It was all just fun and games but when night eases in, that's when thoughts stir, when pulse races. Set in the same day as "Hex Club 7", Alex wonders what her true unfinished business is and whether or not she has enough paper to write to the big man upstairs. Hal, on the other hand, is plagued by his thirst for blood. And the truth was, maybe they needed a break.

'She didn't look frightened or even surprised. Just disappointed. She told me not to blame myself.' An exploration of Sylvie's thoughts and feelings as she realises that her lover has reverted back to his most vicious ways. One-shot. Hal/Sylvie. Please R&R. xo

Ficlet inspired, in a sense, by the "marking time" scene in the kitchen in "The Greater Good" (series 5 episode 4). Do people ever really look beyond the mask?