Animal - Part III

Part III


Strung between the first two columns my newest sculpture hangs, glorified for those lucky enough to see it. The whispers of this city at night make it hard to work. The people, the noise it all calls to me, asking that I release them. I drink and take from them.

Soon, perhaps, but not before I see the Council crumble. Not before I drink from the neck of those that have the hubris of a god. ( Part III )

Animal - Part III

Part III


Strung between the first two columns my newest sculpture hangs, glorified for those lucky enough to see it. The whispers of this city at night make it hard to work. The people, the noise it all calls to me, asking that I release them. I drink and take from them.

Soon, perhaps, but not before I see the Council crumble. Not before I drink from the neck of those that have the hubris of a god. ( Part III )

Animal - Ch. 15

Ch.15 – Bring Out Your Dead

The lobby’s quiet when I step through the doors to my apartment complex. I look down at my watch and see the brownish goop smeared over the face. Great. Sighing, I step in front of the elevators and wipe my watch on my pants. I look back down to read the display, five-forty-six am. Well, who needs sleep anyhow?

The bright side in Buffy’s screwed up world is that no one is around to see me covered in dirt and demon goo. The dry cleaning bill on this outfit’s gonna give Will kittens. I turn my attention back to the elevator doors as they slide open and I step through, deliberate for a second and then hit the button to take me to the top floor.
( Ch.15 – Bring Out Your Dead )

Animal - Ch. 15

Ch.15 – Bring Out Your Dead

The lobby’s quiet when I step through the doors to my apartment complex. I look down at my watch and see the brownish goop smeared over the face. Great. Sighing, I step in front of the elevators and wipe my watch on my pants. I look back down to read the display, five-forty-six am. Well, who needs sleep anyhow?

The bright side in Buffy’s screwed up world is that no one is around to see me covered in dirt and demon goo. The dry cleaning bill on this outfit’s gonna give Will kittens. I turn my attention back to the elevator doors as they slide open and I step through, deliberate for a second and then hit the button to take me to the top floor.
( Ch.15 – Bring Out Your Dead )

Animal - Ch. 16

Ch. 16 – Modern Rome Burning

The smell of Incense calms me and as the priest says, “Please stand.” I cast a discrete look to my left and watch as Liv rises with the rest of the congregation. The fact that she asked to come to Sunday mass with me and my family was enough to check for the signs of the Apocalypse. When she showed and Kathy opened the door, I coulda sworn there was going to be a rain of toads on the way over.

There wasn’t and she’s sat going through the motions with us this morning.

I turn my attention back to the priest as he says, “The Lord be with you.”

We respond en masse, “And also with you.”
( Ch.16 – Modern Rome Burning )

Animal - Ch. 16

Ch. 16 – Modern Rome Burning

The smell of Incense calms me and as the priest says, “Please stand.” I cast a discrete look to my left and watch as Liv rises with the rest of the congregation. The fact that she asked to come to Sunday mass with me and my family was enough to check for the signs of the Apocalypse. When she showed and Kathy opened the door, I coulda sworn there was going to be a rain of toads on the way over.

There wasn’t and she’s sat going through the motions with us this morning.

I turn my attention back to the priest as he says, “The Lord be with you.”

We respond en masse, “And also with you.”
( Ch.16 – Modern Rome Burning )

Animal - Ch. 17

Ch. 17 – No War Without Warriors

I flick the windshield wipers on as the storm that’s been threatening to break finally manages to spit out some water. A quick check of the dashboard clock and at ten at night, I’m thinking of telling Elliot that we should probably finish this up soon. Truth, today ain’t been all bad. We got some more info back on the vamp, Lilah, that’s proved a little bit useful.

We know what kinda places she likes to live in and the group’s busted up. Today I got Elliot while Cupcake and Olivia went to shake down a couple more places. Red’s been stuck at the morgue for the past twelve hours and Alex and Debra started going through the stuff Deb’s boss sent up from Miami.
( Ch.17 – No War Without Warriors )

Animal - Ch. 17

Ch. 17 – No War Without Warriors

I flick the windshield wipers on as the storm that’s been threatening to break finally manages to spit out some water. A quick check of the dashboard clock and at ten at night, I’m thinking of telling Elliot that we should probably finish this up soon. Truth, today ain’t been all bad. We got some more info back on the vamp, Lilah, that’s proved a little bit useful.

We know what kinda places she likes to live in and the group’s busted up. Today I got Elliot while Cupcake and Olivia went to shake down a couple more places. Red’s been stuck at the morgue for the past twelve hours and Alex and Debra started going through the stuff Deb’s boss sent up from Miami.
( Ch.17 – No War Without Warriors )

Animal - Ch. 18

Ch. 18 – If You Wanna Live…

I watch Buffy from the corner of my eye drink her second cup of coffee this morning. Granted she’s only slept two hours, maybe, but with everything, and I’m really thinking about the everything being Angel, I can’t help but worry.

“You know I found this really nice dress last night with Angel,” I hear her say, but the words don’t really register, “It was hot pink and just barely covered my ass…Willow!”

