wit and waldorf

“Good boys like me get up at five A.M.”  “Bad girls like me go to bed at six A.M.” 

"Love and hate are visceral. Your stomach twists at the thought of that person. The heart in your chest beats heavy and bright, nearly visible through your flesh and clothes. Your appetite and sleep are shredded. Every interaction spikes your blood with adrenaline, and you're in the brink of fight or flight. Your body is barely under your control. You're consumed, and it scares you. "

-Sally Thorne, The Hating Game

The Fact Checkers

The only undisputable fact Lucy Preston knows is this:

She hates Garcia Flynn.

For precisely one year, she's been subjected to Flynn's daily remonstrations about her low-grade quality as a fact checker and his penchant for calling her Lucia- a name close enough to her real name yet inaccurate enough to show her his apathy. Worse yet, they're confined to the depths of the basement with only each other for company. Every day, she stares across at the face of the man who truly scares her and is reminded that she should leave this place. But then, a promotion is announced and it seems like she'll finally have the chance to one-up her most bitter rival, leaving him behind to sulk in the basement office all alone to never be seen or heard from again.

A Historian in Paris

Garcia Flynn moves to Paris to grant his mother's dying wish to see her sons make amends. There, in the City of Light, cynicism morphs into optimism.

Garcia's Sunday nights quickly get filled with weekly dinners, spent in the company of his brother, Gabriel, and his wife. Until one night a scheduling mishap occurs and Garcia Flynn instead finds himself in the company of Lucy Preston. The newly minted expat has been struggling to find her place in Paris and Garcia is quick to offer to play tour guide to the historian. 

Together, the pain of long ago losses recedes into the distance as hope begins to burn bright in their hearts.