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mastodonmoving · 7 months
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One of the few downsides to owning a giant gorgeous antique bed is it now, you can’t live anywhere into which the giant gorgeous antique bed cannot fit
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She just. She is my life partner now. At least in terms of home furnishings. I am forever doomed to only live in rooms that can fit a massive Eastlake fantasy sleigh bed
(Oh, and did I mention I got her for $100 on Facebook marketplace? You can’t even buy an IKEA bedframe that cheap, most of the time)
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littlegeckotech · 1 year
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Cloud Storage Boston | Little Gecko Technology
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Why You Should Hire a Professional Long Distance Moving Service?
Moving to a new home can be a stressful experience, especially when it involves a long distance move. That's why hiring a professional long distance moving service is a smart choice. Here are some of the reasons why you should consider hiring a professional long distance moving service for your next move.
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Summary: Unfair ref calls end up getting Matt placed in the penalty box during a game. The best way to relieve his anger afterwards is sitting in the stands and wearing a miniskirt. Based off of this edit<3
Pairing: Hockey player!Matt x implied bimbo and WAG!reader
Warnings: Smut, semi public sex (storage room), dumbification, rough dom!Matt, unprotected p in v, creampie, hair pulling, gagging, masturbation (m), spitting, oral (m receiving), sir kink if you squint, lots of sex/dirty talk, literally pure filth
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A/N: I don't know anything about hockey, so please bare with me for any inaccuracies!! Get your holy water ready...💗
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“Good luck!” You smiled, standing on your tiptoes to kiss Matt’s cheek, despite your white kitten heels. “I’ll see you after the game!”
Matt picked you and spun you around, hand cheekily slipping under your pink miniskirt to grab your ass. “I’m looking forward to it.” he whispered huskily in your ear, secretly suckling on the sweet spot behind the flesh. 
You pressed one last kiss to Matt’s lips outside the locker room before bidding him goodbye and scurrying to the special VIP box in the stands of TD Garden that was specifically reserved for the families and friends, but especially wives and girlfriends of the members of the Boston Bruins. Call it shallow or silly, but ever since you were a small girl you had always dreamed of dating a member of your favorite hockey team. Like many New Englanders, you took hockey seriously, and it seemed only fitting for your prince to have skates and a hockey stick rather than a horse. 
The universe must’ve worked in your favor. You and Matt had been next door neighbors for all of your childhood, and had started dating your senior year of high school, just before he had been signed to the Bruins. Everyday since then had been a dream. You were practically Matt’s personal cheerleader, on the ice and off. When you thought about that, along with his flirty mention from earlier, you felt your cheeks flush as you shifted in your seat and adjusted your skirt. Matt’s favorite way to celebrate (and lick his wounds after a loss) a game was in the bedroom and you doubted tonight would be any different. 
You blushed and adjusted your skirt, excitedly catching up with one of Matt’s teammates’ girlfriend who had been out of town for the last home game. No matter how much you tried to move your mind away from the topic, you couldn’t stop yourself from going back to his promises and the feeling of his hands on your backside. 
As the game got ready to start and Matt skated out onto the ice, you couldn’t help but to stand and cheer, bouncing softly on the balls of your feet as you clapped. You knew that he couldn’t hear you, but when your boyfriend turned and made an ‘I love you’ sign towards the private box, your heart soared. 
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“Damn.” You cursed quietly, watching the Vancouver Canucks score yet another goal.
The ref for this game was being less than fair, and as Matt lifted his helmet during the second intermission, you could see the agitation etched onto his face. He was making good plays and everyone knew it. You felt your heart drop as you watched him try to contain his anger over the Jumbotron, mumbling small ‘fuck’’s under his breath. Matt put his heart and soul into each and every hockey game, and to not get the outcome he wanted based off of some unfair ref calls sucked. 
As the teams took the ice again, you noticed a change in your boyfriend’s demeanor. Matt always played aggressively, but it was more visible now. With each slide of the puck, he was getting madder and madder, skating around the rink furiously. You nibbled the sides of your light pink acrylic nails furiously, growing anxious yourself. Matt was, by definition, an absolute animal in hockey, and you knew it wouldn’t be long before he snapped. There was a reason his team nickname had been ‘The Burier’ since the eighth grade. It’s what he was known for. 
Sure enough, not even five minutes later, the ref stopped the game as Matt snapped. He had met his limit for shit he would take from the officials and the other team. Calling boarding, the ref forced Matt into the penalty box. Though everyone else seemed to continue on with the game after the call, you watched the box with cautious eyes. The brunette looked absolutely furious as he tossed his helmet and sticks to the side. You wanted to feel awful, to go down there and fight with the ref despite your pink miniskirt and lack of overall sports knowledge, but as Matt’s darkened blue eyes looked up to where you were sitting, you couldn’t feel anything other than excitement at how he would most likely take you home and fuck you until you were crying. 
The game ended quicker than you expected, with the Canucks winning by two goals. As you stood up and gathered your purse and coat, you felt your phone buzz. You knew who it was, seeing as how Matt had just skated into the locker room a few moments prior. 
Matt: get your ass to the storage room near section 20. i’m not fucking waiting until we get home.
You felt your cheeks blush at the way just Matt’s tone in the message had your lacy, white thong already soaked. You popped a piece of strawberry gum into your mouth, knowing Matt absolutely devoured the taste on your tongue like a man starved and began to slide through the crowd to his requested meeting area. Luckily, the frenzy of people trying to exit the arena made it easy for you to go unnoticed. Though you weren’t famous of yourself, you were still extremely well-known and popular in the hockey community, leading people to ask you for photos and autographs, even if you weren’t with your lover. 
The storage room by section 20 was mostly deserted, save for an exhausted janitor sweeping by the vending machines, and Matt. He had changed out of his team uniform and into baggy, gray sweatpants and a forest green hoodie, the hood pulled tight over his brown curls. Even in spite of his ‘disguise’, you would’ve recognized him anywhere. 
“Hey baby,” You hummed, letting out a cute giggle as you leaned into Matt’s chest. “You got a temper today?” You asked innocently, blinking your large, false lashes up at him. 
“The ref was a fucking dick.” Matt cursed, pulling you both into the storage closet and locking the door from the inside. 
The light inside the closet was dim and flickering. That, combined with the small space because of the cleaning supplies, mops, and brooms, and the casual smell of mildew was less than romantic. Nevertheless, you could feel your panties soaking at the sight of the tent in Matt’s gray sweats. Knocking the brooms to the side, Matt pushed you against the wall, flicking your gum out of your mouth and beginning to passionately make out with you. His tongue fought yours for dominance, spit mixing with your lip gloss as it dribbled down your chin. 
“Matt…” You whimpered, knees going weak from all of the good feelings you were experiencing. 
“Already at a loss for words, baby doll?” he chuckled, smirking cruelly. “All you can think about is being a slut, huh?” 
You whimpered and nodded, moving your hands up to push the hood off of Matt’s head and tangle your pink acrylic nails in his feathery hair. “Oh…” You breathed. 
Matt practically pushed you to your knees, tossing your heels to the side and making you kneel. From this angle, he had a perfect view of your cleavage in your babydoll tee, the flowery print cups of your push-up bra peeking over the edge. Your boyfriend began to palm himself through his sweatpants, head thrown back in a moan as he looked at the little protests coming from your pouty lips. 
“You gonna take my cock like a good fuckin’ girl?” Matt asked, tipping your chin up to look at him with his other hand. “Gonna show me who the real winner is today?”
