like pie...

J and I ended things like this:

"After 5 months, I think we'd know if this was going somewhere."
"Me, too. But I like being friends with you."
"Me, too."
"Dinner and a movie tonight?"
"Sure."

It was literally that easy. Now I'm getting ready to go meet him to see Michael Clayton at 4:30pm followed by dinner.

Sally, on the other hand, isn't having as easy a day. The stray grey cat came back this morning as she sat at my screen door and, again, Sally went nuts. She doesn't just hiss or grow - she screeches. It's a terrifying noise. The only time she's anything other than gentle and sweet is when this cat is around so she's lost screen door privelages for the rest of the fall. It's in the best interest of both of our sanity.

It's been a productive weekend with cleaning and fic and the gym and, last night, I watched Apollo 13 for the 439579345734th time. I also bought this console for my living room. Still owning two homes, I've been careful about how much I spend furnishing and decorating my house in Michigan but that empty wall is driving me crazy and I had to do something about it. The console is exactly what I was looking for. I love the slanted shelf and already have the perfect books picked out.

Following my fic binge, here are a few instant recs:

• SPN: 20 Hours in America by musesfool An hour at a time, for each hour Dean has left. Oh, this story. It’s tender and utterly heartbreaking but in the kind of way that still leaves you glad you read it. Sam/Dean
  
  
• SPN: The Last Room by sevenfists Starting at the end of AHBL1 and leading into the beginning of part 2, this story is heartbreaking and stunning and all about love. Sam/Dean
  
  
• SGA: Straight as a Circle by toomuchplor Summary: John Sheppard wakes up straight. No really. Says toomuchplor, “One day, about two months ago, I thought, ‘John Sheppard is *so gay* that he couldn't be in a 'woke up gay' story. He'd have to wake up straight instead.’ And that is what happened here.” If the premise alone doesn’t draw you in, hopefully my promise that this story is funny, heartbreaking, tender, and sweet will do the trick. McKay/Sheppard
  
  
• SGA: Prison Break by liketheriverrun But when he was shoved through the door by the two men, lost his footing and went down, John almost started to laugh. Because obviously McKay was off his rocker seeing as he wasn’t standing in Atlantis or on some space station in another galaxy. No, he was lying in the sand while a boot kicked him in the ribs… again. Written for sga_flashfic’s Criminal challenge, this story is both a unique character study of each of the team members and also a tale about teammates and family. Gen
  
  
• HP: Light Between The Cracks by bohemianspirit To the end, he had to pretend he hadn’t changed a bit. The best of him, Severus resolved, never would be Dumbledore’s to reveal. What can I possibly say about this fic? It’s Severus’ story, from pre-Hogwarts on, and this is the life I never knew I wished for him. It’s canon compliant but it’s a life that’s so much more - full of more loss and pain but also full of more joy and hope. Written for snape_after_dh. Snape/OFC
  
  
• HP: Life in Kind by sansa1970 Summary: Harry believes Snape deserves to be immortalised. As usual, he rushes in where angels fear to tread. Set one year post DH, Harry is as reckless and determimed as ever and he’s playing Master Painter when, perhaps, he shouldn’t. Harry/Snape