[Follows THIS and THIS]It had been one of those weeks. Where everything seems to start off great, and then by the time it ends, it feels like the world exploded around you. In general, Aiden felt okay, but he was a bit bewildered as to how he had come to find himself sitting beside Pat in a hospital bed once again. He watched the continuous drips ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]The brief talk with Lachlan more than had Aiden in brooding contemplation. The Scot had a tendency to do that to people. He left you with a bunch of mental tools that set your brain into overdrive before you could stop it. Aiden was standing in the kitchen of his trendy Upper East Side apartment, absentmindedly stirring a cup of ( Read more... )

LINK: It might have been the tiniest bit of hope, but it was gone now, and even though it was the right thing to do, it still fucking hurt.

[Follows THIS and THIS]Aiden had stuck around in the birthing suite long enough to make sure the baby boy was okay when he was born. Soon after, however, he ducked out of the room. This wasn't his moment, it was James and Harri's. He was just there because he promised Harri he would be. He promised her he would be there to make sure she was okay. ( Read more... )

26.3.3. Life or death

[Follows THIS and THIS]Aiden really had no reason to think anything of it when Pat called and asked him to drop around to see Tara. In fact, he had been amused by it. Obviously it had been some marital explosion that had left Lachlan in a deep pile of shit, and now Tara wasn't talking to him. Still, he could understand why ( Read more... )

Aiden came down the stairs of his and Pat's large Princeton home, a grin on his face as he adjusted himself in his jeans and zipped them up. Pat had been out of hospital for over a week now and was feeling a lot better, albeit still a little on the weak and slow side. Still, not slow enough to offer Aiden a bit of 'icing' on the 'cake' when they ( Read more... )

You Need Some Black in Your Life


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LINK: Despite all the crap of late, it didn't stop them cathartically cranking the radio up on their trip home from NYC and singing cheesy Eighties pop songs and power ballads at the top of their lungs trying to out-do each other just like old times.

1.26. When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we see
No I won't be afraid
No I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
'Stand By Me' - John Lennon

Co-written with straight2point
[Follows THIS and THIS]Aiden wasn't sure anymore what he was supposed to feel. Maybe angry would be a good start, but he just couldn't ( Read more... )

1.15. "The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free. Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open. And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore. The problem with secrets is even when you think you're in control, you're not."
Grey's Anatomy

Co-written with cameronpreston
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