the smokey musk was discernible upon entering the warehouse, becoming increasingly prominent until it fully engulfed every sense within the van gogh room. it wasnât domâs first choice, but heâd gotten lost, and it was the closest path of escape from whatever was going on in the margaret keane room. âhey,â he spoke up, catching sight of a figure that was familiar or appeared familiar, at least. either way, he held up the second water bottle he had with him in offering. âkinda hard to breathe in here, huh?â @radopensâ
âHey,â Gunnerâs answer was automatic, a lazy thing that barely crawled out of his mouth as he sat in a sprawl in one of the bean bags in the room. If he really wanted to, he couldâve fallen asleep right then and there. A steady mix of the drinks heâd consumed and an inadvertent second hand high rendered him useless, but when his brain registered that it was Dom talking to him, he immediately perked up, âHey. Shit, thanks,â he all but rasped, reaching out to clutch at the water bottle Dom was handing out towards him. He chugged half of it in record time, throwing his head back after and patting at the bean bag beside him with his free hand, âI canât move. Iâve tried so many times, but Iâm too high. But I canât get back to normal if I donât get outta here, yâknow? I started to feel better when I accepted that Iâd just be stuck here for the night, though. Just keep me company for a bit. Please?â
philly hung from the mouth of the dinosaur model like sheâd been crushed beneath itsâ teeth, limbs sticking out from between tooth gaps like the bars of a cage - thatâs what the mouth had felt like; a cage. it hadnât been a particularly large exhibit - only eight feet tall - but she still had managed to find herself stuck between jaw. hardly minded it, though - felt natural, almost, like every time sheâd gotten stuck on a treeâs branches. âhello,â she greeted a passerby, bent upside down - secure in the dinosaurâs mouth and narrowly avoiding tooth against spine, âit seems iâve gotten very stuck. do you have a drink on you? iâm quite parched.â
Gunner had spent the better part of five minutes now sloshing around the drink in his cup. Heâd had it in his mind at this point that somehow, he hadnât mixed it quite right, that heâd take large, innocent gulps only to be shocked with the amount of alcohol that sat at the bottom. He hadnât even noticed heâd been pacing as he did so, Phillyâs voice tugging him out of his daydream causing him to jump somewhat - attempting to find her, for a few seconds, before looking up with a stunned gaze, âOh - Phil, whatâre... you doing? Here,â Standing onto his tiptoes, Gunner tried his best to hold out his cup towards Philly so that she could take a sip, âThereâs whiskey in it. I donât think itâs too strong or anything, though. Do you want help getting down?â Gunner had already been trying to use the statue as leverage to reach her better, beginning to chuckle at the scenario. If anyone were to get stuck inside of an eight foot tall dinosaur sculpture, itâd be Philly, âI could leave you alone, though, if youâre having a grand olâ time. Donât think security would like it if they caught you, though.â
If Gunner felt uncomfortable in the Margaret Keane room, he didnât show it. His expression could even be described as languid, lazy smile on his face as he snapped a quick picture of a girl slapping at one of the eyes multiple times in a row, âHey, finally!â he huffed, no real heat in his tone when he noticed Elias. Time felt like a useless concept in the room they currently resided in - he couldâve texted Eli to meet him in there anywhere between five minutes and five hours ago, âThe guy running this room went for a break and put me in charge. Itâs a very big responsibility, not sure how I feel about it. Wanna make a cameo in his film? I wonât tell him - itâs kinda boring in here otherwise. Watching people trip gets a bit repetitive.â @eliaspaxtonâ
if you made a fucking playlist, what would be on it? top three songs.
âCotton Eye Joe is the first thing that came to mind... donât know why. Good... good tune. Great rhythm to stay on beat with. So that on repeat. Just so I donât break my concentration or something.â
âI have a really nice blue and yellow wool one with the word Friday stitched across the front. I like to wear it on Mondayâs, makes them a bit better, I think.â
would you like to be in a relationship? to feel held? to feel loved? to have someone care?
