When something you're not sure you even want is taken away from you, it's amazing the kind of clarity it gives you.

It either crushes you, or you find that you can finally breathe.

I had no idea I didn't want it.

title: two hundred and thirty five. 
author: inflowers.
pairings: luke/oc (sort of), reid/oc (sort of), luke/reid
rating: pg-13ish. 
word count: 18,200.
disclaimer: obvs don't own anything. 
summary: according to the national transportation safety board, there are over 1200 aviation accidents per year. most of them are minor glitches in systems that get ( Read more... )

“And not that I expect any of you to truly understand my particular level of brilliance, but this technique had previously never been attempted. It was said to be impossible, undoable, beyond the realms of human ability which lends itself to the suggestion I have been making for decades that perhaps I am not human, but god-like ( Read more... )

As ridiculous as the concept is to Reid after everything that happened in New York, life goes back to normal for him in Dallas. He keeps operating, his business keeps thriving and he teaches more often if only because he’s started to see it as something valuable and worthwhile instead of something that he mocks and considers frivolous. He wonders ( Read more... )

It's early when Reid wakes up, earlier than it needs to be. But even in his semi-conscious state he knows that there's something different about his hotel room, about his bed. And it takes him a few seconds to realize what it is, as he turns to find Luke sprawled out, wrapped up in the sheets on the other side of the mattress.

He wants to swear, ( Read more... )

The rest of the ride passes in silence as the radio provides a score of perfectly soft and gentle songs, each man breathing in the other as subtly as they can. Because neither of them know where this is going or whether this will be the last time their paths truly cross. And they both have so much to say.

“Give me one night.” Luke says as they stand ( Read more... )

two hundred and thirty five.

"This is the final boarding call for American Airlines flight 400 to New York. All passengers should be on board at this time."

Dragging his carry-on behind him, Reid hurriedly makes his way down the sky-bridge and begrudgingly thanks the flight attendant who shows him to his seat.

"Nice of you to show up."

"I'd give you ( Read more... )

i've been thinking, oh lately. 
maybe i should settle down.
in this bar here, it's getting smoky. 
so lets order our last round.

it's a new year. i'd like to make changes this year, but really - i say that every year. i wish i were thinner, i wish i had better hair. i wish i had better teeth, i wish i had a better car. i wish my dad didn't feel a ( Read more... )

"I've seen a hint of it; this happiness, this bliss
Just knowing it exists, I know that I must try. 
And I've caught a glimpse of it
One moment, just one kiss, from a corner of my eye
Of better days gone by. 
I can almost taste happiness."

It's not perfect, but it never has been.

Luke, waking to see Reid sleeping next to him, lets a tear slip out.

Maybe ( Read more... )

"Now I love you, love you only slightly less
Than I loved you, loved you.
And its hard to confess but my nearly love
Is not real enough to be the one."

It takes Reid a full six months before he admits it.

Before he admits that he still loves Luke enough to want to make things work. And if he's being honest, it's not because he loves him in the same way ( Read more... )