You looked up at him with your head cock, almost like that of a pathetic, lost puppy, before nodding quickly. “Promise.” You smiled with a giggle. 
Matt continued to jerk himself like there was no tomorrow, not caring that his moans were growing louder. “Need to get you ready first,” he mumbled, unhinging your jaw with his ring-clad hand. “Open.” 
You did as Matt asked, watching as he gathered his own saliva and then spit in your mouth, holding your chin closed. You blushed, smiling up at his hard face. Just looking at you was making him grow more sexually frustrated, but he couldn’t stop the warmth that spread through his chest at how adorable you looked on your knees, obeying his demands and ready to suck him off until you gagged. Less than a minute later, Matt had yanked down his plaid boxers and pants, thrusting his dick towards your mouth. 
You slowly took his tip into your mouth, licking circles onto his pretty, pink head that was already dripping with precum. The further you took him into your mouth, the more noises he began to make, fists tangling themselves in your hair as he yanked you closer to him by the hair, desperate for more pleasure. By the time his dick had hit the back of your throat, you were practically gagging as Matt bucked his hips towards your face, cock already twitching as his orgasm grew in his belly. 
“You can take it…” he hissed, pulling on your hair again as you whimpered around his dick. “Yeah, right there. Jesus Christ, princess. Makin’ me feel so goddamn good.” 
The way Matt was fucking your face was angry, like he had been since the ref started making those calls, but it was far from mean. He just had pent up, animalistic energy and it needed a release. Turned out that ‘release’ was you, kneeling and spread like a whore, drool and lipgloss puddling down your chin as you took his cock. You couldn’t make any noises other than small whimpers as grunts as you slid the flat of your tongue across the vein on his underside, but Matt could tell you were enjoying this blowjob as much as he was b y the way your nails were digging into the backs of his legs. 
“‘M gonna cum,” Matt groaned. “Better swallow every last fuckin’ drop of it too.”
You nodded as Matt bucked his hips against your face one last time, orgasm overtaking him. You could feel his cock twitching in your mouth as hot, white ropes of cum shot towards the back of your throat. Your boyfriend pulled off your mouth with a pop, holding your lips closed. Once you had swallowed, you wiped your mouth with the sleeve of your pink cardigan, pouting up at him. 
“You got yours. It’s my turn.” You grumbled cutely.
“You know, it really is true what they say about whores,” Matt snorted roughly. “You’re just a bimbo. Don’t even realize that mouthing off won’t get you what you want.”
You whined, your panties growing soaked once more. “Yes sir.” 
“That’s what I thought,” Matt yanked you up roughly by the arm, pinning you against the wall. Before you knew it, Matt had pulled down your skirt, the fabric fluttering to a puddle around your ankles. He snapped the lacy elastic of your thong against your hip one time before ripping the material off, a sadistic gleam in his eyes. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, y’know…” he trailed off, toying with the material. “Never seemed like the right time, but now, what do I have to lose? You’ve already been face fucked like a slut in a storage room, I lost the game and didn’t have an outlet for my stress, but now? I’m gonna have some fun now.” Matt smiled. 
The brunette pulled your lips open, shoving the white fabric of your panties into your mouth. Before Matt, you had never considered yourself a ‘kinky’ girl. Now though, you felt your lower stomach already clenching at the thought of how obscene what you were doing was. Your all-star hockey player was fucking you in the storage closet of his home arena and you were gagged with your own underwear. It was like something out of porn film, yet that only excited you more. 
“Now I can fuck that little cunt senseless without you making a sound.” Matt smirked, yanking off his hoodie and the shirt under it.
You let out a small whimper around your gag as Matt slammed into you, your back pushed against the cinderblock wall as he railed you. The feeling of him bare inside of you was making your pussy clench with want. Your climax had been building in your lower stomach ever since your boyfriend had sent you that text, and now, it was threatening to send you over the edge as Matt fucked you relentlessly. You whined against your gag again, back arching off the wall. You wanted nothing more than to cry out as you raked your nails across Matt’s tattooed arms and back. 
“Good fuckin’ girl,” the brunette husked in your ear. “Takin’ my dick like a little princess, huh?” Matt was bottomed out inside of you, hissing and grunting at the feeling of you clenching around him. “You gonna cum?” he asked, watching your face as the mascara and other makeup streamed down your cheeks from the tears of overstimulation. 
You nodded, grasping at Matt’s hair, back, anything, desperate for relief as Matt fucked you like an animal. Your orgasm hit you like a truck, the white-hot feeling overtaking your body as you writhed under Matt, back arching off the wall. Your boyfriend groaned as your cunt clenched around his cock, sensual noises falling from his lips as he coated your insides white. 
“Fuck, Y/N…you feel so fucking good.” Matt told you, pressing kisses to your neck as he softened inside of you. 
He removed your gag, moving from your neck to kiss your lips softly, licking up the last drops of your mixed saliva, strawberry gum, and lip gloss. You looked up at him, beyond fucked out and makeup ruined and smiled. 
“Guess you’re an animal on and off the ice, huh?” You blinked, all big Bambi eyes and ruined smiles. 
“You could say that.” Matt chuckled, continuing to press soft kisses across your flushed skin. 
In that moment, you didn’t care about the team’s loss, or Matt’s penalty. He was your winner and you wouldn’t trade him for the world. 
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geofdarrow · 2 years
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m-mihalyiova · 2 years
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Christopher Brown’s ‘A Natural History of Empty Lots’
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On SEPTEMBER 24th, I'll be speaking IN PERSON at the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY!
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Christopher Brown is an accomplished post-cyberpunk sf writer, a tech lawyer with a sideline in public interest environmental law, the proud owner of one of the most striking homes I have ever seen, and an urban pastoralist who writes about wildlife in ways I've never seen and can't get enough of:
https://fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/
All of these facets of Brown's identity come together today with the launch of A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys and other Wild Places:
https://christopherbrown.com/a-natural-history-of-empty-lots/
This is a frustratingly hard to summarize book, because it requires a lot of backstory and explanation, and one of the things that makes this book so! fucking! great! is how skillfully Brown weaves all that stuff into his telling. Which makes me feel self-conscious as I try to summarize things, because there's no way I'll do this as well as he did, but whatever, here goes.
Brown is a transplant from rural Iowa to Austin, where he set out to start a family, practice tech law during the dotcom boom, and write science fiction, as part of a circle of writers loosely associated with cyberpunk icon @brucesterling. After both the economy and his marriage collapsed, Brown started his restless perambulations around Austin's abandoned places, sacrifice zones, the bones of failed housing starts and abandoned dot-crash office parks.
When he did, something changed in him. Slowly, his eyes learned to see things that they had just skipped over. Plants, animals, and spoor and carapaces and dens of all description, all around him, a secret world. These were not pockets of "wilderness" in the city, but they were pockets of wildness. Birds' nests woven with plastic fibers scavenged from nearby industrial dumpsters; trees taking root in half-submerged tires rolled into a creekbed, foxes and rodents playing out a real-life version of the classic ecosystem simulation exercise on the edge of an elevated highway that fills the same function as the edge of a woodland where predator and prey meet.
As Brown fell in love again – with the artist and architect Agustina Rodriguez – he conceived of a genuinely weird and amazing plan to build a house. A very weird house, in a very weird place. He bought a plot of wasteland that had once housed the head-end of an oil pipeline (connected to a nearby oil-storage facility that poisoned the people who lived near it, in an act of wanton environmental racism) and had been used as a construction-waste dump for years.
