Seize The Day

David Jacobs || Twenty-Five years old || Event Planner

[seizethxdavey]

‘Are you free tomorrow? I think I may take you up on that whole, teach me how to fight thing.’ It had been twelve hours since David had called Spot and asked him to teach him how to fight, but the anxiety still rolled off of him in waves. It wasn’t normal, asking Spot for a request like that, especially with how adamant he had been in the past about not doing it. But after little consideration, David knew that Spot was right. It was important for him to know how to take care of himself-- he couldn’t expect anybody else to do it.

He heard the rap on the balcony just in time, as he had already pushed the couch and the coffee table against the wall, giving them plenty of space. He pushed to the door, pulling it open and speaking before Spot could get the chance, knowing the best way of pretending things were normal would be by being his obnoxious self. “If we’re doing this, I have a few ground rules,” he stated, holding up a few fingers. “First, you’re not allowed to make fun of me.”

@musicplaying​

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onlyzoemurphy‌:

Shoving another bite of blueberry muffin into her face the girl sat back in her chair as she watched David working, she should be doing that too, her eyes slid across to her phone knowing it would no doubt go off any second. It always did. “It’s a look of eating a muffin, also wondering what you’re concentrating so hard on. Your coffee is going to get cold.” Being someone who worked far too hard she could identify it in someone else as well and just wanted David to take a second for himself. However hard he mom friended her she would do it just as hard back. “I won’t tell anyone you took a second, then we can go back to talking about table centrepieces. There was talk of goldfish, it’s so 80s, please give me other ideas to take back to the she dragon so I do’t have to go to all the pet shops in London.”

“Yeah well you’re getting crumbs everywhere,” and there was this smile on her face that he couldn’t place, like she knew something he didn’t. He wrote something else down, his meticulous cursive flowing onto the page with little effort before he set down his pen, giving Zoe more of his attention. “I’m just having boy issues, it’s nothing you want to hear about, trust me.” He took that chance to pick up his tea, taking a quick sip of it before setting it back down. He crinkled his nose at the mention of goldfish, shaking his head. “Goldfish is a bad idea even if the theme is Under The Sea. Which reminds me, what is the theme this time?” He knew Zoe’s boss was a nightmare and really, he didn’t blame her for feeling so frustrated over her job after hearing some of the stories she’d tell him.

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musicplaying‌:

Spot looked down at the hand tugging on his shirt, fighting the urge to pull away more. The last few hours had been a mistake, he shouldn’t have let that sort of thing happen. He was usually so good about keeping his emotions in check, but with Davey… It was hard to. He usually had some form of self control, and tonight it had gone with the wind to who knows where. And now he ran the risk of ruining their friendship entirely because he wanted to indulge a little. The only hope he had would be Davey not talking about it ( because he was nice like that, and he would to save their friendship ) or to not remember it, which was more likely.

When Davey spoke, Spot found it hard to say no. He hadn’t brought up what they’d been doing just moments before, which was helpful, but the idea of talking about it terrified him for the simple fact he’d have to talk about his feelings – it was one thing to do that while taking shots, but it was a whole other game when it was to Davey’s face without a trace of alcohol in his system. He looked up and nodded, giving in despite everything telling him not to, moving forward to lay down. The second he had, he knew it wouldn’t be long until he was asleep.

David grinned despite himself, moving just slightly to make room for Spot to lay down as well. His head hit the pillow and though there was a part of him that wanted to enjoy every second of this for as long as he could, it wasn’t long before his eyes were shutting for the night. He slept through the night, surprisingly comfortable despite still wearing his jeans, his body pressed flush against Spot’s for most of it. He dreamt of the kiss and when he woke he could feel the faintest of bruises, the only reminder he’d have it seemed. 

He couldn’t be sure what time it was or how long Spot had been awake, but what he did know was that the other was not in his head and he had a splitting headache. “God,” he groaned, pulling himself into a seated position as his eyes fell to the doorway, where Spot Conlon stood with what smelled like coffee. “What happened last night?” He asked. Though the words were filled with lies, he didn’t have to fake the hangover at least. “Do you know how I got home?”

