I'm Like a Bird

Gwendolyn Maricela Byrd. Call me Wendy. 21. Literature student and Bartender at the Stinky Pete. Want to hear a story?

[darlingwcndybird]

ursu1as‌:

Ursula snorted. “Well, James always was a pussy. No, wait, what’s the word the kids use? Something-fish?” She snapped her fingers around trying to find the word. “If I may, it sounds like you’re made for bigger and better things than a smart-aleck barkeep.”

Wendy would never use that word to describe her boss, mostly because she liked her head where it was at. She still gave a slight chuckle though. “It’s just to pay for school.” She could hardly have her parents do it, especially with where they got their money from. 

[darlingwcndybird]

Wendy always enjoyed a good trip to the Underworld, partially because it was a chance to have drinks served to her instead of having to do the serving. She smiled at the bartender. “What’s a girl gotta do to get a drink around here?”

[darlingwcndybird]

💕 from luna

[darlingwcndybird]

slightlysam‌:

“She’s gorgeous,” Sam said with a heavy sigh. “Her hair is golden and pretty and it smells like flowers. Her eyes sparkle and her smile is just…ugh, it’s like the sun shining.” His lips formed a pout as he thought about Rosie. About how perfect, immaculate she was. About how far out of reach she would always be. “She works at the flower shop in town. Everything she touches is beautiful.” 

Shit. Oh shit. She needed to get Sam out of there quick before the marathon upstairs ended and he probably flung himself into a dark hole. “You know, Boss really doesn’t need me right now, why don’t we go somewhere? Take your mind of it?” Never mind the pouring rain outside. She would get them an umbrella. Hell, she would get wet. “On me. There’s a great pancake place down the street.” Then Wendy heard the unmistakable sound of the door to the flat opening.

[darlingwcndybird]

ambr0siusg‌:

“What – I – well –” Ambrosius spluttered. He couldn’t very well say he’d never fought before. “I’ve learned that fighting only makes things worse. Are you best friends with these thieves?”

“I mean, not that I know of. Though it does seem something like Soso would do,” she said. “So you want to try to talk reason to a bunch of drunk bachelors? Good luck with that. Please, let me know when to intervene, before or after they give you a wedgie?”

[darlingwcndybird]

slightlysam‌:

Sam’s eyes turned to the drinks Wendy slid his way. He looked at them for a moment before downing them both in quick succession. The alcohol burned as it went down, but Sam didn’t mind. It took his mind off the other pain he was feeling. The pain in his heart. 

“It’s not lust,” Sam said firmly. “I mean, if I could, I would but… she looked at me like I was actually somebody worth caring about. And I was stupid enough to think that meant something. I’m just not good enough for Rosie… She was always just too nice to say anything.”

Wendy nearly shattered a glass, thankfully catching it before it landed on the ground. Oh fuck. No, it couldn’t be. The world was not so cruel that it would do that to Sam or to her. Except, it just might be. She cleared her throat.

“So, this Rose is nice to the point of being annoying and knows you...” She thought for a moment. No. No, no. “What exactly does she look like, this paradigm of beauty and virtue?”

[darlingwcndybird]

slightlysam‌:

Sam stared blankly ahead. He moved past unbridled sadness and had moved into a dead-eyed, numb sort state. He wasn’t really sure how he got to Stinky Pete, or even how long he ran, but he was there now. It seemed as good a place as any to wallow in his misery. “No, she’s perfect,” Sam said with a heavy sigh. His whole body drooped until his chin hit the bar. “Why did I ever think that someone like her would like someone like me? I know I’m dumb, but God…”

Wendy had never seen Sam like this. Cocky, flirting, annoying, sure. But she had never seen him look so forlorn. She pushed the drinks at him. “Come on, girls are always all over you. You are just blinded by-” Love was probably not the right word to use. “Look, I’m sure she was pretty. It happens. I have been blinded by lust before.” She pet his head. They didn’t always get along, but he was friends with Soso and that meant she had to protect him. “Want me to give her a talking to?”

[darlingwcndybird]

@slightlysam

Wendy poured two shots of tequila. She was not normally crazy about serving alcohol to minors, but the guy just stood outside so brokenhearted. Boss didn’t like him much for whatever reason, but it was raining a storm and the guy was so pathetic. He hadn’t been down all day anyways. “So, who is this stupid girl? Because let me tell you, she isn’t worth it.”

[darlingwcndybird]

@byhook

“Boss, stop whistling. It’s freaking me the hell out.”

[darlingwcndybird]

“Alright, keep your eye on the queen. Just a dollar per try,” she said. She shuffled the cards around and flipped their choice over. “Oops, better luck next time.”

[professoroaks]

suziemoroles: Women’s March Downtown LA 1/20/2018 Proud Mom Go V!👊🏽

[darlingwcndybird]

s1ngsweet‌:

“Hmm,” Ella looked around with narrowed eyes and, sure enough, neither James nor Tony were in sight. “What’s going on tonight? Some secret underground fight club or something?” She wasn’t even sure she wanted to know. “Sports isn’t that bad. It’s just…” Ella shook her head, “people. But the best part is, they move on after making their mess. Do you have any new mocktails? Anything that tastes good that isn’t alcoholic?”

“I would tell you, but then I’d have to kill you,” she said. “We do. Hardly ever have to make them though.” It wasn’t like people frequented Stinky Pete for the atmosphere after all. They did it to get plastered and probably end up in the alley for a brawl. “Not generally your type of scene is it?”

[darlingwcndybird]

ambr0siusg‌:

“Tackling? I abhor excessive physical contact.” Ambrosius shuddered. “And I assume you have a plan? You’re not just going to go in there willy-nilly? Remember, fighting is never the answer –”

“Ambrosius, I cannot deal with you if you don’t take this seriously,” she said. “Also, clearly you have never had one of your best friends sit on you for the remote.”

[darlingwcndybird]

"I'm fluent in geek." From Millie

“So am I. Except my Klingon is still a little rusty.”

[manwiththesilvertongue-blog]

In a universe where everyone is born with numbers on their wrists counting down to when they'll meet their soulmate, send me 00:00:00 for my muses reaction to their numbers hitting zero when they meet yours.

[darlingwcndybird]

✿ From Sam

7. first kiss

Wendy sighed dramatically and pressed a kiss to Sam’s mouth. “You’re a catch, alright? So, stop being so mopey about it and move on. She isn’t worth it.”

[darlingwcndybird]

"I'm too adorable to slap."

“No one is ever too adorable to slap. You are pretty cute though.”