How to Say Goodbye without Saying Goodbye; An Original Fic

... opened his locker and stuffed his coat inside. With quick and practiced movements, he closed it and walked away towards the basement where ... for lunch. He and Kim chatted casually with the enthusiasm of practiced lovers and of ancient friends as they headed to the cafeteria.... time it wasn’t the type of casual silence that such practiced lovers and ancient friends possess. This time it was dread and...

*cue the violins*

... broken dreams it represents and the times of strife it helped me through. I feel terribly guilty for not having practiced sooner, like someone will tell me off and explain how that's me being a failure. I feel bad for ...it better, I even used to be able to play less horribly, but I can't because I've not practiced for years. I feel ashamed that try as I might I can't play it anymore, like I've let ...

Thomas Keller

... and the experiences he wants to create for people, the great people he has worked with along the way and today. During the Q&A, someone asked him what he thought of nouvelle/cutting-edge cuisine as practiced by the likes of Ferran Adria. He used a hilarious example of a dining experience at El Bulli, where the diner is given a strawberry, dipped in a mixture of several spices, and a small glass ...

Happy Yule Balls, la_dissonance!

... last saw you. We should stay in closer touch." Rosier smiled back, something so different from the practiced smiles that Riddle was used to seeing and using that he was taken aback for a moment. Unguarded ... hiding his feelings. Rosier pushed a drink towards him immediately and Tom smiled at him. He'd practiced this in the mirror, a warmer, more inviting version of the one he usually used on his ...

Concert tomorrow, if I get this entry done before midnight

... for the first time on Monday, and we cheered and praised her lovely playing, she smiled and said, "It's getting better, anyway! I'm still working on it," and then astounded us by admitting that she had practiced for SIX HOURS that day, in addition to our rehearsal. Holy moly; my fingers would be falling off. One of the songs in the suite, "A Virgin Most Pure," for some reason just makes me ...

Companion - More (Ch 17) - ORIGINAL

...Slow kisses gradually deepened as Kier’s fingers, rough-tipped, searched for and found memorized sweet spots. Adrian pressed closer, mouth sliding down the sensitive arc of the larger man’s throat. Practiced ease made short work of encumbering shirts, until bare chests touched and Adrian slid lithely to straddle Kier’s lap with an instinctive thrust. Kier nibbled lightly at Adrian’s shoulder, his...

Companion - More (Ch 17)

...Slow kisses gradually deepened as Kier’s fingers, rough-tipped, searched for and found memorized sweet spots. Adrian pressed closer, mouth sliding down the sensitive arc of the larger man’s throat. Practiced ease made short work of encumbering shirts, until bare chests touched and Adrian slid lithely to straddle Kier’s lap with an instinctive thrust. Kier nibbled lightly at Adrian’s shoulder, his...

...of automatically letting my feet collapse I was supponating them. I was rolling them out when I needed to support my knee and it was relatively automatic. In "dingy ma" and "jane ma" it was what I practiced all morning so I almost didn't notice my habit had changed. It wasn't until we were doing the one legged stands that I noticed that my feet were supponating AND I WAS ABLE TO BALANCE without ...

My Immortal (Chapter 5)

... you, left him for another man. Since divorce was then, barely legal and much frowned upon, she did not tell him it was a divorce, more an annulment. Which, at the time was legal and often practiced up to ten years after a marriage was finalized. Miska was with my mother, she was shopping for candy and trinkets in which to spoil her rotten. After making sure we were alone, I pushed him to the ...

My Immortal (Chapter 5)

... you, left him for another man. Since divorce was then, barely legal and much frowned upon, she did not tell him it was a divorce, more an annulment. Which, at the time was legal and often practiced up to ten years after a marriage was finalized. Miska was with my mother, she was shopping for candy and trinkets in which to spoil her rotten. After making sure we were alone, I pushed him to the ...