After securing an extremely unlikely loan, Brown remediated the plot, excavating the oil pipeline, then building the most striking home you have ever seen in the resulting trench. Brown is a pal of mine, and this is where I stay when I'm in Austin, and I can promise you, the pictures don't do it justice:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/christopher-brown-edgeland-house-austin/
Formally, A Natural History of Empty Lots is a memoir that explains all of this. But not really. Like I say, this is just the back story. What Natural History really is, is a series of loosely connected essays that explains how everything fits together: colonial conquest, Brown's failed marriage, his experience as a lawyer learning property law, what he learned by mobilizing that learning to help his neighbors defend the pockets of wildness that refuse to budge.
It's an erudite book, skipping back through millennia of history, sidewise through the ecology of Texas, all while somehow serving as a kind of spotter's guide to the wild things you can see in Austin – and maybe, in your town – if you know how to look. It's a book about how people change the land, and how the land changes people. It is filled with pastoral writing that summons Kim Stanley Robinson by way of Thoreau, and it sometimes frames its philosophical points the way a cyberpunk writer would – like Neal Stephenson writing a cyberpunk trilogy that is also the story of Leibniz and Newton fighting over credit for inventing calculus:
https://memex.craphound.com/2004/11/20/neal-stephensons-system-of-the-world-concludes-the-baroque-trilogy/
Brown is a stupendous post-cyberpunk writer, and also a post-cyberpunk person, which I've known for sure since I happened upon him one morning, thoughtfully mowing his roof with a scythe:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/46433979075/
You can get a sense of what that means in this lockdown-era joint presentation that Chris, Bruce Sterling and I did on "cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk":
https://archive.org/details/asl-cyberpunk
Brown is a spectacular novelist. His ecofascist civil war trilogy that opens with Tropic of Kansas got so much right about the politics of American demagoguery and was perfectly timed with the Trump presidency:
https://memex.craphound.com/2017/07/11/tropic-of-kansas-making-america-great-again-considered-harmful/
The sequel, Rule of Capture, uses the device of courtroom drama in a way that comes uncomfortably close to the Orwell/Kafka mashup that the authorities have created to deal with environmental protesters:
https://memex.craphound.com/2019/08/12/rule-of-capture-inside-the-martial-law-tribunals-that-will-come-when-climate-deniers-become-climate-looters-and-start-rendering-environmentalists-for-offshore-torture/
And the final volume, Failed State, is one of the most complicated complicated utopias you could ask for. This is what people mean by "thrilling conclusion":
https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/12/failed-state/#chris-brown
As brilliant as Brown is in fiction mode, his nonfiction is unclassifiably, unforgettably brilliant. A Natural History of Empty Lots is the kind of book that challenges how you feel about the crossroads we're at, the place you live, and the place you want to be.
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The paperback edition of The Lost Cause, my nationally bestselling, hopeful solarpunk novel is out this month!
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/17/cyberpunk-pastoralism/#time-to-mow-the-roof
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This 1924 Tudor in Detroit, MI really surprised me. It's in the prestigious Arden Park-East Boston Historic District, has 5bds, 6ba, listed for $685K, and if you're expecting English Tudor style, think again. Let's go inside.
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The lovely original cathedral style door in the foyer.
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And, hello marble floors, silver wallpaper and white, white, white.
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In the sitting room there's a remodeled fireplace in black & white with mirrors.
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The dining room is decorated in Chinese style.
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The kitchen has some of the original features. The lower cabinets are new and so is the marble counter and backsplash.
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The kitchen is an eat-in with plenty room for a table & chairs.
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The pantry has an incredible original fridge. Even if it doesn't work, it's a great vintage piece that can used for storage.
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The den is lovely with a wall of glass doors and shelving
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Beautiful very large sun room. Look at how well-maintained the floor is.
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The half bath was redecorated, but still has the original sink and toilet.
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The hall and stairs were redecorated, but they left the niche.
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Look at this landing.
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The primary bedroom.
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The bath looks original.
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This bedroom looks is as large as the primary.
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Another bath looks refreshed and vintage.
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This room looks like an upstairs sitting room with a bar.
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Downstairs there's a wonderful vintage finished basement- look at the tufted red bar and the fabulous black & red floor.
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Another room in the basement, plus the laundry room.
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That is so cool- I wonder if they'll leave that vintage stove. And, look at the huge utility sink.
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Outside the sun room there's a patio.
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And, a very pretty yard on a .38 acre lot.
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Lovely 2 car garage.
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Gated port cochere.
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Very pretty neighborhood.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/244-Arden-Park-Blvd-Detroit-MI-48202/88655050_zpid/?
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The Great Molasses Flood was a disaster in Boston that occurred after a storage tank collapsed on January 15, 1919, sending more than two million gallons (eight million litres) of molasses flowing through the city’s North End. The deluge caused extensive damage and killed 21 people.
The tank was built in 1915 along Boston’s waterfront on Commercial Street, opposite Copp’s Hill. It was operated by the Purity Distilling Company, a subsidiary of United States Industrial Alcohol (USIA). At the time, industrial alcohol—then made from fermented molasses—was highly profitable; it was used to make munitions and other weaponry for World War I (1914–18). The tank’s immense size reflected the demand: it measured more than 50 feet (15 metres) high and 90 feet (27 metres) in diameter and could hold up to 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million litres) of molasses. Built quickly, the tank was problematic from the start, leaking and often emitting rumbling noises. Nevertheless, it continued to be used, and after the war’s conclusion USIA focused on producing grain alcohol, which was in high demand as prohibition neared passage.
At approximately 12:30 PM on January 15, 1919, the tank burst, releasing a deluge of “sweet, sticky death.” According to reports, the resulting wave of molasses was 15 to 40 feet (5 to 12 metres) high and some 160 feet (49 metres) wide. Traveling at approximately 35 miles (56 km) per hour, it destroyed several city blocks, leveling buildings and damaging automobiles. Although help arrived quickly, the hardening molasses made rescue efforts difficult. In the end, 21 people were killed, many of whom were suffocated by the syrup, and approximately 150 were injured. In addition, the Boston Post noted that a number of horses had “died like so many flies on sticky fly paper.” Clean-up efforts lasted for weeks, and Boston reportedly continued to smell like molasses for years afterward.
Numerous lawsuits were filed in the wake of the disaster. While victims alleged that the tank was not safe, USIA claimed that it had been sabotaged by “evilly disposed persons.” In 1925, however, it was ruled that the tank was unsound, and USIA was ordered to pay damages. In addition, the disaster resulted in stricter construction codes being adopted by states across the country.
For years, questions were raised over how such a seemingly benign substance could have caused so many deaths. In 2016, researchers released a study that placed the blame on cold temperatures. While warm weather would have caused the molasses to be less viscous, the winter temperatures made the syrup markedly thicker, severely impeding rescuers.
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One Way Street (NSFW)
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AN: Go watch The Instigators!!
Synopsis: Meeting Scalvo has put you head over heels when you move back to Boston after graduating. Little did you know, the person that you fell for isn't exactly who you thought he was and that the relationship between the two of you would never be the same again
Pairing: Scalvo x Reader (The Instigators)
Do not engage if underage
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Walking along the Boston streets, you were taking in the fresh air on a beautiful autumn day when a bakery came into your view and you couldn’t help but to smile. However, it wasn’t just any bakery, you had come here plenty of times growing up and now that you had finally graduated college and moved back to spend some time with your parents, you had to make this be your first stop after your plane had landed last night.
