Freedom Deserved;

Markus. Muse & Mun 21+. Selective.  Detroit Become Human. OC Friendly. NSFW Friendly ( 18+ ). Independent. RP Blog. Guided By Lea.

[ajadedflame]

[leaderawakened]

Why does Markus only ship with girls? Why post all those female support posts? You're just projecting.

// Because Markus loves the women and the women love Markus ♥ I project Markus loving the womens, okay? This is what he wants to do. But your quick take of my boi shows me you don't read muse bios. Idk what to tell you. If you don't like it, you can ship yourself with the block button, nonnie. : (

[leaderawakened]

[ ooc. ]

It's time to clean house, loves. ❤

Markus' blog is in the process of being revamped / reworked, along with some tiny rule changes. With that, some mutual followings may be broken to keep Markus' dash free of certain content - which is all for the reason of allowing me to be comfortable writing on his blog again. Just a small heads up.

- Lea

[leaderawakened]

[ update. ]

It took a while, but I’ve managed to clear my dash to fit my personal liking. Blogs that have been inactive, archived, and/or lacked interaction with me have been unfollowed and/or soft-blocked. My dash is now clear of content that I’d rather not see, and that alone has boosted my confidence to write more frequently on this blog. So, if you are reading this update, then I think that you’re cool and awesome, and I’m happy that we’re mutuals. 

[leaderawakened]

@revolutionsheart​ > prev. 

To guarantee their privacy, Markus closed the apartment’s door behind him after his entrance. Although, pursuing after North inside of her apartment only left him with something he didn’t particularly like hearing. To hear that what that Natalie woman said about this abortion was true. It was bad enough that this “abortion” situation was genuine, but it was even worse when it came from the mouth of someone he hardly knew of. He had no control over North’s body, and he couldn’t tell her what to do concerning her body. But, this?...

“No, I’m not happy. I wish you would have told this to me.” His statement was blunt, and his tone left little room for much consolation. This was definitely a big deal for him. What if there hadn’t been any abortion? Markus could have been a father to a child he wouldn’t have even known about. “I’m not happy that I had to hear this from some hellbent stranger, and not from you. I thought that you and I were better than that...”

A weary sigh came from his mouth while he paced the floors, and his head shook from side to side in slight disbelief. But, this isn’t something North would lie to him about. “... I’m not angry about the abortion. I’m angry because this could get back to Jade. And then, she’s going to think that I hid this from her on purpose. And then, she’s going to hate me even more than she already does.” Markus confessed as he planted his palms against each side of his head. Suddenly, he halted his pacing in trade of sitting down on North’s couch, still holding his head in his hands.

“I’m only trying to do what’s right, North. ...What do I do?” He asked her for her advice on the subject, as he was surely desperate for the help. Markus has been through quite a bit with his wife. But never this. 

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@dxedgirl​ > prev. 

Markus always took to kindness shown by others, even if that kindness was as simple as someone asking him of his drinking preference. A smile of his own seemed to have found its way to his lips in return.

“Well, I -- I don’t know, really. I hadn’t ate anything today just yet. What do you recommend? Is it good coffee?” Markus asked while looking up to the young woman, awaiting her own personal advice. Who else was better to ask about what to order other than someone who worked there?

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@ajadedflame​ > prev. 

It has been months since Markus had genuinely taken Jade out anywhere for a date. They hadn’t exactly been a normal couple for a while. Marital problems sort of placed their romance on hold. He hadn’t been the best husband as of late, but he thought that this was a cloudy funk that they would eventually get through. She has stayed with him during all of this. Hell -- She even took him back after his fling with North. So, she must have held some affection for him still.

By the time Jade exited from the front door of their house, the inside of the car was toasty and nice - A pleasant counter to the chill of the Detroit wind. Markus waited patiently for his wife to get settled in the passenger’s seat.

“It looks like Heaven is missing an angel right about now.” Markus commented, giving Jade a bit of a compliment on her appearance. He was donned in his own formal attire, refusing to miss a beat to look appropriate. “..You look beautiful, Grace. Green has always been your color.” A small addition to his claim was followed by him reaching towards the radio and swiping his finger across the touchscreen to find a suitable song for a romantic vibe. 

As the music played from the speakers, Markus gripped onto the steering wheel with both of his hands. The man took a couple of moments to gather himself, and to push the negative thoughts about their marriage into the back of his head for now. Today was suppose to be the day of lovers. So, they should try to ..be like lovers. 

