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it's reminiscent of his boarding school days, the concert - reminds him of nights spent sneaking off campus, pass patrolling security guards and into a basement already jam - packed with sweating bodies. all concrete walls and unfinished flooring, permanently sticky; the thump of a bass that pounds through him as a shitty, go - nowhere garage band plays atop wooden pallets - as if it could elevate them, bring them closer to a godhood they were stupid enough to believe they'd reach. laszlo loved it. the reckless abandon in which they played; as if there was no other purpose, no other choice - but to fucking play, like their souls damn depended on it. not just theirs, but every dazed and starry - eyed target they had amassed, siren songs sung like prophecy - each reverbing note a strike through their hearts, compelling them to want more. and laszlo wanted it - an ache beyond bruised, flushed skin; a bullseye through his very essence. what music could be - what he could be.
and he'd be better than them, their heretical delusions of grandeur, and he'd be beyond them. he'd reach levels they could only dream of, would spend the rest of their lives chasing just to barely skim the surface. but laszlo - laszlo would be different. he would break through the scene; he would be legendary, and he would be immortalized, and he would be different.
or he thought he would, but he isn't a teenager anymore - and if he were any less intoxicated, scorn would run hot inside his body instead of the liquor he's choked down, pressing into his spine until he feels the crack of vertebrae beneath it; dials spun into the red, into danger - and he wouldn't regret whatever came next, whatever verbal slaughter he's all - too - willing to release.
but zee doesn't deserve that side of him; doesn't deserve to see the anger that's spread so thinly beneath his skin and pulsating steadily. she deserves to have fun - to enjoy herself in a new place - and that's what he'd promised to deliver. he laughs, first, as the drink spills onto them - seeping through the thin fabric of their shirt and settling onto their already glistening, already sweat - slick and sticky, skin. "shit, sorry zee," laszlo's not a single bit apologetic, with too - wide pupils and a wolfish grin that only widens further, exposing all of his sharpened canines. he steps in closer, automatic in his actions, as she proposes the challenge; and he reaches out for her, fingers spreading over the dip of her waist. "you can have the fucking - shirt off my back, if you want. i don't need it," his head dips forward, wild curls brushing against cheek as he nudges his nose against her ear, "but i wanted a taste of that." then his thumb is tracing the underside of her chin, tilting it up with a well - practiced gentleness; implication heavy in his tone, in the way his eyes flicker over their glittered skin, down the soft slope of their shoulders - lingering on the hollow of her throat. laszlo steps back, another flash of a too - bright smile that glows beneath the neon lights, like it never happened. "c'mon, think i see a fucking - clear path to the bar, practically parting for us - just hold onto me, yeah?"
zahara hadn’t been in hadden long, but she’d already figured out that concerts here weren’t the polished kind she’d grown up with. these were basement born, duct tape dreams affairs. louder, rawer, stitched together from too much feedback and not enough stage space. the air smelled like sweat, cheap beer, and the faint tang of metal from the amps. bass rattling straight through her ribcage until it felt like her body was more speaker than skin. everyone pressed in too close, shouting lyrics like prayers, laughing with the reckless ease of people who only knew each other under strobe lights. zahara was right there in the thick of it. hair damp against her forehead, eyeliner smudged, grinning like the night had chosen her specifically — when it happened. cold. sticky. a shock against overheated skin, sliding down the front of her shirt in a miserable cascade of sugar and carbonation. she froze, blinking down at the bloom of wetness spreading dark across her chest. and then, just as quickly, her smile snapped back into place. crooked, teasing, unphased. gaze fluttering up to the culprit through a neon haze, eyes catching the stage lights like glass shards, and a laugh slipped out, equal parts gasp and delight. “ oh my god, ” she breathed, brushing at herself uselessly, soda clinging like glitter at a parade. “ okay, so. either you owe me a new shirt. . . ” zee leaned in just enough to make it a challenge, grin sharpening at the edges. “ . . .or you buy me another drink and we call it even. your pick. ”
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ laszlo kovach ❜#˗ˏˋ laszlo kovach ⟶ ❛ zahara visser ❜#c: zahara visser#squints. do i need to tag anything#:P
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FOR: shepherd devi ! ( @ex3rtion ). DETAILS: inside hawthorn lodge, late enough at night.
exhaustion has seeped far and deep into laszlo's bones, clinging to the marrow until he can feel it with every laborious move of his limbs. for the first week - he blames it on the jetlag, face twisted into a scowl more often than not, the rise of a heated argument on the tip of his tongue with every conversation. he's barely spoken to romy despite it; despite the urge to scream, to yell, to reach new heights of unforgiveable until she fucks right back off to england. it's just his luck, really; new york isn't an escape, not a real one. just a means of putting it off. the larger the distance the better - but his lungs still feel constricted. this time - it's the steam that follows him out in thick billows as he leaves the lodge's bathroom ( there's that, at least; no more sharing with an entire floor of dimwitted fucks- ) that make a home deep in his lungs.
he makes the trek back down the hallway, warped wood creaking beneath his bare feet. a trail of water follows after him, fat droplets of lukewarm water dripping down his neck, down the slope of his neck and the knobs of his spine. even the shadows are still in the mountains, the only light that guides him back to his room being what little the moon has to offer through the hallway's only window at the far - end. dead end. laszlo huffs out a half - laugh, all to himself - at the prospect of relating to a damn window. a dead end, and the only exit out is slowly closing in on him, and he can feel the prongs digging deep into his neck, threatening to cut off the only air he feels free to breathe until he's a curled, trembling mass on the floor. and the person on the other end of the leash doesn't even - know it. power given freely to the powerless. if he wasn't so exhausted - that stupid fucking jetlag - he might've been able to find the humor in it. instead, laszlo is self - pitying, the muscle surrounding shoulder blades wound tight as he turns the knob to his bedroom and steps inside, door locked behind him.
the beeline towards his drawers is automatic, second instinct - but not for his clothes, towel wrapped low and lazy against hips. a bottle of whiskey is produced instead of boxers, a shirt - cap spun off between two fingers before they're clutching at the neck of the bottle, rim brought languidly to his lips as he turns to lean against the bureau. laszlo pauses. there, tucked between rays of moonlight, muddied boots laid against the sheets of his bed like he fucking owns the place, and owns laszlo too - is shepherd. a spectral projected into the dark, waiting almost - patiently for his victim. the hair on the back of laszlo's neck stand up, but he only cocks an eyebrow at the older man, the liquor burning familiar down his throat with a steady gulp. "and you call me dramatic?" it's almost a huff, a whine laszlo reserves only for the other man; the ghost of a smile on his lips. "slipping in through the window, or for fuck's sake - the door, haunting the fucking - narrative." he crosses the room, whiskey bottle still clasped tight beneath his fingers - until slivers of moonlight hit him, too. he can still remember how shepherd tastes when he's rapidly losing air, when there's nothing else but him to focus on. it'd almost been sweet. "how long did i make you wait? weren't growing bored, were you, szívem?" and then, because he misses the ache of anger, of a fight, and he's desperate for it, for anything- "got tired of playing house already? you, and your mentor, and the fucking - music. must be living the fucking dream."

#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ laszlo kovach ❜#˗ˏˋ laszlo kovach ⟶ ❛ shepherd devi ❜#c: shepherd devi#does this need any. tags#idk. smiles
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"hmm?" it'd been a long time since juniper's gotten this intoxicated, a protesting hum slipping out at the sound of frankie's voice, the sound of her name on their tongue - seeking her out. sleep blurs what little vision she still has between closing eyelids - she could've fallen asleep until morning, like this, cradled between twigs like it'd been a nest all for her own. if she pretended hard enough, dreamed vivid enough, it's no different from apartment 12B. finch is sprawled across the far - end of the bed as if they have the space to spare, and beefcake's back is pressed against hers' - their own personal heater. there's the sound of a collective breath, chests rising and falling in a rhythm only they recognize. for a second - she can feel the warmth of them all, as if it's real - as if she's already home. it's tucked beneath the bend of her knees, focal on the small of her back, and for a second - juniper attempts to curl into it. then everything registers all at once, a kickstart to her slow - beating heart, and her eyes snap open, "christ - i got it, i got it!" their body wriggles and worms until frankie's letting her down, back onto her own two feet; no malice in her tone, no anger that june can physically reach - like that, too, is a distant memory. "christ -" she repeats, a hand shooting out to grasp at their arm as knees attempt to buckle beneath them, and out comes a hiccupy laugh, "- fucking, got my sea legs, hold on - gimme a fucking, sec - hey -" tone turned accusatory, "- when'd you get all fucking, like ..." she makes a half - assed attempt at curling her bicep, flexing the muscles in her arm like a circus' lazy strongman; bottle of gin her weight of choice, "... thought you were all, fucking, like - worms. worms for bones. liquidy." her gaze narrows in on them with this new suspicion, daring a step closer to stare directly into frankie's eyes - as if she can draw the truth out of them. it's too dark to see the color of their irises - or maybe their pupils are blown out - and their eyes drop to the curve of their mouth, the mole dotted right above top lip - before their words register inside her brain. "bike? oh - fucking, right!" and just like that - june is pushing herself away from them, wobbly legs bound towards their bike; nearly running into the damn thing before she manages to stop short. "d'you want - i can pedal! i'm fucking - i'm good at it, could do it in my fucking, sleep - outbike every person in this fucking - stupid town -" the world begins to tilt, little by little, and they stumble over their own two feet; grasping onto the handlebar with one hand, the other desperately clinging onto "her" gin. she can almost hear amine in the distance. "- neevermind -" another laugh escapes from inside them, defiantly and uncharacteristically carefree, and juniper's halfway through mounting the bike when she looks back up at frankie again, "- are you coming or what? y'can fucking - tie me up later, or whatever - but this thing's not gonna fucking - steer itself -"
for: juniper ridley liao ( @distortedblurs ) where: outside of weasel's
It wasn’t that Frankie didn’t believe June when she’d warned them her resting ground would be a nearby bush - but it was still a jarring sight. Pulling up beside the smushed shrubbery that had two legs sticking out of it, the glint of a gin bottle catching Frankie’s eyes first, like June’s honing signal that made it possible to find her. “June?” They called, pushing back a particularly gnarled branch to reveal the entirety of her. Eyes glazed over, lids half shut - potentially asleep before Frankie had rudely woken her up. Cradling the gin bottle like someone would snatch it right from her hands, always on the defense, even now - even when she didn’t even have the entirety of her brain to be as such. “Okay. Right.” If this was any other time, Frankie suspected June would have flat out bitten them if they attempted to wrap their arms around her and lift her out - but they didn’t see much other choice now. They’d never considered June to be small - had always thought she was larger than life in the best way, unabashed and taking up space in Frankie’s atmosphere in a way that demanded their attention. But hoisting her up now, one arm wrapped around her back and the other clutching at the underside of her knees, she didn’t seem small - but delicate, maybe. Something they’d never thought they’d witness, even if she still thrashed and protested now, eventually clueing into the fact that she had been all but catapulted from the safe space she’d created for herself, “Sorry,” Frankie mumbled, quick to set both of her feet back on the ground, still pressing a hand to her lower back to keep her upright, still noticeable wobbly. They wanted to do something that resembled a smile, always fond around June, but even more so now, if it were possible. “Are - you gonna… make it? On, uh, the back? Of my bike? I can… I’m sure you could, uh, maybe… fit in the basket. It won’t - be as comfy though. You also - might go, uh… flying. My biking skills don’t. Exactly include, y’know… smooth sailing. I should have brought, uh, rope. Make sure I didn’t lose my precious cargo.” It completely went over their head that that sounded more threatening than anything else.
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ juniper ridley liao ❜#˗ˏˋ juniper ridley liao ⟶ ❛ frankie noel ❜#c: frankie noel#i miss the other gif pack (this one is also good bt less options)#fuck u wildflowergifs ill never forgive u#anyways im gna go yank it to pixie cut cha- GETS SNIPED#this also isnt my best work brianna im sorry.