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thatjacobsgirl‌:

At first, Sarah wasn’t sure if she should say anything to Davey. But the Jacobs sibling bond was a fierce once and she knew Davey would find out…eventually. “Les kissed Crutchie last night.” Sarah explained, taking her to-go cup from Davey. “Then he said something about Crutchie being better off without him, I’m not exactly sure about the specifics. But I found him on the balcony and told him to get up and go after him. That’s all I know.” Sarah promised, taking a sip. Damn, he really made the perfect coffee. It was one of the things she missed most about living with her brothers. “I would have texted him, but I Ne - someone came over to say goodbye and I completely forgot.” Sarah groaned. “I’m the worst…”

David held onto his own coffee, giving it a little more time to cool down as he walked out the door. He knew Sarah would follow, that her hangover would be strong enough that her craving for food wouldn’t just go away. “You’re not the worst,” he started, making sure his sunglasses were firmly over his eyes as the sun threatened to shine directly in their faces. “They ended up at our place, Crutchie and Les, so they must have worked something out.” He hadn’t realized Les felt any sort of way like that and his concern for his brother only grew. Why didn’t Les talk to him about stuff like this? “Hey, it’s alright. They seemed okay this morning.”

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crxtchiemorris‌:

Crutchie couldn’t help but laugh loudly at Davey’s reaction, it had been exactly what he was hoping to get out of the other boy. “Alright, alright.” He grinned widely, wiggling his eyebrows in the other direction. For a few seconds Crutchie was quiet, sipping at his tea. “I mean, like I said, it would get the point across and then Spot would most likely give an answer and then we would know if he wanted to-” He wiggled his eyebrows even more in a suggestive manner. “But from the sounds of it, if he kissed you the second time, I think he’d very much like for you to read him the dictionary minus a few things besides just the shirt. Just my assumption though.” He joked, raising his mug back to his lips and settling into the couch, doing his best to get comfortable. 

“But in all seriousness, I think you just, need to take the chance, Davey. All you’re going to do is spend your time wondering if he fancies you or not. You’re going to drive yourself mad over it, I know you all too well.” Crutchie paused and sat his mug to the side on the small end table, his hand casually resting on the top of his bad leg. “From everything that happened at the party, I feel like he might have feelings for you. He could have anyone but lets face it, we all haven’t seen him with anyone or have heard him gloat about his latest shag. And it’s Spot we’re talking about.” Casually he pressed his fingers in against the tight muscle. “You need to talk to him about it.” Crutchie finally said, looking back over at his friend, a more serious look on his face.

David groaned, setting the cup of tea on the coffee table long enough to sink into Crutchie’s couch. “You’re the actual worst,” he said a tad dramatically, running a hand over his face in an attempt to stop the heat from settling across his cheeks. At the very least he could stop the blush in it’s tracks, but the ultimate goal was of course to make it go away. It was hard to do when he was imagining what Crutchie was suggesting and- No. He needed to stop. He waited just like that until Crutchie got serious, finally allowing himself to peek out from his fingers to look at his friend. 

Crutchie made a fine point, something David didn’t quite want to admit. He was scared and he hated that. He hated even more that he couldn’t admit his fear outright because if anybody could get him to overcome it, it’d be Crutchie. And yet there he was. He dropped his hands into his lap, offering Crutchie a shrug. “Yeah, maybe.” He knew he wouldn’t, knew that in this situation he would always put the what ifs in front of the logic. Because what if Spot was just indulging him for the night? What if David went too far and ruined everything? “I’ll think on it.” And then, because despite feeling a weight off of his chest over talking about it he hadn’t come here to talk about him and Spot, David changed the subject. “What happened with you and Les?”

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allieness‌:

“I really hope so,” Allie whispered, terrified to even think of the alternative. There had been several times in their childhood when she wasn’t sure if Alvin would make it or not and those moments ranked as some of the worst in Allie’s life. She’d be very happy if she never had to go down that path again. She exhaled a deep breath she didn’t realize she was holding and looked back at Davey with shiny eyes. “How did the rest of your night go?” Allie asked, her voice hoarse as she tried to keep the tears from falling. “Were you able to keep away from Spot?” She asked hopefully, wishing that his night had gone as planned. She’d been out of it for sure, but Davey had been very out of it. “I’m sorry I ended up ditching you…especially when you needed a friend.”

“No, no, it’s okay. It was, you know, good.” He was lying, but he hoped she wouldn’t blame him for that. Especially considering how her night went, the last thing he wanted was to admit that he was weak and wound up kissing Spot. “Spot helped me get home and he stayed the night, but it was very PG,” there was a brief flash of Spot’s lips on his, their bodies pressed together-- “And I didn’t tell him anything.” That much was true, at least. “Besides, you had more important things to do.” Because he knew that taking care of Alvin would always be the most important thing.

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aida-amcnasrc‌:

At the confirmation that it would be alright, Aida lowered herself to the ground beside him before laying herself down to look at the sky herself. It had been a while since she’d gotten to slow down so this in itself was a secretly welcome reprieve from her everyday life. It had also been a while since she had the chance to do any kind of stargazing, even if the stars were different in London that she was used to. “Only very little,” She answered, looking over at him for a moment before smiling at his confession, “He is a popular one. My father taught me all I know,” She explained as the dimming sky came back into view, “It was the one thing that for certain; every night we’d go out into the garden or up into the home-made observatory and he’d teach me a little.” 

