[Follows THIS | Backdated to Mothers Day]Rob tossed his car keys onto the bed and then up-ended the paper bag from the pharmacy he had just arrived back at the Austin home with, tipping out no less than six different pregnancy tests. No two boxes looked alike and he turned to Leila sheepishly. "I didn't know which one to get!" he said, already on ( Read more... )

It was one of those days Rob just really didn't want to get out of bed. Not so much a bad day, but just a day he didn't really want to face anyone but his wife. He had them occasionally, where he was content to stick out the daylight hours in an oblivious coocoon just with Leila. They were still stopped at Mike's family home, and probably would be ( Read more... )

[Follows all recent events posted @ sexyinscrubs, pullmysteth & randbyname]The phone call came through around four o'clock, Luke delivering the news about Aiden and Patrick to Leila who had just paled as she listened, nodding, even if her cousin couldn't see her. The road trip had gone without a hitch until then, and they had taken their time, only making it to Maine so far but ( Read more... )

5.1. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
H. G. Wells

[co-written with notskywalker & tacticalmind]It was a weeknight, so The Bondi wasn't very busy except for a steady trickle of musicians coming into jam with others, and a few people having some casual drinks after work. Luke was up in New York for a few days to get the paperwork done, so while he wasn't ( Read more... )

The hospital discharged Rob home on three conditions. One, the home nurse visit every three days to assess his progress. Two, he rest as much as possible and only be ambulant on the crutches if it was absolutely vital. Three, he not be left alone. It all sounded pretty straightforward, but logistically, it could get awkward. Rob was glad to be ( Read more... )

3.1. "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain."
Jennifer Aniston

Co-written with tacticalmind
[Follows THIS and THIS]Rob felt like a piece of shit, but he didn't care. The medic had said he could get out of bed to make a phone call if he was up to it. It wasn't a question of whether he was up to it. It wasn't a question ( Read more... )

Co-written with tacticalmindIt was another roasting hot day in the middle of the desert, and another day Rob was head-to-toe in his service uniform sweating his ass off in the scorching sun. He didn't even want to think about what he smelt like, things like that were the last that went through a soldier's mind at war. After worrying about forcing forward on ( Read more... )

24.1.4. "Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated." - Lamartine

Co-written with tacticalmind | Follows THISIt had been a very early morning for both of them, and despite planning on getting a good night's sleep, it just hadn't been able to come. Instead, they spent just about the whole night making love and trying to hope the ( Read more... )

Co-written with tacticalmind | Dated 09/09/09 | Follows THISLeila pulled away, her eyes still closed as it started to sink in that they really had just shared their first kiss as man and wife. The priest--or whoever it was--announced them as Mr and Mrs Laird, and her stomach flipped. She'd really just got married. She couldn't believe it. All those years of ( Read more... )

2.3. "I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to."
Jimi Hendrix

Co-written with tacticalmind | Follows THISIt was five in the morning, and Rob was going to hell. Directly to hell. The sun was barely just starting to rise, and he was about to ring the buzzer of an apartment housing more than one person ( Read more... )