Bound

Madison Bridges || 24 || Unemployed

[madison-bridges-archive]

worshipthetemple:

“And that’s no reason to stop living. Chaos happens. We have to accept it. I just wanna have fun while I can.” They had a few close scares to death, enough to scare them but not enough to really slow them down. “Order makes things feel predictable. I don’t want to know what’s going to happen in my life next. I was never one of those kids who had a plan for life. I don’t plan to get married, buy a house, have kids. I just want to live.”

“I never said I’d stop living, Temple. I’m living. -- Well... Okay... Yeah. You’re right. I have stopped living a little...” She confessed, thinking back to the life she had before her accident, then to the live she was living now. It wasn’t even really a life. She didn’t actually do anything. She just sort of.... Drifted through life, allowing herself to mope and not really.... Trying. “Yeah, I get that. I think I want to buy a house. I don’t know about marriage or kids though. Kids are apparently a bitch and a half when you’re... -- Me.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

dannywells:

“Exactly. I don’t know what I’m waiting for. Maybe someone will walk by and I’ll smell something and it’ll be like that old school cartoon thing where the smell just lifts me up and takes me to what I’m dreaming about.”

“I hope that doesn’t happen to me.” Madison joked. “-- Unless my chair flies with me.” She added, a loud laugh at her semi-dark joke. “But honestly? I’d love to see it happen to you. -- That’d be wicked.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

zoe-fosterr:

                              “Fine, whatever, I won’t try to force you,” she said, chuckling and shaking her head. It wasn’t worth the try honestly—- Zoe truly was way too tired for it, and just… not in the mood either. To be fair though, she wasn’t really in the mood for anything ever these days. “Hey, I get it. Relationships aren’t for everyone, and even though it probably would be really cute, I would never try to force them to commit to anyone—- I still think you would make a cute couple though, and I reserve the right to say and think that.” She grinned widely, one eyebrow quirked a little. She might have sounded like she were just teasing, but she did mean what she said, honestly. “Ugh, I hate when people have something on me, even if it’s you,” she said and rolled her eyes dramatically, though only teasing. Well, for the most part.

“Good.” She smirked. Madison was happy with the banter she had with her friend. They were good friends and it was nice to just tease each other back and forth. “I didn’t say they weren’t for me. I’d love to be in a relationship, but no one wants to even kiss me.” She reasoned, shaking her head at Zoe. “I still wish you wouldn’t though.” Madison argued. “Suck it up, buttercup.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

tannerkozy:

“Oh my God–” The words were dragged out, but there was a laughter that followed it. Tanner shook their head, and playfully rolled their eyes. “Okay, you’re not wrong. But still– that chick was hot. So, yeah, I guess we have some different tastes. But whatever– more for me. Hypothetically speaking, that is.”

“She was alright.” Madison argued. “I’m just saying, you can do way better.” She said pointedly. “Honestly, I can do better, and that’s sad because like... I can’t do very well.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

erin-lhakpa:

“Afraid of cooties?” Erin teased, though the she simultaneously pulled her straw out of the drink and grabbed another from the condiment rack on her table. “Here,” she offered, handing the straw to the other. “But I won’t be offended if you really don’t want it.”

“Maybe.” She said in a deadpan voice before laughing after. As the other held out the straw, Madison gave a smile in thank you, and then stuck it in the drink. “I guess if you’re gonna go so far as to get me my own straw, it’d be rude not to drink it.” Madison teased. 

[madison-bridges-archive]

jude-nolan:

“Listen, I spent the first 18 years of my existence as a nerdy, straight-A genius boy. I’ve lived a fascinating double life,” he said, rolling his tongue in exaggeration of the words, not taking himself seriously at all. But that was the truth. People grew and they changed for the worse or the better, but deep down Jude was always that guy with a thirst for knowledge and books. “I can be all those things at once. Humans are fascinating, contradicting paradoxes. Each and every one of us. No one is just one stereotype.” He realized he was doing it again. “Sorry, I don’t know where all this is coming from tonight. Clearly I’m in the mood for talking your ear off.” 