âI have people who care even when Iâm not in a relationship. Iâm not actively looking right now, if something happens then yippee ki yay, I guess.â
   though heâs not one to usually keep tabs on people, gunnerâs absence had been pretty obvious to him. with no real word about where or what he was doing for the summer, silas had come to the conclusion that if gunner wanted him to know he wouldâve told him. so he never asked, even if he wondered.. and quite honestly, even thought heâd missed him. now, though, it seems gunner has reappeared out of thin air, manifesting like some figment of silasâ imagination as he stumbles his way out onto a patio. he blinks twice to try and swipe the drunken haze from his vision, but it does nothing, because clearly gunner is there, even though heâs talking about something as if heâd never gone at all. â shark attack? well, donât go swimming. â silas answers instinctively. â ask it if my friends are ever gonna tell me where they disappear to. â itâs teasing â- silas isnât one for holding a grudge, but he is glad to see that gunner is back. â glad to see youâve returned to radcliffe in one piece.âÂ
Thereâs somewhat of a relief that washes over him when he realized that itâs Silas thatâd found him on his own outside. Thereâs no stress with their friendship, forced into something closer than anything else Gunner had experienced. Heâs grateful for it, if anything - figures that heâd recommend it to everyone, if theirs didnât start with a life threatening issue, âGood call. Iâm not a very good swimmer, anyway. Iâve got the puppy dog paddle down flat, though,â he says seriously, nodding along like they were debating something worry of such tension, âI didnât tell anyone where I was going,â Gunner insisted, amused grin on his face, though thereâs a mild blush thatâs paired with it. Heâs still unsure, even now, sometimes, even with people heâs closest to, what goes hand in hand with being friends and what doesnât. But itâs nice, to know that Silas had noticed him gone, that maybe heâd missed him - Gunnerâs starting to warm up to it more, the idea that he was made for friendships like this, âOr - I think I did. I didnât tell anyone when I was leaving, though. Felt a bit pointless if I knew I was gonna be back soon. Though if you were really foaming at the mouth because you missed me so much, Iâll let you know whenever I so much as go to the washroom, Silas. As long as it makes you more comfortable,â he eventually teases back once heâs pulled himself together, âYou do anything besides apparently cry over a self made shrine of me this summer?â
âYou show up here without a word and now youâve gone all new-age on me? Pendulum? The fuckâs a pendulum?â Eyeing the object hazily, he shook his head. âDonât like messing with that stuff. Witchcraft⊠I think the people that outlawed it had it right,â he joked, leaning against the railing next to Gunner. âSoooo, what was it like? Big city living? Any tall tales to share?â
âMaybe Iâve always been new-age. How well do you really know me, Miles? Maybe Gunner isnât even my real name,â In the last bit of his sentence, Gunnerâs voice dropped slightly, eyes narrowed ominously. All the while, he all but thrusted the pendulum into Milesâ face, like that answered his question at all, âItâs not that bad, I donât think. You should give it a chance. Ask it a yes or no question,â he practically demanded, insistent and stubborn about it. Milesâ inquiries was reasoning enough for Gunner to finally give him his full attention, corner of his mouth twitching already into something fond but secret, something he couldnât explain if he tried, âGood. Big. Loud - really loud. Shockingly loud. I thought Lovell was loud after leaving Laramie, but. Itâs a lot. Youâd like it - no relation. I just... I think everyone would like it, maybe, if I could handle it. But I donât know. I just could see you there,â he rambled, punctuating his sentence with an unsure shrug, âYou get up to anything this summer? I donât - I mean, you know. I donât usually have stories. I like hearing yours more.â
