Christian Kennedy

[prophcsy]

“I can’t wait for spring to start, this coldness is giving my mind and bones some sort of chill I can’t seem to shake.” She said when she noticed someone sitting next to her. She had been sitting on the bench starring at everything and nothing all at the same time. Hands in the pockets of her coat and wind blowing her hair. She felt like a shell of a girl. “Although allergies are definitely a downfall of it.” She tried to laugh.

[cxkennedy]

"It's probably been the coldest winter that I can remember," Christian responded, carefully taking a seat beside Rosie. It had been such a long time since he and Rosie had spoken to each other. There had been a time when things were simpler between them. He considered her not just a sister-in-law, but a best friend, and now he felt as though he hardly knew her. Even small talk with her was incredibly difficult for him to get through. "At least there's medication for allergies. There's no pill against crappy weather."

[cxkennedy]

"You're making him sound like a puppy," he teased, rolling his eyes at Luca's concerns, "I'm aware." Christian was seriously going to regret blowing Luca off if he did fall sick, but in the moment he was having a hard time taking it seriously. "I've barely had a sniffle all year. I'm sure that I'll be fine."

[cxkennedy]

"I'm definitely not going to go easy on you either. I guess the evidence is stacking up then, isn't it? You just have to promise me that you're not going to run off and join the circus without telling me first." Christian groaned playfully, "I'm sure that's frustrating. I was just taking some classes for fun, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much if I were being taught about stuff I was already familiar with." He appreciated how nice his new friend was being, generally used to getting the cold shoulder from family friends or getting a once look over from people who knew of his past. "That's an admirable task. Are you sure that you're up for it? For all you know, I might be hard to please. They're too busy covering the Kardashians. I'm strictly TMZ material." His hand didn't move as their fingers interlaced, his gaze briefly falling on their hands before he brought his attention back to Zachary. "You should probably get to know me before you decide whether or not I'm an idiot," he warned, "Well, it's too cold to play baseball and I'm not a movie expect, but I think we're still a week out before Black Panther hits the theater, but that doesn't mean we can't find something else to do in the mean time?"

[cxkennedy]

"The thing is, I don't really care if he changes or not. I'm just not interested in getting into it with his parents. If it were up to me, I'd just let him sit on the floor the whole time, but that's not what I'm being paid for and his parents are going to be disappointed when they show up to a game and he's not playing." Christian turned towards Elvis, unwilling to keep staring at the kid on his phone, "Do you think I could pawn him off on the art department?"

[cxkennedy]

"Yeah, it seems like it has." He held the leash tight enough to keep his dog from running off, but loose enough for her to keep exploring her surroundings. "It's better in the summer, but it's also a lot more crowded," he admitted, his gaze falling on the waves as she mentioned the water. Christian laughed, "I'll definitely have a talk with her when we get home. I don't want her accepting any treats from strangers either."

[theofitz]

“It’s your tired neighborly doctor here, reminding you that the flu has been incredibly aggressive this year and to not forget your flu shot. I know it’s widely debated on how effective it is this year, but it’s better to be immune to even one strand than to be immune to none.” Luca spoke gently, quietly, like always. He was tired but cared more about the persons wellbeing than his own at this point. 

[cxkennedy]

"You're kidding, right?" He didn't have to give Luca a second look to realize that he wasn't joking around. "I'm going to tell your brother that you were pushing vaccinations on me."

[cxkennedy]

"You better be ready, too. I'm not going to let you be a bench warmer. Well, he's not so bad. He's the main character after all. I'll have to keep that mind as well. Who knows when you're flexibility might come in handy." Christian sucked air in through his teeth, "Yeah, I actually took some interesting classes while I was in college, but that's on the back burner for me right now." He smiled softly at the other man's words, "That's one way of putting it. Oh, well. Maybe I'll just be too busy hanging out with you to care about the next family function. Secrets out. TMZ should be hitting me up for an interview soon." Christian considered pulling his hand back at first, almost confused by the kind gesture, but ended up keeping his hand still as a deeper blush appeared on his cheeks. "Somehow that doesn't surprise me, but confession? I'm kind of an idiot when it comes to computers."

