Benji Laman

Benji Laman || 28 Years Old || Photographer

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Benji was surrounded, clearly outnumbered. Any person in their right mind would know that he didn’t stand a chance against three people, all of them being much large than him. That didn’t stop him from fighting back against them. He had been on his way home, he had noticed that he was being followed. This day in particular, he was in a particularly pissy mood. When they had cornered him against a wall. 

He had stood his ground for approximately two seconds before they had quickly overpowered him. He was getting beaten when suddenly he wasn’t. Quickly getting to his feet, he wiped off his face as he looked at the person who had sent the other three running. “I could have handled that.” He snarled as he glared at the person.

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alexeisavvin:

“It is not far walk.” Alexei insisted, being that trying to find parking near the restaurant was going to be difficult, as it was already hard to park in the city even close to work. “Proposition you will need camera for.”Waiting until Benji had put his camera away, the taller of the two made his way down the street, making sure the other was following closely. “You’ve been busy? I haven’t seen you in the building.” The man questioned, his Russian accent causing some of the English words he pronounced to become distorted enough to sound like he had said something else. 

“Okay, we’ll walk then.” Benji said with a shrug. Not that he minded walking, it was better than taking a taxi or having to deal with parking. “Well, I have a camera.” He said as he put it away and tucked it into his bag before he started walking close to him as they walked down the street. “Little bit.” He said with a shrug. “Haven’t been too busy. Figured you and the wife must be on good terms for now and you’ve been avoiding me.” He mused, knowing the ridiculousness of his state. A smile curled on his lips. He had long since grown used to the man’s accent. At times, there were words that he had to think about, but typically he was able to understand him.

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cxraisms:

“technically it couldn’t be only two seconds. at least thirty. thanks, though. i take pride in that.” she smirked watching his eyes roll. “too bad you weren’t there to see it, then.”

“It’s called sarcasm. how fucking stupid are you?” He questioned as he looked at her. “Again, the only unfortunate thing.”

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phocnixx:

a small pout came into place, eyes wide and innocent. “you don’t find me beautiful??” the sickly sweet innocent tone he spoke in, dripping in false hurt  was clearly one he had plenty of practise using.

Benji rolled his eyes at the fake innocent tone the other used “I think you think too highly of yourself.” He said as he tried to get another picture of the scenery. 

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phocnixx:

there was a role of his eyes, opting to listen to the man for a moment with a smile.”you want to travel? what’s the top three places you want to go then? like WHERE do you want to see?” a flash of a smile, genuine intrest. “yeah, bigger names than you. actually magazines and this big UK company once me in a campaign for them,and my agent says if i can land five more major campaigns before july time i might even manage to end up on the list of models for fashion week next year. it doesn’t mean i WOULD be selected but some of the BIGGEST designers in the world would be sent my portfolio.” with each word nix seemed to be getting more and more excited. pausing to take a sip of his drink in an attempt to calm himself

Benji ignored the roll of Nix’s eyes. “Yeah, I want to travel. Most people do.” He said before shrugging. “I don’t know. I just want to travel and go places and get the Hell away from this shitty city.” He told the other. “And yet I’m the one you’re sitting in a bar with having drinks so they can’t really be all that important.” He said, shooting him a smirk. “Wow fashion week. Maybe you can become one of those bitch ass models who pretend like what they’re wearing looks good but it actually just looks like shit that was thrown together by a blind person.” He said as he sipped his drink. 

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phocnixx:

an eyebrow raised as he turned to the angry voice before realising who it was, and why exactly they were angry. “but i’m the most beautiful thing you could ever photograph. surely i make the shot BETTER?? ”

“Keep telling yourself that.” he said, rolling his eyes at the redhead. “If you consider making it ‘better’ completely ruining it past the point of any beauty. Then sure.” He said, a smirk on his face as he teased.

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alexeisavvin:

“I’m glad you’re so respectful with others..” An all too familiar voice called out to the male. His thick Russian accent coupled with the dry humored remark easily gave away Alexei as he approached Benji. “Did you want to go for lunch? I have a favor to ask, business proposition.” He added, his light hues glancing around at the environment the two were currently in before his focus finally returned to the blond. “And another favor regarding wedding photos you took two years ago.” Regardless of how many times the two men did business together, Alexei made it a priority to make sure that Benji would always want to do business again, especially since he had more to offer than other photographers. 

