PeachesofTeal

Through Me

You're crying.

Crying.

Standing in the kitchen with a broken bag of flour at your feet and a spilled cup of milk dripping over the edge of the counter, a mixing bowl askew, eggs cracked across your toes.

The house is chaos.

Orion and Phoenix are at your feet, bickering, while Pyx is crawling around, slapping her palms in the mess on the floor.

No one notices him in the doorway. Only once he drops his bag do the kids turn, all immediately on their feet sp...

little halloween drabble (part two)

Simon doesn't know which kind to buy.

Why are there so many options? Who needs this many different kinds of candy?

He wasn't even going to do this at first, had no desire. He planned to turn his lights off and sit in the dark to wait for it to be over.

Now, he's agonizing in the candy aisle, all because he knows you and your tiger will be going door to door.

"Do you need help?" A teenager, gangly and awkward, wearing the store's uniform blinks at ...

little halloween drabble

Simon’s doorbell is ringing.

It’s odd, because he rarely gets visitors. He’s holed up in this three bedroom townhouse that he bought last summer on a quiet residential street, and only John knows where it is.

So when his doorbell rings, his instincts stir, and he approaches the front door carefully, gun tucked in the waistband of his pants at his back.

Nothing through the peep hole, and his frown deepens when the bell rings again.

What the?

He doe...

Bump

Simon never considers himself overly excited. He maintains a steady rhythm in life, balanced and controlled, even keeled. He's a captain, in every sense of the word.

But he would be lying if he said he didn't feel a little bit out of control right now, wading through the farmers market, eyes peeled for your tent.

It's been over a month since he's seen you.

And nowadays, a month is too long.

He spots you easily. Among the crowd, you're a diamond in c...

Family Tree - sneak peek

First chunk of this story (Simon retires to sea)

The storm brings Simon to town.

He arrives on its heels, blown in by the gale like a gull, clothes already salted from the ever present seawater that seems to lash at every surface.

It’s sleepy. Small. Clapboard houses stacked on switchbacks with long windows all looking downward at the docks, siding peeled under the pressure of sun and storm, bleached white to the bone.

Simon gets his own. Looked at the pier�...

Updates, new blog, and future plans

Hi!

I hope everyone is having a great fall so far! I'm really enjoying the cooler weather and it's giving me all kinds of ideas for fics (fall weather always does it to me.) I've been working on some rough one shots in the last two weeks, a little bit of Ava and John, Melos, plus the next part of Simple Math, all little pieces at a time. Unfortunately I don't know what the future holds for Ava and John, whether they'll become a fully fleshed out story or not, but I am enjoying picking ...

John + Ava (tbd)

Her hand feels heavier.

Which is strange, because why would that be?

There’s sunlight streaming in through the window across the bed, across her face, and she flings her arm over her eyes, trying to block it out, ward off the hangover migraine that she can already feel coming.

Jesus Christ, what the hell happened last ni-

“Oh my god.” She shoots straight up in bed, sheets pooling around her waist. The sudden movement has the room spinning, and her hand, ...

Simple Math - part twenty two

This part was originally Simon POV but I missed Bun so I switched it up. Mostly edited.

“But we have to be very quiet.”

Penny nods studiously, little hand in yours, toddling along at your hip towards the couch. Even in the short time you’ve been away she’s grown, physically and mentally, more words added to her repertoire than you thought possible.

Your palm slides over your belly. Kids grow so fast.

“Baby?” You help her onto the couc...

LRPD - one shot sneak peek- "fear"

LRPD's chronological story is over but there are still one shots in the works.

Content warning: violence

His day starts like it always has for the last four years. He drops Riley off at school, manages to get a kiss from you in the hall before rounds, slogs through some charts, follows up on whatever happened overnight.

Perfectly normal.

“Hi.” You smile sweetly in the elevator, and he has to resist the urge to slam the emergency button and stop ...

Simple Math - Part twenty two - sneak peek

“But we have to be very quiet.”

Penny nods studiously, little hand in yours, toddling along at your hip towards the couch. Even in the short time you’ve been away she’s grown, physically and mentally, more words added to her repertoire than you thought possible.

You palm slides over your belly. Kids grow so fast.

“Baby?” You help her onto the couch and then plop down beside her. She was up before the sun this morning, and somehow managed to slink into yo...

LRPD - part nineteen - final chapter

*mostly edited - explicit sexual content

“What the fuck?”

Frost covered blades of grass crunch under your boots as you stare past the fence into the pasture, food bin and scoop falling to the ground. All the horses are lined up respectively in front of their buckets, except one.

Bolt.

Foreboding gathers a knot in your stomach as you slip through the gate, ignoring the Mable’s indignant huff. He’s not moving, still as a stone on his side, and you know b...