A guy from her freshmen calculus had somehow procured a pack of sparklers, one lit for Lana to waft. It was almost as if sheâd forgotten her company, dancing around with a grin as she swished out circles and zigzags. Gunnerâs voice overrode any excitement, though, no matter how big â she all but flung it when she realised he was there, eliciting a startled exclamation that went ignored as she hurried to the source. âHey!â she practically barked after bounding steps, lips stretched wide. The first thing she did, once in front of him, was reach out and scrunch fistfuls of shirt fabric, both shoulders â if she had superhuman strength, sheâd pick him up and rattle him around, see if any coins fell out. âThis â weird, youâre real.â Regardless of confirmation, she didnât let go. Only kept subtly jiggling him, excitement brought to the boil with the aid of chemical enhancements. âWhenâd you get back? Kinda sick of you not to even, like, say⊠I wouldâve worn a hat. Pointy, a party â A banner! A sash. Now? Sashay away. The sash-ay is literally a-way. God⊠Really makes you think. Whatâd you ask me?â Blinking, Lana studied his face hard. âHowâd you use a pendulum? Like, on a grandfather clock? Itâs â wait,â she interrupted, tugging him forwards for a hug without any warning, arms enveloped. âSorry. Had to, Horse Dick. I donât care if you have a horse dick, itâs been years, thereâs, like, basic rules in place, youâre not exempt. Iâm just a girl.â Withdrawing to look at him, her grin was so big itâd be spotted from Mars. âI donât wanna ask anything. Knowing the futureâs dumb, I wanna be surprised. Like, if I die tomorrow? Hope itâs spicy. I want a plot twist. Something fun, you know? Something I never see coming. Hit by an asteroid. Devoured by the sun.â Lana barely paused before repeating, forgetting sheâd already asked. âWhenâd you get back?â
Heâd been grinning, more than pleased with the time on his own as it was, but Lanaâs excitement caused the smile to spread. Gunner had missed Lana an embarrassing amount - he was sure that if he explained just how much to her, sheâd never let him live it down. But she had to know, somewhat. On bored nights, itâd usually be Lana heâd FaceTime, summer spent with her and Dom over the phone just as much as with anyone in his internship in person, âAre you gonna rip my shirt clean off me? Itâs new, so thatâd suck. Whatcha think?â he asked, attempting to balance himself on the creaky edge of the patio banner, arms held out to proudly show it off. It wasnât that crazy, a simple red and white striped t-shirt, but the fact that it actually fit, not some hideously out of shape thrift store garment was enough of an improvement in his eyes, âI was supposed to get back yesterday. I was gonna make it a whole thing, planned on surprising you at your apartment. My train ended up getting cancelled, though. My theory was that the conductor had a steamy affair with one of the stewardesses and they ended up being fired on the spot - caught in the act, yâknow? So they were behind, didnât have anyone eligible to take us home. I wouldâve tried, if theyâd asked me,â Her hug was so short lived, youâd have missed it if you blinked. It made Gunner roll his eyes - hypocritically, at that. Sheâd probably been conditioned by his utter lack of enjoyment towards any sort of affection, but he had moments like this, reserved for exceptions. Like sheâd grabbed fistfuls of his shirt, he reached forward to do the same, right below the neck line and drag her in closer, wrapping his arms around her after in a more acceptable hug, âMaybe donât call me Horse Dick when Iâm trying to hug you,â he requested, smiling in amusement anyway, releasing her almost forcefully after heâd held her for as long as he could without a blush forming on his cheeks, squeamish still in the face of a friendship with no ulterior motives, âHit by an asteroid. Dinosaur style. Does that make you a furry? Dinosaurs are animals, arenât they?â At her disinterest, Gunner folded up the pendulum, shoving it carelessly into the pocket of his jeans, âYou already asked,â he pointed out as he did so, âYouâd definitely fail at a pop quiz based all around me. Will you do a shot with me? Itâs been a really long time, and I donât think I like anyone else here. If you can handle one - you seem a bit, uh, fucked up.â
NICKNAME â little paxton/lp by a few ppl tho he hates it KLSHDGLKHSDLGS bt thts pretty much it.............
