Rating: PG
Word Count: 99
Summary: To his horror, Milos's new class list has come through—which gives Alex an even greater variety of ways to insult him.

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Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Light drizzle has a different effect on each man.

( Light drizzle pattered over Milos’s skin. To his right, Alex grimaced. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Alex is obsessive about keeping his files in order, but there's one he's willing to let slide.

( Two office moves and the file was still in Milos’s drawer, not in the cabinet. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,246
Summary: Milos receives some bad news, but also receives a reprieve from an unexpected source.

( There was always an eerie feeling about the office when Alex was out of it. Like something was missing. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,519
Summary: The knight comes to rescue the princess from her tower prison, but frankly he's not just got the wrong end of the stick, he's got the wrong stick altogether.

( The grappling hook clattered its way through the window and scraped back across the floor until it caught on the ledge. Sir Alba, both hands resting on his hips, stared up along the length of knotted rope that led to the lone window at the top of the tower and smirked. This was going even better than expected. All he needed now was to scale the stonework, rescue the princess and he’d be the richest man in the kingdom. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,678
Summary: There are explanations Milos can believe, and then there's the downright ridiculous. Alex supplies the latter, then drags him off to talk to the servants he has suspicions about: a plan that rapidly goes awry...

( For the second time in as many days, Milos woke to find himself alone in bed. This time, however, he discovered to his horror that he wasn’t alone in the room. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,461
Summary: Alex takes Milos to the shopping district, but when the journey home becomes dangerous a face from the past comes to their rescue.

( Instead of leading him back to their lodgings, Alex angled to the right as they left the castle grounds, directly into the most crowded part of the city. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,403
Summary: Alex is almost growing attached to his new pet; his new pet has his own way of trying to break free.

( "I’ll be sad when you die," Alex said, apropos of nothing, without looking up from his book. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 775
Summary: Milos receives a summons that he suspects is revenge for Alex's earlier ...amusement.
Notes: Inspired by a prompt by hi_falootin: What If? ("What if your character(s) had to perform a song in front of an audience?")

( "But I can’t sing!" Milos stared in horror at the woman framed by the doorway, who leaned against the jamb with her arms folded. )

Rating: PG
Word Count: 774
Summary: Alex puts Josh's advice into action for the first time.

( "How you survived the last two years I have no idea," Josh said as he watched Alex pick up the books and balance his pad on the top, "but I’m legally obliged to keep you alive for the next four, so remember that sometimes the best assessments are done up close and personal, and for God’s sake pay attention to your surroundings." )