Tommy

"Change the world by being yourself."

[byrnethomas]

skyking91​:

Tommy. Thank god. If there was anyone who could even begin to understand what she was going through, it was her long time best friend. She didn’t want to use him as a therapist, but she knew he would understand. Sorta. Her situation was so unique. There probably wasn’t a single person in the world who was going through what she was going through. Then again, there were probably plenty of other beards in the acting world that she just didn’t know about. Which meant they were doing their job. That was something that sky was determined to do. She wasn’t a quitter, but - fuck - if Sky didn’t sign this contract she’d be out in a second. “Terrible!” She shouted. Sky shook her head because she wasn’t going to have this conversation here. She ordered drinks for the both of them before dragging him outside to the smoking area where it was quiet. “Better.” She sighed, pulling him in for a hug.

For a second, Tommy actually wondered if they were going to have this conversation like that; screaming over each other to try and be heard over the music. So it was definitely a relief when his friend dragged him outside to the smoking area. There weren’t many people around at this time of night so it was quiet, certainly more quiet than it was inside. “Phew, what a relief! I was beginning to think that I was going to end up deaf with that music.” Tommy didn’t mind loud music, it was to be expected at a club but he enjoyed so much more after having a few drinks and getting a good buzz going. He smiled into the hug, happy to be around his best friend again. “So...terrible, huh?” he asked, curious to learn more. Some people didn’t understand that earning good money didn’t get rid of some of the worse parts related to their work. “Guy not paying you well?”

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xo-chasity​:

Chasity truly appreciated people who could be themselves, without the cares of what anyone else around them would think. She still wasn’t perfect at it, but pretty damn close with all the practice she had gotten. Chasity just wanted to live her best life and have fun while doing it. If that meant others would judge her or her choices, then so be it. “Oh, of course. You should totally flaunt it.” She said, giggling softly after the sentence. “I guess you could say that. Name’s Chasity Brunswick, but you can find me online. My handle is Chasity on all my social media accounts. Though, one day I’ll be on the big screen.”

Tommy would behave the same way regardless of what others thought of him, but it was nice to get validation. Especially from someone who also seemed to know a thing or two about confidence. Not that Tommy was an expert on anything having to do with social media but he really doubted she would be talking like this if she happened to be a nobody no one knew about. Either that, or he knew even less about the world of the internet than he thought he did. “Big screen? You sound very confident about that. I like it.” Even though acting was something else he didn’t really understand anything about.

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aaronhart93​:

“Jus’ Aaron.” He raised a brow. Did he know this guy or something? Quite frankly, he looked a little familiar. He was racking his brain for an answer. “Sorry.” He shifted slightly, blue eyes staring at him. “Sorry…what’s your last name? What do you do? You look familiar. How long have you lived in New York?” Aaron had someone to be. For sure. But now he was way too curious.

“Uh...Byrne?” It ended up sounding more like a question than a statement but that was mostly because he was a little confused over the latest line of questioning. When Aaron said he looked familiar Tommy felt even more confused. This wasn’t an old client, he would remember him if he was. So, what gives? “I don’t remember you paying for my services but maybe you saw me around one of these elite parties? Sometimes I’m invited to them as a guest.” The other definitely looked like someone who could afford to go to those sort of parties and it would make sense if he saw Tommy during some of them.

[skyking91-archive]

Halloween was Sky’s favorite holiday. What she really wanted to do was spend the night in with her boyfriend, watch scary movies, have a fuck marathon and eat a lot of candy. But she didn’t have one of those anymore. She’d cried about it for days, and somehow Jess had managed to pull her out of bed and to the club. Dress as a sexy devil (because that’s basically what she was), she ordered a cocktail at the bar and leaned against the surface to survey the crowd. Her people watching was interrupted when someone came up next to her and said something to her the actress. “What?!” She screamed over the music. “I can’t hear you the music’s too loud!” She shouted. 

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Tommy couldn’t remember the last time he saw Sky in person. They still tried to keep themselves up to date with each other’s lives through texts but it was hard when they were both so busy lately, Tommy with getting himself more clients and Sky with some new job that she had taken up. Althought he didn’t have much details about it except that it paid very well. So when he saw her at the bar during a Halloween party, Tommy just had to go up to her and catch up. Too bad the music was so loud that they could barely even hear each other. “I said, how have you been?!” he yelled, trying to be heard over the loud thumping of music. Something told him his idea of catching up wasn’t going to be very successful.

[rory-oconnor]

all aspects of rory’s life were separate. the entrepreneur didn’t mix business and pleasure. unless it meant getting ahead, though that was unfortunately rare. this evening he was looking for something a little less than professional. while he preferred attending bars or clubs that were a bit stricter on exclusivity, he occasionally found himself mingling with those of lesser status when he was looking for a something a bit more entertaining. throuple had been one of the first clubs that’d caught his attention since moving to kingsboro. he begrudgingly liked the place quite a bit, and while he and aaron didn’t exactly get along, he had to give his business partner credit for seeing the value in kingsboro. rory found himself at the bar, a scotch in hand, blue eyes sweeping the room curiously as he took in the crowd around him. “little slow tonight,” he said just loud enough for the person just down the bar from him to hear. it was a monday, so it wasn’t all that surprising that it wasn’t packed from wall to wall with people. still, the competitive side of him couldn’t help but compare attendance across the number of clubs he’d opened across the city.