“Alright. We’re on our way.” Markus said aloud, but not necessarily expecting any response. Shifting the vehicle into reverse allowed for him to steer the car backwards out of their driveway, and with a switch of the gears and a maneuver of the steering wheel, he had started to drive out onto the road and down the street. 

His eyes had mainly been on the road, but when they started to get into more congested traffic, Markus took a few glances over to his wife. They’d hadn’t said much during their car ride thus far. Well, now was about the time to change that. There destination wasn’t too far off, anyway.

“So, how has work been lately? I know there’s probably stuff you can’t talk to me about, I just - was curious. You seem to really like it there. Down at the precinct.” The man stated in means of making a conversation, his fingers tapping lightly on the steering wheel. As traffic started to move on the street, he moved along with it. 

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@ajadedflame​​ > prev. 

“Okay, that sounds - great. I’ll give you a bit of time to get ready, and then we’ll be on our way.” He slowly nodded his head, trying to be considerate with Jade’s time. All of this was a huge opportunity that he honestly didn’t think he would get. No, this wouldn’t just solve all of their problems. But, it could be a brand new start.

“I’ll be waiting for you outside. ..I’ll warm up the car. It’s a little cold outside, so make sure to put on a coat.” He added before starting to walk around where his wife was. However, he did halt in the middle of his stroll just beside her body and placed a rather hesitant kiss to her cheek. Markus didn’t even wait for too much of a reaction. Instead, he continued on his route to heading outside. He would wait for her inside of the vehicle and hope she wouldn’t change her mind about joining him. 

[leaderawakened]

“Can you please. Just this one day. Just let me talk with you, and take you somewhere nice. That’s all I’m asking of you.” 

@ajadedflame​

[leaderawakened]

[ ooc. ]

It's time to clean house, loves. ❤

Markus' blog is in the process of being revamped / reworked, along with some tiny rule changes. With that, some mutual followings may be broken to keep Markus' dash free of certain content - which is all for the reason of allowing me to be comfortable writing on his blog again. Just a small heads up.

- Lea

[leaderawakened]

@revolutionsheart​ > prev. 

Once Markus responded to North with his previous text, he didn’t even send a reply back to her. He would see her face to face soon, anyway. It did remind him that he intended to message Jade earlier; He hadn’t talked to her since last night, actually. It’s like she was purposely getting up super early to get to work, just to avoid him. It may have sounded like bit of an exaggeration, but.. Markus just felt that there was some truth to it. Nevertheless, now was not the time to share texts with his wife.

He’d arrived at North’s apartment complex much quicker than the thirty minutes that was mentioned earlier. A quick rotation of the steering wheel whipped the vehicle into a free parking space. Then, Markus turned off the ignition and exited the car with his keys and phone in hand. He sort of loitered near North’s door, awaiting for her arrival. And once she did show up, his full attention was given to her. 

“Hey, uh - ..We have a little bit of a ghost problem. A blast from the past that claims to have talked to you.” Markus announced while folding his arms over his chest. If North thought that he sounded insane, who could really blame her? “Natalie -- Natalie Hill. Jade’s old friend -- The one that fooled around with Jade’s ex. Yeah. I had a bit of an altercation with her not too long ago. She told me --” Markus paused the last part of his sentence, but only to take a couple of moments to scope the area, as if to check to make sure no one else would hear his next words.

“She told me that you had an abortion --” His quick rambles turned into a forced whisper as to not expose their business to any eavesdroppers. “Like, an abortion after you and I were -- together. And I just want to clear all of this up. Because this is something you would have told me, right? If this were true, I mean --”

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@revolutionsheart​ > prev. 

[ Text To > Compass ]: Nah, I’m not OK. [ Text To > Compass ]: I need to talk to you. [ Text To > Compass ]: Like I said, it’s serious. [ Text To > Compass ]: I’ll meet up with you at your place in like 30 mins. [ Text To > Compass ]: Sounds good? Markus fired back his responses pretty quickly while standing in the alley way. He just wanted to get ahead of this “abortion” thing if it was actually real. He didn’t want this to come to light; He didn’t want his wife knowing anything about this. Oh, he could already see the way that she would look at him. With those tired, green eyes. Well, he wasn’t going to let that happen on his watch. He just.. didn’t like for things to get out of his control. Especially when those certain things concerned him and his wife.

Eventually, his small pacing turned into him walking in a definite direction. His current location put him next to Jade’s favorite tea shop. He thought it would be husbandly of him to purchase Jade a drink and to have it waiting for her when she returned home from work today. But, that would have to wait until later, now.

