#cxrleonis

[anklebitxrs]

        brow furrows as he shifts in the door way,     hands going into hoodie pocket,     and then the pocket of his jeans,     and then up to his hair,     and then back again.     he’s flustered,    anxious energy seeping out of his every pore,     but when he speaks,     it’s the same calm and quiet as it’s ever been.    “    you know if you    ...    you can tell me if you don’t want to live together anymore.    it    ----   you can stay,     and i can just   ...   find a new place.     “            @cxrleonis​.

[bnjmin]

INCORRECT QUOTES     →       ft.    @cxrleonis

[komunion]

“Is that something you want to talk about?”               @cxrleonis​.

she’s just finished listening to the demo on his phone.    he got the first mix in his email this morning,     wanted to share it with someone else,    someone that would    ...     get it.    (     he tries to send things to his parents,    to his brothers or sister,     but all he ever gets is something along the lines of     “proud of you son”    and   “shit bumps”.     which,     is nice,     of course,     but ends up being unfulfilling.     )

           there’s not a moment after she speaks that he doesn’t know what she’s talking about,     so he resolves not to pretend.    the lyrics are a lot    ----    he gets that,    and it’s also what he was going for,    even if he feels stripped down to the bone because of it.     he almost regrets showing it to her.

but then,     doesn’t he know her,    too,     in this weird way,     from what he’s listened to     ?     it brings him just enough comfort not to shut down.       “     nah    ----     you can tell me what you think about the levels and shit on everything,     though.    “

[cvertures]

"SEATTLE FIRE,“ jack announces as he enters one of the dressing rooms. it’s one of the smaller venues in the city, but a notable one for many bands that had gone on to not only pursue their dreams, but achieve them. booking the place is an impressive feat for a band from chicago, or at least that’s what he thinks. but what does he know? he doesn’t work in music, just a fan of the band slated to play there tonight. or rather, their singer.   “— sorry guys, we got a call about a gas leak. i’m going to need you all to vacate the building...”

they small group of people collected into the room, perhaps all of them musicians, have no reason to believe him: he isn’t exactly wearing his fire gear, just a t-shirt with the station 19 logo prominently displayed. he’d attempted to talk dean into coming with him, but his friend had better things to do on his day off. it seemed he’d have to face the girl from his past on his own. he wonders if she’ll even recognize him after all these years. he can’t help but smirk as he catches a glimpse of her, although attempts to remain composed, keeping himself broad-shouldered, as if this were an actual emergency. “must be a strong one, too. I think I might already be hallucinating...” the words are in jest and he tosses his hand to the side as if to signal to all in attention that it’s a joke. "jacqueline, is that you?” long time no see / @cxrleonis

[cverture]

“But why would they abduct cows?” ALSO FOR MARK but this is written down obvs

mark, why are you like this?  | @cxrleonis​

   ❝why wouldn’t they abduct cows? I mean, when you think about it they’re perfect unwilling participants. they don’t run very fast due to the fact that they don’t care, they’re almost always out in the middle of some grassy field and they’re cows. who’s going to really miss a few when there are a dozen more just like ‘em? humans on the other hand, they’re missed.❞ 

    it’s true that maybe he’s being overly-eccentric to procure a smile from her, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t correct in his assessment. mark’s had an unusual amount of time to ponder such possibilities. he finds no shame in sharing his thoughts. ❝plus, maybe the aliens like milk.❞

[cverture-a]

from here!!! | @cxrleonis​

“You know -- when we get married,” She can’t help it, toying with the idea. Beth isn’t even attempting to mask her attraction to Jackie, and even if they don’t end up falling through with what they claim the trip to Vegas is for: she knows she doesn’t want this (their spontaneous trip across multiple states) to be the end for them. “It’s going to technically belong to the both of us.”

 The grin on her face remains, eyes resting on the other woman in their shared hotel room. They’d shared Jackie’s car the entire ride to Vegas, stopping a few places along the way to sleep in run don motels or in the back of the vehicle, discussing topics of interest to them both. Harry Potter was only the tip of the iceberg. “Come here.”

[overmanhattan]

        “Coraline, have I told you lately how beautiful you are?”

[residuex]

@cxrleonis

"Okay, so,” Ethan handed her a bottle of water as he joined her on the blanket she’d placed over the ground. It’d been a couple of days since he’d walked in on her crying, and though he was still concerned he would not ask for information she wasn’t ready to share. So, instead, he’d brought her to his favorite park and spot to look up at the sky with his telescope. “It’s still a little early to go looking for stars, but I thought it’d be a fun thing to do today. I know, I know, kind of nerdy, but...yeah, that’s me.”

[tentaculi]

@, ☎, ✉ (for logan) ✆, ⁇, # (for charlie)

TEXT MESSAGES | meme // @cxrleonis

Send “@” for a SCARED text.

( text ; aud ) dude, i think they’ve found out about the underground shop. ( text ; aud ) if they burn my comics i’m gonna cry, i’m not even kidding. ( text ; aud ) you don’t, like, i don’t know .. think they will? 

Send “☎” for a RUSHED text

( text ; aud ) 2mrw we plan

Send “✉” for a text that WASN’T SENT

( text ; aud ) aud, dude, listen. i love you. like, i’m dumbass in love with you and i just needed you to know that before all of this goes bad. 

Send “✆” for a MORNING text.

( text ; cory ) heading to the bucks, do you want me to pick you up something?

Send “⁇” for a DRUNK text.

