she's imperfect

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leannerhodes​:

“Honestly, I wouldn’t have blamed you if you did. I have kids of my own, and you’ve really got to be careful. There are some real weirdo’s out there.” Leanne smiled softly as she gestured to the adorable little girl on her push bike. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve shoved a camera out of paprazzi hands when they followed me and kids around.” Unfortunately for Leanne, being a well known broadway actress meant unwillingly forfeiting all of her and her family’s privacy. “ Forgive me, I can’t seem to remember your name, but your face looks so stinking familiar. Maybe we’ve met somewhere?? I’m Leanne, Leanne Rhodes.” She kindly offered her hand to the young woman, wondering where it was she’d seen her. Leanne was fairly well known around Asteria, most people called her auntie Leanne because she was always looking out for everyone. Most of the young adults remembered Leanne throwing the most amazing pool parties when her kids were young. Apparently, she had the best popsicles in town. More recently, she’d been baking cookies to take to those affected by the hurricane and putting together care packages. She’d put 3.5 million of her own into restoring asteria, and was planning another fundraiser now with the rest of the Asteria events committee. “Please, don’t apologize. I’ve been there, I get it.. hi, darling. I’m so sorry for disrupting your bike ride.” Leanne was so used to children and their moods nothing phased her.. “Oh! I think I accidently got a shot with you and little Eleanorwalking a head of me. I can delete it if you want, but I think it turned out really lovely actually. Some of my best shots are candids.”

“That is...slightly terrifying. I don’t think I’d be able to handle anything like that. Just add that to the list of reasons I could never be famous. ...along with the fact that I have zero talents that would get me there. But I’m okay with that. I think I’ll always be a small town girl at heart.” Kip had been born and raised in Asteria. When her dad had taken off almost two decades ago, he’d gone off to New York. Kip had thought about going there and confronting him at one point when she was old enough to find him, but then she realized she’d be going alone, and she’d never even been out of North Carolina, let alone to a big city like New York. She’d be swallowed whole in a place like that. Ella, always wanting to be on the move, tugged at Kip’s shirt. “Mahhhmaaa.” Kip sighed and bent down, picking up the toddler. “You, child, are going to be the death of me.” She sighed before looking back to the woman in front of them. “No worries. I’m Kipley Rowe. I’m a couple years older than your son Ashton, but I still went to school with him. I didn’t really know him, but I knew of him. If you ask him about me, I’m sure he’ll be able to tell you all about me. The girl who practically lived in the principal’s office for being very loud, and very obnoxious.” She laughed. “But, hey. I may have been loud and obnoxious, but I was a good kid. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.” She shifted Ella onto her other hip. “But I’ve retired my shenanigans, and live the mom life now. And my mother is loving every second of it, because Miss Ella here is turning out to be every bit of me. Aren’t you, Ells Bells?” Ella giggled and put her thumb in her mouth. “Oh, you can keep it. Now that I know you’re not some creeper that takes random pictures of people for your own viewing pleasure, I feel much more comfortable.”

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Open Starter w/ @mackenzie-callahan​

“Kipley! Did you take your meds?” ...Christ. Kip couldn’t get five minutes of alone time in this house. The hurricane and her surgery had been over a month ago, and still, her mother continued to breathe down her neck. Sure, she appreciated the fact that she cared so much, but the amount of attention that she was giving her was really starting to drive her crazy. “Yes, mother...” She mumbled from her space on the couch. “And did you confirm your appointment for tomorrow?” She groaned, feeling like she was suffocating. “Yes, mother.” She stood up from her place on the couch and moved towards the stairs, rolling her eyes as her mother followed her. “You know, Ella’s at Aunt Cheryl’s for the night. I think I’m going to text Kenzie and see if she wants to grab dinner. I need to get out of here.” Of course, her mother was weary of this, but Kip just kept walking up the stairs to her room. She had to wait to text Kenzie till she got there...her coordination wasn’t good enough to walk and text at the same time just yet. But when she got there, she flipped through her phone till she landed on her friend’s name. “Mom’s driving me nuts. Dinner and retail therapy?”

