... him. He laughs, whispers, “Mother forgive me.” There is sick, sad gratitude in his eyes. Blood drips thick and dark from the corner of his mouth. The yellow arc sodium streetlights flicker fitfully as glass shatters. He watches until the body hits the ground, one last gesture of romance towards a man who has never cared and never will again. Breathless It is his first time in costume, and ...

Transcript: Ted/Barney, Ted's Dream

Sometimes a Bro needs advice. Even when his Bro is far, far away. So we sent Ted to sleep... Ted is the wonderful somnabulist da_phoenix13   Barney's ghost is me. Ted says: *sleeps fitfully in his bed. it takes him too long to fall asleep these days... there's too much going on to let him relax enough to fall asleep* Barney says: *something pokes Ted in the shoulder* Ted ...

Lightning, rain, and hail

I object, now and again, at how meager most English storms are. Today, the weather has obliged me. Thunder rumbled fitfully in partly-blue skies all afternoon. Late in the day, the thunderstorm began, heavy rain saturating the greenery, lightning striking. Eventually, i thought I'd go home, the length of the garden: and then, before I could, the torrential rain added hail to its repertoire. It's ...

Breaking Point - Fullmetal Alchemist - Roy/Jean; Teen

... to this. But he does his duty; he gets Roy on his feet, down the short hall to the shower; makes the man clean himself up before he bundles Roy into bed. He stands over Roy as the man wallows fitfully for a little bit before he is still. A smile graces his face, his dark eyes opening slowly, and for an instant, Jean thinks that grin is for him. He strokes the hair off Roy’s forehead, his hand not...

Getting Raven Home [AIM Transcript]

.... It was a relief, and she sighed quietly. "I wonder what he's dreaming about," Judith wondered aloud. She made speculations, but she was genuinely curious. The grin left Raven's lips and he began to toss fitfully, as if the dream had just melded into a nightmare. "Schwann?" Odessa moved quickly to his side, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Wake up. It's just a dream." She placed a ...

616 fic: Steve Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place. (crack fic)

... time in a week, Steve's eyes were facing Tony's shoes, his bottom above him, feeling suddenly cold and vulnerable, as if it were left out in the Forest on a frosty night. Steve tried to struggle fitfully against his bonds, but Tony tsked. "I daresay you cannot get out of this, Steve," Tony explained helpfully, and for a moment Steve felt as if Tony's brogues were speaking to him, "as much as the...

fitfully

back from my ten day holiday, longest I've taken over summer and certainly the longest since winter! funny this game of seasons and holidays, what would I ever do without them. Hong Kong was at tip top pollution and grime, humidity at its peak and quite honestly I've had enough of the city in this season but come February and I'll gladly go again any time. I travelled mostly alone, remarkably ...

Not Quite the Bat...Part 14

...at the too-still, obscured figure of the man he thought he loved and took a purposeful step back.   Batman was turning to go in a stream of black when his eyes fell briefly, fitfully, across Alfred.    The older man was working diligently, hands like a musicians as they stemmed the blood flow from one of the deeper gashes, fighting to keep the precious ruby droplets pumping through the broken...

No Blue Sky, Damnit

So, it's 730am.  I woke up ontime without having to listen to my horrible alarm, but I slept terribly and fitfully through the night for no apparent reason.  Ohhhh goody.  I feel fine now, but yeah... don't know how long that's going to last.  It is also cold and rainy out, like downpour-style, and while Hermione is having a grand old time watching it, I am getting grumpy just thinking about ...

Fic: Captive, Chapter 15

...some form of verbal acknowledgment, but she wasn’t sure. ---- ---- Lee watched Kara closely over the next hour. As he played with Aurora, he kept an eye trained in her direction. She slept fitfully, if not peacefully, tossing and turning occasionally, but never crying out. There was one moment when he feared she might fall out of the bed. She was thrashing about, kicking at the sheets and waving...