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don't let me down i think i'm losing my mind now boston verse

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Dillon ;

                    When it came to Dillon, mistakes almost felt inevitable. Sometimes it felt like the O’Brien way. Even when he tried to do the right thing, he somehow fucked it up. He was slowly getting better, fucking up less and less, but there were still past mistakes waiting to haunt him. “The next time we break up?” Dillon repeated, crossing his arms. “Planning it already?” He knew that he’d done some stupid shit in the past, he couldn’t even deny it if he wanted to. But he was starting to grow, starting to try, and he didn’t like his past mistakes thrown in his face. Especially Brianna. Accident or not, she was one of the best things to happen to him. That was one bait he wasn’t going to take. “Are you really this pissed at me for something that happened in the past?” he asked, exasperated. “I can’t fucking change it, Cathy.”

Cathy loved Dillon, she did. She loved him so much it scared her and it always had. When it came to their past, some things just weren’t pretty and sometimes it still affected her. This had been one of those times unfortunately where her jealousy and insecurity got the best of her. Dillon was really the only person able to get to her like this. Cathy scoffs as he accuses her of planning on breaking up with him. “ No! Of course not! You think I like not being with you? I don’t! I’m fuckin’ miserable without you! “ She confesses. She knew she shouldn’t have been so angry considering it was the past but whenever she found out about him and another girl, she couldn’t help but be jealous about it and possessive when it came to him. She’d prefer if she didn’t have to know about it. Cathy sighs heavily, dropping down onto the bed and running a hand over her face. She crosses her arms in front herself, dropping her defenses. “ No, I guess not.. “ She says quietly, her vulnerable side only he saw shining through.

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starter for @ryangoslinng / @mirandabostonverse ( for sam )

There’d been a period of time when Jas never wanted to have kids. She didn’t think she’d be a good mother but now that her daughter was here, she was proving herself wrong every day -------- at least she started to after about the first month of Emma’s life, it was getting easier as they approached her third. Some nights Sam spent the night at his Harvard dorm and tonight was supposed to be one of those nights. It’d been hard in the beginning not having Sam around all the time but, she’d started to get her own groove going. Jas sat with her legs stretched out with Emma laying on her back on the bed in between them, lightly tickling her stomach as she went over animal sounds with her. She might have been too young to understand right now but it was making her smile and giggle, she loved seeing her smile and hearing her laugh ever since she recently started to. “ And cows go MOOOOOOOOO, “ She says tickling her daughter’s stomach, unaware of her boyfriend standing in the doorway watching them.

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Seamus ;

                    Vincent had been like another brother to Seamus. He had viewed him as family, and when he got together with Aoife, that had become even stronger. Then he disappeared. Seamus didn’t know what to think of it. He had worried, and he had even tried to find his friend a few times - but it had always ended in failure. He frowned immediately as Vince responded. He’d been back a week. How could Vince have been back a week and Seamus had no official confirmation until now? He’d always been so supportive of Vince. He’d even threatened Aoife’s husband and tried to scare him off, but he was just relieved that Vince was okay - physically. “A week?” He asked, “And I haven’t heard from you yet?”

Vince had grown close to Seamus over the years he worked for him and dating Aoife just brought them closer. He was someone Vince turned to for guidance and looked up to. If he could have been half the man Seamus was, he would’ve been happy but in all honesty he didn’t see himself anywhere near that. He felt more like his birth father than anything else. “ I wanted to adjust to being back and make sure I was at my best before I came to you again. “ He reasons, being honest. Vince might have been a lot better than he was back then but when it came to working for Seamus, he needed to be on the older man’s level so he can keep up and not fuck up again.

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Dillon ;

                    “Yeah, sent!” Dillon repeated, since Cathy didn’t seem to find that at all comforting. “Like past tense!” It wasn’t like he was going around whipping out his dick and sending pictures to any girl that was interested. Even though it was hard for Cathy to believe - and sure, he could understand her trepidation - he was actually committed to her. “I don’t know, babe. I don’t keep a record,” Dillon sighed, running a hand through his hair. This really wasn’t a fight he wanted to be having, but he knew his girlfriend well enough to know this wasn’t something he would get out of easily. “The last time you broke up with me?” Probably not the answer she was looking for, but it was the best he had. “Oh come on, don’t insult him!” Dillon protested. “None of this is his fault.”