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maddieteaches​:

@asteriastarters​

Maddison was unloading boxes out of her car to take into the donation place when one of the bottom fell out of one of the boxes and everything fell out of it all over the sidewalk. It was the cherry on top of the bad day she was having. Her garage was flood because her hot water heater broke. Her laptop was fried and she didn’t see any hope in recovering it. She was pretty sure there was a racoon living in the attic and it was her mom’s birthday today. So the bottom of the box falling out and all of her moms little baubles and things falling all over the ground. She felt the emotions explode out of her as she just dropped to the ground, tears spilling downing her cheeks, the mess of things all around her.

Honestly, Kip would do anything to get out of the house at this point. After spending the better part of the past month being stuck inside, her mother watching her every move, even the dreaded grocery store seemed more inviting than the four walls of her bedroom. It was why when she had purged out Ella’s toy room to get ready for the upcoming holiday season, she jumped at the chance to take the toys to the donation station. She took Ella along, figuring the toddler could use the new scenery as well. She was just unpacking the last box when she heard a crash. Turning, she saw a blonde on her knees, and her heart broke, not knowing what was going on. Ella, not understanding personal boundaries, toddled over and picked up one of the fallen trinkets. “Uh oh!” She held it up to the crying woman, concern on her face. “’s otay...no cry.” Kip rushed over, picking Ella up. ...stranger danger, and everything, even if she was concerned for this woman’s well being. “Sorry...she’s a social butterfly. ...are you okay? Can I help?”

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kitaylcr​:

WHERE: Renegade Records

WITH: @asteriastarters​

Working at Renegade Records was… Well, it was easy. Not in the sense that Kit could get away with being lazy, but more so in the sense that it had such a chilled vibe that he could go roll a quick spliff during his break and then jump straight back into work and no one would be any wiser. Not that he would do that anyway… However alphabetising the records was probably one of the more tedious tasks Kit had during his day and he found his eyes wandering around the store until they landed on a customer. “I know I’m supposed to get you to buy things here but if I let you walk out of this store with that record then it’ll be a crime against humanity.” Kit joked teasingly as he sauntered over to them. “You must really hate the person you’re buying that for.” he taunted lightly as he casually leant against a nearby stand, his arms folding across his chest as he eyed the customer with a playful smile.

When Kip had asked her aunt what she should get her mother for Christmas, and her answer had been ‘a Meatloaf record’, the blonde was certainly beyond confused. What exactly was her aunt asking of her? For her to cook the worlds largest meatloaf? Kip could barely cook hot dogs and macaroni and cheese...she wasn’t about to start trying her hand at any sized meatloaf, let alone the world’s largest one. When she’d brought this up, her aunt had basically laughed in her face, and then introduced her to the band of the 80′s. Apparently, Meatloaf had been her mother’s first concert back when she was 16. Kip honestly didn’t understand what the big fuss was about him...but hey, if her mother wanted a trip down memory lane for Christmas, she could arrange that. And that’s where she found herself now. She looked up as an employee approached her and she couldn’t help but laugh. “Honestly, I couldn’t agree more. I have no clue what my mother sees in this guy. But my aunt suggested I get this for her for Christmas, so...here I am.”

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“Okay, I know how this looks, but I promise I’m not following you on purpose!” Leanne chuckled, her cheeks flushing with embrassment. Leanne had been walking through Asteria, snapping some photos of the towns slow going reconstruction to submit to the herold on behalf of the Asteria events committee. It felt good to breathe in some fresh air for a change, she’d been cooped up inside, tending to her son Ashton and her grandsons, so she was grateful for a little break from the chaos at home. Seeing her beloved town in disarray was a little saddening though. Looking up from the lense of her 1960’s Leica M8 rangefinder, she noticed the uncomfortable look she’d gotten from the person a few feet away. “I’m trying to get some good shots of all the storm damage to use on the flyers for the benefit concert I’m putting together, hopefully it’ll get us the remaining funds we need to finish rebuilding this place.” Leanne defended, nodding to her camera. “I’m really sorry if I startled you.”

