Greg Carlson

darlingboyadam:

He paused near the doorway, looking up to catch Greg’s gaze. He allowed his mouth to go a little bit slack and widened his eyes just a tad, as if this were news to him. But then he reoriented his features, his slack mouth tightening into a thin line of annoyance. “No shit, Sherlock!” he grumbled sarcastically.

Greg let out a soft sigh as Adam responded to him. So it was going to be one of those days. "If I bought you a coffee do you think it would be possible for you to maybe be a little more quiet?" He was trying to avoid conflict but there didn't seem to be a good way to go about it if he also wanted silence.

#gif:adam

darlingboyadam-blog

coffee break

“Way. Too. Fucking. Cold.” Adam’s pained hiss was lost in the chiming of the coffee shop’s bell that loudly announced his entrance and so he repeated himself for good measure, as he stomped the snow from his boots and scanned the shop’s occupants, an eager glint evident in his gaze.

#norbtask #tw abortion mention

Greg was startled the moment that Adam burst through the doors of the coffee shop. All he wanted to do was enjoy a cup of coffee during his lunch break and now he was getting an earful of complaints. He sat his cup down on the table in front of him and slowly turned around, “I don’t want to be rude, but it is winter.” Greg spoke with a softness that could hardly be heard over the clatter of customers, but his dirty look probably spoke volumes.

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Questionnaire:

PLACE IN SOCIETY

financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty.

medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged.

class or caste: upper / middle / working / slave / unsure.

education: qualified / unqualified / studying.

criminal record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no.

FAMILY

married - happily / married - unhappily / engaged or betrothed / partnered / single / divorced / separated.

has a child or children / has no children / wants children.

close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased.

orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent(s).

TRAITS + TENDENCIES

extroverted / introverted / in between.

disorganized / organized / in between.

close minded / open-minded / in between.

calm / anxious / in between.

disagreeable / agreeable / in between.

cautious / reckless / in between.

patient / impatient / in between.

outspoken / reserved / in between.

leader / follower / in between.

empathetic / unemphatic / in between.

optimistic / pessimistic / in between.

traditional / modern / in between.

hard-working / lazy / in between.

cultured / un-cultured / in between

loyal / disloyal / in between.

faithful / unfaithful / unknown.

BELIEFS:

monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic.

belief in ghosts or spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

belief in an afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

belief in reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

belief in aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care.

religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious.

philosophical: yes / no.

OPINIONS

pro-choice / anti-abortion / doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-marriage / anti-marriage / doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-death penalty / anti-death penalty / doesn’t know or on the fence.

pro-drug legislation / anti-drug legislation / doesn’t know or on the fence.

left wing / right wing / middle / doesn’t know or on the fence.

SEXUALITY + ROMANTIC INCLINATION

heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual.

sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favourable.

romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favourable.

sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious.

potential sexual partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all.

potential romantic partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all.

ABILITIES

combat skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none.

literacy skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

artistic skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

technical skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none.

HABITS

drinking alcohol: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

smoking: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

other narcotics: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

medicinal drugs: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

indulgent food: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

splurge spending: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

gambling: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

Halloween Task

Mayor Larry Vaughn

#norbtask #shark tw

“You could always say… lots of studying? It’s not a great explanation and it’d fall apart if challenged in any way, but for a moment it would seem plausible,” they shrugged a little at their idea. “God, that’s a lot of soap… would it help if I came in to the bookstore and bought something very wholesome? Because I’m going to want some soap as well so whatever I can do to minimize the damage I’m willing to attempt.”

"That's not the worst advice, it'd probably work for awhile." Greg sighed, "Yeah, it's a lot... but it's the only way. Actually that would be incredibly helpful. I'll even give you a discount. Buy something, anything... I'll even sell you a book about making soap." There was a book about soap floating around. Something about goat's milk, or natural flowers. Greg had flipped through it once, undoubtedly donated to them by one of the local hippies. “What do you say?”

high-society-hannah-blog

“It’s nice to know teachers are people though”

#gif:hannah #as always ignore text

"Well my friend's stepdad is a teacher, so I already knew that."

“Fair point. Though who you’d get caught by is up for debate. Ah yes, the part where it’d be the wrong thing to do… I really think that’s the most important part. Alright, so how are you going to attempt to scrub that memory from your brain?”

