Against All Odds: Part 16 - Home Truths
**_Part 16 - Home Truths_** _(Nathan)_ After such an eventful, rollercoaster start to Nathan's Velikan vacation, the remainder of the first week appeared as if it would provide a welcome change. The most pleasing of these came in the form of his...
Against All Odds: Part 10 - Coalescence
Seems as if another Sunday's rolled around, which means it's time for Part 10 :) As always, comments are appreciated! * * * Part 10 - Coalescence A torrent of regret carried Nathan away the moment he opened his weary eyes the following morning,...
Fear and Desire - Part 3: You Know Who Your Friends Are
_ **Fear and Desire** _ _ **Part 3: You Know Who Your Friends Are** _ Nick continued to stride back and forth across the front lawn, mumbling incoherently as he struggled to comprehend Sam's words. He kept on replaying the same thought over...
Small-scale Surgery
_ **Small-scale Surgery** _ '_Stopping off at the store later. What would you like for dinner?'_ My husband's text half-distracted me from the patient file I'd almost finished up with. I'd not long since scoffed down some lunch, but that didn't stop...
Hangover
_ **Hangover** _ "Hey," called Dan, arriving back at our table with a beer in one hand and a metal tray balanced on the other. "Which of you got the rum and lemon?" I waved up at him. Easier than trying to shout above the noise of the dusky bar...
Ghost Among The Stars - Part 1
"greetings, i am tirrel, head of the path makers." tobias bowed in kind, "tobias, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." tirrel motioned to a seat by the table, before moving off to one of the shelves to grab another scroll.
Getaway: Parts 4 & 5
_ **Part 4** _ My first night in Polcia culminated in the weirdest bout of sleep I'd ever had. I lost count of how many times I woke to varying degrees of darkness, wondering what strange room I'd found myself in, and why I could hear Sasha snoring...
Getaway: Part 3
_ **Part 3** _ In the days and weeks that followed those initial discussions, I managed to get somewhere approaching comfortable with the idea of travelling all the way to Polcia. I'd also got used to fact that I'd be heading there with Sasha in...
Getaway: Parts 1 & 2 (AaO Side Story)
**_Getaway_** **_Part 1_** Everything jerked at once. My monitor and fan rocked back and forth. Pens skittered and tumbled off of the desk. Hell, even the fully-loaded filing were thumping. The shaking affected everything, all the way through...
Foundations: Parts 1 and 2 (AaO Side Story)
_ **Foundations** _ _ **Part 1** _ _(Alen)_ Swipe after swipe, I grabbed the bedsheets to pull myself forwards. The mattress below kept on shifting. Straining. It made it tough to stay upright. Tougher still to carry on crawling. "I'll find you,"...
Escaping the Storm: Part 8
_ **Part 8** _ "Erik! Thank the gods you're home!" He'd wondered how his mother would react upon his arrival home, almost two hours after escaping the station. Turned out he'd barely be able to set foot inside the front door before being ambushed by...
Escaping the Storm: Part 4
_ **Part 4** _ Following in the trend of most other weeks, Sunday flashed on by in the blink of an eye. This time however, bucking his own trend of relaxing on his day off, Erik had spent a good portion of it trying to make his home as...