Against All Odds: Part 32 - Distances
**_Part 32 - Distances_** _(Nathan)_ At times, it felt as if the twelve hour trip back to Polcia would never end. A slow, rocky ferry and an uncomfortably long flight sat separated by a two hour layover in Bolstrovo; something that did little to...
Against All Odds: Part 24 - Trauma
**_Part 24 - Trauma_** _(Alexei)_ "I... do not understand." Alexei staggered back, allowing Erik a half-step to the side and away from his intense grasp. His colleague's revelation had ploughed into him like a freight train, leaving the wolf...
Against All Odds: Part 42 - Last Goodbyes
**_Part 42 - Last Goodbyes_** _(Nathan)_ "Lights off," Nathan commanded, stepping out from his apartment. He turned to look back through the doorway, looking upon his home of the past two years. It lied empty now; most of its contents sold to...
Against All Odds: Part 20 - Bridges
**_Part 20 - Bridges_** _(Alexei)_ Entering his grandfather's home had become much like stepping into a time capsule for Alexei in recent months, journeying back to a time when he too called this place home. Just like in those days, his paws sank...
Against All Odds: Part 23 - Captive
**_Part 23 - Captive_** _(Nathan)_ Any length of time could have passed before Nathan saw light again, the zipper high above him finally reopening to disperse the enveloping blackness he'd been trapped within. The persistent, unforgiving...
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...
Lunchtime at Riki's (AaO Universe Side Story)
_ **Lunchtime at Riki's** _ "Things are gonna be okay," I called up to Zoran, backing away from the doorway of our apartment as he stormed in with the morning's mail in paw. "Don't get worked up about it." "Don't get worked up!?" he boomed,...
Against All Odds: Part 19 - A Guide to the Past
**_Part 19 - A Guide to the Past_** _(Nathan)_ After Erik's problematic stint alone in the shop, Alexei opted to spend the following day working alongside him. He gave his reason for doing as being down the busyness that sometimes followed Sunday's...
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...
Against All Odds: Part 34 - Rumbled
**_Part 34 - Rumbled_** _(Nathan)_ If spending Sunday in solitude anticipating his first day back to work had dragged Nathan's mood down, arriving at his desk on Monday morning plain caused it to plummet. He forewent the opportunity to head in...
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...
Dream Big
_ **Dream Big** _ "Take one capsule with food once every 24 hours," Corben read from the back of his supplement package, turning it over to re-read the product tagline. "Omniflex: The gym in a pill." He set it down, shortly before parking his own...