babble horde

Rachel flattened herself against the wall as the dogs barrelled past her, leashes trailing in their wake. Catching her balance, she turned to see Dawn slumped against the doorjamb with a fresh graze on her forehead. "What happened to you?"

"Your monsters dragged me three blocks, including an entertaining detour where they took divergent paths around a tree, before I discovered they were chasing a freaking ice cream van."

"So, did you get them one?" Rachel grinned, picturing the dogs' excited ice cream dances.

"Of course," Dawn sighed. "But give a girl some warning next time. Trees aren't soft."


open_on_sunday — challenge #173: heat
Part of the London!verse and the Wolf&Declán!verse

Something woke Spike. Without opening his eyes, he listened. There were faint street noises, but nothing from the apartment. He mentally shrugged and snuggled back into bed.

"Stop it!" Followed by muffled thumping.

An urgent whisper from outside the bedroom woke Spike completely.

"I mean it. Get off me and get your tongue out of my mouth."

( Please, Sir, can I have some more... )


spikedawn — challenge #4: affectionate
Part of the London!verse
Levi's introduction can be seen in moonbeamsfanfic's Covetous

Sitting on the grass in the middle of the park with his eyes closed, Declán turned his face up to the sky as the rain fell in sheets. It was heavy enough to quickly soak through his guard hair and saturate his undercoat. Sometimes you were just so wet, you couldn't get any wetter and this was one of those times. Rather than shaking himself off, he stayed put and enjoyed the downpour as it beat a tattoo on the ground.

Five minutes later and the worst of the storm had passed. Declán stretched his limbs slowly and stood, bracing himself as he violently shook the water from his fur.

( Please, Sir, can I have some more... )


15minuteficlets — word #58: drenched
Part of the Meetings!verse and the Wolf&Declán!verse