Midnight Shift

Chapter Fifty-two, Drowning

Posted by DiF on Saturday, June 16, 2018

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Fifty-two, Drowning
Rating: PG-13 [language, alcohol, sadness]

Summary: Summer and Cameron continue being friends... until Jimmy shows up and turns everything on its head

Clutching Cameron’s hand, Summer waded into Joni’s pool. Her eyes snapped to his and she stopped at the top step. She shook her head, biting her bottom lip. He squeezed her hand reassuringly, taking another step into the water.

“Summer, we have been talking about this for weeks,” he stated ...

Chapter Fifty-one, California Nights

Posted by DiF on Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Fifty-one, California Nights
Rating: PG-13 [language, drugs, sadness]

Summary: Jimmy tries to figure out what to do now that he's in California. Summer and Cameron spend time being normal teenagers. But will it last?

Years. It felt like it had been years since he saw a Californian sunset. There was something magical about watching the golden orb kiss the dark waters. He could sit there for hours, sipping Jack and watching the waves lap at the sandy beach not far fr...

Chapter Fifty, Blue Skies

Posted by DiF on Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Fifty, Blue Skies
Rating: PG-13 [language, drugs, sadness]

Summary: A few people close to Summer rally to support her. Jimmy tries to help dig Robert out of his deepening depression...

A week ago, sitting in Joni’s living room, waiting for Bob Dylan to arrive, would have been a weird thought. It was surreal to even him and by then Cameron had already spent some rather crazy days and nights with infamous people. They all seemed to treat him as normal now, but he s...

Chapter Forty-nine, Baby Doll

Posted by DiF on Thursday, February 28, 2013

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Forty-nine, Baby Doll
Rating: PG [sadness]

Summary: Summer is in a depressed haze in California while Jimmy visits Robert on his last day at the Jersey hospital.

It was all a blur. How she got from the airport, where Quincy had accosted her, to the passenger seat in Cameron’s car, Summer was completely unsure. Perhaps one day Cameron would explain it to her, or she would remember. It did not really matter. Her darkness once more eclipsed every ray of sun in the s...
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Chapter Forty-eight, Scattered Tears

Posted by DiF on Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Forty-eight, Scattered Tears
Rating: PG-13 [language, drinking]

Summary: Summer learns of the stillborn baby. Jimmy struggles with handling such an emotional time, even when Jonesy and Bonzo show up to help. Summer returns to California...

In hindsight, it probably had not been a good idea to call one girlfriend when worrying about the other and asking for advice. Yet Jimmy usually followed instincts and that had meant the phone call to Charlotte. She had not hu...
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Chapter Forty-seven, Crimson

Posted by DiF on Monday, April 23, 2012

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Forty-seven, Crimson
Rating: NC-17 [language,sex]

Summary: Robert is transferred to Jersey to evade British tax laws, so Jimmy, Summer, and Robert's children follow. Summer visits Robert, but he's too drugged up to notice her presence. Eventually she does speak with him during a lucid moment (see the ficlet), which ultimately leads to...

Waking suddenly with pain shooting through her abdomen, Summer struggled to get out of bed without disturbing the two young chi...
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Chapter Forty-six, An Accident

Posted by DiF on Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Forty-six, An Accident
Rating: NC-17 [language,sex]

Summary: Jimmy returns to Summer, only to have tragedy befall. At the hospital in Rhodes, Summer bonds with Robert's children. Everyone flies back to London.

Entering the Greek house, Jimmy paused to slip off his shoes. He listened to the sounds of the house, trying to ascertain Summer’s location. Not hearing anything that could be her, he decided she must be out at the pool. Smiling to himself, he headed t...
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Chapter Forty-five, Rhodes in Greece

Posted by DiF on Saturday, November 19, 2011

Title: Midnight Shift: Chapter Forty-five, Rhodes in Greece
Rating: PG-13 [drinking, language, mentions of sex]

Summary: Summer makes a matronly friend. Robert has settled with his family, enough to vacation with them in Greece too. Jimmy realizes he really shouldn't be leaving Summer alone...

Waking up with one hand on her swollen breast and the other on her rounded belly, Summer smiled and stretched carefully. She had been fairly lucky in adapting to the time zone change, as the baby growi...
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