I'm getting real tired of your personality.

Baseball. Chicagoan. Counter Terrorism. Usually in that order. / Literate Tony Almeida from "24". / Crossover or AUs welcome.

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Send me some numbers and a character name and I will tell you:

What does their bedroom look like?

Do they have any daily rituals?

Do they exercise, and if so, what do they do? How often?

What would they do if they needed to make dinner but the kitchen was busy?

Cleanliness habits (personal, workspace, etc.)

Eating habits and sample daily menu

Favorite way to waste time and feelings surrounding wasting time

Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging

Makeup?

Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such?

Intellectual pursuits?

Favorite book genre?

Sexual Orientation? And, regardless of own orientation, thoughts on sexual orientation in general?

Physical abnormalities? (Both visible and not, including injuries/disabilities, long-term illnesses, food-intolerances, etc.)

Biggest and smallest short term goal?

Biggest and smallest long term goal?

Preferred mode of dress and rituals surrounding dress

Favorite beverage?

What do they think about before falling asleep at night?

Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them?

Turn-ons? Turn-offs?

Given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen?

How organized are they? How does this organization/disorganization manifest in their everyday life?

Is there one subject of study that they excel at? Or do they even care about intellectual pursuits at all?

How do they see themselves 5 years from today?

Do they have any plans for the future? Any contingency plans if things don’t workout?

What is their biggest regret?

Who do they see as their best friend? Their worst enemy?

Reaction to sudden extrapersonal disaster (eg The house is on fire! What do they do?)

Reaction to sudden intrapersonal disaster (eg close family member suddenly dies)

Most prized possession?

Thoughts on material possessions in general?

Concept of home and family?

Thoughts on privacy? (Are they a private person, or are they prone to ‘TMI’?)

What activities do they enjoy, but consider to be a waste of time?

What makes them feel guilty?

Are they more analytical or more emotional in their decision-making?

Would they consider themselves a Type A or Type B personality?

What recharges them when they’re feeling drained?

Would you say that they have a superiority-complex? Inferiority-complex? Neither?

How misanthropic are they?

Hobbies?

How far did they get in formal education? What are their views on formal education vs self-education?

Religion?

Superstitions or views on the occult?

Do they express their thoughts through words or deeds?

If they were to fall in love, who (or what) is their ideal?

How do they express love?

If this person were to get into a fist fight, what is their fighting style like?

Is this person afraid of dying? Why or why not?

[addie-the-pirate]

Prepare yourself for the most MEDIOCRE of responses to your burning questions!!

[almeida-ctu]

Day 2.

[sgt-dignam]

get to know me: 3/5 characters - Tony Almeida (24)

[sgt-dignam]

“Almeida? He’s a criminal. A lot of people are dead because of Tony Almeida.”

Tony Almeida in 24 Legacy “6:00pm - 7:00pm”

[sgt-dignam]

“He saved her life and she paid him back by leaving him?”

“That’s the way Tony sees it too. Didn’t happen exactly like that.”

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[johnholliday]

24 meme | Relationships [2/?] → Jack Bauer & Tony Almeida

 The only person I can trust right now.

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[tony-almeida]

“Can we get some help here? This man’s having a seizure.”

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[real-demons]

[namtan]

He knows that people yell out all kinds of weird stuff when they’re doing it.

[almeida-ctu]

play ball.

[ragestreaked]

almeida-ctu:

You and Jack had a rocky relationship.

No shit.

Rocky wasn’t even the word to describe it.

He’d been undercover, addicted, and keeping it hidden from Almeida. Tony ended up shot in the neck, almost losing his wife, actually losing his wife, and spending 8 months in jail for treason. Things between them had been…difficult, even though Jack had been the one working to get him released early. 

It had taken time for things to get themselves back on track, Jack calling him at a time when he had no one else to turn to. From there it was… a natural transition back to their tight friendship. It had just needed something to kick-start it. A show of trust that neither of them could deny. Jack in calling him. Tony in showing up. Remembering how they had been before… well, it wasn’t something he wanted to dwell on. They were passed that. He wouldn’t let it get back to that state. After all, if he hadn’t pulled his act together, he would never have come back to CTU, he would never have been able to head up the division again. 

I know you care about him just as much, if not even more than I do.

All Fin’s words were doing were reminding him of the past. A past he wanted to forget. Things were…different now. Things had been different ever since Fin showed up. He guessed he could at least be grateful for the fact that he recognized how Tony felt. Yes. He cared about Jack. Yes, it was possible he cared about him even more than Fin, his actual husband, did. There was so much history between them that could never be erased. Even if it would have been easier for them both.

Listening to him talk about what Jack had done for him stung. He knew what it was like. To feel like you owed Jack. Having this conversation with Fin was…long overdue, but it wasn’t going to be easy. There was so much… baggage between them that wasn’t even Fin’s fault. It was Tony’s. He needed to put it behind him, but it was just so hard with everything so fresh in his mind. With how close he and Jack had been lately. 

He knew realistically that it would all change again now that Fin was home.

Part if him wanted to cut this conversation short, to conclude this meeting, arrange a proper interview and send him on his way. Just to get him to stop talking. But he didn’t. Instead, Fin’s next words brought his thoughts back to the present day.

But his happiness in the last eight years isn’t because of me. He’s gotten you back in his life.

