david

all i ask is that you don't call me dave

[angelicarogers]

Despite herself, Eliza smirked at the boy’s words, shrugging slyly  “Probably doing this” she pointed at the book whilst closing it “It is a nice coat though, and I don’t say that a lot” she offered him a nonchalant nod before taking a good look of his features and skin tone for a couple seconds “Dark colours. I’d go with back or— really dark brown. Umber or Chocolate. For some reason— and I never say this— you could work with leather too— I ramble, sorry.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David found himself taking a seat opposite her, “Well, damn, I’m glad it’s only taking me 24 years to find this out.” He joked, scratching the back of his head. “Looks like I’m in for a wardrobe overhaul... Leather, really?” He smirked, “I really think that’s a look for someone with more confidence than me.”

[miloxlowens-blog]

“Answer questions, fuck up the picture you may have of them. Want them to have. We’re free, unwritten books right now. We’re not bound to how good or bad our parents were to us — we don’t know them. Sometimes you have to view things in a better light than it may seem. For your own sake.” She knew how he felt, what’s on his mind and how that can easily pull you down. Depress you. Anger you, for not knowing something as simple as your heritage, the place you come from, for not being allowed to be loved when you needed it the most. “Some questions will always be unanswered, either we move on or it pulls us down into that nasty dark pit full of shitty thoughts.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

He’d genuinely never thought of it like that. He spent so long pushing thoughts of his past down, down, where it couldn’t be seen by the naked eye, that he’d never had time to really process what his life had been so far. He spent so long staring at others and wishing for their lives that he hadn’t bothered to improve his own. “Obviously you’re right,” He laughed, “If I’d known you 7 years ago, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I’d be off having the time of my life.” He sighed, and carried on with her stuff.

[cassie-monroe]

“You’re a cop?” She inquired, snapping the book shut and letting it rest in her lap “In that case officer, I have no intentions of being the Messiah of a goat worshiping suicide cult” As she spoke, her voice void of any emotions, a devious grin spread across her face “Wanna join my not cult?”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David laughed, “Aw,” he sighed dramatically, “I was just starting to have fun. But hey, if you’re offering, I have been looking for a good goat worshipping suicide cult. The last one ended, well, bloodily. But I was too late for the ceremony.” He joked.

[miloxlowens-blog]

“Or pity you, you know that look people give you when you tell them where you live or grew up. As if it’s helping the situation.” Milo, although more amused than anything, had found a new appreciation in the guy by now. “I’m Milo, by the way.” She quickly added, knowing she had skipped that part earlier. “Would it really have changed anything though? You knowing they may not want you, or may do but don’t have the finances to support a child? I don’t know, nothing either. I tried to find them, but only got so far. No database has anything about them.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David nodded, feeling better in himself for talking about it. Especially with someone who understands. “Nice to meet you.” He laughed, glad to finally know her name considering he’d basically told him his life story by now. “It’d answer questions, y’know?” He looked up at the sky, “They could be anywhere, anyone, I could pass them on the street and have no idea.” He looked at her, “I don’t care who they are, I just wanted to know...” Why I’m not good enough, he wanted to say, but didn’t. “I want to know why they left me.”

[lavenderwinters-blog]

Lavender wasn’t all that sure she believed him. He still had that air about him of someone who wasn’t being completely honest. But she wasn’t going to force him to tell her anything if he didn’t want to. So she just accepted his excuse with a nod. “I can understand that, I live alone too.” And it could be lonely, especially during the winter when it got dark early and was always cold. “You’re welcome to come round to mine any time, you know. I’ll even cook dinner, if you’re lucky.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David smiled sweetly at her, and felt a warmth in him. Who knows, maybe this ‘tell no one anything’ wasn’t working with Lavender, and he wanted to tell her things. He pushed that feeling away. “Can you even cook?” He asked, with a laugh, “I’m pretty sure I’ve only ever seen you eat take-out... or is that me?” He didn’t meet her eyes though, flattered by the offer. “I may take you up on that. I’d offer my apartment, too, but it’s not exactly big and decorated well.” The thing with having basically no possessions before the age of 18 was that, well, he didn’t have much. No photos on the wall or anything like that.

