𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑠𝘩 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒,

[guiltwracked]

      you make it feel impossible,                  i’ll take your word for worst of all.

      gideon isley birley, 38, hunter, councilmember, owner of birley investigations.       nana nakamura, 600, hellhound, bounty hunter.       charlie gillespie, 39, witch, bitch.

[kerriganwrites]

  ——Michiel Huisman, 2:22.

[guiltwracked]

ofgraveblud​:

LOCATION : any bar . 

     Every month Katherine closes down the black-cat cafe for the day . She wasn’t losing much money so she didn’t mind it . She was well off thanks to her father  and while she loved him , it still did not excuse all the horrible things he did . every month she would visit him and they would talk and put together a puzzle or two .  Yet this time , katherine asks him quite the morbid question. How would he kill her if he had the chance to do it right at that moment? 

    Silence played out between .  his reply is casual and calm as he raises his hands to show the restraints, shrugs, and implies that his usual methods wouldn’t work because he’s slightly incapacitated at the moment. Katherine knew any normal individual would, of course, answer by saying they would never murder their own child. But her father is far from normal. Proceeding to tell him that she remembered once that he tried to do it and she doesn’t think he could ever do to her what he did to others . silence would fall between them before he would start up and smile at her . telling her the most wonderful and horrible of things . secrets .  MY LITTLE BUTTERFLY . 

     The sound of the bell ringing brought her back too reality . There was barely anyone at the bar tonight . Then again it was the middle of the week . She was mostly there to help out as she always did . Help around the shops without wanting anything in return . Mostly with the cleaning up . “ Hello . “ Katherine smiled brightly at the one who came in, finishing up cleaning around the bar before she called for the tender who was on tonight . “ I would tend to you but my only skills at the bar is opening up a bottle of beer and last time I tried to mix drinks , they said it was stronger than Golden Grain 190 which is 95 percent alcohol on its own .” She lightly chuckled . “ Plus I don’t work here . I just help out a bit  . “  

      Learning how to avoid the bitter cold of Saints was one of the first tasks that Gideon had acquired as a child. He’d say he wasn’t fond of the biting chill but he knew little of anything else. In fact he was quite used to bundling himself in layers to even step outside to gather his mail. It was how he pushed his way into the bar, thankful for the quieter atmosphere, but with the apples of his cheeks blood-rush red for the exposure to the wind. He did hate the cold, though. It was often his excuse for cuddling up to someone, when he made the motions for company at night. This was not one of those missions. This was an attempt at disconnect, at being someone other than Gideon Birley for a few moments.

      It was also an excuse to do his job.

      In the back kitchens lingered someone he had to keep an eye on. Small things, but not every job needed to be about rogue vampires and violent hellhounds. Sometimes it was just people worried about their marriages. The immediate difference in temperature hit him like a truck and his hands shifted to pull the scarf from his neck, to unzip and remove his jacket, to pull gloves off one finger at a time. By the time he made it to his stool he was watching the woman finish cleaning up whatever had been a mess and slipping onto one of the stools.

      “ If you do me a favor and nab that ... cognac right there? Top shelf, the entire bottle ... I’ll appreciate you much. No mixing required. ” In turn he offered a smile, warm and genuine, while reaching forward for a glass. He was here enough to know the ins-and-outs. “ No worries, I’m good for paying and tipping. The bartender knows. Thank you kindly. ”

[achillles]

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles (via achillles)

[saintweaver]

Kenneth Koch, To Marina

[percyfraser]

MICHIEL HUISMAN as ELLIS JONES in The Age of Adaline (2015)

[cipheramnesia]

I think the main trouble I have is [freezes up and stares blankly into the distance for three hours]

[guiltwracked]

michiel    huisman    ,    he    and    his    ,    cis    man    .    gideon    birley    crossed    the    city    limits    into    saints    :        you    know    ,    the    thirty    eight    year    old    hunter    ,    who    is    told    they    give    off    capsize    by    big    black    delta    vibes    .    they've    been    here    for    thirty    eight    years    ,    gracing    the    city    with    their    disinterested    but    attentive    attitude    .

name: gideon isley birley. age: 38. date of birth: may 25. species: hunter. occupation: private investigator / owner of birley investigations, councilmember. sexuality: heteromantic heterosexual. hair color: dark brown. eye color: hazel. height: 6′0″. build: athletic, lithe muscle.

SMALL BITS.

the eldest of the birley children, gideon birley was given just about anything he could want as a child … except freedom from the leash that his family attached to him from the moment he was brought into the world, and a decision against being a hunter.

highly private ( a proclivity formed in his early childhood ), gideon took to watching others and learning their habits. his adoration of mysteries and true crime thrillers were paralleled only by the natural curiosity the boy had, and an innately friendly disposition to those who took the time to spare a word. perhaps it was just an interest in the world he learned about hand-in-hand with basic human nature, gideon always found himself thirsting to know more about the supernatural citizens of saints.

family interests always seemed to override his own on a level of importance: gideon was thrust into many hobbies growing up and forced to tack along with values he cared very little for. business was something he found interest in, an attempt to escape the violent and somewhat bloodthirsty eye of his family, in the realm of their own personal hobbies.

