She doesn't acknowledge him, but her green eyes stare into his, and he can tell that she doesn't recognise him, not at all, not even a fraction. There is no hint of doubt in her gaze, just the certainty that the man standing before her is nothing to her. It almost hurts him.

For the first time in a long time, things are looking up. [Companion piece to Schoolgirl Crush]

He doesn't have a good track record with Christmas.

There are some deductions he cannot make however, because he doesn't, and probably never will understand the human heart, beyond its ventricles and atria, and the continual thud thud, thud thud, that carries on from birth until death.

She won't trust anybody else with him.

Good people do not compromise. Not when it matters.

If surviving this monster requires becoming a monster, then he will certainly give into it.

Karma's caught up with him and now he's gone. Karma will, eventually, catch up with her one day too, and there's not much she can do in the meantime but use her time well and try to level the playing field.

He's never been as brave as little Leo Fitz. [Spoilers for 1x21]

He doesn't love her.

They had been so sure of themselves.

She will not cry over him. Not again. [Follow up to Schoolgirl Crush]

Apparently, he doesn't know what to say. First time for everything.

He wonders if she knew the full extent of what she was doing. Seprequel to Before the Dawn

You've got no idea what he's capable of.

Maybe, just maybe, this will go some way to easing the guilt that overcomes him every time he thinks of what happened.

Tonight has been a long time coming.

This is real life. Not the classroom. - Set after Promises -

'I've never done it before.' - Set after Wait for the Song to Stop -

He wonders if there's a hell. If there is, he's certainly going there.