snake eyes

i saw you dance in the devil's arms

[cainwallen]

ethansullivan‌:

“Why would someone be following me, I haven’t done anything, that doesn’t make sense” he shook his head. “If I really need to spell it out to you then I should just leave… you know what I want to know, don’t act like you don’t”

Cain shrugged, why would he need to tell him something that was only going to affect him in the long run. “Don’t know, you should be telling me that,” he said as he looked over to him. “I was gone and now I’m back. I’m not answering questions that you’re not asking.”

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[cainwallen]

thevickygreyson‌:

While she hadn’t expected him to welcome her with open arms after all this time, she also hadn’t thought he would show her outright hostility. It only made her mood worse, so when he clasped her wrist, she was tempted to yank it back and leave. But although his action was unexpected, his offer was intriguing no less. Victoria stopped in her tracks and slowly pivoted to face him. Even if he’d had the upper hand, the debtor seemed to have managed to get in a few punches himself. Her gaze traveled from his bloody lips to his eyes, and she couldn’t help wonder what had driven him to become the man he was today. Presumably, she was better off not knowing, but damn it, her curiosity got the better of her. “Does that drink come with an explanation?” she counteroffered, arching an eyebrow at him. 

His chest was racing but he couldn’t find out why, maybe he should’ve walked away – maybe he should’ve done a lot of things but that didn’t help the fact that she was standing there in front of him. Dropping her touch, he gave her a forced smile. “If that’s what you want, then that’s what you’ll get.”

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[cainwallen]

thevickygreyson‌:

To say that the words coming out of his mouth surprised her would’ve been an enormous understatement. It didn’t sound like the Cain she’d met a year ago and she certainly didn’t know what to make of it. “Well, let’s just say that this isn’t exactly how I imagined seeing you again,” she pointed out, a short humorless laugh dropping from her lips. “But you know what? I’m already having a pretty shitty night, and to top it off, I now have to go scrub whiskey off my dress, all thanks to you. So, I’ll let you get back to the whole identity crisis you got going on,” she said, gesturing her hand in a circular motion in front of him. “Sorry about your money.” The brunette gave him a sarcastic smile before she brushed past him to exit the dark alley. 

As she spoke he could’ve paid more attention but the one thing he held onto was how she imagined seeing him again? Why would someone like her think about some washed up teacher who turned into a dark world of pain and torture. It was an elaborate or dramatic attempt to get him to feel something but it just happened that he was good for it, made for it almost. As she brushed passed him, his body acted before his mind could give a signal. His hand went to clasp around her wrist. “Wait ––” he sighed, feeling the blood on the corner of his lips. “I have to clean myself up, I live down the street .... I can get you another drink.” It was a long shot. She wasn’t going to agree, if he were in her shoes he would tell himself to fuck off but he had to try. “To make it up to you.” 

[cainwallen]

kennedy-shaw‌:

“Not really much of a conversationalist then, are you Cain?” she said, annoyed. “Just go buy me a drink so we can both fuck off and pretend we never met each other, yeah?”

“Don’t have much to say,” he told her with eyes forward, nodding towards the bar, sitting on one of the stools. “Whiskey sour,” he looked at her, “And whatever she wants.”

[cainwallen]

ethansullivan‌

“Like hell you don’t know what I mean” Ethan said, angrily as he looked at Cain. “You disappear for a year and come back suddenly demanding I listen to you because someone was following us, what the hell was that all about?” he looked at him. “Start explaining or I leave”

He looked over towards the bar tender, nodding towards the back room letting know the man that he was going to his room. Good things come from owning a bar. As they filed in, Cain locked the door. “Someone was following us –– well.. you,” he lied perfectly. “What more do you want?” 

[cainwallen]

alex-buchanan‌:

“Fucking coward” Alex scoffed and shook his head as Cain walked away. “This is exactly why you’re alone, Cain. It’s no one’s fault but your own” he called out before turning around and going his own way. He wasn’t going to waste his time on someone like that, he didn’t need to. He had bigger fish to fry.

He wished he was carrying. He wished he could just make him stop because he had no idea what he was talking about. A scoff left his lips, shaking his head. “I choose to be alone but say hi to Evangeline for me,” he smirked.

[cainwallen]

chvndlcr‌:

Chandler jumped as he heard a man’s voice, and then had someone touching him out of nowhere. He was about to yell out in surprise, but his voice caught as he heard what was happening. Why would someone be following Chandler? His hand gripped on his camera bag and that was when he realized…he was walking around with an expensive camera and this wasn’t the best part of town. He wasn’t sure that following a stranger into a dark alley was the safest thing - for all Chandler knew, nobody was following them and this guy was actually trying to steal from him - but he offered to buy Chandler a drink, so the photographer decided to go with him. “Alright.” He nodded.