Like Real People Do

I am kind of but not really sad to say that this next part of LRPD is the end. I love Daisy, and Simon, and Riley so much, and writing them has honestly been one of my favorite fics. I love all my stories but something about them being more fleshed out and more original really got me. It makes me think I could actually take one of these half assed started books and actually do it.

I want to move on to other things (like finishing Melos and SM, possibly writing for Ava and Olivia) and I ...

LRPD - (third) sneak peek - part 19

sorry all I have been slacking but in my defense I've had a bit of a cold and a fair amount of overtime but I'm slowly getting it together. Anyway, have another little sneak peek.

“Daisy!” He barks over the heads of dayshift, charging down the hallway at break neck speed. “We’ve got one landing, let’s go.” Key’s eyes are as wide as saucers, and you shoot her a pleading look, even though you know she’s irritated with you because he’s been on a tear. She shakes h...

LRPD - part nineteen - sneak peek

this chapter is really spiraling out of control (over 4k words at this point) so here's another little peek.

“Relax, Daisy. Just relax.” His lips brush the shell of your ear, and then your cheek, your jaw, each kiss sweeter and sweeter, tender to the bone. His chest expands with slow, steady, deep breaths, and yours follow, syncing together naturally, seamlessly. “That’s good baby, that’s perfect.”

“What are you doing?” You snap, twisting, but it’...

LRPD - part nineteen sneak peek

*animal death

“What the fuck?”

Frost covered blades of grass crunch under your boots as you stare past the fence into the pasture, food bin and scoop falling to the ground. All the horses are lined up respectively in front of their buckets, except one.

Bolt.

Foreboding gathers a knot in your stomach as you slip through the gate, ignoring the Mable’s indignant huff. He’s not moving, still as a stone on his side, and you know before y...

LRPD - part eighteen

fully edited
*sexual content

“Riley wait!”

Your voice cracks as the dust kicks up at her back, and he settles his hand between your shoulder blades, thumb working circles just under the edge of your scapula.

“Let her go.” She’s shrieking with laughter, cowboy boots tipping toe to toe through the crowd, another little girl hot on her heels, both of them bee-lining to a… cow.

American rodeo is bloody weird.

You lean into him....

LRPD sneak peek

I've had a brutal week this week and I'm slacking a bit but here's a preview of the next LRPD:

“Riley wait!”

Your voice cracks as the dust kicks up at her back, and he settles his hand between your shoulder blades, thumb stroking circles just under the edge of your scapula.

“Let her go.” She’s shrieking with laughter, cowboy boots tipping toe to toe through the crowd, another little girl hot on her heels, both of them bee-lining to a… cow.

Americ...

LRPD - part 17

*sexual content.

Simon Riley has officially ruined you.

That’s the only way to explain what’s happening.

Your husband has burrowed beneath your skin and settled there, moved in and took over like it was so easy, like you didn’t put up a fight.

It’s infuriating.

*sexual content.

*sexual content.

Simon Riley has officially ruined you.

That’s the only way to explain what’s happenin...

LRPD - sneak peek

“So what’s the problem?” Ava holds her hands up, tips her head back with dramatic, hushed wail. “This hot rich doctor wants to take care of me, oh my god it’s awful.”

“Ava, shut up.” Liv gives you a sympathetic smile.

“I get it. It’s a lot out of nowhere.”

“No, Liv. What’s a lot out of nowhere is you getting it Eiffel towered in the middle of the-”

“Ava!” You hiss, and she cackles.

“You guys are so boring. You’ve got a man who,...

Like Real People Do - part sixteen

“I…” you cast a doubtful look over your shoulder, fingers clinging to the edge of the door like you’re caught in a head wind and holding on for dear life. Riley laughs from living room, at what he doesn’t know, but it lightens those lines of stress marring your beautiful face. You swallow. Take a deep breath. “Okay.”

“Okay.” He says gently, steps inside as you gesture, soft click of the door closing behind him. The tension in your spine is so strong he ca...

Like Real People Do - sneak peek of part 16

unedited

“I…” you cast a doubtful look over your shoulder, fingers clinging to the edge of the door like you’re caught in a head wind and holding on for dear life. Riley laughs from living room, at what he doesn’t know, but it lightens those lines of stress marring your beautiful face. You swallow. Take a deep breath. “Okay.”

“Okay.” He says gently, steps inside as you gesture, soft click of the door closing behind him. The tension...

Like Real People Do - part fifteen

“Just delivered, bed three.” The tech yells down the hall, and Simon takes the turn so sharp he nearly crashes into you, while trying to move in the same direction. Your hands are full, blankets, tiny oxygen mask, vial of Pitocin.

“Shit. Sorry.” You blurt, catching your balance as you glance up.

He freezes. The things he’s thought about asking you are all mixing together and he can’t sort one from another.

Hi Daisy, how are...