THE BROKEN SOUL

inez whitmore, twenty-eight, nurse | affiliated theloveclubhq, penned by hanne.

[inxwhi]

How are you and Grayson doing?

“.. okay, we’re doing okay.. maybe a bit of a rough patch but we’re okay...” @graywhitmore

[inxwhi]

do you know zoe king? more importantly, do you know how your husband knows zoe king?

“-- yes i know zoe king.. and i know how my husband knows  her.. she’s his best friend’s daughter, and he’s known her, her entire life.. and she was the flower girl at our wedding... and i’v known her since she was 10.. so again; yes to both questions.. ” @graywhitmore @z-kng

[inxwhi]

are you looking forward to meeting your soulmate?

“-- i have met him.. i met and married grayson, 10 years ago.. and call it faith or luck but the man i married before coming here was my soulmate.. and i couldn’t be happier..” @graywhitmore

[inxwhi]

  graywhitmore‌:

“Phone died” he shrugged and he leaned back against his car “I guess I should start heading home” he chuckled lightly, opening the car door. “I’ll meet you at home, okay?” he didn’t wait for a response before he got into his old mustang and began pulling away. His mind was whizzing as he made his way to their house, it wasn’t a far drive and it didn’t leave him much time to think before he was parked outside and heading into the house.

inez looked at her husband as he explained the reasoning for not picking up her calls, knowing that the part about his phone being dead wasn’t all true.. but she wasn’t going to press him about it... not now...she had other things to think about, feeling a bit more surprised to hear him suddenly feeling rushed  about getting home... swallowing hard she nodded, not getting a word in before he’d gotten back into his car and drove off, leaving her alone.. and with a heavy heart the woman herself made her way home, seeing grayson’s car already there, and him probably inside...

[inxwhi]

everettmctavish‌:

“Perfect” he smiled at the girl before hopping into his truck “get in” he nodded towards the passenger side. It was nice to be able to have some down time before getting home, maybe it would actually help him get some sleep instead of being up for hours before being able to force his brain to shut off.

inez bit her bottom lip the moment he asked her to get into his truck, taking a quick glance at her own car she just locked it again before jumping into the passenger side of the others car.. she could get her own car later, right now she was kinda ust looking forward to whatever was about to happen.

[inxwhi]

everettmctavish‌

Everett wasn’t completely aware of Inez’s problems with her husband, but he had noticed that she seemed less and less happy to talk about him, and more often than not she seemed like she just didn’t want to go home. He never pushed her though, he just made it known that if she needed to talk that he’d be there to listen. “Did you want to go to the pub? share some nachos and have a few beers?” he suggested.

had you asked inez if she thought she’d have a more normal relationship with her work partner than her husband, she wouldn’t have believed you.. and maybe part of her didn’t either.. but she enjoyed everett’s company a lot, and they got a long really well... and well-- he was very attractive too, but that was more like an added bonus... basically she just really enjoyed that he wanted to do things with her outside of work. didn’t ask too many question about things that made her feel weird.. but still-- the man simply cared, and t was nice.. even how he suggested them going for drinks at the pub, and the woman could feel the corners of her lips tug upwards, “i’d love that..”

[inxwhi]

everettmctavish‌:

“Oh god” Everett rolled his eyes playfully “please just stick to Everett outside the station because if I have to think of work for a second longer i’m going to go crazy” he ran his hands over his face and through his hair before offering a smile to the girl “so, how was your day today? hopefully way way better than mine”.

inez couldn’t help the giggle that passed her lips as she saw everett’s reaction to her calling him by his last name and work title, knowing he didn’t really like it, but she still like doing it to tease him “okay, okay.. everett then.”. walking around her car she rested herself against the passenger side, so that she stood opposite of him. tilting her head as she glanced at him, as he ran his hands across his face, before dragging it through his hair. “my day was ok..or decent?  have a feeling i’ll be coming home to an empty house, so iv gotta figure something out that won’t bore me to death..” iii

[inxwhi]

graywhitmore‌:

