... so they cover her exposed shoulders. For a long moment they simply breathe within the same pocket of air, a handful of universe-building material; the heartbeat that brings force to particles, the gravity that whirls them together until the right ones click and they’re whole once again. There is no preamble in him today; he takes her hand under the blanket and delves into a story about boy ...

Fic: Rust and Light, 1/1, R (language), coda to SPN 5.10

... more than to pound something into scrap. “You are wrong,” Castiel says from immediately behind him. Dean whirls, hands tightening into fists. “Yeah, I got that. You can fuck off now.” Castiel does not ... ear-splitting multi-tonal whine he heard just after he clawed his way out of the grave. Dean whirls, hands clapped over his ears. If Cas blows out Bobby’s windows and a hundred windshields or ...

DW Fic: One Good Lie (Ten/Rose)

...searching inside his pockets for the sonic screwdriver and the TARDIS key. Both are still there. Good. “You never should have given me that drink.” “You came to us, Mr Smith,” she murmurs quietly. He whirls around. “I didn’t ask for that !” he almost yells before shaking himself. No, yelling never accomplishes anything. He needs to do more than that. “It’s a mistake to show people what they ...

"Out of Africa"

... in this stillness and shade of the African forest, the cut wood smelt like gooseberries; and the piercing, fresh, rank, sour smell of the burning kiln was as bracing as a sea breeze... The thin blue whirls of smoke from the kilns arose at regular distances, and the dark kilns themselves looked like tents on the stage; the place was a smugglers' or soldiers' camp in a romantic Opera... Where the ...

Log: Tatsumi and Jounouchi: London and Meifu

...c... care." "I didn't say I agreed with it," Tatsumi says gently. "Though that does bother me that Seto isn't speaking to you." His expression softens slightly, and he knows the blonde is lying. Jounouchi whirls on him, letting Tatsumi see his face and his eyes for the first time. "What would you agree with, then?" he demands hotly. "Me spendin' most of what little time I have left with him in ...

The Currency of Heroes (Law and Order: SVU) by surreallis, 5/5

... of winter, she walks along the street toward her apartment and tries to clear her mind. When the footsteps echo behind her, she is instantly aware. When they continue on with her, she draws her Sig. When she whirls on him, it is not Plummer, but another man, unfamiliar, who throws his hands up in alarm as she shouts at him to freeze. The words he shouts back don’t make sense for a moment as a car...

129 - Nara Shikamaru [VIDEO]

..., nearly a whisper, but rising in volume as he continues to mutter to himself.] ...not coming back. They'll all be taken away... [A few more moments of pacing follow before the room suddenly whirls about. There's a short, angry yell accompanied by panicked breathing and a door slamming before the feed cuts.] [ooc: Someone's slipped into Level 3 while not in the usual company of his bff. ...

WriSoMiFu - Day 23

...not be there, but it doesn’t matter. She’ll come back. And if she doesn’t, good on her. He sees his bare feet on concrete floor, or wall, or ceiling. On a plane in another dimension, that whirls and tips like an amusement-park ride broken and out of control. He doesn’t sit, exactly. It is a matter of giving up and collapsing, and not minding the way his knees ache and his mouth tastes like metal, ...

And the Branches Bend

...you.” Hangeng shrugs, pulls off his white button-down. “Believe what you want.” The tears well warm again when he turns away. “How could you?” she shrieks into the back of a shaking hand, whirls from the room. It settles into the indent at his hipbone, just forceful enough to remind him of lost bruises. IV. Before sunset he spends an hour and half cocooned behind the beige shower curtain, ...

Driving Lessons

... and somehow manages to dip her, her ponytail brushing the floor. She finds herself laughing and laughing. "Let's tango!" he yells. We have to get you drunk more often, she thinks as he clumsily whirls her around the dance floor to the thumping beat of "Just Dance." The music switches to something quieter and they just stand in once place, rocking back and forth to the beat. "This is nice," she ...