Against All Odds: Part 26 - Recovery…
**_Part 26 - Recovery..._** _(Alexei)_ The half-hour journey that brought Alexei to the old docks that afternoon lasted thirty minutes too long for his liking, such was his urgency to seek Nathan and his captors out. Raindrops collected upon his...
Fear and Desire - Part 5: In Good Times and Bad
_ **Fear and Desire** _ _ **Part 5: In Good Times and Bad** _ The head of the hooded pursuer jolted back violently, Sam's swift fist taking them completely by surprise as it crashed hard up into their snout. Off-balance, the fox followed up by...
Against All Odds: Part 33 - Reverie
**_Part 33 - Reverie_** _(Alexei)_ "We're almost there!" Alexei boomed out a laugh, eyes fixed upon the little husky straddling his muzzle. "Can you see anyone yet?" He kept his form gentle, wary of dislodging Nathan during the swim across the...
Against All Odds: Part 38 - Release
**_Part 38 - Release_** _(Nathan)_ ** ** The black window that replaced Alexei's image sat imposingly in the centre of Nathan's screen, mirroring the emptiness left deep inside of him. He sat unmoving in his chair, reeling from the force of the...
Against All Odds: Part 28 - Retribution
**_Part 28 - Retribution_** _(Nathan)_ "Yes, I spoke with your friend earlier," the female dispatch officer confirmed over the phone, responding to Nathan's panicked summary of the situation and its unwelcomed escalation. "He told me of your...
Against All Odds: Part 39 - The Extrication of Alexei Korolev
**_Part 39 - The Extrication of Alexei Korolev_** _(Alexei)_ Cooking, cleaning and another stint of gardening: they all kept Alexei busy around the house the day after his difficult discussion with Nate. A decent night's sleep helped to ease his...
Fear and Desire - Part 2: Now or Never
Part two of my story 'Fear and Desire'. Once again, it is marked clean, but contains strong language in places. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ **Fear and...
Against All Odds: Part 36 - Lifeline
**_Part 36 - Lifeline_** _(Nathan)_ "Yet another day of _this_," Nathan moaned, glaring hatefully at the ever-increasing list of unread emails. "I'm so over it now." He flopped back in his office chair, rapidly losing focus on the work task at...
The Substitute (AaO Universe)
_ **The Substitute** _ Y'know, I'd spent so much of the past year or so trying to prepare myself for university. Sure, two years of finishing school might've given me a taste for what classes and studying might be like, but not everything else that...
Against All Odds: Part 37 - Currents
**_Part 37 - Currents_** _(Alexei)_ Tiredness, mental as much as physical, took ahold of Alexei long before those final few paces towards home. He followed his grandfather up the front path, the surrounding plants and shrubbery far neater since...
Against All Odds: Part 40 - True Colours
**_Part 40 - True Colours_** _(Nathan)_ Nathan settled his head upon the sofa cushion, pulling his blanket up over himself just like he had done countless times already that weekend. Television images flashed non-descript in the hazy periphery of...
Against All Odds: Part 41 - Final Steps
**_Part 41 - Final Steps_** _(Alexei)_ _ _ Afflicted by a near-unscalable mountain of paperwork along with interview after long, tedious interview, it took until long after the first leaves of autumn had fallen for Alexei's departure day to finally...