Dean Wyler

thirty-four / private security guard for elias turner 

[lizzydobbs]

Lexi Pierce + Dean Wyler: “i really wish you well.”

“You too, Lexi,” Dean replied. “Take care of yourself, okay?”

He’d tried to convince her that they could make it work, but Lexi pointed out that she didn’t have the time for a relationship right now. Dean knew she was right: she was the one who was holding her family together, she was the one caring for her sick mom and taking her to doctor’s appointments, and she was the one who was trying to get her business off the ground.

Her relationship with Dean was new and she had to cut something out of her life: so it ended up being him.

He didn’t love her: it was too new for that, but he definitely cared about her. He cared about all of the Pierces and he didn’t want to lose them as friends. He also didn’t want them to lose him: they could use his help. On top of everything else, they were all still getting used to living in a new country and Dean was the only American they really knew well. 

“Hey, I hope you know that just because we aren’t together any more, that doesn’t mean that you won’t ever see me … you guys are like family and that means you’re stuck with me, okay? For life.”  

[weheartchrisevans]

[deanwylertfs]

ooc / dean + cecily

i think that we talked about this ~briefly somewhere (or at least it was suggested??!?!) but cecily should def be one of the girls that dean gets set up w/ by gigi b/c you know it would be a beautiful disaster. ;DD

[vivienbassfordtfs]

Sunday Driver | Vivien & Dean

Elias’ home was large and seemed somehow dark when no one was around. She ought to have minded, Viv supposed, but the gloom hardly surprised her. It suited her fiancé somehow - it suited them both. Candlelight, she thought, one hand trailing the bannister as she moved further downstairs. Paintings adorned the walls every so many feet and Viv stopped before the latest, gazing into its colorful world. Light at last, she mused, the corners of her lips turning slightly upward as she resumed her walk. She found the source of the darkness.

“Honestly, how do men ever do without us?” remarked Vivien casting her dark orbs from Elias’ stiff draperies towards the center of the room into which she had entered. She had to bow to the finery of the fabric, but all in all she thought it much better suited to the warmth of upholstery than the brightness of window treatments. But then, that was precisely why Elias Turner was in need of a wife. Men couldn’t be expected to know such things.

Vivien herself was dressed to sartorial perfection, Louboutins clicking authoritatively as she walked; Coach slung over her Burberry shoulder. This was her casual attire and still she was radiant - and knew it. Just like the rooms, she must look her part.

“Wyler, is it?” Vivien strode towards someone she recognized as one of his employees. “Is Mr. Turner in, by any chance?” Vivien Bassford arched one slender brow awaiting his response. She’d meant to surprise her fiancé, whisk him off to a luncheon at a stylish restaurant, but she ought not to have been so spontaneous. Elias was a busy man.

“Silly of me, really,” she reflected. “To think he should be here. I don’t suppose you know when he might be back? I’ve half a mind to take a drive.” Viv ran a hand absently along her necklace and smiled the kind of gleam intended for no one in particular before shrugging listlessly. “Even if it means leaving him to himself. He’s survived this long without me. I’m sure he can manage an afternoon.” Vivien cast languid eyes once again to the window treatments before turning a bland smile upon the employee in question. “I don’t suppose you’d care to escort me? Mr. Turner won’t mind in the slightest. In fact, I imagine he’d mind more if you disappointed me than if you remained here. You should know,“ she added with a shrouded smile. "I don’t like to be disappointed.”

[deanwylertfs]

Elias Turner was a formal man and perhaps he should have expected his estate to reflect that, but everytime he came into work he was struck by the state of his house. There were no signs that was lived in: no shoes left by the couch or a stack of mail waiting to be sorted by the table. Everything felt on display. This place was a museum.

How could you live in a place where it didn’t feel right to slump downstairs in your PJs and eat cereal in front of the TV? Not that Elias Turner seemed the sort of person to eat cereal or watch much TV and he guessed the only place they wore their PJs was in the bathroom or in the bedroom, so perhaps this suited them ... but it already made Dean feel sorry for the kids they’d eventually have. He was reminded of a quote from a John Hughes movie: It's very beautiful and very cold and you're not allowed to touch anything. 