Markus completely bypassed the little shop and hurried over to his black Bentley that was paralleled parked along the street. Once the man was settled into the automobile, he completely disregarded his seatbelt for now and sped off into the traffic. 

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@aroaringlioness​​ > prev. 

In his blinded rage, the whole succession of events happened rather quickly. One second, he’s yelling loudly at Natalie while forcefully pinning her body to a wall. The next, she’s striking him in the face with that bag of hers. Not to say that he didn’t deserve any of it, of course. On the contrary, Markus morally deserved any lick she threw at him. 

He ended up stumbling away, which granted the woman a quick and easy escape. By the time Markus gained his bearings, he could only see a silhouette of a person hauling away in the distance. It was no use to catching up to her at this point. 

Markus placed his hands to the sides of his head, frustrated by all that has transpired in this short period of time. He paced from side to side for a few moments, his agitation visibly increasing as time passed. He needed to calm down and get his mind in order before he did anything else. Imagine if he took all of this anger home to Jade... No - That was something that he could not afford to do. His wife already looked to him in fear, sometimes. Markus just.. couldn’t handle much more of that.

Yanking his phone out of his pocket, the man quickly browsed through his contacts until he found a certain name that was listed. ..Jade would probably be irritated to know that he still had North’s number on his phone.

[ Text To > Compass ]: We need to talk. [ Text To > Compass ]: Soon. Now. [ Text To > Compass ]: It’s serious.

[ @revolutionsheart​ ] 

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@aroaringlioness​ > prev. 

Markus honestly couldn’t stand any of this. The way that she just approached him and caused him to be in a situation he truly didn’t want to be in. Add all of that to the fact that she threatened to electrocute him. What exactly did she take him for? He didn’t like to be so rough with women, but Natalie was sure to push Markus through that forbidden threshold. Oh, and look. More smart words from this woman as she decided to stroll off as if.. she didn’t just cause him an issue.

“Hey!” He shouted out while stomping towards Natalie’s direction, only to quickly grab a hold of the arm that was on the same side of where she stored that taser. It was a tight, forceful grasp. And with a bit of force, Markus forced her back against the nearest wall. There was a growing anger in his eyes for this woman. He wanted to make something perfectly clear for her before she made it any further. 

“I don’t fucking need any judgement from you -- Not from the same BITCH who decided to fuck over her bestfriend years ago. If you think I just hurt and cheat on Jade, then you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about!” He bellowed practically right into her face. He tried to be better than to let his anger explode in this way, but Natalie tipped him over the edge. 

“You came to me with this bullshit, but I better not see you trying to snoop around Jade with it. Because you won’t like what will follow if you do that. Do you fucking here me, bitch?! Huh?!” The volume of his yelling seemed to be steadily increasing, and he truly felt that he meant all of what he said - with a burning passion. 

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@aroaringlioness​​ > prev. 

Unfortunately, his attempt to get Natalie to agree to his wishes had fell short. She didn’t even seem amused by his more intimate actions. She may be one of those that are hard to persuade. It did get the woman to stop talking about the alleged abortion. ...That was going to be stuck in his head until he actually got that issue rectified. 

Once Natalie managed to pull away from him - only for her to aim a taser at him - Markus simply shook his head from side to side. This is the game that she wanted to play? A scoff from his mouth showed just how seriously he took her threat. 

“Because I touched you, you claim for it to be sexual assault? I don’t know - It sounds like you’re looking for a payout to me.” He proclaimed, his eyes looking down to the taser in Natalie’s hand before looking back to her face. “You’re the one who came here, looking for a fight. Putting your hands in my marriage as if you’re an important third party in our union. If anything -- I should go to the police and tell them that you’re a stalker. A stalker that is trying to ruin my marriage.”

He simply wanted to make it known that all of this could be turned around to make it seem as if she’s the one at fault. There were no witnesses around to prove otherwise.

“Since my ‘proposition’ was so devastating for you, how about you put your little cow poker away and leave? Jade is not your concern. She is my concern, and my concern only. I know what she needs -- And she knows that I know that. That’s why she’s married to me, and not to you.”

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@aroaringlioness​ > prev.

And just like that. That cocky attitude that Natalie had on display seemed to have cracked - even if only just a miniscule portion. Despite the tiny reaction, it was enough to amuse him. He truly didn’t like this woman coming here with these big claims. If she so easily came here with this false information, what would stop her from going to Jade with this? Then, all of this would put a bigger strain on their marriage. Not that this “abortion story” was true. ...It can’t be.

