Why Don't You Start Taking It That Way?!

Franklin Cruz

[mywonderlandyears-deactivated20]

Conviction 2x06

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Frankie is the kind of gay to say “That’s homophobic” when mildly inconvenienced.

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"If I hear one more Christmas song I'm going to throttle someone." {Peggy hates Christmas music}

Worst Holiday | Accepting | @excellentjudgeofcharacter

Frankie barely stopped his humming of ‘Deck the Halls’ when he heard the woman’s complaint.

           “That’s homopobic.”

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thetjhammond:

Talk about too much information. It didn’t put TJ off though, if anything he was more interested in the guy. Honest people were hard to find, especially when you’re a ‘celebrity’. A guy that talks so openly about his sex life was honest. 

TJ laughs a little as he hears him and nods in understanding. “Hey, I don’t need details. I lost my virginity in boarding school. Horny boys and no lube.” And bad as it was, TJ would probably have done it again. Those boarding school boys were hot.

“So wait… when did you get out? I mean, how long have you been dealing with distance?” Normally this wasn’t something TJ would ask but the guy gave details about his sex life so this was valid. “And how long does he have? Shit. If you can be faithful for that long? Call me and I’m getting you a medal.”

This did put a damper on any plans TJ might have had of taking this guy home (or to his car) because TJ didn’t fuck with relationships. Not gay ones anyway. They were hard to come by.

“I got out about four years ago, but having to go home alone after having Rey as a cellmate for three years, kinda made the distance even worse. He’s got a twenty-year sentence, ‘cause he held up a liquor store when he was twenty. He’s most the way through it.” Frankie finished his drink. “A couple of older prisoners warned me that Rey’s just gay for the stay, and I really don’t want that to be true. I mean, my family abandoned me because of him. I don’t want him to get out then dive straight between the legs of the first chick he sees. Plus, his new cellmate’s a fucking twink. How do I know he’s not hitting that?” 

He didn’t know why he was spilling his guts like this; maybe it was partly the drinking, maybe it was partly having to stay closeted at work after Tess’ reaction to finding out about Rey, and Hayes could hardly relate, the only girls she dated were renowned class acts; she saved her poor taste for male partners (like Wallace). 

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Thanksgiving Gone Wrong Starters

"There's no way this bird is fitting in that oven."

"Do I look like I know how to cook?"

"Here, help me get this cornish hen inside the turkey. I want to convince my sister the turkey was pregnant."

"If I hear one more Christmas song I'm going to throttle someone."

"My family made it a whole ten minutes before arguing this year."

"Backyard football got a little heated, can you meet me at the ER?"

"I need you to run back to the store."

"You didn't tell me that I had to kill the turkey!"

"I think the stuffing is laced with drugs."

"I don't think my mom has caught on yet that my brother's roommate is his boyfriend yet. She's letting them share a room."

"Don't you think it's a little racist the neighbors dress up their kids as Native Americans?"

"I'm lost somewhere between the dairy aisle and the end of the check-out line."

"Oh my God, I hate your family."

"I can't tell if your grandma is asleep on the couch or dead."

"What asshole decided to hold the election right before a major family holiday?"

"No, really, the bed in my room is too small to fuck on. It's like my parents are trying to sabotage me."

"The line for the bathroom is 12 deep."

"I'm still at the airport."

"Why do I smell something burning -- oh."

"You can't use fireworks to cook!"

"The turkey hotline blocked my number."

"Why is your head in the turkey?!"

[hopefulshipper]

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thetjhammond:

“I’m proud of her.” Genuinely. Kids whose childhoods were fucked by Madame Liberty had a hard time getting their shit together. TJ had a business going on but old habits die hard and it wasn’t uncommon for him to wake up with a stranger or to not sleep at all being too amped up by cocaine.

He takes another sip of his drink, his blues eyes not leaving Frankie. “You get more interesting by the minute.” Less sexy because he was no longer the bad boy TJ thought he was but interesting; who would have thought he’d have a degree?

One thing was bugging TJ though - the guy didn’t give off the vibe or TJ’s gaydar was malfunctioning. “Do you usually hang out at gay bars? Or did you see me in here and decide to find out if I’m a big a dick as my dad?”

“I’m actually gay, if that’s what you’re asking. Well, technically bi, but I lean toward guys. Have a boyfriend and everything.” Frankie shrugged. “Well, kind of. We’ve hit a rough patch because I won’t give Hayes his last appeal but he’s only got five years left on his sentence and I think he should wait it out. Even if I really want him out. Do you know what it’s like to live with a boyfriend but have no lube for two years, then visit him every Saturday and get collect calls from him every weekday for the next four? I almost miss the bad sex, at least it was sex.” Frankie took another drink. “Sorry. I’m rambling.”