It was then that Dean caught his first look at Vivien Bassford -- the future Mrs. Turner. He wasn’t sure what he had been expecting in her, but now he realized she couldn’t have been anything other than what she was. She was elegant and poised: she belonged here. 

He straightened when she addressed him, “No, ma’am. He had a lunch meeting and he hasn’t returned.” He paused for a moment, “Of course, there’s really no way of knowing for sure, there’s so many entrances to his place,” He said, grinning for a moment before realizing she might not appreciate a joke. He cleared his throat, “But then I do have security footage and ... no he’s not back yet.”

He nodded, “I think Mr. Turner would agree that you are more important than his art collection,” He replied, with a hint of a smile, as he moved to reset the alarm system before they left. 

“Where to?”

To be honest, Dean was happy for the change of pace. His job felt too much like museum security for his taste (although in Mr. Turner’s defense, he had been hired to keep an eye on his grounds, his person and his art collection. Still protecting people was more Dean’s speed and wandering these cold, empty halls where people long dead stared down (rather judgingly he might add) had quickly lost it’s charm.

[forassgard]

[jeremyandersontfs]

OOC | Jere & Dean

Ok, so thanks to having dated Rora, I’m sure Jere knows all the Cole-friends, and idk about you, but I can def picture these two getting along, yeah?

[deanwylertfs]

Oh, yeah I totally agree!!! I think that Dean was probs a little sad when Jere and Rora broke up, but he was really happy that they all stayed friends tbh so they can still hang out ~praying emojis~

[joannacullentfs]

OOC | Jo & Dean

Jo probs brought Dean a plant when he got home - and then told him that war is wrong but I s2g her intentions were the best she just lacks judgment and doesn’t get that maybe that’s not something you should say to someone who just got wounded in service but at the same time, she was v happy that he wasn’t dead and I guarantee you she told him as much, so there’s that #facepalm

[deanwylertfs]

dean: thanks for the support ... and the plant?? 

tbh he probably accidentally killed the plant within a week and idk if jo found out but if she did idk how well that would go over with her #whoops anyway, idk how well dean knows jo/how often he sees her around?? i mean there’s every chance that he only ever buys his dates flowers from her b/c ~excellent products~ and he’s always v friendly but he def thinks she’s a little out there and doesn’t really take anything she says personally/too seriously haha. 

[deanwylertfs]

ooc / dean + jack

[deanwylertfs]

johnturnertfs:

Omg Dean and Jack tho hahaha WUT EVEN so yeah they def see each other a lot bc Jack def comes to chat w big bro a lot and may actually live w him as well? Since last time he was there he was spending his nights w Rachel (s/o to Pippa) so yeah idk if they had digs together or what but even if he did have a house where they lived it may be where she is now or it may be empty but he probs doesn’t wanna go there bc ~memories *gets carried away w backstory stuff again*. POINT IS they see each other HAHAHAHA Ok but Jack, to steal a line from Darcy, doesn’t have the gift of “conversing easily w others.” And so like being sociable?????? Like???? I mean, he def tries but I feel like Dean has way more social graces and meanwhile Javk’s like *Santiago voice* “I will make better mouth” basically. No but I mean he was trained to be a ~gentleman so he’s def polite and I think if they settled into a groove Jack def has the potential to like Dean quite s bit and ~dad max thumbs up~ but idk if they have/will? It’d depend how persistent Dean was probs bc Jack is a failure in casual situations tbh

So, I imagined Rachel having a small apartment of her own back in the day and yeah I basically assumed that Jack would crash there most nights and idk if he had a place of his own back then or if he lived with Elias but anYWAY after Rachel got pregnant tho and it seemed like they were in it for the long haul, I can see them moving into a house together that at least had two bedrooms since her old place wasn’t big enough for three of them and tbh it was probably his place b/c Turner ~funds~ and like I’m sure he would have let her and Pippa stay there, but I think that Rachel probs moved out when they broke up and that’s when she moved in with Meg and I think that there was probably a host of reasons for that but tbh ~memories~ would play a part in it for her, too. anYWAY, thoughts????? And idk if that would mean that he’s gotten a different place for himself or if he lives with Elias (Elias would be cool w/ this) but the point is that either way, I’m sure they see each other a lot. 

