heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

The exchange is a subtle one, but Ash catches it as it unfolds before him. The cheesecake samples put out drew in a crowd. He has his own small plate, untouched, but he catches when the poor girl loses out and that piece is swiped by some ratty teenager.

"Yo, hey. Not cool, dude," Asher speaks up. It does nothing to remedy the situation, so he holds his plate out and says, "I didn't bite it, so if you want mine. That was a dickhead move on their part."

@alexandriaxvargas

open starter for @aurorabaystarter where: maybe a party? or even like a stall at the markets?

Lexie’s eyes narrowed as her hand hovered over the last piece of caramel-drizzled cheesecake on the table. Just as her fingers brushed the edge of the plate, another hand darted in from the side. She looked up sharply to see a someone else.

“Uh, excuse me,” Lexie said, her tone dripping with polite venom. “I saw it first.”

[heyits-asher]

“What?! No way!” Ash’s smile lights up, reaching his eyes in the biggest, cheesiest grin. At least someone who knows him got him. Ash got someone he didn’t know anything about. That’s probably what their lists are for…

He fights all temptation to shake the box, especially after doing that and breaking a cup sent to him by his mother.

Ash lights up as he begins to unwrap and reveal what's within. Surf wax - will be great for the start of his summer. Fuzzy socks? Perfect because he hates being cold. The gummies...

He holds them up with an impish look about him. "You really spoiled me, didn't you?" Ash pushes from where he sits to grab Mari into a hug. "Thanks, man! These are all so great!"

@marivelasc

Mari tilted her head slightly as she looked between Asher and the present she had for him. "Oh, you know," She lightly tapped the present with her finger, "a box." A small grin started to grow on her lips. She was not good at a surprise but she got too excited to see how others reacted to her gift.

"Okay, I can't." She laughed and shook her head, "It's your present because I'm your secret santa." She felt awkward saying it but she didn't know how else to say it. She pushed it towards him. "I hope you like it." @heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

If Asher wanted to be any bit of a pain in the ass about it, he would point out that in her promise to not threaten him, he didn’t hear an ‘I’m sorry’, but he can take it. He thinks he has a good enough idea that means way more coming from Edie. Besides, there is some sentiment that she wouldn’t force an apology.

“Got ya,” he muses. “So this means we can share a Twisted Tea at Ocean Crest sometime this summer? Better yet, I’ll bring a twelve pack.”

Asher also wants to swim. Or maybe the beach?

“Oh. Even if Uly’s being like, really really dumb?” His pause doesn’t drag on long. Ash doesn’t want to press buttons, so he quickly agrees, ��No future interference.  I really didn’t know how things would spin out at that party. But I gotta say, I’m really liking how love looks on him. Yanno?”

@edietello

"Uly would never make me apologize to someone I didn't want to apologize to," she clarifies.

And if there was any person in the world who could make her do something she didn't want to do, Uly would be the only person in the world who would be able to convince her.

She frowns briefly as he chuckles, but takes it as a good sign that he doesn't feel the need to shield his vital organs.

"Mostly if you try to interfere in our relationship again," she tells him with a pointed look.

"But also if you ever tried to sneak up on me. That would be less 'shopping cart' and more 'swift kick between your legs'. Which isn't a threat, it's just honest information."

@heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

💀

someone my muse would kill for.

“Oh, easy. My family. Well, mi mama and my sisters. Not my dad. And I don’t know who my brother is at this point for me to put my neck out there for him. But I’d do anything for mi mama and my sisters. Next up, Gillian. That’s an obvious one, I love her, and I would kill for her if I had to. And Uly. That also ropes in Edie, because she’s taking care of Uly’s heart and all that.”

@thevaleriaxortiz @thegillyxliang @ulyflynn @edietello

[heyits-asher]

Does your muse enjoy snacking? What do they snack on?

“Yeah, absolutely. I get the munchies all the time. I love Takis, and I definitely love pizza. I also like to add Takis to pizza, or get buffalo chicken on pizza. And mozzarella sticks are uuhhh-mazing.”

[heyits-asher]

3, 4, 5

3. Describe your muse’s ideal holiday

answered.

4. What does your muse normally wear to sleep?

“Oh, I like sleeping in the buck, but sometimes I wear a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt if it’s cold. Not that I get cold much, I have someone to snuggle with to keep warm.”

5. What does your muse normally wear?

“Board shorts, big tees, hoodies, and a trusty pair of Chucks! Can’t forget the snapback to hide the chunks of hair I messed up trimming when I take scissors to them. Sorry, I can’t afford to go to a barber.”

