He pressed his forehead to the pillow and thought how strange it was, that it should feel like this and that he should remember it so clearly. There was a mouth grazing the back of his neck, fingers in his hair, and everything was moving so slowly. As if time had quit and the lights had fallen still, and there would never be a waking or another ( Read more... )

Peace engulfed them. For five minutes. Before a door along the hallway opened and soft footsteps padded past, moving in the direction of the stairs. They stopped, paused, returned, and there was a tap on the door ( Read more... )

"Illyria... called my father... a wanker?"

- From theohara's post-NFA cast-of-thousands WIP, As the Romans Do.

( a longer, grimmer section of the same story, just in case you weren't convinced to run off and read the whole thing right now... )

To remind us all of the fun parts of this comm, a lovely piece from utopianbabie's Actus Contritionus

Drusilla POV:

But even in the blackness, hands over her ears, she can’t stop seeing it. Placed there on the bench, light (like a feather) and so pretty; elegant black marks spidered on thick cream paper. A portrait. Her. Drawn from the side while she was ( Read more... )

Xander is trying to prove to Spike, who has lost his memory, that Spike is still evil, even with the chip ( Read more... )

From Ouroboros by selenak. Connor centric-post "Not Fade Away":

( Connor's thoughts, spoilers for You're Welcome and Origin )

Thought I'd dig it out and post it over here for your reading pleaseure. I love this quote. Enjoy. =)

( Everything else is just window dressing )

Amy opened her mouth to answer, but was interrupted by the sound of Angel and Doyle arriving back at the apartment ( Read more... )

From a stoptocheer Tales of the Slayers fic told from Sid the dummy's POV:

There's revenge and release, now, and that's great. But there's this ( Read more... )

The redhead sighed, mumbling, “Sometimes distractions are not so good.” Looking around, she tried to find the source of the sound. “What is that? It sounds like…like…the Indiana Jones theme song,” she stated, her face scrunching up in confusion ( Read more... )