But Dean is pretty new to working for Elias, so they probably don’t know each other that well, but I think that Dean would make every effort to be friendly w/ Jack and get to know him and tbh he def really respects Elias (#facepalm) and he probably tries to convince Nick that he doesn’t think that anything weird is going on (~doesn’t realize that Jack shows up half the time armed and bleeding ;DDD jkjk~). I also think that Dean is a pretty patient guy and he also thinks the best of people and basically I think that he would get that it’s more that Jack isn’t comfortable with being social than being rude or whatever. 

[alexandrapiercetfs]

OOC | Lexi & Dean

[deanwylertfs]

alexandrapiercetfs:

Yeah, no I totally think they could have and I def think they got on really well which is part of why she’s like, “Look, between uni and starting up a business and mostly bc of my mom’s illness, I can’t do a relationship rn but I want us to be friends and I’m not just saying that since I’ve resigned myself to the nunnery for life” basically and probs forcing him to come over and have dinner with them etc.  I def think though atp she’s moved on emotionally.  (Like, not to anyone else or anything, I don’t think she has a current ~interest, but just…she’s not spending her days pining or whatever.  Tbh I think she’s like, “I’m never gonna marry but tbh I don’t need any more kids bc omg my siblings” *crashing sound in the bg tbh* so I don’t think it bothers her at all.)  I mean, she def has no regrets in dating him or anything, I don’t mean that.  She’s glad she did bc their friendship is v important to her etc but I think it’s just that.  Friendship.  Tbh, I think she’s still kind of dealing with the death of her mom.  I think that really dealt her a hard blow and that’s kind of where she is emotionally atm.  But she’s working to move on.

ANYWAY hahahaha I def feel like they’ve got a sibling-ish vibe going atm.  LIke, she teases him just like she does her brothers and like forces him to do things for her just like them and makes him nice stuff like them and basically he’s the blond American Pierce brother from another mother tbh.  I also feel like she’s like, “Heyyyyy, soooo you know how I’ve been bugging Xavier for so long to settle down that he no longer hears me when I say it?  I was wondering if you could help me with that?  Maybe take him into work with you or something????  Show him it’s not that bad.” *xavier probs steals something tbh*  But yeah I think she’s like, “Dean and Nick, you claim to be his bffs.  Be a good influence!  I worry Xavier’s gonna get himself into trouble some day.”  Meanwhile Xavier is literally a thief already.

I think that Dean was reallllly happy about that b/c when she broke up with him he realized that he wouldn’t just be loosing her, but her entire family (and possibly the Coles, as well) and that really hurt for a hot second b/c that wouldn’t be the first time he’s lost a family and hahha i’m sad now buT ANYWAY, I think that he would also be afraid that it might be a little ~awkward~ but it wasn’t and he was really happy that they all just kinda went on as they always had and the only difference was that he and Lexi weren’t making out anymore ;DD

I TOTALLY AGREE!! It’s been such a long time since they’ve dated and they’ve done the friend thing for wayyyyyyy longer and plus they probably mostly hang out anymore when it’s them + the other pierces + the coles and it just feels like ~family~ and I think it would be weird for them to ever start dating again atp, you know??? 

HAHAH, I feel like Dean is like “please go pester nick about this b/c if anyone is gonna be a buzzkill it’s him” ;DD I mean ofc he’s joking b/c Nick is hella fun, but Dean has also seen him in ~dad~ mode and yeah. But tbh I think that Dean does talk with Xavier now and again and is probably like “yo, dude, i could probably hook you up with an interview w/ elias” but xavier just gets weird about that so ... ;DDD

[blairpottertfs]

OOC | Blair & Dean

I’m sorry for her in advance - Blair probs mostly objectifies Dean and like flirts w him and is basically like, “Look, I’m not looking for a relationship here, I just wanna sleep with you.  What you say?”  Also probs lies about her age #facepalm

[deanwylertfs]

HAHAHAH omfg BlaIR 

OKay, so Dean doesn’t do relationships like that tbh even when he’s trying to get over Gwen, but I can def see him flirting with her and like it’s too bad that she isn’t under twenty-one b/c he would dEF be the guy who accidentally buys a minor a drink b/c he believes her when she says she’s twenty-five or whatever #facepalm 

But no, he probs def thinks she’s older than she is b/c he has no reason not to believe her and he’d be so weirded out if/when he found out that she’s like twelve years younger than him even if all they ended up doing was flirt. He’d be like “omg i’m a cradle robber” ~basically and I feel like that’s something his friends would never let him live down. 