It took everything in him not to just get in his car and drive home, walk straight into his office and fall asleep on the couch in there like he’d done many times. Unfortunately he knew that wasn’t going to fix anything, and he couldn’t avoid his wife everyday. Grayson let out a sigh before walking over to her and pressing his lips against her’s “no, I had a long day at work and just wanted some air” it wasn’t a complete lie, but he definitely hadn’t been working the whole time at the university.

usually inez was good at calling bullshit, telling when people lied, or embellished the truth.. but to grayson, and her marriage, she was a bit blind to their problems.. or she knew grayson was acting weird from time to time, but she never question it was for any bad reasons, or that anything was the matter with their marriage.. but she wasn’t going to say she was happy about not seeing him as much anymore.. but she smiled gently and watched him come towards her, she kissed him back before peering up at him as he spoke, nodding gently.. “oh, i’m sorry.. -- i didn’t hear anything from you and you weren’t taking my calls either so just-- i needed to make sure everything was ok..” she said as she tried taking his hand in hers..

[inxwhi]

everettmctavish‌:

Even though he’d recently been promoted work had been stressful, he’d been tipped off by an anonymous source that there had been some activity with cars going missing around the island and it became his job to try and track them down, although no leads made it difficult. He sat just outside the station, he was finishing up for the day and decided to just hang around for a bit while he calmed down before his drive.

it had never bene inez’s intention to change occupations, but after the loss of her child, she found herself unable to return to working as a hospital nurse, so she’d found something else, and faith had it that she passed through the police academy and was now a rookie, fresh out of school, working for the island police. with no one but the newly appointed sheriff.. or they had been appointed partners before he got promoted but, they still worked together almost on the daily.. so when her shift ended, and she was leaving the station. walking to the parking lot to see the familiar face of everett just sitting in his car who was parked not far from her own.. so she figured she’d just say hi, before driving home, so as she came loser, the woman smiled.. “sheriff mctavish..”

[inxwhi]

graywhitmore‌:

Lately Grayson avoided going home after work was over, he tried to find ways to stay late, or to come in after his wife was asleep, that way he could justify sleeping on the couch. Today he drove to the beach, it was a cold day but the air around him felt nice. Grayson leaned against the hood of his car overlooking the ocean, he barely even noticed anyone pull up beside him.

it had started to become more of a common thing that inez had to spend more and more time at home, alone.. only for grayson to show up as she’d gone to bed or to not show up at all.. every bit of that hurt, and she always question what he was up to and why he did it.. so she kinda just took it upon herself to try and find him.. and find him she did after going to one of her favorite places by the beach.. the girl could see grayson’s car standing there and just him leaning against it in front.. pulling up besides him she opened the door, hands resting behind her back as she took the few steps over to her husband, “-- why, are you planning on going in?”

[a-cleanlook]

Amy Jackson

[inxwhi]

jfcjohnnyking‌:

Johnny had heard someone come in and order, the voice sounded familiar but to be honest he was so stuck on the puzzle he didn’t even think. When he finally looked up to respond to her he let a small laugh out when the figure was his best friends wife “i didn’t even notice it was you.” he moved the paper closer to her “i keep doing them thinking i’m going to get good and still nothing” 

inez smiled again as johnny finally glanced her way, noticing her.. “it happens, somehow i kinda just blend into the background now-a-days which is a weird feeling.. but yeah..” she said smiling and glancing down at the paper as e moved it closer to her, eyes moving across the page, before a small chuckle escaped her, “that one right there... #49, 7 across-- rubber from the middle east; aladdin.” she said, using her finger to point one out, “pretty sure there will be a day where you’ll just know everything..”

[inxwhi]

JOHNNY:

If Johnny wasn’t at his bar working, or with the few friends he had, he was at the diner. He had most of his meals there and even began to see them as ‘family’. Yet again, he sat at the counter top, with a crossword puzzle; something he did to keep his mind busy, and a cup of coffee. “You any good at these things?” he asked the person sitting next to him. 