[miloxlowens-blog]

“God — the complainers, yes. People don’t fucking appreciate what they have, all they do is whine and complain. They take whatever is thrown at their face for granded.” She sighed softly as she walked over to a small chair that was covered in laundry and pushed it down. “Do you know why they left you there?”

[davidjstevens-blog]

“Actually,” He thought, dragging a box to the van, “The worst feeling is when you know someone’s treating you differently because of where you live.” He shrugged at her question, “I think if they’d cared at all they’d have at least given me some sort of reason, like in a letter or something. But nope. How about you?”

[zoeyspellman]

At his words Zoey found herself sighing a bit, always feeling unpleasant at the mention of people being scared of her. “Look… I’m sorry or whatever. But this is just the way I am. So I’m just going to go home. Enjoy your coffee or whatever,” she muttered.

[davidjstevens-blog]

David decided not to push the point any further, and got out of the girl’s way. “Nice meeting you.” He said, quietly, as he started to walk away.

[miloxlowens-blog]

Her usually so cocky grin softened at his answer. Now she understood what he meant by ‘being trapped in the past’. And honestly, no matter how much time she spent in her van or doing whatever she liked — the tiny voice in the back of your head will always be there. Telling you to quit the act, stop pretending like you know who you are. Kids like them were trapped in their own head. “That…sucks so bad. What did you miss the most?” She asked quietly “Simply that..place to call home or something specific? For me it has always been the small things. Seeing friends with their parents, them telling their kids they love them and wish them a good night.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David’s eyebrows raised at her answer. He didn’t expect that. He didn’t really know what to expect. Everyone before Town just knew, and no one at Town had a clue what David’s life had been like. Well, no one but the girl opposite him now. “I... I think it was seeing kids complain about their parents.” He looked at her, but quickly looked away again. “You know? Like ‘oh my god, I hate my mom, she won’t get me a PlayStation.” He sighed.

[cassie-monroe]

Lunch break was one of Beth’s favourite parts of her workday, second only to the end of her shift. In a comfortable silence the petite brunette sat on a community bench reading her book, only being drawn out of by the presence of another human “I’m trying to figure out the proper procedure to sacrifice virgins to the goat overlords who are trying to end all of humanity as we know it” she said simply, her eyes landing on the figure “Are you a virgin? I need twelve according to this”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David hid his feeling of surprise at the girl, and shrugged. “Not personally, but I can see why you’d think that.” He grinned, “I’m sure we can find enough though. I have to tell you, as an officer of the law, that I forbid your actions.” He read a bit of her book over her shoulder, “However, it is my break.”

[scoobyrps]

“No, it’s fine. I just didn’t want to seem rude an’ be standing here paying attention to my phone and doing work things while someone was trying to talk to me.” Maybelle had laughed a bit, “Though it’s possible. I mean compared to me, the tiny fairy woman, you’re like Thor.” 

[davidjstevens-blog]

David flexed his arms in response, trying to pose like a body builder. It didn’t work, and he dropped his arms with a grin. “I like the sound of that. Although I feel my ego inflating.”

[miloxlowens-blog]

“Neither do I. I prefer ..things that don’t talk back. Like my laptop.” Milo took his hand with a smile, giving it a quick squeeze before she tugged both of her hands back into the pockets of her jeans. “Trapped childhood? Why so? “ She asked bluntly, head tilted aside.

[davidjstevens-blog]

David was taken aback by the question. Normally, he kept the past exactly there, where it belonged. But he couldn’t lie to the girl when she asked him a direct question. “I was... uh,” He gave her a half smile, “Parents abandoned me. Grew up in a home.” He avoided her eyes.

