You still love us after all! Deep down, in the darkest part of your heart, maybe, but it's still there.

This was amazing, and I miss your fabulous sense of language and mood in O.C. Fic. Did you actually go back and watch the relevant eps, or did someone just fill you in?

The dials on the dash are really bright in the dark interior of the car, and in Seth's periphery the bruises around Ryan's neck look like purple and red fingerpaint.

Such a great, vivid image.