L O N E L Y

— i'm a castaway, and men reap what they sow. and i say what i know to be true.

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tilly.

“I mean, that makes sense,” Tilly smiled, shifting from one to the other slightly. She’d just nipped out to grab the post from the post box to grab her post when she’d bumped into Leo, on his way to somewhere. 

“I mean if you feel like you need the extra support or it might help your clients? but then my expertise is medicine not business so maybe get a second opinion!”

He laughed, realizing the impatience in his ways, “I’m so sorry -- I shouldn’t have laid this all out on you,” Leo smiled apologetically, like when you’re a kid and you accidentally break something you should’ve stayed away from. Lately he had been apologizing like a little kid, anyways.

“And as a doctor, do you think I should start taking sleeping pills? I mean, frankly, look at me,” he pointed at the dark circles around his eyes, “I’m clearly not that good, am I?” He chuckled in irony.

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“So basically, what I’m explaining to you is simple math -- if I don’t please my clients, I don’t please my business, and if I don’t please my business, then what’s the point, you know?” At this point he was merely rambling, pacing around. Leonardo suddenly stopped, lost in thought. “What if I hired an associate?”

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ace.

“You know what’s really funny? Valentines days happens exactly the same week of Carnival in my country. While people are extolling love here, we are on the streets humping each other with little to no clothing. Marriages end during these days. And I know most singles will use this week to celebrate, but I take advantage of my depression for not being home to parade at my samba school to offer my babysitting services any night this week. I swear I’m going to behave and not teach your kids how to samba. Pretty please?”

“That’s quite ironic,” he answered with a smirk, sipping from his glass. “If I ever want my marriage to end, I’ll know what to do now, thanks to you,” Leo laughed, staring at the ground. “However, I still do believe love makes for impossible things, so I hope my marriage would survive such a thing as Carnival. My parents personally were very much against it.”

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tilly.

“ So this alarm goes off on the ward, and we’re all panicking and there’s 3 of us doctors just racing up the stairs because someone’s pressed their alarm button and we think something terrible has happened. We finally get to the room…  and it turns out they were trying to throw paper aeroplanes and managed to smack one into the alarm button! “

“I’m actually glad for the first time to hear a doctor’s story, usually they don’t wind up very well...” he explained, chuckling slightly as he raised one eyebrow. “I’m never sure what to say when my sister tells me her scariest, worst hospital stories. She’s a nurse... and usually they tend to see the worst of humanity.”

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noah.

“Oh jeez,” Noah said as he scrolled through his e-mail as he waited for his morning smoothie. He had just finished at the gym and still had a few hours before he had to be at the office. “Mira Coast High School twenty year reunion.” He let out a whistle as he looked through the e-mail. “How am I that old already?” He turned to the person next to him and smiled. “Would you go to your twenty year high school reunion? I mean considering it’s like two blocks away.”

“Personally speaking, I’d chime in with a little bit of wittier humor than theirs and a bottle of expensive wine in hands to hand in to whomever was in charge. That would likely impress them more than words ever could. I gladly never went to my school reunion, not because I didn’t want to - but because I was lucky not to have one,” he laughed, continuing, “it’s very likely they only need something to gossip about.”

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( DJ COTRONA + CISMALE ) — LEONARDO DOUGHERTY is a THIRTY FIVE YEAR OLD LAWYER who resides in THE STRAND. HE has been living in Hermosa Beach for THREE YEARS. Those who know HIM say HE is WELL SPOKEN AND GENTLEMANLY on his good days, but can also be VENGEFUL AND GUARDED if you step on his toes.

tw: alcohol, alcoholism.

hello my darlings! i am candie and this is leo, aka my lil businessman w/ whiskey issues. there should be no triggering content in this brief introduction but please let me know if something needs tagging tbh. sometimes i forget & it happens often! i apologize in advance. anyway, here we go. (also, pls like this for plots n’ giggles and i will come to u).

born to two lawyers, leo was the eldest in the family. influenced to follow his parents’ footsteps, he was determined to be more successful than any of his peers could ever be. he was definitely from a privileged background, but that never stopped him from pursuing his goals instead of simply waiting for mommy and daddy to hand it over on a silver plate.

he’s got a squeaky clean reputation since birth, and he intends to keep it that way. despite having a few (secret) issues with drinking whiskey, he’s quite the gentleman and will go to extreme lengths to make sure he’s well seen within the community. his image is everything to him.

leo has two sides: business side & personal side. in both ways he’s generous and kind, but he can be vicious as a lawyer and quite sensible in his personal ways, it can be contradicting but he’s kiiiind of a walking contradiction tbh.

loves but doesn’t want children. has a wife of two years whom he loves very much ( open connection tbh! ) 

there will be a stats + connections page for him! in the meantime that’s all i could think about as truly relevant. i’m still fleshing him out as a renewed muse i’ve had for years in mind, but never quite got to write. so this should be interesting!

[tearthatcherryout]