for musebysentence: sick

'Sick' is the best term he can come up with for what's happening to him, right now; he can't run to Mohinder, so he runs to her, instead.

for theatrical_muse: passing

( Cut for possible spoilers / speculation / rumors for fourth season. )

Muse: Gabriel Gray (Sylar)
Fandom: Heroes
Word Count: 552
Notes: The use of Matt is not directed at any particular muse. Based loosely on something said at the Comic Con Heroes panel, and posted here whether or not I make it into TM because I liked it.

for inthe_kitchen: crunchy peanut butter

Two years, he's been out of his mother's house and yet she still calls him every Sunday. Not surprising, given it's the only day of the week he doesn't open the shop -- and on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made -- and she calls him under pretenses of church and brunch. He goes, he always goes, because in two years, he still hasn't quite figured out how to tell his mother no, and they have God and brunch as promised. And then, predictably, she sends him off to run her errands, because in more than two years, Virginia Gray hasn't left her home for anything short of the Lord himself.

He can't say it surprises him, but he can't help but sigh when she coaxes him into going to the grocery store for her, either.

Happy that she can still use her son, Virginia forces a list and some money -- his money that he's been sending to her, most likely -- into his hands, all but patting him on the head as he moves out. He goes, picking out the brands he's sure she likes, and comes back in record time, struggling up the stairs with an arm-full of bags that she doesn't bother to help with. He ignores it, though; his mother's always been like this. Just like he ignores her when she starts going through the bags as he sets them down, making faces at some of the things he's picked out, and muttering about how he's such a smart boy and that he shouldn't have bought certain things things if they weren't on sale.

He sighs, holding in a acerbic response as to how it's his money anyway, and moves to help her unpack the groceries. Milk, eggs, the crunchy peanut butter he picked up on a whim. Household products -- the latter of which his mother was very specific about, and when he couldn't find what she written down, he'd grabbed what he thought was the next best thing. He thought it would be okay; Virginia, on the other hand, doesn't seem to think so, and she fidgets with it for a moment as she finds it, before turning to face him.

( "Gabriel?" )

Muse: Gabriel Gray (Sylar)
Fandom: Heroes
Word Count: 865

for couples_therapy: discuss a scent that reminds you of your partner.

He keeps a candle in his apartment that he never lights. Not that he's ever been much of a candle person, the very idea of burning wick and wax too romantic for his tastes and a little pointless, when he can make his own light if the power goes, but this is a special case. He doesn't light it because he doesn't need it; he doesn't light it because the smell of it reminds him of Mohinder, and he needs it to remind him of better times.

His memory, while perfect, only counts for so much after all, and the scent of the candle -- patchouli and amber, or so the sticker on its side reminds him -- even unlit, does wonders for washing away the last memory he has of Mohinder's scent. Memories of fire and ash, as he put him to rest years ago, unable to find a way to save him. To keep him. A candle is all he has to hold onto, and he's half afraid that if he burns it, if he lets it slip away to time and fire, he'll never be able to find it again.

Even with all his power and Mohinder's faith's belief in reincarnation, he hasn't been able to find the Indian again, after all.


Muse: Gabriel Gray (Sylar)
Fandom: Heroes
Word Count: 215