After Bobby’s death, Buck thought the 118 would come together to help each other heal as a family. Instead, everyone went their own way, preferring to sort out their grief with their family outside the firehouse. It highlights the harsh reality that Buck has nothing that isn’t connected to the 118. Until a car accident reveals he wasn’t actually alone in the car; he’s got an unexpected passenger.
Hermione checks on her project and meets someone new.
Reading Time: 9 Minutes Elizabeth Weir’s office door slid open with no warning. There was an almost unanimous collective weary inhale of breath from the tired group of people around the conference table. Unexpected interruptions to the Senior Management Meetings were not unexpected in this hell hole of a universe.…
Desmond Miles went from dead, but not so dead in a gray immaterial space, to dead, if not so dead in a white immaterial space. He had no idea what was going on, but from the little he’d seen, it would be interesting.
Buck was happy living in denial of his feelings for his best friend. But everything turned on its head when his adoptive father, Draco Malfoy, turned up on his doorstep with a three-year-old version of his dad, Harry Potter, in his arms. With instructions to look after Harry Potter, while Draco goes and solves who did it, and how to reverse it. Now Buck has a three-year-old, going 40ish, to look after, who’s about to turn Buck’s entirely mundane life on its magical head.
The only FireFam member on the ladder truck during the explosion is Buck. Eddie has joined Hen on the RA unit, and Chimney took the Captain’s truck in Bobby’s absence. The question is why?
Dr. John Watson arrived on the Wayne family doorstep almost two hours early with an over-large suitcase, bags under his eyes, and a sleepy child on his shoulder. The Waynes already knew about the undercover detective on his phone and the political grandmaster stalking the cameras, but they didn’t realize the biggest threat to their sanity was the Watsons themselves.
“I have assigned you a short-term post, Lt. Commander McGarrett. A chance to recharge after the… excitement of your last mission. You’ll be part of the security detail for the SecNav’s home.” His eyes narrowed on the SEAL standing at perfect attention in front of him. “I trust you will represent the Teams well. Without the use of so many hand grenades this time.” He allowed the silence to hang heavily in the air before nodding sharply. “Dissmissed.”
Three years after failing to completely annihilate the Yong’an royal bloodline, Qi Rong discovers that his cousin let himself take the blame for the Gilded Banquet Massacre to save the remnants of Xianle. Being able to take Xie Lian prisoner seems like the ultimate stroke of luck; after all, no one cares about the fate of the cursed former god of misfortune. Except, of course, Xie Lian’s most devoted believer, who has never stopped searching for his god.
Lan Wangji is going to leave after witnessing Wei Ying do the impossible, after watching him bring Wen Ning back from death; he does leave. But then he overhears a group of rogue cultivators discussing how they plan to deliver the Yiling Patriarch’s head to Jin-zongzhu and he flies straight back to the Burial Mounds. This changes everything.
Reeling from his captain’s confession of being the one to block his return, Buck almost calls the lawyer who’d offered him his card. Instead, he takes a breath and turns to the union, giving the LAFD one last chance to stand by him. The resulting transfer ends up being the best choice he could have made for himself.
The expedition survives the year from hell in the Pegasus Galaxy, and they can finally communicate with Earth. Dr Radek Zelenka is the first to find out about the deliberate deception that taints the very existence of the expedition. That’s it, that’s his limit. He is given orders to confirm who betrayed them in Atlantis. Then he’s going back to Earth so he can bond with his Nexal partners. May the Trinity have mercy on anyone who gets in his way, because he won’t. Noah Stilinski is dealing with helpless grief for his dying wife, guilt for his traumatized little boy, the relentless underlying pain of an incomplete Nexal bond, and working full time as a Deputy Sheriff. He is dealing with it, only just but he’s dealing with it. Then he is kidnapped from his cruiser by a squad of heavily armed uncommunicative Marines and ends up in a Military base in a god damn mountain in Colorado. That’s it, that’s his limit. He’s going home to his wife and son and may the Trinity have mercy on anyone who gets in his way, because he won’t.
Tony DiNozzo always knew he was different. He just never imagined how different he really was. Now, confronted with the truth of his heritage and pursued by those who would use him for their own gain, he meets a woman whose only goal is to save his life–and in turn her own. Entering into a world totally foreign to him, Tony must learn to trust strangers, distant family members, and even his own eyes. You’d think that last bit would be easy, but it turns out that’s the hardest part of all.
After a work accident thrusts Hermione Granger into the past, she tries to find a way back to her time. But be able to return, and if by the time she finds a way, will she still want to? Having only ever read about World War Two and the Global Wizarding War, will she be able to survive during the upheaval happening around her? Join Hermione as she navigates 1930s London.
What do you do when your opponent holds all the cards? Switch the deck, of course.
You do what you have to for family. Tony DiNozzo has watched as his found family pushed him away. Anthony Paddington is about to watch as his unexpected family draws him in.
Cressida is aware that things are not going her way. The pressure she feels from her parents to make a good match is only outweighed by the pressure she feels from herself to get out of their home. Over the last two seasons it seems she has made misstep after misstep, despite her best efforts. She is determined that this season will be different, and that perhaps she has been going about this all wrong.
Still reeling from the Nogitsune and Allison's death, Stiles uncovers a long hidden mystery that the Sheriff would rather stay lost in the past.
Every Jedi deemed old enough and in safe circumstances was simultaneously given a vision by the Force. The Force itself was attempting to show that one was always called. For thousands of years, the duty of the one called had been clear, and the Guardian had fulfilled their purpose. As the influence of the dark grew, the Order ceased to understand the calling of the Guardian. Some Guardians stood their post for mere moments before falling away. As all the Jedi watched, the Force had none suitable left to call upon except a twelve-year-old child. And then the last Guardian fell. One lineage chose to see something else in the vision—a path to fix the mistakes that would lead to their downfall. Yoda may say the future is always in motion, but Yaddle chose to find her opportunity in the past.
After Bobby’s death, Buck thought the 118 would come together to help each other heal as a family. Instead, everyone went their own way, preferring to sort out their grief with their family outside the firehouse. It highlights the harsh reality that Buck has nothing that isn’t connected to the 118. Until a minor car accident reveals he wasn’t actually alone in the car; he’s got an unexpected passenger. The sudden reset in his priorities and the expansion of his family give him all the incentive he needs to step back, take an objective look at his relationships, and figure out what’s good for him, his kid, and where he should go next.
