In which Deryn and Alek find their love for each other and Newkirk finds his love in a bottle.
Alek brought it up a few days into the summer, "we should go on a vacation, maybe get back together with some of the old crew, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to send a few letters around and arrange some train tickets"
Deryn heartily agreed, after all, what could go wrong?
ithout warning, a loud bang erupted somewhere in the coach, piercing through the noise of the usually busy dining car behind them.
“Down!” Deryn yelled out of instinct as she threw herself to the floor of their cabin, dragging Alek along with her. The
Because I Was Feeling Puckish by MidshipmanK, literature
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Because I Was Feeling Puckish
December 23, 1914 (Three days post-Goliath)
Deryn stood in the doorway of their new apartment in London. It was just a few blocks from the London Zoo, ideal for the Zoological Society's new agents. Alek watched her as she read yet another note left by Dr. Barlow. The open door brought a breeze to ruffle her blonde hair, and for a moment he imagined her topside.
"Could you come here for a squick?" she asked without raising her eyes from the paper.
He doubted she wanted the note clarified—it had been quite precise—but he crossed the room anyway, standing close, but not too close, to her, wary of the open door. Glancing out, he thought he s