Walking in, the smell of fresh donuts hit your nose as you looked at the rows of display cases trying to decide what you wanted to get to take home for yourself as well as your parents. Mr. Besegai owned this bakery for as long as you could remember and when you looked up from the display case, you saw him coming out of the storage room with someone hot on his trail. He was tall, had curly hair, and for some reason his hair seemed to be damp, almost if he had just taken a shower which had you slightly confused. He looked to be in some type of rush and bumped into you as he had taken out his phone to glance at it as he was trying to get to the exit.
“Oh, sorry about that.” He simply said while not bothering to look at you. But once he finally made eye contact with you he held your gaze for a second before you snapped out of it and finally responded back to him.
“It’s okay, no worries.”
“Never seen you around here before, you just moved here?” The curly haired man asked you and quickly shaking your head you told him no. Nobody ever intrigued Scalvo, but now that he had set his eyes on you, he was curious about the brown skin girl with the dyed auburn curly hair.
“No, I just moved back. I just graduated from University of Maryland. I grew up here.”
Mr. Besegai was watching the exchange between the two of you as the wheels in his head started turning on how he could get his plan to work as he pretended that he was simply wiping down the counters. What you didn’t know was that because of your father being a big time lawyer, he had spent the last four years in jail and had recently gotten out due to having good behavior because in actuality, he had gotten fifteen. It was all due to a misunderstanding, but your father wasn’t trying to hear it. Your father and him would do business all the time and would constantly be meeting at his bakery. When your father had to bring you along, Mr. Besegai always made a point to give you a free donut. It changed every time since you didn't quite have a favorite flavor.
He wanted to get back at him for what he had done and knew that using Scalvo to get to you was going to be his best bet. If he could get you to trust him, that would make this job ten times easier.
As far as he knew, Scalvo didn’t know who you were and he was going to do his best to keep it that way so that his plan would be able to work. He had found Scalvo wandering the streets of Boston when he was eleven and took him in after his grandmother had passed. As soon as he was old enough, he introduced him to his world of how he was able to make so much money and from that point on it was history. The two of you had never crossed paths before since you would be in boarding school the majority of the time.
Just last week, he had approached Scalvo and told him about his newest plan in order to rob the big time prosecutor for what he had done to him and then Scalvo had told him what he had done to his father which he had never mentioned. Your father apparently had convicted him of a crime that he didn’t commit and was sent to prison to serve out his time. While he was there, he had another run in with another inmate and ended up losing his life. From that point, Scalvo began running away from home with his grandmother and felt that nothing made sense in the world anymore. That’s why he was the way he was now. It was all simply business with him. He didn’t show emotion, let people in, and simply kept everyone at a distance. The only thing on his mind was making money and getting back at Mr. Lawson who stole his father away from him.
They simply had to wait until a big event happened in the city for the plan to be executed. Mr. Besegai had zoned out for a minute, but as he tuned back in to pay attention, he actually saw Scalvo smile which had never been a thing before.
Yeah, this would be the perfect thing to add to the plan.
“I guess I'll be seeing you around then.” Scalvo told you and you couldn't help but smile.
“I guess you will.” You simply answered, but was quickly interrupted by Mr. Besegai.
“Y/N, what donut do you want today for old times sake?”
“Oh, I can…”
“Nonsense. Pick out a donut and a cake to take home. Always good to see your face around. Maybe you can be a good influence on Scalvo here. He needs friends.”
Scalvo’s eyes went wide as he looked at him annoyed while you were focusing on the display of treats in front of you.
“Hmm, I could always use another friend and I'm feeling the maple bacon donut and red velvet cake.”
“Coming right up.”
After he boxed up your cake along with your donut, you were on your way and you made it a necessary task to say goodbye to Scalvo who once again smiled at you. Once you were gone, he quickly interrogated Mr. Besegai.
“Who is she?”
“Oh, Y/N? Beautiful girl who comes from a beautiful family. Known her since she was born practically. She would be a good influence on you because God knows you need it.”
From that first meeting, Scalvo didn’t quite know what it was, but you intrigued him. He felt a weird sensation in his stomach. Were those the butterflies that people always talk about? After getting your number, the two of you had gone on several dates to which Scalvo’s surprise he actually enjoyed so there was no doubt in his mind to ask you to be in a relationship with him. He was actually surprised that you said yes. He would simply be going over the plan to get back at Mr. Lawson during the day and spend time with you at night. It had been about four months since he and Mr. Besegai had been planning and knew that it was only a matter of time now, but the biggest thing he had to do was have patience.
So, they both had to make sure that they did it at the right time in the hopes that nothing would go wrong. Scalvo felt that he had waited long enough and it was finally time to get him back for what he did because at this point, the only thing that he did for Scalvo was ruin his life.
The two of you were currently taking a walk after you had had dinner at a restaurant that you had chosen in the city, and was simply taking in the fresh air before Scalvo dropped you back off at your apartment although it was a little cold outside. Scalvo had laughed when he saw you come outside from your apartment, but as soon as you said that you were still cold, he took his scarf to wrap it around you.
You had noticed that he had been extra quiet over the past few days and made a point to ask him about it. As you two were walking, you simply nudged him with your elbow. Breaking him out of his trance, he turned to look at you.
“Hmm?”
“Why are you so quiet? Is something on your mind? You’ve been really quiet since dinner, well actually these last few days. You know that you can tell me anything.” You asked him as you stopped walking and he quickly followed suit.
“Yeah, but it’s nothing for you to worry your pretty little self about.” He told you as he lightly grabbed your hand and put it up to his lips to kiss the back of it.
“Are you sure? You know that you can always talk to me. I’m a good listener.”
“I know you are, but it’s just not something that I want to focus on right now. I’m here with you enjoying your company and that’s what my focus should be. I’m sorry that I got so distracted.”
“I just want to make sure you’re okay.”
He was far from it, but if he pulled this off it might make it a little better.
What Mr. Besegai didn’t know about the plan was that he did plan on robbing him, but he also wanted to end his life.
An eye for an eye.
He wasn’t about to tell him that and simply kept it to himself. His biggest thing was to not get caught because he knew if he did that he would serve serious time and more than likely would never get out.
Killing a big time lawyer? He would never hear the end of it.
And you would probably want nothing to do with him after that.
Only two things kept him going at this point, getting money and you.
He couldn't lose you, not now.
After he pulled this off, he wanted to be done with this life but didn't know how that would go when he told Mr. Besegai.
He would probably try to kill him because of how much he knew, but he needed to try.
He needed to try for you.
He wanted to be better for you.
He wanted you in his life for the long haul even though he imagined that it probably wouldn’t be very long.
“I’m okay, promise.”
“Then are you actually going to tell me what you do for a living? You take me on these lavish dates, but have yet to tell me.”
Scalvo laughed to himself before he answered your question.
“I make investments in companies and when they take off, I get to see the money that comes from it. I just don't like talking about work when I'm with you. You're my peace from all of that.”
“You must be pretty good at it then.” You told him as you two sat down on a bench in a park that you two had come across on your walk.
The only thing he thought was that he was simply good at it enough so that he didn't get caught.
“I guess I’m alright.” He replied as he shrugged, but you simply smiled at him until he asked you what was up.
“What?”
“You are too modest and never give yourself enough credit. But what are you doing this weekend?” You asked as an idea popped into your head.
“Nothing important. But if it has to do with you, I just might make an exception.” He told you as he pinched your cheek making you laugh.
