painted skies

christian bennet / 27 / serpent / artist

[serpcntchristian]

matty didn’t mean to be silent the rest of the way home, he was just dealing honestly. and trying to get in the right mind set. arriving to his apartment door, he patted down himself until he pulled keys out of his pocket. “ thank you.. for coming with me. “ he smiled at his friend sweetly before letting him into the apartment. “ need something to drink ?? i have a terrible headache. “ he chuckled softly as he moved into his kitchen to get a bottled water for the both of them.

christian could tell there was a lot on mattys mind and he wanted to be here for him. he just didn’t know what to say right now. all he could do was be here for him and he really, he was happy to. he waited as he unlocked his apartment door, giving a smile back at his words. he walked inside “you know i’d love to,” he said. “yeah,” he said ‘sure i’d love some water,” he agreed. “do you have any meds for your headache?” he asked.

[serpcntchristian]

matty nodded his head and led christian towards his apartments, they weren’t the best but it was affordable. he couldn’t help the frown on his lips, christian was his best friend and he was glad he’d have the comfort of him tonight. with everything going on and seeing damon with his ex ?? he had just hoped for better from this ball. “ did.. they find the killer??”

christian followed him happily, walking along. he loved being with him, and he hated how he got shit on tonight. he looked at him “they said they did,” he said as they walked. “but, who knows, there could be more than one person right?” he said with a shrug. “we’ll just have to wait and see what happens,” he smiled softly.

[serpcntchristian]

Eunice pondered the idea. It wasn’t typical of her to spend the night with a stranger. Then again, she was bored and didn’t exactly have anything else planned for the night. “Alright.” She agreed. “But only after the crowd dies down a little.”

“alright fair enough,” he said looking around.”I prefer that anyway too,” he said leaning back, crossing his arms. “did you come here with anyone?” he asked curious now.

[serpcntchristian]

christian was outside of their trailer, sitting at the table they had outside of it. he was drawing in his sketchbook, he had needed a break. his siblings were going a bit insane right now and the yelling was driving his head insane. he thought about the ball, the disaster and about matty. of course he could never share his true feelings to him, he had a good time being his comfort after the crazy ending of it. he glanced up seeing his sister, he smiled. “there you are,” he said “where have you been?” he asked shutting his book. his sister was old enough to do what she wanted to but he always kept an eye on her. @bridgetbennet

[serpcntchristian]

“ your place.. my place.. i gotta call theo’s babysitter, they are probably the safest but ..” he trailled off, the events hadn’t ruined his buzz completely. “ c’mon.. “ he said quietly as he tugged on christian to followed him.

“we can go to your place,” he said. he lived with his younger siblings, a mother who didn’t care much with no space in the trailer. his place was always much better. “let’s go to yours, we’ll hang,” he said nodding, following as he was tugged. “it will be okay.”

[serpcntchristian]

“ not at all.. but fuck. i hate this shit. “ he mumbled. “ can we.. go somewhere better ?? i just.. tonight was awful. before the grudge showed up it was shit. “ he chuckled softly.

“yeah, yeah let’s go somewhere else,” he said instantly agreeing. “i’m sorry, you don’t deserve that shit, you’re great,” he smiled. ‘where do you want to go? anywhere you like we’ll head there.”

[serpcntchristian]

rory wanted to leave, of course he did. but he didn’t know that he believed it was all over that simply and he wanted to know that his friends were okay. that his people were okay. and he knew that was his responsibility. a captain went down with their ship, right? but, when the other asked him for help getting through, rory nodded easily. “yeah. yeah, i’ll make sure you don’t get trampled.”

he chuckled “thanks, it’s much appreciated,” he said. “it’s dying down anyway. can’t really have anything in this town without it getting messed up,” he said. “come on, let’s get out of here, we’ll get a drink?” he asked with a smile.

[serpcntchristian]

“Just the thought makes me cringe.” She whined, nodding as he introduced himself. “I’m Eunice. Eunice Yeun.”

he laughed “me too,” he agreed. “eunice, pleasure to meet you,” he said. “wanna just, head out, maybe hang out?”

