#c: august

[matteolazkano]

where, —  august's home closed  — @moonpains

He couldn't remember much from that night. Memories foggy, drowned in haze — a distant plea, and the look in August's eyes that penetrated his insides, like a sharp knife that kept twisting, and twisting. A nightmare he kept on reliving, without having to close his eyes. The moment he awoke — bare and alone in the woods, Matteo knew the worst had happened. A torn up piece of fabric still clutched in his hand, that had been once in between claws — bloody, and with hair still stuck to it. The beast had ripped it right off the woman he'd killed that night. The stench of blood still lingering in the air, still strong in his nose, as he made his way to August.

That morning, Matteo rushed to his daughter first. Made sure the girl was safe, and knew nothing of what had happened. Wolves of his pack guarded her that night. knew to protect her from her own father. Stop him. Kill him, if they had to.

But August — he was alone, when the wolf faced him. Faint, distant memories of his claws reaching for the younger wolf, tearing through flesh — no, no, no.

Panting, desperate he banged his fist against the other's door, "August — It's me, please —" it wasn't me, this wasn't me — "Please, open the door."

[redratt]

August Fuogna,

11th Generation Gangrel.

Flesh of the Corpse. Glowing Eyes. Visible Fangs.

[emersonxcassidy]

closed

Emerson had only been back in town for all of a week and while it was still all kind of overwhelming, it was still...comforting, in a way. She walked familiar streets and went by familiar storefronts with muscle memory. And also like muscle memory, was the path that she’d found herself walking that afternoon. It was almost intrinsic, unconscious as she turned down sidewalks and made her way through the town, walking from the apartment building to the center of town where the shops were- heading to one in particular.

It was a path she’d walked countless times in her teens, to a store she spent so much time in it was almost like a second home to her. Tidal Wave. The music store. Where he was. 

August was her brother’s friend, and had been her friend too--even if she’d always naively wondered about more. He was older and protected her, took care of her when Jameson had gone to jail. He taught her about music and she taught him about books. August had supported her choice to go away for school, was her shoulder to cry on...he’d been so much for her, meant so much to her..and once she left, they’d lost touch. A small, self-conscious part of her wondered if he’d missed her..or if he’d even thought of her at all. That part of her made her steps slow as she turned the corner and saw the store. But yet she kept on walking, her heart in her throat and her stomach in knots as she hesitated just a second more before finally walking in.

The familiar smell of the store filled her lungs, hundreds of memories fluttering through her mind, and then as she looked around she finally saw him--because even from behind, and even after five years...she’d recognize him anywhere. Nervously, she walked over to where he was, taking in a slow, shaky breath before she cleared her throat softly, “I-I um...I was wondering if..you could maybe help me find something?”

@augustcollins​

[kiillmeromantically]

@kittywriites​ liked for a starter from this

based: linked in source. sixth bullet. 

there were a few things that got on his last nerve. the very thing at the top of that list was being ignored. he had been trying to get in touch with her for a majority of the afternoon. of course august knew that she was nothing like the other girls that he had been involved with. that was certainly part of the appeal. sometimes it could frustrate him to no end. he had no idea what she could be up to but he knew that he wanted to see her. that was how he found himself climbing from the car, down the block from her house. a cigarette dangled from his mouth and he went to take a long drag. he had to cut through some yards but he was soon facing the side of her home that he knew her room was on. he didn’t care if her folks were home but he knew that he could be sneaky when he wanted. he stuck the cigarette back in his mouth before he began to scale up the side of the house using the lattice. finally he was in front of her window and he saw that she seemed to be asleep. he smirked before reaching to rap his knuckles against the glass. he had to do a few times before she finally moved and she seemed perplexed. he grinned as she neared,” i missed you sweetheart,” he told her,” let me in.” 

[silvcrignis]

Beep beep new idiots here

[lucie-newman]

"Yeah but Merrock rats," she held one hand palm up and did the same with her other as she continued, "city rats." She lifted one then the other like a scale balancing weights. "Think I'll take our wholesome country version over the sewer mutants I saw traveling."

The smile she was wearing, lopsided with her teasing, froze a little as he mentioned James. She felt the flare of something protective in her. "You sure this James wants to be chased?"

"That's good to know honestly. I mean i mostly believe you but you never know if there's some rats roaming around here. I mean you may not see them as much as in New York City or any of the larger cities in the country. But I bet you they still are around here." He mentioned. Then he shrugged, "I mean of course he does. His name is James Adams." He told the woman. He wasn't really sure why he was telling someone he didn't even know but it was nice to just say.

[jenniferhills]

for me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all.

[thatsbelievable]

[teartra]

When Auguste said, “Good bye, Roderick. I’m going home to my husband, my kids, their kids. I’m the richest man in the world, do you know that?”

It’s a big slap to Roderick

[soulsmashers]

          he  runs  his  hands  past  his  blonde  locks,  clearly  frustrated.  “but  that’s  exactly  the  problem!  we  were  friends  first.  what  if  this  ruins  everything?  what  if  down  the  line  you  get  sick  of  me  and  end  up  fucking  hating  me?  you  ever  thought  of  that?”  he  was  clearly  terrified  of  the  outcome  of…  whatever  this  was.  hunter  feels  like  he  already  fucked  everything  up.  it  was  easier  to  go  back  to  his  ex,  even  if  their  relationship  was  never  something  that  particularly  filled  him  or  even  made  him  genuinely  happy,  well…  it  was  a  lot  more  simple  than  the situationship they had going on.