“My parents have a cabin in Montreal and since I'm not doing anything either, maybe we could go.”
Scalvo smiled at the thought of you wanting to spend the weekend with him but there was a problem. Montreal was in Canada and he needed to get across the border.
With a passport.
Something that he didn't have.
Well he had a few days and could probably come up with an idea to make it happen. Maybe Mr. Besegai knew a guy because he literally always did.
“Okay and after this, I'm planning our next date since you planned the last two.”
“There's a jacuzzi too just so you know.” You said as you smirked.
“We're definitely going to be putting that to good use.”
The relaxing weekend was coming to an end as you two decided to go in the jacuzzi one last time before driving back down to Boston. The two of you had planned to leave in a few hours hoping to get back in the early hours of the afternoon. You were currently sitting on his lap while he had his arms around you.
“Thank you for this. I needed it.” He whispered in your ear as a small smile graced your face.
“I could tell. You had been so distracted so my idea was to get you away for a little while. Besides, your focus wasn't on me and I didn't like that very much.” You told him as you turned to look at him.
“Hmm. Well I promise to not let it happen again.” He told you as he leaned down to kiss you and you kissed him back with a sense of urgency and desperation.
Turning around to straddle him, your arms went around his neck as you felt him untie the top of your bathing suit letting it fall to the side and it was quickly forgotten. His hands traveled lower to rest on your hips before one of his hands started to run across your folds through the thin material that happened to be the only thing left covering your body.
Kisses were placed in a trail starting from your neck and kept going as he lifted you a bit higher to place kisses along your breasts before placing one of them in his mouth and sucking lightly leading a moan to escape from your mouth.
“Mmm.” Was all that came out of your mouth as you threw your head back and you soon felt the other half of your bikini fall away from your body as he untied it.
Scalvo simply stood up as he held onto you and stepped out of the jacuzzi and made his way back inside the house to the master bedroom. He gently laid you down and he hovered over top of you as your arms went back around his neck and guided him closer to you so that he could meet his lips with yours.
“I need to hear you say what you want me to do to you.” He whispered against your lips and before you could answer, he lifted two of his fingers to your mouth and you immediately opened it to suck on them. Once he was satisfied with how wet they were, he slowly inserted them into you, making you gasp.
“Baby, you need to use your words. Tell me what you want.”
“I want to feel every inch of you.” You breathed out and you could see that cocky smirk that you loved so much spread across his face.
“We'll get to that, but I need to taste you first. Is my pretty girl okay with that?”
You nodded your head as he moved down on the bed and took a hold on your hips before tightening it so that you wouldn't be able to move. The bruises that would be seen tomorrow would be worth it.
As he came face to face with your core when he got himself comfortable, he kissed up and down both of your inner thighs before you felt his tongue where you wanted him the most.
“Babe…” You breathed out as he continued to pleasure you.
“You like that? You like when I put my tongue in your pussy?”
“Yes, oh fuck. Don't stop.” You told him as you grabbed your nipples in order to play with them and roll them between your fingers. You placed two fingers in your mouth and got them wet enough to rub it across both of them.
Luckily you two were in the mountains with no nearby neighbors and you could yell as loud as you wanted.
Your hands then quickly found their way to his hair that you loved to play in so much as he began to fuck you with his tongue faster.
“Shit, stay right there, stay right there.” You told him with desperation in your voice. But he had a better idea. His fingers had replaced his tongue and his mouth then moved to suck on your swollen clit and you knew it was only a matter of time before you lost it.
And your original thought was right as you squirted back to back all over his face, but he still wasn't letting up as he continued to suck on your clit.
When he finally released his hold on you, you sat up and quickly kissed him and felt him slip his tongue in your mouth so that you could taste yourself which he quickly made a point to comment on.
“You see how good you taste? I want more, but we can save that for later since I do remember you telling me that you wanted to feel every inch of me, correct?”
All you did was nod as you peered down to see him bricked up but he still had his swim trunks on. He followed your gaze and quickly kissed you once more.
“Take it out then.”
Doing what he asked, you slid them down and his dick sprung to life. You quickly spit in your hand before you began to palm him and jerk him off.
“How do you want me, baby?” You asked in a whisper against his lips and he placed his hands around your neck as you continued to jerk him off.
“Why are you asking me silly questions? You know how I want you. So get there.”
Smirking, you leaned forward to kiss him before turning around and positioning yourself on your knees and arching your back with your ass on display for him.
You felt his dick moving up and down the length of your folds before finally sliding in earning moans from the both of you.
Scalvo started out at a slow even pace to make sure you were comfortable before all that could be heard in the room was skin slapping against skin.
“Good girl, you're being such a good girl for me baby. You like when I fuck you like this?” He asked you, but the only thing that could be heard were your moans and whimpers from beneath him.
When you didn't answer him, you felt a soft smack to your ass, making him repeat his question.
“Baby, I asked you if you like when I fuck you like this? Answer me like the good girl I know you are. Otherwise I'm going to stop.”
“Yes!” You were finally able to breathe out and without warning, Scalvo slid out of you and flipped you over before sliding back into you.
Now that the two of you were face to face, your foreheads were touching as he placed your legs on his shoulders. He captured you in a kiss as he continued to pound into you and you could feel the familiar feeling in your stomach building. Obviously Scalvo could tell by the look on your face.
“I'm…” You started to say, but he immediately cut you off.
“I know, baby. Me too.”
Moments later both of you hit your peak at the same time and Scalvo slid out of you and you quickly sat up and took him in your mouth as you felt the sticky liquid hit the back of your throat.
As you milked him dry, he moved his hand down to slowly rub small circles along your clit before removing his hand and licking his fingers.
“Mmm, my baby tastes so fucking good.” He told you before he lifted your face towards him so that he could kiss you.
“I need you to lay down for me.” You told him and he gave you another kiss before he did as he was told.
You simply straddled him as you faced away from him and he immediately knew what it was.
“Wouldn't be right if I didn't reverse cowgirl on you.”
“Get to it, then.”
Both of you went for two more rounds until finally taking showers, changing the sheets and getting comfortable in bed. The two of you were simply talking as your head rested on his chest and he came to a realization.
“You are so easy to talk to. I don't think I've ever told someone this much about myself.” He confessed and you turned to look up at him.
“But one thing you've never talked about is your family.”
“There's nothing to tell.” He told you and you could feel him tense up.
“Baby, you should know by now that you can trust me. Obviously it bothers you, but if you don't want to talk to me about it, maybe a therapist might help? I can tell it's a sensitive topic for you and you’re hurting.” As soon as the words left your mouth, he immediately turned up his nose.
“I don't need a therapist. My mom left when I was two and my father was killed. That's it and that's all.”
“I just want to help.” You told him as you grabbed his hand, but he moved it away from you.
“Y/N, I get it. But I'm done talking about this.”
“But baby…”
“I said I was done.” He told you and the tone of his voice somewhat scared you, making you jump as you sat up to look at him.
He immediately had a guilty look on his face.
“I’m sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. You don't deserve that.” He said as he moved a curl out of your face.
“I just want for you to be okay. You're always so distracted now. I’m just worried.”
“I’ll be fine, I promise.” He told you as he leaned forward to kiss your forehead. At that point he was just happy that you didn't move away from him.
It was quiet for a minute before either of you spoke again.
“I want you to have dinner with my parents next week on Friday. They went on a short trip and they’ll be getting back on Thursday night. I want you to meet them.”
