“Planning to sleep with someone else’s boyfriend again tonight?” a sneering voice asked. Eden turned around. She was standing on the front step to the apartment building where her friend Becca lived. The muted sounds of loud techno music were thumping out from the raucous house party within, and bright disco lights flashed behind the curtains of the first three floors. It could only be assumed that their neighbours above had been plied with a suitable amount of gin and whiskey to keep them from complaining. “What do you want?” Eden asked contemptuously when she saw who it was that had spoken. She rested a hand on her hip and swept her long, dirty blonde hair back. Morgan was in her Comparative Literature class, and she hadn’t taken kindly at all to the way Eden had seduced her boyfriend at a party a few days before. But really, what as a hot guy like Dan doing going out with a mousey girl like Morgan when he could be sleeping with her instead? Morgan pointed a finger at her, her
Lost Control (AB/DL SCP) by PeculiarChangeling, literature
Literature
Lost Control (AB/DL SCP)
Set in the universe of 'Control' “This’d better be good,” Jessie snapped, already in work mode as she stepped out of her car. Emily paused, mouth half open as she looked at her direct superior. “You’re–” “In theory, I’m allowed a day off once in a while.” Jessie didn’t see the need to defend her wardrobe. No, she would never wear a flowy blue dress at work, but she wasn’t supposed to be at work. She was supposed to be getting dinner with… It didn’t matter. She had work to do. If she got this taken care of quickly enough, she might even be able to enjoy a couple hours off before getting back to it tomorrow. “Talk to me,” Jessie snapped, getting her distracted scientist back on track. “What’s the issue?” “Artifact of unknown origin,” Emily replied, pointing with a pen as she read off her clipboard. “It’s inside the house.” “And our containment team couldn’t do this on their own because…?” “Because it’s…they just said, ‘It moved’.” Emily shrugged weakly, trying to deflect