Cain hovered his hand instead of touching him, noticing the stiffness of his back. “Relax, I’m only trying to help,” he mentioned, dropping his hand completely and nodding for him to follow towards a busier section of the street. “What’s your name?”

[cainwallen]

marylouisewalcott‌:

Mary Louise was making her way home from the theatre after a tiring double show day when she felt the hands on her shoulders. She sighed and rolled her eyes. This was all she needed. Some overzealous fan following her and getting handsy all for the sake of a selfie. But then she felt herself being pushed towards the dark alley way she had not been heading towards and fear rose in the pit of her stomach. The voice in her ear did not sound like an eager musical theatre fan. “What the hell? No!” she hissed in protest and pushed back against the male who was holding on to her but her tiny frame made no impression against his. “That sounds like a really bad way to get a date” she tried to make a joke of the situation hoping he would just let her go but knowing that, in this city, it was unlikely.

Why didn’t he just leave it alone? Why doesn’t he just push her aside and keep walking? Because he can’t, he can’t just do that once he already made a move on the inside. No one will attack him if he’s around someone, not with being a witness and all. But she didn’t know they were after him and not her. He did his best not to roll his eyes, looking behind them once more. A snicker almost fell through his pinched lips. A date? The last thing Cain would ever want with anyone would be a date. “If you don’t want to be killed by the man stalking you, I would suggest you shut up and follow me.” 

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[cainwallen]

thevickygreyson‌

Victoria came to an abrupt halt as Cain turned around, icy blue eyes staring back at her. It was like looking at a stranger — and thinking about it, she realized he was a stranger. Sure, it had been a brief encounter about a year ago, but the familiarity in those ocean eyes of his was absent when she’d looked into them. Something had changed, she just didn’t know what. Scoffing, she raised her eyebrows in surprise. “What?” Victoria echoed, a humorless laugh dropping from her lips. “You kidding me right now? You beat that man to a pulp and that’s all you have to say?”

He was gone and in hiding for more than a year and she still remembered the old sap he used to be. Why? Did it matter what did now or was it a lost cause. He pulled out the carton of cigarettes from his back pocket and stuck one between his lips, patting down his pockets till he found a set of matches, lighting it and taking a long drag. “What do you want me say? That I’m sorry? He owed me money and he made it clear he wasn’t going to pay,” he clenched his jaw, knowing that he’ll never get it now. He could’ve dragged the other man out but she stopped him. Why did she have to stop him? “I’m sorry you had to see that.”

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[cainwallen]

thevickygreyson‌:

Needless to say, Victoria was already having a bad night, but it was about to get a whole lot worse. As the man turned around to face Victoria, her mouth fell open in shock and surprise. Cain. She had to do a double-take to make sure her eyes weren’t deceiving her. No. The face staring back at her definitely belonged to Cain, but there was a darkness in his eyes that felt cold and foreign. It certainly wasn’t the same man she’d encountered a year ago, she just didn’t know why. But before she got a chance to even utter a word, he scurried to the back of the bar. Glancing security, Victoria quickly decided to follow suit. As she turned the corner, the back entry door was inches away from closing shut. Pushing it open, she scoured the area. “Cain?” she called out as her eyes fell on the tall figure in the dark alley. “Cain!” Approaching him with determination, she threw her arms out wide. “What the hell!?” 

They talked once, why did it matter if she saw him and better yet, why did he want to say so badly instead of walking. But he had to, just a pretty face, that’s what he had to tell himself. But what if there was more. Shaking his head, he couldn’t think like that. It was a constant battle with his subconscious that he was losing. It’s only been a minute and his brain was clouded with questions in a wake that was previously clear. Pushing through everyone, not caring who he was knocking over and who he was affecting with his actions per usual. As the cool air ran over his hot skin, he finally felt like he could breathe, the air of the bar getting too jumbled anyways. But that air was cut with a pair of gold scissors handled by the same face that haunted his vision moments before. Turning around, his blue eyes shot for hers. “What.” 

[cainwallen]

kennedy-shaw‌:

“And what- you can’t handle the guy either so you just run away?” she groaned, “Yeah yea, step by step, you don’t have to remind me how to walk” he said, still moving with him. Most people when they saw her didn’t expect her to be as fearless as she was, but at this point it took a lot more than a felon following her to be truly afraid. “Cain.” she repeated, “Well I’m Kennedy, figured you should know the name of the person whose drink you’re buying”

He couldn’t blame the girl, he thought he was invincible at that age but something will crush her sooner or later. He didn’t really care about the name, he wasn’t going to use her anyway, why hold onto it? “Good to know.”

