sebastian "ian" porter

Walking down to the waters edge, Asking why I'm here instead of home, Now I stand alone. I stop to stare at the ocean side I'm breathing in just to feel it's side Like you were here with me.

[aangs]

“when i’m with you the line between ‘friends’ and ‘lovers’ blurs and i don’t care which side i end up on as long as you’ll have me.”

— – – “jackie.” 3:00 am. L.W (via inkwhelmed)

[lizzydobbs]

4 I need to know...which of the many comes to mind FIRST asdfhjklfg

TBH Ian Porter came to mind first. honestly #parentgoals @ kitty & ed 

[lizzydobbs]

💘 which muse have you written the longest

Probably Ian Porter and Valerie Connors … they date back to the xanga days lol :)

[thesecretgossipdiary]

[lizzydobbs]

💑 who would make the best couple of two of your muses together

Kara Larsson and Ian Porter. I think that they’d be able to take care of each other in different ways. Not to mention Ian is literally the perfect boyfriend and Kara needs so!!! much!!! help!!!! in that department. Plus she’s a little wild sometimes and he’s super grounded. She’s always wanting to go on adventures or do fun things and sometimes Ian gets too bogged down with all of his family drama and she’d 100% call him out on his shit when he lets them control him/his life. 

[lizzydobbs]

😍 which muse is the biggest heart breaker

I have a lot of characters who would like to say that it’s them, but I think it might be Ian Porter???? (Although he’d absolutely hate that and in most cases I don’t think he even knows that he’s broken hearts haha)  

Of course, if we are taking this literally, as in who has ripped open the most bodies and literally broken hearts in half, then it’s definitely Leck Quasar. 

[quillington]

Domesticity Memes: Natalian

big spoon/little spoon: Ian/Natalie

favorite non-sexual activity: reading, people watching, board games, talking - always talking <3

who uses all the hot water: i feel like they’re both actually super conscientious about this actually bc all they both want out of life is for the other to be happy hahaha 

most trivial thing they fight over: not trivial but…lex you know that’s lex

who does most of the cleaning: natalie still woodhouse

what has a season pass on their dvr/who controls the netflix queue: umm so they def!!! watch odr!!!!! which is ironic bc they’re also part of its history but yknOW i feel like they also watch vn but i feel like natalie does noT watch that one alone smh/they both do! but natalie probs spends more time on that bc she likes to go in and arrange them so they all have a ~nice flow~ whereas i feel like ian would be more practical about it and just put to the top the one he’s most interested in????????

who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working: natalie bc it’s will she calls tbh but if it’s someone else, ian does it

who steals the blankets: natalie

who leaves their stuff around: i feel like they’re both pr tidy but natalie’s probs slightly more sloppy

who remembers to buy the milk? whoever’s going to the store i feel like they’re pr organized about that sort of thing and have an ongoing list that’s on both their phones so they just…take care of it as it comes

who remembers anniversaries: both! and they make super romantic plans and go on trips or out to their fav restaurant or just go for a long walk on the beach holding hands they’re way more chill than their siblings hahaha

Who cooks normally? ian sometimes natalie tries but…that’s NEVER a good idea

How often do they fight? a normal amount i’d say but natalie’s always sure to apologize and make up and that sort of thing she also prefers to resolve an argument before going to bed so they don’t go to bed angry bc she doesn’t ever want things to just build up between them like they did w her parents

What do they do when they’re away from each other? text throughout the day, calls at night <3

Nicknames for each other? natalie will call him literally any term of endearment that pops into her head at the moment?????? but mostly it’s still ian it’s always ian <3

Who is more likely to pay for dinner? ian…yknow porter

Who steals the covers at night? natalie

What would they get each other for gifts? natalie always gets handmade, super thoughtful things that usually pertain to happy memories/the good things/inside jokes/etc in life bc he can have anything money can’t buy, so she reasons she has to give him things money can’t

Who kissed who first? ian probably kissed her

Who made the first move? ian again natalie’s…not on top of that sort of thing. at all.

Who remembers things? both!!! they’re both so thoughtful, they always do <3

Who started the relationship? still ian hahaha

Who cusses more? neither, really???? possibly natalie?????? maybe ian?????? they might be tied??????

