* 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕪 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 ,

dependent muse @ hqmonterey. 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐃 ' 𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙀 ' 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑. ridiculed but mostly loved by maia.

[ruinsake]

cxldhcarts‌:

“god, you have no idea. my husband decided that this would be the perfect week for his business trip and he’s much better at the whole morning routine thing than i am so when they woke up and saw that i was in charge, they were devastated because, well…you know how bad my breakfast making skills are.” she said with a sigh, rubbing her forehead. she had been a mother for eighteen years and had four children and yet, motherhood still didn’t come easy to her, no matter how hard she tried. she still made novice mistakes on a daily, still didn’t know the right things to say or do in a crisis and often questioned her abilities. but as long as the rest of monterey thought she had it together, she supposed that that was what mattered. “you do know threatening them is only going to make things worse, don’t you?” she said with a raise of her brow. “and as much as i would love for them to not act like absolute brats, i want them to look at me as a friend, too, you know? i mean, for fucks sake, i’m thirty three years old and talking to my mother still terrifies me. i never want the girls to feel that way.” she said with a sigh. becoming a mom at such a young age, she always tried to do the opposite of what her parents did when it came to her own children and while it seems to have backfired on her immensely, she still didn’t have the heart to be the disciplinary figure like archie was able to be and she envied him for it. she was always more concerned with being liked, especially after their divorce, but it seems as though trying to hard came with a price. reaching for her wine glass, she lifted it to take a sip before realizing it was empty. lips pressing into a tight line, she once again gave a cautious once over of the cafe before slightly leaning forward in her seat. “this wine was absolute shit and i have a brand new bottle at home. i think it’d be pretty pathetic if i were to drink it all by myself and the kids don’t get out of school for another four hours…” she said, her voice low enough for only him to hear as she flashed him a smirk. “are you busy?”

a grin silently tugged up the corners of his mouth to expose rows of pearly whites, amused to know that cooking the most important meal of the day still wasn’t exactly her forte. it certainly wasn’t his either, but that’s why he and clara had interviewed countless nannies before finding the perfect fit to make balancing their careers and parenting a little easier, including meal preps. “i’m choosing to plead the fifth on this one, still, but you should get the nanny to help you out. that’s what they’re there for, you know.” there was a teasing quality to his tone, though archie stopped himself short instead of going on and on about her basically driving herself insane to be super mom. of course, a similar conversation had unreeled a few times before, but he knew better now; he had his parenting tactics and she had her own, which generally balanced each other out in one way or another. “they’re eighteen, gisele. i doubt any teenager looks to their parent as a friend, unless their parent just so happens to be that cracked out mom from mean girls― which you are not.”  the fact that he even remembered the title of a chick flick so promptly had to be proof enough of the amount of time he’d spent with his daughters.  “you’re also not your mother,” he continued and picked up the coffee cup he’d forgotten about to finish off its contents, tip of his tongue poking out to smooth over his bottom lip afterward. “so just relax, don’t overthink all this parenting fuckery. the girls aren’t afraid to talk when they want to, and you don’t have to bend over backwards to be their best friend. it’s just some shitty adolescent phase ... it’ll pass.” and the day that it did pass couldn’t come soon enough. archie adored his daughters, he really did, and he couldn’t imagine his world without them, but the bratty sass experienced from whatever hormonal transition they were going through was exhausting. while he’d been warned countless times before by family and friends, he really hadn’t been prepared. 

just as he was about to reopen his laptop, curious to see if he’d received a prompt reply from his chief accountant, gisele was not so subtly offering an alternative to focusing on his work, a tempting offer that archie could hardly ever pass up. despite the resulting guilt that ate away at him from the inside out when he returned to his wife, he just couldn’t stay away. “well, since it’s the first day back to school, i decided to take the day off and work from home, but...” he trailed off momentarily, leaning forward a bit in his seat and eventually matching her smirk with one of his own. “you know i’m never too busy to pass up a glass of fine wine.”

[ruinsake]

y’all i just got home from a 12 hr shift in hell after only getting like maybe 4 hrs of sleep last night asdfghd idk how i’m still breathing tbh. i’ll be on a little later to catch up on replies i owe but in the mean time..... if we haven’t plotted & you would like to have some sort of somethin’ cooked up with archie, like this post and i’ll slide into your dms!!