Maybe she shouldn’t have been so upset but she had so many issues with their relationship in the past, she couldn’t help but feel all those things coming back up to the surface when something went wrong. Cathy couldn’t help but roll her eyes as he spoke. “ Of course the second I’m not with you, you go out and do some stupid shit with the first girl you find! A baby. Dick pics. What’s next? Comin’ back to me with the fuckin’ herp after the next time we break up?! “ She demands, knowing she shouldn’t throw Brianna in his face but she couldn’t help it. Even after all this time it was still a sore subject and her biggest source of insecurity when it came to their relationship. “ No, this isn’t his fault just his moron of an owner! “

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Darcy ;

Liam ;

                    Being unable to breathe and having to listen to them fight was a lot. He’d never felt like this before, and he honestly didn’t know what was going on. When they both moved toward him, he had his head forward, trying to catch his breath. “I’m…” He closed his eyes and took a deep breath - shaky as it was. “I couldn’t breathe…” Liam finally brought his head up to look at them, “When you guys fight… I’m tired of it. I literally can’t take it…” His voice was softer than usual and he couldn’t help it. He was honestly trying to pull himself together, but it was hard.

                    Guilt was hardly a feeling that Darcy was used to; she owned her actions and didn’t see the point in regretting them. But seeing Liam like this, clearly unable to stand their fighting, she felt a pang of guilt in her chest. Even if she did feel like it was more Selena’s fault than hers. She could keep that to herself for now. “I’m sorry, babe,” she apologized, moving closer to her boyfriend and taking one of his hands in her own. “I’ll stop, promise,” she assured him, giving his hand a gentle squeeze. If Selena could figure out how to be on her best behaviour, she could certainly do it.

As Liam spoke, Selena felt a wave of guilt fall over her. She had no clue what fighting with Darcy did to him. Seeing it herself made her feel completely awful. While Selena might have been stubborn sometimes, she could admit she was wrong. She didn’t have to take things as far as she had no matter how much Darcy provoked her. She kept her distance from the couple and nodded slightly as Darcy spoke. “ It won’t happen again, I swear. “

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Darcy ;

Bridget ;

                    Bridget loved her sisters, but she was well aware that they were very different. For example, her sisters were incredibly comfortable with talking about sex and everything that went with it. Bridget - on the other hand - was a virgin who froze up whenever the topic came up. She was sipping her coffee and was incredibly excited to have a morning with her sisters… But then the conversation started and Bridget started coughing as her coffee went down the wrong pipe.

                    “Just because you’re drunk doesn’t mean you can’t still have standards!” Darcy argued, rolling her eyes at her sister. Of course, Darcy was sure she’d made plenty of mistakes when she was drunk and horny, but those were the ones she preferred to forget in the morning. She was about to comment on her sister’s new hookup when she heard her younger sister sputter on her coffee. “You okay over there, Bee?” she asked, an eyebrow raised. She couldn’t help but laugh at the scandalized look on her younger sister’s face; she was too innocent for her own good.

Morning for Colleen usually consisted of sleeping in unless she had errands to run. She didn’t nearly get to have family meals together like this as she wanted to. It was nice and Ansley wasn’t being fussy so that was a plus in her book. Colleen raises an eyebrow at Darcy as she speaks. “ You’ve done worse! “ She points out with a laugh as she reaches into the cereal box next to her and grabs a handful. She opens her mouth to make another comment but stops herself when Bridget begins choking. “ I haven’t even started talking about his cock yet and you’re already freaking out? “ Colleen teases, popping cereal into her mouth.

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Dillon ;

                    Running a hand through his already messy hair and padding back up to his bedroom, he was all too ready to fall into bed when Cathy’s words made him stop short. Damn. This is what he got for having a conversation with his brother in the middle of the hallway. “Not sending, sent,” Dillon corrected her, shaking his head. “It’s an old picture. For some reason she didn’t delete it. I mean, I know it’s a nice dick, but…” he started to joke, but stopped short at the look on his girlfriend’s face. Okay, maybe not the time for joking. Of all the times he’d fought with Cathy, making jokes had never turned out well in his favour.

“ Oh! Sent! Problem solved then! “ Cathy all but yelled sarcastically as he corrected her. Whether it was past or present, she was still pissed off about it.Why was it still there if it was old? When did it even happen? Every time they broke up, it never lasted for long except when she found out he got her best friend pregnant. She simply raised an eyebrow at him as he attempted to make a joke about the situation. The last thing she wanted to hear was some dick joke about this. “ How old? We haven’t broken up recently and I doubt some random bitch is goin’ to keep a picture of a dick on her phone for this long! Dicks ain’t pretty, includin’ yours. “ She points out. Even if she loved Dillon’s, there was nothing about a penis worth keeping pictures of them.

