“Stephen…”
“Hurhmm.”
“Stephen, wake up.”
Ste stirred slightly. He was half submerged in unconsciousness; that snug feeling of warmth enveloping him as he took note of the duvet wrapped over his body. The plumped pillows, thick cover, cosy mattress that wasn’t his. And then as his heavy eyes peeled open, the sudden feeling of embarrassment hit him as ( Read more... )

http://lennon-jok.livejournal.com/2121.html   <-- Part 1

November quickly turned into December, and the shitty B’n’B Ste still slept in was becoming the poor victim of dampness and cold. Nobody knew he was staying there except Amy; he didn’t want the indignity of it getting out really. But for some reason he hadn’t done much searching for a flat of ( Read more... )

This will be a multi-part story. This first part has a lot of set-up and then Ste and Brendan making a decision together at the end. Hopefully you like it, I have a good feeling about this and where it's going. :)

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Brendan had been different when he came out of prison. So different. Not to the naked eye; to them he was mad and bad when he ( Read more... )

“You have messed him around time and time again, Brendan, and ALL he’s done is love you and wait for you. You can’t expect him to do that anymore, not after everything that’s happened!”
“I know.”
“Then make things right. MAKE a commitment, for once in your life, PROVE yourself. Or are you just not man enough?”

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Brendan stands there with Amy’s ( Read more... )

“You look exhausted ( Read more... )

Ste is staying with Cheryl now that Brendan is in prison. But Brendan has now been released without anybody knowing.

It had been like a dream. How he crept, so ghostlike. How his body moved so soft, silent and sincerely around the bedroom, and the eyes Ste thought about so often were suddenly so close - piercing into his own. In the dead of night it ( Read more... )