& teddyÂ
â okay you know what , i think weâve had more than enough studying for tonight â donât you agree ? â grace had finally reached the point in she and teddyâs impromptu study date / hang out session where she knew if she stared at her laptop any longer it might actually make her sick . not a second more passed between graceâs sentence leaving her mouth and her hand reaching out to shut her computer , a dramatic huff spilling from her lips as she stacked up all of her books and notebooks into an organized pile . â okay hereâs what iâm thinking ... you , me , a really cozy blanket , some freshly baked cookies and whatever movie you want â does that sound good to you ? â she phrases her sentence like a suggestion , though really sheâs just trying to pull teddy away from his studies so they can both indulge in a bit of relaxation . â câmon , just take a little break , please ? â she tries to seal the deal by looking up and over at him with her best puppy dog expression , hoping that would do the trick just as it always did . ( @seascorchd )Â
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& sosa .
for: @idarasâ
where: the bread basket
THINGS ARE WINDING DOWN FOR HIS MORNING SHIFT at the bakery, which means he actually has some time to focus on prepping fresh goods. itâs a meditative process that sosa always enjoyed, especially in the quiet the shop had to offer. the chime of the front door breaks that silence, though heâs hardly annoyed, peering out from the back to see whoâs there. â ah, hey grace !! â he calls out, a polite and dimpled smile on his face at the sight of someone familiar. â just finishing up something back here. iâll be with you in a sec. looking for anything in particular ?? â
graceâs routines were at this point just as punctual as a clock , the overhead bell above the door ringing as she stepped into the bread basket at 11 a.m sharp â just like always. â howâs my favorite baker this morning ? â she doesnât even need to bother looking behind the counter to know that sosa was there to take care of all her bakery needs. â take your time , you know i have to spend my usual 5 minutes decided between a blueberry muffin or a chocolate croissant ... but today i think i might just have both â a smile tugs at the corners of her mouth , the rest of her body bending down to peer into the glass that encased all the sweet treats . â hey wait â whatâs that back there ? â one of her fingers barely hovers over the glass as she points inside to what looks like a cookie of some sort, â i donât think iâve ever seen that before , are you guys changing up the menu on me ? âÂ
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& bennettÂ
         â donât worry â i donât make my judgements on friendship based on your skating skills â unless youâre murphy, â    bennett reassures with a laugh.     â â but sounds like youâre saying i should already be running to get one of the penguin walkers ?? â   he adds, more rhetorical than anything, amusement evident in his voice. itâs less that he has faith in his own teaching skills â but he likes to think heâs all right at making things fun, even if grace ends up less skating and more being pushed or pulled around the rink. itâs admittedly been a while since he was with a real beginner â even most of the six year olds at the camp he helps out with in the summer have more talent than he did at six. he takes graces offered hands though, without any other comment at her expense.   â keep your ankles centered over your feet and heels, â   he says, as he helps her to stand.   â itâs all about balance over the blades, you want to plant yourself down over them. â   Â
          once grace is standing, bennett gives her a few moments to get her bearings, before he takes a step backward, peering briefly over his shoulder to get a sense of how far they are from the entrance ( not far ).   â there you go â â   he encourages until theyâre at the threshold of the ice. bennett steps back blindly, letting go of graceâs hands briefly, gliding back and then forward to a stop, finding his rear edges instinctively in the semblance of a crescent. he bends his knees a little for good measure, arms also bent and offered out, palms and forearms up, making himself a support for grace as sheâs on the cusp of being on the ice.   â â donât look down, just look at me and step forward. â
even with his reassurance , grace still wouldnât be surprised if when they got on the ice bennett couldnât help the laughter from escaping him , not that heâd try to do that anyways . she wishes she could reach up and playfully shove him in the arm when he brings up the penguin walkers again , but sheâs too focused on keeping a good grip on his hands to avoid falling over as she seemed prone to do . â balance over the blades ⊠i should be able to do that â she takes in a deep breath , doing her best to ground her feet before taking one ( slow ) step after the other following bennettâs lead , holding onto him so tight that he couldnât let go of her even if he wanted to . â okay , i think this is far enough for now â nerves taint her laughter , a hand reaching out to immediately grab onto the side wall when she loses his support . â how did you do that so fast ? â she asks , the answer to which is more than obvious .Â