[ a look into asher’s closet here ]

[heyits-asher]

Describe your muse’s ideal holiday.

“I love Thanksgiving! I love food, and I love sharing meals and just enjoying food made for you and your family. But I also love the Fourth of July, because BBQ food is great, and it’s summer and everything is hot, and the beach is the place to be. Or at a pool! Just enjoying the sunshine. Anything relaxed with some beers.”

[heyits-asher]

"Because there's too many reasons to count, huh?" Ash teases. He does think, and does well to keep it bottled up when he does let it cross his mind, that with everything there is to love, he still has a few traits to work on before they cause a bigger disruption to their relationship.

He will, because Gillian wants what's best for him, but he knows she wouldn't stick around if there wasn't something worth sticking around for. Ash won't give her any reason to regret it.

Her hand is given a light squeeze, and once her drink is polished off, Asher begins to head for the door. "That sounds perfect, though. Like, seriously, the best night ever." Among many others to come, because as long as it's with Gillian, it always will be.

@thegillyxliang

"So, so many people." Gillian agreed with a soft laugh, wrinkling up her nose in distaste before she nodded at the mention of disco fries, "And this is why I love you so much--well, one of the many reasons anyways." She tacked on the last bit within a second, wanting Asher to know that she loved him, and that things were wholly okay between them despite the fight that rattled them a bit.

"How about all of the above?" She suggested, already moving to down the rest of her drink as her arm went from being around his waist to blindly reaching for his hand, wasting no time in lacing their fingers together. "We get out of her, go get some fries for the walk, and then we can take a nice hot shower together." She squeezed his hand as she said it, her voice as soft as it could be with the partying going on around them. "In bed with you sounds like a much better way to end the night. Just you and me."

[heyits-asher]

“I don’t ever have much cash, but I can do good with a favor. Within reason.” Depending on what the favor entails, of course, and from what bits Asher knows, he thinks Cole might come up with something he might have to turn down. Ash hates living to disappoint, though…

He holds the elf up and shrugs, taking this as permission to enter. “The elf, duh. I can plead innocent. That’s what this is. But I might need your help just to move him around the apartment.” He just hopes even if just the one time Uly finds him that he can be mildly entertained. He doubts Uly’s old man ever pulled the Elf on a Shelf out during the holidays.

(Ash won’t really ask, either.)

“I want it to surprise him.”

@colexwalters

Cole raised an eyebrow, leaning casually against the doorframe with his arms crossed. "Depends," he said, his tone dry but amused. "You planning on paying me in cash, favors, or a really good explanation for why you’re sneaking in here like some kind of rogue Santa Claus?"

His eyes flicked to the elf in Asher’s hand, then the bag. "And, uh, not to poke holes in your master plan, but what exactly happens if Uly does find this little setup? You gonna leave a note saying it was the Tooth Fairy?" @heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

Ash: like that will convince me to stay FT Ash: unless u have an assistant manager spot w. better pay Ash: doubt it tho so ill just be PT for u @jaredx

Jared: I think she would tbh Jared: Give the girl some credit Jared: Well I hope you have a great time, but don't come crying to me when you realise I'm cooler and you have a much better time being my little bitch Jared: I mean esteemed employee

@heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

His eyes drop to the present, and he thinks first that she shouldn't feel a need to stop if she needs to drop it somewhere. He also thinks that it might be his. Ash already dropped Vincent's off to him, so now that leaves him waiting.

He looks from the box to Mari's face, back down to the box, and finally back up to her face where his eyes remain as he slyly asks, "What you got there, Mari?"

@marivelasc

Waving back, Mariana was happy to see Asher. "Asher, hi!" She exclaimed as she got to where he was sitting. She enjoyed the energy that he brought.

"Brioche is the bread." And she loved it. If she could have it every day, she would. She sat down and placed the wrapped present she had in hand on the table. She was excited to give it to him and hoped he loved it. She took a good look at his likes list and went with her heart. "How are you?" She asked once she settled into her seat. @heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

"I'm on a delivery mission," Ash answers, though from what he can tell, Vincent's hands are full with a toddler and a snack. He wonders if there are more muffins at the brunch buffet...

Not the current priority.

He laughs and smiles at Harley. Kids always hold a soft spot for him, and Carmen and Lydia can take credit for that one. "Hmm, what? Oh, no dude. I drew your name, I got you a gift!" The bag is extended out for a moment, and Ash pauses to look over Vincent's current predicament of his hands not being free.

"Want me to hold the muffin? Like, you don't have to open it here, but just to get all situated."