My head snaps in her direction and I shake my head. “Huh?”
( Ch.18 – If You Wanna Live… )

Animal - Ch. 18

Ch. 18 – If You Wanna Live…

I watch Buffy from the corner of my eye drink her second cup of coffee this morning. Granted she’s only slept two hours, maybe, but with everything, and I’m really thinking about the everything being Angel, I can’t help but worry.

“You know I found this really nice dress last night with Angel,” I hear her say, but the words don’t really register, “It was hot pink and just barely covered my ass…Willow!”

My head snaps in her direction and I shake my head. “Huh?”
( Ch.18 – If You Wanna Live… )

Animal - Ch. 19

Ch. 19 – …You Better Not Fear How You Die

My arms fold across my chest and I listen to Buffy go over the information we got from the taps on the building. Olivia looks at me and I give her a tight-lipped smile. My partner’s looking a little better this morning which is a good thing. I think I worry about her just as much as I do my kids.

“Dawn’s teams of slayers have started to gather and put together an offensive attack. I’ll know more tomorrow,” Buffy stands center in the small interrogation room. The usual people are here, but the room was preferable to being out on the floor talking about vampires.
( Ch.19 - …You Better Not Fear How You Die )

Animal - Ch. 19

Ch. 19 – …You Better Not Fear How You Die

My arms fold across my chest and I listen to Buffy go over the information we got from the taps on the building. Olivia looks at me and I give her a tight-lipped smile. My partner’s looking a little better this morning which is a good thing. I think I worry about her just as much as I do my kids.

“Dawn’s teams of slayers have started to gather and put together an offensive attack. I’ll know more tomorrow,” Buffy stands center in the small interrogation room. The usual people are here, but the room was preferable to being out on the floor talking about vampires.
( Ch.19 - …You Better Not Fear How You Die )

Animal - Ch. 20

Ch. 20 – Hymn for the Dead

A finger hooks around my collar and I give it a slight tug. I crane my neck and try to loosen the tie cinched around my neck as Deb has my right hand in an iron grip. The Sergeant at the podium is also in a similar getup, his dress blues clean and pressed with a black band around the shield at his chest. All of us, Debra, me, Cupcake, hell even Elliot and Olivia are here at Dexter’s funeral dressed in N.Y.P.D. blues while Alex and Red are dressed in simple black dress suits.

The weather here is muggy and the cloud cover provides little relief. It’s gonna rain soon that much is obvious. Three days ago we were tear gassing the place that held Deb, her brother and a slayer hostage. Today, we’re burying my uh…I scratch my neck and try to figure out what exactly Debra is to me.
( Ch.20 – Hymn for the Dead )

Animal - Ch. 20

Ch. 20 – Hymn for the Dead

A finger hooks around my collar and I give it a slight tug. I crane my neck and try to loosen the tie cinched around my neck as Deb has my right hand in an iron grip. The Sergeant at the podium is also in a similar getup, his dress blues clean and pressed with a black band around the shield at his chest. All of us, Debra, me, Cupcake, hell even Elliot and Olivia are here at Dexter’s funeral dressed in N.Y.P.D. blues while Alex and Red are dressed in simple black dress suits.

The weather here is muggy and the cloud cover provides little relief. It’s gonna rain soon that much is obvious. Three days ago we were tear gassing the place that held Deb, her brother and a slayer hostage. Today, we’re burying my uh…I scratch my neck and try to figure out what exactly Debra is to me.
( Ch.20 – Hymn for the Dead )

Animal - Ch. 21

Ch. 21 – Lost in You

So, dress?

Check.

Heels?

Check.

Paralyzing fear?

Check.
( Ch.21 - Lost in You )

Animal - Ch. 21

Ch. 21 – Lost in You

So, dress?

Check.

Heels?

Check.

Paralyzing fear?

Check.
( Ch.21 - Lost in You )

A Thousand Oceans - Part I

Fandom: Nikki & Nora
Pairing: Nikki/Nora
Rating: PG-13 to R (depends on the chapter)
Title: A Thousand Oceans – Ch.1 – In This Rush

Disclaimer: These characters well, Nikki, Nora, Dan, Darius, Georgia, Charlie, Arthur, Bobby and Mrs. Delaney are so not mine (damnit!), but Ann and Jill and other characters not mentioned in the pilot are (Ha!). The ones in the “damnit!” category belong to Nancylee Myatt and other’s I don’t know. I’m here for a bit of fun, and for this story, angst. No profit is being made here, and if it is, I’m not seeing a dime.

Oh and before I forget, music is awesome, in fact it’s preferred over television, so…the story title is from Tori Amos (all bow to Tori Goddess of the Ivory Keys) and Part I of this mess is from David Cook (yes, the American Idol winner – it’s actually not a bad album, a little over produced, but that’s common nowadays) off the self-titled album. The lyrics nor title belong to me…and I’m glad they don’t…I can’t sing to save my life.

