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6 + Will, Lizzie, Hope

seduce:  if  he  was  hope’s  age,  then  that  would  be  his  answer.  @chosenlonelysteal  from:  honestly,  does  it  really  matter?  will  and  lizzie  will  be  sharing  their  wealth  soon,  so  …  lizzie?  @geminislegacyserenade:  will.  he’s  probably  done  that  before  as  a  joke  —  anything  is  good  form  of  entertainment  during  dark  times.  @ofindcmitability

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5 + Will, Claudia, Nicole

kill:  claudia.  only  because  if  he  betrayed  her,  he  probably  wouldn’t  live  to  see  the  next  day.  @hardtsbetray:  nicole.  that’s  it.  that’s  the  whole  tweet.  @ofsorrxwshave  on  your  zombie  apocalypse  team:  will.  he  wasn’t  trained  as  ‘the  perfect  weapon’  for  no  reason,  right?  plus,  who  doesn’t  love  a  kickass  brother  duo?  @ofindcmitability

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            a slight eye roll at the cancer stick jab. wouldn’t be the first time he heard it, wouldn’t be the last either. he was sure. still, given all the ruckus he’d been through and back, he was able to keep his temper at the words. letting them wash over his shoulders with that simple eye roll remaining. still, the familiar and unfamiliar man took the cigarette and so whatever. maybe it was the way he moved that was familiar? or maybe the way he spoke. FUCK, will couldn’t place it. it was annoying him. he’d give it a bit before outright asking. he’d figure it out sooner or later, he was sure. “i just?” sure, the guy was going somewhere and he should have give him that moment to get those words in. maybe he recognized him as the twice blessed’s adopted demon child, or maybe he recognized him as his father’s weapon. either way, recognition was not will’s favorite pastime. oh. well now he felt a bit like a dick. but then again, he always felt a bit like a dick sometime or another. may as well be right now. his oh dyed down his throat as the other presumed and correctly labeled him an ‘angsty teenager’. “guess we do.” he took it in stride. typically he wasn’t a fan of contact of any sort, with three prime exceptions being wyatt, lizzie and landon. yet, this man– his contact was different then will knew. unknown but not unwelcomed. it was unlike when he first met lizzie, when she was an unknown entity but he wanted more contact nonetheless. this time, the contact, while unknown, wasn’t NEW. but rather, like a reunion of sorts. weird. “i’m will,” he introduced. “and you?”

          he  wonders  what  it  would  have  been  like  —  to  grow  up  with  will  under  different  circumstances,  in  a  home  filled  with  unconditional  love  and  undivided  attention,  all  provided  by  a  strong  mother  who  didn’t  have  to  sell  her  soul  to  someone  so  wicked  and  selfish  just  to  avoid  a  TRAGIC  fate.  was  it  all  worth  it?  the  answer  is  unknown,  unspoken  ;  it’s  something  so  delicate  that  could  only  be  held  in  the  reflection  of  their  mother’s  eyes,  remaining  the  only  constant  thing  in  her  deteriorating  sanity.  he  doesn’t  blame  her,  not  for  her  mistakes  or  hopes  that  would  be  crushed  without  fail  every  single  time  ——  after  all,  she  wasn’t  the  one  who  took  most  of  his  life  away.  it  was  jack.  xavier  was  done  with  that  man  (  that  he  would  never  dare  call  human  )  controlling him  and  he’s  relieved  to  see  that  will  has  taken  all  in  him  to  prove  his  father  wrong.  now  that  is  the  kid  he  knows  ;  even  though  he  might  not  have  gone  by  the  name  of  will  back  then,  he’s  always  been  one.  “  you’re  not  very  chatty,  are  you?  ”  he  asks  as  if  he  doesn’t  already  know  the  answer.  clearly,  xavier  has  always  been  the  talkative  one  out  of  the  two,  but  he  can’t  say  he  minds.  there’s  not  much  negative  to  say  about  someone  who  speaks  through  their  ACTIONS  rather  than  words,  and  he’s  happy  to  see  that  maybe,  just  maybe,  certain  things  haven’t  changed  all  that  much.  the  older  man  lights  up  his  cigarette  with  the  borrowed  lighter  and  doesn’t  take  long  to  take  his  first  drag  of  the  day.  it’s  not  something  he  craves  —  there  is  hardly  anything  that  would  fit  that  description  nowadays  —  but  it  keeps  him  in  check  amidst  foggy  memories  and  things  that  are  out  of  his  control.  “  i’m  xavier.  ”  his  old  name  has  no  place  on  the  tip  of  his  tongue  anymore.  it  died  the  day  their  mother  did.  “  this  spot  sucks  for  a  scenic  view.  ”  he’s  glancing  around  with  a  slight  stretch  to  the  corners  of  his  mouth,  clearly  teasing.  “  but  then  again  —  we’re  not  really  in  the  hollywood  hills.  ”