[thexbartender]

     ❛ The usual? ❜ William questioned, leaning against the counter of his bar as he directed a friendly smile to his returning customer. ❛ ––or are we switching it up tonight, possibly considering something a bit more d a n g e r o u s ? ❜ A single brow arched, his fingers tapping against the wooden surface before sliding the drink over.                                              ❛ If you’re interested, I call this little concoction the ex-wife. ❜ 

[ruinsake]

“―you know what? why not.”  the corners of archie’s lips curved up at the offer as he slid onto the barstool, obviously in a gracious mood now that he had some spare time for himself. it was normally spent catching up on work emails, but it also generally lead him to the bar frequently visited by the businessman when he felt like letting a little loose outside the comfort of his home.  “the weekend may be coming to an end, but i’ve never been one to pass up a little adventure.”  palm flat against the wooden surface of the bar’s counter, his hand turned up on its side to stop the sliding glass in front of him and blue hues eyed the drink momentarily, amused by the name given.  “charming. and what, pray tell, does this concoction contain to earn it that title?”

[vanessacarlysle]

[ruinsake]

cxldhcarts‌:

she loved her children, she really did. but days like today, they tested her patience and had her wanting to run for the hills without looking back. and while those stresses weren’t something she could express with her husband, who was the practical epitome of perfect, she knew archie would get it. he had seen her at her absolute worst, after all. “little hellions is putting it nicely. i was thinking more along the lines of little soul sucking demons. but for the sake of me maintaining my good mom points sure, let’s go with hellions.” she said soft laugh leaving her lips as she took yet another sip from her wine glass. anyone walking by wouldn’t think anything of the pair. they were simply two amicable exes, setting a wonderful example of co-parenting to the rest of monterey. nobody would guess in a million years that the two had found their way back to one another’s beds. it was terribly wrong and gisele went to sleep every night with the guilt of it weighin heavily on her heart. but with how crazy her life was, it was the only thing making her feel truly alive. a playful roll of her eyes followed his snide comment. “of course you do.” she said, shaking her head as she thought about just how much had changed in the last eighteen years. “yeah, feels like it was just yesterday that they actually liked me. i genuinely don’t remember being so god damn mean as a teenager.” she said with a huff, before finishing off her glass of wine. “i hope we did alright. and i hope that them driving me to drink this shitty wine at eleven in the afternoon ends up being worth it.”

“soul sucking demons. wow. they must’ve really put you through some shit this morning, huh.”  while he completely sympathized with her, all too familiar with the imbalanced mood swings, archie couldn’t stifle the laugh that vibrated against the back of his throat. it was incredibly wild to see the progress the two had made over the last nine years; they went from being at each others’ throats at every turn, to co-parenting legacies and actually managed to forge a friendship. though the friendship aspect had developed into something a lot more dangerous over time, as it always had when it came to archie and gisele.  “oh?” the smirk, that seemed to be plastered across his face, slowly faded. dark eyebrows narrowed slightly, leaving an almost stern expression to combined with his naturally roughened features as he listened intently. of course, the thought of his daughters acting disrespectful didn’t entertain archie in the least bit, but being deliberately disrespectful to their own mother was another level entirely that he just couldn’t tolerate.  “gisele― this goes without saying, but you can always send them over to me, anytime. i’m sure it wouldn’t take long for our darling angels to remember just how much they do like you,” he offered with a shrug of his shoulders, arms now crossed over his chest as he leaned back in his seat. through the last eighteen years of parenting, archie knew all too well how important it was for gisele to share that special bond with her children, and how much it could quite obviously bother her to be seen as the bad guy through the eyes of their teenage girls. while the buchanan-sinclair girls had certainly managed to keep him wrapped around their fingers over the years, archie had no trouble with being a lot more strict, therefore deeming him as the certified bad guy. most of the time.  “i could threaten to send them to bootcamp again. and maybe actually show them one this time, up close and personal. you know, a little intimidation vacation.”

[ruinsake]

bizzybs‌:

bizzy cringed upon hearing her full name, knowing trouble always seemed to find her after it. “yeah, dad?” she asked softly, nearly cringing entirely post reading his body language. “it’s just a usb drive, my summer reading project.” she blurted out, before she was juul-less. “wha– no!  wait, s t o p!!” she protested, lunging forward in an attempt to retrieve it. “my lungs are fine. vaping is way more healthy than cigarettes !!” she called, folding her arms in protest. “don’t worry about where i got it.”

her protests fall on deaf ears as archie slips the device into the inner chest pocket of his suit jacket, undecided on what exactly he should do about it, but concluded it would be safer in his possession than in hers.  “vaping? you’re vaping now, jesus― don’t tell me not to worry about it, you’re my underage daughter!”  a heavy sigh followed his outburst, raising a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, as if that would sooner bring the calm after the storm that was currently brewing beneath his otherwise cool exterior.  “bizzy, sweetheart, listen to me,” he slipped his hands into his pants pockets, his tone forcibly softer, a tactic archie had been using since the girls were just kids.  “i’m glad you’re not smoking cigarettes. really, i’m thrilled. but this― vaping? it isn’t good for you either and i don’t want you doing it. alright? so just promise me―” he started, pulling one hand out of his pocket to hold out a pinky finger for elizabeth to accept, “promise your dad you won’t dabble in this stuff again, and it’ll be over and done with.”