It had been her one day off work, so she’d decided to be extra lazy since grayson wasn’t gonna be home, so when all of that happened, sometimes she decided to take her meals elsewhere, diner food being a quick and easy favorite of hers.. so as she stepped inside she saw a familiar sight of the back of her husband’s best friend sitting by the counter so it only made sense for her to sit down by him, if either suddenly wanted to strike a conversation.. once she’d sat down, ordered herself some food she heard the others voice. though thinking he wasn’t really aware who he was talking to. but the woman looked over and down at the crossword puzzle in front of him.. “i’m not awful at them if that’s to any help..?”

[legends-of-today]

[inxwhi]

graysonwhit:

Grayson had always known he’d hurt his wife, he pushed her away when she needed him most, he cheated on her, and although they were separated, she was currently still his wife, so being with Zoe was basically cheating still. But seeing her admit just how much she missed him wrecked him, he could feel himself cracking as they cried into each other’s arms. And in that moment he forgot about all the stupid things he’d done to her, and a flash of hope came over him, what if she could forgive him and they could start over, what if one day this room could be filled with joy and laughter instead of dust and horrible memories. “You shouldn’t even have to miss me” he choked out “I’ve been the worst, god, I could never make it up to you, there is no way I could ever fix what I’ve done”. He wiped her tears from her eyes and tucked her hair behind her ear “I really fucked up”.

god how she’d missed the feel of his touch, how loving and caring he actually could be as he wiped her tears away, tucking her hair away behind her ear.. even if every word he said hurt, telling her that she shouldn’t feel how she felt, cause he was awful.. he’d fucked up so badly.. and it was true.. and knowing that he knew hurt, cause she was aware that he wouldn’t change for her.. she wasn’t worth it to him.. inez bit her bottom lip before her hands came to cup both sides of his face, holding his features in between her hands.. “but i still do.. and i dont think you get how much i do..” she said quietly, before looking up at him through dark glossy hues. “-- do you still care?” 

[inxwhi]

it had been 8 years since she’d stopped dancing, stopped cause her then husband told her too.. she later turned to bartending, going wherever she was needed and she had enjoyed it, she still very much did... but she wasn’t going to lie, she’d missed dancing.. missed preforming.. missed the attention she’d once gotten.. the attention she no longer got.. and maybe she was stupid for craving it, but she did.. she was human just like everyone else.. so she’d returned to it.. did it, enjoyed it.. but tonight was bar night.. bar night meant another night with pissed drunk grandpas grabbing at her, cupping a feel before leaving her an extra tip. though this time she’d had it, as one reached over as she was making someone’s drink, grabbing at her, causing her to drop what she had in her hands, shattering as it hit the floor, for a moment she was unable to move, didn’t even know what to do, how to react honestly.. the only thing she managed to do was turned her head, dark eyes scanning the bar before landing on one in particular that looked quite pleased with himself.. 

[inxwhi]

graysonwhit:

Grayson let a few more tears stream down his face, he had spent so long keeping it all in, not letting anyone, even Inez, see just how hurt he really was. Grayson ran his hands through her hair, letting the softness glide between his fingers, calming him down. “I should have said this a long time ago, I should have told you that it wasn’t your fault, I was just too busy figuring out how to be a person again”. He shook his head looking down, he knew there was nothing he could do or say to excuse his actions, he wasn’t looking for forgiveness either, he just wanted her to know that he did really care, and he was really hurt over it all.

boy had she cried over everything, cried herself dry over their daughter to the point where she thought she’d never be able to cry again.. but then she learned about everything grayson had done, and she’d cried again.. yet in all of it she’d never seen him do it, and now.. seeing it now did something to her, it warmed her heart, as messed up as it sounded.. but it made her believe he had a heart, and a hope that maybe she could fit inside of it all again.. she wanted to so badly.. feeling his fingers glide through her hair before hearing his voice as he spoke.. moving her head slightly so that she could look at him, her hands came to cup both sides of his face, thumbs gently rubbing over his cheeks.. “i’v missed you... i’v missed you so much..” she said quietly, tears still running down her cheeks.