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he was familiar. will would admit that much. the type of familiar though— he didn’t know. as familiar as he was, he also wasn’t. it was a whole slew of weird type, and will would be happy letitng it fade into the wind if the eyes weren’t on HIM and maybe if he had more patience but— “HEY YOU!” he shouted such words, a wave of his arm accompanying them. “yeah, you.” a gesture to come closer. “if you want something, just say it.” a pull of the smoke from his lips, he asked. “you need a light or something?”

          when  it  comes  to  will,  he  keeps  his  distance  ——  the  boy  seems  happy  (  though  it’s  hard  to  tell  when  he’s  only  watching  from  the  sidelines  )  or  at  the  very  least  happier  than  before,  and  it’s  all  that  matters  to  him.  the  thought  of  his  younger  brother  starting  his  own  life  without  his  father’s  abuse,  able  to  make  most  of  his  decisions  for  himself,  stands  as  some  kind  of  RELIEF  for  him  —  maybe  it’s  a  selfish  thing,  but  whatever  it  is,  xavier  would  rather  not  interfere.  he  knows  far  too  well  that  one  wrong  move  can  cause  indescribable  chaos.  “  sure,  kid.  ain’t  nothing  like  sharing  cancer.  ”  he  sits  next  to  him,  fingers  fiddling  with  a  pulled  out  cigarette  &  he’s  facing  him  with  the  clean  side  of  his  face,  because,  truth  be  told,  he  doesn’t  have  it  in  him  to  come  up  with  another  FAUX  story  about  where  he  got  the  scar.  it  wouldn’t  feel  right  to  lie  to  him  anyway.  “  i  didn’t  mean  to  stare.  you  just  —  ”  remind  me  of  someone.  he  swallows  those  words  and  says  something  else  instead,  “  —  looked  like  you  could  use  some  company.  even  angsty  teenagers  need  it  every  now  and  then.  ”  it’s  a  joke,  one  that  paints  his  face  with  a  slanted  smile,  and  he  bumps  their  shoulders  together.  to  him,  it’s  so  easy  to  fall  back  into  their  habits  that  the  other  boy  might  not  even  remember.

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Leo walked into the bar, it was one he had grown to know very well and part of him knew well enough to feel the shame in that as the Whitelighter was never much of a drinker before but since the death of his wife, he had grown fond of a couple drinks in the evening or even in the afternoon and he thought with Piper being back that would end. The only thing was, that it didn’t. He just couldn’t pull himself from the numbing effects of the alcohol, not that he got messy with it just enough to relax. A shadow lurking over his shoulder had him look back, “Seat is open if you’re looking for one.”

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          it’s  not  often  a  bar  cries  out  his  name  ——  despite  his  dipsomaniac  nature,  his  preferences  of  drinking  lie  within  four  enclosed  walls  of  his  home.  distanced  from  all  his  peers,  in  true  solitary  he’s  grown  accustomed  to  ;  after  all,  habits  die  hard.  nevertheless,  there’s  no  disputing  the  truth  that  xavier  sometimes  longs  for  the  murmur  and  spilled  secrets,  the  ASSIMILIATION  with  the  crowd  just  to  have  a  like-minded  individual  keep  him  company.  that’s  why  and  how  he's  located  amongst  a  chattering  circle  of  people,  with  his  fingers  tightly  enveloping  the  walls  of  his  whiskey  glass.  “  thanks.  that’s  very  generous  of  you.  ”  his  response  doesn’t  bear  any  malice.  he’s  simply  amused  as  he  takes  a  seat  to  the  next  man,  his  hues  taking  in  the  sight  before  him.  “  you  okay,  man?  ”  hell,  he’ll  be  chatty  today,  too.

