Sleeping With My Eyes Open

I'd say I'm listening but I honestly don't care.

[scoutshxnor]

outtathejunkyard-angel‌:

“Betrayed? I mean, I guess so.” Her shoulders lifted in a shrug before she raised a hand. “Um, me. I don’t think I ever cut the crusts off my sandwiches. Not even when I was a kid.” Of course, she’d made her own sandwiches and couldn’t reach the knife drawer.

Scout stared at her for a moment before shrugging “crusts are alright I guess. However tea cakes, you’re missing out on a dream with tea cakes.” Scout points at her for emphasis. “You’ll be a changed person once you’ve had a tea cake.”

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outtathejunkyard-angel‌:

Her attention followed Scout’s, eyes landing on the student attempting to study. “I’m gonna guess no. I’d probably choose….oh, I don’t know…the library?” Of course there were distractions there as well, but overall it was a quieter vibe. People weren’t even trying to be quiet. It was a place to gather and catch up; not study. 

Scout scoffs “Oh but the library isn’t fit for studying! It’s not full of books....or people to help you study...oh wait.” Chuckling Scout motioned for the bartender to get him two more drinks, and slid one to across to Angel. “Also, it’s like, what? midnight? you gotta stop, pretend like finals don’t exist for awhile. Can’t stres all the goddamn time.”

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arieljepsen‌:

Ariel laughed at his comment relieved that she hadn’t disrupted him or upset his day in any way. “I see well, if your good hearing side is anything like your good looks side then I hope I catch that sometime soon.” She smiled softly with a playful wink. 

Scout raised his eyebrows. “I assure you that it is.” Scout dramatically turned his face to the side. “Arguably this is my better side all around, but alas you charm me.” Scout grinned. “Have I introduced myself? I’m Scout.”

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sandradee-lostina-nightmare‌:

“We shall be known as the magical storytime team, or something to that effect.” She giggled lightly to herself at the lame attempt. “Everything you do is adorable, I don’t know if I believe that. But I guess I can take your word for it.” Sandra smiled.

“We could be rich off it.” Scout conisders “There’s a lot of money in the children media business, just look at all those creepy Youtube channels.” Scoffing Scout pretends to pout “Oh what a cruel world I live in. No one believing I’m adorable.”

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touchthesky-lilarcher‌:

Merida faked a sad expression, “I’m terribly sorry my friend, i just have had oh so many things to do. But I am here now.” Curtsying she dipped down, a little too well before taking a seat at the table. “If you need some help terrorizing the villagers  after our tea I am more then happy to oblige.”

Scout pursed his lips and hums “Yes you are. Better late than never.” Raising his eyebrows He grins “Ah yes? You have terrorizing villagers references? How good are you at general chaos?” 

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morethan-beauty‌:

“See, now i would almost be completely on board with this. Except for the fact i’d probably wake up with nightmares every night thinking about how much money i wasted on tuition. So unfortunately i’m obligated to do it. It’s ridiculous how expensive a good education is nowadays.”

“Oh my dear, you act like I don’t know you! I think you should just skip out on the homework. You probably know more about the class content than the teacher does.” Humming a little bit, Scout considered her statement. “You’re right. It’s silly, that we’re paying so much for something that’s encouraged for our futures...Let’s open our own school.”

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morethan-beauty‌:

Belle’s mind was going at a hundred miles per minute. She wanted to find somewhere that was peaceful but that was all too impossible to find on a college campus. There was just too much to do and so little time in the day. She still had to call her students to make sure they were still available for their tutoring, and alongside all that she had a wedding to plan. Well, really that was Nic’s job she gave him all the freedom in planning. It would hurt too much to do herself. He mostly pulled her along to cake tastings and dress shopping, but it was planning nonetheless. A familiar voice puller her out of her thoughts as she was practically pacing the room. Seeing Scout, Belle’s expression practically glowed. “Its better to be fashionably late than rather not show up at all.”

“Right you are,” Scout said, the air of teasing dissipating a bit as he took in his friend’s mood. Something was going on. Straightening up a little bit, Scout moved and sat on the table, patting the space next to him as he took in her entire demeanor. “What’s going on in that huge brain of yours, B?” 

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odetteswxn‌:

Odette gave a small laugh before realizing just who was smirking at her… and then her laugh turned into an awkward giggle she was immediately ashamed of. “Yeah! I mean, sure, whatever. No one’s sitting here except me.” Knowing there was a blush spreading to her cheeks she kept her head down, facing her book. “Wait, why would I want you to be hit by a bus?” She asked, wondering if she’d maybe spaced out more than she thought and forgotten something.

Scout raised an eyebrow at Odette when she giggled, but he just smiled and slid into the free seat mentioned before. “I mean, I hate to tell you this, darling, but I’m kind of a dick.” He hummed. “I think I’ve had run ins with everyone at this library but you.” A joke obviously, but as Scout looked around he spotted a familiar face. Leaning in conspiratorially towards Odette he whispered “You see that guy in the corner? Football player? Got in a fist fight with him last week. I won, by the way.”

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ihavedreamslikeyounoreally‌:

Flynn couldn’t help but laugh at the stranger’s words. The laugh was sorely needed with how much he was aching from the night before. When he finished, he extended his own hand, and took the one offered with a firm shake. “Nice to meet you Scout, I’m Flynn.” He very purposely gave his pseudonym rather than his given name. He hated it, and it really didn’t fit him at all.  “And I’ve never had a mandated tea time, but I’m sure I’d enjoy it.” He offered a kind smile. 