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She hadn’t meant to eavesdrop on Sean and Dillon’s conversation but Cathy wanted to know what was taking her boyfriend so long to come back to bed. What she heard sent nothing but anger surging through her. She made her way back upstairs and waited until he came back up to confront him. She wasn’t going to go off on him in front of Sean no matter how much she was tempted to. “ So... You’re sending girls pictures of your dick now? “ She asked the second he walked in. She didn’t give a shit if the bitch was dead, alive, or in a fucking coma, she didn’t appreciate her boyfriend dick on anyone’s phone but her own.

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Darcy ;

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                    “So is that new guy you’re fucking as good as he looks like he’d be?” Darcy asked her older sister, shoveling a spoonful of cereal into her mouth. It was one of the rare times where she was actually with her sisters at the same time, and she had to get right to the important questions. “He’s a lot hotter than the last guy I saw you with.” She added. “Congrats on the upgrade.”

“ Well, I plan on fucking him again if that’s any indication “ Colleen says with a shrug as she hops u on the kitchen counter. She wasn’t the type to have sex with someone more than once unless it was a client but Caleb was good enough for a second shot. She didn’t usually get to hang out with both of her sisters at the same time but loved when she actually could. “ Hey! In my defense I was drunk and horny as fuck, I wasn’t exactly in the right state of mine to choose a 9 or a 10. “

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Aoife ;

                    Despite having pride in being a strong, independent woman, Aoife would have followed Vince to the end of the earth. People may have questioned their relationship, but the blonde had never given it a second thought. It didn’t matter that he was rough around the edges; he was good to her, and didn’t need any polishing as far as she was concerned. She had once been so sure about their relationship, so sure that they would be together forever, that the break up had sent her reeling.  It was too unexpected and painful for her to process, that seeing him now, ten years later, caused a pang in her chest. Aoife truly hadn’t thought she would see him again, and though she’d once practiced exactly what she would say if she ever returned, all words seemed to disappear as though she’d never rehearsed a speech in the mirror. “You’re back.” Was all she found herself able to say, a small smile curling onto her lips despite the shock. “I didn’t know you were… I mean. How long have you been back?”

Vince wasn’t a stranger to hurting someone or even killing them thanks to working with Seamus O’Brien but what he did was a completely different ballpark. Shitty nobodies on the Southside wouldn’t be noticed or even missed, but a cop? That was going to take him away from Aoife for a long time and if he had to be away from her, he preferred to have his freedom over a cell and bars in maximum security. Though he was gone, he tried to check up on her, relying on Rory Doyle as his source. He knew she’d gotten married and ‘til this day he still didn’t remember the month following getting that news. Whoever was able to have her as their wife was the luckiest son of a bitch on Earth, even in the universe as far as he was concerned. Seeing her smile, no matter how small, made his heart beat a little bit faster. Made him feel more alive. He nods, “ About a week, give or take.. “ He tells her, eyes fixated on her every feature in case he didn’t see her again he wanted to remember how good ten years had been on her. “ Been layin’ low for awhile. “

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Caleb ;

                    Caleb bit his lip as he felt her foot move. The further up she got, the more he had to force himself to sit still. He couldn’t obviously squirm, it would ruin everything. He didn’t want to look weak or anything. Colleen probably hated weak guys. “Well, some parts are definitely up…” He responded almost instantly, biting his lip slightly as her foot began to move in circles. Caleb’s eyes met hers for a moment, and he didn’t even hesitate as he got up and pulled her close. His lips were on hers immediately and she was pushed up against the nearest stack of boxes without so much as a second thought.

Colleen could feel the tension already between them building as their eyes met and it felt ages until he finally made a move. She squeals softly as he picks her up and pushes her up against some of the very boxes she’d complained about only moments ago. She moves her hands on his face, resting them on his cheek as she returns the heated kiss. Her lips part against his and tongue moves forward, brushing against his lips.

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Seamus ;

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                    Seamus O’Brien didn’t know what he could say about Vincent Maguire. The two hadn’t necessarily been friends, but Vincent had been a loyal employee for Seamus. He had dated Seamus’ sister-in-law, and then he had left. He had been gone for years and Seamus had figured he’d never see him again. But lately he’d been seeing the other man pop up from time to time, and he was so confused by it. Seamus had been on the look out for Vince, trying to figure out if he was losing his damn mind or not… And finally he saw him again. “When the hell did you get here?” He demanded, approaching the man instantly.