she waits for him to settle himself on the ice , only making any slight movement when he has his arms reached out to her again. â how else am i supposed to know where to put my feet ?? â the dramatics are starting to come out , but she knows the only way to get on the ice in one piece is to listen to what heâs saying . eyes stay locked on him , hands still holding onto the wall as she takes a step onto the ice . she wants to say something snarky about how it was a piece of cake , but sheâs so worried about keeping herself upright she canât even think of anything to say . she reaches out for his hands first , securing herself in his grasp before she practically drags her other foot into the rink . â bennett , look â i did it ! â her smile is beaming , she doesnât even freak out when the momentum causes her to glide forward a little bit once she gets both feet on the ice . â if you just pull me around like this does it count as learning how to skate ? â her playful nature returns , though sheâs essentially frozen on the ice , nervous of the potential catastrophe that would come with moving her feet any more than she already has . â okay so far iâm alive , now what ? âÂ
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text â grace idara
zelda: i saw your party was a success. until the power was tripped, at least.
zelda: what a bummer. i was kind of hoping you'd finally get caught by daddy dearest for being as fake as you call me.
grace: there was nothing for him to catch
grace: unlike you i don't feel the need to lie to the people i love
grace: sad you weren't there though :(
grace: too busy lying and manipulating to stop by ?
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what is ur love language
my love language?? all of them. iâm multilingual. just have an enormous heart i guess
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& nathanÂ
he lets grace guide him through her home , hands clinging tightly onto hers as his feet move across the floor . nathan didnât want her to let go . his world felt like it was shaking on its axis , turning itself upside down , and she felt stable .  â iâm okay , â he finds himself repeating , his head just barely nodding along . saying it didnât make him believe it , but the way she said it made him want to . he lets her lead him to a couch and the moment his back makes contact with the cushions he sinks into their comfort . eyes shift left and right â for a moment he canât even get a single word out . even when his lips part , his throat constricts and a sound canât slip through . it takes seconds too long for him to finally mutter out ,  â both . a beer turned into two , turned into â into coke and i couldnât stop myself . i couldnât . iâm sorry . â when she lets go of his hands his instinctively reach out to grab hers again . he wants to tell her  â donât go â because her walking away isnât what he needs . being alone isnât what he needs . and grace rushes off all he can bring himself to do his clench his eyes shut as tightly as his fists . they keep shut as her footsteps begin to echo in his ears . despite knowing sheâs there , nathan still jumps when he feels a touch against his knee . his eyes fly open , widened in shock â in panic . if the circumstances were different he wouldâve teased her for the way  her hand was shaking but in a world seemingly turned upside down , he couldnât tell if it was her hand shaking the glass or his eyes . all he can think about is how badly he needs to be touching her , in some way , any way . so he does . while the glass presses against his lips , his own hand places itself atop of hers . it tilts the glass back just far enough that water spills over the brim and into his mouth ; just a sip is all he takes before heâs pushing the glass back .
at first he only nods . but a nod doesnât answer much , he can see that .  â i can try a bath , that sounds nice . â the panic flooding his body was already starting to slowly dissipate . grace had to be an angel .  â let me get up . â bringing his sleeve - covered wrist to his mouth , he wipes what little water had dribbled down his chin and he forces himself up away from the couch cushions . at first the movement makes his head spin , his body falls forward just barely and thatâs all it takes for him to grab her forearm . with her squatting down lower than his level , itâs easy for nathan to let his head fall onto her shoulder .  â thank you , â he mutters , speaking no further than that .