“You’re right. Shame on me. I should try to be half of the respectful person you are.” Benji said, his own humor showing in his tone as the familiar Russian approached him. “Depends, where were you thinking?” He asked as he turned off his camera and put the cap over the lens. “what kind of business proposition?” He asked as he looked at the older man, a smirk playing on his expression. “Whatever. We’ll discuss it over lunch I guess. Lead the way.” He said as he put his camera back into its bag before shoving that into the bag he was carrying on his back.

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cxraisms:

“i mean.. wow. yes, you pretty much covered everything that happened. was it.. a boring story or something? perhaps it would be if you don’t really care. besides, why would you?” cora kept the questions coming, not realizing how fast the words were moving past her lips. “he did look devastated… to say the very least.”

“Yeah, it was a two second long story that you decided to stretch into a novel. Congratulations for doing that.” He said, rolling his eyes as she continued asking question after question. “That would have been the only worthwhile part of the entire thing.”

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alyssamattison:

“Have you thought that perhaps you shouldn’t stand in the middle of the sidewalk? You know, where people are walking? Believe me, if anyone here is lacking manners, it’s definitely not me.” Alyssa put her hands up defensively in front of her. She wasn’t one to take responsibility for these sorts of things. “Any normal person would just let it go. You, a crazy ‘creative type’, are making a much bigger deal than it is worth.” She said, rolling her eyes at the idiocy of this situation. “Charming. Go fuck yourself.”

“Have you thought perhaps maybe you should look around you when you’re walking? I mean, seriously.” He said, shaking his head at her. “Right, but if I were to disturb your work it would be completely acceptable if you get mad and make a big deal out of it right? And I’m not some fucking crazy ‘creative type’ I’m somebody that’s trying to do something but that’s impossible when assholes like you exist.” He questioned before flipping her off. 

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tishnichol-savvin:

It was too damn late for Tish to be walking home and she cursed her husband for parking her scooter in that morning. Sure, the walk to and from their apartment and work wasn’t all that far, but when she was carrying three bunches of roses as well as her large work bag, it seemed overly long. Just as she turned the corner toward the building, she heard someone shouting and her head whipped up to see who was speaking. Realising the person was talking to her, she instantly went on the offense, “What?!” she called back, looking around to see if she’d bumped something of his, “I’m walking on the side walk, what more do you want?” She realised he was holding a camera and huffed gently back at him. 

Benji rolled his eyes as the woman. He had fewer things to care about then where she was going or that her arms were full. All that he cared about was that she had so rudely ruined the picture he was trying to take. “Oh I don’t know. Maybe to look where you’re fucking going?” He said, shooting a glare at her as she huffed at him.”Seriously? How hard can it be?” He asked, rhetorically of course. Anger in his voice. 

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phocnixx:

“i meant, work !!” he protested the answer, leaning in closer to ensure his voice could be heard over the constant chatter in the club. “any exciting projects you are working on??” a small shrug of his shoulders was his response as the question was returned to him. “i’m doing well my schedule is booked up months in advance now and bigger names are booking me. it’s exciting, right?? some day soon i could be ditching your sorry ass for exclusive parties and shit.”

“Should have been more specific.” Benji retorted, “You know, the usual. A few things here and there. I’m trying to convince the company that we need more pictures of different places. Which is my way of trying to go places for free. They of course, don’t see it my way.” He said. “Bigger names than me booking your sorry ass? Who have you been blowing to get that?” He said, a smirk on his face. “Ditch my ass? Say that now but you’ll be begging me to go with you later.”

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alyssamattison:

As hard as she tried, Al always managed to run late. Couldn’t even be trusted to drag herself out of bed early enough to open up the store on time.She had hardly noticed the person she collided with until he yelled. Alyssa spun on her heel, turning back to the man she’d just barely grazed. “How about you don’t stand in the middle of a walkway? All you creative types are so damn touchy. Literally nothing has changed, you can still get your stupid picture.” These days, the blonde felt like she could pick a fight over anything. She’d fight the sky for being blue if she could. “I think you owe me an apology.”