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── ( greta onieogou. 33. cis woman. she / her. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? EDEN SHEPHERD? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for her entire life, on and off now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their GIANT SAGE - RIMMED SUNGLASSES AND INHALER. i think they’re the OWNER over at ADA’S ANTIQUES - which makes sense since they’re so SOFTHEARTED and EVASIVE. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, she returned home after running away at the alter. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also UNWAVERING and PRAGMATIC, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a VIRGO thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get cranes in the sky by solange stuck in my head and it just makes me so COMFORTED. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
content warnings for... asthma / childhood illness, panic attacks, and familial death.
common knowledge.
full name — eden beatrice shepherd.
nickname(s) — edie on very brief occasion; not preferred.
place of birth — hadden, new york.
date of birth & age — september 4th, 1991. thirty3.
gender / pronouns — cis woman, she / her.
sexuality — bisexual.
occupation — owner of ada's antiques.
astrology — virgo sun, cancer moon, libra rising.
residence — the closed off second floor of ada's antiques, her grandmother's old victorian home turned business that eden now resides in instead of her. the living room, foyer, and hallways are cramped with items on display, an estate sale always ongoing - and the upstairs is for eden. less cluttered; covered in foliage and natural sunlight. meticulously clean in comparison.
interests — sunbathing. the way dust dances in the sunlight found between slit blinds. local honey used as sweetener in just about everything. any and every shade of green to exist. handmade quilts. the sound of cicadas. morning runs and hot yoga. doing things herself, without the help of others. her family, of whom she adores more than life itself. propagating plants. hot tea, hotter coffee. the smell of lavender. gold jewelry. a fresh vase of flowers once the old ones begin to wilt. vintage clothing, large mirrors. the ocean, though she rarely gets to see it. diy projects, seeing constant improvement. trying again and again until she fucking succeeds.
aversions — absolutely anything that annoys her, whether small inconveniences or people themselves. people acting as if she can't fend for herself, or as if she's too delicate of a person. air pollution, smog, pollen season. anything that triggers her allergies and asthma. acknowledging that her grandma's business is an overwhelming mess and that she doesn't have the funds to piece it back together, though she tries anyways. being made fun of for her drink choices. people who consider themselves stuck in one place or act as if they don't control their own actions, their own impulses.
quirks — remembers everything about the people she cares about, down to the tiny details. takes an awful lot of pride in it. personalizes gifts, whether handmade or engraved in some sort of way. you will not forget eden shepherd. never allows anyone to stay the night in her own home; will rarely sleep at another's. knows too much about homesteading due to her family's life on a commune. has trained her dog to chase on command. is extremely particular about the jewelry she wears, the clothing she thrifts and flips, the company she keeps. prioritizes her peace above all else.
most played — you up? by yaya bey.
notable features — a twinkling, star - like gaze; like you're the most interesting person in the room to her in that moment - complexion forever clear, every fit meticulously put together.
general disposition — effortlessly confident, pride without haughtiness; a smile only a moment away, laughter ready in the air.
character study — jennifer jareau ( criminal minds ) & martha jones ( doctor who ).
public record.
she grows up in a tiny commune off of hadden, surrounded by nothing but the woods. it's her mother, her father - their entire gaggle of children, the other residents of the commune; whoever comes and stays. it's a good community, one that lives off the land, where the children are homeschooled more often than not - it's home to eden. tightknight, where everyone helped everyone and nobody is left behind. she spends her days learning about the life cycles of insects and birds, what it means to die; the lifespan of trees, and the evils of deforestation.
ASTHMA / CHILDHOOD ILLNESS; eden's first asthma attack is sudden and sharp, breathlessness she'd never felt before - a new fear fresh inside her. the body remembers its trauma; and even now, she can still feel that ache from her first attack. it's a downwards, upwards, all around sideways spiral from then. a weak immune system doesn't help, quick to sicken - pneumonia and bronchitis as soon as the flowers begin to bloom.
the commune is her home - but they can't provide the help she needs, not anymore; so her grandmother, ada, takes her in. only for the summers at first, just so she can get the treatments she needs at the local hospital and still be by family. but she falls in love with hadden, with the people; loves being by her grandmother's aging side and spending the days together. most are just spent at ada's antique store, her home; time spent learning to knit, to sew, how to put a nail through wood - the sweet taste of their fruits of labor. eden learns independence, how to be reliable - how to live.
childhood and teendom is split between the commune and hadden, summers in the mountains, until her eventual enrollment into hadden's local school; her permanent move to hadden. it's easier, this way - her hospital visits never dwindling, needs that cannot be met in the commune alone. it's a rocky start, not academically but socially - rumors of her being more witch than girl. but it passes, as do the years, and soon enough - eden's packing her bags again. after insisting to her family that her health is in perfect condition, she heads off to an ivy - wrapped university.
she majors in bioengineering, an umbrella of everything she cares about - a concentration in bioelectrical. eden gets through all four years and half of her master's program before she meets the love of her life.
it's a whirlwind type of love, one that puts all her worries to ease with just the sound of their voice; their peace is hers, the voice of reason she needs when her thoughts scatter her. eden puts in notice for a gap year - and they travel the world, leaving everything she's ever known behind. it's scary, at first - but they stand by each other, through sickness and health. when they propose - eden swears its the happiest she's ever been. marriage used to be a distant thought - and now she's trying on wedding dresses, tasting cakes, organizing a destination wedding far away from the things she valued most.
PANIC ATTACK / ASTHMA; it's supposed to be everything she's ever wanted out of life, but when the day finally comes - it's the culmination of her every doubt, her every fear. eden has a panic attack for the first time in her life, which then in turn triggers her asthma - and everything is too much. the future suddenly feels so unclear, so uncertain, and her worries shatter her. so she runs - she abandons her wedding, abandons her partner and their big, extravagant wedding on another continent, and gets on the soonest flight back to new york.
FAMILIAL DEATH; her grandmother welcomes her back with open arms - listens to her, cries with her, and hadden is where eden stays. with her grandmother's declining health, it makes sense for her to stay. it makes sense for her to stay in hadden, to care for her grandmother, the business she had built up all those years ago. it's a reason to not face reality. when her grandmother passes, eden inherits the business, her house, and dedicates her current life to managing the financial affairs. to refurbishing and restoring her grandmother's home, back to its glory. it's not the life eden expected - but she should've. she should've.
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ASTHMA; her asthma attacks aren't as often or as bad anymore, but she still keeps her inhaler on her at all times because you never know. she's terrified of a bad attack. the panic attacks are new, which scare her - but she's managing.
eden will always go out of her way to help someone, whether it's with mundane tasks or dishing out advice, anything. the kind of person to make you chicken soup if you've got the common cold. in turn, she's closed off when it comes to her own personal problems or feelings - usually repressing them. the kind of person who is personable - down to someone's favorite color, their astrology, their deep dark secrets - but not known. maybe it's from being overlooked as a middle child, to being fussed over too much when she would fall ill - being talked about in high school, stubbornness, etc. the list of potential reasons go on.
does everything herself when it comes to diy projects, mending things around the house, the works. why spend money when you can do it yourself? eden is constantly in motion, constantly keeping busy. she doesn't stop for anything.
ada's antiques is an old victorian that's probably sinking into the mountain and was once their family's home before they joined the commune right out of hadden. it's comforting, knowing that it's always been theirs. the ground floor is everything antique, a near - hoarding situation that keeps eden a little on edge, but she's been slowly working through the pieces and the wares, seeing what's valuable and what's worth selling. the only semi - cleared space downstairs is the kitchen and the bathroom.
she has a doberman named daisy mae, both for companionship and protection. daisy is well trained, but responds poorly to men. typical! she also functions a bit as an emotional support animal, if only to keep eden's anxiety in check.
eden in general is highstrung, type a, needs everything a certain way and that way is her way. she hides it well beneath her mask of confidence, the way she moves with ease. that isn't a lie, either; simply two wolves inside of her. she hides the anxiety well, keeps herself in check with lists and schedules and visual boards and yoga and self - care.
she's BROKE!!! admittedly. ran through her savings while taking care of her grandmother, and is relying on the antique store being enough to keep her going. if needed, she can fall back onto her degree - but her passions are ... misplaced, at the moment. like she found a hole to stick herself into, and she's purposefully glazing over the ladder that brought her there to begin with.
hasn't been in a committed relationship since her engagement. he wasn't her first serious relationship, but two years later and it still feels like a fresh wound. on the other hand - a big fan of hookups, the concept of friends with benefits ( but mostly one night stands ). nobody is allowed to sleep in the same bed with her - because that's when things become muddled, and eden hates a mess.
an overthinker who over - analyzes everything. desperate with the need to understand; isn't above assuming, but she likes to get the facts straight. will also be incredibly honest - as nice as she can be, which is very nice - but also without sugarcoating it. isn't above saying her piece, and making sure it's heard.
eden is a grudge holder. hard to anger, with too much patience for others - but a grudge holder nonetheless. when you're on her bad side, you're stuck there. she isn't afraid to resort to passive aggressive comments, on never letting it go. will bring it up in conversations - but even acknowledgment would satiate her. professional cold shoulder, master of the silent treatment. when she's quiet - that's when you know she's angry.
#langston.intro#asthma tw#illness tw#death tw#panic attack tw#oka ythats it thats all of them theres nobody else
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── ( bill skarsgard. 35. agender. he / they. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? CAIN ROMANOV? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for most of his life now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their WORN LEATHER GLOVES. i think they’re the OWNER over at CABOOSE - which makes sense since they’re so INTROVERTED and DISTRAIT. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, they recently reentered society after escaping a cult. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also CANDID and DROLL, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a PISCES thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get no surprises by radiohead stuck in my head and it just makes me so MELANCHOLIC. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
content warnings for... drug use, cults, disappearance / missing persons, addiction, amnesia, and trauma.
common knowledge.
full name — cain alexei romanov.
nickname(s) — just cain!
place of birth — syracuse, new york.
date of birth & age — feburary 19th, 1990. thirty5.
gender / pronouns — agender, he/they.
sexuality — bisexual.
occupation — owner of caboose.
astrology — pisces sun, sagittarius moon, pisces rising.
residence — a small apartment branching off of main street; the space is small, clean, and cozy. books have long overflowed the shelves, stacked in the corners and used as end - side table. a candle is always lit, gauzy curtains pulled back to let sunlight in. more cat belongings than his own. minimalist.
interests — a warm and comfortable bed. the sound of a fan. relearning pop culture, and the things they've missed while away. 90s rock and soft jazz. laying back - flat on the hard ground. breathing exercises. repenting for the past; for the person he used to be. cartoons. the comfort of a leather glove. small talk. watching the change of seasons, but especially winter. reading; first editions of the classics. knitted sweaters. routine. their cats. politeness. the monotony of everyday work; the mundane. overly sweet foods, carbs, meat - anything with flavor. being a better person - or trying to be.
aversions — crowds of people. skin to skin contact. letting their facial hair grow out too long. loud noises. not enough noise. when people point out their stutter. visiting the hospital more than they need to; visiting at all. the taste of the medication he takes daily. the idea that their memories will never fully return; that their mind will be fragmented for the rest of their life. small spaces. hitting their head against the doorframe - a near constant. driving. drug use; using or being around those who do. being recognized for what once made news; being recognized for their father. people who insist. being reminded of what he once was.
quirks — not so much quirk than limitation; trips over their own words and stutters over them. half of their pants and sleeves are too short, cutting awkwardly above wrist or at ankle. doesn't understand a lick of pop culture from over the last ... decade, give or take. rambles when feeling awkward - and presses on when they should quiet down. will lay down anywhere if they are overwhelmed or stressed enough; whether sidewalk, a row of chairs - hopefully a bed. gets waves of nostalgia that they cannot access the memories to; a constant case of deja vu, of a burnt film reeling behind their eyes.
most played — space cadet by kyuss.
notable features — sunken in eyes that mimic the dark craters of the moon; a tiredness that never dissipates, even after hours resting. impossibly tall, even with the slope of his neck turned down into a hunch.
general disposition — looking beyond and slightly out of place; disheveled but easy to smile, even if it's faint.
character study — todd anderson ( dead poet's society ) & rupert giles ( buffy the vampire slayer ).
public record.
they're born to a politician and a philanthropist; the eldest of five in a very nuclear, very picture perfect, preppy chic east coast family. their upbringing consists of being the epitome of an upstanding citizen; of being the golden child, destined to follow in his father's footsteps. a life all planned out, right in front of him - nice and neat. he just needed to follow down the path, recite the lines; volunteer work and bible study, star athlete and student body president.
in the public eye, standing beside his father - he's the ideal. the shining star, the lead model in which everyone should follow. they're anything but that behind closed doors. arrogant and harrowing, classist and sneering. actions with consequences he would never face; because who would face him? a borderline narcissist who never lifted a real finger; others at his bidding in hopes of a taste for his wealth, his life.
life moves fast. political science major, business minor, frat president at the university of his father's choice. his face is seen everywhere on campus - even in the dimmed lights of a party gone for too long. when they're bored with the everyday, he gets involved in the drug trade on campus. a middleman between suppliers and dealers; another business venture to control - something to pass the time in an utterly boring life.
everything changes when he meets the meyer's. they're an older couple - one he's seen plenty of times before, volunteering alongside the romanovs around the holidays. it starts with small talk and a quick liking to cain - reasonable, of course - and cain takes a liking to them back; like grandparents he never had. weeks turn into months as months turn into years; they share holidays, attend graduations.
cult ... stuff / disappearance; cain doesn't know when it began, the manipulation; maybe it was always there, and they were always a pawn for a greater game. he doesn't remember those days - what they spoke about; how it was all about feeling connected to one another, how when the end begins - they'll need each other to rebuild. how all material wealth will fall meaningless with the new beginning, the only beginning. one argument with his mother is all it takes for cain to disappear into the night - and his family doesn't hear back from him. he regrets leaving everyday. his time in the cult - eight years, give or take - is more blur than memory. free from consumerism, free from material guilt and waiting for the world to end. spiritual awakenings and heavy drug usage, days melding into one another. they want cain to lead them, to be everything missing from the equation - but he can't.
if cain hadn't escaped when he had, he would've died - that much is all he's sure of after being picked up off the highway six months ago. he has no recollection of where they've been, what they've been doing; nothing but quick flashes of a barely - there memory. chunks of his life missing alongside the time spent in the cult. the news call it a miracle - photos of the family hugging one another spreading across news sites, of cain pulling away; heaving, sobbing. overwhelmed and afraid.
he resides in hadden, where abel is, and pointedly away from where their parents are. intentional, but cain's grateful, in a way; with the memories of his past decayed and blurry - there's no more influence as to how they should act.
personal details.
no longer who he once was - it's like cain is a different person altogether. their memory is shot beyond hell, and they struggle to remember the details of their past life pre - cult. still struggles with remembering the day to day, even. cain's convinced that it's karma at work, that he deserved this; that it's their chance to repent, to change. to be better. has spent most of their time back in society apologizing to the people he's hurt in the past.
he's always been fairly quiet, plotting something in that mind of his - but he's quieter now. more reserved, less confident in himself. has experienced ego death too many times to count; isn't quite sure who he is anymore as a person. but he's kinder, a little sarcastic - always skeptical of others, with brain - rotting paranoia that makes them distrust everyone. they're working on it, though.
drug use / addiction; the methods used on him throughout the years were ... unorthodox, to say the least. intense. a cocktail of drugs he probably shouldn't have survived; and he still struggles with addiction, with existing without a constant high swimming in his head. the substances are different, now; and he keeps it to himself.
he can't sleep for very long anymore - insomnia and night terrors - but it's treasured when he can. still isn't used to waking up and not knowing where he is, the year - the names of his loved ones, their faces. what he's done in the past week, what they're going to do the next. he's in a constant battle with his own mind.
trauma / mental health; attends therapy weekly, sometimes bi - weekly, if necessary. they're working on - everything. ptsd, memory recovery, addiction, whatever damage that's been done to his brain. recounting the years spent off - grid, the anxiety, his severe touch aversion that leaves him unable to have skin - to - skin contact with anyone, even those he loves the most. has become a big fan of wearing leather gloves in his everyday life.