What would they do if the other was hurt? TAKE! CARE! OF! HIM!  you honestly could not rip her away, she would cancel everything, pack a bag for both of them, and sleep on the floor if she had to and she would get him anything and everything he needed!!!! plus things he’d just enjoy!!!! like any books/magazines/etc he’s been meaning to read or games he’s been wanting try…anything and everything he’s been wanting that one can do from a bed just magically appears and she doesn’t leave until he does!!!!! natalie is a nurturer first and foremost hahahaha

[quillington]

sleep meme: natalian

Who is a night owl: Natalie!  She can do either but honestly when she’s with Ian, she usually keeps him all night talking lbr <3

Who is a morning person: Ian!  At least…he seems that way in comparison to Lex ;D besides he’s gotta beat Natalie to the kitchen or else she might burn the place down ;D

Are they cuddlers: YES!  At least, Natalie is which means Ian cuddles by extension ;D

Who is the big spoon and who is the little spoon: Ian is the big spoon, Natalie is the little spoon

What is their favourite sleeping position: I feel like it’s a face-to-face side-by-side snuggle hahaha

Who steals all the blankets: Natalie!

What they wear to bed: She wears a console and sleep shorts/pants (depending on the weather) for the most part…I’m not sure what he wears hahaha

Who likes seeing the other wearing their t-shirt: Ian…I don’t think he could really pull off hers hahaha and Natalie is deF a clothing-stealer

Who falls asleep mid-conversation: Both honestly I feel like they just talk until they fall asleep a lot

Who wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares: THIS IS SO SAD bc precious children but honestly I feel like it’s happened to both…

Who accidentally punched the other in their sleep: Natalie has almost def accidentally punched Ian in her sleep smdh

Who can’t keep their hands to themself: Both lbr ;D

[quillington]

[oceanfrontian]

Out of Control | Ian & Harry

[oceanfrontharry]

She was wearing red, a deep vermillion that turned every head in the room, just as it was meant to do.  Harry couldn’t seem to tear his eyes away, forcing him to watch every fake smile and endure every fake laugh.  Lex’s hand never seemed to leave the small of her back, their heads close together as they seemed to share little nothings.  

Harry, too, was expected to socialize, to charm the Porters and pet their pre-inflated egos.  He’d had extensive training - from the Wests, from the Silvers, from the Ackermans - but he couldn’t seem to recall a single nicety, even if he’d wanted to, and even the desire was lacking.  All he could think was that this was his future.  Anytime he wanted to see Nicole, he’d have to come through Lex; anytime he wanted to speak to his mother, he’d have to sort through the denizens of some palace and be greeted like one more fake friend.  Even Frederick Ackerman was putting on a sickening show, practically drooling over Edmund Porter as if he were a roasted ham.  

Harry felt sick.  He was loosing everything again, and somehow he was expected to congratulate the Porters while they took it all away.  Nicole was wearing red, a deep vermillion the same hue as his father’s blood, and Harry couldn’t look away.

The bar was little comfort, but it was a distraction at least.  The burn of hard alcohol felt fine as it numbed out the interior of his screaming skull.  Maybe that’s how his father had felt, in the end, and Harry stared bleakly in the softly swirling contents of his glass.  It all seemed to disappear within moments, and the Porters had not been stingy with the alcohol content.  This was the good stuff.

“Another,” said Harry, leaning at the bar, trying not to look as the least objectionable Porter ambled up.  He hoped Ian didn’t speak to him, at all, but he became only the more incensed when he chided him - however gently.

Once Harry had quite liked Ian, but just now his head was swimming and he couldn’t deal with what was going on; he couldn’t deal with the fact that this time, at last, he was helpless to stop it.  He’d always known he would be in the end, but he’d hoped the end wouldn’t come.

Harry quirked a brow at Ian, a smug smirk tightening his mouth into a grimace.  “Sure,” he responded.  “I wouldn’t want to outstrip such famous drinkers as your mother and brother.  Let’s give them a fighting chance.”  Harry said this, and then he proceeded to down the drink that was passed to him and turned to the bartender.  “Another,” he said and, turning to Ian, winked.  “Let’s see if they can keep up.”

