Episodic Tangents: Five Years Gone

When Matt woke up, it was with a jumble of voices close to him. He half-expected the room to be crowded with people, there was so much noise. And it was all so close, like thousands of people were clamoring to whisper in his ear. But the hospital room he found himself in was bare, save a man reading a newspaper and a girl kneeling on the floor, drawing pictures.

Episodic Tangents: Landslide

It’s 8:20 AM on the West Coast, welcome to Your Morning Now. This morning we’ll be talking to a fashion maven who’ll show you how to turn those tired old accessories into…

Officer Matt Parkman of the LAPD is just getting his first call of the morning. A nude jogger on the promenade. Great. It’s better than coffee, being a cop in this town. There must be some sort of magnetic field that attracts weirdos to the West Coast. Tectonic plate shifting or something.

Well, fine, he’s on his way. But he’ll be damned if he speeds there. Because today is gorgeous and perfect, and he is in just the right mood to drive by his favorite landscape. Which is, as chance would have it, just a block away from his destination.

Episodic Tangents: Collision

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The first time, it actually was a collision.

Episodic Tangents: Six Months Ago

I. “A Trip to the Library” (She Loves Me)

Six months ago, Matt Parkman had never read a book.

Episodic Tangents: Four Months Ago

adult content warning!

Four months ago, Matt Parkman fell in love.

His love was powerful and all-consuming. The sort of love that men throw away their lives and livelihoods for. A love larger than the sky and deeper than a thousand oceans.

Matt Parkman fell in love with words.

Episodic Tangents: Four Months Later

I. Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Aunt Sponge, and Aunt Spiker

So. Six months ago, a police officer named Matt Parkman met a librarian named Mohinder Suresh.

They fell in love. That part of the story is normal.