"I feel like one of my dads would probably notice. They might wonder how my grades suddenly improved overnight." Sometimes Greg felt invisible, and for the most part he wasn't that far off, but his dads usually did take the time to notice him. He supposed that's just how parents were, though. At least good ones. Greg's lips parted, a sigh escaping them as he shook his head, "I honestly don't know. I'm going to need the whole town's supply of soap."

“That would be very unfortunate if he was still your math teacher… though you could’ve tried to use that information as a way to get better grades from him. Though I could see that going very badly in the end.”

"I couldn't do that, I'd...get caught? But that's not even the worst part. I would feel bad about it. And it’s wrong, you know. That’s the big thing."

“God… I’m so sorry, but I don’t think there’s really any way to cleanse your mind of that memory.”

“At least he’s no longer my math teacher. I don’t think I could face him if I were still in school. I would have to transfer out of the class, which would be pretty difficult because we don’t have many math teachers in the middle school.”

high-society-hannah-blog

“ I guess Math Teachers are deserving of love too even if that’s incredibly awkward. “

#gif:hannah #look no gifs #what a surprise

"I just don't want to know about their love life, or worse yet, their sex life. I was happy living in a world where I thought they graded papers 24/7."

"I just sold a how to book about pleasing women in bed to my 8th grade math teacher and I'm not sure I'm ever going to recover."

#norbchat

freddiecordero-blog

“No need to apologize,” Freddie smiled at the boy, “You should follow in your dad’s footsteps. You sound like a natural,”

"I'm--" he wanted to say that he wasn't, that politics didn’t come naturally to him, but saying it out loud would have made it too real, "trying, um, there's a lot of catching up to do."

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freddiecordero-blog

“You’re absolutely right. It isn’t right to punish people who have serious needs like that,” Freddie snorted at his comment, “They can be that and a whole handful of other crap,”

and-i-told-you-i-was-troubl-blog

Greg pulled back a smidgen, realizing that he didn’t know where his angst had come from, “I’m sorry,” His outburst registered a two on a scale between one and ten and yet he still felt as though the man deserved an apology, "I’m not sure why I got so flustered over it. I mean, it’s annoying and it’s messed up, but I didn’t mean to get so huffy.” Sighing, “My dad used to be in politics.”

#gif:freddie

“I could recognize it no matter what. I’m okay with voices I think” Fiona smiled as she rolled over to look at Greg, looking through the mess of her hair.

“Really? I hate sleeping on the floor, my back always hurts in the morning” She added stretching her arms. “ You can have your bed whenever you want, I know you said no, but the offer is there. Are your dads around? In case I should sneak out the window instead of the front door”

“Yeah, I know,” he lied, “I must have forgotten.” Whether or not she thought she was telling the truth, or even if she was telling the truth, he still felt that sometimes he was overlooked by her and it wouldn’t have been the first time she woke up thinking that she was in someone else’s room.

Greg mumbled his response, avoiding eye contact with her, “Okay.” It was their usual exchange and though he had slept in the bed with her before, on accident because he hadn’t heard her come in, he thought it was too weird. It felt domestic and that would have been fine if it weren’t so one sided.

“They’re probably still around, but they’re going to be leaving for church soon.” He had considered going with them the night before and if Fiona hadn’t showed up in the middle of the night then maybe he’d already be dressed and ready to go but now he was having second thoughts, “You don’t have to leave right away. I mean, it’s up to you, but I’m just letting you know that you can stay.”

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justineinred

“When I was eight years old and we were supposed to take school pictures, I spent the entire day learning how to play on the monkey bars, mostly hanging upside down. Our last recess, right before the picture, I slipped off and fell right on my face. Got a nosebleed, two black eyes, and knocked out my front teeth. That’s my favorite school photo, to this day. M’kay, your turn. Most embarrassing school picture. Go!”

"That sounds really bad. I don't know if I could call this embarrassing because there's no picture, but one time my picture wasn't in the year book. So that was kind of embarrassing. My name was there, but not my face. I didn’t tell my dads, though, because I didn’t want to make a scene."

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rendividestheday

“So, real talk, have you ever actually done anything that got you into a ton of trouble? Not to sound like a dick, but you don’t exactly strike me as the party hard type, and trust me amigo… I would definitely know what that looks like.”