“Oh really? Please continue, you’ve caught my interest.” Madison half-teased. She was mostly serious, but a part of her still wanted to make a joke in case he wasn’t comfortable sharing. Not that she thought he was uncomfortable talking about... Well, anything. “Nope. I’m just gonna go with, you’re the band bro douche.” She joked, she gave him a bright smile with a gentle laugh to assure him that it was a joke. “Awe, does that mean you like me?”

[madison-bridges-archive]

zoe-fosterr:

                         “Not it’s not, take that back,” Zoe said, furrowing her brows in protest. “I guess as long as you admit I’m right, I should be fine.” A light chuckle escaped her lips, followed by a quiet sigh. “Well, that’s a shame, you would’ve made a nice couple.” Which was definitely true, but Zoe wasn’t the kind to try and force people together, or even set them up, even though she was pretty sure she would be great at it. “Yeah, they do, they misuse that excuse all the damn time, which makes it horrible for those of us who only say it when it’s actually true,” she reasoned, rolling her eyes with a faint chuckle. “Whatever, you can hold it against me, I’ll try to be alright with it.”

“You can’t make me!” Madison laughed, smirking at her friend. “Good.” She said with a single nod. At the woman’s words, Madison’s cheeks flared into a deep red, her face dropping into her lap and a loud groan escaping her lips. “Shut the fuck up!” She shouted light-heartedly. “They don’t do relationships. They feel restricted and like.... Stuck in them. Like.... They like to feel free, and I’m definitely not freeing. So even if I did want that -- which I don’t. -- It’d never happen.” Madison explained, her head still in her lap. “I know. I believe you. It’s just nice to have something over you.” She teased. “I’m sure you’ll be fine.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

benxscott:

A chuckle escaped him at her words and Ben couldn’t help but look around where they were, a smirk crossing his features as he spoke. “I must have missed a lot if grocery stores are suddenly professional environments,” he teased gently.

Madison rolled her eyes. “I didn’t say this was a professional environment, I just meant like... In professional environments it happens, so I might as well like... Go with it, because it’s a somewhat decent introduction, right?”

[madison-bridges-archive]

elliefeatherstcne:

“Huh… maybe it is, I don’t know, something just feels different, like — temperature wise,” she said and furrowed her brows while she looked around town, inhaling the fresh air. “Oh, yeah…. that’s definitely gotta suck. I’m hoping the streets will be salted and cleared quickly this year so you won’t have to deal with it too much. Don’t you have gloves you can wear?”

“Yeah, I get where you’re coming from. Maybe your bones are detecting that it’s gonna snow.” She suggested jokingly, her fingers wiggling mystically in the air before she dropped them and laughed softly. “Hopefully.” Madison replied before nodding. “Yeah, I have gloves.” She then lifted her hands up and revealed the fingerless gloves on her hands. “They’ll still get gross though.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

jamiefrench:

                 “Come on now, I’m not that old—” He teased with a laugh, “Halloween is the least fun of all the holidays though! You can go to a costume party any night of the year, but Christmas? That’s an annual event.” Jamie loved most holidays, but Christmas was by far his favourite. “Nah I get it! If everyone just had a tiny more spirit though, they might drop their own petty desires.”

“Oh c’mon, you know that isn’t what I meant.” Madison frowned. “Well of course you can, but no one does! Because everyone’s saving it for Halloween!” She reasoned. “Yeah, I dunno. I’m not a big fan of giving gifts. It’s like... So difficult to find stuff that people want without like.... Asking.” She explained with a soft shrug. “Maybe. I don’t think so, but maybe.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

jude-nolan:

“What do you mean?” he said, still grinning. “Well, if there’s anything I’ve learned in my 27 short years, if people wanna leave, let them. Much better off without them. It hurts, but it’s the facts. Embrace the hurt, it’ll make you a better person, yada yada, …”

“You know exactly what I mean.” Madison responded, rolling her eyes. “I hate that you’re so smart.” She muttered, shaking her head at the man. “You’re supposed to be like... The dumb dude who sleeps with girls all the time, and is like... Stereotypical band bro, but instead you’re like... Smart and actually cool which is really unfair.” Madison teased with a laugh. 