despite his preference for keeping the quiet eye on his surroundings, gideon has always maintained a stern composition - he has an excellent capacity to speak up and eloquently, surely something trained into him from his youth.

he’s lived in saints his entire life, only moving for college and immediately back. still, he seeks to break that short leash the birley family has on him - a quiet and very private wish.

he serves as a councilmember for hunters, though he prefers a non-violent route as he’s always shunned his upbringing as a weapon, and much to the chagrin of his family prefers a quieter role —watching as the tensions build and surmising crimes committed within the limits of the city, as well as the reactions of his fellow councilmembers to gauge their positions and likeliness of involvement (good or otherwise).

gideon used his MBA to start a private investigation firm, birley investigations, which looks into all cases … human or otherwise.

he’s private, but always watching. quiet, but not meek. gideon simply knows better than to advertise his knowledge … without charging a nominal fee.

privately, and as a hobby, he works as a luthier —making and restoring guitars. his truest of interests has always lay with music, something he was turned off from pursuing as a child. he has a collection in his home.

gideon is not an active hunter. despite the conditioning his parents instilled onto him as a child, despite his label and his position ---he wholly refuses to participate in something he views as entirely barbaric. so much so, that he doesn’t even entertain the conversation of hunting outside of his position, which he’d sooner use as a platform to promote peace than violence.

POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS.

partner: working as a private investigator is a lot of work. this individual would either need to know about the supernatural ( or be a member of their species ) and help gideon with those types of cases, or be human who has no idea and simply works the plain cases. someone gideon has known for a while, and trusts with the business. they’re not quite equals, but this partner is the next best thing to gideon himself as the owner. 0/1 - wc on the main.

family: simple as that. there’s 3 open spots for siblings of some and any fashion and family dynamic can be discussed and plotted as family appears. 0/3.

adopted daughter: not officially, but it might be as good as. in his endless quest to spite his parents and his birthright, gideon will give the skin off of his own back if it means helping someone who needs it. enter his adopted kid ---family acquaintances through hunting where they met the wrong end of a werewolf bite and showed up on his doorstep, bloody and terrified. it took zero seconds for gideon to let them in, to look after them, and to keep them safe. his door is always open for them, a room always made up, and affection always offered in only the way a pseudo-parent can. nobody should be punished for what they are, and he’ll end the world to keep them safe, if he has to. 1/1 - odette batista.

best friends: he’s bound to have them. people who know him like the back of their hand, and vice versa. inside jokes, mischief, the whole nine. these are his bread and butter, his people. he’d kill for them, really. 0/2.

close friends: like the above, but perhaps not as close. while strangers and those who are unfamiliar with gideon might claim he’s quiet ( and for the most part, he is ) these people know him for how he really can be. they grab beers together, they go to the gym together, they make shit happen. you know, friend stuff. 2/3. - lauren darrow, saniyah jordan.

ex-wife: it happened fast, many years ago. an act of rebellion against his parents - a formal fuck you and everything you stand for when it came to pressuring his life. the marriage lasted a whole year before it dissolved, and gideon passed the idea of alimony over to his now ex-wife ---something the birley family funds. in the end he got the last laugh with it, though there’s still some unresolved something there, even this many years later. 1/1 - aslı kaya yıldırım.

ex-girlfriends: gideon isn’t one for serious relationships so much, if only because work is busy and his attention lays either with that or with council work, when it comes up. he’s been in saints for almost his entire life, so he’s bound to have had a few more serious relationships. nothing for more than a couple of years at best, and whether or not they ended amicably or not is up for discussion. he would have always been loyal to the relationship, never stepping out, even if he let work take his main focus more often than not. details can absolutely be discussed, open to any species. 0/3.

current lover: something on and off. work, their lives, something separates them. she and gideon go months without seeing each other, then have bursts of spending an inane amount of time together. emotions have never been discussed, as far as gideon knows it’s just a physical thing, but more can be plotted. whether they’re currently on or off and how they got together initially can also be plotted out. open to any species. 0/1.

one-night stands: he’s had a few. more than a few. open to any species. 2/5. - amara demirci, aracely gomez.

clients: he’ll assist anyone with any job, though some require more money up-front than others. be it a human issue ( think your spouse is cheating? want to expose your corrupt boss? ) or a supernatural one ( think that pesky vampire is encroaching on your turf? want to prove a hellhound is sabotaging you? ) gideon is your guy. unlimited.

blood bag: every so often he gives blood to this particular vampire, and not for money - he has more of that than he knows what to do with. it’s for favors, to be owed at a later date. information, or maybe help in some fashion. gideon is timely with his deliveries ---neat, sterile, and very polite. it’s an ongoing yet secretive arrangement, but he’s happy to keep it going. 3/3 - open to vampires. - envie yeun, drusilla kovacs, aracely gomez.

[jennifersbod]

Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) dir. Adam Egypt Mortimer

[bumbleshark]

are you a “hold my drink” person, or do you chug it before doing somethin wild

[gideonbirley]

[k-luna]

[thecollectibles]

Shoe studies by Julia Zhuravleva

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[vivienvalentino]

MICHIEL HUISMAN talks ‘The Age of Adaline,’ 2015

[bob-belcher]