[alexabarnettt-blog]

“It would. Although, I might have to think of some other things to do. How long can a person juggle on stage before they get booed or have tomatoes thrown at them? Not very long I would think” she attempted to keep her expression as serious as possible although a definite smile had started to creep through. “I run an advice blog.. mainly love advice. It sounds kind of strange when I first tell people but it means I get to work from home and choose my won hours so really, I think I’ve got it pretty good”

[davidjstevens-blog]

“But then you start to juggle the tomatoes. Seriously, it’ll work.” He laughed, “That’s awesome. I mean, personally I’m the worst at emotions but damn, I have a lot of respect for you.” He grinned, and crossed his arms. “Do you do, like, YouTube and that sort of thing too?”

[miloxlowens-blog]

“And a little bit awkward, aren’t we? It’s cool, people can suck sometimes. You should work on your introduction though, you know, telling people you’re insecure and fucked up isn’t really what gets the job done.” Her hand patting his shoulder briefly, Milo could only nod and throw a shoe on top of the box he was carrying. “Yeah, pretty cool huh? I wanted something that…doesn’t cage me. I know it’s not exactly a palace, but it’s a different feeling when you know you could just go wherever you want to. Not having to leave anything behind.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

“I don’t really talk to many people,” he laughed, deciding to be at least a little bit open with the woman. “Okay, hi, I’m David.” He held his hand out to shake hers. “That’s such a great idea. I had kind of a... trapped childhood, and I’ve never really gone out of my comfort zone in that way.” Too much, too much, he thought.

[davidjstevens-blog]

luisxrivera:

“Yeah, thanks though. And, as far as I know, it’s the first time it’s happened,” he answered. “If it ends up happening a second time, you’ll probably get to see me around again.” Luis sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “It just sucks, you know? I just got this car a couple months ago. Like if it was my old one, I probably wouldn’t have noticed a scratch on it because that one was a piece of junk.”

“Maybe you didn’t notice, but there’s someone out to get you,” He joked, “It was probably just a teen trying to look big in front of his friends. I guess it’s Murphy’s law. Anything that can go wrong will eventually go wrong.” He shrugged. “Can I get you something to drink? I’m sure there’s some baked goods scattered about too.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

maybellekx:

Maybelle was texting one of her volunteers when she’d initially been bumped into, but she’d been distracted enough that she had hardly even noticed. Hearing him now in front of her apologizing she’d shook her head to dismiss it, “It’s fine. No worries, really. I mean, unless you want me to press assault charges.” She’d teased, but looking up she’d let out a sheepish laugh at the familiar face. “Oh. I was joking, that was a bad joke. I apologize,” she’d quickly tucked her phone into her shoulder bag. 

David laughed, “Well, I’m sure I could file that report for you, Ma’am.” He grinned at her, “Oh. Hey. Did I knock anything I shouldn’t have? I’d hate it if I cracked your phone or something. I am a very strong man.” He joked, then shook his head. He was genuinely an embarrassment sometimes.

[matthew-lance]

The look on this guy’s face, Matt began to wonder if he was slow. Exhaling deeply, he patted down his shirt and took a step back. “You can go be a nuisance somewhere else now. I’m sure wherever it was you were rushing to misses you.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David nodded, and moved to let the man pass. “I only came back to apologise. No need to treat me so shittily,” He grinned at the guy, and started making his way to work again.

[miloxlowens-blog]

“You should really..try to be less paranoid. I have morals, I like to follow those.” Would she consider herself a villain? Probably not. With her work she was giving people the truth about things hidden from them. Blows covers of cheaters, anonymously fights for the right of freedom of speech. Maybe not in the best way, maybe not fully legal — but no one ever got hurt. “You totally did.” She muttered nonetheless before sighing loudly. “You could help me get all my shit back inside? Just..hands off the computer stuff, I don’t want you to trip and like..break something with your head.”

[davidjstevens-blog]

David laughed, “I’m really not paranoid. Pretty much the opposite of that. Sure, I’m insecure and kind of fucked up, but other than that I’m totally easygoing.” He internally face-palmed. He was so not used to social interaction. He picked up a box of clothing, and another when he realised how light it was, putting it back into the van. “So you live in here?”