[serpcntchristian]

“Oh, you have been to many?” Val asked as she sat on a barstool, crossing her leg over the other. 

“no,” he laughed. “just this one but, hey so far, the best one,” he grinned with ease.

[serpcntchristian]

matty followed the other, his hand reaching to grasp gently at christians shirt to make sure he didn’t lose him. finally away from the madness, he sighed softly. “ i’m fine. shook, but.. “ he chuckled softly. “ you good ?? “ 

christian smiled feeling the hand on his shirt, he liked that matty trusted him. he glanced at him “same,” he chuckled. “glad to be out, we can actually breath properly. i mean, this isn’t surprising right?” he asked.

[serpcntchristian]

calparks:

“Probably not,” Calder frowned. “But looks like getting sardined is our only option here.”

“that’s a nice analogy,” he said. “getting sardined, sounds about right,” he said. “shall we make a break for it then?”

[serpcntchristian]

Daisy had her dress in her hands so she could walk out of the door, wondering why the fuck the party had to stop when she was sure everything was handled. She let out a scoff at the person speaking to her, “Think back to high school when everyone tried to leave the gym at once after an assembly. Completely fucked. That’s exactly how this is gonna go because people don’t know how to move their feet.” She said the last part a bit louder, earning a dirty look from the person walking in front of her, “Whatever.” She shrugged; she was a bit drunk and was annoyed at being cut off.

“yeah,” he said “i was the last one to get out - or the first. whichever proved best. there was no way i was squishing myself in with a bunch of sweaty men,” he said shaking his head. “as much as being in a crowd of men is appealing,” he chuckled. “though you’re right they don’t, everyone’s all jumbled up,” he said chuckling as she got a bit loud. “screw them right?”

[serpcntchristian]

WELL SHIT. of course, nobody in that damned town could enjoy one incident-free night, couldn’t they? fucking grudge, ruining a perfectly average party. a fire alarm would have been better. folding his arms across his chest, the serpent tried to peek into the other male’s phone for more information. “ they sayin’ who it is? “ rafe asked with growing curiosity. “ or at least if whoever he went after is ok? “ 

“i think someone named mav,” he said. “i never met him though, or if i did it might have been briefly,” he said nodding. “i guess it had to be someone right?” he said. though he didn’t expect it to be someone from riverdale.

[serpcntchristian]

“It’s not the claustrophobia that I’m worried about, it’s the touching.” Eunice cringed, scooting away each time someone rushed past her and towards the exit. 

“oh yeah that too, just a bunch of people slimeing against you,” he said shaking his head. “you’re right,” he said. “i’m christian.”

[serpcntchristian]

“probably not,” rory answered calmly, swallowing hard. he wasn’t exactly the best with crowds either, but it did make him kick into leader mode. rory knew how to act calm, even when he wasn’t. both being a lawyer and being a part of gangs had done that for him, given him at least some knowledge of it all. “i should get in there though.”

christian looked at rory, “yeah, you should, to leave,” he said. “there’s nothing we can do here but leave, since the police caught the guy right?” he asked. “maybe we go in together,” he chuckled. “so i don’t fall and get trampled on,” he said smiling, making it light. “you alright there?”

[serpcntchristian]

matty was glad to find someone he knew in the crowd, and out of everyone it was christian. he nodded his head slightly at the question before he glanced around. he had a few drinks in him and this was all so much to take it at once. finally finding words, he pushed into christian slightly, pointing towards a possible back door. “ c’mon. this is fucking nuts. “ he mumbled.

he smiled when he pushed in, he liked that. he bit his lip “yeah it is,” he said to him. he glanced over and brought him along, trying not to go through any crowd. “here,’ he said opening it and slipping through. “thank god,” he said feeling the air, the crowd noise dimmed. “are you okay?”

[serpcntchristian]

christian looked over at matty, “are you okay?” he asked softly. he knew that he came with damon but damon couldn’t be found. he moved closer “forget about it, we need to get out of here anyway, look at this place, it’s going inside,” he said worried. he glanced back, seeing the people yelling, scared and wanting to leave. “as much as i’d love to push through that crowd,” he said sarcastically “maybe we should find a back entrance or something?” @mattyhcndricks