David watched as she lowered herself down next to him before turning his eyes back up to the sky. The park was the perfect place to just look at the starry night, the lights dim enough that the stars actually had a better chance of shining. It wasn’t perfect, some were still hard to see, but it was enough. “I’m sure it’s more than I do,” he spoke quietly, finding no need to raise his voice when they were right next to each other. “I only know because of the North Star. Once I find that, I can track it. But that’s about it.” He blinked slowly, letting his eyes adjust to the darkness even more before he fully opened them. “That sounds nice. Every night?”

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defyingrcvity‌:

                 JACK DIDN’T EVEN try to hold back the laugh that fell from his lips upon hearing the place’s name. “ original. you know, that’s one of those names that would make me turn around if i read it on a sign. “, he explained, still laughing as he shook his head. “ but i’m hungry, and how bad can grilled food be ? “, the man wondered, lifting a brow as he followed david when he started walking. 

                   “ you’re just worried about your brother. i get it. “, jack said, nodding as his gaze dropped to the pavement as they walked. les was still young and jack could imagine he didn’t have as much experience with love or expressing feelings – not that jack was the best at it, but perhaps he could help the guy out. after all, les was like the younger brother he never had. “ i’ll just bring it up casually, see what he had to say. “, the man said, lifting his shoulders nonchalantly.

“I think it’s cute,” David interjected, laughing himself. It was pretty bad, as names went, but he supposed it also could have been a lot worse. Still, he had heard good reviews about their food and he was curious. “I guess we’ll find out, won’t we?” He walked towards the building with Jack in tow, trying not to get lost in his thoughts. There was so much going on within their group, all of which he wanted to talk to Jack about, but he also just wanted to keep it like this, he wanted to have a sense of normalcy somewhere.

“I’m glad you understand,” he spoke softly, shoving his hands into his pockets if only to keep himself from any unnecessary fidgeting. He liked to believe that his brother knew what he was doing, but he hated assuming-- mostly because he knew how bad assumptions could be. “Thanks, that... means a lot to me. He’ll probably listen to you more than me, anyways.”

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olliechoi‌:

“Niche things get remembered,” he pointed out. “Doris Day. I’ve definitely heard that name before. Honestly, if you ever feel like introducing someone to your music taste, you should come over and we’ll just listen to music and chill,” he suggested, hoping the other would take him up on his offer as well as actually attending his show. “Awesome! I’ll be sure to dedicate a song for you that day.” 

“Yeah, she did Dream a Little Dream of Me and Sentimental Journey. She’s so good.” She wasn’t his favorite to say the least, but he definitely enjoyed listening to some of her work. “That sounds amazing, I mean, I’m sure you guys have heard all the stuff I like, it’s all pretty old, but that sounds so cool.” His words slurred and David slumped back into the couch, his eyes shutting for just a moment as he smiled. “Dedicate a whole ass song, that’s really cool. Can I bring my friends?” Partially because he figured they’d probably like this guy’s music more than he would (and he wanted them to have fun, of course), but also because he needed someone to witness his two second fame.

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what was your favorite thing about dating melchior?

I don’t know how he does it, but Melchior has a way of making people feel special. It’s probably how good of a listener he is, he... I could go on for forever about whatever little thing and it’d feel like I was the only person in the room. 

@mirrorbluemelchior

[seizethxdavey]

David and Zoe were kind of friends: kind of because they didn’t spend much time together outside of work, though if anybody had asked David he would have just called them friends. That was what they were doing in that cafe. Eating sugary foods and working. Though by the way Zoe was looking at him, maybe it was just David who was working. “What? What’s with that look on your face?”

@onlyzoemurphy​

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What do you want your final words to be?

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. How poetic would that be?

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Any regrets in your life?

That’s... hoo, you really don’t want me rattling off for the next couple of hours. Sometimes I don’t do enough, sometimes I do too much, and I regret everything.

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give us the tea: you and spot do the deed yet?

Yet? No. And I don’t think we ever will. I am apparently not a closer.

@musicplaying

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do you enjoying throwing yourself a pity party?

No?

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what's the best event you've ever planned?

Probably the first one I did for Zoe and the magazine she works for. There was such high expectations that it was extremely stressful, but it went off without a hitch and she keeps hiring me so clearly I must have done something right.

@onlyzoemurphy

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mfk jack crutchie kat

You know what? I’ve already answered this, so let’s have some fun with it.

Mention to other people: Kat

Fish with: Crutchie

Knock a few beers back: Jack

@crxtchiemorris @defyingrcvity @kingofnxwyxrk