15.1.2. “If you're going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill

Co-written with doctortaraTara didn’t bother trying to brush the distressed tears from her cheeks as she bounded down the stairs stuffing a handful of Riley’s diapers into his baby bag. He had been crying non-stop for close to three hours now. Her maternal instinct was screaming inside ( Read more... )

50.4. Habits (from Week 34)

Co-written with doctortara

[Follows a few days after THIS]He was weak. He had no stamina. He had no staying power. Bugger his Scottish roots and the strength of his ancestors… Lachlan just wanted a smoke. He was actually quite proud of himself for how long he resisted. It was a good eight months since he quit and even through ( Read more... )

16.6. Jacket

[Follows THIS and THIS]Lachlan gently tucked a warm blanket around his sleeping wife on the sofa and brushed her hair back off her face to kiss her forehead. He rose and glanced at the clock. It was still a good two hours before his in-laws would bring the baby back. Two hours too long. Lachlan missed him and he knew both he and Tara ( Read more... )

Track 13. I will dedicate
And sacrifice my everything for just a second's worth
Of how my story's ending
And I wish I could know if the directions that I take
And all the choices that I make won't end up all for nothing
[‘Crawling in the Dark’ - Hoobastank]

Co-written with doctortara

[Follows THIS]Seeing the distraught state Tara was in sent a shot of ( Read more... )

12.1.1. “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” - Elizabeth Stone

Co-written with doctortara | Set Friday 16th Jan '09Tara was walking backwards up the path to their front door and nearly went arse over tit on a pot plant by the door but caught herself just in time ( Read more... )

10.9.4. Parenthood

Co-written with doctortara, sexyinscrubs & pullmysteth

[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS & THIS]The young night Maternity nurse couldn’t help but smile in amusement at the crowd squished into the waiting room for Baby Campbell. Barely even two hours old and he was already a star around the hospital with a large personal cheer squad to boot. “I’m looking for a Riley ( Read more... )

45.4. Emergency (from Week 39)

Co-written with doctortara | Set Christmas night

[Follows THIS and THIS]If Tara had the current ability to follow through on every single one of her threats to her husband’s person, Lachlan Campbell would be nothing but a squashed, bloody mess on the floor of the birthing suite. His genitals would have been the first to go, ( Read more... )

12.9. Unexpected

Co-written with doctortara | Set Christmas Day

[Follows THIS]Lachlan was running beside the wheelchair that was carrying his wife in a rush towards the Maternity unit at Princeton Plainsboro. He grabbed the nurse’s arm who was pushing her. “Wait, wait! You dinnae understand! The bairn isnae coming. It’s nay February!” he cried, panicking ( Read more... )

10.9.6. Mistletoe

Co-written with doctortara

[Follows THIS]

Lachlan bounded up the stairs and found his wife just as she was coming out of the bathroom looking a little worse for wear. “Hey, beautiful,” he said softly. “Nana said you were sick.” He brushed her hair off her sweaty face and tucked it behind her ears so he could kiss her forehead.

( “Too much shortbread,” Tara said with a tired smirk... )

8.10. "Uhhh, I hate it when adults use the term 'sexually active'. What does it even mean? Am I gonna like deactivate some day or is it a permanent state of being?"
| Juno

Co-written with doctortara“We’re never having sex again ( Read more... )