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thetjhammond:

The bartender returns with both their drinks and TJ motions for him to put it on his tab. He wraps his fingers around the glass and lifts it to Frankie’s in a little toast. He takes a sip of his drink and sets it down before looking up at Frankie. “Hayes. How true is it that she cleaned up her act?” TJ and Hayes; TJ had stories and she probably had a few too. “An ex-con and Hayes. That sounds smart.”

Frankie returned the toast, taking a sip. “Well, there was one week she lived in the office because Jackson kicked her out. But other than that? And her little interview meltdown which I barely saved by starting #hayeskeepsitreal? pretty intact. Keeps her head in the game, seems to actually care about the people she defends. And it’s not like I’m a hardened criminal. I spent three years in a minimum-security state prison because I jacked a car and two of those years I spent in the education program. I have a Master’s in Forensic Science. It’s not like I’m some murderer fresh out of Sing Sing.”

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thetjhammond:

A Mexican man ordering tequila. TJ could be an ass and say something about a stereotype but that would give the man and open door to point out TJ’s stereotypical gay traits - like his obvious love for fashion. So he let’s it slide.

“I’d join you but then you’d have to carry me home.” TJ and tequila didn’t mix. Tequila paved the road for bad decisions so the former first son stuck to his scotch. 

He waved the bartender over and ordered himself another drink, as well as Frankie’s tequila. “Avion Silver good enough? Lately it’s ranked better than Patron. You be the judge.”

“Like I said, anything’s good enough.” Frankie himself stuck out at the bar. He wasn’t exactly a fashion expert, usually only wearing a plain button-down shirt and slacks, but sometimes even those didn’t match. He rolled up his sleeves, letting TJ see the tattoo in his wrist. “Thanks for this. I don’t really do this often. Hayes works us to the bone and my experiments run late a lot.”

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thetjhammond:

“If you’re not trying to be sexy right now, stop talking.” A foreign bad boy in a gay bar? TJ could not be so lucky. And he wasn’t. Now that he knew why the guy was here. He took a sip of his drink, laughing a little at his comment about entitlement. “Nah, not me. That’s my twin brother, Douglas.”

“Now Dougie is entitled. What can I say? He likes the life.” TJ never quite fit into it and even now, he didn’t fit the mold of what everyone thought the former first son should be. “Frankie, was it? Can I buy you a round?”

“I have a...” Well... TJ didn’t have to know. And things between Frankie and Rey had been tense. “Why not? Don’t worry, I only went to Queensboro. I’m practically a puppy. Call me stereotypical, but I’ll take a tequila. Doesn’t matter what brand.”

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thetjhammond:

Ex-president’s kid. Sounds about right. That’s how most people described him anyway. TJ shrugged.

“I like to think I’m a little bit more than that, you know?

“So what? Are you gonna hit me now? Pissed off Republican?”

“I’m a Mexican-American ex-con in a gay bar. What do you think? No, I just work with Hayes and wanted to make sure you’re not all walking pieces of shit. Y’know, entitlement coming out your ass. Haven’t been able to meet Jackson yet, so you’re my closest look.”

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@thetjhammond (x)

“Sit down.”

“I can share.”

“Name’s Frankie. You’re... TJ Hammond, right? Ex-president’s kid?”

[awbuckyno]

[thcrin]

They annoy me.

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sheredemption:

( MSG; FRANKIE )  far from it, actually, i just refuse joining in on games i had nothing to do with until the game is already played halfway. that’s half the fun gone.  ( MSG; FRANKIE )  if i do this, i get the laptop.

( MSG; HAYES ) fine.  ( MSG; HAYES ) but talk to the dick about my paycheck. please.

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HAYES:

( MSG; FRANKIE )   no. ( MSG; FRANKIE )   i can give it to you in spanish:  no.

( MSG; HAYES who woulda guessed hayes morrison is a killjoy?

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sheredemption:

( MSG; FRANKIE )   hardly my problem. ( MSG; FRANKIE )   perhaps i would have been ‘cool’ if you had asked me about it. but i’m not going out with some internet creep who is most likely just interested in banging the former first daughter to get a story out of it. ( MSG; FRANKIE )   not that that usually bothers me, but it’s a matter of principle

( MSG; HAYES ) i didn’t use your real name apparently he’s canadian and lives under a rock ( MSG; HAYES ) i’ll owe you.