Scalvo’s eyes suddenly went wide and he wasn’t quite sure what to say to that. This was a situation that he had never been in before.
“I… you want me to meet them?” He asked for clarification and you simply nodded.
“I’ve been spending a lot of time with you and you’re important to me and one of my favorite people to be around. I think that’s worth sharing with other people.”
“If it’ll make you happy, then I’ll do it.” He told you as he smiled at you and you leaned up to kiss him, he eagerly kissed you back and when the two of you broke apart, you were sitting in a comfortable silence as you laid your head back down on his chest.
Scalvo’s heart was beating a mile a minute as he sat there and thought about the situation that he was currently in.
You were too good for him and way out of his league and he knew it.
Yet, he couldn’t bring himself to stay away from you seeing as it was getting harder and harder by the day.
It was the day before Scalvo was due to have dinner with you and your parents and he was on edge and very annoyed.
He was currently with Mr. Besegai and Cobby going over the plans that would take place two days from now on that Saturday night. He thought at first that he was going to do this job by himself seeing as he’s done many by himself before, but to his surprise, Cobby was brought on at the last minute. He was a drunk who talked too much and he was the last person that he wanted to be around. After arguing with Mr. Besegai about his decision for ten minutes, he had finally given up.
His thoughts quickly went to you and he wondered if you were having a good day seeing as he hadn’t really had any time to call and check up on you. Not that you would mind though since you had it in your mind that he was this big time investor that was busy a lot of the time. He knew that you wouldn’t question if he had been M.I.A. for the majority of the day. As he thought of you, his phone quickly vibrated and he looked down to see a text message from you and he instantly got a smile on his face.
You- Hi, handsome! Just checking on you. I hope you’re having a good day. Call me when you can.
Cobby noticed Scalvo smiling at his phone and raised an eyebrow before addressing it.
“Scalvo! Pay attention! What the fuck has you smiling at your phone like that?”
“Your mom’s nudes, now mind your own fucking business and leave me the hell alone.”
“Outta pocket and unnecessary.”
“You being here is unnecessary because I don’t fucking need you in order to pull this off.”
“Will you two knock it off for Christ’s sake?! Scalvo, Cobby is here because he offered to help and quite frankly, you could probably use it in this situation.” Mr. Besegai said and Scalvo immediately rolled his eyes.
“Now what the fuck is that supposed to mean?!”
“Don’t start with me. Now we need to go over this one more time to make sure we have it right.”
The entire reason that he decided to bring Cobby on was not because he didn’t have any confidence in Scalvo being able to pull it off, it was because when Scalvo found out the connection between you and Mr. Lawson there was a possibility that he could be hesitant going through with the plan entirely and he couldn’t risk that. He knew that the two of you had grown close seeing as you spent a few days out of the week with each other. He figured that he should probably tell him about the connection, but the last thing he wanted to do was cloud his judgment. He needed him to be focused in order to be able to pull this off.
He knew for a fact that Scalvo would never do anything to hurt you or put you in harm’s way.
As they were going over the plan once more, Scalvo was only half listening since he had this damn plan memorized since day one and simply sent you a text back.
Scalvo- Been busy all day and definitely missing you. Can’t wait for dinner tomorrow night and I’ll call you once I’m finished.
“All I know is Scalvo better not fuck this up since he’s over there not listening.” Cobby said and all Scalvo did was look in his direction before responding.
“You have one more motherfucking time to say some shit to me before I put a bullet in your head.” He told him as he pulled out his gun and aimed it at him.
“Let’s fucking go, then!”
“HEY! NO! NONE OF THAT! Not before this job is done then I could care less what the two of you do. I can’t believe at one point in time you two used to be friends.”
“Yeah me either. His ass needs a fucking therapist.” Cobby said and Scalvo had just put his gun back, but still had his hand on it.
“Are we done here? I got shit to do. And for your information I have a therapist because my girlfriend made me get one. Not that it's any of your business, asshole.”
When the two of you had finally gotten back to Boston, Scalvo actually looked into getting a therapist and found one that he actually liked. You were so excited when he told you about it.
“Well it's obviously not working. And since when do you have a girlfriend?!”
“It’s only my first week, so I’ll still bust a cap in your drunk ass. And once again, my business and not yours.”
Mr. Besegai simply waved Scalvo off and he made his way to the door to go down the steps before turning back to Cobby.
“I brought you on not because I didn’t think that he could do it, but because his judgment is going to be clouded once he figures everything out and we can’t have that.”
“How so?”
“The man we’re about to rob? Scalvo’s dating his daughter and he has no idea. Once he finds out he might not go through with it. If that happens, I need you to be able to finish the job for me.”
“Fuck and I’m not supposed to tell him anything?! This could turn into a fucking disaster.”
“He’ll find out soon enough. Until then, just let him be. This is just as Important to him as it is to me.”
As promised, as soon as Scalvo made his way to his car he called you and you picked up on the third ring.
“Hello?”
“My princess hasn't heard from me all day and I missed her.” He confessed as he weaved through Boston traffic.
“She misses you two and also wants you to do something for her.”
“Name it and it'll be done.”
“Pick me up from work since my car was acting stupid earlier? My dad sent a tow truck over and he offered me a ride, but I said I would wait for my handsome boyfriend to come and get me.”
“Say less. I'll be right there.”
Scalvo quickly made an illegal u-turn as he started heading in the direction towards your job. Once he pulled up and saw you, he was all smiles and opened the door for you to get in.
First thing he did as you got into the car was kiss you and you made sure that you gave him several kisses back.
“Mm, I missed tasting those lips so much.” He told you and all you did was laugh.
“Surprised that you didn't say that you missed my other pair of lips.”
“Oh, I missed those too and I can't wait for us to be able to catch up later.”
As both of you moved through rush hour traffic, you told Scalvo that you were hungry and he mentioned that he had stuffed a menu from a new place that had just opened up in the glove compartment that had good reviews. Once you opened it, you were surprised to see a 9mm handgun staring back at you and gulped.
“Scalvo…”
“What's wrong, babe?”
You never called him Scalvo unless you were being serious, so he knew that something was probably wrong.
“Why do you have a gun in your glove compartment?” You asked and his eyes went wide as he looked over and saw it. He simply grabbed the menu for you and hastily shut It.
Fuck, he forgot he put it in there. The last thing he wanted to happen was you seeing it.
“You closing it so that I can't see it is not making it go away. Why do you have that?” You asked and he refused to make eye contact with you.
“For protection.”
“Not a good enough answer.”
“Well it's the truth.”
“Protection from who?”
“Baby, don't worry about it. Just look at the menu and tell me what you want to eat.”
“Not until I get an explanation.”
“Being a person who does the job that I do can lead to having a lot of enemies. I need to protect myself at all times.”
“But…. you told me that you invest in small businesses.”
“I do and I dress like this to not draw any attention to myself. If I don't look the part, people might leave me alone. But you can never be too sure.”
“Well I don't like it.”
“Y/N, it doesn't matter if you don't like it. I'm not getting rid of it. I need to be able to protect myself and you if it comes down to it.”
“But why? Why would that even happen?”
“Nothing wrong with being prepared. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you that I could have prevented.”
There was something that he wasn't being honest about and you could tell. Despite him telling you that you were an easy person to talk to, you felt that he still held onto a lot of secrets.
“You know what you want to eat yet?”
“Drop me off at home until you’re ready to be honest with me.” You told him as the forgotten menu was held in your hand, but you weren't looking at it.