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leannerhodes​:

“Okay, I know how this looks, but I promise I’m not following you on purpose!” Leanne chuckled, her cheeks flushing with embrassment. Leanne had been walking through Asteria, snapping some photos of the towns slow going reconstruction to submit to the herold on behalf of the Asteria events committee. It felt good to breathe in some fresh air for a change, she’d been cooped up inside, tending to her son Ashton and her grandsons, so she was grateful for a little break from the chaos at home. Seeing her beloved town in disarray was a little saddening though. Looking up from the lense of her 1960’s Leica M8 rangefinder, she noticed the uncomfortable look she’d gotten from the person a few feet away. “I’m trying to get some good shots of all the storm damage to use on the flyers for the benefit concert I’m putting together, hopefully it’ll get us the remaining funds we need to finish rebuilding this place.” Leanne defended, nodding to her camera. “I’m really sorry if I startled you.”

@asteriastarters

With the all clear from her doctors, Kip was finally able to start going back to normal every day life. Her mother still hovered over her every move, but now that Kip had the okay to drive, she finally had her freedom back. Kip’s mom was still uneasy about her daughter being out and about, but Kip was stubborn, and she insisted that she was perfectly fine now. Yes, there was technically a hole in her head, but that was just minor details. She couldn’t wait for the vet to be repaired so that she could finally return to work, but in the meantime, Ella was keeping her busy. The toddler had so much pent up energy, and honestly, Kip was exhausted. She had surprised Ella with an early Christmas present, one of those push along bikes where the kid could peddle but it was powered by the adult pushing it, and the little girl was loving it. Currently, Kip was walking along as Ella was yelling “Fah-stah Mama, fah-stah!” and the blonde just sighed. “I’m going as fast as I can, you little gremlin.” She got an uneasy feeling that someone was following them and looked around, seeing someone behind them with a camera, and she was about to confront them when the woman explained what she was doing. “Oh...I was about to ream you a new one, but I suppose that answer is acceptable.” The blonde laughed a bit. Ella huffed and crossed her arms, angry that they had stopped. “MAMA.” Kipley looked down at her daughter and blinked. “Don’t be rude, Eleanor. Sorry...terrible almost twos.”

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jack--valentine​:

Jack nodded “They are pretty cute” He said with a soft smile before grimacing “Ouch, that’s scary, but I mean, now you have an interesting skull…so…that’s something” Jack said, grinning again, trying to make a light hearted joke. When she asked about his injuries, he scratched the back of his head “Oh, I was driving back to hospital, cause they were calling us back because of the wind and how it was starting to get bad. Long story short, I hit a light post, got some injuries, stumbled into the bar for shelter” Jack said with a slight shrug “But I’m ok. You shouldn’t be worrying about me when you literally just had to have life-saving surgery”

“My mom always said I was thick skulled and stubborn as hell. Now the doctors can attest to that.” Kip smiled. Her smile faltered when Jack told her what had happened to him. “Jesus...you’re lucky it wasn’t worse. The pole could have come down on top of you or something.” She shifted in the bed. “Of course I’m going to worry about you. Number one, it’s the mom in me. I’m allowed to worry about the people I care about. Which brings me to number two, I worry because I care about you.” She sighed. “I think regardless of whatever has happened between the two of us, we’re always going to care about each other, at least a little bit. It’s just how the world works.”

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amontgcmery​:

Monty continued to grin as he grabbed a strawberry of his own and watched the interaction play out between mother daughter and grandmother. Fuck, he hadn’t even noticed the latter sitting there, but it made sense. She had her kid’s kid and with hers stuck in the hospital, she couldn’t very well be sitting at home. That is, if she even had a home after that storm. It occurred to him he had no idea where Kip and her family lay on the eco scale. To be hurt and homeless? It’d royally blow. He made a mental note to look into it. But for now, he was refocusing just in time to catch Ella waving and he did the same, giving them both a ‘nice ta meet ya’ as they exited the room.

