Sunshine in human form! ☀️

28! Community theatre and yoga are my loves, but there's always room for more love in my heart. Nice to meet you!

[atticus-sinclair]

"Thank you for saying that." Even if the statements were simple facts, the kindness weaved into them made Atticus feel more at ease than he had for the past twenty minutes. He did not want to present himself as a burden to a complete stranger, it was nice she had understood what he was beginning to think was something silly. "Everything works out for the better in the end." He replied warmly, following her lead as they slowly made their way back to the park. "Your new friend might hold your pace back ..." He looked down at his Oxfords in slight embarrassment, hesitating on what would happen to his ankles if he took a gamble on them; going to the clinic always required him to don what felt more of a costume than anything else. "Maybe offer you some company in a light stroll? I– I also like to run so I'll make it up to you another evening."

[addie-pryce]

“Yeah, of course. We all need a little pick me up from time to time.” Adella scrunched up her nose. “Especially in this weather… now I’m craving some hot chocolate.” She looked around and turned to smile back at him, stretching her arms behind her back. “That’s alright, I needed to cool off and now I don’t have to do it alone.” She nodded, shaking her hair free of her ponytail and trying not to fidget with the messy strands. “I’ll take you up on that! I feel like none of my friends like that I chose running as my preferred morning hobby. They’d like it a lot more if brunch or yoga were in the running.”

[atticus-sinclair]

"T-that would be ideal, thank you." Atty offered a shy excuse for a smile, the girl's words having some sort of soothing effect over him. "Beats me. They're eager and somewhat inconsiderate... I might be exaggerating." Granted, as minor as it sounded, he was not one to enjoy saying negative things about another person but it had really not been the ideal day to deal with such situation. "Of course. I think we both could use the company." As they walked, Atticus took a longer look at her face, the suggestion made him decide to get his head out of his own stupid issue and focus on the bigger issue raised by the kind stranger. "Lead the way." He said warmly, offering his arm out in case that could somehow help in diminishing the gradual, but growing darkness surrounding them. "I'm Atticus, nice to meet you."

[addie-pryce]

“I don’t think you’re exaggerating” Della commented, bitting her lip in thought. “That amount of people packed into a small space can be overwhelming for anyone, especially if you were going for a calming night walk.” The girl thew her long braid over her shoulder and stretched her arms over her head, waiting for the pop of her shoulders. “It’ll be nice. It’s right over here.” She replied, gesturing to a small street entrance nearby. “I like to run at night, but today it got a little late. I hesitated, but I’m glad I did it. Now I get to make a new friend.” A dazzling smile followed her statement and she once again gestured for him to follow as she took another side street. “Adella! And it’s lovely to meet you too!”

[atticus-sinclair]

"No, no. That's alright, I– uh, I'll just come back next week. Thank you so much for your ti–" Atticus sighed, unable to bring himself to interrupt the lively group of college students that were so fervently blocking the entrance to the park with some sort of dynamic that was designed to force him to tear more words out of his throat than what he felt like giving today. "I really do need to–" Atty felt his shoulders slump, opting to focus on taking a long drag of his cigarette and giving up on maintaining any expression other than a pained one, not like that particular lot would notice. All he wanted was to take a long walk, clear his head away from his life for a bit... and stop the damned twitching of his hands. "I really don't mean to be a bother but..." The string of words died on his lips as he took the cigarette out of his lips, a shaky breath leaving his heavy lungs before shooting the new face in the distance a misguided look of helplessness.

[addie-pryce]

Addella was finishing up her run when she noticed the man that was lounging ahead of her. She was overdue for some stretching, but maybe she could cool down with a slow walk first. The woman stopped by him, noticing his obvious distress and offered him a small smile. “They do this all the time, I don’t know why they decide to do it here and not inside the park, where they’re not blocking the entrance.” She commented, scrunching up her nose. “You can walk with me if you’d like, I know a kind of shortcut to the next entrance, taking a couple of side streets.” She looked up at the darkened sky. “Might be better if we don’t walk them alone.” The addition came from her more cautious side but she offered a wide grin to compensate her grim words. 

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[bethanyesda]

VICTORIA PEDRETTI as Nell Crain in ‘The Haunting of Hill House’