𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥:
— [ @ofisolaticn ]
It had been a rather 𝙐𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙁𝙐𝙇 day for Adrian Marks. The highlights of his day one might ask? Well no supernatural activity to pull him away from his tasks, for one. And two? Actually getting to complete three projects for his courses a week before the deadline as opposed to it being mere minutes before it is meant to because he was working or having to deal with some supernatural calamity. Okay so really it was just one highlight but still he felt accomplished. And for that alone he deserves to have a little fun. He grabbed his phone from the charger at his desk and quickly scrolled through with the intent of finding someone that could possibly hang out somewhere with him. The witchlighter happened upon the 𝐌 in his contacts and there was a feeling in his bones that told him to check up on his former counselor. Sure they were technically 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 apart in age, but his spirit took him and could tell he was a great soul despite his siblings rather extensive history of being anything but that. Long, slender digits went straight to work tapping away at the keyboard on the screen to message him in the hopes he would be free.
[ 𝐒𝐌𝐒 ⇀ 𝙃.𝙈𝙄𝙆𝘼𝙀𝙇𝙎𝙊𝙉 ] : hey bitch! just kidding, don’t kill me for calling you that henrikky.
[ 𝐒𝐌𝐒 ⇀ 𝙃.𝙈𝙄𝙆𝘼𝙀𝙇𝙎𝙊𝙉 ] : it’s basically almost five, so you 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 be off the clock soon. how about we go to a bar and get some drinks in? it’ll be my treat.
Adrian stared at the two text messages he sent the man and for the life of him did not know why he would even send something as cringy as that to him. “He’s never going to respond to that with 𝘼𝙉𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 other than being too busy with all that extraness I had to have. Might as well get myself ready to film a show instead—” A small sigh escaped from his lips.
henrik probably had too many student’s numbers in his phone that was socially acceptable. in all fairness, before any student contact, he did have the initials SSFTYAG, a long amount of initials and not an acronym ( how would one even say such a thing ? ), this was to ensure they would all be bunched as a group in his phone as well as the fact to remind himself that for these people--- for these KIDS, he had to be the adult. even if he was so far removed from a sensible mindscape, there was no choice but to shed the role of henrik mikaelson and keep himself stern in the role of someone to lean on. because sometimes, that was all he could do. and he’d do the best he fucking could at it.
and then there were the cases of graduate students. of course, henrik wouldn’t delete their contacts. ( sorry but fuck that noise, they’d remain his kids until they were old and gray, sorry guys ). no, for his graduate students he had a whole different section of his contact list. GSFTYAG. catchy, ain’t it? so when GSFTYAG, ADRIAN MARKS was received henrik thought of the young man. admittedly, despite keeping their numbers, it wasn’t often he received texts from his previous students. still, he was pleased to do so all the same.
[ 𝐒𝐌𝐒 ⇀ GSFTYAG, ADRIAN MARKS ] : dw im not killer even for unfortunate nicknames. if i need someone dead i’d ask my brother
[ 𝐒𝐌𝐒 ⇀ GSFTYAG, ADRIAN MARKS ] : that was a joke
[ 𝐒𝐌𝐒 ⇀ GSFTYAG, ADRIAN MARKS ] : but yeah, i’m good with drinks. name the place
getting drinks with a former student sounded weird in concept, but henrik was open to it. excited, even. to see how he’s grown, catch up a bit. to see adrian as a peer, which was somewhat of an odd idea in his mind but something he’d need to adjust to. in all technicality almost any of his students was physically able to take him down. it wasn’t something that crossed him, nor was it a bother. but it did make things shaky sometimes. mostly over the fact that, in the world they lived, henrik knew himself unable to PROTECT them. and that.... that was a blow in all the walls in which he leaned. so yeah, not fun.