[ruinsake]

cxldhcarts‌:

on paper, she had the perfect life. after everything she had been through at far too early of an age, it seemed as though she had gotten her happy ending. she had the perfect husband and on top of her twin daughters, she had two more beautiful children that she loved to pieces. but at the end of the day, everything just wasn’t enough for her. there was a void, a feeling of things being far too perfect that caused an uneasy feeling to sit like a pit at the bottom of her stomach. and if nine years ago, someone were to tell her that her ex-husband would be the one to fill that void, she would’ve laughed in their face. and yet, here she was, the girl who had finally gotten the perfect life, putting it all on the line because of the person she had once claimed to hate. their relationship was toxic and messy from the time they were fifteen years old and had they not had two children, they certainly wouldn’t have lasted as long as they did. but the years had passed and they learned to tolerate each other, so much so that they even became friends again, but the two of them could never be ‘just friends’ for long. they craved the drama and intensity far too much. giving a quick once over of the cafe to make sure there were no ears listening in on them, she turned her attention back to archie, slightly leaning forward in her seat. “perfect.” she said, smirk mirroring his as she raised her glass before taking another long sip from it. “saying it was a rough start would be a bit of an understatement. but hopefully i’ll be picking up kids that are a hell of a lot happier than they were when i dropped them off. but until then…” she said, wiggling her wine glass. “mama needs to recharge.” she said, letting out a soft laugh. “and to drink away my sorrows due to the fact that i’m now the mother to two seniors in high school. how the fuck did that happen?”

there was a point in time when archie never thought this would be possible, finding common ground with his ex-wife to the point where they actually became friends through their co-parenting. their relationship had been viciously toxic, yet addictive, and it really did a number on the young parents. while it certainly wasn’t something he’d been proud of, he was still grateful because, in his eyes, out of the toxic mess that was their relationship came two angels; their daughters. after going their separate ways, though, each finding new love and starting new families, here they were, drawn back to each other yet again after so many years apart. he knew it was wrong, they both did, but that didn’t deter their desires any.  “first day’s the hardest to get back into, but the easiest to go through once they’re there. i’m sure the worst of it’s over, for now. ... little hellions.”  a chuckle was emanated from the brunet, the last couple words muttered for their ears only against the rim of his coffee cup as he raised it to his lips before taking another swig of its contents.  “i remember, more or less, exactly how it happened.”  his tone matched the roguish smirk plastered across his otherwise nonchalant expression, eyeing the blonde before he quickly changed the subject as a means to avoid any potential eavesdroppers from catching onto something they shouldn’t.  “our girls, seniors in high school... shit, hey? where does the time go. feels like it was just yesterday they were hanging off my arms like a couple of monkeys.”  a shake of his head was given as archie fondly reminisced over a time when their now attitude-riddled teenagers loved nothing more than spending time with himself and gisele. however, he could remember himself as a teenager, acting the exact same way against his parents’ wishes. so he couldn’t really blame the two, they were just going through what everyone did at that age.  “we did alright, though.”

[richardswan]

Leo’s ten minute break during work hours is somehow now filled with an affectionate couple just across the way, sitting on the curb, kissing each other’s faces. It’s kind of like a car crash, he can’t look away, though his expression is twisted and wincing. Or maybe he’s just fucking nosy. Regardless, despite his disgruntled expression, he laughs, “What do you think their story is?” The man questions, taking a careful sip of his water bottle. “I’m willing to bet any amount of money he’s some cool guy fuck up with daddy issues, and she’s the same but loves him despite all his faults..” Blue eyes avert to scan at his greased up hands, the markers of a man who worked too hard and wouldn’t understand the feverish desire that’s brewing across the street. In hindsight, he’s naive. Perhaps even a little bit of an asshole too. “Maybe they think they’re soulmates. Wish they’d take it somewhere else, but..good for them.” Now he tries to backpedal, though his tone is still soaked in passive sarcasm. 