Tony could hear how choked up the other was. He could see that it hurt him to to admit it. His own throat tightened, a pain rising up like a lump in his throat and he swallowed to try and push it down. In his own roundabout way, Fin was thanking him for looking after Jack. For taking care of him. And that could not have been easy.

He didn’t realize how long he’d been quiet for, tongue dragging across his lips in an attempt to wet his dry mouth. When he spoke, there was a crack and a waiver to his tone that forced him to stop shortly after he’d started. “I will always–”

He was going to say ‘look after Jack’, but there was a whole heap of endings that could have filled that gap nicely. Try to make him happy. Miss him. Be there for him. Love him.

He took another breath, fixing his gaze on Fin. “I lost him once, and I don’t plan on doing it again.”

    Truthfully, Fin didn’t know the majority of the history between Jack and Tony. He’d known it was a sensitive topic and had decided early on not to push Jack to talk about it- and that was okay. He didn’t need to know every little detail of Jack’s close relationships, just as Jack didn’t know everything about his. He knew things had been bad in the past, just not necessarily how bad. He knew that there was a very deep and important bond between Tony and his husband. Fin was glad, really. It was important to him that Jack had friends he could trust.

Even if said friend had served as a pseudo-replacement for him for the last eight years.

Fin pushed back the bitterness that rose in his chest and throat whenever he thought about just how much time Jack and Tony had together, in comparison to what he had with his own husband, and forced himself to nod. “I know.” He acknowledged quietly. “I don’t think he has any intentions of losing you again, either. You’re very important to him, and I’m not even gonna pretend to know or understand the things you’ve been through together to get here.”

He kept his gaze level with Tony’s, though his chin held the slightly upward tilt that suggested defiance. “I’m not here to take Jack away from you. I didn’t apply to interfere with your relationship. You’re still his best friend, even if I am back in the picture.”

Fin wanted to be anywhere but here, and he’d rather be talking about anything other than this. It was an incredibly uncomfortable conversation, and he hated how vulnerable it made him feel. He’d promised to himself a long time ago that he’d only ever be vulnerable with Jack, or his two close friends from the military- the Other Jack and Goodnight. Only three people had been privy to him at his most defenseless, and extending that number left him open to attack.

 “You’re good for him, you know.”

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I’m not even gonna pretend to know or understand the things you’ve been through together to get here

Tony gave a small nod, because even a lengthy explanation of their history wasn’t going to be good enough to explain the connection that they had. He could go into depth about their time together in the field, before anything had even happened between them. He could talk about the countless times they saved each others lives, before Tony had even picked up on the spark between them. He could talk about how that developed, like some dark secret that was unspoken, until they hit breaking point. He could talk about the time they spend together when he stopped seeing Teri, and about how even though they were almost sneaking around, that it felt like the most normal and comfortable relationship he’d ever been in. He could talk about how Jack dropped him the moment Teri wanted him back and how he felt crushed by it both personally and in work, still having to report to a man who he wasn’t over. He could talk about how he fell for Nina, and then watched her murder Jack’s wife, splintering their relationship and his trust in relationships for years. He could talk about the way they clawed their friendship back, how Tony pulled himself back on the wagon with Michelle and then fell right back off it the moment he was threatened with loss. His fear of losing the people he loved resurfaced in a conviction of treason, and Jack had stood between him and his happiness yet again. He could talk about how he turned to drink after 8 months in a federal prison, and how he never once called Jack despite feeling the urge to every single night that he spent in his flat, alone, drunk. 

It didn’t matter how much detail he went into, it didn’t matter how well he tried to convey his feelings through words, because nothing would get across what he felt. And even if it did? What good would it do? Nothing would change. Jack would still be a married man, Tony would still be stone cold single, and Fin would still be back from overseas, waiting for a job from him. It didn’t matter how much Fin tried to act as though he wasn’t here to get between them, he already had. Being at CTU was just another way to remind Tony what he’d lost. And yet he couldn’t say no if Fin was the right person for the job. He was a professional, he was responsible, and he was level headed. Leading CTU was one of the best things he had ever done. How he wished he could snap the file shut, hand it back to him and tell him to try his luck elsewhere. But somehow he knew that unfair treatment wasn’t the right way to conduct this. If Jack ever found out that Tony had said no, for personal reasons.... well, Jack would have yet another reason to remind Tony that he was better suited for this position. Bauer never purposely made Tony feel like less than him, but somehow he always did. Bauer could always make the “right” decision, for the greater good. He could sacrifice for the team. Almeida let his emotions interfere more of ten than he cared to admit. He couldn’t here. Not if he wanted to stay friends with Jack. 

“I don’t need you to tell me whether or not I’m good for Jack. I know damn well that I’ve been the only person to have his back for the last decade and a half.” He countered, finally losing the soft edge he’d tried to adopt. It was the slight defiance that Fin displayed, the tone to his words suddenly suggesting a superiority that Almeida didn’t take too kindly to. Almost as through Fin was being...condescending. “I’ll look over your file. We’ll be in touch.” 

That was the end to that. Tony leaned back in his chair, and turned his attention to his computer, closing Fin’s file and bringing up the file he was working on before. That was a cue that he no longer wanted to speak, that the conversation was over.

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respect.

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home.

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