[ The children are long asleep, exhausted by the day's rigors -- and indeed, this day had seemed like a lifetime. It is only after midnight that Charles enters his study, a glass of brandy in hand and the ghost of a migraine, a living reminder of what had happened today, and what Charles had failed to stop ( Read more... )

[ erik's too fucking warm sometimes ( Read more... )

[ the necklace is cool against her skin, found again and locked around her neck - she remembers nothing for the second, third night; a terrible blank for the first, second week, and the third ( Read more... )

[ One of the very first things that Eames learns about Arthur is that he's always early, to anywhere, no matter what, no matter what sort of travesty has happened that day, no matter if the moon's overshadowed the sun and the second coming of Christ has cars shoved together in bumper to bumper traffic ( Read more... )

[ Damon's never been one for admiring scenery ( Read more... )

[ Nighttime in Konoho post-Pain. Guess who's practically skipping through your gates.

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[ When everything falls apart around a person, a very interesting, reckless sort of desperation is born, and Mukuro's been privy to that particular sight for the past few months. Fear makes people stupid, they say, and Mukuro agrees. Fear makes people bold, too ( Read more... )

[ All right, that didn't go well ( Read more... )

[ Every now and then, Kakashi wonders if he'll ever get tired of this pattern he seems to have fallen into ( Read more... )

[ Sometimes Ava wants so much that it's hard to keep track of it all ( Read more... )