[cxkennedy]

Christian: I would appreciate that.

Christian: Thank you.

[tessoloughlin-blog]

The chill of the wind had long since left Tess with minimal feeling in her face and she was barely aware that she was chewing on her bottom lip. She was somehow soothed by watching the waves and so had been standing here for well over an hour, just looking at the water. For once her brain was quiet and she wasn’t being reminded of the past events which had left her with numerous mental scars. She tightly gripped her jacket as she tried to regain her focus on the waves.

[cxkennedy]

"Are you aware that it's freezing?" Christian asked, coming up to the stranger as his dog lead the way. "She seems concerned," he commented, his hands motioning towards his dog as she sniffed around the woman's ankles, "I can't say that I blame her, but she's also kind of needy, so this might just be a ploy to get more pets."

[cxkennedy]

"Are you sure? Because I was actually looking forward to explaining it," he joked, "oh, well." Christian wasn't surprised that he hadn't caught many snowflakes, "maybe you just need to practice more?" As a kid he could remember building snowmen or making snow angels, but it had been years since he did either of those things.

[sulkins]

[cxkennedy]

"Inspire him? It's not like I'm his life coach. I'm just supposed to teach him how to throw a ball." Becoming a coach was starting to feel like a real job and he wasn't sure if he liked the responsibility. "You sure that you don't want to take over? It sounds like you know more about this kind of stuff than me."

[cxkennedy]

Christian: Damn. Now I'm disappointed that you don't want to haunt me!

[cxkennedy]

"Oh, right. I've seen him around. How's he been?" Christian hated hospitals, though he suspected that not many people actually enjoyed them. "You don't want to share a reputation with me? We could be legends." He sighed, "you've got me there, you're the tallest redhead that I know. Honestly, you might be the only redhead that I know." Christian winced, remembering some of Aiden's kids, "I'm probably not supposed to call them this, but you've got some real assholes in your class."

[cxkennedy]

"Of course I've talked to him," he gave Elvis a strange look, as if he hadn't considered speaking to him before, "but all he does is roll over and ignore me." Christian laughed through his frustration, "honestly, I kind of respect the kid's stubbornness, but it's also getting on my nerves." He shrugged, "It's not really my responsibility, but maybe I could send him to another department or something." Truthfully, he just didn't want to deal with his parents. If it were up to him, he would let the kid be lazy. Unfortunately, weeks of practice without results tends to raise suspicions.

[cxkennedy]

"Wouldn't that he kind of weird? He's not my kid. I'm supposed to be teaching him basketball. It's bad enough that he'll probably just get benched and then his parents will think I'm being a dick coach, but I'm doing them a favor because he doesn't even know how to dribble." He felt for him, clearly he didn't want to be there, but he still had a job to do. "I could always tell his parents that he's not interested, but that never worked out in my favor."

[cxkennedy]

"I'll keep that in mind for the future. I'm not going to let you forget either. Once the sun starts shining I'm going to be at your doorstep with all my equipment. I'm going to make you into someone's Benny. Are you really into gymnastics, or is that just a clever way of you telling me that you're limber?" Christian remained amused by his responses, "I'm sure there's other scales, but they weren't brought up in class." He agreed with him, but he knew others didn't. "I guess my dad missed that memo because it's a big deal to him. Oh yeah, definitely. We're secretly dating. I mean, we were, until the tape dropped. Now everyone knows about us." It wasn't often that people made him blush, and yet there he was, turning as red as a tomato, "I'd like that. I've recently had to make some changes in my life and honestly, it's a little lonely." Christian smiled, "They're probably just in denial. Oh, right. I always forget that there's movies online. Downloading movies for free was all the rage. I forget people actually pay for them now."