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that’s  julián  “xavier”  valentino,  not  david  castaneda.  he's  twenty-seven  years  old  and  a  demon-darklighter.  he  may  be  resilient,  altruistic,  and ardent,  but  he's  also  impetuous,  aporetic,  and  brusque. 

i love being bullied into another character, so, here’s another darklighter sibling that no one asked for except for alana.

backstory:

♡      julián is the child of a demon, luciana valentino, and an unknown father, who was a darklighter. growing up he had a pretty decent childhood for someone with an absent father and a mother that had many skeletons in her closet. unfortunately, as her demon clan started losing its power, some measures had to be taken.

♡       enter jack. his mother was sold out to him in order to gain some power in return and she had to give birth to his son that he could soon be molded into his perfect weapon. wanting to avoid such fate for her own child, luciana forced julián to go into hiding — which was difficult to do for someone who was an exuberant child, who couldn’t quite understand why his mother was no longer around.

♡       he still loved her, of course, even when her presence was starting to become more of a luxury rather than an ordinary thing. his early teenage years were depressing; he couldn’t make any friends, he couldn’t talk to people ... all because his mother was terrified that jack would eventually take him away from her.

♡       her fears did come true. when jack’s son, will, then known as xion, turned five, a lot of things went down at the same time. the little boy’s first murder, luciana’s futile attempts to love him unconditionally, which prompted her to shift most of her attention back to julián. unfortunately, jack’s discovery of him had caused a commotion and soon after, he was stolen from his own mother.

♡       jack needed another addition to his army. the boy, even though he wasn’t his son, was trained as one. he was too old and too unskilled to be his perfect weapon — no one could compare to xion — but it didn’t mean that he was completely useless. julián was obedient at first, too young to understand what was truly going on, but it didn’t take him all that long to realize the truth.

  ♡       eventually, he put two and two together. xion was his brother (well, only from the same mother) and he felt this sudden urge to treat him as such. even though the younger boy showed no emotional capacity, he never gave up on him or on helping him become the best version of himself; if he was going to die trying, then so be it.

♡       then, luciana came to their rescue. however, things didn’t go accordingly to the plan. she was eventually admitted into an institution and jack locked julián up for his numerous attempts to escape or rescue xion. for that, he wiped xion’s memories out and told him that his buddy was now dead.

♡       he managed to escape months later. he changed his name to xavier and started visiting his mother at the institution because she was the only person he had left in his life. unfortunately, he lost her too — her death was something he’d been itching to avenge, but now, he simply wants to move on and forget the tragic past.

personality / tidbits:

♡       he got his scar by trying to protect will after he attempted to help him escape at one point. it almost killed him. he wears it proudly but never tells the real story behind it.

♡       he’s been checking up on will for a while now. however, he’s never gathered the courage to emerge from the shadows — he seems to be in too good of a place to have someone from his past come back.

♡       he works at a shooting range. he usually helps people with training.

♡       you’ll never see him without a beard.

♡       xavier is pretty closed off right now, even though he used to be fun and very outgoing. however, if you manage to break through his shell, you’ll see the real him hiding underneath.

♡       he’s such a good liar that it’s terrifying sometimes. he’s never caught off guard, even when he’s put on the spot, which is why he’s perfect for a spontaneous excuse that makes sense. 

♡       he has too many tattoos and doesn’t plan on stopping.

♡       super patient, but once you reach his limit, he’ll snap. and it’s baaaaaad when he does.

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Say You Will (2017) Directed by Nick Naveda

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