it's a cruel, cruel world

"be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people."

[addisvns-blog]

On days like these, where the sun no longer hid behind the clouds and the heat of the rays beat down and felt warm against your skin, Addison liked to take long walks with his aunt and uncle’s dog, Benny, and enjoy the blue skies while it lasted. Benny was a friendly, but rather large golden retriever that loved to run off leash, so when the streets were mostly empty, Addison let him. He ambled slowly down the road, Benny’s leash hung around his neck as the dog trotted a few feet ahead of him. Had he noticed the figure a little a ways down the road Addison would have grabbed Benny by the collar, but by the time he noticed the dog was well ahead of him, bounding down the sidewalk toward the person at the end of the road. 

Addison whistled loudly as he picked up his speed from a stroll to a slight job. “Aw, c’mon, Benny! Let ‘em be!” He shouted, pulling the leash from off his shoulders. “Sorry ‘bout that,” he said through bated breath once he had caught up, “he’s real friendly, thinks everyone wants to pet ‘em though.” Addison said, pulling Benny away by the collar, “Ain’t that right, boy?” 

[ademontgomery]

walking along the street and hearing the breeze rustle the leaves of the trees was among her favorite things to do. it wasn’t often, however, that adelaide got to enjoy days like today, usually either cooped up inside the bookstore or busy with errands that needed to be ran. her feet stepped along the sidewalk, her face tilted up to allow the sunshine to beam down on her, all the cared she carried with her floating away. she loved her little bookstore, but sometimes the stress of continuing on her grandmother’s legacy was too much, and she needed to get out and enjoy the empty streets of beaumont to clear her head. 

...or mostly empty. because at that moment she felt a furry creature scurrying around her legs, a giant smile spreading across ade’s face. ❝ well hey there little guy! ❞ her hand reaching out to pet the golden retriever, just as the dog’s owner ran up. ❝ it’s no problem, he wasn’t bothering me, ❞ her eye never once leaving the animal, squatting down to get closer. ❝ and in this case he’s right! not often you run into a cutie like this. ❞ running her fingers along the top of the dog’s head. ❝ what’s his name? ❞ looking up, finally making eye contact with the other. 

[yolandepaquet]

Great, someone had seen that. Yolande shrugged at them as she slipped her phone back in her pocket, done with her morbid Snapchat session. “Please don’t freak out. It just does this a lot,” she dismissed, pressing a tissue against her bloody nose and dropping her head forward to make it blow over quicker. It wasn’t a big deal to Yo at this point, but it did tend to freak people out when someone got a nosebleed out of nowhere. Understandably so, probably. “I’m not going to bleed on you, I promise. It will stop soon.”

[ademontgomery]

the sight of a girl with a bloody nose seeming to take selfies wasn’t how she thought she’d start her day, but stranger things had happened. her head bobbed in a nod at the other’s words before ade began looking through the bag currently slung over her shoulder. pulling out the pack of tissues, the brunette held them out. ❝ if you need any more, i have some. ❞ a sympathetic smile turning up the corners of ade’s lips. ❝ i wasn’t too worried about that, ❞ though now she was. ❝ do you need anything else? i have a few tampons if you wanna stick those up your nose instead. ❞

[masterxmechanic]

‘We’ve been making shades of purple out of red and blue…’ 

Derek listened to the song as he roamed through the town with it BLASTING in his ears. He was lost in his own element, that’s how liked he. He liked being alone, lost in his head as he tried to forget the world around him. It was going well until he crashed into something causing a sudden HALT in his flow. He quickly turned around to look at EXACTLY who he had crashed into. 

“Sorry. ‘Guess I wasn’t watching where I was going.” He took the left earbud out then the right, pausing his song shortly after. “–Did you say something, love?” Did he [ [ c a r e ] ] what they said? No, but it is always polite to ask. 

[ademontgomery]

adelaide needed to get the word out, but she hated having to do it. she had to turn into one of those annoying people walking trying to hand out flyers to whoever would take them. ade had been fully ignored by most or would have the piece of paper taken before seeing them immediately throw away it away. at least the garbage man would be well informed on the happenings of the bookstore. seeing someone walking towards her, she began her pitch before she could notice they weren’t aware of her presence and collided with her. 