“Well fuck– yeah, I gotta admit defeat on this one. Definitely more adorable than me. You’re mom seems nice too. Sorry I just kinda barged in, I get this tunnel vision sometimes. Completely miss shit that’s right in front of me. My momma calls it ‘endearing’ but eh– you know how it is,” he said with a soft chuckle as he moved to the other side of the room, snagging her mother’s seat. “Oh you did. At the vet. At Aero you sang a very different tune. Not that I expect you to remember thanks to the–” he tapped his head, tempering his grin to a smirk, “Honestly that whole thing was a blur, but yeah, i can picture it goin a multitude of ways. The only important one being at the end? You’ll be itching for another. And you know, we learn more about each other. Typical first date shit. Like the fact you were disguising your kid as a hoard of cats.” he teased.

“Oh, no, please, barge away. Ella is the light of my life, but her little voice just goes right through me right now. She’s so...loud. And I know where she gets it from. I’m not the quietest person out there.” Kip laughed. “But she certainly doesn’t help the headache. And my mom...she’s...a lot. She’s a nurse, so she’s been all over me. Checking the monitors, my blood pressure, my temp...it’s like she thinks the nurses here aren’t doing a good enough job. Not to mention every time I even slightly move, she jumps on me. I’m surprised she left that easily, to be honest. I’ve had to beg her to leave lately.” She took one of the pillows from behind her and leaned her elbow on it, placing her hand under her chin to prop up her head as she listened to Monty talk.

She raised her eyebrows as he mentioned her agreeing to a date at Aero. “You know, most of what happened at Aero is a blur to me. You know because of the...” She mimicked him and tapped her head (gently) - “But from what I do remember, I spent most of the time cowering behind the bar while the whole placed collapsed in on us. Did I agree to this date while I was dazed and delirious after the giant bottle of alcohol smashed me in the head? Because if so...I’m pretty sure that was the brain bleed talking there.” She paused. “But go on.” She listened to him sound so sure of himself and she let out a dramatic sigh. “Listen. Ella may as well be a hoard of cats. I gotta change her like I’d change a litter box. She yells at you when she’s hungry. And when she’s cranky? Watch out for those little fists. Temper tantrum punches as compared to cat scratches.” She shrugged. “We don’t need a date to learn more about each other. It could just be casual conversation. Here, I’ll start. I don’t have a hoard of cats. I don’t even have one cat. I like other people’s cats, but I could never have one of my own. They’re too...moody. I do, however, have a doofy dog. A year old German Shepherd that was dumped at the shelter because his previous family didn’t know what they were getting into when they got a shepherd. His name is Whitley.” She raised her eyebrows again. “Now it’s your turn. Look at that, casual conversation without the commitment of a date.”

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dylanvalentine​:

He was content when he could make other people smile, he was a lot like Jack in that aspect— except for the fact that his younger brother wasn’t as jokey as chipper as he used to be. Dylan could think about Jack later, or not since he avoided bad emotions at all cost. His eyes were on Kip and he tried his best to not make the concern too obvious because, well, she looked as rough as she probably felt. What a shitty thing to happen to anyone, but especially to someone like her who was turning her life around to raise a happy kid. “Shit.” He reached out to steady Kipley as gently as he could when she leaned against the wall. “Let’s get you back to your room. This way?” He didn’t want her to fall and hurt herself. Maybe it would be best if they were somewhere safer, more cushiony. He carefully rotated her, pulling one of her arms over his shoulder for better balance while holding her waist close to his on their way back. “Other than a busted window at Iron and a nick on my forehead,” Dylan pointed to the small mark between one of his temples and hairline. “I’m totally unscathed.” 

Ugh, back to her room. Just what she wanted. “But I just got my freedom...” She pouted, knowing it would be safer for her back where she was surrounded by pillows. She didn’t argue when Dylan offered her his shoulder for balance, leaning on him and letting out a sigh. “You’re a big, strong man. You could just carry me, you know.” She joked. She knew full well that if he had moved to pick her up, she would have given him hell for it. Kip didn’t like to accept help, it was one of the main things that she knew was going to drive her crazy when she got home. Her mother wasn’t going to let her do anything by herself for a long time. “Sounds like you lucked out, huh?” She smiled. As they passed the nurses station, she made a face at Nurse Ratched who gave her a knowing smirk, knowing full well it was too soon for her to be up and moving about. “This one.” She pointed to the room on their left. “Welcome to my temporary home. Like the decor? Ella made that for me.” She pointed to a hand made card next to her bed. “Not much to do to keep a toddler entertained without electricity, so my mom’s making do with what she can.”

