, but the minute she confirmed the suspicions, it seemed like all he could do was throw up. He knew it was a mix of shock and panic, not to mention already being dehydrated from the flu. Pregnancy really had been the last thing he had ( Read more... )

Mel had been standing on Nathan's doorstep with the brown paper bag from the chemist for nearly ten minutes. She was definitely nervous about talking to him, and considering how much her nerves were already capable of ruling her, it was any wonder she had become immobile now. She couldn't even manage to get the key to the door without dropping it a ( Read more... )

When it got to the point that Nathan was struggling to even get through a paragraph of patient notes without sneezing and he had taken a box of Kleenex hostage wherever he went, his boss had to step in and tell Nathan to go home to bed. Much to his boss' amusement, Nathan had initially tried to protest, but it didn't pack much punch when when he ( Read more... )

5.5. "Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker."
Anon

Co-written with musicalmedic | NSFWNathan was trying to stifle a yawn and unlock his door quietly at the same time. His eyes were struggling to stay open, ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]It took Nathan all of Sunday to get over his hangover. The morning had been a write-off, then lunch time he started to feel little more human if he stayed in bed and didn't move much. By the afternoon, he braved some dry toast and immediately regretted it, hastily reverting back to Gatorade and only managing to get a cup of tea into ( Read more... )

5.13. "It's fine Scottish weather we're having. The rain is falling straight down and kind of to the side like."
Braveheart

Co-written with musicalmedicNathan was wet. And he was cold. His shoes were making interesting squishing noises as he hurried along the drenched Princeton sidewalk. He swore there had been no hint of rain when he left for work that ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]Mel had to laugh at her brother sometimes. Matt had rung her all in a panic when he'd realised he'd left his cell at home, begging her to bring it to the hospital. She couldn't work out why he had to have it with only five hours of his shift to go. Especially when she figured he was already at work - they were hardly going to ( Read more... )

[All muses referred to come from the princeton2nyc verse]Despite working at The Bondi in New York for a few years, this was the first time Nathan had actually DJ'ed at one of Luke's private functions. He knew they occurred regularly, but Luke's wife was part of a band who totally rocked and a DJ was far from anyones mind on those nights. Nathan had been to a ( Read more... )