@vincentquinn

A broad smile spreads across his face as a familiar figure comes into view, a soft laugh escaping his lips at the surfer's gesture. "What's up?" he calls out excitedly over the crowd, stepping in a bit closer to the guy.

He would extend a hand to dap him up, but one hand is busy cradling a muffin he had smuggled out of the building, while the other struggles to manage a small toddler who has a death grip on his sweater collar.

"Merry Christmas to you too, brotha!" he says cheerfully, fully embracing the holiday spirit. Harley happily mimics her father's words, adding to the festive atmosphere.

"Need help finding someone?" he asks, his gaze drifting down to the gift bag in his hand.

@heyits-asher

[heyits-asher]

Asher perks from his side of the aisle, where he carefully shifts to place the surf wax display at least halfway between them, Self preservation has never been his strong suit, but Uly’s warning ‘if she wanted to run you over with a shopping cart, she would have’ still sticks prominently in his mind.

“So, what you’re saying is this might be something I could think Uly would have put you up to?” Asher cautiously asks.

Great, that means murder is off the table.

“Oh, I mean. Glad to hear that,” he snickers, and only after a beat does he move from the surf wax barrier. “What falls under that umbrella? The ‘unless I deserve it’, because sometimes I think I play with that line.”

@edietello

starter for: @heyits-asher location: surf's up

"I want it to be clear that Uly isn't making me do this," Edie begins semi-ominously, becoming momentarily distracted by the size of the surfboards hanging along the wall.

"I won't run a grocery cart into you again," she continues -- the closest she would likely ever get to apologizing for the incident in the grocery store.

"Unless you deserve it."

[heyits-asher]

Ash leans in and winces with a small smile. "Soooo many people, tiny space." It just means Halloween is popular, and it's about one of the times Asher will find himself in a crowd this big in a contained space.

He thinks the last time was during that rave last summer, but his memory has never been spot on.

"I mean, if you wanted to, I'd go with you. I don't mind." He would prefer it, actually, even if his nerves have settled enough. "Maybe disco fries?" He snickers and nudges her. If it wasn't for the aforementioned make-up, he'd press his forehead to hers. No use in smudging anything.

"We could also take a shower, I can help you get that face paint off, and we can get in our pjs and watch a horror movie of your choice?"

@thegillyxliang

Gillian gave him a soft smile at his praise, knowing both of them were secure enough in their relationship that they didn't mind when people flirted with them--especially in cases like this where it resulted in free overly-priced drinks. She took it back from him when it was handed over and she took another sip, all the while keeping her free arm around him.

"I mean, it's fun! Yeah. But it's also loud and crowded, and just getting rowdier as the night goes on." Which was definitely the truth given the fact that the music was only getting louder and the shots were flowing. It'd be a miracle if no fights broke out. All the while as she thought though, Gilly kept her eyes up on Asher, able to tell he still wasn't 100% yet. "Aaaand, if I said I wanted to go? That I'd rather just be you and me? And maybe some fries from the diner for the walk home?" She propped her head on his shoulder as he said it, practically giving up puppy dog eyes as she had a teasing little expression on her face. "I know you can't tell, but under this insane makeup I'm pouting up at you."

[heyits-asher]

"How's it hanging, dweeb?" Asher throws back with just as much affection. "Hey, woah. Not used to you being all done up. You look good."

His eyes shift to the cigarettes with a knowing grin, and he nods toward the back door. "Sure thing. Last one. I think I'm going to do the whole 'New Year, New Me' thing and quit smoking. Cigarettes, I mean."

He most definitely will not be dropping his pen. "I already put my vape in a glass of water to not tempt myself first thing tomorrow."

@tabithaxking

who: @heyits-asher where: nye ball, seascape hotel

"Hey loser," Tabitha weaved her way through the crowd after spotting a familiar tall and lanky figure. "Feel like a smoke break? I could use some not-fresh fresh air." A hand raised, holding a fresh pack of cigarettes and giving them a little shake to entice him further.

[heyits-asher]

🕯️ + silas!

“Oh, yo. He’s dope. Not as dope as Jared. I’m not allowed to say that. But still pretty dope.

He also makes me feel better about my spelling and grammar when I text, and I can’t wait until he lets me use the power saw.”

@silascody

[heyits-asher]

🕯️angel

"I wonder what Angel is up to...

He needs to stop being like, a hero and saving the town. Firefighter hours are crazy and totally cramp on our potential hang out time. I mean, does he like hanging out with me?

... now that I think about it, I think I mostly have him help me hang shit up around my place.

Nah, he likes me. We catch the surf together, and he even drives me. That also might be because he doesn't want to die...

Doesn't matter. He likes me, we're friends."

@firefighterrojas