“Baby, come on. I want to spend time with you and I told you why I have it. Last thing I want to do is fight with you.”
“If someone was after you, you would tell me, correct? So I could help you?”
“Princess…”
“Answer my question.”
“Yes, now can we move on?”
“For now, but I still don't like it.”
“You'll forget all about it once I eat you out later at your apartment.”
There was literally only one day to go until Scalvo and Cobby would be breaking into James Lawson's house and robbing him of everything that he was worth and Scalvo was hoping that it would end with him being able to put him six feet under.
They had done a dry run earlier in the day, even though the ride mostly consisted of them arguing and Scalvo actually leaving Cobby and making him run behind the car for shits and giggles before he eventually stopped to let him back in.
Now he was on his way to dinner with your parents. After telling Scalvo to pick up some dessert from the bakery for dinner, he picked you up from your apartment and then the two of you were on your way to your parents house. As he turned on the street, you pointed at which house it was and he instantly got a sinking feeling in his stomach.
No, this couldn’t be right.
This was the lawyer’s house, James Lawson where he lives with his wife and two dogs
The house he planned on robbing tomorrow night with Cobby.
Since when did he have a daughter? Or any kids for that matter? He didn’t remember reading that anywhere and he always did his research before a job.
“Wait, this one?” He asked once more as he pointed at it before turning to pull into the long driveway.
“Yes, this is it. My dad is a lawyer. You might have heard of him, James Lawson? Apparently he's a really big deal in Boston.” You said while laughing. Everyone knew your dad and it wasn't always for the best reasons.
Scalvo gulped as he nodded his head and began to park next to who he assumed was your father’s range rover.
Fuck, this can’t be happening, this CANNOT be happening
“Oh, I didn’t know that he was your dad.”
“Yeah, but to keep me protected he didn’t really talk about me and my mom very much so not a lot of people know. I even use my mom’s last name in order to not draw any attention to myself. A lot of people don't like my dad.”
As you undid your seatbelt, you looked over to see him looking nervous.
“Babe? Everything okay? You look pale. Well, more pale than usual. You feel alright?” You asked him as you felt his forehead.
“Um, I’m fine.”
“Hey, don’t be nervous. They’re going to love you. I already told them so much about you.” You told him as you grabbed a hold of his face and turned it towards you.
Oh shit
“I just… I’ve never done this before with anyone. You’re the first girl that I’ve ever taken this much interest in and I just want to do this right.” He told you being completely honest.
“You’re freaking yourself out over nothing, I promise it’ll be fine.” You told him as you leaned in to kiss him.
“Then later it’ll be just us once we go back to my apartment. But maybe I can give you a preview once we leave here.” Whispering in his ear and giving his bicep a small squeeze, you smiled at him and he returned it, but you could tell that it didn’t quite reach his eyes.
After you had gotten out of the car, Scalvo quickly followed you while grabbing the cake from the backseat and walked side by side as you both made your way to the front door. You simply put your key into the door and unlocked it.
As the two of you stepped inside, you called out to see where your parents were as you led him into the kitchen in order to put the cake on the table.
“In here!” You heard your mom say from the living room and you grabbed Scalvo's hand that had gotten noticeably sweatier in the last three minutes.
When your parents came into view, you immediately hugged them before stepping back to introduce them to Scalvo and you could tell that they were intrigued by him.
This was the first person you had bought home since your prom date so you knew that they were probably excited.
“Mom, dad. This is my boyfriend Scalvo who I can't stop talking about.” You told them and felt him in some way relax as he was holding your hand.
“It's nice to meet you Mr. And Mrs. Lawson.” He told them and they smiled at him and quickly embraced him.
“It's so good to finally meet you!” Your mom told him, but your dad was looking at him curiously.
“Hmm, are you sure that we haven't met before?” He asked Scalvo who immediately shook his head no even though that was a lie.
They had met plenty of times and the first one was at his dad's trial believe it or not.
“You just look so familiar, but anyway I'm happy to meet you. All she does is talk about you.”
“Okay! Enough of throwing me under the bus!” You exclaimed, earning a laugh from everyone in the room.
“Hey, you started it.” Your dad said as he held up his arms in defense.
“Come on, dinner should be ready. We can go sit in the dining room.” Your mom announced and that was when Scalvo mentioned the cake.
“Oh, and I brought a cake for dessert.”
“Perfect! We didn't have time to make one so that worked out.”
Once all of you got settled around the dining room table, plates were piled high with food and conversation between Scalvo and your parents came easy. You could tell that he had finally relaxed or he was putting on a really good front at the moment. Your thoughts were then interrupted by your dad asking him what he did for a living.
“Oh, I’m a businessman you could say. I invest in small business and then I make a profit from it.”
“Really? What company is your latest investment in?”
“Mr. Besegai’s bakery not too far from here.”
Well that wasn’t entirely a lie.
“Ah, Mr. Besegai, great man. Known him for a long time. Used to always go to his bakery every weekend that Y/N was home from boarding school to get treats.”
So, that’s why Scalvo had never seen you before.
“Yeah, he is.”
“I hear that’s where the two of you met.” Your mom added and both of you smiled at each other.
“He almost knocked me over, but yes.” You had told your mother as you sipped on your wine.
“I was looking down and didn’t notice you! You aren’t exactly tall.”
“HEY!”
Scalvo held his hands up in defense as you gave him the evil eye, but that eventually went away as you began laughing.
Before the cake was cut for dessert, Scalvo excused himself to the bathroom in order to text Mr. Besegai.
Scalvo- Are you FUCKING serious?
Old man who gets on my nerves- What now?
Scalvo- Why didn’t you tell me who her parents were? You knew. You fucking knew this entire time.
Old man who gets on my nerves- I planned it perfectly. I wanted you to get closer to her to make our job easier.
Scalvo- How do you expect me to still be able to do it!?
Old man who gets on my nerves- I don’t care how it gets done, but you better fucking do it. Otherwise I will have your head on a silver platter and you know I’m good for my word. Get it done so I don’t have to hurt you or your little girlfriend.
Scalvo- If you touch one hair on her head, I will empty my clip into your fucking chest
Old man who gets on my nerves- Don’t fucking forget who saved you from being homeless on the street. I took you in when I could have let you starve. Do as you're told and she doesn’t get hurt.
The next day, Scalvo had told you that he would more than likely be busy and to keep you distracted from what would be going down at your parents house later, he sent you to an expensive spa for the weekend and would pick you up on Monday morning. He was currently in his car with Cobby sitting outside of your parents house, except they were down the street so that they wouldn’t be seen.
Cobby felt like he was distracted and didn’t want to say anything about it, however he needed for him to focus so that the two of them would be able to pull this off.
“Uh, you alright over there?” He asked him and Scalvo turned to him and rolled his eyes.
“You knew, didn’t you?”
“Knew what?”
“That we’re robbing my girlfriend’s parents.”
“I.. uh.. Look, he told me not to tell you because he didn’t want your judgment to be clouded.”
“Well now what the fuck am I supposed to do? He threatened to hurt her, but me doing this is probably going to hurt her more.”
“Hmm, I see therapy is really working. You’re really opening up to me.”
“Cobby, I will still kill you, let's get that straight. You still don’t know what to say out of your fucking mouth after all these years.”
“Tell me who your therapist is, I need to go and see them.”
“COBBY WILL YOU FUCKING FOCUS?”
“Okay, fine, fine. Let’s just get this done, because if you don’t go through with this, he’ll either kill you or kill her.”
