"You Are The Reason"

Damn it, he was here, waiting for her.

As the sun set, he braced his elbows on the steering wheel and rested his head in

his hands. That was just what he was doing, he admitted. Waiting for her. And he

wasn't waiting to have a rational conversation, as he'd tried to convince himself

he was over the past weeks.

He was waiting to beg, to promise, to fight, to do whatever it took to put things

right again. To put Morgana back in his life again.

He closed his hand over the stones he still wore around his neck and wondered if

he could will her back.

Captivated

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The sight of her stole his breath. He'd driven through the night, through the morning, 

all the while trying to image how he would feel when he saw her again. 

For once his imagination had fallen far short.

The Perfect Neighbor

Things Not to do When Your Toddler is Having a Tantrum

As she climbed out to open her trunk, she heard the whine of a cranky toddler and the frustrated muttering of weary parents.

"If you don't stop that right this minute, you won't get anything at all. I mean it, Timothy. We've had just about enough. Now get moving."

The child's response to that command was to go limp, sliding in a boneless heap onto the parking lot as his mother tugged uselessly at his watery arms. Ana bit her lip as it curved, but it was obvious the young parents didn't see the humor of it. Their arms were full of packages, and their faces were thunderous.

Timothy, Ana thought, was about to get a tanning-though it was unlikely to make him more cooperative. Daddy shoved his bags at Mommy and, mouth grim, bent down.

Charmed

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Speech Blubs

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“Personally, I like being able to do minor repairs myself.” 

She caught the smirk, narrowed her eyes. 

“I can and do make minor repairs. Do you think I call you or your brothers over every time something needs a hammer or screwdriver? I have my own tools.”

“Are they those pretty ones with flower handles?”

Now she drilled a hand into his stomach. “They are not.”

The Perfect Hope

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One Batter, Four Muffins

There on her counter, sitting on one of her pretty china cake plates, was a big golden muffin, glistening with sugar. One of her glass bowls sat upside down over it like a dome.

Slowly, carefully, she lifted the bowl. Leaned down, took a little sniff.

Blueberry. He’d found the blueberries she’d bought the other day and used them in the muffin. Though given its perfect proportions it seemed almost sacrilegious, she broke off part of the top, sampled it.

It tasted every bit as perfect as it looked.

He’d baked her a muffin. From scratch.

The Collector

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“The muffin, Luke.”

“The meaning of the muffin?” God, she smelled good, and he 

realized the scent of her mixed with the yeasty smell of bread 

would fuse together in his head. 

“Its meaning, in fact entire purpose, is: Eat me. Did you?”

The Collector