Benji rolled his eyes at the blonde as she turned on her heel to him. A huff leaving him as she nearly ran into him. He curled his lip at the woman, not caring how much of a rush she was in. She had completely ruined the moment, the tranquil mindset that he had. “How about you learn to walk where you’re going. Or look. Instead of plowing people over like you own the whole sidewalk.” He said, curling his lip before rolling his eyes. “If I had done something to interfere with your work I’m sure you would be just as furious. Has nothing to do with being a ‘creative type’.” He told her. “Me, owe you anything? Fuck you.”

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Benji looked out over the scene in front of him. The city was nothing more than a silhouette, the sun dipped low in sky casting an orange light over the ground. It was a picture perfect moment and Benji wasn’t going to risk it. He pulled his camera from off around his neck and turned it on before holding it to take the picture. Just as he had, somebody walked past him. “Hey asshole!” He yelled at them. “Way to watch where you’re going!” He huffed, shooting a glare to them.

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cxraisms:

“let me tell you, i’ve had quite a day. i had to hide behind these bushes at the park for a surprise engagement of a couple. once the dude got down on one knee and the girl realized what he was doing… i kid you not, she placed a hand over her mouth. i thought it was an adorable shot–but she actually started running away before he could even ask that infamous four worded question. it was terribly awkward to witness.”

“We’ve all had quite a day.” Benji said, rolling his eyes at the woman. “Some of us just don’t have the need to drone on to somebody who doesn’t care. Wow, great, adorable shot and she ran away. Fantastic story. Poor moron was left standing in the middle of a park while the love of his life ran from him. That’s...actually really funny. I take back what I said about not caring. I wish I could have been there to see the crushed look on his face.”

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sagcss:

“you know what the worst thing about the beginning of the new year is?” sage asked, a sigh falling from her lips. “i get all these new clients who are looking to ‘change their lifestyle’ or whatever, and they come to one session and put in all this work and tell me how excited they are to work with me and then they never show up again. this is the second person who’s cancelled on me in two weeks.”

“Listening to people continue to complain about what the ‘worst’ things about the new year is every single year instead of them just recognizing and accepting that every year is going to be the same?” He questioned rudely, sarcasm filling in his bitter tone. “Aside from that, it’s the end of the month. How is this even relevant at this point? I’ll tell you how. It’s not.”

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phocnixx:

this was felt like home to PHOENIX VOLKOV ; the music so loud that every beat of the bass pulsed under his skin, the temperature rising as close bodies moved together. he raised his hand to the bartender, gesturing for another round  before turning back to his companion. lips unpturned only slightly into a smirk“so BENJI !!“ he could pretend it was accidental the way his voice lowered seductively, “ what are you working on right now ?? ”his interest was genuine, the fact it passed off for small talk was just a bonus. he couldnt be too obvious with his attraction to the other man, after all.  

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Benji was immersed in the scene. The music that thumped in his chest, the sound of chatter being drowned by the music, the sight of the bodies all bumping into one another. He finished his drink, setting the glass on the counter as Nix got another round before his attention turned to him, an eyebrow raised as he noticed the not so subtle drop in the other’s voice. “Right now? I’m working on getting drunk.” He responded, his own smirk playing on his lips. “What about you? What are you working on.” He asked, not at all about genuine interest but for a conversation.

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hello i’m hollow and this is benji

he’s a 28 year old photographer who has been in san fran for at least most of his life. i’m still working on all the details of his backstory

growing up he was a troubled kid, always finding himself in some sort of havoc. as a teen it only got worse, getting himself in trouble in school and with police a number of times

he never really grew out of that, he barely got through high school and never tried to go to college. during his senior year, he had met somebody who was high up in a photography company and he loved taking pictures and all of that so, seeing potential in him, they gave him a job.

since then that’s what he’s been doing.

personality wise, he’s a very angry and pessimistic person with a sadistic sense of humor. he will fight anybody (and get his ass kicked). anyway if you want to plot, like this or IM me please