Growing up in the foster care system and later a group home hadn’t given Vince many people in his life. In fact, he could count the people he knew on hand and one of them was Seamus O’Brien. Having worked for him was how he earned his living once he aged out of the system and Seamus was one of the few people he had a massive amount of respect for. Since coming back, he contemplated going back to getting his job back but he had enough money to get by for a few months and planned on laying low for awhile but, living above a popular Southie bar probably wasn’t the best idea for staying under the radar. He’d been spotted. “ About a week ago sir, give or take “ he responds to Seamus immediately. After all those years, the respect never faded.

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Darcy ;

Liam ;

                    Liam had regrets. He wanted nothing more than to moonwalk backwards away from the entire situation and then find a time machine and prevent it from ever happening in the first place. Hearing them snark at each other made Liam tense up, and he could feel the pace of his heart pick up. Anxiety was creeping into every vein he possessed, and he ran a hand through his hair. “Guys…” His voice was soft as his chest tensed up, and he could barely breathe. They didn’t acknowledge him and he made a small wheezing noise, “GUYS!”

                    Being an O’Brien meant that Darcy was always ready to fight. It wasn’t something she could help, even if she wanted to. It was in here genes. She wasn’t exactly sure what she’d expected from Selena, but she tensed the more the other girl spoke, her hands curling into fists. “Are you fucking kidding me?” she snapped as soon as the brunette had finished, ready to pull out a chunk of that bitches hair. She said she’d be nice, said she’d try, but did Liam expect her to just sit there and take it? She opened her mouth to retort, but stopped short when she heard Liam. “Babe, you’re wheezing,” Darcy pointed out the obvious, her expression softening as she turned towards him. “Are you okay?”

Her mouth was something that got her into trouble a lot. While she could be as sweet as honey, if she didn’t like you Selena could be one of the worst people you’d ever meet. She did hate that Darcy brought out that nasty side of her but she didn’t regret anything she ever had to say. Most people might have kissed her ass for being an O’Brien but she didn’t. Selena tensed up, ready to fight if she had to the second Darcy opened her big mouth but hearing Liam’s wheezing and his voice snapped her out of it. She immediately dropped her defenses, concerned about her best friend. She bites back a response to Darcy, clearly he wasn’t okay. “ Hey “ she says softly and calmer than her tone preciously was, moving closer to him. “ I’m sorry, I’ll stop. “

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Kieran ;

                    While Cathy was the true responsible one in the family, Kieran had always seen his younger sister as following in her footsteps. This new staying out all night and partying attitude that she seemed to have adopted concerned him, but what the hell was he going to do about it? That’s how he’d spent most of high school, after all. If he tried to lecture her, she’d only throw that in his face. “Yeah, bars,” he agreed with a hollow laugh, running a hand through his hair. There was no getting rid of their parents, no matter how much they wanted to. “She’s interested,” Kieran assured his younger sister, even though he probably shouldn’t have been speaking on behalf of Cathy. What the hell did he really know? “And when she’s busy, you’ve got me.” That he could actually guarantee. Ripping open the pack of pop tarts, he took a bite of one, letting it dangle from his mouth as he got up from the kitchen table to refill his mug of coffee. “I’m like, responsible,” he teased, pouring more coffee into the mug as he leaned against the counter. “You can look up to me and shit.”

Hannah was poised to become the next Cathy of the family whenever she moved out but honestly, Hannah wasn’t sure if she wanted that. She wasn’t sure if she was ready to give up her life just yet and maybe subconsciously that was why she was taking the initiative to have more fun and be an actual teenager and not the runner up substitute matriarch. “ I don’t buy it, “ She say with a small shrug. Hannah couldn’t help the grudge she had against Cathy. She wouldn’t admit it but there was a part of her that was jealous she didn’t have someone making sure she had a good childhood when she was a kid and another part that wished Brody was even a little bit attached to her. Hannah broke off a piece of her pop tart and popped it into her mouth, listening to Kieran. Hannah couldn’t help but giggle slightly. “ Yeah, now you’re responsible. It just took a baby to get you there. “ She half teases, turning in her chair to face him. “ But you got your shit together, it is something to look up to. “ She admits because well she was proud of him for being less of a fuck up then he was last year. “ But speaking of babies, where is my nephew? “

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Aoife ;