[byrnethomas]

Throuple was one of the places Tommy frequented the most when he was looking for clients. It was easy to run into rich people willing to pay for his services, especially if he strayed close to the VIP area. Unfortunately, that meant that he frequently bumped into his cousin. Tommy wasn’t the kind of person to dislike people, but Rory definitely wasn’t in his list of people he loved, even though he was family. That probably had something to do with the way his dad used to talk about his cousin’s family. As much as Tommy disliked his dad as well, his word since he was a young boy rubbed off on him. At least he considered himself lucky that now he knew Rory was his cousin. They did not need a repeat of the first time they met. Tommy wasn’t proud to admit that he tried chatting him up the first time he saw him. In his defense, he had never seen his cousin in his life so had no way of knowing they were related but it was still very awkward for everyone involved once they figured that out. After that time, it wasn’t rare for Tommy and Rory to bump into each other at places like Throuple, even though they both didn’t like it one bit. “Maybe but I’d like to see a club full up on a Monday night”, he reasoned. “Besides, there’s still enough people to have a fun night.” 

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toniricci​:

Sure, when he’d imagined having a mostly naked Tommy at his place he wasn’t expecting it to be for yoga but he also wasn’t complaining about it. “ Oh ? You seem fairly adapt at it for only having started a bit ago. ” He adjusted his pose so he was looking directly up at Tommy from hs seated position. Up this close he seemed even more pretty than ever before but Toni was trying not to let on and make this all awkward. 

Tommy knew he was quite good at it although that was mostly because he was very flexible, and not because he had any special talent for yoga. His level of flexibility was something he always prided himself in as it always got him paid a little extra at his job. His clients lived it when he showed them just how flexible he could be. “Yeah, I guess I have a natural talent for it.” A little white lie never hurt anybody. He got up from his position and stretched his arms. “I guess that’s more than enough yoga for today though. I’m here to so end some time with you after all.”

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aaronhart93​:

He…what? Aaron was confused to say the least. Aaron wasn’t exactly sure what the other male was talking about. And the smug smile on his face was even more confusing. Furrowing his brow, he held out his hand to offer him a firm handshake. Because that was just what Aaron did. His dad had pretty much instilled it in him. He had a name to uphold. And appearances were everything. “Aaron Hart.” He put simply. 

A hand shake? Wow, okay. Now they looked like they were doing some sort of business deal even though that wasn’t the case at all. Tommy wasn’t used to such formalities, at least outside of work. Sometimes his clients took him to high class business gatherings as arm candy and he got to see the way they all behaved up close. But in those cases he wasn’t wearing briefs in a public park so it was very different. “Pleasure to meet you Aaron...or should I go with Mr Hart?” Some rich people were very particular about that.

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tommy byrne? leaving the party alone? you seem off your game, king. you in a bit of a dry spell?

“I wouldn’t call it a dry spell. It’s more that I wasn’t in the mood at the last party. If I was, I would have definitely left with someone on my arm. Do I hear some interest? Because I’m available at any time.” 

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so is there really not a single person youve met who you'd *try* a serious relationship with?

“It seems to me like you have someone in mind dear anon. Mind sharing? I’ve always been a generous lover but not into commitment very much, for various reasons. I don’t really see that changing any time soon.” 

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anyone around you are looking to woo ?

“In what way? If you mean to have some fun then I’ll try anything anyone once but I don’t do serious relationships.” 

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aaronhart93​:

Aaron almost opened his mouth to speak, but decided not to comment on the social construct thing. He learned about that during his sociology 101 class back in college. It meant something about not being real? Something humans put value on? Something like that. He wasn’t going to tell the male that he had no idea what he was talking about, so he just nodded. “Right.” He furrowed his brow at his next words. Was he flirting with him? That was definitely something Aaron would say if he was flirting with someone, but he didn’t know other people were as forward as him. “Mhm. Well, uh, sorry. Wish I could.” He decided just to go with that. “What’s your name? I’m Aaron.” Because he really needed to know that eccentric man’s name. 

Wish I could. Well, that wasn’t a no so Tommy would take it. A quick look at what the other was wearing was enough for him to be able to tell that he was talking to someone rich so maybe he could give him his card at some point. Just in case he ever required his...services. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Aaron, especially on a fine evening such as today”, he said, grinning from ear to ear. “I’m Tommy and you can find me doing yoga at the park everyday at this time of day if you ever need me for...anything really. At your service.” 