❝ oh no, it’s my fault! ❞ a nervous laugh worked it’s way into her words. ❝ i didn’t even notice the - ❞ she motioned to the ear buds, ❝ to even see if you’d hear me. ❞ her fingers playing at the ends of her hair. ❝ but - um - i was just passing out this ❞ shoving the flyer forward a little too aggressively, ❝ to let people know about the open mic night down at the bookstore. ❞

[slatesource]

Obvious Child (2014) dir. Gillian Robespierre

[ademontgomery]

ADELAIDE MONTGOMERY is a 28 year old from BEAUMONT, TENNESSEE, living in Beaumont for the past 28 YEARS. SHE is a BOOK STORE OWNER and in her downtime loves WATCHING MOVIES and GOING TO DINERS AT 2 AM. She looks an awful lot like CRYSTAL REED.

this might get long because i am tired and get rambley when i’m tired but let’s go!

adelaide beth montgomery was born to a young couple a few months after their wedding. the pair still were of the notion that you had to get married to the person who got you or you got pregnant. they weren’t happy with each other, but felt it was the right thing to do. 

her mom has put her education on hold to be at home with their daughter, while her husband was out trying to just make a living, but this eventually turned to hard on the man, as he took solace in the arms of another, and left ade and her mom, never to be seen or heard of again. 

devastated and unable to take care of her young daughter, ade’s mother moved in with her grandma, the owner of the local book store in beaumont. as ade’s mom began to put more focus on her education, ade would spend more time with her grandmother and at the book store, finding her love of reading at a young age. 

she was a very shy kid, often being found sitting along at lunch or on the playground with whatever book she was reading at the time. making friends was hard for the young girl, either being labeled at the nerd or unable to get out of her comfort zone and talk to people, rather sticking to the characters and worlds she created in her own head. 

as she grew up, her mother finally went back to school to become a nurse. with the demanding schedule of the woman, ade was soon practically raised by her grandmother at the store. the young woman found the stacks of books her happy place and often would find excuses to be there, often taking up a summer job there when it was available. 

soon however, reading wasn’t enough, and adelaide began writing her own works, with the persuasion of her english teacher. a short story here or there, some even being submitted to writing contests and winning. 

she attended a college in nashville and earned a masters in creative writing, all while helping her grandmother at the book store, since her mother was always working or taking classes of her own. her grandmother also wasn’t in the best of health, though she wouldn’t admit it to anyone. 

while working on her degree, ade began working on her book she wanted to publish, a sci-fi novel that was essentially game of thrones in space. after sending it around, someone agreed to publish it! but it was highly unsuccessful. she has been unable to write ever since this happened a few years back. 

[tw death] her grandmother’s health got even worse, and passed a few months ago. the family had considered selling the bookshop, however, ade stepped in and said she would run the place, not wanting to give up some of her happiest memories to a stranger. 

PERSONALITY: she is honestly one of the biggest dorks you will ever meet and is just a ray of sunshine. she doesn’t like to let people know when she is down, but will be one of the first to help someone else up if she notices they are. 

WANTED CONNECTIONS

this is something i’m gonna send in as a wanted connection, but might as well toss it out here first but a childhood friend/first love. this person was one who got ade out of her shell and able to put down a book every once in a while. they would do everything together and were each other’s confidante in everything. people would always tell them they’d end up together, but the pair would just laugh it off, until ade realized she actually did have feelings for the other. when she was about to tell them, they let her know they were going to be moving away for college/to follow their dream. instead of holding them back, ade kept it all inside and never let them know, hoping her feelings would disappear. they have recently returned to town, and those feelings could begin to surface again. 

customers at the book store

roommate

childhood friends

enemies

workout buddy

movie buddy

honestly there are probably more than just these vague ideas, but i am v tired right now. but if you like these and/or would like to plot something out, like this and i’ll raid your ims!

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