Korean War AU

The dull phwip of shuffled playing cards sounded over and over in the confines of the med bay, a single medic sitting off into the corner, hunched over on an empty cot, haggard and sleepless. He'd made rounds twice already, changed bandages, cleaned and reloaded his weapon and re-fit linens on vacated cots. The only thing left to do ( Read more... )

Tucking the pillow under his head, Jamie stretched out along the length of the couch, eyes never leaving the television screen. Not that they actually had television. Just movies and news networks anymore, a fact which left him with no short supply of ire. Anarchy schmanarchy. No reason to no longer have publicized league sports ( Read more... )

He'd been making a valiant effort ( Read more... )

Okay, we have toys. We have snacks. We have grownup snacks. Scrubbing a hand through his cropped hair, Jamie looked around the kitchen, trying to figure out if he was missing anything.  Sam sat splay-legged in the freshly tidied living room, talking loudly and marching his G.I. Joe dolls around, pitting in an epic battle against Spongebob and ( Read more... )

Halloween

The cherry Icee was staining his mouth a bright red, a consequence he was having a fun time exploiting, sticking his tongue out in the mirror, top hat perched crookedly on top of his too long hair. Growing quickly bored of it, he wandered to the other side of the store, searching for Kirin amongst the mass of ghosts and gouls and things ( Read more... )

School!AU
Pillowing his head sleepily one one hand, Jamie slouched at his desk, tracing his name idly at the top of his notebook. First period was pre-algebra, something he couldn't get for the life of him and couldn't stand as a result. Pushing his homework to the corner of the desk for the teacher to check when she came in, he looked around the ( Read more... )

The tug on his pantleg had him looking down, attention swiftly grabbed from eying up the relative safety of the various pieces of playground equipment. Leaning down, he picked up the five year old, settling him on his hip ( Read more... )

April 2006

Pushing shaggy hair out of his eyes, Jamie scanned through the pamphlet for about the thousandth time since they'd left the hotel that morning, shifting anxiously from foot to foot as they waited outside the convention center. Around them, hundreds of Wookies, Stormtroopers, Vaders and Luke n' Leia wannabes were milling about, some having ( Read more... )

 He was half-asleep.

At least when he was in the field, the constant threat to life and limb kept him awake and aware. In the office, doing reports...he was as good as nearly unconscious. Tapping his pen on the manilla folders under his elbow, he shot a glance to the door, deciding it wouldn't hurt to close his eyes.

Just for a minute.

The grass was cold against his fingers, wet from the rain that afternoon, staining his jeans and leaving his hands slippery. He tugged at the tall blades, pulling them from the ground absently and staring ahead as the sun sank, stone biting into his back ( Read more... )