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jack--valentine​:

Jack nodded “Uh, yeah, I remembered you talking about once, so I thought it wouldn’t hurt to get you one again” He said with a slight shrug, before accepting her invitation and sitting down next to her. “Yeah, once visiting hours are over, you are kinda just stuck with you’re own thoughts” Jack said, trailing off a bit before raising an eyebrow “Oh yeah, Niko was saying that you had to have surgery.” He said, scratching one of his arms “That sounds awful. But I guess it makes sense. Mine were coming in a bunch until I got my X-Rays done, and they could see that my lungs were fine. Now they send in the interns mostly” Jack said with a slight smile. 

“They’ve always been my favorite. They’re just adorable. Plus if you see them at the zoo, they always seem like they’re having so much fun. Chasing after each other, swinging around...they have the life.” Kip let out a soft laugh. “Yeah...when the shelf collapsed and the bottle hit me in the head, it caused an epidural hematoma. ...and the only reason I remember that at all is because an epidural is the only thing that got me through childbirth.” She laughed again. “They had to drill a hole in my skull to drain the blood. So now I’ll forever have a hole in my head.” She took a deep breath and leaned back against the pillows. “I never got a chance to ask what happened to you...by the time I got to the bar things were sort of falling apart around us. ...are you okay?” As awkward as things were between the two of them, Kip still cared for him. Part of her always would.

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mattykang​:

Any tears that Matty felt forming on his eyes, were pushed back as Kipley immediately welcomed him with humor. This was one of the many things Matty loved about her: how she could always find a way to bring a smile to his face, no matter what. Even amidst the worst kind of pain, like right now: she managed to. “Well… you know what the say: never trust a bitch”, Matty followed the banter making a silly voice at that last sentence. Followed by a chuckle: it was a bittersweet one, a bit awkward too. But nonetheless, it was a stress reliever too. He finally allowed himself to relax for a bit, his muscles feeling a bit less tense now as he made himself comfortable in that chair. It wasn’t a comfortable one… at all, but he found a comfortable position to make it work. His friends were okay now and it was all that mattered. Matty tried to focus all his energy on that. “I’m glad you are okay now”, he sincerely said and smiled fondly at her. “I’ll bring in smoothies for you whenever visiting hours are on… my treat”, he winked. 

Another small laugh fell off his lips at her mention and teasing of Halloween and looking like a mummy right now. It was abruptly paused when he got ready to answer her question. “We were at the museum… a window broke and broken glass flew all around us. Then, some candles we had around found their way to Mingyu’s tights, then to one of the wooden chairs and table so Mingyu was just… out of the ICU. He’s fine now but his legs are… burnt really badly”, he sighed, running his fingers through his hair. “I managed to put out the fire from him thanks to some water bottles laying around us and I only got minor injuries from the glass, and some very small burns on my hands but overall I’m okay”, he made jazz hands to show her the small injuries there too. “But yeah… Halloween’s just a few weeks away so I’m trying to get in the mood to celebrate this Holiday that you Americans seem to love so much”, he allowed himself to joke once more, trying to bring back again the humorous remarks to lighten the mood.

Kip perked up at the talk of smoothies. “You would literally be my favorite person in the world if you brought be smoothies. Or anything that wasn’t hospital food. They’re supposed to be healing us in this place...but I think they’re secretly trying to poison us. They gave me a chicken patty earlier, and I don’t think it was made out of chicken. It was awful.” She scrunched up her face. “My mom said she’d bring me back something if she could, but she’s got her hands full with Ella right now, so I doubt she’ll have the time. Not that I blame her...I’m beyond grateful that Ella’s in good hands. I don’t know what I’d do without her. She already told me that once they send me home, she’s going to wait on me hand and foot, and I won’t need to lift a finger. ...I don’t know how much I’m going to like that, though. You know how much I just love sitting still.”

