It is generally believed that first-time patrons to Milliways bar enter through the front door.

Most of the time, this is true.

But tonight, in the case of two wizards and one witch, their arrival point is really quite unusual.

After a loud pop! (the familiar sound of Apparating), the trio (exhausted, scared, dirty and very much worse for wear ( Read more... )

[OOM-but-not: Would you like to go home, Meg?Twenty minutes later, Meg is settled into a chair near the fireplace. There's a half-finished scarf on her knitting needles tonight, and she's paying almost no attention to it as she knits -- she hasn't needed to look down at straight garter stitch for years now ( Read more... )

Castiel is completing his 437th circuit of the lake ( Read more... )

[OOM: If angels played with model cars.]

Castiel has been keeping himself busy.

The smell of motor oil surrounding him, the smudges on his cuffs, and the greasy metal part he’s carrying give some indication as to how ( Read more... )

[OOM-but-not: Five days.Meg comes downstairs this evening, knitting bag in hand, considers for a moment, and then selects a comfortable chair not far from the fireplace ( Read more... )

[OOM-but-not: Castiel really needs to learn to knock.A few moments later, Meg comes downstairs, and selects a table that's not quite in the middle of things, but not really out of the way, either ( Read more... )

[OOM: Just before the door opens.]

Crowley (no, not that Crowley, this Crowley) has never been here before ( Read more... )

In the grand celestial scheme of things, Castiel hasn’t been gone from Milliways that long. But that time away had been spent traversing Hell, which is guaranteed to make any amount of time feel much longer ( Read more... )

[OOM-but-Not: Meg Ford's Rules For Life:

1. When all else fails, rely on notes.

14. Sometimes, you have to think inside the box.]

[OOM-but-not: Immediately after this . . .
Meg supposes she should be grateful that this is at least unlikely to wind up ending with her being burned at the stake.]