[oceanfrontian]

“Whoa, Harry, I’m serious.” Ian said, concerned, as Harry ordered another drink, ignoring his protests. 

Harry’d been right, though. He wasn’t the only one who was drinking more than his share of the liquor. His mother and brother both had been drinking since the moment they’d arrived (and, in all likelihood, since the moment they’d opened their eyes this morning), but they were both functioning alcoholics (short term, withholding their alcohol would probably make things worse instead of better). 

Ian had seen the daggers that Harry had been shooting his brother all evening and he knew that if he tried to keep up with Lex, that the only way this ended was badly. (Not that Ian had high hopes for the evening to be a success on any level, but he hoped that everyone would, at least, make it out alive.) 

Everyone in the room was a bomb waiting to go off, but Harry was currently the most vulnerable and Ian could tell that all it would take would be one wrong word or move or look and he would explode. 

He wanted, disappointed, as Harry drained his drink. “Hey, come take a walk with me,” He suggested, hoping that he’d at least step out and get some air. 

[oceanfrontian]

ooc: ian + ria

[oceanfrontria]

Oh, yeah!!  I def think they would!!!  In fact, I was actually thinking that Ria probs always kind of had a thing for Ian but she also felt like he was too good for her, bc he’s actually a good person, so she never said anything hahah but like I feel like we said ~somewhere~ that they might not have seen each other as much once he moved to va beach??????  or at least that the kress girls weren’t in va beach that much after a certain age or…something hahha idr tbqh hahaha  So that’s probs been a non-issue since sometime in hs/she was 15 and he was 16 or so until she moved back but idk how much they’ve kept in contact since then/esp in recent years since he split?  But yeah she’s probs like WTH basically at him selling out and will probs try to talk sense into him hahahah ‘so what if your brother dies in two years? that’s that much time he has to hate his life  it doesn’t need to ruin yours’ ~ria’s helpful advice probs jk jk but yknow

[oceanfrontian]

awww ria!!!! <33333 I feel like ian had NO idea b/c I feel like she a) hid it well b) like at least 75% of all the girls he’s ever met seem to have had a crush on him asp in their lives haha and he’s like “isn’t that just how all girls act??” #facepalm ;DDD

anyway that makes sense!!!! i feel like they were thrown together more as kids then they were later on ... and I feel like since she’s walked out on that lifestyle and he hasn’t that that’s been the case for ... well at least the past like two years or so since he left va beach and if/when they run into each other again, it will probably be for the first time in awhile and iCRY b/c the last time she saw him he was happy optimistic ian who was like “gonna get natalie  back!!!” and now he’s more ~realistic!~ sellout ian hahah :/ 

[oceanfrontcece]

OOC | Cece & Ian

Idk about you, but I can see these two being friends!!  I mean, I don’t think the Burrows or Quinns are/were anywhere near on the ~Porter level of wealth, but they do some functions etc, so I feel like they could potentially meet w that sort of thing?

[oceanfrontian]

I definitely think they would be!!!!!! Yeah, idk how well they would know each other b/c (as you said) idk that the Burrows/Quinns are/were on the same ~level~ as the Porters and therefore they were/are probs kinda in the same circles sometimes but not always y’know??? but ian would have def enjoyed cece’s company a lot and I can see him seeking her out whenever they were both at the same thing-y???? 

I feel like she and Ian probs saw more of each other in recent years tho just living in va beach, yeah??? 

[oceanfrontstella]

ooc + some of VA’s rich hot guys

Here’s a PSA to all the hot rich guys in VA whom I found crackship/maips of alycia and your boys. LOL

Max

Somehow I wanna say these two are friends but it makes ZERO sense? Esp if Max did a number on Cece. BUT LIKE I feel like maybe they met as kids when Stella visited her fam here in VA and just since then have been buds? Plus, Ginny and Cece are best friends, so I’m sure they’ve all known each other and what not. Stella: Max Monroe, what can I say, you’re the thorns to my rose.

Noah

“Noah, I will work out with you after you move all of Adam’s things across town.”

“Wow, Noah, you’d look so hot painting Adam’s room for me. You know, without a shirt and all. Adam’s window faces the road… I think I’ve seen Jane walk by.”