D.O.B. â july 31st, 1998
LINK TO THEIR PINTEREST BOARD OR TAG ON YOUR BLOG â board | tag
STAR SIGN / MOON & RISING â leo sun, scorpio moon, gemini rising
MBTI â istj - the logistician
MORAL ALIGNMENT â lawful neutral
MARITAL STATUS & SEXUALITY â single & demisexual
LANGUAGES â english
TALENTS / HOBBIES â film making, piano, guitar, producing music (kinda he tries to make his own music fr the films he does bt is never rly satisfied w it bt theyâre not actually Bad), unicycling (very proud he taught himself how to during the summer), magic tricks (loser), etc. jst a very long list of rly random hobbies
TOP 5 MUSICIANS â ac/dc, hozier, janis joplin, guns & roses, new order, heart, the cure..... i kno this is more than 5 bt i hv a hard time narrowing down his fav artists >_>
FAVOURITE BOOK â kane and abel
FAVOURITE FILM & TV SHOW â likes a lot of modern psychological horror...... get out, hereditary, the lighthouse, etc. / watches more youtube play throughs than tv shows but itâs always sunny in philadelphia is his fav show hes rewatched it sm when he goes thru a Depressive Slump
FAVOURITE VIDEO GAME â red dead redemption
WHAT DID THEY DO THIS PAST SUMMER? â they went to nyc to do a film internship!!!
WHERE HAVE THEY TRAVELLED? â uh........ new york, connecticut, wyoming....... pretty much those places only in the states n thts it
DO THEY TAKE ANY PRESCRIPTIONS? â lexapro and zoloft for depression/anxiety, halcion to help with sleep, oxyâs for when his brittle broken body/brain starts acting up due to a fkin bajillion accidents as a kid............ jst a walking pharmacy rly he has so many meds at all times SHDGLKSDHGHLSKDG (i am not a doctor i tried to google if these can all b taken at the same time bt its jst wht . i imagine heâd have bt i kno nothing about anything)
DO THEY HAVE ANY DIAGNOSISâS? â anxiety, major depressive disorder, underlying trauma n ptsd from events growing up....... looks away dramatically
FICTIONAL CHARACTER THEY ARE MOST LIKE? â ben wyatt (parks and rec), creed (the office), connell (normal people), pope (outer banks), charlie (perks of being a wallflower)
ARE THEY EMPLOYED? WHERE DO THEY WORK? â yes they work at the library on campus
WERE THEY POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL? â this man had maybe one good friend in high school
DO THEY DO DRUGS? â yes more so now than ever rly
DRINK? â yes
SMOKE CIGARETTES? â he âquitâ bt still does a lot when hes drinking at parties n stuff
SMOKE WEED? â yes
WHERE WERE THEY BORN? WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? â born and raised in laramie, wyoming before coming to radcliffe
DO THEY PLAN TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL? â yes
WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS POST-GRADUATION? â he wants to move to nyc and just make as many films as he possibly can, kinda wants to be a screenwriter and a director but he leans more towards the writing aspect
PARENTS NAMES â john and jessica i think......... just something basic.
DO THEY HAVE SIBLINGS? NAMES & AGES? â elias (26), wyatt (12 when he went missing/presumed dead)
DO THEY HAVE PETS? TYPES & NAMES? â ya he has a tabby cat named bucket that he loves a lot :â) philly gave her to him from off the streets basically fr his bday so when she had a litter he gave philly one of the kittens n she named it pail its all very adorable.Â
ARE THEY RELIGIOUS? WHAT IS THEIR RELIGION IF SO? â grew up pretty catholic cuz their parents were heavily involved in the community but doesnât rly believe in all that/doesnât practice at the very least
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THEY SLEPT WITH? â like 11.......... 12 ig
WHAT VEHICLE DO THEY DRIVE? IF THEY DONâT DRIVE, HOW DO THEY TRAVEL AROUND TOWN? â he does not hv a license........... elias n most friends r pretty good abt giving him rides but usually he jst walks/takes the bus if need be
DESCRIBE THEIR FASHION â eugh. just......... the worst. has no taste at all............ 90% of his pants r way too big for him cuz theyâre jst hand me downs or thrift store finds, too lazy to check if they were his right size, uses shoelaces as a belt to keep them up, ratty sneakers that heâs shoved tissues into to make them fit, lots of 80âČs styled wind breakers, mostly thrift store stuff that is either rly funny or jst a bit sad to look at, has been known to wear two different shoes at the same time if he cba looking fr both, has some nice knit sweaters w fun designs bt thts abt it
DO THEY PREFER TO BE BEHIND THE CAMERA OR IN FRONT OF IT? â behind
DO THEY BELIEVE ANY OF THE STORIES ABOUT RADCLIFFE? WHICH ONES? â ya a bit......... hes pretty into ghost stories like tht
DO THEY THINK THE MOTHMAN IS HOT? â yes absolutely.