                      Ten years to nurse a broken heart was a long time. It was more than enough time to move on, to fall in love with someone else, to forget about the person that had once occupied your every waking thought. At least that was what Aoife told herself and anyone who would listen. Vince wasn’t a part of her life anymore and that was okay. She was happy to wear a wedding ring that had been given to her by someone else. The ups and downs in a relationship were just as worth it in her new relationship as they had been with him. She told herself that so often that she almost started to believe it herself; of course, her husband - ex-husband, she was still getting used to that - didn’t. And now here she was, adjusting to single life all over again. Walking down one of the aisles of the local bodega, a basket hanging from her crooked elbow as she browsed the shelves, she stopped short when a familiar face caught her eye. It couldn’t be him; he couldn’t be here. And yet, ten years might have aged him - and fuck, they’d aged him well - but there was no mistaking him. It could have been fifty years since she’d last laid eyes on him and she would still recognize him anywhere. Not stopping to think, to calculate a first move, to decide whether or not this was a good idea, Aoife walked over to him, a disbelieving smile on her face. “Vince?” She almost called him Vinny, but that didn’t quite feel like a name she had permission to use anymore.

Did he regret what he’d done? Yeah. But he was a fuck up, it was only a matter of time before it had been so bad he had to skip town. He’d always been a throw punches first ask questions late and eventually it was going to cost him. There wasn’t a day that passed that Aoife didn’t occupy his every thought. From the moment he woke up until he went to sleep, he wondered how she was, if she was happy. He never intended on hurting her by leaving but he had to and he knew it was for the best. Aoife deserved nothing but the best life had to offer and no matter how much he loved her and it killed him to let her go, he wasn’t what she needed. But after so long, he needed to see her again, he just hoped he had more time to get his shit together before he did. Seeing her in front of him, she was more beautiful than ever. It was still a mystery to him how he was able to convince her to take a chance on a piece of shit like him in the first place all those years ago. Whether he came back or not and no matter who he ended up with, one thing was for sure: Aoife was the love of his life. Vince cleared his throat, brought back to reality by her voice. “ Uh, yeah. “ He says a bit awkwardly with a half smile. “ You sure are re a sight for sore eyes. “ 

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Once Vince left Boston years ago, he had no immediate plans to return to the city. He had to get away. He had to lay low. After killing a rookie cop in a bar fight, he couldn’t be in the city anymore let alone the state. So, he broke up with his girlfriend of nearly seven years and got out of town. It killed him to do it but he had to. Going to jail wasn’t an option and neither was bringing Aoife down with him. She was the love of his life and while he knew for a fact she’d drop everything to flee with him, he just couldn’t do that to her. He couldn’t make her leave her family and friends to hide from the law for him. She was too good for him and he knew it. She was the only light in his darkness. But nearly ten years later, he finally brought himself back to Boston. While the first thing he wanted to do was have his light back in his life, he knew he had to stay away. He couldn’t drag her back into his bullshit. And for a week he’d managed to keep any signs of him being back from her but that week was over the second he walked into his usual bodega to grab his morning coffee. That was when he spotted her, coming out from one of the aisles. Everything around him came to a screeching halt and he had to keep from pinching himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.

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Kieran ;

                    As much as he hated to admit it, Kieran would be quickly following down his father’s path if he didn’t start to get his shit together. As he watched his younger sister, he could only hope that she wasn’t the one who would start taking after their mother. The last thing they needed was another Abbi. “Fuck Abbi,” Kieran muttered under his breath. If he’d loved his parents once, that had quickly disappeared into annoyance and resentment. “We really need to change the fucking locks to this place,” he noted. It was probably the only way they would actually manage to keep their parents out. Raising an eyebrow when Hannah mentioned Brody, Kieran took another sip of his coffee before letting out an exasperated sigh. He’d almost forgotten about the tension between his two sisters. “She notices you, Han,” he assured her, catching the pack of pop tarts that came flying his way. “She’s just trying to make sure Brody has a decent childhood. You know, that thing none of us got?”

There’d been a time when Hannah was afraid her brother was turning into their father but he managed to pull himself together and she was incredibly proud of him for that. Now he was a father and already so much better than their own. Her older siblings did give her hope that she’d  be fine in the long run. “ And put bars on all the windows in the basement” she adds knowing if they ever did lock their parents out of the house, Aiden would stop at nothing trying to get back into the house. She takes a long drink of her coffee as Kieran speaks, the hot liquid warming her throat. Hannah knew Cathy’s heart was in the right place and she wanted to give Brody better than what they had themselves, she just wished it wasn’t so obvious that she was on the back burner most of the time. It felt as if she didn’t matter. Hannah makes her way over to the table, sitting across from Kieran and setting her mug down. “ And I get that, I do. “ She sighs, ripping open the package of toaster pastries. “ She just doesn’t show nearly as much interest in the rest of us. “ She shrugs.