βmhmm,β sheβs only half paying attention; swirling her metal straw through her iced coffee and making eyes at the tattooed barista trapped behind the bar. she wiggles her fingers in a wave, delighting in the way the baristaβs cheeks flush pink at the attention. she flicks her gaze back to the boy at her side.Β βstephen king.. he wrote that creepy clown thing, right?β
βyes, are you even listening to the words i say?β he asked, frowning. when he noticed the blonde was actually flirting, he couldnβt help but laugh.. it was 8:00 am in the morning.Β βyouβre a lost cause, gigi. he isnβt even that cute.β
hayden nodded, a sense of disbelief very clear on her curious features, βyou must know how much i love stephen kingβ¦ or, at least his work. just the fact that iβm hearing of this now seemsβ¦ convenient,β truthfully she had no reason to not believe him but a little bit of teasing never hurt anyone.Β
βdo you, really?β it might seem odd, but he actually had no idea, or else he wouldβve told her way sooner. Jupiter was not really known for being precisely humble.Β βwell, iβll keep that in mind for your future birthdays.β he smiled. βso, would you ever want to read it? my book, i mean. i have to warn you, though, iβm no stephen king.β
βuhmm, i donβt knowβ she shruggedΒ βthatβs your line with all the girls orβ¦?β. she was obviously kidding, bianca really doubted every word he said, but at the end of the day she gave him the chance.Β βsoβ¦ your novel itβs about ghost and scary things like pennywise or itβs more psychological suspense likeβ¦ misery orβ¦ neither or those?β. she assumed that he was on the horror fiction genre.
βwould it work, if it was?β he asked, winking.Β βsadly, itβs not.β now that she mentioned it, though, it kinda looked like that. maybe he could start using it that way; someone who is smart enough to be interested in a book-related anecdote could be a potential date for him.Β βno ghost, darling, i can assure you that.β there were a few books that he really enjoy that use monsters in order to create a spooky environment, kingβs for example, but whenever he wanted to really scare himself, he would turn to some writers like allan poe, who would really play with your mind until you convince yourself youβre terrified. he tried to do this whenever he wrote that genre.Β βpsychological thriller sounds more like it. but enough about me. how are you doing, bianca?β
it didnβt take more than a few seconds for her to recognize that voice, but before turning around, she checked herself to see if it wasnβt actually a nightmare.Β βwhat the fuck.β sheβd never been one to bite her tongue, and in that moment those words were the only possible reaction to being face to face with him again.
the beginning of the year always had unexpected surprises; for some reason, even as far from home as he was, he had found a considerable amount of people that he had actually met before. but if you have told him the night before that autumn, the girl he was madly in love with in high school, at least until she broke his heart, would be there, standing in front of him, he just wouldnβt have believed you.Β βautumnβ that was the only thing that came out of his mouth. speechless, he had to rub his eyes to make sure he was not dreaming. theatrical, you may think, but that was just the way he was.Β βwhat are you doing here?β
βmeh,β it took a lot to impress sebastian, someone that had read just about every writer under the son and had strong opinions about every word they wrote.Β βtalk to me when youβve resurrected burroughs and got his approval.β a joke, he would actually love to read it.Β
he couldnβt help but to roll his eyes. for some reason, his charm, that usually worked with ease, was just not enough for sebastian. if it was any other person, heβd just let it go; he doesnβt have anything to prove, but with him... it was more complicated.Β βyou wouldnβt really want me to stop talking to you, would you?β he asked, pouting.Β βnah. you would miss me too much.β it was only distinctive for him to act like that.
βi honestly donβt know what to tell you.β he said, laughing.Β βit is a true story.β every single time he told it, though, people wondered if it actuallyΒ was.Β βyouβd have to read my novel first. then, youβll understand why stephen king liked it so much.β
fresh off a plane from new york, usa itβs jupiter beck. heβs a junior majoring in literature at collΓ¨ge alpin. you might know him from his parents, theyβre the writers of a best-seller children story book collection, the adventures of molly brown. the 21 year old scorpioΒ bears a strange resemblance to timothee chalamet. around collΓ¨ge alpin theyβre known as the raconteur. it helps that theyβre very mesmerizing and intelligent, but theyβve been known to be proud and conceited. youβll recognize them in the halls by the smell of tobacco, ink stains and stylish coats. listen out for all these things that iβve done by the killersΒ playing in their room. [ clementine, 20, gmt -6 ] * book club.
hello again!! this is clementine, bringing my second kid. again iβm just gonna leave some important things in the bullet points so feel free to like this and soon enough youβll have me in your messages ready to plot something fun :) i really really love this muse and i hope youβll too, i think he can be really interesting to plot with <3
jupiter, strange name as that one is, is the only son of the beck family.
his dad is from hartford, conneticut where he lived a humble life until his parents discovered he was a really talented writer. around the age of eighteen they bought him a ticket to new york and paid his rent for a few months. he tried his luck selling $2 dollar short-stories nearby the metro station. then, one day he met the woman who would become his future wife, who happened to buy a story from him. they fell in love instantly. she came from a family of lawyers who wanted her to study somethingΒ βmore financially secureβ than anything that had to do with the arts but she ran away with this man and together they started writing a storybook collection, following the adventures of a little 8-year-old english girl named molly brown. these stories became really popular and they built an empire. now, they have expanded to merchandise, comics and it is even rumored they have an upcoming molly brown movie.
after finishing high school in NYC, jupiterβs parents motivated him to study abroad so that he could get to know some other cultures and experience different ways of living. his dad tells him that a good writer is someone who has been through a lot.
ever since he was little he was really interested in all things related to culture. his mother would tell him peculiar bed-time stories such as greek and roman mythology ones. (he was actually named jupiter after the roman god, who was previously known as zeus for the greeks).Β
thanks to this and to the mere fact that his parents are both writers and readers, he has always had different interests than his classmates.
he is bisexual and youβll find that he is really flirty with a lot of people so.... bear w him.
in the list of his favorite writers youβll find: haruki murakami, f. scott fitzgerald, gabriel garcΓa marquez and milan kundera.
as you can see he enjoys the narrative/novel part of the literature more than anything, thatβs why i labeled him as a raconteur. he writes stories and has written a few short novels too.
he is not really close to his parents because they have pushed him away. he feels like heβs an intruder to their relationship and that they would be better off without him. so, with that and the fact that heβs an only child in mind, he is very used to being lonely.
in spite of this last point, he is really talkative and likes to meet a lot of people. heβs a total extrovert so being social is not the problem. i would say the problem is to find someone who really grabs his attention.
when he finds someone who does tho, he can be a little obsessive. he is stubborn as hell so if he likes someone heβll do whatever he can to be with that person at least once.
he is really stylish and loves to look good. he is a fashionista tbh.
he tw: drinks a lot and he tw: uses drugs sometimes so in case that pops out in a thread iβll make sure to put it under the read more section.
