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edenhks

what on earth had she been thinking? the botanical garden. it’s practically the wild! dirt, bugs, the like. it’s horrendous. small sharp pebbles keep slipping between her sandals and stabbing at the bottom of her feet. eden is truly stuck in her own form of a greek tragedy. where’s medea when you need her? it’s all for the aesthetic. at least one nice picture of something for her instagram feed and she’s out of there. a soft huff forces itself from her diaphragm and she’s brushing straight blonde locks of hair from her face. —ooo is that something shiny? this quest for the perfect image leads her straight to towards the other’s site of serenity and into a rather large web. a distressed note reverberates in the air, cutting through the silence. small hands lift towards her head and a pink phone case plummets towards the ground as she, to put it lightly, begins to freak out all while continuously drawing closer and closer. “get this shit off of me!” a not so lady like tone barks.

gabe’s attention was finally drawn away from the book in his hands when a yell sliced through the air. his eyes shifted up towards the blonde, where he found her panicking. the distress the other had brought an entertained grin to his face, and it was only after watching in amusement for a few moments that he decided to help her out. closing his book with a sigh, he set it beside him before pushing himself up from underneath the grass. brushing off his hands on his pants for a moment, he quickly closed the remaining distance between the two. he chuckled, shaking his head. “you’re gonna have to be still for a second if you want me to get it off of you,” he said before picking the spider web off of her as well as he could. he jogged over to where she’d dropped her phone, picking it up. “here,” he held the object towards the girl. “you dropped this.” while he wasn’t necessarily the friendliest person alive, his mother had pushed the whole ‘gentlemanly manners’ upon him, making gabe somewhat helpful when he wanted to be.

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rcsariio

class is over for the today, and bianca plans to do no assignments for the remainder of it. she has tomorrow and the day after that ( and after that ) to accomplish such feats! despite the chill, she takes her time walking through the gardens, stopping every so often to snap a picture on her phone or tighten the woolen scarf around her neck. when her aimless wandering takes her to the sighting of her friend ( he might not admit that, but she’ll say it for both of them ), a smile forms on pink lips as her direction moves towards him. “ class is done, my paper can wait, and i’m bored, ” bianca announces, plopping down onto the ground beside him, fingers absentmindedly running through soft grass. “ let’s do something. ”

as the other took a seat next to him, gabe lowered his book to his lap. “and what ??” he asked, his eyebrows raising. “you think i’m just gonna drop everything i have planned to hang out with you ??” he mused, enunciating the ‘everything’ like secluding himself in the park with a book he’s read a thousand times kept him oh-so preoccupied. this was a rhetorical question, however, since he began packing up his bag, tucking his book in one of the open zippers. despite what his his aloof exterior may have suggested, she was one of the few people he genuinely enjoyed spending time with. "what’d you have in mind ??” he asked, closing up his bag as he turned his head slightly to look over at bianca.

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joshhahn

how had he ended up in the gardens. he was looking for a clothing store and ended up deep into the green mess. josh was doing his best to figure his way back out but his sense of direction had been fucked ever since landing in the town and the jet lag was still a bit much. stepping over a few fallen branches, he had been doing good until finally stepping on one and hearing it crack beneath his foot. josh hadn’t noticed the person sat next to the tree until his voice broke through and he jumped slightly at the sound. “fucking shit,” he muttered, grasping dramatically at his heart before laughing it off. though, turning to see the male’s nose still stuck in his book and the less that thrilled tone of voice was enough to let josh know that his presence wasn’t welcomed. “you could sound a bit happier, babe,” he muttered the words to the stranger under his breath, though he took a deep breath and added on, “and you could help me figure out where the hell the closest clothing store is.” josh wasn’t planning on leaving though. there was a childish side to him that ended with him sat down next to the other and looking over at him, “is that book really that amazing that you can’t look up for it for five seconds?”