Ian

OK BUT HOW CUTE IS THIS MANIP?

They have some connections ~~Ginny through Cece, maybe Max (which wouldn’t be a good connection, but…) I think it’d be sweet if they were friends or something.

Harry

I just want us to come up with something to bring these two sweet faces together because look!!!! Also this pic makes me think early college days.

[oceanfrontian]

ahhhh!!! omg annie that manip is so cute!!! <333 

anyway I can totally see them being friends??? the porters and the eastwoods have known each other for a long time ++ ward and lex are bffs and I feel like ian ended up hanging out with pippa/ward/stella when the two of them got together haha

um i feel like there was more that I wanted to say but I can’t remember what it was?? #facepalm

[oceanfrontadam]

OOC | Adam & Ian

Adam: *attempts a prank on ian* Woodhouse: *mysteriously intervenes* Adam: *attemps a prank on woodhouse* Woodhouse: *mysteriously untouched* Adam: (x) 

;DDD jk jk but I was watching TOS tonight and I had to share honesTLY

[oceanfrontian]

ooooMMMGGGG THAT VIDEO THO!!!!!!!! 

hahah honestly I feel like woodhouse is IMPOSSIBLE to prank just b/c he’s so HYPER AWARE of his surroundings like he’d notice if you put a little bit of dust in one of the rooms in ian’s crazy ass maze of a mansion like you aren’t going to be able to surprise him at all hahaha

(woodhouse as adam’s moby dick??? ;DDD) 

ANYWAY!!! I feel like ian and adam probably got to know each other when ian dated natalie, yeah???? how do you think adam feels about ian btw?? 

[oceanfrontstephen]

[ooc] Ian & Stephen

so these two probably/possibly know each other?? i think stephen was probably hired at nick’s new york office and then shuttled down to va beach. so these two might have met in new york or maybe ian has met stephen at nick’s house? i think stephen also comes to nick’s parties at first and he might have hid in the balcony with nick initially because ~why are you hiding up here in the balcony??? ahaha. so maybe these two met that way? thoughts?

[oceanfrontian]

OT3: HIDING ON THE BALCONY ;DDDD

but yes!!!! okay so I feel like there’s every chance that ian knew him back in ny b/c I feel like nick is probably one of ian’s few ~*~actual~*~ friends in society haha and so he probably would hang out with him if they were ever at the same party/social event, etc. etc. and yeah if stephen was around, then he’d def know him!!!! and he’d be v welcoming and excited ot show him around va beach now that he’s moved down here!!! like it’s sad that ian is leaving it b/c like he’s a world traveler and yet this is the place he loves/knows that best hahah and he’s gonna be an excellent tour guide if stephen wants one ++ i feel like ian could use the distractions pLUS I feel like things are pretty awkward w/ ian and a lot of his friends (haha see our awko taco convo w/ seth + ian) 

ANYWAY i FEEl like ian would like stephen a lot and i can def see them being friends???? 

[oceanfrontian]

Nightcrawler | Ian & Seth

[oceanfrontseth]

Seth nodded as Ian confirmed, again, that he would be leaving. He didn’t quite know how to answer that. Good would convey that he wanted Ian to leave. Which might be the case for Natalie but Seth didn’t really have an opinion on the matter. Any other sentence he might string together would just give off vibes he didn’t know if he should give.

So he stuck with the trusty, “Oh,” and left it at that. And with an added, “Good luck,” his gaze returned to his shoes as he slowly shifted his weight to the other foot. What he wouldn’t give to be anywhere else right now. Or, at the very least, know where things stood between Ian and Natalie. Though would’ve been helpful.

But then Ian returned to familiar territory. Seth gazed up at him, his head cocked to the side as Ian promised to stop by Val’s. And for a split second Seth wondered if that was forbidden ground. If even inviting Ian Porter to breathe the same air as his sister would be too much for them all. But too late now.

He laughed a little awkwardly as he straightened, giving Ian a little wave of his hand, “Hey, that’s why Val hired me. Official towel boy, right here. I’m in charge of keeping the customers alive and making sure they come again. And tell their friends.” He grinned a little, as he added, “We can’t have the customers actually dying. Then Val would be out of business.”

