There was a delay in his return. She hates him for it, but the lines between love and hate were always blurred.

In which the ghosts are really sins that feed on your mind and slowly take your sanity.

Though he knew nothing would make up for the broken promises, he made the offer anyway. Companion to "The Ones Left Behind".

He wasn't supposed to be snooping. He did it anyway.

He had become a bit of an insomniac after the war, and the only thing that could help was so out of reach.

He should've noticed the knocking first, but Ichigo never really concerned himself with what was really important.

He loved the violin for many reasons, but he only fell in love with the instrument because Rangiku had loved it first.

Sweet like a kiss, sharp like a razor blade... letting go is a lot harder than it looks. (wip.)

...cracked against the wall, signifying the end of time. But then, wasn't it over before that?

"What would come, would come... and you would have to meet it, when it did." {J.K.R.} ...In which meeting the end of one of the worst chapters of your life, you find that you're truly alone for the very first time, and you're forced to accept that maybe you weren't the best choice for the future after all.

A Story of Love, Hate, Laughs, Tears, War, Peace, Betrayal, Hurt, Whiskey, Smiles, Sideways Glances, I Love Yous, and Magic. Pairings- RLSB:JPLEP:HPGW:RWHG:DMAG:RLNT:PPMM:TLVW: Regulus Black, The Black Sisters, Golden Trio, Marauders, Weasley- Potter Clan, and so much more. 35- It's not like his opinion matters, or anything.

They were the ones left to ask the questions that no one else dared to ask- Would they come back alive? They were the ones who slowly withered away when no one could come up with an answer. Companion piece: "Hated News".

How do you get over being left behind and betrayed by the Captain you had trusted and cared for so deeply? How do you break free of your new reputation of being a traitor squad? How do get the others to trust you again? How are you supposed to handle being in the Captain's place?

Hisana never catches a break...neither does Rukia...neither does Byakuya...so they ask when.

He never had any hope of defeating her, The Third Espada, when he was only Fifth. "A monster like you is not worthy of my blade more than once."

They lost count of how many nights they sat there, giving a false comfort that would only ever last until the morning. It would never last until dawn, because dawn doesn't exist in a world of painful betrayal coated with endless lies.

It took a very long while.

They're both still mad, but they can sort-of make up.

They rise, fighting for all they hold dear, after all- it's coming.

Of course, it was too good to be true- too good to last forever, but it was fun and wonderful and fantastic and amazing and horrific and hurtful and just about every other emotion all at once, but most of the time, they were positive.