[Adam Ross is beallyoucanbe and is used with mun permission.]

"The finger of blame has turned upon itself; And I'm more than willing to offer myself; Do you want my presence or need my help; Who knows where that might lead." -Fall At Your Feet, Crowded HouseThe doors shot open as if becoming prey to a hurricane-force wind and he was surprised to see a small ( Read more... )

[Backdated to October 23rd.]
"I love you anyhow; And I don’t care; If you don’t want me; I’m yours right now" -I Put A Spell On You, Screamin' Jay HawkinsHer head was spinning so much she thought it was going to leave her in a permanent state of vertigo. As her sweat-slicked body collapsed on the hotel sheets and she felt the strong arms of her ( Read more... )

"Don’t say morning’s come; don’t say it’s up to me"
~Sugar, Tori Amos

Anna was relaxing outside of Gavin's home in Scotland, admiring the sunrise when her cell phone rang for the first time in the month since she'd fled New York. Placing the bookmark to keep her page, she blinked at the caller ID.

Adam Ross.Adam? Why would Adam, of all people, be ( Read more... )

WARNING: Explicit adult content (depiction of rape, violence) below the cut.

"Woke up with a war in my head" ~Damage, You Am I
"Lift the mattress off the floor; Walk the cramps off; Go meander in the cold; Hail to your dark skin; Hiding the fact you're dead again" ~Caring Is Creepy, The ShinsAnna hated her birthday. She always did, and she always ( Read more... )

"What does it matter to ya; When you got a job to do; You gotta do it well; You gotta give the other fellow hell." ~Live and Let Die, Paul McCartney/Wings"Morasca, my office ( Read more... )

"I saw his face in the corner picture
I recognized the name
Could not stop staring at the
Face I'd never see again
~Worldwide Suicide, Pearl JamSmoothing out her pantsuit - which she was going to wear to court in spite of the summer heat - Anna stepped out of her sedan and took a deep breath. Today it was her day to testify against the man who ( Read more... )

"Fingertips have memories; Mine can't forget the curves of your body."
~Flagpole Sitta, Harvey DangerTheir relationship began with sex, and spiraled from there - which hadn't been the ideal way to go about it - but then the fight happened and it nearly ended. They salvaged it - sacrificing sex to do so - and had spent three months without sex. Not ( Read more... )

Why are you so petrified of silence?
Here can you handle this?
~All I Really Want, Alanis MorissetteHad Anna not been in her hospital bed sleeping off adrenaline, shock, morphine, and her surgery to repair the damage to her right lung, liver, and diaphragm she'd have noticed the news. It had been less than 24 hours since her attack and the press ( Read more... )

Lean on me, lean on me
Give it a try, it won't hurt
~Doug Sahm, You Am I

"Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly." -Neil GaimanIt's been nearly two months since Johnathon Phelps was paroled for the murder of his nephew Nicky Samson. In that time, I've spent one day at my apartment in Greenwich ( Read more... )

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer; What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you; I'm glad you stood in my way.
~Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen"They what?! When?! Why didn't you tell me?!" Anna squeaked into her phone as she clambered around Danny's apartment trying to find her keys ( Read more... )