8.7.5. The Invitation

Co-written with agentsullivan

[Follows THIS and THIS]After a few text messages back and forth with Ali while Andrew was at the party, she had asked if he wanted to come around on his way home. He had hesitated at first, but she was up anyway with an unsettled Jamie, so he promised he would drop around if it wasn’t too late when he got ( Read more... )

LINK: The minute Andrew walked into the party, he was going to walk right back out again. He shouldn't be here. He didn't know anyone but Luke and Tab. Well, sure, he knew Pat and Aiden, but it was through work and they probably didn't want the paramedic who brought Pat into hospital hanging around. He also wasn't feeling much like partying. He was ( Read more... )

43.5. Lover Come Back quote (from Week 38)
Carol Templeton: You kissed me and I was thrilled!
Jerry Webster: A kiss? What does that prove? It's like finding out you can light a stove. It doesn't make you a cook.

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[Follows THIS]Andrew wasn’t going to answer the door. His body felt far too achy and his bed felt far too warm to ( Read more... )

8.11. "There's been entirely too much externalizing of emotion lately."
| La Femme Nikita

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[Follows THIS and THIS]Luke managed to look about 30% sheepish when Andrew answered the door of his apartment and found his cousin standing there. Luke shrugged a little, hands planted firmly in his pockets. “Surprise?” he offered, although ( Read more... )

"There can't be any feelings between the likes of you and the likes of me."
- My Fair Lady

[Follows THIS and THIS]The rain was lashing down outside, making the already miserable day seem so much heavier. Andrew sat on the sill off his bedroom window and looked out at the rain pelting against the glass with a soft drumming sound. His knees were ( Read more... )

Track 11. All the world just stopped now
(Tori Amos - ‘Tear in Your Hand’)

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[Follows THIS]Andrew stroked his finger over the soft, smooth cheek of the baby girl nestled snugly in his arms. He smiled down at her and patted the underside of the fluffy pink bundle. She smelt like baby powder and a hint of vanilla, sleeping on totally ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]

LINK: By the time Luke and Tab arrived at the hospital to see Pat, there was a waiting room full of people to see the ailing nurse, even though he was unconscious. Aiden and Harri, Tara and Lachlan, Benny and Jules, Riley and Evie, Tara's parents ( Read more... )

8.5. Afterthought

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[Follows THIS and THIS]Andrew paused at the doors of the Maternity ward and let out a slow breath. What the fuck was he doing here? Wasn’t this sort of thing stalker material and she was a goddamn FBI special agent! He indulged in a moment of feeling like an utter idiot and planned to turn back around and bolt ( Read more... )

3.8.6. Ambulance

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[Follows THIS]

“Look, pal, I know you’re only fucking trying to do you job,” Ali said through gritted teeth as she gripped the edge of the gurney. “But if you fucking tell me to fucking breathe one more fucking time, I will fry your balls with your portable defibrillator and hang them from your mirror like not- ( Read more... )