hearing the other’s exclamation, gabe realized he had unintentionally startled the newcomer. this brought a somewhat sly smile to his face as he lowered the book down slightly to examine the boy. picking up the other’s words over the soft sounds of the nearby water, he shrugged, looking back at his copy of the great gatsby, examining the page more than reading it. “why would i sound happy when i’ve got nothing to be excited about ??” he asked, his tone more indifferent now. while he did have some things to be joyful about, like the good book he was reading or the fact that his coffee was perfectly made this morning. however, he was never one to be grateful for the little things in life, like some people. “you’re asking the wrong person,” he chuckled slightly, shaking his head, his eyes remaining down. in his nearly nine months there, he’d only gone shopping once, and he wasn’t paying nearly enough attention to remember how to get there. he barely even realize the other was coming to sit next to him till he heard his voice closer than he expected. he was slightly startled, though he showed no visible signs of alarm. “i mean, yeah,” he admitted, looking back at the boy. “it is considered a literary classic, after all,” he said, closing the book to inspect the cover.

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bwboysgallery-deactivated202007

Xavier Serrano by Eleanor Castellani - L'Officiel Hommes Australia

#.:⋄☆º⋰ visage #looK at tht fckin Bone Structure !!!#im shook #alsO im thirsting over my owN fc currently

andiiamo

“ excuse me? ” she halts, shooting gabe a decidedly contentious look once she recognizes that it’shim. she’s never had to explain herself for simply walking the gardens before –– even though they wouldn’t usually be open at this time of year. certainly, gabe shouldn’t be one to judge. “ you’re the one sitting in atree in the freezing cold, no? what are you doing? stomping on dead plants? ”

“you could say that, yeah,” he shrugged, lowering his book into his lap. he studied her up and down for a quick moment before opening his mouth to speak once more. “still doesn’t explain what you’re doing here though,” he mused, his tone playful. “are you following me now ??” a smirk played at his lips as he continued his banter. “adriana, i know you’re in love with me, but this a little excessive,” he teased her.

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euncias

it wasn’t a surprise that mars tended to need breaks from people more often than others might. it wasn’t that she hated people, not at all. it was more so that she just got tired of having to interact with people, of putting a smile on her face when she just didn’t feel like it. she’d worked one of her longer shifts today, smiling left and right at various strangers and just hoping the day would go by faster so she could get home. except when she’d walked out, she’d headed left instead of right. why? she wasn’t actually sure, but she knew she was going to end up somewhere that wasn’t anywhere close to her house. instead she was following a trail until it became quiet, the sound of the city dulling as she got farther and farther. she should probably have been concerned at this point, wondering if maybe she was going to get kidnapped or worse, but the odds of that happening in bellagio? slim to none. so she kept going, until she was sure she could see a shadow behind some branches. sure enough, as she got closer, her eyes caught a familiar face, one that almost stopped her in her tracks. gabe was sitting against one of the many trees, though this one was bigger than most in the area, a book in his hands. he looked peaceful, and she almost didn’t bother him. but it was too late, and he was looking up at her, a blush on her cheeks as she felt like she was interrupting a private moment. “no, i was just walking around, exploring home a little more.” she looked away, back down the path she had come from, crossing her arms as she cleared her throat. “uh, i can leave though. i didn’t know it was occupied.”

upon recognition of the familiar face, gabe’s grumpy demeanor faded slightly. his callous facade he wore for the rest of the world was hard to keep up when she knew more about him than anyone else in the town; more specifically, the secret he tried so hard to keep hidden. he always felt like he walking on egg shells around her, somewhat fearful of accidentally slipping up and offending her in some way. “oh,” he said, marking his page in the novel in hand, “mars,” he remarked aloud, the blonde’s name slipping off of his tongue with ease. his tone of voice softening to match the new warmer expression he wore, his eyes wrinkled into a semblance of a smile. “no, you can stay if you want,” he shrugged slightly. “it’s pretty nice back here, if i do say so myself,” he commented, looking around his serene spot to admire all of his surroundings around him before his eyes settled back upon the girl. seeing the bright blue eyes he had sketched into his memory one hot summers day all those years ago sent a weird feeling of both comfort and melancholy to his stomach. whenever he looked into the deep depths of blue, he felt like he was swimming in an endless ocean.