... he has four cats! there's frank, who sometimes goes by big chungus when it's yelled - he's white and grey. then there's brock, who is orange and stoic and fluffy, and shoelace, who is missing an eye and half an ear. and crunchwrap supreme, crunch for short. a calico <3 they keep pictures of their cats on them at all times. on their phone, in their wallet. everywhere.
still a relatively blunt person. won't go out of his way to talk about the cult and the few details he remembers, but he won't deny being part of it, and tries not to shy away from the topic if it comes up - if only to get the person asking questions to go away faster. a little sarcastic, averse to being spoken to too gently, like he's going to shatter into pieces. just wants to be. normal.
low energy but still sociable, still tries to hold up conversations even though it's a struggle. wants to be comfortable around others, and for others to be comfortable around him. tries too hard to be casual - just needs some patience in their life as they readjust. he's trying so hard.
bought caboose before it was to be closed with his family's wealth because having a responsibility and a routine is supposed to be, like, good for him <3 supposedly. keeps him busy. mindful.
#langston.intro#cult tw#disappearance tw#drugs tw#addiction tw#trauma tw#i guess. there's a lot of it#:D
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── ( clara galle. 25. demi woman. she / they. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? FENELLA LLEWLLYN? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for thirteen years now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their TINY PORCELAIN - FACED CLOWN DOLL. i think they’re a GROUNDSKEEPER over at OUR LADY OF SORROWS - which makes sense since they’re so ENIGMATIC and UNWORLDLY. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, apparently their dad’s a, like … murderer. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also GUILELESS and IMPARTIAL, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a PISCES thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get as it was by hozier stuck in my head and it just makes me so DISTANT. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
content warnings for... mentions of incarceration, child neglect, a disappearance, and dissociation.
common knowledge.
full name — fenella eluned llewellyn.
nickname(s) — fen, ella, nell.
place of birth — duck, west virginia.
date of birth & age — february 22nd, 1999. twenty5.
gender / pronouns — demi woman, she/they.
sexuality — demisexual.
occupation — groundskeeper at our lady of sorrow's cemetery.
astrology — pisces sun, taurus moon, sagittarius rising.
residence — her aunt and uncle's family home on the north - end of town; a neatly cut lawn and decorations every holiday. their room is the attic; warm and small, embellished with trinkets.
interests — laying in the grass on a warm, warm day; thunderstorms and blizzards. the unpredictability of nature. humming songs no longer remembered; that come to them for little to no reason. dim yellow lights; golden hour and before - dawn. the creek of worn wood. shiny trinkets. hag stones and heart - shaped leaves. staring up at the stars, at the clouds. rooftops. the taste of bitter. walking barefoot. layers and layers of socks. knitting. the forest, dark and vast. running, hopping, skipping. fairy tales and folklore. the mountains. cloaks, scarves, and other "burrowing" clothes. incense and patchouli. homebrewed herbal remedies. homemade soup. pressing flowers. collecting insects. hunting and gathering. catching raindrops in their mouth. velvet. cinnamon apple anything. psychedelics.
aversions — most technology. being called gullible, naïve, or being otherwise infantilized. hot on the tongue anger and misspoken words. tense arguments, the raise of a voice. staying inside her own body. people who litter, who mistreat the earth. bubblegum and marshmallows. being told they're wrong, or unrealistic, or lying. liars. unethical bug killing. wasting the meat of an animal. chocolate. long stretches of time without rain. thinking about her childhood, her mother. stepping on crunchy leaves. bright white lights. car horns. falling from great heights. kindness with ulterior motives.
quirks — often chips their nail polish, if applied. prescribes each person she comes across their very own "sound taste". dares to step inside of fairy rings. prefers to barter and trade. refers to promises as debts, bargains, and deals. sleepwalks; can wake miles from home. hums often. doesn't laugh; occasionally smiles when pleased. doesn't cry. collects many a trinket.
most played — cinnamon by lor.
notable features — perpetually - dazed eyes and rarely - brushed hair; leg - warmers even in the warmest of months. a muted wardrobe of dusty purples and blues, emerald greens; hand - knit, hand - patched, hand - sewn.
general disposition — entirely too dreamlike, like she's from a different realm entirely. a body that shifts with the wind, like at any moment she'll blow away.
character study — cassie ainsworth ( skins ) & carrie white ( carrie ).
public record.
incarceration; fenella's childhood is a vague memory; they recall being told fairytale stories and being tucked into bed, the noted absence of a father long - incarcerated; a mother who tried to love her. the memories are far and few; spotted, like the back of a ladybug's wings. one day she's a laughing, crying child - the next, she no longer laughs, no longer cries.
child neglect; her mother is distant; cold nights with no more stories to lay fen to rest. their time is spent alone more often than not. it's a childhood of slipping out of the house unnoticed, fenella coming and going like the breeze. sometimes at a neighbor's house, sometimes across town - sometimes wandering down a dark road alone, pouring cinnamon candies down her throat from the nearest gas station. fenella is always alone. the other children never play with them, and the older townsfolk turn their gazes away from her and her mother; but she can hear their whispers, the rumors of her family. of her runaway brother, of her locked away father; of her madcap mother.
but fenella is no better than her; she hears whispers in the mountain breeze, voices that travel on the backs of seeds, voices that speak with no mouths, voices that speak to her, through her. the past haunts with the intensity of electricity brimming beneath her fingertips. she thinks she sees things she shouldn't see; knows things she shouldn't know. somewhere, up high, the stars speak to her. they beckon to her.
disappearance; fenella's mother disappears on her fifteenth birthday - the townspeople echo those poor, cursed llewellyns; first the father, then the brother, now the mother. she's next, they say - and she is. with no family left in duck, west virginia; fenella digs through the hole in her mattress and buys a train ticket to hadden, to the only family she knows she has left. her aunt and uncle are the quiet type. they keep to themselves and their children - their lawn is kept neat, limited decorations every holiday. her presence is almost unexpected, but not quite.
friendship doesn't come easy to fenella; she's quiet, nonsensical when she does talk. another world lives inside her head, another reality that she's attached to; no room for the tangible. things are always seem to talk to her, show themselves; her imagination projected against the base of her skull like a drive - in movie. their aunt and uncle tell them not to talk about these things; about the things she thinks she hears, the things she thinks she sees. it's nothing but fantasy, nothing but imaginary.
and so fenella grows up in hadden much like she grew up in duck; the weird girl on the block, with unblinking eyes and a penchant for knowing the unknown, for knowing what'll happen to someone before they do. she spends her days watching, and watching, and sometimes - just sometimes, waiting.
as an adult, they linger around hadden like a ghost, a forever - wavering presence, one foot in reality and one foot elsewhere. college was a brief option; an associate's in general studies that's collecting dust in the attic. she works at the cemetery because she likes the energy, feels it to be the same as hers.
personal details.
dissociation; strange in the way she acts, the way she speaks - the way she thinks. always very far away, mind elsewhere. she has frequent out of body experiences, and struggles to stay connected with reality. fenella is extremely prone to dissociation due to her own disconnection with herself.
fen doesn't pay mind to the thoughts of others, has little care for what people say, or what they think of them. is not selfless; will occasionally use others if they feel they can benefit from it - for what? only fen knows. is curious about the minds of others, and asks a lot of questions, coming off much nosier than intended. independent but doesn't necessarily prefer to be alone; has just grown up that way.
her emotions are incredibly muted. they do not experience fear or embarrassment; and strong emotions are nothing more but a small pang in their chest.
not a particularly academic person, but has always made use of practical skills; talented with their hands when it comes to handiwork, and is extremely versed on herbal remedies and plants. knows the effects and benefits of every plant around them. while she doesn't have the most common sense, they're smart in their own way.
feels the most comfortable in a small, enclosed space and in a multitude of layers. a big fan of nest - like structures and hoarding tendencies. likes feeling squeezed, compressed, like a weighted blanket - like a tether to keep her on the ground. living in the attic was strictly her choice.
fenella has synesthesia; experiences voices as different tastes, sometimes smells - each person having their own distinct flavor, usually a combination that can be, at times, overwhelming.
recites a lot of fairy tales, fables, and folklore as if they're fact; as if the rules of fantasy apply to the modern world. also believes that most mainstream media about supernatural beings is true, due to her own limited knowledge. those tiktok alpha werewolf ads? they're all true. believes every ceo is a werewolf and also a prince and also all of her professors were also werewolves who were also princes and also alpha- the cycle repeats.
doesn't have a cellphone; will occasionally email if she has a thought that needs to be said. is currently training carrier pigeons to do her bidding. fen has a deep - seated love for birds to begin with; loves their wings and how they fly, and the pretty tunes they sing. showing fenella anything from the internet is much like showing it to a victorian child.
will seemingly trust people if they say to trust them; but it's hard to be naïve when fen feels as if she's lived a hundred lives already. goes along with the antics of others, if only to see the results of their actions. has the habit of trailing behind people, of ( metaphorically ) hovering them like a ghost. not close enough to talk, but not so far away that they're unnoticeable. with wide, unblinking eyes, head tilting side to side in curiosity.
self - proclaimed bug freak. collects and homes an unnatural amount of insects, both alive and dead. they all have their own names, and hobbies, and likes and dislikes. they are fen's friends. the same goes with their growing taxidermy collection.
#langston.intro#incarceration tw#child neglect#disappearance tw#dissociation tw#(only bri will understand this) she's kinda like if philly put on someone else's skin as a suit#body horror tw#for that tag alone.#DFKLGFHSAKLDFGKDSG
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── ( justin h min. 31. cis man. he / him. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? “FELIX” KANG DOYUN? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for most of his life now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their FLASK FULL OF THE SHITTIEST INSTANT ESPRESSO. i think they’re the CO - OWNER over at PETAL & PUNCTURE - which makes sense since they’re so DISGRUNTLED and IRKSOME. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, he’s relying on his aunt’s will to pull him out of his massive debt. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also LUKEWARM and ANTISOCIAL, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a VIRGO thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get motor by sebastiAn stuck in my head and it just makes me so IRRITATED. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
...content warnings for...car accidents, injury, hearing loss, and familial terminal illness / death.
common knowledge.
full name — kang doyun; felix kang.
nickname(s) — he will do something drastic.
place of birth — hadden, new york.
date of birth & age — september 12th, 1993. thirty1.
gender / pronouns — cis man, he / him.
sexuality — bisexual.
occupation — co - owner of petal & puncture, the petal side; resident hag; failed playwright & author.
astrology — virgo sun, cancer moon, leo rising.
residence — a small, and frankly ugly trailer on the outskirts of town; shoddy on the outside, cluttered on the inside. somehow clean; as if all of his belongings take up every inch of space - a house's worth of items condensed to four thin walls.
interests — cheap beer & expensive whiskey. being a hater. triple espresso shots. espresso martinis. those little umbrellas they put in drinks. flowers, foliage, "green shit". the classics. bad romance novels. not being broke anymore. silent yearning. "quiet" activities. sleeping alone. sleeping anywhere. cats, especially the strays. mimicking the expression edward cullen makes when he first smells bella's blood but like. just for life itself. dancing alone at the club because even a 31 year old man has whimsies.
aversions — family, but not their wealth. long car drives. ubers. greening out ( unavoidable ). overtly extroverted people. people talking into his right ear. the sense that he's a disappointment to everyone around him. notable hickeys. those mystery novels that involve pet companions solving crimes, because why? wool sweaters. clowns. being personable. being reasonable. not arguing with others.