his body communicates everything words canât , and grace is trying her best to understand â all she wants to do is help him . his hand on top of her brings relief in knowing that he sees her , that he knows sheâs there and hopefully that sheâs not going anywhere , not when he needs her . eyes watch carefully as he drinks from the glass , free hand already in place just below in case heâs too weak to hold the glass up on his own . â pretty good , huh ? â she tries to bring light to the situation , hoping making getting a laugh out of him would make them both feel better â but that doesnât seem to help the case . the nod of his head only leads her assume the heâs at least open to the idea of taking a bath , for a moment she tries to wrack her brain and think of another idea but thankfully he verbalizes his wants before she comes up with anything worth while . â woah , woah â not so fast  â she tries to get up before him , but he stands up so fast that she can only manage to offer him her arm to help with his balance , â slow down nathan , the bath isnât going anywhere and neither am i , okay ? â she assures him , pressing a kiss to his shoulder as his head rests onto hers .Â
itâs no secret grace isnât the strongest of the bunch , so itâs hard for her not to audibly groan when she tries lift both herself and nathan up to a standing position . â how the hell am i gonna do this â she mutters to herself , moments before deciding to itâd probably be easiest to get him upstairs the same way she got him inside . both hands extend out to him , waiting until he gets a secure grip on her to start leading them both towards and up the steps . no matter how long it took , she was patient with him . after conquering the staircase it only took them a few more short steps to find graceâs bathroom , â i need to get you in the tub before we do anything else , yea ? â she glances behind her , backwards-stepping into the bath first so all he has to do is follow her . â once you get in here we can get your clothes off and turn on some nice , warm water , i can even sit right here on the floor next to you if thatâs what you want â can you do that for me ? âÂ
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& emoryÂ
for: @idarasâ
where: some local pet store
âđđđđ đđđđđ đđđđ đđđ?â she asked pointing towards the cage that held one of the ugliest little bald guinea pigs. except, to her the little creature was absolutely magnificent. squatting down face level with the cage she pushed her head on the cage, âthis little guy is practically calling for me to be his new mom, donât ya think?â emory had wanted a house pet for as long as she could remember, but letâs face it, she couldnât handle a dog or cat. plus, thereâs not pet fee for a rodent.
she didnât mean to laugh out loud when emory pointed out the guinea pig that seemed to be calling to her , biting her tongue at any negative comments she may have help about the less-than-furry creatures appearance . â i mean â if i turn my head to the side a little bit i can definitely see the appeal â grace teases , giggling as she watches the bald little guy scurry across his pen . â if this oneâs calling to you then who would you be to deny the hand of fate ? â she nods , if working at the vet clinic taught her anything it was that if an animal chooses you , thereâs no question about it . â do guinea pigs even need like .. toys or anything ? i need to bribe him with something so heâll remember that aunt grace is his favorite â she smiles , waving down into the enclosure full of squeaky little rodents . â what are you gonna name him ? âÂ
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& noahÂ
âgluten free is my enemy, thank fuck iâm not a celiac,â he chuckles to himself and puts the treat down in a napkin. âdo you want it?â noah pictures grace at the store, pouting at the lonesome cookie. it amuses him. the man nods his head and hands her the cookie she wants, a napkin under it. he picks up a peanut butter cookie and bites it. âthis is good. this is fucking good.â his mouth is full is and his smile is wide. he does love sweet treats. the small laugh that leaves his lips and the way he shakes his head is enough to give him away. âi donât know what youâre talking about,â he says as he goes out of the kitchen and into the living room. he sits on his purple sofa and pats the empty spot next to him so she can sit down. âdid you have fun? hey, was the blackout just at your house or was it the whole block?â he never fully investigated that. partly because he was shitfaced, partly because he was with sera.