A/N: Because my beta is nifty, he got this back to me in short order. So…onward! Upward!...wait…well you get the idea…this follows along the lines of the A.U. I’ve concocted and is set a few days after the events in Here’s to the Night. That’s all I got…the disclaimer was long enough.
( In this rush… )

A Thousand Oceans - Part I

Fandom: Nikki & Nora
Pairing: Nikki/Nora
Rating: PG-13 to R (depends on the chapter)
Title: A Thousand Oceans – Ch.1 – In This Rush

Disclaimer: These characters well, Nikki, Nora, Dan, Darius, Georgia, Charlie, Arthur, Bobby and Mrs. Delaney are so not mine (damnit!), but Ann and Jill and other characters not mentioned in the pilot are (Ha!). The ones in the “damnit!” category belong to Nancylee Myatt and other’s I don’t know. I’m here for a bit of fun, and for this story, angst. No profit is being made here, and if it is, I’m not seeing a dime.

Oh and before I forget, music is awesome, in fact it’s preferred over television, so…the story title is from Tori Amos (all bow to Tori Goddess of the Ivory Keys) and Part I of this mess is from David Cook (yes, the American Idol winner – it’s actually not a bad album, a little over produced, but that’s common nowadays) off the self-titled album. The lyrics nor title belong to me…and I’m glad they don’t…I can’t sing to save my life.

A/N: Because my beta is nifty, he got this back to me in short order. So…onward! Upward!...wait…well you get the idea…this follows along the lines of the A.U. I’ve concocted and is set a few days after the events in Here’s to the Night. That’s all I got…the disclaimer was long enough.
( In this rush… )

I'll Be Your Disguise

Fandom: Law & Order S.V.U.

Pairing: Alex/Olivia

Rating: PG-13 to R (depends on the chapter)

Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not my intellectual property. They belong to Dick Wolf, NBC and other people that I don’t associate with. If they were mine, Alex would still be on the show and things would be slightly different. This is for fun…read - me mucking about for some entertainment in another person’s sandbox, not for money. While this has been beta’d, we’re not perfect and I accept full responsibility for all mistakes.

A/N: Nothing major in terms of spoilers, time line wise it takes place post season 10, but that’s about it. This is also a response to challenge by KC on SFC# 24 – that had to meet the following criteria – “Must include; a first impression, a bad pun and a discussion on the social confines of society. Must include at least ONE of the following: Munch getting laid, Fin giving relationship advice to Cragen, or Elliot being kissed unexpectantly by a male suspect.” I think that I met the criteria and I really did try to fit in a kiss with a male suspect, but damnit it felt forced so I yanked the scene…sorry, I tried. Thank you to my long suffering beta, the poor bastard has to put up with my awful spelling, bless you Dirk! Lastly, read and enjoy.

A/N – Take 2 - This wasn’t supposed to coincide with the IDF, but the cosmos aligned and here it is. Sadly enough, I would also love to join in on the fun at FemslashCon, but I’ve got my partner’s parents in today for a b-day celebration. I’m sorry I’m missing out on all the fun, but hope this makes up for it just a teensy bit.

Summary: Elliot, Olivia & Alex mess with the rest of the units head and Elliot, poor Elliot, pisses Alex and Olivia off in the process.

Table of Contents

1. Deflection
   
2. Remove the Veil
   
3. Until You Get It Right
   
4. Heaviness of Skin
   
5. Pain Don't Satisfy

I'll Be Your Disguise

Fandom: Law & Order S.V.U.

Pairing: Alex/Olivia

Rating: PG-13 to R (depends on the chapter)

Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not my intellectual property. They belong to Dick Wolf, NBC and other people that I don’t associate with. If they were mine, Alex would still be on the show and things would be slightly different. This is for fun…read - me mucking about for some entertainment in another person’s sandbox, not for money. While this has been beta’d, we’re not perfect and I accept full responsibility for all mistakes.

A/N: Nothing major in terms of spoilers, time line wise it takes place post season 10, but that’s about it. This is also a response to challenge by KC on SFC# 24 – that had to meet the following criteria – “Must include; a first impression, a bad pun and a discussion on the social confines of society. Must include at least ONE of the following: Munch getting laid, Fin giving relationship advice to Cragen, or Elliot being kissed unexpectantly by a male suspect.” I think that I met the criteria and I really did try to fit in a kiss with a male suspect, but damnit it felt forced so I yanked the scene…sorry, I tried. Thank you to my long suffering beta, the poor bastard has to put up with my awful spelling, bless you Dirk! Lastly, read and enjoy.

A/N – Take 2 - This wasn’t supposed to coincide with the IDF, but the cosmos aligned and here it is. Sadly enough, I would also love to join in on the fun at FemslashCon, but I’ve got my partner’s parents in today for a b-day celebration. I’m sorry I’m missing out on all the fun, but hope this makes up for it just a teensy bit.

Summary: Elliot, Olivia & Alex mess with the rest of the units head and Elliot, poor Elliot, pisses Alex and Olivia off in the process.

Table of Contents

1. Deflection
   
2. Remove the Veil
   
3. Until You Get It Right
   
4. Heaviness of Skin
   
5. Pain Don't Satisfy