The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation 9
16. _Morning After_ _ _ The next morning, Keurin felt better, all things considered. It was his favorite kind of morning - the perfect kind: chilly and hazy, with a lacy mist pulling into the shore from the placid, dark ocean. Downtown was nearly...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation 8
13. _The Next Day_ "Why?" Keurin began hours later as he stood in the bathroom and looked at his reflection, his face red from weeping. "Why couldn't you just ask him to quit and move in with you, Keurin? You love him, he loves you; you want to be...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation 5
9. _The Descent_ Marc pulled out and promptly fell over. Keurin sat, on all fours, staring at the headboard in front of him, thoroughly unsatisfied. "You know," Keurin began in a half-joke, "I think that's the first time I've been hatefucked." ...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation 6
10. _Ending_ The first thing Keurin did after he had woken up was go straight to work. It was a few hours before his shift but he knew that if he waited, he'd lose his nerve. Toby hadn't come in yet, so Keurin waited, smoking like a chimney. His...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation 2
5. _Newest Fling_ Markus had quietly let himself out early the next morning. After taking a quick shower and making the bed, Keurin returned home, this time with his photograph in tow. He reached his apartment around noon and placed the photograph...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation
_Such if there be, who loves so long, so well;_ _Let him our sad, our tender story tell;_ _The well-sung woes will soothe my pensive ghost;_ _He best can paint 'em, who shall feel 'em most._ - Tennyson 1. _Prologue_ _ _ Later on that afternoon,...
Mass Effect: Chasing Ghosts Ch 8-9
**Book I** **The Colony at Brenn's Rock** 8. _The Waltz of Treachery_ Annike stood at the door to Rowels' cabin for a few moments, gathering herself. She cracked her knuckles and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. Part of her was fully...
Mass Effect: Chasing Ghosts Ch 6-7
**Book I** **The Colony at Brenn's Rock** 6. _Preparations_ Rowels rolled out of bed the next morning feeling both proud of himself and a bit hung over. He stumbled into the kitchenette and poured himself a mug of yesterday's cold and...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind
**_The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind_** _Flushed and decided, he assaults at once;_ _Exploring hands encounter no defense;_ _His vanity requires no response,_ _And makes a welcome of indifference._ - Eliot _ _ 1. _Prologue_ Winter was...
The Heart Makes a Fool of the Mind - Continuation 4
8. _Aftermath_ The dragon was a veritable clusterfuck of emotions. On the one hand, he was hurt and terrified by Marc's words. On the other hand, he was relieved - actually relieved - that he, too, could finally begin to move on now that there was...
Mass Effect: Chasing Ghosts Ch 4-5
**Book I** **The Colony at Brenn's Rock** 4. _The Double-cross_ "So, most, if not all, of the soldiers and workers have heatstroke, eh? That explains a lot. I trust they won't all..." "Try to kill you like I did? No, I was already mad at...
Mass Effect: Chasing Ghosts Ch 1-3
**Book I** **The Colony at Brenn's Rock** 1. _The Itch_ Annike Nimen wiped the sweat from her brow with the back of her forearm - or rather she tried to, but the gauntlets of her armor suit only served to smear it around and add on a glob of...