sheâs relieved to see that the sweets she brought over seem to be curing noahâs craving , a slight grunt of satisfaction leaving her own mouth when she takes a bite of her cookie . â iâm pretty sure you know exactly what iâm talking about , but i wonât pry â she assured him , that part sheâd save for when she saw seraphina . a huff escapes her when he asks if she enjoyed her own party , not that she didnât , but the thought of it still exhausts her . â yea i had fun , itâs kind hard not to have fun at your own party , yâknow ? â she takes another bite of her cookie before continuing , â the blackout really stressed me out though , it was the whole town but of course aurora got the worst of it since all the houses are so big â she sighs , thank god thatâs over . â i feel like you used to host a lost of parties when i first met you , what happened to that ? âÂ
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& giovanniÂ
she didnât notice him at first , too focused on thanking the barista for not charging her for the refill even though she left what she would have had to pay in the tip jar at the register . as she turned around , she thought she saw him out of the corner of her eye, but it couldnât have been him â it shouldnât have been him . she told herself not to look twice , that even if it was him she didnât want to see him ; but of course , her curiosity got the best of her . eyes remained shut as she pivoted her steps , chest rising and falling with a deep breath before opening her eyes and â thank god it wasnât him , that time . she was flooded with a wave of relief , too excited to turn around and go back to her seat that she didnât realize she was in someoneâs way , bodies colliding together and sending graceâs drink spilling all over her chest . â oh my god â iâm so sorry â she still hadnât looked up to see who it was she had just apologizing to ; and by the time she did , she wished she hadnât .â gio ?! â . she yelled his name out faster than she could even process that it was him , feelings similar to nausea immediately rising to her throat and making it hard for her to swallow . what was he doing here ? how long had been here ? why didnât he think to call her ? youâd think sheâd seen a ghost , so startled by his presence she barely noticed the mug she was holding slip out of her hand and shatter across the floor beneath them . â what are you doing here ? â sheâs breathless , barely able to even fathom the fact that heâs standing in front of her , let alone that sheâs talking to him . â i thought we â â she pauses , there was no âweâ anymore , â i thought you were staying in stanford ? â ( @giovittorioâ )Â
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& seraphinaÂ
â wait âso what happened ? â graceâs mouth was half dangling open in shock , eyes trained down on the two glasses of wine she was pouring for the both of them and trying her best not to spill . grace had created the perfect environment for a girlâs night in â the aroma of freshly cooked pasta filled her apartment as she crossed over from the kitchen to the dining room , setting seraâs glass down beside her before taking a seat across the table. â i thought things were going well with you two at the party ? at least thatâs how it seemed from the outside looking in ... â if it were anyone else ( well ... with the exception of a few other people ) she wouldnât be prying so much , but with sera the two of them were practically an open book ; key word , practically . â okay â start from the beginning ⊠or whatever partâs the most important â ( @seraphinarhâ )Â
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-William Wordsworth
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ALL AMERICAN
Season 1, Episode 10:Â m.A.A.d. city
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SEND â+ A QUESTION AND MY MUSE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ANSWER TRUTHFULLY
feel free to elaborate as much as possible !
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& noah .
âdoes this have whole-wheat flour?â noah asks as he chews the baked good the other brought him from the store. he wanted something sweet for his tooth, but maybe the other thought they would mess with him because they know he doesnât like healthy treats. or maybe they donât know. the man hates that he can be so picky sometimes, but this pastry tastes like cardboard.Â
@sunsetstartersâ
grace was more than happy to swing by noahâs with a couple of sweet treats to satisfy both of their seemingly intense cravings . â ummm , i donât know ⊠â a puzzled look shifted her features , trying to figure out why it may taste strange . â oh i know â i think its gluten free , i felt bad because there was only one left and it looked so sad in there so i just bought it , but thereâs some more normal flavors in the other box â she said , pointing towards the separate box of cookies sat opposite of the two . â can you grab me one of the chocolate chip ones on one of those napkins , please ? i donât wanna get any crumbs on your floor â she asked him , looking over at him sporting her infamous puppy dog eyes  . â did you have fun at the party though ? i know you and sera definitely had a good time at least â she teased , slouching down into the couch.Â
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& nasrin .
