A Little Movie Magic

Matt does see the invitation on his way out, but he doesn’t read it. He has no way of knowing, no warning. No idea that after tonight nothing will be the same.

Lap of Luxury, Prelude

It was almost a year to the day since Matt came to live with them. Just like last year, snow dusted the sidewalks and the Fifth Avenue windows were frosted on the outside and animated on the inside. But unlike last year, Molly was well again, and she was walking down the street with her adopted dads, enjoying her first Christmas-in-New-York. Molly had never seen a whole city get together and put up a fantasy like this. She was in little-girl heaven, and Matt and Mohinder sort of feared her head might explode.

Lap of Luxury, Part 1

Chapter 1: Ready to Have Some Fun

Say what you will about a company whose founder converts office waste to gold for capital: the benefits are good. And the end-of-year bonus is even better. So Mohinder even told the babysitter it’d be extra for that night, and told Molly to be a good girl, and he went down to the precinct to wait for Matt.

Lap of Luxury, Part 2

II. Room Service

“Vichyssoise.”

Matt laughed his fool head off.

Lap of Luxury, Part 3

Part III: Change of Pace

Matt loved hot water. He thought there was no more magnificent substance in the world. Not only did it make coffee for breakfast, soup for dinner, and instant noodles for lunch; not only was it about the only thing he could cook without burning it; not only did it wake you up and get you clean in the morning; but it fundamentally changed the whole room wherever it was. It sat so still in the tub after rushing out for so long in such a tumble, and it frosted up the mirrors and made the whole place smell different. It was magical stuff.

Lap of Luxury, Part 4

IV: A Season of Miracles

Matt stepped into a world of darkness.

The bathroom light illuminated only a bare stretch of hallway and no further. A wall wrapped around the bedroom, keeping the light from penetrating any further. So when Matt reached the end of that wall and felt his way around the bend, he could see a slit of orange along the floor where the heavy curtains that concealed the windows fell, but there was no other light there to greet him. He fumbled for the switch.

Thirty First Kisses, #1 – Look Over Here

set after 2×04 (The Kindness of Strangers)

“What are you doing?”

It was an accusation, not just a question, when Matt asked it; but the figure in the chair didn’t move or turn to face him.

“I’m resting,” the scientist responded in a tone drained of all inflection.

“Well. Don’t let me disturb you. I’m just going to go over here and work on how we’re going to rescue our kid.” Matt was pissy. But Mohinder wasn’t biting.

After a few seconds of stony silence, Matt said, “You know, I can’t believe you. How can you be resting? I’ve been on my feet all day trying to get everything we need to go to Philadelphia and find this guy, and I get home and you’re resting?”

Thirty First Kisses, #2 – news/letter

set before 2×04 (The Kindness of Strangers)

“It’s not mine.”

Those were the words Matt greeted Mohinder with as he came home.

“Sorry,” Mohinder said, opening the fridge. He was famished. “What’s not yours?”

“The baby.”

Thirty First Kisses, #3 – jolt!

There was a big shag rug in front of the TV. Molly liked the feel of it, said it was like sitting in a field of grass. And Mohinder liked it too, though he only plunked down on it when he thought nobody was looking. Other times, he sat on the couch like a civilized person.

Thirty First Kisses, #4 – The Distance Between Us, and Her

set between 2×03 (Kindred) and 2×04 (The Kindness of Strangers)

The screaming was worse than usual that night. “He’s scared,” she said as Matt patted down her sweaty brow and Mohinder put a glass of water into her shaking hands. “Someone’s after him and he’s scared. And when he’s scared, he’s scarier–”