A QUOTE THAT DESCRIBES THEM â âI felt like crying but nothing came out. It was just a sort of sad sickness, sick sad, when you canât feel any worse. I think you know it. I think everybody knows it now and then. But I think I have known it pretty often, too often.â
A SONG THAT THEY WOULD RELATE TO â one foot in the grave - andie
Gunner was no good at good-byes. Heâd pulled a French exit when leaving to New York for the Summer, only giving so much as an Instagram story of the pavement with New York City as his tagged location as a heads up. But if anything, he was even worse with reuniting, merely showing up in Lovell and making himself comfortable in the backyard of a party without mentioning to anyone that heâd made it back, âOh, hey,â he called out automatically from where he was lounging on the patio railing, âIâm predicting my future with a pendulum. Extremely spiritual stuff. It said Iâm going to die in a month - predictions? I assumed something exciting. Maybe a shark attack,â They were nowhere near any sharks, âYou wanna ask it something? I think youâre only supposed to get three questions, so you gotta make âem good.â @radopensâ
bri again making a terrible decision. do i need a fourth? no.......... bt here we are anyway. after this i promise im done fr a while bt :/ i lov this lil bitch so here we are........ give this a like if u wld b Down to Clown w him aka plot!
ăaxel auriant & cismaleă⟠paxton , gunner, the senior radcliffe studentâs records show that he is a leo and 22 years old. he is studying film, living off campus and can be loyal, resilient, anxious & indifferent. when i see him i am reminded of curling up in bed for days in a hello kitty comfort shirt, the click of a camera shutter & hand-me-downâs two sizes too big.
pinterest is HERE.
TWâS FOR ABUSE, VIOLENCE, MISSING CHILD, KIDNAPPING, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA BELOW!
stats.
name: gunner brick paxton.
age: twenty-two.
gender identity: cis-male.
pronouns: he/him.
sexuality: demisexual.
birthday: july 31, 1998.
star sign: leo.
myers-briggs: istj.
year of study: senior.
major: film.
occupation: librarian.
place of birth: laramie, wyoming.
religion: catholic (non-practicing).
background.
neen jst brought in gunnerâs older brother so fr those who read eliasâ bio u kno tht gunner is the middle paxton child w eli being the oldest n then they have wyatt who is the youngest!!