[cainwallen]

ethansullivan‌ 

Ethans heart was racing as he kept walking, step by step, just as Cain said. He didn’t know why he was still listening to him, maybe it was because he feared they were actually being followed, and stopping could have hurt him more than going with Cain. “You have to tell me what the hell is going on”

His eyes couldn’t help but roll and he so badly wanted to scoff. So far, the people he had run into had just reminded him of why it was so easy to leave and why he never reached out when the incident happened. As he kept silent for one more block, they wandered into a restaurant, one that was fairly dead and one where he could talk about business. “I don’t know what you mean.”

[cainwallen]

alex-buchanan‌:

Alex rolled his eyes, “I’m not kidding, if you’re being followed the answer isn’t to grab a random person and walk to a bar. You know how stupid that plan is right?” he said, never being the kind of person to not speak his mind in a situation that could get him killed.

Cain just stopped walking for a moment, his blue eyes looking emotionlessly into Alex’s. “Hm,” he said, looking back to see the man had long been gone. “Forget the drink,” Cain spoke before walking away.

[cainwallen]

alex-buchanan‌:

Flinching slightly when Cain put his hand on him, instinctively holding his hand over his firearm. “Christ man, you can’t just do that I almost shot you” he looked at him. “Who is following? You know I’m a cop, you don’t have to run from someone following you, I can handle it” he reminded before scoffing, “I know I’ll be fine, I’m not scared, you ass” he rolled his eyes. “Yeah, sure fine, you’ll buy me a drink. And then you’ll explain what the hell happened over the past year, how does that sound?”

Cain couldn’t even muster up a smile as his old friend spoke to him, not being able to give one back. Cops were annoying to Cain, they always have been. On one hand, if he left Alex, he could get shot and that would only get him off his back but he shook the thought from his head, keeping his lips shut. Cain kept walking, his eyes flickered towards the nearest block. “Just stop joking around and do what I’m asking of you. Then you can get your drink.”

[cainwallen]

ethansullivan‌:

Ethan looked over at Cain with a shocked expression on his face. “Cain?” he questioned, almost not believing his eyes. “What do you mean someones following- what the hell is happening?” he asked, keeping his eyes on Cain the whole time. Everything about this encounter seemed off to Ethan. Where had Cain gone? Why was he back? Why was he so different? Not sure what he could say, Ethan just agreed to the drink. “Yeah, sure, I guess”

Narrowing his eyes, he had no choice, he knew that. Wether it be ethics or the fact that he cared about the younger boy, he couldn’t leave him alone with the criminal following close behind. “Step by step, remember what I said,” his voice carried quietly as he kept moving with him. 

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[cainwallen]

thevickygreyson‌:

@cainwallen

Victoria wasn’t really asking for much; just a quiet evening in her favorite bar, enjoying a drink in peace after the hellish week she’d been through. But her tranquility was short-lived. Just as she stepped away from the bar to find a nearby seat, a couple of rowdy men broke out into a fight a few feet away from her. The guys were so busy fighting each other, they barely paid any attention to their surroundings. As the two plummeted to the floor, one of the guy’s elbow knocked Victoria off balance, causing her to spill her drink down the front of her dress. “Perfect,” she snarled, slamming the now empty glass back on the counter. Turning on her heel, it was apparent that none of the bystanders cared to break up the fight. Sighing frustratedly, she marched over to them, shoving the man who was now crouched over the other. “Get off him, you asshole!” she shoved him again, “get off him or take it outside, I honestly couldn’t give less of a fuck — just stop!”

He didn’t start it but it was a motto of his to end it. He couldn’t have people disrespecting him like that in public, especially not with him on top. The drug business in New York was run through him, he’s come a long way in the past year and of course now, when he was back in public, this happened. It’s not hard, you either pay and get your deal or you don’t and walk away. Why people argued was beyond him but it made him grow tired. As the first punch was thrown, his temper rose and he could feel his fist connecting to the others nose and jaw over and over. It would take a moron to speculate to find who was actually doing the damage. He lost sight for a moment, not realizing where his anger came from but within moments he was shoved, wiping around, his blue eyes found hers. He knew her, all too well and yet not at all. His breath became steady once again and as the bartender started to gather security, he started to walk towards the back where he escaped to the alley. He didn’t want to answer questions, especially not from her. 

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kennedy-shaw‌:

“So then let’s turn around and kick the shit out of whoever’s following, doesn’t that sound more fun?” she said as he looked over at the man. “I never turn down a free drink, so that sounds great to me” she said with a shrug, “Got a name I call you by?”

Cain wanted to roll his eyes but he knew younger people didn’t respond well to that, but he knew it was a sick joke for someone like her to go against the fellon following them. “Because you won’t survive if you do. Step by step, remember?” The man kept her moving through the crowd, doing his best to swerve in-between people. “Cain.”