Burial

NCIS, Tony, Sad Fic, For once the poor victim wasn’t left at Rock Creek, but at the wetlands of West Virginia. A young sailor, not even out of his teens yet, and dead already. Yet not in combat.Waders on, the rangers had the body out of the muddy water, what was left of him after […]

He Wondered

NCIS, Tony, Contemplation He Wondered He wondered what it would be like to live by the thoughts most people don’t like to imagine. The thoughts of strength, clarity, and the willingness to stand outside of what most would be comfortable with.To shape oneself the same as the ancient warriors once did. To be strong in […]

This is Me

911, Chris, Song Fic, Do you know what it’s likeTo feel so in the dark? Chris looked at the graves of his father’s parents who had been taken out when they crossed the divider on the highway when Abuelo drunk again driving. To dream about a lifeWhere you’re the shining star? He remembered fondly about […]

I’ll Tend to the Flame

HP, Harry Potter, Post the Battle of Hogwarts, Contemplating the Past I’ll Tend to the Flame What was becoming known as The Battle of Hogwarts was over and it was time to tend to the wounded and dead.While Harry was amongst those tending the wounded, others were mourning their dead. Like Molly over her son, […]

Identity

HP, Sirius Black In some fanfiction they talk about a Legacy Vault noble houses would keep.The legacy Vault is generally a sperm or possibly egg bank of past Lords/Ladies/Heirs/Patriarchs/Matriarchs. So, thinking on those lines why couldn’t someone use those in another way such as blood adoption rituals? I was thinking that Sirius Black could have […]

Perceptions of the brain and senses.

Thoughts on Sentinels Perceptions of the brain and senses.Or… I Constantly See Naked People – Superman I take various lecture courses during the week, and one class in a course was on perceptions and the brain/senses. How the senses pick up a whole lot of things, and from what I understood, the differences between us […]

Not Her, But You

Forever Knight, Prose Poem, Nick’s History Not HerBut you April 2000 I came from warDespondent and aloneThe wish for lifeAll but gone You sent herTo me unbiddenAsking thatWhich was forbidden You tasteOf fine mulled wineFilling all the cornersOf my mind Twas not herBut you You show meWhat can be doneWhen mind and bodyAct as one […]

Mirror Image

Harry PotterFirst YearMirror of ErisedDark Reflection Mirror Image Harry already sensed the old man hidden in the room. Waiting. Watching him. Seeing for himself if he passed his test. Afterall, wasn’t that why he allowed him to have his legacy back? Given as a “gift” to earn his trust and friendship? As though returning a […]

Horsewhipping

HP, Filch, Consequences, Fifth Year Filch prowled the corridors with a horsewhip ready in his hands, desperate to catch miscreants, but the problem was that there were now so many of them that he did not know which way to turn. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (p. 318). Pottermore Publishing. […]

Memories

HP, Harry Potter, Slughorn, Fifth Year “Professor Slughorn has meddled with his own recollections.”“But why would he do that?”“Because, I think, he is ashamed of what he remembers,” said Dumbledore. “He has tried to rework the memory to show himself in a better light, obliterating those parts which he does not wish me to see. […]