( text ; cory ) gIRL girl girl girl listen i just need you to know that SOMETIMES i think about corrupting you 

Send “#” for a RANDOM text.

( text ; cory ) do you think timmy’s dad really has six toes? like, if a dude hit on you and you found that out about him how would you feel?

[anklebitxrs]

❛ It’s not as bad as it is in your head. ❜ from cory to teddy

meme     :      @cxrleonis.

“that’s what they all say,    huh?”     a grin.     genuine,     because he knows that she is,    too.    a hand through his hair,    still snow wet from his time spent shoveling her sidewalk.    it’s become a thing.   he trades manual labor for some snacks and everyone wins.     teddy,    because it makes him feel useful;    cory,    because actually hiring someone would cost a ridiculous amount;    and ben,    because he doesn’t want to do it.    a flick of his finger to adjust his glasses on his face.     and then he straightens,     lets his forearms pull from the countertop.     he shrugs on his jacket,     wraps his scarf around his neck.

             “let me finish up,    and i’ll talk your ear off over some cocoa?    i can make a hot toddy,    too,    if y’want.”

[bnjmin]

❛ I’m glad you’re here. ❜ from jackie ;-;

meme     :      accepting.      @cxrleonis.

        here,    as in:     sitting across from her in the booth;    or here,    as in:    being alive to be doing so.     or,    here,     as in:     in her life.    as her friend,     her brother,     the one that pays for her meal.     (     not for any virtuous reason,   but because it’s his turn to do so.     he actually kind of owes her even more on top of that for the hot chocolate she brought him the other day.    whatever.     )

        he flicks a piece of trash at her,     one of those single serve plastic cups that coffee creamer comes in.     there’s still a little bit left in it,    french vanilla that splatters across the table,     but he does have the decency to grab a napkin and throw that to her,    too.    

            in the times that he allows himself to think about it,    he’s glad that for the inverse,     the vice versa.    because he remembers being in a bed with an iv in his arm,     and her being the only one there and willing and unafraid to speak to him like he needed to be spoken to.     

            “don’t be gross.”    he says it with a mouth full,     words half muffled by food,    and mumbled all the same.    it takes a few seconds until he can look up and at her again,     because truthfully    ...    he’s glad he’s here,     as in:    with her.    in the booth,    paying for her meal,    throwing things at her because he knows it’ll annoy her.    

[exxxarc2022]

@cxrleonis

❛ So, I figured we’d get pretty tired catching POKEMON all day in the park       ❜ The pokemon go fad was over but Teddy was still dedicated to catching them all. A dramatic pause as he pulled a basket from behind his back, offering it forward.  ❛ I made us a PICNIC ! ❜ And by him, he meant his elder brother.

[komunion]

@cxrleonis​:      ‘ i’m gonna eat all this chili … and / or die trying .              do you want any ? ’ from jackie to cam :*

              it is    ...     a disgusting amount of food     ----     he thinks it might be making him sick,     just looking at it.    he wonders if he should leave     ----    if she ends up vomiting,     he’s going to vomit,    and then he’s going to vomit two or three more times while trying to clean it up.

    no thank you.

“     ----    that’s all you,    girl.     “

[cvertures]

     “oh, I get it. you’re that ashamed of me, huh?” he’s poking fun at her now, although the previous question had been a serious one. there’s a tisk that escapes through the grin scrawled across his face, and it’s mark’s turn to take a sip from his cup now, if only to brush off the slight sting of rejection that lingers. 

    “gotta say, i’ve been told that most women would go the distance to hold the hand of the one and only space pirate, mark watney. i’m a hot commodity.” oh sure, there has been plenty of discussion, on television and in magazines, regarding his bachelor status: even suggesting that he himself would be the suitor on the upcoming season of the reality show with that same name. that’d gotten a crack out of him, but he’d assured producers that he’d much rather return to mars than further embarrass himself on national television. “suit yourself.”  

continued. / @cxrleonis

[cverture]

“Your heart's beating so fast.” for aaron!

these nerds! | @cxrleonis

    ❝you should be used to that by now, doofus. did it really take you this long to notice?❞ he’s grinning, and he knows for a fact that it hasn’t. in all the time he’s known audrey, his heart rarely ever slows while in her presence. it’s been years, yet still he can’t seem to adjust the sheer emotion he feels being near her, or even simply reading one of their text exchanges.

      brown hues scan her her features, feeling the pounding within his chest. sometimes he has a hard time fathoming her beauty, or the sheer fact that she puts up with him and his crazy antics. not all women give guys who prep for the end of the world the time of day. he truly is a lucky man. ❝then again, I can’t give you a hard time about it. it took me way too long to tell you how I felt about you.❞

[cverture-a]

as if I could resist... | @cxrleonis​

Despite his urge to lean down and kiss her, he knows better. Not only was Cory, well -- shy, for lack of a better term, they were in her classroom and even he has his limits and can respect boundaries. Even if they weren’t at her place of employment, and even if it wasn’t possible for one of her students or co-workers to walk in, he respected Cory too much to cross lines he knew were there.

Still, the blush of her cheeks is enough to make his heart pound within his chest and he’s beyond thankful that he mastered how to keep his cool long ago. At that thought, just when he’s built up his confidence, he remembered on many occasion rambling at her due to his nervousness. To this day, he still can’t see (or even hear someone talk about) Marshmallows without thinking of the woman that stood before him now. 

“It’s settled then?” He was unable to wait for her reply before he speaks again, reminding her once again of the fact that he swore up and down he would never forget to remind her. “Sorry, but do you realize how beautiful you are?”