At least we're together this Valentine's.

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Video on YouTube for 'The Lookout' by matnsas. Music is 'Breathe Me' by Sia. I think it sums up Chris's experience and emotional state very well. Spoilers.

(Slices his fingertip while cutting tomatoes.)

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Ten years ago I was thirteen and playing hockey like I couldn't breathe properly if I wasn't on the ice. I was at every practice, because my Mom or Dad or somebody else's parents who had a kid on the team would get me there, sometimes before the sun came up. Dedication, hard work, energy and not injuring yourself during a body check. And practice, ( Read more... )

TM Prompt # 290 - You pass a complete stranger on the street and notice they are crying. What do you do?

That's happened to me. I know, because I wrote it down.

There was a woman at a bus stop a few months ago - okay, May 17th is the entry date - and she was crying, not loudly. Just standing there, waiting for the bus, tears running down her ( Read more... )

I really like her - a lot.

notjustakey 

I looked up 'redemption' on the Internet, just to be sure I understood the question right.

It said:

• (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
• repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
• the act of purchasing back something previously sold ( Read more... )

I’ve never been broke.

My family is pretty well off, so having money was never an issue when I was growing up. My sister and I had an allowance, like lots of other kids we knew, and we got summer jobs when we were old enough. That was just icing, though.

Then there was the accident.

I was in a coma for a while, and when I woke up, I ( Read more... )

Muse: Chris Pratt
Fandom: 'The Lookout'
Word Count: 267

I wake up, have a shower, with soap, shave, and manage not to get too angry as the blade moves across my skin. I pull on jeans, because I usually wear jeans. It’s fast and easy and I don’t have to think about it, which is just as well. I have enough that I can’t remember to also bother with ‘What am I going to wear tomorrow?’ I’ve eliminated that ( Read more... )