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toniricci​:

He almost started to protest as the papers were removed from his hands. But Tommy was right, and honestly he’d love to talk with him more. Scripts would wait, life wouldn’t. “ Back stretcher is indeed more descriptive. And I am not positive that is what it is reffered to, I personally ah e never done yoga. “

Tommy’s mind sometimes worked in weird ways. He was sure that when the other invited him over, he wasn’t expecting for him to take off most of his clothes and start doing yoga in the middle of his place but somehow it made perfect sense for him. Although Tommy was pleasantly surprised when Toni actually listened to him and put away his papers. “I’m going to let you in on a little secret but you have to promise not to tell anyone else”, he said, leaning in like he was about to give away the secrets of the universe. “I’ve only been doing yoga for around two weeks so I’m not an expert either.” 

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xo-chasity​:

“I can film whatever I want.” She mentioned before he broke character. “Uploading it to the Internet is a different story though, which is why I always have waivers on me.” Chasity told him, shaking her bag in his direction. She never knew when she would find something interesting, something she’d want to share with her viewers, so she did everything she could to be prepared at all times. “This outfit is quite something, I’ll admit. I like your confidence though, most people wouldn’t be caught dead in a public park wearing something like that.” She said, though she was sure the other probably already knew that. “I’m a klutz, I will one hundred percent hurt myself if I join you.”

Tommy would call it more not giving a fuck about anything rather than confidence but he did know what she meant. When he first moved to Kingsboro, a lot of his actions got him quite a few dirty looks from passersby but with time they got used to him. Or he learned to ignore them. It was probably more the latter but he didn’t really care either way. He was always going to be the kind of person to do what he wanted, when he wanted and Tommy didn’t think there was anything wrong with that. It’s not like doing yoga in his briefs in a park was hurting anyone, except for some conservative people’s eyes but that was not a bad thing anyways. “Why, thank you. You know what they say, if you’ve got it flaunt it.” Or at least he thought it went something like that. “So you’re some kind of internet star?” He didn’t really know much about the world of YouTube so Chasity was pretty much a stranger to him. 

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toniricci​:

Antonin had mostly been paying attention to the script in front of him, rather than his surroundings. Not that he had to really since he knew most of the play by heart. But it would be better to be safe than sorry, especially when performing it in front of a paying audience. When he did finally look up from the papers, the sight that greeted him was rather an interesting one. 

He stood staring for a second before being able to finally reply to the mostly nude man in front of him. “ I thought it was called the Up-Dog, Tommy ? ”

Was it? Tommy wasn’t too sure about that. It’s not like he was an expert at yoga. He liked it enough and it helped him keep his anxiety at bay but what little he knew came from YouTube ideas and the odd article on google. They seemed legitimate enough but were they accurate? Who knew. He was pretty sure that there was a whole list of positions out there somewhere but remembering all the names of them required more care than Tommy had to offer. And so he named them himself and it all sounded so much better, in his opinion. “The Up-Dog? Hmm, maybe. I guess I’ll have to look it up. Although I like back stretcher much better because that’s exactly what it does. Tommy got up and made his way over to Antonin, taking the papers away from him and putting them to the side. “You work way too much my friend, you deserve a break.”

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cilliankelly​:

maybe cillian was a little too tired from work or a little too hazy after the drinks he’d finished (even though he was only on his second, damn, man the fuck up cillian) or maybe it was a combination of both. whatever the reason, tommy’s comment made cillian stop and furrow his brow in confusion. “you have kids?” cillian asked, even though that was definitely not what tommy was trying to say. still, he was happy enough to accept tommy’s offer to buy the next round, having nearly forgotten all about the previous discomfort he was feeling before.

Tommy burst out laughing at the other’s question, hitting the bar in front of him a few times for emphasis. Cillian probably thought he was making fun of him or something but that wasn’t the case at all. The idea of himself with kids had him laughing away like a complete idiot. Apart from the little detail that he never knew how to behave around children, any kid stick with him as a father...well, let’s just say luck wouldn’t be on their side. “Sorry, sorry, that was just hilarious. No, I don’t have kids and no plans on having them either but no judgement over here if that’s something you’re into.” Tommy ordered them a tray of shots that they could share and raised his first one for a toast. “To new friendships?” Although the look on his face spoke of anything but friendship.

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brie--gonzalez​:

The last thing Brie expected to come across as she was walking home from work was an almost naked man doing yoga in public. But hey, she’d seen weirder things before. This was New York after all. She was slightly embarrassed when she’d obviously been caught staring, judging by the man greeting her. But something told her he wouldn’t be doing this if he didn’t want someone to look. “Uh, no, I would not like to join you, but I can’t say I’m not enjoying the view. Thanks for the offer though,” She replied with a soft giggle.

What a pity. Tommy wasn’t sure what he had to do to get done one to join him on one of his outdoor yoga sessions but at least she wasn’t running away, which was an improvement. A few days ago he asked a guy walking by to join him and he ran so fast Tommy was surprised he didn’t trip on his own feet. It was both confusing and hilarious. “You’re very welcome. I find yoga to be very liberating. Makes you one with nature and allows you to express yourself.” Or he just liked contorting his body into different positions, same thing. “You should definitely think about picking it up. Works wonders on the body.”