He'll be getting off at 11:00 p.m. tonight, if all goes well. He's been a cop long enough, though, to know that he can't count on that happening very often, not in this city. But except for the occasional DUI, more often than not, if he's staying late for a call, it means people need to be helped and saved and he doesn't much mind that. It's why he ( Read more... )

It takes an extra few seconds for his mind to catch up, and recall why her face looks so familiar. There have been so many cons, and so many miles and miles of life between them. But he knows her; she's been in his dreams sometimes. She's one of the few that he walked away from, one of the few he just couldn't con ( Read more... )

James had risen through the ranks of island security, and a year ago, he'd been assigned to a position that reminded him of the National Guard back home, where sometimes he'd get sent off island to help mitigate conflicts, defuse skirmishes. It was never anything terribly dangerous, though there was the threat of it ( Read more... )

They've been living together for a while now; truthfully, it feels like years, but it obviously hasn't been that long. They just fit together, mesh together so well. They work, somehow, in spite of their baggage, or because of it. Two people who absolutely need each other, love each other, adore each other ( Read more... )

He shouldn't have even been gone a full day, let alone three, but the negotiations took longer than he'd anticipated, so he'd been delayed coming back. And in the rainy season, a delay like that is costly. His usual route back had been completely washed out, and he'd needed to take the longer route around to get back home. There'd been no shortages ( Read more... )