When Randy surfaced from tackling Pete underwater (in Florida!), he fully expected to see his platoon - complete with Lori Loughlin! - and to maybe even dunk Staff Sargeant Perez -

Okay, not that. He didn't want to develop feelings again ( Read more... )

Gabriel flinched.

Death throes. Huh. He thought to himself, mind surprisingly clear ( Read more... )

"He's not my father!" Loki shouted as he turned away from the wall of his cell to face Frigga.

"And am I not your mother?" the Queen of Asgard asked quietly, undisturbed.

It took Loki a long moment to answer. Gathering the will to answer how he wanted, rather than what his heart felt. "No, you are not." It came out softer than he'd intended, less ( Read more... )

Roman was dreading going to the human high school and trying out the integration pilot project. While he knew it was an important step in order for the humans and Atrians to get along, Roman also knows it's going to suck. Most humans hated them and teenagers were particularly brutal. He'd do this for his dad. His dad's proud of him and he doesn't ( Read more... )

Blind Mag had finally met her goddaughter. Nathan had lied, Rotti had lied. She hadn't died with Marni. How fitting she should see the girl for the first time with her mother's eyes. In a way, Blind Mag fancied Marni could see her too ( Read more... )

She raged. The one thing that drew her to Man, the one Man worth anything, was dead. On top of that, her Bargain had been unfulfilled, and she had been the one to default. Within her, Madness swirled and threatened to take over the Dragon's entire being.

"Glaurmir," she called, looking around the cave she shared with her son. She looked around ( Read more... )

He'd made too many errors, he could tell that. The Vulcan was fighting as savagely as Khan was, and proving his statement about 'not being able to break a rule' to have been in error. The shapely Lieutenant beamed down and shouted something about Khan being Kirk's only hope... then nothingness.

The trial... the trial afterwards was a mockery. ( Read more... )

I staggered forward out the door of the (random) shop into the street and stopped, looking around. "What the fuck?" I asked aloud ( Read more... )

Swain stares down at the bomb in disbelief. How can their time have run out that fast? Shouldn't they have been faster, the two of them working together? The thought that he might never see Sally and Chloë again is one he had pushed to the back of his mind as he threw himself at this task, but now it comes rushing back. The fear of never kissing ( Read more... )

(ooc: From here. Arrival, OTA ( Read more... )