location : record factoryÂ
availability : open ( @sunsetstartersâ )Â
nasrinâs vinyl collection was something that was always growing and she went to the record factory regularly to update it. she was browsing through the vinyls when she finally found something that she wanted. she grabbed it and made a b-line for the register but not before making a fool out of herself by tripping over her own two feet and dropping the vinyl. âshit.â the uncharacteristic swear word slipped out of her mouth and bent down to pick it up and apologized to the person whoâs way she was blocking. âguess i canât even trust my own feet some days.âÂ
grace had finally reached the best part of her daily run : the walk home. she was just about to stop into threes to get herself a celebratory matcha latte when she saw nasrin through the window of the record factory next door . she knew she couldnât resist at least going in to say hello , but she had to stop and get herself something to drink first , and figured nasrin would probably like something too . sheâd just walked out with both of the drinks , her own matcha latte in one hand and nasrinâs drink of choice in the other only to open the door right as nasrin hit the floor . â oh my god , are you okay ?! â she immediately set the drinks down on the check - out counter , rushing to lend a hand and help nasrin to her feet . â i mean i know i was trying to surprise you , but i didnât think youâd react like this â she laughed , trying to make light of the situation in hopes itâd make nasrin feel less embarrassed . â i saw you through the window and wanted to come say hey , i even brought your favorite from threesâ she smiled , her head nodding towards the drinks waiting for them . â what were you on your way to buy ? âÂ
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& sera .Â
âyou better sweat it out. i already told you i want you to have fun tonight.â she teased while plugging in the iron. seraphina was only planning on lightly straightening her roots towards the top of her head and cleaning up her part. other than that? grace was going to be fine. plus, everyone would be too drunk to notice or care. âyea, iâve been doing hair since elementary⊠i was one of the girls that go yelled at for it.â she said and laughed at the memories. sera also used to do her siblings and friendâs hair throughout her childhood. she shaking her head, looking through a few of graceâs drawers for some more hair products. after checking three drawers with no luck she finally asked, âwhere do you keep your hair things?â once directed to the right place, sera collected a rat tail comb, heat protectant, and hair clips. she then placed them on surface near them before starting on her hair. the conversation resembling common hair salon chatter. soft eyes found graceâs through the mirror. a small pout forming on her face. âlame? âcause youâre not dating someone?â sera was aware how ironic it must sound coming from her. a girl whoâs never completely single. a girl always talking to entertaining someoneâs child. âcâmon, babe. you donât need a man to make you cool. but i also know that most people arenât like me, so youâre probably feeling lonely?â sometimes people didnât need a peptalk. they just wanted to vent, and given that they were drinking, she assumed that grace just wanted to talk. they were alone after all.
she shouldâve known that sera was one of those girl that practically made a salon out of a school bathroom , â not all heroes where capes , girls like you saved me from one too many crooked braids from my dad â her head shook as she looked back on the memory , at least he could say he tried . grace promptly motioned towards the top drawer under her sink when asked where her hair equipment was , unable to help the giggle that slipped past her lips when sera so naturally took out everything she would need . â well that was quick â she commented , closing the cap to her eyeliner once she was finally done . â of course i donât need a guy to make me look cool but like â â she stopped nodding her head just as sera pointed out she may be feeling a bit lonely , â maybe thatâs it â but i also feel like i shouldnât be because i spend practically all of my time around you or murphy and bennett â she sighed , why did these things always feel so complicated . â i donât know , maybe i just need some attention â if i re-downloaded tinder would you help me make my profile again ? i feel like thatâs half the fun and you always know how to balance the cute photos and theâŠmore scandalous photos âÂ
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