Painful Plundering
To infiltrate a pirate ship on the open sea was a nigh impossible task, but putting the boat in a harbor didn't make it all that much easier. As a professional cat burglar who made the bulk of her best hauls off of docked pirate ships, Millie would...
Interrupting Her Brother's Workout
Kyra and Timo were the type who needed to be active to be happy, and a stretch of dreary weather was keeping them from getting outdoors in the least. When a morning came that sunshine broke through the clouds and offered a little warmth to the world,...
The Bully's Point of View
Susie did her best to keep her mind off of Sam when she was on the treadmill. When she was doing lunges in front of a full-length mirror, she was looking at her thighs and focusing on her form, but she couldn't help her thoughts drifting to the horse...
Sharing Their Last Gift
York and Juno _could_ have played along with Aurora's scenario, but seeing how powerful their lineage was, there was no way that she could actually be trapped by something as simple as thin, plastic ribbon. They weren't complaining about the view,...
Spilled Drinks and Intentions
Aaron swore it to himself that he'd never bother with a convention again. Despite doing so, he still found himself sitting at a hotel bar once more, drinking the same overpriced drinks from a bartender that didn't care to chat if you weren't tipping...
Fluid Swingers, Part Two
"I know it's not worth much on a night like this, but...can I get you another?" Stef wasn't used to coming up with pickup lines, and the moment was even more awkward than it could have been, given that it was his own girlfriend who told him to go and...
Rimmed Holes and Pot Holes
When you lived in a literal mansion, there weren't many things you could complain about. Any inconvenience that you experienced was minimal, and for Louis, the worst thing that he ever had to do was make his way back into town to pick up a few things...
Body Heat and Brotherly Love
Aaron thought he was familiar with bitter cold from his time in the military, but he'd underestimated just how brutal the winds to the north could be...and the winds were the **least** of his problems. As the sun began fading behind the stabbing tip...
The Lion's Share
Rock thought himself a fairly generous person, but he wasn't above the moral qualms that so often came along with doing the right thing. "I really **want** to keep it," he muttered, but as he looked at the pendant on the sidewalk, he knew that the...
Transfer Student
Mr. Werner was sure that Samuel had plenty of good reasons to avoid joining the track team, but that didn't make his rejections any less frustrating. Plenty of athletes decided to specialize in one sport and focus on it after a certain point in their...
On the Job Training
Desperate times put plenty of people into a job that they didn't really **want** to work, but at the intersection of personal responsibility and swallowed pride, there were plenty of opportunities to work for minimum wage. Firr didn't relish the idea...
You Will Be Mine, Valentine
Mal knew better than to take advantage of his position as a bartender, but he wasn't the first one to try and score a date with a member of his clientele. He was, however, experiencing something that he wasn't used to. "You know Magic isn't the kind...