they lived at the top of a hill in a trailer in a trailer park neighbourhood in laramie, wyoming so to say the least that fucking sucked for everyone involved
the trailer was so small that all 3 boys ended up sharing a room, gunner and wyatt sharing a bunk bed bc they cldnt fit 3 beds into one room it really was every childs nightmare bt they quickly grew used to it tbh
gunner was always more of an artsy child than invested in sports - though he does enjoy baseball and continued even to this day after their dad made him join SOMETHING in middle school - so he never rly earned their fatherâs respect, but he was always close with his mom since they had the same calm temperament
DEPRESSION/ANXIETY TW -Â he also gained a list of mental health issues that their mom had as well, including social anxiety and major depressive disorder - DEPRESSION/ANXIETY TW END
VIOLENCE/ABUSE TW - their father always encouraged pretty volatile behaviour and it caused a lot of physical fights and arguments between the brothers when their dad told them the best way to get over it was to start hurting until someone tapped out, it was just a chaotic and pretty abusive household but no one knew and their mom definitely wasnât going to say anything about it to their dad - VIOLENCE/ABUSE TW END
MISSING CHILD/KIDNAPPING TW -Â wyatt went missing on a weekend that their parents were gone because of a trip they won, and things just got worse from there
ANXIETY/DEPRESSION TW -Â high school was really rough for gunner, his anxiety grew worse as time went on that no one found wyatt, their dad grew more hostile towards them, and their mom just grew sicker, it was rare that she would ever leave her room and if she did it was in fits of random energy where she would do something spontaneous and completely unnecessary to their house as a way of coping - MISSING CHILD/KIDNAPPING/ANXIETY/DEPRESSION TW END
the two years that gunner was at home after elias finally left for school were basically torture and as soon as he could, he was falling his brotherâs footsteps in getting out of wyoming to go to school at radcliffe
INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA TW -Â things are far better now that theyâre out of their home situation, but gunnerâs going through some more things personally now; the paxtonâs were raised in an incredibly religious household, and heâs got some classic Catholic Guilt going on upon realizing that heâs not jst attracted to women n he avoided talking abt it forever/stayed in the closet fr far too long bt heâs sort of come out now in his own way even tho he does still get a bit nervous talking abt it rly - INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA TW END
heâs also âdealingâ rn which is frankly funny to think abt bc this man is abt as threatening as a care bear bt money is tight between him and eli all things considering, and with the amount of meds heâs on, plus incredibly frequent doctorâs visits, needing to pay for extra epi-pens, inhalers, etcs. bills add up so heâs cutting back his meds n selling wht he can spare which is . so unhealthy bt thts life in corporate america baybee!
details.
is literally allergic to everything. grass, cats, most fruits, milk, most nuts, bees, latex, probably more i cnt even keep up w them its pathetic
u can catch him n eli strutting around campus w matching epipen holders tht he got them fr eliâs 16th bday JKSDNGKLHSDGLK
if things cldnt get worse he also has quite intense asthma so he carries an inhaler with him at all times
n to make matters even WORSE he frequently has dizzy spells n bad memory problems bc of all the concussions heâs suffered from (about 8-9 at this point) as well as consistent migraines that can b literally debilitating sometimes
awkward n jst a bit of a Weirdo to b frank like if it werenât fr eli he wld probably have one (1) friend he jst cnt converse w ppl
didnt have any friends in high school so took the time to teach himself rly weird things, knows a fuck ton of magic tricks, can yodel, juggle, solve a rubix cube with his eyes closed in under 2 minutes, just extremely weird and specific things
can honestly b a bit mean/barbaric to ppl heâs not close w/doesnât kno has told ppl to their face before he doesnât enjoy talking to them bc he has no concept of social constructs/norms
loves 2 film random things at parties, makes him feel more comfortable at them n he makes short films of them all after
update about his summer away: ended up heading to nyc fr a film internship n actually had a rly good time??? fr once?? jst had a rly nice summer fling after being a bit heartbroken throughout the school year it was jst a rly necessary n fulfilling summer fr him king of getting wht he finally deserves
this also led him to b like . oh maybe iâm Not broken bc he doesnât realize........... demisexuality is a thing n wld get rly awkward during hookups a lot if hes jst not 100% comfortable w the person so now he thinks hes like a one man machine who actually has some Self Esteem n thinks he can have Sexual Relations all day every day (he cannot)
connections.
ppl who buy off him?? probs wld have to kno him some way hes too scared to sell to Random randoms KJSHDGKLHSDLG
other film majors :-)
some friendsâŠâŠâŠ. hes awkward bt he means wellâŠâŠâŠâŠ
a mans he wld Risk It All fr (aka a guy tht gunner actually has a crush on n is Extra Awkward probs a lil mean to bc hes still New to That)
ppl he has a crush on/unrequited crushes either way wtvr floats ur boat
some enemies tbh much like elias he has a temper n he tends to blow up rarely bt it happens n when it does it actually can b quite scary JKSHDGLHSDG
a museâŠ.. mayhaps?? someone he always wants in his film projects
awkward past hook ups maybe some current ones teehee