“A firm handshake.” Scout observed “You know, my dad says that that’s the tell of a man who’s had life experiences.” Why that particular anecdote came out of his mouth, Scout had no idea, he was tired and Flynn looked like good company, so why not just chat. 

“A pleasure,”  He said nodding at the free table. “Oh sit I’d love to tell you the splendors of tea time.” Humming he closes his eyes “Think of a few hours between lunch and dinner where you get to eat cakes and sandwiches. and tea, obviously.” Opening one eye, Scout looked at Flynn. “It’s amazing.” Sighing heavily he blinks “Well, enough about me and my back home traditions. Who are you? Tell me about you, I mean.”

[outtathejunkyard-angel]

Maybe the waiter had believed her to be older than she was; maybe he was just aware that finals week was a pain in the ass and she needed a drink. Maybe, he simply hadn’t cared. Either way, Angel took a drink of her beer as she waited for her food. Casting a smirk towards the person next to her, Angel spoke up. “Confidence is the key.”

[scoutshxnor]

Scout chuckled, tilting his glass towards hers to tap them in a silent cheers. “Oh of course.” He hummed, watching the people around him. There was really nothing happening in the restaurant, but people watching was one of Scout’s personal favorite things to do. He turned his body to face the woman sitting next to him, mostly to continue speaking, but also to get the ringing out of his ear. turning his hearing ear towards her and away from the speaker he was unfortunately next to, he noticed something interesting. Nodding towards what caught his eye, he motioned for the blonde to notice the fellow student in the corner, table covered in textbooks. “Think he’s actually getting any work done here?”

[morethan-beauty-blog]

“I’m not usually one for complaining about school work but I feel like they’re cramming an awful lot in before the winter break.”

[scoutshxnor]

“Hear me out,” Scout said, leaning conspiratorially towards his friend “what if we just didn’t do any of it?”

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sandradee-lostina-nightmare‌:

“I’m pretty good at coming up with stories if you ever need more ammo, we could brain storm a whole new kind of fairytale just for her.” Sandra smiled softly pulling her sleeved hands up over her mouth. Luckily for her the winter seasons made it easier to explain the ever present long sleeves. “Oh goodness, well I’m glad they never returned you back to the library. Do they joke about it with you now that your older?”

“We could. We’d make a wild storytelling team, you know.” He grinned. Running a hand through his hair, Scout hummed. “Ah, yeah, they like to say it was the cutest thing I’ve ever done but that’s foolish because everything I do is adorable.” He said with a shrug. 

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outtathejunkyard-angel‌:

Angel stopped, pulling an earbud from one ear as she cast a glance at Scout. The blonde had been in the library to cram for finals; something she was only doing to keep up her GPA. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have bothered. Her gaze drifted down to the table. “People still have tea? I thought we stopped that when we won our independence or some shit.”

“Before you betrayed the crown, you mean?” Scout asked, affecting his accent just a little bit more to emphasizes his loyalties. But then he snorted. “Of course they do. Who wouldn’t want to spend an hour in the afternoon sipping tea and eating crustless sandwiches. It’s the dream. Unfortunately, this school doesn’t honor such traditions.”

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arieljepsen‌:

“Oh- uh sorry yeah I just apologized for bumping into you I wasn’t paying attention so I just yeah-” Ariel rambled with a shrug and an awkward laugh. “Sorry I feel like I’m disrupting.” 

Scout hums and smiles “I guess you could say I also wasn’t paying attention.” It seemed like this girl was genuinely sorry, and that defrosted his heart just a little, so why the hell not just be honest? Would it kill him? (he ignored the petty voice in his head that said yes) Shrugging a little he waved at his ear. “Not disrupting at all, just caught me on my bad side. Not looks wise, obviously, hearing wise.”

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touchthesky-lilarcher‌:

Why was Merida there? Good question. Anyone who knew Merida knew the red head wasn’t very likely to be studying or working on class work. Maybe she was just lonely, the letters from home were an ever constent reminder. She wanted to leave it be. Deal with it when she was ready, and she was absolutely not ready. Pausing as she passed the table, tilting her head, causing curls to bounce wildly. “Did we have a date for tea? I must have forgotten. Busy right now?”

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Scout put on a broken hearted expression. “You forgot about little old me and our date. Oh you’re breaking my heart.” Raising his eyebrows Scout looks around him. His closed laptop, and notebooks stare back at him, and he raises his eyebrows at her. “Well, I’ve got an appointment to wreak havoc on the villagers at 4, but I’m sure I can push that back for you.” He grinned, waving to the empty seat next to him. “Sit, please.”

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ihavedreamslikeyounoreally‌:

“Tea?”  Flynn was incredibly confused. He wasn’t sure who anyone was around here, and he typically tried to keep to himself to stay out of trouble. That, and to try and keep people from asking questions about the black eye and split lip he was sporting from last night’s fight. It was a tough one, but he’d managed to win. He wasn’t dead so he considered that a win win scenario.  “Does the school have a mandated tea time?” He joked, letting a small smile slip through, “I mean… I knew it had European roots, but I didn’t know how deep they went.”

“Yeah, tea. The hot beverage? Goes well with cakes?” Scout hummed “You lot threw some perfectly good tea into the harbor awhile back?” The smirk on his face was the only tell that He was having a good time, giving this stranger a hard time. Shaking his head, Scout sighed heavily. “Oh no, it doesn’t. It would be a dream if they did. You’re all missing out on required tea times.” Giving the other man a once over Scout held out a hand. “I’m Scout.”

[seekthetruthandreportit-deactiv]

“This is where love lies alone This is where hope dies and I hope you know.”

— “Lost Everything” from “ Together we are stronger”, Counterfeit