Sleepless in Scotland

NOTE TO SELF: BUY YOUR MOTHER A BIRTHDAY PRESENT BEFORE TOMORROW EVENING! Or at least a card.

Random survey/meme, stolen off megolas: ( Allergies, immunities and traits. )

Those of you who live in the States and want to tell monkey-boy (sorry, katemonkey, that was an insult to monkeys everywhere, wasn't it?) George "I love pretzels" Bush what you think of the impending war, see here. And the rest of you, there will apparently be protests on 15 and 18 January, depending on where you live. teanna has further info, I believe.

And on another note, re: yesterday's ep of The Osbournes, I would just like to say that Jack = most adorable little brother in the world. Awwwwww! Dude, Jack, forget about Nathalie, come sit on my lap!

You know my main problem with Strange Love? It's set in small town America, and while I know small towns, I don't know America, let alone small towns in America, and I keep feeling intimidated because I feel like I'm going to fuck up. This is, of course, a tad ridiculous, because it's about the characters, not the plot, or even the setting, and the characters I do know, but still.

*kicks self in shin* Must gain confidence in own writerly abilities.

May or may not be writing something in my head. That, at least, is a Good Thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to belong to any of the bunnies I should be writing.

author: sofie k werkers | rating: nc17 for m/m smut | summary: nick faces the days after | status: new, finished | date: 9 april 2002 - 22 april 2002 | email: minerva@femgeeks.net | series/sequel: sequel to here and now and easy; third in the strange love series | webpage: http://www.independentsoul.net | claimer: sean, nick and jesse are all figments of my imagination; let me know when you use them, please? | warnings: mentions of abuse and violence | author's notes: this starts the morning after easy; nick's pov |

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After more than a year and a have of inactivity, I've drawn again. Just sketches, attempts at portraits of Sean and Nick. They suck, mostly because of my inability dro draw hair, but still. I've drawn. yay me.

OKay, so I just whiled away an hour putting together the package for Strange Love to send to Sibs. or trying to, at least. Here And Now and Easy have been reformatted for Word, and I've made some minor changes. Adding After won't be a problem. What is a problem is the freakin' synopsis, because I can't figure out what's supposed to be happening beyond the initial ... next two chapters? Argh!

So guess what I just finished?

Whee! After is done! Done! Wheee! *thwirls like Nick* Approximately 1,500 words, too. Good god.

Melle: *glares at Nick*
Nick: Okay, now what? I did exactly what you asked! See? Two scenes, all done.
Melle: U-huh. David is your halfbrother?
Nick: Er, yes?
Melle: And it didn't occur to you to tell me this before?
Nick: ... No? Why?
Melle: Gee, I dunno. Maybe because I've spent two months trying to work out David's reasons and motivation for what he did, and this little tidbit of information would've helped a lot?
Nick: *shrug*
Melle: Bitch. And pick a goddamn last name! All three of you!
Nick: Eh.
Sean: How about Carter? "Nick Carter" has a nice ring to it, I think.
Jesse: *giggle*
Melle: *glare of death* You're not funny.
Jesse: How about Ashira?
Melle: Oh no, you don't. This is my one non-fanfic universe that isn't somehow based on E&S, and I'm going to keep it that way!
Jesse: Um. Brother named David? Fucked-up family relationship? Sound familiar?
Melle: ... *realisation dawns* *groans* *rests head on arms*
Jesse: *snicker*
Melle: *muffled voice* I still refuse to call you Ashira. Tell my your last name, and it'd better be a normal one!
Nick: Okay, okay. It's Kelly.
Melle: Nick Kelly?
Nick: *shrug* Irish roots.
Melle: I see. Sean?
Sean: Raush.
Melle: Jesse?
Jesse: Teele.
Melle: Finally! You're all still bitches, btw. Now go chill out and make sure you're back here by the time I get off work.

Woo! This going outside and writing during my lunch break thig is really working. I wrote 500 words in less than an hour! Go me. And there is du sex, too!

Chris&Joey: *grin*
Melle: *pets them* Good boys.
Choey OTP-ness: *revives*
Melle: Eeek! *stabs the OTP*
Chris&Joey: Hey!
Melle: This is a Timbertrick&JoeC bunny, and it will stay a Timbertrick&JoeC bunny. I refuse to let you two take control of this story!
Chris&Joey: *pout*
Melle: Bitches! *throws up arms, yells at the sky* Why me?
Sky: ... Weh?
Melle: You're no help. *stomps out, slams door*
Chris&Joey: *continue to be domestically cute and sexy*
Melle's voice, through the door: I saw that!

[Strange Love room]

Melle: *storms in, walks up to Nick, smacks him*
Nick: Hey! What?
Melle: Why is it that when I want you to talk to me, you're silent as the grave, but the minute I start writing something else, you suddenly come out and talk to me? Bitch.
Nick: *sniffle*
Sean: *glares at Melle, hugs Nick*
Melle: You are both bitches! And you'd better save all that talk for when I'm done with the CAU.

Um. They just got a call from the adoption agency. They have a baby.

Eeee! Look! Sim!Nick and Sim!Sean are finally sleeping in the same bed!