quirks — is incredibly petty as a person. holds a grudge for the entirety of his life; even if said circumstance happened in childhood. never forgets a wrongdoing and can recite every incident. quotes shakespeare when drunk. when sober. believes in the meanings behind flowers too ardently; uses them as a way to communicate what he can't aloud. believes he could fight a horse if it ever came down to it. picks up hobbies only to drop them if he doesn't immediately get it; applies this same way of thinking to everything in his life.
most played — lust by boy harsher.
notable features — heavy, purple eyebags beneath sunken eyes; the inconsistent stubble across his jaw; his crooked, lanky posture.
general disposition — a stoic face that's easily broken into annoyance or alarm, body both lax and tense.
character study — ransom drysdale ( knives out ) & alexander vass ( if we were villains ).
public record.
born and raised in hadden to a considerably wealthy, but strict, family as one of three children. their parents were well - meaning, but distant - whose expectations of them were known for as long as felix could remember; his parents would give them the best education, the best nannies, any "support" they necessitated - and in return they would grow up to be perfectly well - adjusted adults, pursuing sensible, practical careers that would support their futures, as they would not be. by the time each child turned eighteen, they were expected to be able to provide for themselves, without their parents' financial support.
but felix was always more runt than child - smaller, weaker; pitifully average when compared to his siblings. he spent most of his childhood away from his peers, with the exception of his siblings; days at his aunt's, digging up garden beds and coming up with stories for each and every flower that bloomed - nights in his siblings' bedrooms, reenacting scenes from the books she'd lend him while their parents slept. it was only in those moments that felix felt supported in his interests; he could have any dream he wanted, and they would support him - if it was going to make him enough money. every fantasy he had was commercialized, every ambition made practical.
despite how close he was to his siblings - he didn't understand the ease in which they seemed to handle their parents' expectations. a small envy bloomed whenever he watched the four of them interact with one another - every praise and condolence, the proud glint in their parents' eyes whenever one of his siblings brought home another award. felix became a recluse of a child - standing on the edge of the playground as other kids played and sitting in the furthest corner of the library as the sun shone outside - picking the weeds in his aunt's garden, just because. he felt more like a shadow lurking outside the windows of their home.
by the time he entered high school, felix had thrown himself into his schoolwork completely, in both a need to impress his parents with something - anything - and an eagerness to occupy himself. he hated it - the long days studying, the private tutors who tried to connect with him, and the subjects he still could barely comprehend. his only solace was his english teacher - who saw the natural creativity that had followed him from childhood, and nurtured it. it's only because of them that when the time came for university, felix chose to focus on the humanities rather than the sciences. he chose to study literature - he chose himself.
it was always obvious that his parents disapproved - but at some point felix just... stopped caring. his love for literature became partially fueled by spite - and he threw himself into his local theatre company despite no prior interest in acting, pursued only the most ridiculous of roles. developed a deep love of shakespeare - forever fond of his role as nick bottom - and the horrified looks on his parents' faces when they saw him up on that stage. he loved them, but he didn't need their support - not when he had his siblings', and his aunt's, and his own undying passions.
it was good for a while - daresay felix was even thriving, in his own little way. still a recluse, only to be dragged out by his siblings' to spend time with people his own age - and not his aunt, or his fellow actors in their local theatre company; but he almost enjoyed it. he majored in english and minored in horticulture - and when his parents wouldn't let him stay back home during summer break, he'd slum it with the small amount of friends he had accrued naturally - and when that failed, there'd always been his aunt's home. it was good - it really wise.
car accident / injury; until a late night out with friends, stumbling from bar to bar in post - graduation, drunken stupor. it was supposed to be a good time, and it'd felt like the first that felix could - relax. live, a little, even. funny, now. one small step into the road - one's own forgetfulness to look twice, but even if he had - would it have been enough? it was a miracle that felix had even made it out alive, with only a couple broken bones, a TBI, and loss of hearing in his right ear.
after the accident, felix moved in with his aunt. she always said it was more for her benefit than his - that she needed help around the house now that she was getting older, and felix always ran with it - even though he knew it was to keep him busy, keep him active in recovery. even his parents reached out - threatened to sue the driver for everything they had, and, well - he wasn't going to deny settlement money.
injury mention; whether through true legal justice, or influence from his parents, felix did wind up with a hefty settlement fund. with a TBI and all the issues that came with it - felix' dreams of being an author were put on the backburner, and he instead used any and all business knowledge he'd learned from his father to throw himself into owning petal & puncture - even as his hands tremored with each pat of soil.
petal & puncture kept him occupied, just barely content with life - though part of him always itched to return to writing; his brain just wouldn't allow it. but - it was fine. he was content - as long as nobody contested it, felix would make it through. and then the fight happened. him and one of his siblings - something bottled up, left to ferment for years and years - and felix' life felt like it was crumbling all over again. and he ran - threw together a small suitcase and boarded a plane for england.
car accident mention; he didn't know what he was doing in the uk - wandered across the coasts before settling in london, and struggled to get back into writing. he wanted to prove everyone - everything - wrong. that he could do it - that he could write again, and he could write damn well - and he wouldn't be defined by a car accident four fucking years ago. but, fuck - between managing petal & puncture thousands of miles away, and the cost of rent, and the fact that he'd been denied by publishing company after publishing company - felix was struggling to make ends' meet.
familial terminal illness / death; but he would've preferred to struggle the rest of his life over the news he'd recently received - leading to his quick move back to hadden: his aunt was dying - and she wanted everyone back home as they prepared the will, and settled the matters of her estate. he felt - immediate grief, for the years he'd spent away from her - and guilt, at the thought of the inheritance, and how it would cover all of his financial troubles.
personal details.
first and foremost, felix is a hater. he was born like that. generally disgruntled and disinterested - everything he doesn't want to do is met with a general stubbornness, and a lot of whininess. like a beautiful yet wild steed, felix is that untamed horse - [text fades out as flicka fades in]. anyways. has a terrible first impression with just about everyone - he's usually rude, or says something without thinking - the curse of brute honesty - and is an acquired taste, even amongst friends.
he's a bit estranged from his family after being gone for so long - and without any real warning. it's not so bad with his parents, because they've always been kind of distant, but it's worse with his sibling. just one - not the other one. they know what they did; but he does feel guilt about not being in full - contact with everyone. has a bad habit of sheltering himself, and hiding when he's dissatisfied with himself.
death mention; has only been back in town for a few weeks, if not days - and he's spent all of that time at petal & puncture, whipping it back into shape after being gone for literal years. but it's fine! he's handling it! he's upset about it, but he's handling it - it's his job! but he's also finding a lot of enjoyment in it - it's one of the few things keeping his mind off of everything else.
to his friends - felix is less... awful. whiny and antisocial, and opinionated, sure - but it turns almost endearing. he's fond of his friends, even if they're equally peeved about him just up and leaving without notice. has loyalty to only a few people, so he tends to hold them close. occasionally, he's even be considered "warm".
still obsessed with literature - though his looming fear of never becoming a published author only grows with each rejection; hasn't been in the theatre for years, mostly out of fear that he'll no longer perform at his best. it's mostly just - plants for him now.
he was definitely emo in high school. still retains that deep inside him. does he love pierce the veil? maybe. prefers to wear darker colors than bright - only likes to be noticed when he wants to be. otherwise he wants to blend into the background.
injury, hearing loss; has considerably worse hearing in his right ear, though it's not fully gone. he doesn't need to use sign language, but it's still a skill that he's dabbling in / learning. generally tries to have people on the left of him because of this, hates asking people to repeat themselves just out of sheer annoyance with having to prolong a conversation. also deals with hand tremors, where some days are better than others.
has been in a handful of relationships, but he's probably been the problem in all of them. whether it's "light" cheating, or his own commitment issues, or a petty argument blown out of proportion - felix has the bad habit of self - sabotaging, no matter how much they like the person. sometimes thinks he likes to be miserable.
honestly? nosy. doesn't want to be involved in others' problems, but would like to hear about them through the grapevine. as a treat. also likes clubbing, shockingly - as a rare little treat.
has to be the one driving when in cars, and even then it's like a 50/50 chance that he just won't go out.
currently living in a trailer because it's literally the cheapest option, and with his aunt's estate up in air it's been legally advised that nobody stay at the house right now. she's just, so, so rich and has so, so much stuff.
knows soo much about plants it's not even funny - he might've been gone for five years, but he's returned to petal & puncture with the same passion he's had since he first begun to work there. his one act of community is working with local farmers and gardeners to open more community gardens and schools to open nursery clubs, where students can learn about the importance of agri/horticulture.
gets frustrated easily, but annoyance comes easier than actual anger - doesn't tend to panic in stressful situations, and isn't usually the type to explode. can be both shockingly level - headed, and completely irrational. it really just depends on the situation.
#langston.intro#car accident tw#injury tw#hearing loss tw#terminal illness tw#death tw#posting this out of the imaginary order in my brain ... im so strong
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"hey." the grin is easy, if not a tad sleepy - as their brother approaches through the doorway. they've been out of bed for ages, now; tucked away at their desk, headphones loose against their neck, an audio mixing program glaringly bright on the screen before them. busy from the moment they wake - as if staying still isn't a possibility, as if every minute not kept busy is a minute wasted. "aw shit, thanks, auggie -" carn pushes out from where feet are tucked beneath chair, a childlike motion of grabby hands for the mug of tea before they're breathing in the steam with relief. it's brought close to their chest, a pleasant heat against palm as they bask in smell alone. "- mm, busy? nah, nah - nothing planned, anyways." there's a creak of old, refurbished wood as they lean back, gangly legs crossing over one another. "hey - i'm fit!" lips pause over the rim of the mug, brows furrowed in faux defense, "takes a lot to heave around everyone's instruments, you know." and they do it without request each time - insists upon it, as if a simple act could lift the untold burdens of their bandmates off of their backs and onto their own. "i still like - going outside, touching grass - being tuned in with nature, or whatever mum says. i'm feeling a bit relieved, actually - being here. i mean, love sheep, love the country, but gods. the mountains, man." a dream - like sigh as they finally take a sip of earl grey. "how about you - you up to handle a hike? old man joints aren't causing you any trouble? i'd offer to carry you back down and everything, but i feel like i'm already gonna have my arms full of winston. call it intuition."
for: carnelian st. germain. ( @distortedblurs ) where: their house.
It’s still odd - not uncomfortable, but different, to live with people again after being on his own for the last handful of years. Going from a full house - boat - to his independence had been a luxury, even if he’d missed his family desperately. With Carn back, it’d made sense for August to join them, in their life, in their adventures. They’d always been so approachable, so kind-hearted - but without hesitation or consideration. August always appreciated it. It hadn’t been a question when he’d asked to move in with them and their onslaught of friends. Even if he had mild regrets - everyone seemed infantile compared to him, even his own sibling. But it was nice. It was home. “Morning,” He greeted, pushing into Carn’s room after they’d given him permission to enter, “here - you’re not busy today, are you?” Handing his sibling a cup of earl grey, brewed the exact way they liked, having it down to a science by now. “I wanted to get to know the hiking trails by the mountaintop a bit more. Thought it’d be nice if you came with - I was thinking of bringing Winston, too. He hasn’t been on a nice hike in forever. Unless you’ve grown terribly out of shape these last few years. I’ll only be barely disappointed, not all that surprised.”
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ carnelian st germain ❜#˗ˏˋ carnelian st germain ⟶ ❛ august st germain ❜#c: august st germain#this isnt my best work brianna. i am sleepy
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their thumb brushes beneath the rough ridge of the rock tucked into her palm, surface dimpled and dotted and cracked and sharp from where it'd undoubtedly been thrown against surface one too many times, rolled under the passing wheel of a truck and discarded back into the dirt for the cycle to continue over and over and over again. juniper swears they've palmed the same stone since their early days at langston - that it's the very same one that keeps finding its way back to them like the sad roll of a chef boyardee can, more weathered with each reappearance. or maybe it's that the days in hadden aren't just clones of one another, but the same day repeating over and over. the same habits, the same routine, picked right back up as soon as they returned from overseas; like nothing's changed at all. forever throwing stones at passing cars, forever stuck outside the hospital, forever waiting on finch's lab results. juniper hates hospitals; hates the scent of sterilization, of harsh chemicals and florescent lights, every stick of needle against paling skin. she isn't stupid, despite greater belief; june sees things she'd prefer not to, notices when her gaze is urged away - as if not to see the magician's sleight of hand. "not every freak's got the same fucking - ibs issues you do -" tone wavers between nonchalance and genuine defense, without meaning to, "- what, y'can't shit again? thank fuck - toilet's about to fucking, give way, your ass is so bony it's like a fucking - pickaxe against porcelain. call your cheeks michelang- why the fuck would i steal laxatives?" a moment's pause, and a dozen reasons why they would steal laxatives flashing throughout their mind. a grumble follows, and juniper's digging through the pockets of their jeans before throwing a single - use packet at finch's feet. "took that from the fucking - airport, by the way." their eyes finally snap up and away from the road beside them and onto finch, "did you jack off too fucking hard? tore a fucking - ligament? i'm telling you, man, it sounds like fucking - glass clinking, we all fucking hear it. fucking - paper skin and glass bones ass, fucking, should've been in spongebob -" a drifting - away mutter as she tears her eyes away and chucks the stone still in hand.
𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 : finch & juniper ( @distortedblurs ) !
𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿: 5:28pm.
𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: outside of hadden general hospital.
* ❪ 🦇 ❫ : 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 of the drivers window to flip both menaces off as they bend down to pick the largest stones, comparing each other's finds and collecting any that have a funny enough shape to hide underneath jamie's pillow. they're waiting for the results of finch's recent lab tests, a normalized routine when his sugar levels run low, and occasionally, when his father would ask him to drop by with the promise of more money. enough to top them off for this month's electric bills. they're bored out of their minds as chit chatting nurses take their smoke breaks outside, ambulances wheeling in patients that have called their hotline without a true emergency ( a minor headache constituted as a visit by EMT's apparently ). there aren't any nerves hidden beneath the hyena - like cackle that leaves finch's throat, nor ( unusual ) offputting behaviors that could be brushed off as defense mechanisms — this was all simply an average day in the life of yevgeny kiskova. a surge of pain begins to clamp up his right hand, and he's physically cringing at the temporary feeling, noting that it's come stronger than the last episode. the development is more of a nuisance than a concern, eyes flicking over to juniper to make sure she's still distracted by throwing stones at passing cars, clutching his frozen hand with a disgruntled sigh. ❝ you don't happen to have a fucking laxative on you, huh ? that freak frankie looks like they have some shittin issues. did'ya snag any from em ? ❞
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ juniper ridley liao ❜#˗ˏˋ juniper ridley liao ⟶ ❛ finch kiskova ❜#c: finch kiskova#nsfw mention#hospital tw#needles tw#mention bt
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hadden is familiar to home in the best of ways; the bustle of small - town folk in early morning, fresh coffee and bright smiles passed around with an ease that sets onto carnelian's shoulders as well. thousand - mile nostalgia is easy to hit them - memories of childhood clear behind their eyelids; how it was them, once, trailing behind their father as they set up booth for the morning - awake before the sun had risen, skin salt - laced and fresh. no experience is original, and carnelian relishes in it - consistency, routine, hundreds of years of people doing what they do best: connecting with one another. reusable bags are already heavy against forearm as they walk alongside tent and canopy, serenity etched across features and a spark in their eyes from bartering gone well. they had left bath with little; just a duffel of clothes, a small box of sentimental belongings, the instruments that had followed them throughout life since childhood. they had never learned materialism - never wanted more than they could have; but the little house on woodruff street demanded life breathed into it. demanded to be lived in, cared for; and who better for the job than carnelian? a fresh coat of paint atop faded sage, a water heater that no longer sputters into life; now, paper - wrapped glass jostles against one another as they peel away from the fourth vendor on their mental list, eyes skimming tents for the next before passing, then returning, onto a familiar frame. a familiar frame cloaked in unfamiliarity, the slope of his shoulders set soft, comfortable - and although carnelian can't see shepherd's face - they know. "you haven't taken to harassing the locals here already, have you, mate?" a few short strides and carnelian's wavering by the other man's side, tone teasing and unserious - eyes lifting away from shep to gaze with genuine curiosity at the yarn sectioned neatly in rows behind foldable table. "i really like it here," they settle on next, "it feels ... good. an overdo change in scenery - m'glad you're here." they know better than to acknowledge aloud the invisible strings tied taut around shepherd's limbs, the reasons that brought him and 4am verdict to hadden - but they're sincere. it wouldn't be the same without him. "sooo -" their voice drawls out, "- you taking up knitting, then? i've got a mean cable knit pattern, if you're looking. we'll make a proper sailor outta you yet, shep."
𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 : shepherd & carnelian ( @distortedblurs ) !
𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿: 9:12am.
𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: flea market, morning rush.
* ❪ 🔌 ❫ : 𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 animal in a circus, a tiger with its stripes painted and dyed a splurge of neon colors to amuse the masses. a beast turned into a joke as cooper had laid out the rules of the house. a child being told what to touch, what to say, what to do. wearing him down to the bone as he finalized everything with and you will sleep on the couch, dismissing the idea of shepherd using one of the multiple empty rooms around such cushy residence. a psychological feature of this snuff film no doubt, recognizing the gleam in cooper's eyes, challenging shepherd to argue against any of it with a snarl reserved for anyone else. his spine is sore from uneven cushions, old threads splitting from stained pillows that are an abomination among opposing sleek furniture. pulled out, perhaps, in time for shepherd's arrival. his hair is currently a wet mess of blonde spikes, scowl slowly diminishing, brows no longer furrowed with permanent vexation as his exhaustion runs him out of steam. boots glide through groups of twinkling laughter, soothing his mind by tents that release scents of freshly curated spruce and fruit. he's seeking one small business in particular, eyes falling on a small setup with an elderly woman and her youngest granddaughter, both basking in the sun that beams down on them from a hard morning of labor, barely done with the day that awaits them. shepherd's leaning in with a murmur, their faces reflecting a shocked gasp with the deal that he makes, and they're suddenly shooting out of their seats, collecting whatever it is that he's asked for. from afar, and from someone who knew him for who he was, they might've assumed they'd begun skittering around out of fear. but upon further inspection, there's a genuine softness in his eyes, crinkles meeting at the corners as he assures them that he'll go through with it. the wooden sign above is emboldened with pale chalk, childlike sketchings at its corners that reads: YARN MATERIAL AND CROCHETING TOOLS!
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ carnelian st germain ❜#˗ˏˋ carnelian st germain ⟶ ❛ shepherd devi ❜#:D#c: shepherd devi
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── ( riz ahmed. 41. cis man. he / him. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? AMINE SHAHZAD? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for most of his life now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS MOTORCYCLE. i think they’re the OWNER over at WEASEL’S and a RETIRED ROCKSTAR for SALVATION ROW - which makes sense since they’re so EMPHATIC and MOROSE. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, he’s just gotten out of rehab for the third time, only to find out his band’s kicked him out. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also STOIC and IMPATIENT, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a SAGITTARIUS thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get war pigs by black sabbath stuck in my head and it just makes me so FORLORN. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
content warnings for... child neglect, drug & alcohol abuse, death, and addiction.
common knowledge.
full name — amine shahzad.
nickname(s) — amy, just once.
place of birth — hadden, new york.
date of birth & age — december 9th, 1983. forty1.
gender / pronouns — cis man, he/him.
sexuality — bisexual.
occupation — retired musician from the band salvation row. sometimes a drummer, still. owner of weasel's.
astrology — sagittarius sun, aquarius moon, virgo rising.
residence — an apartment on the smaller side with mostly empty rooms besides the essentials and a box of personal belongings. consists of furniture picked up from ikea, remnants of youth, and things stolen found on while on tour.
interests — the dead of night and the sharp sound of silence; not peaceful, but something else entirely. bumming cigarettes off of others and never repaying the favor. non - alcoholic beer. tee shirts cropped too short. loose jeans. the smell of a snuffed out matchstick. black coffee. drums, bass, anything that reverberates through him. vcr tapes. white noise. comfort over style. sleeping in late. a good fucking movie. being on his lonesome. town gossip but he'll never admit to enjoying it. checking the locks twice before sleeping. keeping a baseball bat besides his bed and a knife under his pillow. the feeling of a tattoo. ripping the bandaid off. reality. being honest.
aversions — too many people trying to talk to him at once. alcohol... drugs... any of his past vices... talking about his family. the sound of a cheaply made acoustic guitar. fucking wonderwall. having to break up fights or getting involved in other's shit when it doesn't benefit him. tight clothing. feeling restricted or restrained. running in circles. the chase, when he's the one being chased. overwhelmingly bright colors. direct sunlight. feeling too attached. small animals, including children. having to share a tour bus bathroom with four other people. his buttons being pushed ( doesn't mind pushing others' ). really strong florals. marble countertops. when things look too clean, too polished, too manufactured. forced positivity.
quirks — still absentmindedly taps along to a rhythm only heard by him. fully turns off his phone at night. mostly insists on driving his motorcycle around town instead of his car. gets lost in the noise, lost to himself. cannot hide behind a poker face to save his life; wears all emotions on his sleeve. secretly loves watching improv but will take that to the grave. loves watching casual, neighborhood drama from the safety of his apartment.
most played — war pigs by black sabbath.
notable features — a head of platinum - bleached hair, roots always showing; grown out facial hair, permanent purples beneath the eyes and cheeks that remain gaunt.
general disposition — all crooked limbs and odd angles; posture rarely straightened, more puzzle piece than man. furrowed brows.
character study — bigby wolf ( the wolf among us ) & will traynor ( me before you ).
public record.
child neglect; if amine had to describe his childhood in one, all embodying, all encompassing word - it would be lonely. with parents who still clung to teendom, who still clung to their bad habits like live savers, amine grows up fending for himself. a fridge of rotting leftovers, a cupboard stocked with instant raviolis. he doesn't think they're bad people, or bad parents; they just forget. that's okay; he can do his own laundry, heat up his own meals, match his own socks. they still kiss his forehead on occasion, call him their boy; they're still there, sometimes, in the morning.
child neglect, alcohol; it's a behavior he's used to. he's raised with it, learns from them. he is them, in a way. a wild teenager with no curfew to come home to, no expectations. when he sneaks into the bar, it's often them he runs into; and they embrace him in their arms, lift a drink to his lips. it's them who he learns all his worst habits from.
this is a parent's love, this is what they're meant to do. his friends' parents don't do the same; they scold, and punish, and protect. they're teaching amine in their own way, he just has to know the lesson. most days are spent skipping school, being in places where he shouldn't be. weasel's is a beacon for him; a neon sign with flickering letters, with the distinct smell of stale beer - they never card, never ask. one day he picks up drumsticks and sits atop the stage, and he never leaves. everything makes sense there, behind the drum set. everything he doesn't know how to say, everything he doesn't know how to express - tangible again.
he's the youngest in the band; he shouldn't be there - shouldn't be within ten feet of weasel's, really. but he is, and he feels alive in more ways than he knows how to express. anger dissolves beneath his touch. their frontman is electric on stage; a melodic voice that keeps amine in tempo. he idolizes the older man, in a way. feels taken under his wing; feels like what a father could've been.
death; and then the frontman dies. amine's never had to mourn before, never knew the sharp knife of grief and it's forever - present throb. his parents cannot soothe him, cannot help him sort the emotions that rip through his chest and force their way out. they only offer a bottle of beer, a joint; a lopsided grin. for the first time in his life - amine feels suffocated. suffocated by parents who'll never grow; who he'll surpass in age with each year, suffocated by an old, decaying town.
then their band - lead singer long replaced with someone new, younger, not as talented - gets picked up by a record label. it's sudden, and unexpected, and before amine knows it - he has to choose between a life on the road, a life in recording studios - and his family. he's gone before the day changes, only a duffel bag on his shoulder.
drug / alcohol abuse; the next two decades are a blur. they record singles, albums; they put out so often, it's nauseating. they're not groundbreaking, they're not revolutionary - they're not the next big thing, but they're popular enough to stay busy. the record label works them endlessly, performance drugs tucked within their hands. tours and studios. there's always a deadline, always something to do - always something to play. binge nights turn into binge weeks, turned into months. it's not a life of glamor, it's a life to survive.
addiction; they never really come back to hadden; it's a town unmarked on the maps, an unpopular designation. they settle on major cities, on cities surrounding those. addiction holds amine by the throat; it's slowly choking him out. all stars beneath his eyes. they all have it bad, that same, gaunt look. amine is the first to fall, the first to enter rehab. it takes three tries over the course of - too many years; and then, as if by magic, it sticks. at the same time, the band - salvation row - breaks up. they say it's a hiatus, at first; but they're not fooling anyone.
amine comes home to hadden, just a few weeks after moldgate. he's a changed man; no longer the wild child, the larger for life teenager - the breath of every party, the thrumming inside another's heart. he's just - amine. former band member of salvation row. the new owner of weasel's. a man looking for peace of mind in a lion's den.
personal details.
in childhood, amine was kinder, maybe. had less experience on his shoulders - was still blinded by the concept of a living a larger life. of the concept of being famous, known, one day. what a joke that was. he's not - unkind, now. but there's a hesitance to his words, a tendency to snap. what used to be a face creased in laughter is now a face held stoic.
he's not a very patient person; has spent too much of his life being patient. of waiting for others. he's quick to go off on his own, to abandon others to pursue what he wants. he'll come back for them, eventually. usually.
addiction mention; knows who he is as a person, and doesn't waver on his thoughts, his beliefs. old and stubborn, embittered by life and highly individualistic. he's currently sober and clean, and intends to stay that way. it's ironic, given his new title at weasel's - but it's the only place that incites warmth. everywhere in red creek is familiar, nostalgic to a poisonous degree - but weasel's always been his safe haven.
was the drummer for salvation row, a moderately famous band in the states. they're not really known outside of the country, nor outside of their genre. they're alternative - some form of metal, of rock. don't ask me yet. now he's just - living his life.
he doesn't really know how to connect with most people, anymore. too many years of his life were taken from him, and with that - most of his social skills.
more on the serious side. a little sardonic, a little biting with his words - he lashes out sometimes without realizing how his words come across. secretly loves hearing about town gossip, and has a bit of a soft side for those who carry life a little easier on their shoulders. who don't become crushed beneath their own burdens.
amine isn't someone to beat around the bush. he's too honest, needs an expectation laid out in front of him. finds it all too easy to take charge when needed; finds solace in balance. prefers when things go his way, or when he can control some aspect. unfortunately not a fun boss!
he's a bit rough around the edges - but he's not a bad person. he's done bad things in the past, too many to count, but he's - he's better now. he's trying to be better. always searching redemption, despite not knowing how to ask for it.
he goes to aa meetings and the like, and therapy, at least once a week. he functions better with a routine, with keeping himself busy. is still - lazy, at times. feels like he hasn't slept properly in years, so he's always trying to make up for lost time.