[ruinsake]

“good for them?”  a chuckle erupts in reaction to leo’s sudden change of heart, though his always appreciated sarcasm hardly goes unnoticed by archie, which he’s quick to pick up on where the other left off. after getting to know leo through the buchanan family, archie had grown fond of the other, at the very least for their shared sense of humour.  “yes, good for them. i’m sure they’ll spend another fruitful five weeks together before she leaves him for the falsely labeled boy next door who heard she puts out,” he pauses to take a hearty bite out of the apple in hand, crunching the chunk down before he’s able to continue speaking, and wags a finger in the direction of the young couple in question.  “and he’ll make his rounds, fucking all the desperate housewives that monterey can possibly offer, then cry into his pillow at night while he listens to the backstreet boys harp on about his related feelings.”  the amused, lopsided smile that had taken hold of his features faltered momentarily, tilting his head a little to one side as he rethought a minuscule detail to the scenario.  “―granted kids still listen to them these days.”

[arrowsource]

[elxctrics]

it had been quite the day already and it was barely even noon yet. but gisele was never one to admit defeat. with the same tenacity that she had when she tackled on being a mother to twins at just fifteen years old, she dragged said twin girls out of bed and got them up in time for their first day of school, gave her six year old boy yet another bath after he decided to sneak outside and play in the dirty before school and wiped the tears of her four year old as she threw a tantrum and had to be dragged into her first day of pre-school kicking and screaming. and because of that, this glass of red wine she was treating herself to at blue blue’s cafe was necessary. once it was placed in front of her, she took a hearty sip from it before carefully patting her lips with a napkin. her eyes landed on the person sitting at the neighboring table and all she did was offer a shrug. “don’t give me the judgey eyes, i deserve this.”

[ruinsake]

as he made sure to do every year since finishing up his studies at ucla, archie had purposely given himself the first day back to school off from the office. his kids could most certainly be a handful, depending on their respective moods, and so he took the liberty in freeing up his morning in order to help his wife and gisele ( if she ever requested his aid ) in getting their kids ready and to school on time. fortunately for himself, he hadn’t heard a peep about his daughters, and carter had been over the moon about starting up school again ( archie would see if the six year old still held the same testament after the day was through ). without much else to do, the businessman decided to take his laptop to blue blue’s cafe to do a bit of work on his own time. it was only when gisele took a seat at the table near his own that archie peered up from the screen, lips curving to form his infamous smirk, eyeing the glass of red wine. he made a point to check the gold rolex adorning his wrist, one eyebrow raising slightly at the time displayed, though his smirk remained intact.  “day drinking? at this hour? i’d never dream of judging.”  blue hues lifted to focus on the blonde once more, reaching to grab his own cup of coffee, which cleverly disguised the couple ounces of baileys mixed in, and raised it to her before taking a drink. tip of his tongue poked out to drag over his lips after swallowing, typing the finishing touches to an email to send it before shutting the lid to his laptop. “had a little bit of a rough start to the first day, i take it?”

[simplesublime]

bizzy’s head pounded, she could almost feel the irritability rise in her, and god - her mind could only focus on the rush of cool mint hitting the back of her throat after practice. she didn’t care at this point that she was in public - besides - she was an expert at sneaking a hit. so she reached into her tennis bag, shimmying her juul through her skin tight vineyard vines performance shirt’s long sleeve to take a drag from her e-cig. her timing was horrendous though, as she made immediate eye contact with a familiar monterey face. trying to completely inhale the vapor was a bit of a struggle, under the stressful situation leading the smoke to slip through her nostrils - and her façade - as the ‘public goody-two-shoes’ spoke, “oh, hey, you!” a nervous chuckle arose. “guess who made captain of the tennis team?” 

[ruinsake]

“elizabeth,”  his voice was stern, an occurrence rarely witnessed when it came to disciplining either of his girls. however, the last thing archie had expected to see on his way back to the office after grabbing lunch was one of the twins enveloped in a cloud of smoke. it was the sole reason behind his sudden erratic driving, tires squealing to a halt as he sharply pulled over to park alongside the curb. it was clear, as archie slammed his door shut before marching toward her, he held little patience for any sort of greetings exchanged.  “what are you doing? what is this― give it to me.”  without much warning, his hand reached out to snatch the thin device from her grasp, blue hues momentarily examining it before flicking back to focus on his daughter.  “yeah, congratulations, i’m sure you’ll get one good whack in before your lungs give out. ―where did you get this?”