“If your boyfriend is a ‘cop’--” He mocked the woman with an evident emphasis on that occupation. “-- I would have thought he’d teach you better than to come stir trouble with other people. Especially not with a.. ‘lady killer’, like me, as you say.” Markus added onto his previous statement with a squint of his eyes. Quite honestly, he hardly paid any attention to Natalie trying to gain distance from him. He wanted her to think twice about the choices that she’s made here today.

Close did Markus still hold Natalie into his body. Her irritation only made him realize that his actions were quite bothersome for her. In his mind - in his perception - this was the perfect retaliation. Make her feel uncomfortable, or.. maybe compromise her in the process. As a desperate man, he would go for anything at this point.

“The way you confront me? The way that you speak to me?...” The man commenced with soft ardor in his voice. His head leaned downward, much like a predator, and rested just beside her head. “It drives me crazy. I mean - it makes me seriously mental. So, mental that -  that if you’re planning to get in contact with Jade about any of this, ...I don’t know if I can just let you leave right now.” Had this all been a soft threat, or was this laced in with something more?

“After all, if you tell her about this, who would she believe? Probably neither one of us, given our history. I’ll still be the burden of a husband. And you’d still be the untrustworthy friend. She wouldn’t see a change in us. So, why try to meddle with emotions she’s tried to bury? ...We could.. make something happen between you and I. All we need to do is be quiet about it.” He attempted to persuade her with directness with a bit of charm in his tone. Charisma and charm is something he always had a “gift” for. One could just ask North and Jade. 

[ mentions: @ajadedflame / @revolutionsheart ]

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@aroaringlioness​ > Con’t. 

She wanted to protect Jade? Now, that was a statement that Markus just couldn’t believe. After all of this time, Natalie decided to come and “protect” his wife from him? From their marriage? Oh, how rich was all of this - The fact that she has the audacity to even pretend to care about her old friend was simply beyond him. No. There is definitely something else to all of this, ..and Markus was going to find out about it.

“Hm..” He gave a small hum, eyes still narrowed in their glare as Natalie boasted about her own finances. Talk about someone being ridiculously full of themselves. Lifting his hand up to his face, Markus stroked at his bearded jaw. He was quiet, but.. quiet people were always thinking. 

“You want to see me get away from Jade -- my wife?” He asked a rhetorical question while taking a few steps towards Natalie, which easily allowed him to close the distance between them. All six feet and two inches of him stood before his opposition, his glacial eyes taking a gander of her face. “I wonder why. I feel that this is less about North.. and more about you.”

Yes. An accusatory utterance. But, that didn’t cease his next action of gently grabbing onto both of Natalie’s hands. “ -- Or more about you and me. I mean, ..why else would you want me away from Jade? If you wanted me all to yourself,..” The break of his statement was met with him reeling in Natalie’s body closer to his own. “..all you had to do was ask.” 

[ mention(s): @ajadedflame​ / @revolutionsheart​ ]

[leaderawakened]

@rxseguided​ > Con’t. 

It was very kind of Jessica to help him out with this issue. What may have appeared to be a small favor to her, meant the absolute world to him. He supposed that it was one advantage about having a body that was nothing more than a replaceable unit. Repairs and upgrades could be made with minimal effort and without any permanent physical trauma. 

“Oh -- Thank you for this.” Markus expressed his gratitude before the procedure had even started. If nothing else, he had a very pleasant attitude towards other people. A very “respect is given, not necessarily earned” sort of individual. Nevertheless, the android disrobed his coat from his arms and carefully rested the fabric on a table near him. Soon, his shirt followed in pursuit, leaving his torso bare to Jesse’s eyes.

Upon his faux skin, there were faint patterns of damaged lines -- parts of him that wouldn’t completely “heal”; Parts of him that resembled small scars. He’d been through battle many times, and had the wounds to show for it. The android took a seat upon where he was directed to go. A roll of his shoulder flexed the artificial muscle beneath his skin.

“I admit that they’ve been embedded in there for quite some time, now. I’ve noticed them. I just.. hadn’t done anything about them. I thought that someone, with your expertise, would be able to remove the fragments appropriately.” He confessed, allowing Jesse to touch his back as she needed to. 

“--If I’m completely honest, I think I’ve just gotten used to a bit of wear and tear. I’ve had some surges.. in old, stored memories. I don’t know what you’d call this phenomenon, but.. I remembered that before I was with Carl, I.. was involved with underground fighting. ...Isn’t that strange?”