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── ( quintessa swindell. 25. nonbinary & gnc. they / he. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? WYLIE HENDERSON? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for a year now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their OVER THE EAR, CUSHY AND COZY HEADPHONES. i think they’re a PUPPEETEER - which makes sense since they’re so APPREHENSIVE and DISTANT. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, they moved to hadden to get away from their overbearing momager and the spotlight. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also UNCONVENTIONAL and CURIOUS, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a PISCES thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get my kind of woman by mac demarco stuck in my head and it just makes me so WISTFUL. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
...content warnings for... exploitation via hollywood, depression and anxiety .
common knowledge.
full name — willow lou henderson.
nickname(s) — wylie, vastly preferred over willow. wylie e. coyote on rare occasions ( dad's nickname, figures ).
place of birth — boise, idaho.
date of birth & age — feburary 28th, 2000. twenty5.
gender / pronouns — non binary & gender non - conforming, they / he.
sexuality — shakily queer; figuring out the specifics.
occupation — amateur puppeteer; former child star; former dancer.
astrology — pisces sun, sagittarius moon, gemini rising.
residence — a small apartment somewhere on main street; the living room has been overtaken by their various puppet projects, fabric rolling off the coffee table, fuzz that generate dust bunnies beneath the couch. various miniature limbs found in the oddest of places. otherwise well kept, if not minimally decorated.
interests — claymation, especially poorly done. really, really bad movies. like just the worst. the fly with jeff goldbum. mismatched stuffed animals, patchworked limbs and unmatched eyes. homemade puppets and dolls. the process of working with their hands. ribbon instead of lace. secondhand leather. over the ear headphones. hand - rolled cigarettes. incense. those microtrend twisty candles, all in pastels. swallowing down his anxiety, no matter how nauseating. blind boxes, fun figurines. soft music played loud; enough to drown out everything else. the process of braiding. graphic eyeliner. chunky glitter. "vintage" messenger bags. staying out of sight, out of mind. meeting new people. long walks at night; watching how the moon disappears over the mountain peaks. dancing, though not often anymore.
aversions — cow print. fast fashion. re - watching their old work, especially dance moms and disney. reality tv in general. their mother. existing only in their own bubble and being completely unaware of the world around him. cheap fabric. therapy speak; actually talking to their therapist and not just staring down at their feet the entire time. hollywood and the entire industry. nostalgia - bait. the belief that things in the past were better, that people aren't constantly reaching new peaks. that there's no where else to go than down, now. feeling stuck for the rest of his life. feeling like he feels now. dolphins, fuck dolphins. littering. being told they talk too quiet, or too much, or that they're boring, or underwhelming.
quirks — capable of deflating like a balloon at the first sign of perceived rejection from his peers. dancing along to the music in their headphones when they're alone, or nobody's looking. cannot stay still for the life of them. terrible insomniac, takes to walking the empty streets of hadden in the dead of night instead of tossing and turning. insists they know their threshold; always ends up greening out a little. just a little. mixes herbs into their cigarettes when rolling. cannot cook for the life of him; relies exclusively on take - out and instant ramen.
most played — what once was by her's.
notable features — their ever - changing facial jewelry, slivers of gold folded over lip and nose; wide deep - set eyes that once held innocence; the music constantly emitting from their headphones - volume at the max.
general disposition — languid and curious, seems to hold himself back - seems to always be in thought.
character study — victor van dort ( corpse bride ) & frances houseman ( dirty dancing ).
public record.
born in boise, idaho to a mother who always wanted something more in life, and a father who was happy sitting in the same town, working the same job he always had. a mother who had settled once, and wouldn't let her child do the same. as soon as wylie was babbling on their own - their mother would be bringing them to audition and audition, spending their savings on flights into new york or los angeles or wherever there'd be a casting director and a role to land. eventually his mother's dreams were answered when wylie was cast as the youngest child in a full house - esque sitcom at just 9 months, where they stayed in that same role until the series' finale several years later.
during those years - wylie's free time was spent in "homeschooling" and commercial auditions, showing up on talk shows alongside his mother as the adorable little kid who captured america's heart. the only thing that was pursued out of wylie's own interest was dance - something their mother made sure to capitalize on once the sitcom had ended. after the seventh season finale, wylie just about to turn eight - it was announced that they would be joining a reality show about children dance competitions. dance moms, if you will.
the years spent on dance moms ( or dance moms adjacent ) were rough - every little move wylie made would be scrutinized, examined - not only by his mother, but by his choreographer, his manager, the viewers who tuned in weekly. there was a notable decline in wylie's happiness - something that seemed to only be noted by their father, but when he brought it up to his wife - he was dismissed. nights at home - or rather, the hotel rooms that wylie found himself staying in more often than not in between competitions and filming - became screaming matches between his parents as they argued on and off about what was best for wylie, for their family.
exploitation; one morning before a dance competition, wylie's father took a flight back home and never looked back. while his mother hadn't seem bothered at all - gleeful, in fact, that she had won - anxiety pooled in wylie's stomach; and when they got up on that stage to perform with the rest of the girls, wylie floundered in front of them all - the judges, the cameras, fucking abby lee miller. the dressing room scene after the performance became one of the most watched clips on youtube - wylie's mother going head to head with abby lee miller and being praised for defending her child - when behind closed doors, she'd been just as upset.
wylie soon exited dance moms after that, around 13 - and for a short while, returned home to boise as his parents settled their divorce and custody agreements. ultimately - wylie's mother wound up with sole custody, despite his own wishes to stay with his dad. as soon as it all passed - they were packing up to move to la, in pursuit of "better things". those involved - a multitude of music videos to dance background for, brief appearances in any kid tv show that'd take them - the lead in a disney, straight to tv original movie, hundreds of auditions - one after the other, with little to no rest. a small stunt on america's got talent - where it was quickly discovered that while wylie could dance and even act - he was not a singer.
for the longest time - it felt like wylie was at the whim of their mother. fame was cool, sometimes - sure - but they couldn't tell if it was something they wanted, or just something their mother needed. she'd given up a lot when she'd gotten pregnant with wylie - a modelling gig that fell short after the fact, acting dreams never fulfilled besides a small, indie film that nobody's seen. wylie was just - her doll. something to dress up, to do what she couldn't.
the last and only time wylie felt actual, genuine joy for his job was when they were cast in a new film alongside their ... coworker. that's all they were ever supposed to be, maybe friends if wylie got lucky - but things shifted in his peripheral. feelings they couldn't place, that they were afraid to confront, acknowledge - but the camera captured it all. the chemistry was easy, natural; some said it was wylie's best work, the beginnings of a real star - and everything about it terrified wylie. the thought of being bigger than what they already were, the things they felt - what that meant for him.
he tried to bottle it up - but after the production had passed, and after they'd both moved onto other projects; it was all they could think about. they tried to connect with others - and sometimes things progressed, experiencing things they had never thought of, were always afraid to think too hard about - their thoughts always found their way back to her.
the last acting project wylie took became rock bottom - a publicity stunt relationship with the male lead of their film that nobody bought for a single second. the chemistry both on and off camera was so terrible that the movie ended up floppy horribly; reviews mentioning the "stiff, robotic - like chemistry between costars" - and wylie took it as their cue to finally quit acting. to step away from the spotlight - to be happy. much to their mother's distress.
to further his mother's ( well deserved ) distress - wylie both came out and promptly cut contact with her before moving back to their hometown, and back in with their dad, and his family, as they figured out their next moves. as much as he loved his dad - the family he had made for himself after the divorce hadn't felt like wylie's. but he supported them, and always had - and always would. it was somewhere to rest, as they had their lawyers threaten his mom with every law under the sun about withholding all the funds he earned over the years - all the money that they rightfully earned. news of this leaked, one way or another - and it became a brief headline in the celebrity gossip world; putting further attention on wylie that he clearly did not want.
the last straw was when wylie's mother tried to persuade them back into acting - a pitch for his own reality tv show - sign the contract and he'd get all the profits he'd earned over the years, even though it was her who was securing him all those roles, and her who rightfully deserved the money - they laughed in her face. they laughed, and then they packed up their bags - and they moved down to hadden, somewhere where they thought they wouldn't be recognized for their, frankly, d - list work.
personal details.
anxiety; has a lot of residual anxiety from the years spent in the spotlight, and hates drawing more attention to them than necessary. despite that, he doesn't let it get in the way of his self expression - whether it's clothing, or hair, or new piercings. they like to add a "diy" touch to everything they wear, whether it's a small bit of embroidery, or a charm sewn inside their sleeve, or ribbons instead of laces.
has been in hadden for only a short amount of time! is really new to the area, and despite his shy nature, makes an earnest attempt to go out and experience new things while they're here. wants to live life to the fullest, now that he can.
has taken up puppeteering within the last few months, and they really like it! they range from foam, felt, and fur hand - puppets in true muppet fashion, to marionette dolls they've created from separate doll parts. their crafts take up most of their home, and there's just. jars of puppet parts strewn about. it can be a little unsettling, but wylie doesn't seem to mind.
an introvert who struggles, sometimes, when it comes to interacting with others. can be awkward at times, surprisingly charming at others. his comfort levels vary throughout the day, and sometimes he just needs to take a break. finds solace in music, and always has - even if they're a shit singer. usually when they get overwhelmed, they just pull their headphones over their ears and tune out the world for a little bit.
likes to keep their hands busy! rolls their own cigarettes because if he's going to have a bad habit, he's going to commit to the bit and be a little pretentious about it.
depression, anxiety; currently in therapy, which feels overdo after years of, well - everything. they cancel a lot, but they're trying! it's hard to advocate for himself, but he's under antidepressants and anxiety medication and they're doing better these days compared to all the years before. #healing
anxiety; gets joy in the little things - loves mystery boxes for the reason that it's a small, contained surprise. they have. so many little figurines it's not even funny. it's like micro - dosing not having control over the results, and needing control is something wylie struggles a lot with. they need predictability. they need to know how something is going. they hate big surprises, or being caught off guard - it just stresses them out.
has a tendency to just let things - be. would rather miscommunication than addressing an issue head on; is very avoidant. like, will literally run from his problems rather than face them. flight or fight baby!
despite being on the shier side - wylie does want to make friends! it's just hard sometimes - but they've dealt with worse, and it can be isolating to know nobody in a new place. of course they want to stay inside all day, but more often than not he'll be spotted somewhere in hadden. has a love - hate relationship with clubs; loves dancing, and loud music - hates crowds, or even the smallest possibility of being recognized. fame was not for them!
he has his head up in the clouds more often than not - they can be a little absent - minded, or generally not all there - lost in thought, etc. a bit of a dreamer, and an overthinker, there's just sooo much to think about. like all the time. it's hard to not be in their head.
is braver / funnier / a little more outgoing in text, so it's a little funny seeing them in person and watching them fidget with anything dangling and generally - not be as confident over text. all bark, no bite. also a lover and not a fighter! is really exploring their sexuality with no qualms - it's the deeper connections that they struggle with.
has taken up film photography, if only because they like standing around in a dark room and watching the photos develop in real time. also just - capturing moments by their own accord feels important - like making memories they actually want to keep.
but they hope to do something with their puppeteering! they've always hated being in the spotlight, but it's different when there's puppets doing it for you. they want to perform for kids, or the elderly, or like anyone who'll enjoy puppets dancing and interacting with each other. even just having their puppets used would be enough for him. they love doing behind the cameras / behind the scenes work.
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TWIN PEAKS (1990–1991) 2.20 • "The Path to the Black Lodge"
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── ( nana komatsu. 25. demi woman. she / they. ) there’s something about hadden, man, that makes me so nostalgic. like, you see that? PALOMA “BABE” MORI? yeah, they’ve been in hadden for three years now, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen them leave home without their STACK OF NEON KANDI BRACELETS. i think they’re a MORTUARY SCIENCE & TAXIDERMY MAJOR over at LANGSTON and a DANCER at BLUE VELVET - which makes sense since they’re so VEHEMENT and MESMERIZING. i didn’t think i’d see them out in public so soon, though, ever since … y’know, they had a stalker that their uncle took care of and was incarcerated for. yeah, it’s pretty bad - but i heard they’re also FLIGHTY and VULNERABLE, so i guess you really never know a person … maybe it’s just a LEO thing? either way, everytime they’re around i always get dancing with tears in my eyes by kesha stuck in my head and it just makes me so ENERGIZED. i gotta go walk it off before i do something drastic - see ya! / as penned by james. 26. they/them. est.
