late night. early morning.

... high: The subtle grace we all own inside will slowly rise, gracing our imperfections with its tireless beams. Seeping serene and gradually flooding the scene of our terrible crimes with blinding light. Soon we must avert our gaze and look towards the places we have never been. Enter those untouched rolling pastures and politely graze on new sins. For where it all ends, it always begins.

Lupin's Other Secret for the community [NC-17] -- SB/RL/SS

...potions classes to make up for the days he missed because his furry little problem, as Sirius called it. “Ah, my boy,” said Slughorn, “ready for your first tutoring session?” “Yes, Professor,” Remus said politely. “I’ve arranged for a very gifted student to help you with your lessons. I have been called away to the Ministry of Magic on important business,” he said puffing out his chest. “Don’t...

Fic: Jared Padalecki’s Journal, Part 15 [J2]

... said, patting her own stomach. “It’s like nothing else. I felt unfulfilled as a person until I had children, and then suddenly everything made sense.” “It’s possible,” Jensen agreed, nodding politely but looking doubtful. ~ Once they finished dessert, Jared couldn’t take any more of the self-involved chatter any longer. He quickly made his goodbyes with Mike and Tom, and walked downstairs to ...

...need a tour; he had a map of the grounds, after all, and had a knack for finding his way around new places anyway. Even as he entered the atrium he could still picture the alternate outcome, where he politely declined and went on unpacking, like he needed to do anyway. But he hadn't. The impulse in him to avoid strangers had kicked in, as usual, but with his folks on the road back to California, ...

... to the IPCC, showed a warming of >0.6° +/- 0.2°C in the 20th century. > > Now begins the fun. Warwick Hughes, an >Australian scientist, wondered where that "+/-" >came from, so he politely wrote Phil Jones in >early 2005, asking for the original data. Jones's >response to a fellow scientist attempting to >replicate his work was, "We have 25 years or so >invested in the work. Why should I...

...flatly says what happened. There'd be no point in refusing to talk about it, especially to a medical officer. Hell, he might even write a report to Prime on the incident. People around base ask him politely what happened and he'd go "Seeker trine raped me. I managed to get a closer look at their turbine construction. Here's a diagram, give this to Wheeljack." In private , he might break down. ...

Fetish Challenge

...gave his oration, making the occasional hand gesture, on the dynamics of finance in the modern world. She politely gave him several suggestions and he agreed to take them on board. After he left, she was ... she would like to join him for a coffee in the recreation room afterwards but she had to politely refuse in favour of hiding away once again in the bathroom. She mopped up her wetness with paper ...

[fic] France/America/Canada - haha are you tired of me yet?

... making enough space for all of the dishes and drinks, they could finally begin supper. The brothers, whenever they were not demolishing the food, persistently offered France samples of their - to put it politely – “unique” regional cuisine. A spoonful of thick file gumbo, a crust of bread, a bit of succulent shrimp and catfish and frog and cocodrie (did America catch it himself, one had to wonder...

No second changes on this first impression

... the fact that this rude woman had just silenced the conversation, causing people to just look down at their plates in silent awkwardness, I was not about to make the situation even worse. So quietly, politely, and calmly, I addressed the table as a whole, giving a quick overview of the process and then moving the conversation on to something else. I wanted to calmly help ease the tension that she...

A Less Happy View of Alistair and Elissa Cousland...

...was extremely irritating, even now, six months after he’d presented it. “I ordered a tray from the kitchen for you,” he said, jumping to his feet at my reappearance. “That was kind,” I replied politely. True to the curse of pregnancy, I was now starving and no longer sick. I looked around, hopeful, but the tray had yet to put in its appearance. “It should be here soon—“ my ...