“I added on another part of the plan that I didn’t tell you about.”
“Are you going to share with the class?” He asked after Scalvo was quiet for a few minutes.
“I was going to kill him for what he did to my father, but now I can’t bring myself to do it.”
“Not Scalvo having feelings.”
“I will… look, I think they’re finally sleeping so let’s go over the plan one more time and then it’s go time.”
“Okay, lover boy, let's do this.”
“Don’t call me that.”
The plan was to break into his office and get into his safe while Cobby despite how fucking stupid Scalvo thought he was figured out a way to empty his bank accounts. He still didn’t understand how he figured it out, but he wasn’t asking questions. He just wanted for this to be over with. After the two of you had eaten dessert the day before, Scalvo asked for a tour of the house and he knew that he could use this to his advantage. Even though he had the blueprints and floor plans of the house, seeing it in real time in front of him was a different story.
Your parents knew what he looked like so wearing a mask was a must. He reached for his gun and got it out of the glove compartment, just in case.
Just in case.
After cutting off the electricity to the house and disarming it, Scalvo and Cobby slipped their way inside and moved to the bottom floor where his office was.
Cobby got out tools in order to open the safe as Scalvo stood there ready to load the money into it when he suddenly heard footsteps behind them. They looked at each other in a panic before the office door swung open and they were now face to face with your father who was holding a gun in his hand.
“If the two of you leave quietly, we can forget that this ever happened.”
“Ehh, no can do sir. Our orders come from higher up, so we’ll just take this money and be on our way.” Cobby said and it was as if Scalvo was too out of it to speak.
“I’ll give you one more chance, next time I’m shooting.”
Scalvo didn’t say anything, but instead knocked your father’s gun out of his hand kicking it away from him and held his gun up to his temple as Cobby looked on with wide eyes. Scalvo nodded towards Cobby to finish what he was doing before they were interrupted, but he still stayed quiet. Your parents knew what his voice sounded like and if he opened his mouth that would be the end of it.
Your dad held up his hands in defense as Cobby began stuffing the duffle bag.
“I’m done, let’s go.” He told Scalvo who was still holding the gun up to your father’s head and he didn’t move.
“It’s not worth it, let’s go. We have bigger things to think about.” He said as he tugged on his arm.
Scalvo finally lowered the gun as he sighed, but only told Cobby one word.
“Rope.”
The two of them left your father sitting in the dark tied to his office chair with duct tape on his mouth, but at least he was alive.
The ride back to downtown Boston was silent as Cobby was working on his laptop emptying his bank account.
“If she finds out, she’s never going to forgive me.”
“Ehh, she might. At least you left him alive. That has to count for something, right?”
The next few days were a blur after you had called Scalvo frantic and told him about what had happened to your parents. You told him that you were going to stay with them for a few days since your mother was still pretty shaken up about the entire thing. You also couldn’t put your finger on it, but Scalvo was acting weird. You could tell that he was once again hiding something from you and the plan was to get it out of him one way or another.
It was Friday and your lunch break when you decided to go to the sandwich shop that was next to the bakery before heading back to work when you spotted Scalvo talking to someone outside of it when you pulled up in your car. You smiled to yourself before getting out of the car and greeting him.
“Hi babe!” You said as you came up beside him and it was clear that you startled him.
“Oh hey. Aren’t you supposed to be at work?” He asked as he hugged you and kissed the top of your head.
“Lunch break, but I’ll be heading back soon. Who’s your friend?” You asked as you turned to Cobby.
“Cobby, Scalvo’s best friend. Nice to meet you. He doesn’t shut up about you.”
“He uses that term too loosely.” Scalvo muttered and you laughed.
“Well, it’s nice to meet you. Scalvo needs to get out more, but he doesn’t think so. But maybe you could help with that.” You answered when Cobby’s wrist caught your eye. It was a gold bracelet and it looked very familiar.
Too familiar.
As in it was your father’s bracelet that he kept in his safe.
The safe that was broken into last week and they still had no leads.
Now it was adding up.
Expensive cars.
Expensive trips.
Expensive jewelry.
He got you anything you wanted without giving it a second thought.
But, him having the gun and always being secretive was everything that you needed to know.
Scalvo wasn’t a businessman at all.
He was a fucking criminal.
Your boyfriend was a criminal and he had just stolen from your parents.
“I’ll see what I can do.” He told you as he smiled. You smiled back before turning to Scalvo.
“Meet me at my apartment later?”
“I’ll be there.”
It was around nine at night when Scalvo finally knocked on your apartment door. You let him in and simply went to pour yourself a glass of wine. You poured him one too and slid it in front of him, but you were still quiet.
“Baby?”
“I’m going to ask you this and please do not lie to me.”
“Okay, what is it?”
“Why was your friend Cobby wearing my father’s gold bracelet that he keeps in his safe?”
Oh, fuck.
“Uh…”
“Scalvo, if you lie to me I will literally fucking riot. How did he get it?”
He remained quiet as he was taking this moment in.
There was no way in the world that the two of you would be able to move past this.
“SCALVO, ANSWER ME NOW DAMN IT!”
“We broke into your parents house and took it. But….”
“How could you do that? Why would you do that?”
“Just let me explain. Please.” Scalvo pleaded with you as he grabbed your hand, but you quickly shook your head and got loose from his grasp.
“Explain, what? How you used me? Stole my dad's money? Do I mean absolutely nothing to you? I love you and I feel so stupid for it!”
“I love you too! You mean the world to me, please understand that and no! I didn't even know who you were when we met! It had nothing to do with you! It was Mr. Besegai because he was mad that your father put him in jail. When I finally figured it out, he said if I didn’t go through with it that he was going to hurt you and I couldn’t have that happen.”
“I feel so stupid because you straight up played me like a fool. Hmm, businessman huh? All you do is fucking steal for a living.”
“I never meant to hurt you. Please understand that. But my father died because your father wrongfully convicted him and he died in jail before I could get a chance to prove that he was innocent and has done the same thing to how many other people?”
“I’m sorry about your father and what happened to him wasn’t fair in any way, shape or form, but this is not the way to fix things and you know it.”
“There's a right way? Then tell me so I can bring my dad back. The only one who actually gave a damn about me.”
“The person who is standing in front of you right now also gives a damn about you!”
“You'll never understand. Look where you come from and then look where I come from. We were doomed from the start.” He said as he started to walk away and you quickly stood in front of the exit blocking him in.
“We can fix this.”
“We'll never work and you know it. What I've done is always going to be at the back of your mind. I care about you Y/N, but…. Just take care of yourself.”
“No, you do not get to walk away that easily. You… just wait a minute.”
“I can and I will. This is done. It’s what’s best for the both of us no matter how hard it might be.”
“So, that’s it? You’re just going to leave me?” You asked as you felt the tears build up in the corners of your eyes. Scalvo noticed and it took everything in him not to embrace you right then and there. He took a step forward, but moved right back because he knew that if he did, he wouldn't want to let you go.
“I’m not any good for you. I have absolutely nothing to offer you and let’s be serious. A daughter or a lawyer dating someone who makes money by stealing from important people in power?”
“But I still want you.”
He knew at that point as much as he didn’t want to do it, he had to say something that would hurt you in order for you to stay away from him.
For your own good and for his.
“And you’re living in a fantasy land if you think that this would ever work. Y/N, do me a favor and don’t call me anymore, don’t look for me. This is it. We’re over, and we’re done. This relationship is a one-way street, and it was only going to lead to a dead end.”
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