[ruinsake]

✭・.・― have you seen ARCHIBALD ‘ARCHIE’ SINCLAIR around monterey? every time i see the JOSEPH MORGAN lookalike, all i can think of is A MAHOGANY BOX LINED WITH CUBAN CIGARS, BOYISH CHARM AMPLIFIED BY A DEVILISH SMIRK & FRESHLY PRESSED DESIGNER SUITS. known around town for their job as a CEO OF SINCLAIR INDUSTRIES, the THIRTY FOUR year old CISMALE is known for being ELOQUENT & ASSERTIVE but could also be ENIGMATIC & ROGUISH. i don’t know if you know, but their big little lie is that HE’S BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS EX WIFE.

    hello hey what’s good !!  my name’s maia, 25 y/o living it up it up in the ast part of the world and uh listen i don’t have discord bc i’m a literal grandma when it comes to keeping up with all the new means of being social lmao so if you would like to chat and/or plot?? just shoot me an im on here — i’m usually always mobile & i obviously love to talk a lot !  and i’m a heaux for dramatic / angst-fuelled plots .. just a little fyi … i’m excited !! so anyway !!!  onto the Man of the Hour you’re actually here to read about; my darling archie. i have a pinterest board for him  HERE  , his stats page set up  HERE  , and a connections page  HERE  which, as you can see, is bare as all hell so let’s plot <3

okay so homeboy here has had it pretty easy his entire life. his father  ( like his father before him ) worked relentlessly as the ceo of sinclair industries and his mother had worked as a prestigious legal practitioner; one of the most sought out lawyers in the state, and later, a socialite. like the infamous philosopher dr justin roberts once said: “six figures, i was only four”, archie was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. while most would assume he’d be nothing but a straight up trust fund punk, he inherited his father’s impeccable work ethic to a fault.

as the eldest sinclair child and only son to follow in his father’s footsteps, his parents have been on archie’s ass his entire life to give his absolute best in everything he does. health, school, sports, friendships, relationships, the whole shebang. his marks were always near the top of his class, he excelled at his two favourite sports; football during the fall, baseball during the summer, and he managed to capture the heart of the most beautiful intellect at their school; gisele buchanan.

their relationship was full of adolescent angst, with many ups and even more downs to match, and archie was hooked. despite the dramatic breakups and petty arguments, he kept coming back because honestly, in the end, all of it was worth the good times they shared together. there really didn’t seem to be anything that could permanently keep the two apart. that is, until things really took an unexpected turn. when it was first discovered that his girlfriend was pregnant with twins, archie panicked. not only was he not ready to be a father, but his parents’ smoldering wrath over his reckless behaviour, tarnishing their family’s highly regarded reputation, was certainly something to be feared. it was only made worse when his and gisele’s families both forced the pair to stick it through together.

after graduating high school with exemplary marks, instead of taking the opportunity to potentially thrive in the big leagues of the sports world, archie opted to stick to his roots, following in his father’s footsteps. he was accepted into ucla to major in business in order to take over the family industry once his archibald senior decided it was time to retire, and so it meant he had to leave his family behind, just after celebrating marriage to the mother of his twin daughters. of course, as awful as he knew it would sound if anyone had been made aware, he was relieved. the pressure of being a new father was almost put on hold entirely once he was shipped off to study in los angeles. 

and yet, while archie thoroughly enjoyed the first week of socializing and getting settled in, he missed his girls terribly. there wasn’t a night that went by where he wasn’t checking in on the twins, whether it was gisele or himself who initiated the contact. holiday weeks, summer months, and even a few weekends through the school years were all spent back in monterey, getting as much father-daughter time as he could squeeze in, between cramming for exams or important tests. and while the distance and resentment built up between himself and gisele over the four years he was in school ended in divorce, it never deterred archie from trying to be the absolute best father he could be to the twins.

fast forward a few years later, he’s comfortably seated in the big ceo chair of sinclair industries and he’d rekindled a connection with a former high school friend. their slow burn relationship altered speed when they found out she was pregnant with their son ( now six year old carter sinclair ), though, and archie was quick to propose and rush into marriage in an attempt to mask yet another unexpected pregnancy. and while he might be overprotective of his children and persistent in advising them to stray from making similar mistakes he had to learn from at a young age, archie is quite lenient with his girls; they’ve had him wrapped around their little fingers since they were babies.

while his marriage and love for his second wife is very much genuine, the passion and excitement is obviously lacking between the two of them, which has led archie to stray right back into the arms of his ex wife ... on a frequent basis.

[xrpt-deactivated20160517]

seven deadly sins & i n s t a g r a m - pride, male. ( insp ).

[emiliaaclarke]

[stuckinreversemode]

Irréversible (2002), dir. Gaspar Noé

[daily-men]

I’ve always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play. 

[ruinsake]

    some   yuppie’s   tag   drop  !!

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  intro   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  isms   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  portfolio   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  dialogue   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  soundtrack   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  answered   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  task   )

(   sinclair‚ a.  ;  event   )