...content warnings for... parental & familial death, mentions of a car accident, night terrors, stalking, harassment, implied violence, and drug use.
common knowledge.
full name — koharu "paloma" mori.
nickname(s) — babe! that chick over there. friend :)
place of birth — queens, new york.
date of birth & age — august 10th, 1999. twenty5.
gender / pronouns — demi woman, she / they.
sexuality — bisexual.
occupation — mortuary science & taxidermy major at langston; dancer at blue velvet; amateur taxidermist.
astrology — leo sun, leo moon, leo rising.
residence — hemlock cabin, langston; black - out curtains so the hour is never known. a growing pile of monster energy drinks smashed beneath sole, squeezed between fingers. the scent of something sickly sweet, neon lights illuminating tapestries that feel more tunnel than ceiling. pink leopard print, thongs hanging from chair and doorknob. headphones that blare music even when left strewn across pillow.
interests — giving out stick n' poke tattoos like they're candy; receiving them in return. house music. electronic. "scenecore". mcbling. bright, eye - squinting neons. sleeping in her makeup. pop punk, whiny vocals. screaming along to lyrics. clubbing. nostalgic cartoons. creepy crawlies. fun and silly taxidermy. cooking for her friends as a love language; cooking as a release. dancing, in every form. sugary sweet treats, particularly candy. glittery stickers. glitter in general. leopard print. zebras. sex, love, and an unhealthy dose of both. skateboarding, roller - skating. reacting impulsively. platform boots. fishnet. graffiti. adrenaline rushes and cheap thrills. going against the best wishes of others. cheap beer. her grandfather's noodle recipes. mdma. the sound of static.
aversions — admitting her god complex. taking responsibility for her actions, and the following consequences. the way she can't stop when she begins to cry; the flood waters. being dismissed or ignored. lack of attention. being alone for too long, and long stretches of silence that noise cannot pierce. people who take themselves too seriously. normcore. being shamed. taking her medication. sleeping; her night terrors. thunderstorms, though she says she loves them. muted, desaturated color. art museums. bras. when she isn't the one ending the relationship. tides turning. being confronted by reality. most zoos. anger that's directed entirely towards her, because her. spraining her neck headbanging. when others don't participate in karaoke. her own, swallowing guilt.
quirks — falls in love on a whim, fast and hard and entirely too quick. falls in lust just as quickly, if not quicker. fantasizes and obsesses over one person at a time until a sudden, definite crash. then the cycle continues. never lasts long in relationships; is usually on the frays with someone. has no volume control in public, and speaks without thinking. voices every thought that leaves her head, good or bad. has a tendency to be insensitive. convinces others to get matching tattoos with her, or to run away, or to trip with her. thrashes around in her sleep; a terrible partner to share a bed with. says she can handle her liquor, but is always the first to blackout. is allergic to liquor; this does not stop her.
most played — IN MY MOUTH by black dresses.
notable features — straight black bangs and even straighter hair; always tangled in the wind. a collection of glitter that never leaves her face. a few lovingly placed beauty marks and a full bottom lip that's always bitten raw.
general disposition — electric, energetic; a nonstop force until she's simply not.
character study — penny lane ( almost famous ) & juliet starling ( lollipop chainsaw ).
public record.
parental death / car accident; babe learns early on that life isn't fair - that it isn't ruled by right or wrong, that happiness doesn't always correlate with it. she's too young to remember her parents, their death - the car crash that takes their lives; too young to remember the grief, but swears she can still feel it atop her shoulders like a boulder weighing her down. she's not the only one affected, a brother on either side of her - placed into the care of their grandfather and uncle.
the five of them live in a small apartment - if not cramped before, then certainly cramped then - atop their family's restaurant: a small noodle & beer shop that welds just enough profit for them to get by with secondhand wares and relative ease.
night terrors; they're diagnosed with them when they're too young to know what it means. cries and screams loud enough to wake their household each night, tiny limbs thrashing like an ongoing exorcism every evening, on repeat again and again and again. sleep paralysis becomes common; shadow figures lurking in her doorway, fingers curled over doorframe - eyes she can't see, but can feel. insomnia comes next - she's not incapable of sleeping, but she's long past wanting to.
death and demons, grief and ghosts; as a child, there's only so many explanations to her diagnosis that make sense. real, genuine sense beyond a damaged psyche. babe's always lived in denial, refused to see the darkness in reality - convinces herself that she's a medium. that what she sees is real, that there's a reason why she feels how she feels. her family thinks she'll grow out of it - but she never does. it's better than acknowledging the truth; that fate is a terrible, wretched thing.
babe grows up the weird girl; the girl who talks to nothing, who says she's best friends with bloody mary, who gets back up again and again despite the growing list of skatepark bruises. the girl who never learns, not really; who bends the rules until they snap beneath her fingers.
familial death; her grandfather dies shortly after she graduates from high school - and any plans to attend university fade like a distant memory. she'd been serious about it, once - a pipe dream built atop scholarships she never had a chance of getting, loans she'd never pay back. it doesn't matter anymore - babe needs to help out where she can; her uncle and eldest brother take over the restaurant, keep them afloat as much as they can - and the youngest is already picking up jobs instead of studying. babe hates to see them struggle, hates the familiar haunt of grief, hates how helpless she feels - how helpless she's always felt.
two years of jobs that never lead anywhere, that she always quits before they can fire her first; like rejection is a physical scorch against skin - and babe lands a job as a dancer. young and charismatic, she learns quick and earns quicker. hundreds become thousands, enough to help out her uncle and her brothers, enough to have some leftover - albeit always spent, rarely saved. she lives in small luxury - the want to pursue something deeper washed away by what she can gain now; babe knows how to move forward, but not how to pick up the pieces to continue where she left off. dozens of projects left half - finished, hobbies picked up and dropped; relationships gained and lost without warning. there's only a few constants - her family by her side - but even then, she knows not to rely on a present that never stays still.
stalking, harassment, implied violence; it's a year later when it begins. she's a known face with more than enough regulars, adored by customers and fellow dancers - respected despite still being considered new. it starts with someone too interested, too involved - whose presence becomes anxiety until they're escorted out and banned from the club. it doesn't end there - it doesn't end at his obsession, at keys held between knuckles as soon as she steps out the door, at police reports that go nowhere. where it does end - is when her oldest brother finds out. a matter taken into his own hands. the older man doesn't die, but he comes close to it - and when the police do come around, it's not because of the stalking. it's for her brother - for her family. their uncle steps up, confesses the crime - is arrested the same night.
she's used to the way grief swallows without chewing, takes without wanting - but not guilt. it's not her fault - but it feels like it; feels like suffocating, feels like a load - bearing beam has been knocked sideways, like the entire foundation of her family is at risk of crumbling. so she leaves - leaves the restaurant and her brothers, and the silence she doesn't know how to fill. she applies to langston - and it's not hard to get in, in a school like that - and she leaves.
personal details.
has been called babe her entire life; her grandfather used to say it's because of her older brother. that he used to watch babe on repeat, fixated on it - thought that she was just so pink, as a baby. pig - like. it's a fond nickname - her preferred name; the one she introduces herself by.
unironically calls herself an empath, and it holds true. feels emotions so deep that they hurt; whether they're her own, or others'. a giant crier, who cries when she's happy, when she's sad - when she's angry. paired with being an irrational thinker, someone who always jumps to conclusions without taking a moment to step back - whether it's about being loved or hated. purposefully wears mascara that streaks - because she likes how messy it is.
performative and overdramatic, someone who believes an audience is always watching - who wants to be seen as a caricature of happiness, of sunlight personified. because if she isn't - then she's the girl with the stalker, the girl who let her uncle be incarcerated, the girl with dead parents and dead animals - who thinks the dead speak to her, through her. because if babe isn't happy being a freak - then she's just that. a freak.
resident party girl and well known raver; a self - proclaimed scene queen. her everyday - wear reflects it; rave attire even when it's beyond freezing. loves big, bold colors - the more neon the better - and her arms are consistently covered in kandi that she gives out like candy to all her favorite people of the week; yet the stack never lessens. a big fan of mcbling, of 00's scene culture - of teased hair and morbidity treated like comedy. a stack of studded belts, shirts that squeeze against rib.
drug use;will always deny addiction, laughed off like small talk - but she's big on psychedelics and uppers. poppers and mdma; anything that makes her feel like she can reach out and grasp love like a tangible object, clung against her. believes she can just reel it in - that she's in control.
has probably said "rawr :3" in the past twenty four hours. twelve, even. probably within the hour. it's her favorite filler word.
loud and bold and talkative, a stream of consciousness that never stops. she's not afraid to point things out that others have the consideration to not - and doesn't get the hint on when to stop talking. a blabbermouth who talks about others without remorse, without thinking. can be considered rude, though it often flies over her head in a massive swoop.
needs validation often; needs to feel that she's still liked and loved and adored - that she's okay, that everything is okay. reassurance is her best friend and it's a problem. has a tendency to latch onto others, borderline obsessive in her attachments. thinks it's no big deal, the way it lasts for days and months until it halts sudden, right in its tracks. like it never happened at all. finds most people interesting, like there's something hidden to each person that she wants to dig up like treasure washed ashore. layers that need to be peeled. like shrek said.
hypersexual as a coping mechanism; the undying desire to be wanted and needed as much as she wants and needs others. loves falling in love - but it's never genuine, it never lasts; still craves it as much as she craves the physicality of sex. can be incredibly jealous but treats it as a joke - like it's something to be laughed off until everyone's looking at her like wtf?
babe seeks adrenaline, craves a cheap thrill. loves the idea of being face to face with danger - of jumping away at the last second to avoid it. believes in the supernatural, in ghosts and cryptids - has a very serious crush on mothman. due to being a medium - she experiences ghostly revelations several times a day where she will act as if she can commune with the dead - more often than not being loved ones of anyone surrounding her. she only wishes she could talk to her grandfather again.
has several tattoos that are just the instagram handles and twitch usernames of people she's had whirlwind, weeks - long romances with. thinks it's kind of hilarious - questionable. matches her shitty honda civic that is held up only by faith and the multitude of bumper stickers that lap over one another, paint long - obscured beneath them. the interior is also covered in stickers. it's an overstimulating car, with a fuzzy wheel cover and oversized dice hanging from the rearview mirror. babe loves that car.
loves energy drinks an unhealthy amount. particularly favors monster energy. the honda civic's floor is littered in them - backseat a laundry basket of leopard print bras and whatever else. is a generally messy, unorganized person. loves to live in the chaos of it - doesn't realize how stressful it is to literally everyone else.
#langston.intro#death tw#car accident tw#stalking tw#harassment tw#violence tw#hey :P#this is fine ... for now
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their nose scrunches, etching their features with harsh lines of borderline disgust and grime - ladled affection, hand lazily batting away specks of dirt that only decide to cling to them instead, "no, fucker, they're fucking - alien eggs. they're gonna hatch out my chest and start gnawing on your bones as their first meal, two birds one stone shit. they're gonna be fucking - disappointed, too - fucking, poisoned - you probably taste like battery acid and sulfur. crusty socks and fucking - mildew." though juniper would never admit it, even with a knife held to throat and gun to temple, finch is the only family juniper really has; at least in a way that matters. she used to feel more stray dog than person, more feral animal than girl; the pet fed scraps off of a cardboard dining room table, locked outside at the end of the night so each liao could have a bed of their own. so they didn't have to share with her, that thing - that mom killer, who stole her eyes and wore them as their own. they never looked back on her, hands pressed against trailer window, banging to be let the fuck in - like acknowledging her brought more hurt than anger. juniper was made of it - hurt and anger, hatred - fueled fury and painstaking desperation. so finch is the only family juniper knows, sickly and sallow, a bird - boned creature the sun refuses to touch; a brother she never wanted and never asked for, but needs as much as she needs to breathe. and right now, she wants to fucking kill him. "choke on your fucking spit, finch - they wouldn't even look at me if they saw you, you're a fucking - medical mystery, the first walking corpse -" she yelps out like a wounded animal as teeth clamp down on toe, legs instinctively jerking back before finding themselves held in place, "- you're such a fucking - fucker!" more yowl than yell, forcing herself into a sit up so she can grasp at sweat - slicked and mud - embedded hair, nails digging into scalp as she pulls him up and off, "you're such a fucking - shithead - literally, what the fuck did you roll around it? jesus fucking - christ -" locks of grease slip through her fingers, leaving a residue that clings to her skin as she's forced to let go. she whines, angrily, before she's colliding body against him. hands pushing against bony arm and rib - prodding torso until they're both falling off the bed. her elbows dig into finch's chest, spit gathering beneath her tongue before it's spat back out at him; a fat, glistening blob aimed for the forehead like target practice.
