Amazing, wasn't it, the places a single conversation could take you? For Vlad, Friday night's talk had lead he and Walter to the airport and onto a plane where, despite Walter's not really having a ticket and Pup's insisting on joining them in the cabin, there had been no problem. Then, they'd crossed the Atlantic and a large portion of Europe to ( Read more... )

Vlad glanced at the clock one more time ( Read more... )

"How was this allowed to happen?"

Vlad was incensed, and for once, his personal life wasn't the cause.

Lucy looked up from the letter and shrugged.

"When your change of address includes switching realities, I suppose it's rather a given that your mail will take some time to catch up with you..."

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Those credit card companies really should do an add about visiting New Orleans' French Quarter and its market, out and in public with your lover, for the first time.

But, as far as Vlad was concerned, there was nothing about this trip that wasn't priceless ( Read more... )

Earlier that day, in the park, Walter had said he'd stop by, so Vlad sat at his desk going over some papers from his lawyers while he waited. Legalese wasn't particularly captivating, but it was a better alternative to staring at the frige.

Lucy and Coffin had made themselves scarce.

Funny that.

[for the T.A. and slowplay is the name of the ( Read more... )

Vlad had spent last night passing from one fearful dream to the next. Each time he woke from them, Walter would be there, curled in his arms. Sometimes Walter would be awake, and sometimes not ( Read more... )

The only sound in the apartment was the shower's slow, steady hiss ( Read more... )

Blenner narrowed his eyes and frowned ( Read more... )

Arthur sat at his desk, and took a moment to gaze around his office while he waited for Walter. The room had become considerably more tidy over the past two years, but not even England's finest butler could completely reign in Sir Arthur Hellsing's proclivity towards...excess ( Read more... )

To make up for the lack of a balcony, the Antebellum Apartments had provided a rooftop garden for its attic suite. It was, on the whole, a beautiful, restful, secluded space. Full of lush plants, night blooming flowers, and wrought iron furniture with comfortable cushions ( Read more... )