As she listened to Matty explain what he’d been through, her eyes widened. She couldn’t imagine the horror that they’d been through. At least she had been unconscious for most of what had happened at Aero. Sure, she’d seen some of the horror...the tree come down, the windows and door being broken in, but for the most part, she’d been out cold. She didn’t see the walls literally come down around them. And on top of that, she didn’t feel most of the pain she’d gone through. Yes, she was in pain now, but it was nothing what it was when the shelf had first come down on her. She couldn’t imagine being caught on fire. “How is Mingyu? Is he okay? ...well, as okay as he could be, I suppose?” She leaned back against her hands. “Hopefully I’m back up and at ‘em for Halloween. I still need to figure out what Ella is going to dress up as.”

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dylanvalentine​:

The Valentine’s never seemed to catch a break when it came to tragedies lately. Everything started before the house fire on the fourth of July and went downhill from there. Emmi was hospitalized, their childhood home was burned down to the ground, Niko nearly died, Mikael went missing, Jack was injured, his gym was damaged in the hurricane, his best friend was in love with him and he ruined their friendship by not reciprocating, and he was afraid for the future. Dylan tried his best to not think too much about how any of it made him feel, and would instead chose to spend his evenings beating the shit out of other men to get those emotions squared away. It wasn’t odd to see him banged up more and more these days. He had been at the hospital to visit with Jack and a few others when he heard his name. “Kip.” His eyes immediately fell into something between sad and concerned when he saw the state she was in. Right. Niko told him something about what happened at Aero but he didn’t realize that it was this particular blonde who’d been injured. He had to do his Dylan thing and make light of a bad situation, it was what people knew him for. He eyed her up and down. “Y’know, I’ve seen you look better but… not bad.”

Kip let out a laugh and gave a smile. Leave it to Dylan. “You like? I call this look the Eye of the Hurricane.” Luckily they didn’t make her wear a god awful hospital gown and she was allowed to wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt. Not her finest look, but it could have been worse. Her whole behind could be hanging out for the world to see...not that it would be the first time that happened. She’d been so trashed so many times that she was pretty sure most of the town had seen her bare ass at this point. Leaning against the wall for balance, she tilted her head, but instantly regretted that when a wave of dizziness washed over her and she wavered a bit before putting her head upright again. “Still figuring out this whole hole in the head thing...apparently moving your head in any direction other than straight ahead is not the best decision to make.” Kip took a deep breath. “Are you okay? Or did Hurricane Bailey beat you up, too?” 

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footloose, the outsiders, better off dead

“who did you last dance with?”

See here

“why is your best friend your best friend?”

Because he’s always there for me, plus he manages to make me laugh even when I feel like total shit.

“why did you last laugh so hard it reduced you to tears?”

Ella ate a lemon, and the face she made was priceless. 

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back to the future, footloose, st. elmo’s fire

“which decade in the last century would you most have liked to live in?”

The 1920′s seem like they would have been one hell of a time.

“who did you last dance with?”

The last time I danced, I was very drunk, and there were a lot of people. I really don’t remember.

“what’s one piece advice you would give to someone two years younger than yourself?”

Don’t take life too seriously, but take it seriously enough.

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parenthood: is there anyone you’re not biologically related to that you consider ‘family’?

Of course. My close friends will always be my family, @mattykang and @mackenzie-callahan to name a couple.

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amontgcmery​:

There was a moment of pause so thick he wondered if the bump on her head caused so brain damage. Course, it couldn’t have been more than a few seconds, but he was impatient. The whole way there, he’d been palming his phone, hoping they’d get the lines going so he could call or something. Just to make sure she was ok. She’d been breathing when he left, but fuck– Aero crumbled quicker than a lego tower and they were all lucky to be alive. Her especially. 

