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Mailbox
Mailbox for Alex Drake. -
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From the "between the lines" meme:
Presumably, our pups have lives that happen when we aren't playing them, as none of us can play 24/7. Some of the things that happen are tedious and everyday, and not worth thinking much on: It's fair to assume they eat, bathe, go to "work" or school as it applies, etc. But there might be things that happen ( Read more... ) -
so don't you cry, it'll give you lines around your eyes [boys]
These shoes weren't meant to be walked in.
That's not her only problem, Alex thinks, but it's the easiest one to concentrate on; it lets her excuse the way she's walking, call it a limp instead of a stagger, blame it on anything other than the drinks Bernice had poured down her until she felt slightly less inclined to curl up and die on the floor ( Read more... ) -
through the eye of the storm [john]
For a moment, John didn't speak. He just looked down into her face and tried to puzzle her out. His eyebrows drew together, his mouth open for a moment while he figured out what the hell he wanted to say.
"Who are you trying to get me to be, Alex?"
He couldn't push away the little knot of worry for her in his chest.
[continued from here"Anyone ( Read more... ) -
take me home and leave me there [gene]
[after this]
The sky's starting to pale round the edges by the time Alex makes it back to the room -- dress half-unzipped, hangover creeping up on her, sandals dangling by their straps from one hand in a likely-futile attempt to soften her footsteps, and she doesn't so much as want to consider her hair, but oh is she smiling ( Read more... ) -
when you go dancing [john]
All right, the roommate situation is going to have to be rethought. No matter how bizarrely comforting it is.
Nevertheless, she kisses back, pressing close and sucking his lower lip between her teeth.
"I do believe," she murmurs, "I know where there's an empty room."
[continued from here]The walk back from the party is torchlit, shorter than she ( Read more... )