But then, as Ian answered him question about Lex, the amusement died on his lips. It was just as he’d feared. Where there was one Porter, there was always sure to be another. Just as he’d feared. Natalie, he assumed, could handle herself. She had James now. But Val didn’t deserve this. Not when she already had one ex hanging around, harrassing her. The last thing she needed was another. And maybe this one was worse.

And then Ian mentioned Lex’s engagment. And Seth froze. Could it really be that simple? Would it really be that simple? Would he marry someone else and finally leave his sister alone. From what he knew of Lex Porter, the answer was probably no. But at least he could hope.

“Oh,” he said again. “Well, congratuations. I’m sure you must be happy for him. When’s the big day?” Not that he cared. He just assumed they wouldn’t get married in VA Beach. And if the wedding was soon, maybe they wouldn’t stick around long.

He could only hope.

[oceanfrontian]

“Thanks ... we’re gonna need it,” He said, half teasingly, but he was more serious about that than he let on. “Turns out our house isn’t the easiest thing in the world to pack up.” And it wasn’t just because of the strange, maze-like layout that had anyone (except Ian and Woodhouse) lost once they reached three or four rooms in (Lex bet that the architect had hated their mother so much, he tried to create a house that was so confusing to navigate that she might just get lost and starve in her own home), but also the memories and the finality of it all. 

This has been the only place Ian had truly been happy. 

Still, he felt the need to let it go. Holding on to it felt like holding on to Natalie and he knew he needed to move on from her ... or at least let her move on from him. 

He chuckled, “Hey, that’s a pretty good business model. They don’t teach you that in business school, but -- having your customers not die is a plus. I mean, unless you run a funeral home, but that’s a whole other thing.” 

Happy for him was the last thing Ian was ... part of him wondered if this was what Lex wanted at all, while the rest of him reluctantly knew that the chances of Lex being able to survive without their parent’s bank account were slim. “Yeah, I mean ... “ He didn’t know what to say that wouldn’t be a lie, “ ... yeah.” He cleared his throat quickly, trying to make this less awkward, and focused, instead, on answering his question, “Actually, I’m not sure they have a date yet. But I think they both have agreed on a short engagement, so ... it’ll be soon, I’m guessing.” 

[oceanfrontpippa]

OOC | Pippa & Ian

Ok, so I def think the Porters and the Eastwoods know each other (side eyes Lex and Ward) and I can see Pippa kinda hanging with Ian while Ward hangs with Lex, sometimes???  Pippa has a lil Emma Woodhouse (s/o to Woodhouse tbh ;D) in her and I feel like she’s like ‘don’t be sad!!! get glad!!!!’ and she’s like determined to find Ian a woman and also I feel like she hardcore shipped Ginny/Ian and she’s torn bc she really likes Drew but iAN and it’s honestly the daily struggle she lives with ;DDDDD  So she’s like ‘im gonna find drew a woman and then get ginny and ian together and if that doesn’t work im gonna find ian someone new’ and I s2g her intentions are good and meanwhile she’s like throwing all these rando girls at Ian and Drew and it’s probs nOT great SHE MEANS WELL smdh

[oceanfrontian]

omg I can definitely see that!!!!! I feel like Ian would def tend to hang with Pippa/Ren over Ward/Lex tbh ahahah but .... omg so like Ian and Ginny honestly just casually dated and never really cared about each other more than just being friends and like .... ian/ginny is just not a thing that’s gonna happen pippa, stop trying to make it happen ;DDD 

that being said, ginny and ian are jsut really good friends and they’ve grown up together and I feel like they are really comfortable with each other and if pippa is like spying on them, I can see where it looks like they could/should be a thing?? 

but omg throwing all of these rando girls at ian and drew hahaha. I feel like ian would take it better than drew??? or idk maybe worse b/c I can see where ian would accidentally give them the wrong impression b/c he’s trying to be a gentleman about it (smdh) meanwhile drew is being SO NOT MARRIED to ginny and basically breaking out his velcro wallet that is just filled with pics of him and ginny and darcy #facepalm 

BUT I feel like the eastwoods and porters have known each other a long time and so ian has kinda watched pippa grow up yeah????? and i feel like, in a lot of way, she might be the little sister he never had??