Against All Odds: Part 2 - A Sizeable Issue
As promised: here's part 2. I'll aim at getting a chapter posted around about once every week or two from here on in, until I catch up to where I currently am in the course of writing. Thoughts/comments welcome as ever! :) * * * **Part 2 - A Sizable...
Fear and Desire - Part 4: Rock Bottom
_ **Fear and Desire** _ _ **Part 4: Rock Bottom** _ Sam let out a sharp, winded wheeze as he suddenly fell the short distance down to the cold turf below. Much to his surprise, he never registered a blow, other than the one to his chest upon...
Against All Odds: Part 8 - Settling In
Part 8 - Time for Nathan to get settled in at Alexei's place... though doing so at a Velikan's apartment will no doubt involve a lot more getting used to than most other places he'd have visited! Marked 'All Ages', but forewarning to anyone who may...
Against All Odds: Part 3 - White Lies
Happily, I've managed to sit down to give a final edit to part 3. The crappy weather this weekend can be thanked in part for that :) Shall attempt to do the same for part 4 next week. Thoughts/comments welcomed and appreciated! * * * **Part 3 -...
Against All Odds: Part 35 - Fracture
_ _ **_Part 35 - Fracture_** _(Alexei)_ "Good gods," Nathan gasped, his voice exiting Alexei's headset via the old computer he'd set up in the corner of his sparsely furnished, green-walled bedroom. "You should see this." "What?" "A video I've...
Against All Odds: Part 12 - Reflections
Was a little bit of a hurry this weekend, but here's Part 12 for your enjoyment. This now takes me to 10-0 for on time Sunday postings ^^ As always - comments are much appreicated! :) * * * **Part 12 - Reflections** Nathan slinked inside the...
Against All Odds: Part 5 - Echoes
Part 5 - Touchdown in Bolstrovo, and a little insight into Nate's troubled mind. As ever, any constructive feedback on this is much appreciated. Hope you enjoy :) * * * **Part 5 - Echoes** "On the evening of October 7th, at eight minutes past nine...
Against All Odds: Epilogue
**_Against All Odds: Epilogue_** _(Alexei)_ "I have to say, your work is truly remarkable." "Oh." Alexei shuffled a few steps closer to the raised section of his workshop's compact display area. "Thank you for saying so." He beamed proudly,...
Against All Odds: Part 26 - Recovery…
**_Part 26 - Recovery..._** _(Alexei)_ The half-hour journey that brought Alexei to the old docks that afternoon lasted thirty minutes too long for his liking, such was his urgency to seek Nathan and his captors out. Raindrops collected upon his...
Against All Odds: Part 33 - Reverie
**_Part 33 - Reverie_** _(Alexei)_ "We're almost there!" Alexei boomed out a laugh, eyes fixed upon the little husky straddling his muzzle. "Can you see anyone yet?" He kept his form gentle, wary of dislodging Nathan during the swim across the...
Against All Odds: Part 36 - Lifeline
**_Part 36 - Lifeline_** _(Nathan)_ "Yet another day of _this_," Nathan moaned, glaring hatefully at the ever-increasing list of unread emails. "I'm so over it now." He flopped back in his office chair, rapidly losing focus on the work task at...
Against All Odds: Part 31 - Sands of Time
**_Part 31 - Sands of Time_** _(Nathan)_ To Nathan's considerable relief, the stay in hospital he and Alexei had to endure lasted less than a day. Still, they each had to put up with an array of scans and treatments throughout the night, with a...