          hunter  sighs,  not  wanting  to  further  hurt  him.  whether  he  believed  it  or  not,  hunter  cared…  that  was  exactly  the  problem.  “i’m  sorry.  i  didn’t  know  how  to  tell  you.  it’s  just  easier  to  go  back  to  him,  he’s  predictable.”  obviously,  he  didn’t  genuinely  care  about  hunter.  you  don’t  get  back  together  and  break  up  with  someone  back  and  forth  over  and  over  again  for  a  year  because  things  are  just  peachy.  “i  never  meant  to  hurt  you.”

auggie's eyes fell down to the other's toast, before he let out a soft sigh. "i mean, i think it'd make a difference-" he had begun to argue before hunter continued to talk. he let his hands fall to the table with a bang. "start like ours? what? because we were friends first? because we fucked before getting feelings?" he asked, wanting to figure out what specifically he had done wrong.

he'd never been one for confrontation. typically he'd shy away from any hard conversations, or move on to fucking the next person. yet there was something different here. he wanted hunter. he liked him. maybe more than that. "you're such a dick dude. why would you hide it from me? obviously you felt something too otherwise you would have told me."

[paragal]

Clingyduo discovers fun

[matteolazkano]

where,  — masquerade ball closed  — @moonpains

A pat fell on his shoulder, with the heaviness and warmth of a father who's just managed to drag their kid out to socialise, for once. And that kid has even managed to put on a suit, Matteo's mouth instantly shaping into a congratulatory smile. "Well done, August!" he let his hand rest for a while.

His other hand was busy with his second drink — something much lighter than he was usually having. "Glad you could make it." he'd continue to say that if the younger wolf phoned a couple of people, he'd surely find a date, but Matteo wasn't good at that talk, and his own dating life was a trainwreck ever since he lost his wife.

"Don't go too hard at the bar, okay?" because they never new, among a crowd like that, who was lurking for a pray. Hard at the bar — that only reminded him to check on Liam too. His next words came out in a lower voice, "We don't know who's out there."

[teratomat]

Say you win. If you could catch them all, take all of it, all the greed, the foulness, the rot in the world and sit down across from it, what would you say? Was it ever going to be enough?

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 1x02 "The Masque of the Red Death"

[abusabat]

humans  were  simple  creatures.  even  when  they  had  godly  blood  coursing  through  their  systems  it  seemed.  seeing  how  the  other  worked  hard  to  fixate  his  gaze  elsewhere  meant  that  there  was  something  right  in  front  of  him  he  wanted  to  see.  waaiz  stepped  forward  and  stuck  out  his  hand.  he  snaked  it  out,  moving  it  up  to  push  the  other's  hair  back.  “  don't  worry,  when  the  archery  grounds  open  again  i  will  be  sure  to  show  how  killer  i  could  be.  ”  a  small  smirk  spread  across  his  face.  he  too  was  guilty  on  fixating  on  certain  things.  this  time,  it  was  his  handy  crossbow.  “  but  a  handsome  man  like  you?  i  feel  like  you'd  do  well  with  the  dragons.  your  hair  looks  sexy  pushed  back  and  it  gives  way  to  that  big  brain  of  yours.  any  puzzle  erasmo  or  kiara  have,  you'd  probably  pass  with  flying  colors.  ”

attention always flitted from one thing to another, lingering only to whatever could stimulate his mind the best at any given time. but one look at the other man and regard was practically grabbed by the throat ────── but who wouldn't react the same way to that outfit ? he might often prefer the company of books and data, but august was certainly no prude. but he tried to focus on the younger man's words despite such clear-cut distractions in front of him. " i think you should try your skills at the games instead of just cheering everyone on, " august shrugged, glancing towards the sky for a moment just so it wouldn't look like he was staring for too long. " but i guess i couldn't really say no to such freely given support, which game do you suggest i enter ? "

[edenscompanion]

dol lis (and bailey) reacting to you (pc) asking if you can have some of their fries

additional context: fast food french fries specifically. assume it's a date with all of them minus eden who is in their cabin and bailey who is in their office

robin: will gladly let you have some of their fries. happy to share with you! high confidence robin might playfully ask for a kiss before agreeing though.

whitney: laughs and calls you a greedy slut. high dominance whitney will probably ask for oral or something else in exchange for their fries, or will tease you before giving you their leftovers. low dominance whitney still teases you but not as roughly. will probably hold the fry in their mouth and tell you to eat it like that.

eden: you're the one who bought them and brought them to the cabin so they are mildly confused. high love/trust eden will oblige, probably giving you all of their fries after trying a few and not agreeing with it (not used to fried foods after living in the wilderness for so long). lowkey happy they got to eat fries again though. low love/trust eden would probably glare at you but they don't eat their fries anyway so you end up eating them to not waste food. high dominance eden will probably get frisky but ultimately be happy to hand feed you their fries.

kylar: oh they are overjoyed. they give you all their fries! but they'll be even happier if you offer to share them! secretly keeps one fry to add to their shrine of you in their room later.

avery: would look at the fries in disgust actually why are they even eating fast food. they have an image to maintain. they let you eat their fries but you'll never be allowed to eat fast food while seen with them ever again.

alex: do they even know what fast food is? probably happy to share them though. high dominance alex would also ask for something in exchange for their fries.

sydney: pure sydney probably doesn't eat fast food because it's "sinful" so they'll let you eat their fries. corrupt sydney would be like whitney and hold the fry in their mouth and tease you to eat them this way.

black wolf and great hawk: have no idea what fries are. can they even eat safely eat fries? great hawk would be happy to try one though and think human food is strange. would give you the rest.

bailey: what the hell are you doing in my office. get out. no you can't have my fries you should have bought some for yourself. no fast food allowed in the orphanage! (they're eating their fries begrudgingly in their office alone after you shut the door)

[imjustusingthistolikeartists]

Roderick: And then she died.

Dupin: Cool story, how'd you know about the parts you weren't there for?