* ❪ 🦇 ❫ : 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻. a once shining mullet, grimey and slick with everything that had been meddled with earlier. a condescending laugh emits from deep within his gut, pulling out a half eaten candy bar he'd snatched from the bedside table on the way there. ❝ you ? tits ? don't be crazyyyyy. i thought you just had two ingrown hairs on your chest you fuckin beast. ❞ too much of a trip to get here and too much energy exerted to get on his feet to grab some, he opts to swallow the spit that collects at the tip of his tongue. a habit for old times sake. what his father would tell him to do whenever finch whined about being thirsty during a car ride, or shopping for far too long. a funny joke that mister kiskova slowly begun to mean, lady kiskova sweeping in to save the day with the juice pouch she always carried in her purse. two actually. another for the twin that always attempted to swipe little finch's caprisun from his hands. fighting for seconds like a pack of wild cats. he wonders if she still has one now. hooked up to fluids, steel needles shoved underneath her skin to keep her awake. keep her stable, keep her alive enough so he didn't have to feel the guilt of never visiting her. he wonders if she still has one in her bag. no, two. expired and waiting to be fought for. ❝ puhlease, you'd be a terrible fuckin' tradwife. nobody'd ever want you like that, jesus fuckin' christ. you should give your fuckin' blood to science, riddled with rabies and female hysteria. ❞ trying his best to impersonate a frat guy. a throaty voice that always made juniper's skin crawl. perfected by the way finch is tilting his head up in an indication of egotistical pride. before she can do anything though, he's reaching for a foot and biting down on her big toe, tossing the chocolate bar aside to grip onto her other leg so she doesn't instinctively punt his face. round one.
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ juniper ridley liao ❜#˗ˏˋ juniper ridley liao ⟶ ❛ finch kiskova ❜#c: finch kiskova#ok this isnt my best work bt im gna be late for work BYE<3#might change things when i get back#child abuse tw#body horror tw
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regret, no - remorse - comes in all at once. it's not a slow stream, the steady drip of a leaky faucet; it's torrential downpour - the kind of rain that lands heavy and hard, that make one wonder if hails next to follow. it's a river with a current too strong, and kit's only just skimmed the water before it's carrying them away. they want to take back their words as soon as they say them; every insecurity spilling out from them in an ugly array. splattered with the bile they feel rising through them; anxiety burning through everything they've put such painstaking effort into hiding. their mind is a crossroad, halved and quartered - and kit's left standing in the middle, no way to tell where's north, where's south. they're not sure they know the difference between left and right, right and wrong. just the look on luca's face, raw hurt and a dousing of anger; betrayal that kit's only ever feared.
reassurance doesn't feel like reassurance - kit doesn't feel appeased, doesn't feel satisfied; just guilt, pushing down into their muscles until they're left sore and aching. they want to say they're sorry. they want to apologize - shame brushing against their skin like it's wind drafting through the windows. their mouth opens; and only silence leaves it - not even a scramble of words, a stumbling string of a sentence. isn't this what they wanted in the first place? for the wedge between them to grow taller and wider, until the space between them became so insufferable neither could stand to linger in it? to sever their tie and cut their losses before resentment could; to mourn now, nurture the hurt now - so neither were left with a wound much greater, much larger, than it was now? kit feels selfish again. stupid, again. a child, again. their mother was right when she'd said kit had been lucky - that they'd picked a good one. after all - wasn't this their fault, in the end? if they - if they could've just accepted luca's affection despite their mother's whispers in their ear, turning their happiness into a condition, into respect granted. if they believed in themself as much as luca believed in them. if kit hadn't left him as a punishment towards themself; self - destructive in all the places it counted. maybe he wouldn't have fucked adrien, maybe he and leo would still be best friends, fuck, maybe luca would've still been happy - if kit could just get over themself for a single fucking second and allow themself to be loved by him. to love him back the way they so desperately wanted to.
"luca -" cracks out, pained�� and exhausted; malice lessened into something kit doesn't know. doesn't recognize, can barely hear their own voice over the beat of their heart. "- i ..." they've never been good with their words; a fraud who parroted retorts told to them throughout childhood, recycled words that were left imprinted on their mind. they could be mean, they could be cruel; they struggled to be anything else - kindness spoken slow and achingly deliberate, breathless with labor. kit's voice trails off, thoughts a swirling vortex they can't pierce through, can't get their words through. they miss luca so much they could cry on the thought alone; missed the brush of his skin against theirs, the comfort of his cologne that lingered on everything they owned, the heartbeat in their ear when they could do nothing but lay awake, draped over his chest like the sounds of his breathing could lull them to sleep if they willed it hard enough. kit doesn't know what they're trying to will now, hand extending to grasp at the post - it note still in his hand, too scared to touch him. "it - matters. it does. i - please, luca?"
the words hit like a knife to the heart. a slow, deliberate twist, one that's cruel in its precision and clear in its intention. it isn't like kit -- this sharp-edged sarcasm, dry and acerbic. even in the slow decay of what they once used to be, when their relationship had begun to hollow out and the two of them only stayed out of habit, there had been gentleness. never malice, never cruelty. it was always pain turned inward and swallowed down in silence. but now, it's as if the graced they still owed each other has vanished in an instant. and he deserves it, he knows he does, but it still hurts.
he listens and he listens and he listens, each successive accusation landing like punches to the gut, ruthless and unrelenting. some of them are true, ugly and clearly unforgivable — he'd betrayed leona's trust for no good reason. he threw away what might have been his dearest friendship for a fleeting moment of selfish weakness. he's pathetic. he deserves it. but then comes the blow that leaves him blindsided, heat rising to his cheeks — part humiliation, part something sharper. he hates it, that his first instinct is to bite back like a wounded animal scrambling to protect itself. weren’t you a witness to my unravelling? didn’t you listen to the hundreds of sad, desperate voicemails i left you this summer? would i have done that if you were disposable?
thankfully, the words catch in his throat before they spill from his lips. they're just more deflection. maybe, after all, he's more like his father than he would ever admit. a sad, sorry man with hundreds of excuses for every sin, always ready to push the blame onto someone else. the thought makes his stomach churn, bile rising in his throat. he swallows it down, along with the bitter and rancorous words, merely shaking his head instead. slow, resigned. "nothing like that ever happened. never. you were the only person on my mind all those years. you're all i want - wanted." or maybe he's more like his mother, trying to find love where there isn't any. trying to wedge himself somewhere he's not wanted, not needed, not welcomed. suddenly, all of it feels juvenile and stupid — did he really expect a few scrambled words on a post-it note to fix anything? he exhales sharply, the weight of it crumbling inwards. "forget it. just -- forget it. it doesn't matter. i'm sorry. for all of it."
#˗ˏˋ threads ⟶ ❛ kit starling ❜#˗ˏˋ kit starling ⟶ ❛ luca florenzi ❜#c: luca florenzi#:P#i love writing with my friend nikki!
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frankie is a mystery she doesn't care to solve, wrapped in a haze she can barely dip her hands into before they disappear into them completely. something that turns person to ghost, tangible to intangible; every semi - sane thought left in juniper's brain scrambling over each other until it's a code they can't decipher. she's not used to it - to them, to whatever spell they bewitch her with; a tolerance they barely hold towards the competent, much less - "yeah, a fucking - dungeon. they're medieval fuckers, or something, i think. they're gonna fucking - put me in the brazen bull. boil me alive, frankie. king george, or paul, or whoever the fuck's spirit is going to turn me into some kind of fucking - ghastly soup, and drink my bone marrow like the decrepit, vampiric fucker he is - and it's gonna be your fault. you're practically turning me to fucking - stew, as we speak." june talks as she examines them, blatantly ignoring the three - pointed scar embedded into frankie's cheek, the fading bloom of a bruise; the subtle guilt that wrings her stomach dry. "dunno - think your pupils are gonna be fucking - stuck like that. maybe one'll go down, and you'll have that fucking - look to you. one big, one small." even as she separates from frankie, hurried as if the slightest touch could sting them both - she can still feel the curve of cheekbone beneath her fingers, the warmth of someone definitely alive despite looking half - translucent. it's subconscious, the parting of their lips as the pill's raised up to them - a second nature that june scorns by clamping their mouth shut, teeth clacking into each other with an ache that ascends into their temple. the memory of touch erased by the light weight of the molly in her palm. "i'm not a pussy, frankie, christ - what would you even do, spit into my mouth? get some fucking - couth, some decorum, fuck's sake." plucked between two fingers, the pill's swallowed down with ease, opening her mouth to show as much before shutting it again, a proud and triumphed almost - smile tugging at her features before they're heading down, down into the grass.
sometimes, when frankie's asleep and june's nestled into the furthest corner of their bed - she reaches out for their wrist. it's always brief, fingers against pulse - point until she feels the heartbeat beneath. checking for signs of life in the rise of a chest, a soft exhale. frankie acts so much like - an otherworld being, that june's not convinced they're not dead. that they're not some freak ghost, and she's the only ghost whisperer in a fifty mile radius that can somewhat make out their cryptic, radio static messages. even when sat beside her, she can't help but linger a scrutinizing gaze; like they're not yet fully convinced. "i'd keep you in a jar, obviously," as if it's clear as day, spoken like fact, "like one of those fucking, like - moss balls, people keep in water. but it's just you in a fucking, jar, and when you piss me off i'd shake you around a bit. watch your eyes go from nose to, like, tit. keep you on my bedside, and take you to fucking, like, fanny's. probably drown you in tequila." the slow roll of frankie's words doesn't bother her where it normally would, impatience melted into genuine consideration, like she thinks often about where she'd keep a jar full of them. like they're already a lingering thought in her mind. "everything pisses me off," a quick correction that's followed by a scoff, "what d'you mean, something? what the fuck do you want from me?" the ground's hard against her back as she settles there, head tilting to face frankie with a trademark furrow, "my fucking - dowry? a piece of hair you can lug around in a locket and smell at all hours of the day? fucking - freak. i'm worth, like, two chickens and a week's worth of rotten milk. and like, two shingles, or whatever the hell medieval money is -" their hair splays across the grass like it's capable of taking root itself, green blades itching at her neck. "- are you running from the feds now? MI6? whatever the hell shep's part of? or did you fucking - go all rogue, suddenly, and now you're some kinda expert thief?" a waver of hesitation, "yeah, fucking - whatever. sure. i was just gonna go, fucking, pluck my roommate's eyebrows while he sleeps, or some shit anyways. maybe i'll pluck yours instead. leeched and plucked."
“Hi.” Frankie greets again - a bit sluggish in their admiration, face neutral again, though there was a slight crease to their eyes that signified just how pleased they were that June went out of her way to close the proximity between them so quickly. Even if it was because she didn’t fancy being caught because Frankie couldn’t keep their compass from pointing to the North Star that was her. June was generally displeased around them - it wasn’t too surprising that her first reaction was to be brash, and it went flying over their head. Focusing wasn’t their strong suit on a good day, but it felt like everything June said came in and out of static, the more important bits computing, while the rest fell on dullened ears. “Dungeon?” Moving at the same time as she did, Frankie hunkered slightly - hand twitching to steady her at the hip, always wanting to touch, but knowing from experience it wasn’t June’s favourite thing. Physical touch as it was, let alone affection. Instead, their hand flexed awkwardly at their hip, already bent at the knees so she could peer into their eye at a more accessible angle. “Not bad, right?” They meant the bruise healing on their face - a post leech injury. But being high forever probably didn’t feel too different from their everyday experience. Reaching into the front pocket of their corduroys, Frankie tugs forward a small baggy of pills, awkward and languid fingers taking forever to produce a pill - less than subtle about it, despite the crowd they’re in. When they finally pluck one out, their first instinct is to reach forward and hold it to June’s lips - do so, for a second, before physically blinking, clearing their throat, and eventually dropping it into the palm of her hand. “Hope you don’t… need water. To take it. You seem like someone who would, uh, raw… raw dog it. Easily. ‘Cause I’m not gonna… mama bird it to you. Or anything.”
It always sent a shock, all the way down to Frankie’s toes, when June touched them first. It’d been nice enough - the grasp at their face, grappling and peering into their eye, for how short it was. Clutching their wrist feels different, akin to a soothing balm, warm and making Frankie upturn their palm so that they can eventually press theirs against June’s. Wrapping their fingers together if only for a second, until they’re firmly planted in the grass, taking what she’ll give them before knowing they’re pushing it. Pulling back like it physically hurts, ripping a bandaid off a wound, face pinching for the second they parted. “What if - I was melting? Suddenly a… a ball of mush for real? It could, uh, it could be, uh. A real condition, June. You’re… hurting my… my feelings, here.” A combination of being so high and Juniper’s presence alone made their tongue thicker, more stupid. They’d never been able to hold a proper conversation, floating too high above themself to even attempt to do so, but they wanted to try for June. They liked trying for her - being more there, with her. Even if they didn’t always succeed. “Everything I do pisses you off.” A quick observation, barely audible, fond in their tone. “I do - I like it, though. Bully me… forever. As long as - as long as you, uh, give me something.” Eventually, they leaned back, lying amongst the grass they knelt on, reaching forward to tug at the sleeve of June’s shirt until she gave in to join them. Everyone else still stood around them - but Frankie didn’t really notice. Their gaze was still locked on June, waiting for her to settle. “What’re you, uh, doing after this? Would you - I grabbed this, uh, tequila bottle from a... party. The other night. Want - Want to come... over after?”
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