[georgiacoletfs]

OOC | Gigi & Dean

[georgiacoletfs]

I totally feel that way too!!!!  Like, I think they all have a lot in common, beyond the dead parents and the British citizenship, even (insert facepalm) and like you get the Pierces and Coles in one room and CHAOS ERUPTS and like Dean is absolutely a part of both families and lakdjfljsfklasjdflkdjsaf LIZZY ITS SO CUTE IM DAMAGED  And tbh as far as the arrangements go, I’m cool with either circumstance!  And, I mean, Gigi was 11 when she came over and yeah like she probs doesn’t even know what the world would look like w/o Dean Wyler, atp, not to mention when she thinks “American,” she thinks of Dean.  So when she’s like, “What would an American do/say here?” she thinks what he would do which may or may not be on point idk but there you have it.

OMMMGGG but him saying yes would toootally make her day!!!!  And probs also her week etc.  Anyway, she def had a list ready.  So I need to look this up.  Ok, so the ladies basically within his age range are: Viv Bassford, Emma Bassford, Rachel Clarke, Joanna Cullen, Jessica Harris, Sara Holland, Aryia Jones, Cecily King, Gwen Milner, Lena Milner, Lexi Pierce, Mia Pierce, and Julie Truscott. Obv some work better than others hahaha so I think Rachel, Cecily, and Julie are the most likely candidates as far as Gigi’s concerned bc she doesn’t really know the Bassfords and probs doesn’t think too highly of them anyway, probs thinks Jo’s a kook, she’s never met Jess, Sara has a criminal record, she probs doesn’t really know Aryia, he dated Gwen which kinda crosses off both Milners, and same notation w the Pierces.  

Also I cry bc in response to that crack, I can def see her making all ten of them these horrible matching sweaters and trying to force them all to wear them for a picture at least smh

[deanwylertfs]

omg that list haha!! Okay, so she should totally set him up with Julie and/or Cecily tbh. (Also that awkward moment if he and Julie go on a date and she’s internally like -- this is nice, but I’m kinda into your bff ...) Also his date w/ Cecily would probs be fun but also a disaster idk they’d probably end up at one of those ~blind date~ restaurants where the eat in the dark/blindfolded or something smh 

OKAY but I feel like Dean would actually get on board with that?? Like he had a bro but he doesn’t have too many memories of what having a sibling is like and idk he’s def adopted all nine of them and he’s always up for doing dumb/corny family/sibling things and he’d probably try to get the others on board with this and I just ??? he’s such a loser sometimes <333

[deanwylertfs]

hey, stranger / dewen

Dean’s fingers fumbled with his tie until it was loose around his neck. He’d been at work up at the Turner estate for the past sixteen hours and all he wanted was a shower and his bed: but food first. He’d ordered himself a sandwich and some soup at Lexi’s bakery and settled into an empty table by the window.

It was late and most of the customers had cleaned out. Although, to be honest, the emptiness of this place at night was one of the (many) reasons Dean liked it: it was calm and quiet now, versus loud and energizing in the early mornings when he’d swing by to get some coffee.

Realizing he’d forgotten a spoon, he got up to go to the counter and on his way back, saw that Gwen Milner was seated alone with her dinner and a book in the corner.

“Hey, stranger,” He greeted, grinning, “You here by yourself?” He asked, “You should sit with me. I mean, not that there’s any lack of space, but it makes us look less pathetic if anyone in our social circle sees us,” He said, teasingly. Not that that was the reason at all. The truth was that he missed her and that these sort of chances to have a prolonged conversation with her didn’t come up that often (even in this small town). Being friends has proved to be awkward (for both of them, Dean suspected), but he still cared about her and he wanted her to reassure him that she was doing okay ... and he’d try to keep the conversation from lingering too long on her longtime boyfriend. 