[madison-bridges-archive]

worshipthetemple:

“Nope, that’s the point of being unpredictable. It makes life fun for me. And maybe it won’t be fun for you. We each live life differently.”

“It definitely wouldn’t. I’m a pretty big fan of order.” She admitted with a light laugh. “I mean, sometimes, chaos is nice too though. -- Like.... Sometimes I’ll stay in bed all day, ignoring and avoiding all of my responsibilities.” Madison half joked with a smile. “But seriously, I just.... Chaos is scary. Chaos fucked my whole life, y’know?”

[madison-bridges-archive]

dannywells:

“I won’t starve,” he mumbles, “I’ll move sooner or later,” mostly he was waiting for a line to die down  and that was the one he would end up going to first. But it was all a waiting game.

“If you insist.” She threw her arms up in a sort of shrug. “What are you waiting for, anyways?”

[madison-bridges-archive]

benxscott:

“That’s definitely a good place to start. I’m Ben.” As she continued, Ben couldn’t help the laugh that escaped. “Well, I definitely didn’t need to know all of that, but yeah, thanks for sharing.”

“Nice to meet you, Ben.” She smiled lightly. “Yeah, but it’s like.... When you first meet people in like... Professional settings, it seems like you’re forced to say your name, and three things about yourself, so... Just thought I’d get it out of the way right now.”

[madison-bridges-archive]

tannerkozy:

“Oh really?” Tanner questioned, brow raising in full curiosity. “Please, tell me who is hotter than that.” Because, really, the individual they had their eye on was pretty damn good. If they had to rate her – and yes, they did that occasionally. Or all the time. Either way, it would have been a solid eight point five. And that was getting pretty high up there, in terms of how picky Tanner was.

“You, for starters.” She shrugged. “Temple, Ava, Zoe, and Alison, and that’s only a few names. That’s just like... The tip of the iceberg. I just, don’t see what you see, I guess?”

[madison-bridges-archive]

alison-harper:

“Well, if you ever don’t want to freeze in the winter I will either suffer with you or help you so then you can have those lovely mittens that kids wear all the time,” she said with a smile, knowing that her and Madison always had a relationship where Allie tried to make her friend have fun.

“Nah. Maybe I’ll just become like... A hermit for the winter. Just like... Buy some weights and stuff to keep my strength up, and then start zooming myself around town. Maybe learn a trick or two.” She chuckled softly. “I think they’d stop pitying me and see me as a badass or something. -- Maybe I’ll go to the skate park.” She joked.

[madison-bridges-archive]

paymunoz:

Payton pulled her headphones out just in time to head the girl going off on her for not seeing her and her chair. Payton grabbed her skateboard and put her hand up, “Okay you need to chill the fuck out. I said I was fucking sorry, if you don’t like it too bad.” Payton knew she should probably shut up, since she was the one who ran into the girl but the girl’s rage only trigger Payton’s, probably making the situation worse. “We are done here and you can go back to being a bitch to someone else.” 

“Why are you getting angry?” Madison questioned, shaking her head. “I don’t think you get that you literally could’ve just damaged my wheel.” She reasoned. “These chairs aren’t cheap and I’m not exactly in the mood to have to get it replaced.” She then began examining the front of her wheel to make sure it wasn’t damaged at all. After a few moments, there was a sigh of relief. “I’m just saying, like.... Be more careful, ‘cause like... You could’ve caused some serious damage. What if you hit my actual chair and knocked me over? Like... I could’ve hit my head on the pavement or something. There’s literally no scenario where what just happened ends well for me. -- So I’m sorry for like... The immediate anger, but, like I said... Things can easily go wrong with this thing and I’m overprotective of it.”