The room was dimly lit, and she'd done that on purpose. The raw, perfect light of not candles but as best that could come from hotel room conditions. He was closer than her next breath and further away than childhood dreams, the lingering taste of familiarity burning across her mouth.

If you hadn't just had a fight with Mark -Oh, shut up! Shut up ( Read more... )

OOC: Mun’s Turn- Here’s your chance to sound off about that muse in your head that drives you crazy, makes you ride an emotional rollercoaster, demands things happen their way even if you wanted to do something different with their storyline and all those other things our little darlings do to us, their slavishly devoted typists. Remember to post ( Read more... )

It wasn’t that she didn’t want the same things he did. The opposite statement held true, and that was why she could make that sort of choice. When confronted in the reality with the stark understanding that time was of the essence, that there was no other option, that doors had been closed with harsh force directly in her face, there was nothing ( Read more... )

The biggest myth about me is..That I'm a bitch. No, I'm not kidding about this either. When I was in high school I was popular enough, a cheerleader and prom queen, things like that. And there were plenty of friends and acquaintences and hangers-on, all of which varied with the times easier than I thought. Being a teenager it didn't seem to matter ( Read more... )

It was getting away that was the hardest. Running was easy, but making any sort of advancement into a new life was the part that was impossible. It felt like an uphill battle, something she couldn't escape if she wanted to. And going in circles was even worse still. It was the same sort of uphill theory, but not getting anywhere made it harder and ( Read more... )

1. Title / Prompt. 'Back to Where we Once Began' / “The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present." - Barbara De Angelis
2. Character. Stacy Warner
3. Warnings (if any.) None.
4. Pairings (if any.) House/Stacy
5. Your character's fandom. House M.D.
6. Word count. 347
7. Rating. PG
8. ( Read more... )

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - E.M. ForsterWhen I walked out I knew there would be regrets. That isn't the sort of decision that's ever made lightly, and always has the harshest consequences. I would have stayed if there was any other way but fight after fight, moment ( Read more... )

CaptiveThe nightmares had been coming for months. Not night after night but close enough that Stacy couldn’t remember the last solid night’s sleep she had. If this kept up she was going to lose the next case - her deposition was the next morning - but that oddly was not a concern in her mind ( Read more... )

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. -- Oscar WildeWhen it came to the past, there was more she wished she could forget than she wanted to admit. It was moments like these, standing in the new house in Short Hills that brought those kinds of feelings back to the surface. Not ghosts, she knew, but feelings ( Read more... )

Something Real by Renee StahlStacy couldn't remember the last time she'd seen him, not the exact day at least. It was one of those odd coincidences, their running into each other, that hadn't registered specifics in her mind but had been pressing all the same. It had been one date, one simply horrific date, but now it was almost a game, to see who ( Read more... )