[nicholascoletfs]

OOC | Nick & Dean

[deanwylertfs]

nicholascoletfs:

Oh righhht hahaha oooooh that totally makes sense also Nick was probs like, “Score, sis!  You got the run of that huge house as long as he’s away!” but then he shows up and Nick doesn’t like him #facepalm  Tbh, he was predisposed to dislike/distrust anyone for whom his sister worked esp when they’re hella rich and single hahahah so ngl there’s that.  So the whole Viv business probs makes him feel a mite better tbqh  BUT ANYWAY yessss he def does feel MUCH better than they haven’t been together much tbqh.  Elias isn’t involving her in anything or whatever as long as he isn’t around, Nick figures.  Still, Nick just wishes he’d go away and never come back tbh hahaha

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!!  Also s/o to Lexi for digging this guy up tbh Nick is super happy about that.  I feel like they’ve basically been bros since the start.  Like, they probs met pr quickly bc I feel like both families were happy to hang out together and Lexi brought her bf along at least once (probs alot esp given her schedule) and I feel like Nick and Xavier were like, “we fellas got to stick together” and it’s been true bromance ever since

Yeah that makes sense. And actually, when Susan was first hired, he was probs married to the first Mrs. T so the only time he would have been around her when he was single was during the whole Rita Holland period so that would have been about two or three years. anYWAY yeah he’s getting married again now, so yay for Nick being a little more comfortable with the situation (altho tbh Elias doesn’t care at all) 

yEAH, I agree! I think that all three families are pretty friendly/easy going as a whole and I htink they also just clicked and idk I feel like they basically act like a bunch of cousins/siblings when they are together and it’s beautiful (altho slightly disastrous ;DD) 

Anyway, do you think we have any much to talk about w/ these two or do you think we’re ready to start IC?? 

[deanwylertfs]

ooc / dean + vivien

[vivienbassfordtfs]

LEKFJSADKLJFKLDSAKJFDKLJSAFJLDJSF ELIZABETH I CHOKED I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ommmmgggggggg this is everything to me bc Viv out of her element is my aesthetic and I cry bc HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS and she’s like, “No one????? would do?????? THAT???????”  

But tbh she’s more adventurous than she’d like you to think and esp if Emma’s been at her lately about her life choices and/or it’s presented as a challenge, I can see her like getting a head of steam and, like, going to a baseball game or something and like WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE LIZZY OMMMMGGGG and tbh she’s probs trying to pretend it’s barbaric but actually having a good time and she insists that Dean come for her “protection” or whatever but really she just wants an American there to explain to her what the hell a grand slam is #facepalm  But clearly this would be down the road and she probs also wouldn’t want Elias to know and smh

Atm she’s def like, *arches one slanted brow*  “Naturally, I have never done that” *assumes a haughty expression bc she hates being out of the loop* *facepalms across the globe*  I also feel like she basically thinks he’s her chauffeur and she gets him to take her places bc ummmm no she’s not gonna drive herself??????  Like who does that?????  Not Vivien Nicole Bassford for sure.  “You can either watch his art, which is going nowhere, or you can elect to protect his wife to be on her ventures to far more interesting places.”  *sweeps out of the room*  And that’s basically how she asks someone to hang out with her?????????????????????  I’m so sorry about her in advance.  

Also, how open or whatever she is with him would probs depend on how well she knows him??  Like, if they’re just meeting she’s gonna be fair but def treat him as a subordinate, but if they know one another a little better, she probs suppresses smiles when he cracks a joke and tbh that’s about as close to friendship as Viv really comes?????  #facepalm

[deanwylertfs]

lkajkslfjaslkdfLKAJSDLFKJASLKFJALSKDFJDASLFJL OMGGG HER ACTUALLY GOING TO A BASEBALL GAME IS EVERYTHING. I’m just picturing her dressed like she’s gonna go watch a polo match with the queen tho and Dean is like “okay but do you have a pair of jeans or something?? alOS I think that Elias would be like “???!??!?!?!?!!” if he ever found out and also slightly horrified, but tbh idk that either of them would tell him and it’s probably best b/c that does not fit w/ the image he and the rest of the world has of her and #relationshipgoals

HAHAHAH but I def feel like his job has sorta merged into chauffeur b/c I think Elias def acts all concerned (altho there is another killer in town that’s not him so he probs is legit concerned on some level to have her go out alone) and probably insists on him going with her when she goes out, especially at night, etc. etc. 

