“The whole concept of Black Friday is absolutely horrifying to me,” Bethany admits, brow lightly furrowed as she watches a pair of women passing by with arms laden down with stuffed shopping bags.
“I saw this clip on the news this morning of two women getting into a physical fight over a discounted phone or something like that. And a sales clerk getting trampled at a Victoria’s Secret. I’ve never been able to understand it. Do you think people get so caught up in the whole mob mentality that they just forget their humanity in that moment? How do they feel about themselves afterwards when they see that?”
“Yikes,” Logan responded, listening to the stories that Bethany had heard on the news about the craziness that was Black Friday. “I actually think it’s better recently than it has been for years. Back in the day, you would hear on the news about multiple fist fights and police being called in to break up brawls over televisions and stuff.” For a moment, he pondered on her question, though he assumed it was mostly rhetorical. “I think people see what they feel is a great deal and do everything they can possibly can to get it. You should know in our lines of business, greed is a huge motivator.”
“ CAN YA GIVE ME A SMILE ? ” phillipa, apparently, holds no shame when it comes to approaching any ol’ person in the middle of a crowded street. she holds up the camera up and chuckles at her own emboldened greeting, “ —- actually, scratch that, just be yourself. you just looked really happy, figured that’s something i’d wanna capture. ”
"Is this normally how you greet people?" Logan couldn't help but blurt out the question as the stranger had approached him, camera in hand and immediately began making pointers for a picture. The laugh came out at the woman's insistence of "being himself", the man shaking his head in disbelief. "I hope I'm getting compensated for my time here." His eyes followed the camera, allowing the blonde to take the picture that she needed.
◜ ⁘ richard madden, cis male, thirty-three → have you met logan mills? He is a lawyer that has lived in philadelphia for a year. i heard they’re also a leo with a knack for being ambitious & confident, but can also be quite arrogant & secretive. he always makes me think of finely aged whiskey and you can always catch believer by imagine dragons blaring from their window. • as written by nadia/est/25+/she/her
Hello everyone! I’m Nadia and it’s been literal months since I’ve properly rp’d in a group so please be gentle with me. You can find me at nadia#0645.
Now to Logan:
Logan was born on August 13th, 1985 to Phillip and Genevieve Mills in Manhattan, New York City, New York. An only child raised in the Upper West Side, Logan benefited from having wealthy parents and dashing good looks. As a young boy, he was treated to yearly family vacations, the best education money could afford, and any item that his heart desired. With his father being a successful attorney, it was his influence that drove Logan to follow in his father’s footsteps, applying for the same university that his father had graduated from: New York University.
It was at NYU that he met her. He was eighteen, standing around at his freshman orientation and while talking to the kid who would be his roommate for the semester, Logan’s eye caught the sight the most beautiful girl that he had ever seen. It had been at his roommate’s prodding that he introduced himself to the girl and from that moment on, the pair were inseparable. It had been the first time that Logan had ever been in love, ever felt so deeply about another human being that he couldn’t imagine spending his life with anyone else. He proposed when he was twenty and the pair were married by twenty-two, just as they graduated from NYU and Logan began his law school program at Columbia University.
After graduating from law school and passing his bar exam, Logan joined his father’s law firm and from that moment on, his professional life was on the rise. His personal life was great as well; he was happily married to the love of his life and with his wife being successful in her own career, the pair were the young professionals that their friends and family looked up to. They were constantly called ‘couple goals’, always invited to the best parties, the fanciest events. The events, however, were supplementary to the life that Logan had become accustomed to. He loved his wife, he loved his life and he couldn’t imagine anything ever changing.
After being together for thirteen years and being married for almost ten years, Logan’s wife asked him for a divorce. The request blindsided the man and no matter how many times he asked, he could never get an answer as to why she had asked him for this. Nevertheless, he agreed and according to their attorneys, their divorce was the most civil they had seen in years. Logan wasn’t one to keep someone trapped in a marriage, even if he didn’t fully understand why and if this was what she wanted, then this was the least he could give her. He let her keep the apartment, moving back in with his parents as he figured out his next step.
After his divorce, living in New York was painful. Every borough had a part in the love story that no longer existed, every street corner reminded him of a memory that he had been trying to forget. Going to work felt even worse to the young man. Was it the long hours that had driven his wife to leave? Was it the fact that he wasn’t practicing criminal law and wasn’t really helping people? The questions never stopped and at thirty-two years old, Logan decided that he needed a change.
He wasn’t sure why he chose Philly, but Philly is where Logan landed, ready to start with a clean slate. Instead of private practice, he found himself drawn to criminal trials and defending those who needed as much help as they could get. He joined the pool of court appointed defense attorneys, still taking on private cases from time to time. He may have been born with privilege, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t use it to help others around him. This change in career also meant a change in his lifestyle. Gone were the fancy parties and events and instead were nights spent home alone, surrounded by his clients’ files. Gone was the three bedroom high rise apartment overlooking Central Park and instead, a one bedroom loft in Center City. Now that it’s been a year since he arrived, Logan wouldn’t change a thing about his time in the city and hopes to spend many more years here.
Likes: Big dogs, boxing, thrillers, sex, cooking
Dislikes: Disloyalty, traffic, people who break plans at the last minute, mayonnaise, blind dates, Donald Trump
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