“Gifts as in more than one of the same thing. As much as I’d like to splurge and buy the whole shop, I have a feelin’ things are gonna be tighter for me for a bit,” he replied, watching the little girl as it dawned on her what was in the box. The stop in the hospital gift shop had given him time to prep what he might say, or rather how he may take slight advantage of whatever drugs she was on to get a ‘yes’ for a legit date. What he hadn’t prepared on was getting sucked in by her mini me, who was definitely more adorable than any hoard of cats. “Ssstrawberries,” he repeated with a smirk, drawing out the ‘S’ a bit more. He popped the lid back open and selected one small enough for her to handle without being an obvious choking hazard. He plucked the stem as he spoke, moving close enough to crouch a bit as he held it out to the little blonde. “I’d never touch Bopbewies in a hospital. Guaranteed food poisoning,” He passed the berry to Ella before he sat the box on the little side table and turned his attention to Kip. “I can’t say I don’t get it now. She’s almost as cute as me so I forgive you for you know, turning me down. And the fruit is just a taste of what’s to come. Consider it a preview for our date,”

Kip watched Ella closely as she took the strawberry, making sure the toddler didn’t shove the whole thing in her mouth at once...a move she was known to do. “Eleanor, what do you say?” She asked, and the little girl looked up with her big blue eyes, smiling widely with a mouth full of strawberry. “Tank yew!” Kipley smiled and ran a hand threw the little girl’s hair before looking back at Monty. “I dunno...she might one up you in the cute department. Something about those big blue eyes that just do me in...” She smirked. Ella looked up and held her hands up towards Monty. “Mow peese!” and Kip shook her head. “No, no more. You’ll spoil your dinner.” The little girl pouted and leaned back against her mother once more, and Kip shook her head. “Get that cute face away from me. I’m not giving in.” She looked at Monty and pointed at him. “And don’t you be a sucker for the pouty face, either. It’s her greatest weapon.” Ella slid off the bed and made her way over to her grandmother’s lap, pouting in her direction, too. “Nana’s not going to budge either. Cut it out.” Kip’s mom chuckled and picked Ella up. “Why don’t I leave you two alone? I’ll go bring Ella to get some dinner. Ella, say goodbye.” The little girl waved her hand and smiled widely. “Byeeee!” Kip blew her a kiss before she was taken out of the room.

Looking back at Monty, she blinked a couple of times at the mention of a date. “Oh?” She asked, leaning back against her pillows. Kip just didn’t date. The last person she had dated was Jack, and that was over half a decade ago. As soon as he had started talking about the future, she was out of there. Now, it wasn’t just that she was terrified of anything having to do with commitment, she also had to worry about getting close to someone and having them bail on not only her, but Ella, too. They had a perfect family dynamic as it was. There was no point in bringing anyone else into it. “I seem to remember turning you down for that date. But please, enlighten me as to what you seem to think is going to happen on that date?”

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mackenzie-callahan​:

Kenzie couldn’t think of anything in her life that had been more terrifying than Hurricane Bailey had. She’d watched Kipley almost bleed to death as the bar came down around them and covered them all in debris and the nightmares from that were still coming, she imagined they would for some time. But Kenzie knew she needed to be strong for those who had lost much more than she had and so she showed up at the hospital with a little more pep in her step than she felt inside but as long as she could bring a smile to Kip’s face it would be worth it. She paused in the doorway and smiled softly at her friend, shaking her head. “You do know you coulda died, right Kip?” Kenzie stepped inside and slid into the seat next to her bed, reaching up to take her hand gently. “How are you feelin’?”

Kip gave a small shrug when Kenzie commented on how she could have died. She could have, and she knew that. The doctors were the first ones to tell her she was lucky to be alive. When she’d woken up from surgery, the doctor that had been in the room welcomed her back to the land of the living before explaining what had happened. Kip realized how serious the situation had been...but she was never one to take anything seriously. “It’s not the first time alcohol has tried to kill me, probably won’t be the last.” She joked. She took a deep breath and let out a sigh. “I’ve been better. They give me some nice drugs in here, so I mean, there’s that. But the food is awful, and I’m not even allowed to go to the bathroom without supervision. It’s like being in kindergarten all over again!”

[kxpleyrowe]

drugstore cowboy, permanent record

“which historical figure most spikes your interest?”

Alexander Hamilton is pretty cool. ...but that’s probably just because of the musical. Put anything to music and it’ll hold my attention.

“where were you the last time you told someone you loved them?”

Platonically? My hospital room while saying goodbye to Ella and my mom. Romantically? ...I don’t do love.