I think that he’s a recent hired tbh and I also don’t think that she and Elias have been engaged for that long so they probably only have known each other for a couple of weeks, at most. Anyway, do you think we’re ready to start them, IC? 

[nicholascoletfs]

OOC | Nick & Dean

[deanwylertfs]

nicholascoletfs:

Hmmmmm, I can honestly see this going either way tbh?????  Ok, so, if I recall correctly - which I may not - the Coles moved bc Susan had a job w Elias in London but then he moved to America (s/o to Rita Holland), so they followed him there, right?  Or do I have that wrong?  And the Pierces moved there for ~doctors (s/o to dead mom - you doctors suck ;D jk no funding sucks).  But they did move at the same time, right?

Ok, sooooo the most likely options seem like:

The Coles and Pierces knew each other and chose to go over together since they were both going to a new country anyway and when one of them met Dean, they basically all met him

The Coles and Pierces met once on the plane/at the airport - two large groups of Brits going to the same town couldn’t draw attention (or not, given the number of Brits there ;DDD) and again when one met Dean, they all did

The Coles and Pierces were both settling and Dean was a total sweetheart and decided these poor culture shocked ppl could probs bond

dklafdliakjfkjds I actually like them all?  What do you think?  You’re the only person who plays a Cole, a Pierce, and a Wyler ;DDDD  Do you have a preference?  Bc either way, I think when two of the groups collided, they were like, “the third group needs to be included in this” basically and yeah

Okay, so I realized that the timeline is a ~little~ off with the whole Rita Holland business, since that all started like six or seven years ago and Susan moved here more like twelve or fourteen (with her siblings joining her two to four years later), so what I’m thinking is that Elias has had a house in this area for a really long time and he hired Susan to manage the art collection there and it wasn’t one of his houses that had a whole lab/prison thing underneath it until later, but I think a lot of Susan’s time working for him has been as his employee but he hasn’t really been there? And mostly it’s just virtual communication between them?? And then he came back to stay for an extended period when the whole Rita Holland thing happened and now that Rosie is a thing so yeahhh. (Also that probs makes Nick feel a little better??? That Elias has only been around like four years or so total out of the ten she’s worked for him???

ANYWAY, that’s more of just a general thing vs what we are actually talking about. But I think that maybe the Pierces and the Coles both know each other before moving and yeah maybe that’s why the Pierces chose this part of America b/c they knew the Coles lived there? And I feel like Dean may have met the Pierces first but then he met the Coles shortly after through Xavier and they’ve been BFFS since??? 

[alexandrapiercetfs]

OOC | Lexi & Dean

Ok, so we were in the middle of a Tag Sale when we talked about them so I was hella distracted and yeah I feel like I forgot a bunch of stuff, but if I remember correctly - Dean and Lexi dated five or ten years ago (I can’t remember which timeframe) and it was only about a month bc she didn’t really have time for a bf so it wasn’t srs but now they’re friends, yeah?

[deanwylertfs]

Okay, yeah it was def ten years ago so Lexi would have been 22 and Dean would have been 24, but yes it was only for like a month and they became friends after. And I agree w/ what you said in your comment to Tina that in another time/place they def could have worked, but as it is they never really had a chance?? And I think after hanging with the family like he did, he’s kinda just come to see Lexi as a little sister tbh. 

[nicholascoletfs]

OOC | Nick & Dean

#manhug

[deanwylertfs]

LAKSJDLFAJSDLFJ THESE BROS ARE EVERYTHING OMG <333333

Okay, so idk how they met? Do you think that it was through Xavier or do you think that Dean kinda separately welcomed the Pierces and the Coles and was like THESE PEEPS NEED TO KNOW EACH OTHER?? or do you think that the Coles and Pierces already knew each other from England??