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emphvtics

continuously dropping down to discard of the litter which came in contact with gabe’s feet, orion continued to follow each crouch with an painful sigh. however, when he heard the brunet apologise in native tongue, he couldn’t help but grin, 〝 gabe! you know you don’t fall under that category. you’re one of the only few tourists i can tolerate around here. plus, you have respect! 〞he could have gone on for hours about how gabe was a decent human being but that wouldn’t have ended well, especially on orion’s behalf.

gabe resumed watching the other, a grin still playing at his lips. he found the other’s dedication somewhat endearing, though that still didn’t mean he would help. “careful,” he warned, a smirk presenting itself on his face. “you might inflate my ego too much,” he teased. hearing orion’s sighs every time he bent over, gabe reached out to pat his back softly, his hand lingering a little longer than it probably should have. “come on. let’s go to aperitivi ??” he suggested, stopping to turn towards the boy. if he was being honest, orion was probably one of the few people that didn’t annoy gabe, though the likelihood of him actually letting the other know that was slim to none.

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princesconsuela

#.:⋄☆º⋰ character study #tbH lmaoo

blossomfully

He’d never cared much for strawberries, but that summer her lips were so stained with the juices that they were all he tasted. And he’d never had a favourite fruit, but two years later, a new girl is sat in front of him, laughing at his jokes. “If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?” She asks playfully. And he remembers how her hands traced the veins in his neck and made their way across his chest. He remembers her soft breathing and limbs draped across his shoulders. “Strawberries.” He tells her. “I could live a life on nothing but strawberries.”

S.Z. // Excerpt from a book I’ll never write #54 -“Strawberries” (via blossomfully)

#.:⋄☆º⋰ character study #ft marissa

gabe delicately pushed a tree branch out of his way, revealing a narrow trail split off from the paved path that zig-zagged through the entirety of the gardens. ducking into the small opening he had created, he grasped tightly onto the straps of the backpack secured to his back. following the less-beaten path down a bit, he stopped when he came across his favorite willow tree, setting his backpack next to the trunk of the tree. his back pressed against the soft bark of the tree as he sank to the ground, tucking his knees up to his chest. it was easily his favorite spot in the town. somehow, the noises of the patron’s of the gardens were muted and the only audible sound was the trickling of a nearby water fountain. the brunette had discovered this place during his first couple months in italy, and he used it as his escape from the world; a place to hide out and read in solitude for a while. retrieving his most recent novel from his backpack, he was only able to get a few sentences in before his serenity was broken by the sound of another pair of footprints coming down the path. “can i help you ??” he asked, not even shifting his gaze from his book, his voice sounding slightly more annoyed than he intended it to.

#bellagio.start #location : villa melzi #uM feel free 2 not match length #i got carrieD away #alsO !!!#ignore mr grump ass he acts like he owns the fckin botanical garden

ofsheas

shea wasn’t a clumsy girl. she knew her left from her right, she walked without tripping. yet, she was always getting herself hurt. “okay, listen, it’s not as bad as it looks.” she said reassuringly. her wrist looked pretty fucking bad. red and inflamed. the teen slipped her brace back on and tightened the velcro. “it only looks that bad because it happened yesterday.”

gabe barely took his eyes off of the screen hung above the bar projecting some random rugby game to look at the others injury momentarily. “looks like it might be sprained,” he said disinterestedly as he fixed his gaze back upon the tv. “maybe you should get in checked out,” he suggested. “untreated sprains can lead to chronic pain,” he recalled from his high school anatomy class.

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emphvtics

〝 do these tourists have a fucking problem? dios mio… they’re actual slobs. 〞the brunet sighed heavily, muttering profanities under his breath as he continued to sweep the trash that had began to build up along the passages of the town. his mocha hues found their way up to the latter, quirking a brow.〝 a hand would be great right about now, thanks… 〞his frustration that had been pent up by the actions of the travellers had caused his behaviour to be on edge and sour.

ambling alongside the other, gabe absentmindedly kicked a couple pieces of loose garbage lying in his path. the corners of his lips turned up in a small grin as he snaked his hands so they rested in the pockets of his jacket. “lo siento,” he apologized in his native tongue. “i’d help, but i guess i’m too slobbish to help,” he teased glancing over. while he was meticulous when it came to his own personal spaces, the state of the alley was not one of his concerns. plus, he was finding enjoyment in orion getting so worked up about it.