#afterdecay

[fallingpettals]

he could hear the exhausted hissing a mile away. ❛ see, this was something i was assured wouldn't happen living in a house with hair gel guys. and dean. ❜ he mumbled to himself, his volume increasing with each stomp up the staircase. ❛ i thooooought you guys said the products cabinet was off limits to overnight visitors! ❜ volume: MAX. steve wasn't even sure which of the guys was home, or which one had a visitor. all he knew was he could smell his hairspray from the kitchen. his last can. the last drops.

without a second thought, steve flung the bathroom door open, ready to catch a complete stranger red handed. ❛ alright, you owe me twel–– what the–? ❜ except it wasn't a complete stranger. at all. it was hannah's best friend, the one with the nice hair. ❛ allie? when did you even get here? ❜

// @afterdecay bc <3

[bloodedhearts]

sometimes when you love someone, you do crazy things. / benedict @ colin

Romance, Love & Things Unspoken | Accepting | @afterdecay

"I know, Brother, but..." Colin hesitates a bit, not entirely sure of what to say next. It's a lot of new information: Benedict being in love, and being love with a maid who's working at Bridgerton House. Of course he wants his brother to be happy. But not so long ago, Benedict was still looking for that Lady in Silver, and now he's only speaking of Sophie. It's starting to get confusing.

He clears his throat. "If you love her, you should apologize to her. It is the most important thing to do for now." Be my mistress. What was Benedict thinking ? Colin knows very well how love made him crazy back when he thought Penelope would marry Lord Debling, but he would have never wanted such a thing, not even for a short moment. And he recently told Benedict how he despises anyone who has a mistress. Anthony having one years ago won't change Colin's view on that matter.

"Have you given up on your Lady in Silver ?" he suddenly asks, raising an eyebrow. He doesn't know if a future is possible for Benedict and Sophie, but if she's the one he wants, then Colin will support them and hope there's a way to make things work. As long as it has nothing to do with Benedict having a mistress, of course. He might not really know Sophie, but no one deserves such a fate.

[empireburned]

@afterdecay sent : "i can take care of myself just fine."

  " i know you can. " there's never been a doubt in scott's mind that erica could handle herself. the kind of torment and hardship she'd experienced before accepting the bite from derek had toughened her up; becoming a werewolf had only enhanced that. scott eyes her thoughtfully, trying to decide how best to proceed. eventually, he just decides on the earnest approach. " i'm just saying, you don't have to. " he meets her gaze, holds it meaningfully with his brows lightly raised. " i know we didn't exactly get off on the right foot, but we're on the same side ... there'll always be room for you in the pack. but only if you want to be there. "

[empireburned]

@afterdecay sent : "not sure if you could tell, but I’m not exactly a people person."

  " yeah, no kidding, " she huffs, eyeing him disapprovingly. caroline had been well aware of tyler's lack of people skills long before the whole werewolf thing had come to light, but some part of her had hoped that she might have rubbed off on him, at least a little. " i just ... really don't get you, tyler, " she continues, the frustration almost palpable in her tone as her arms cross in front of her. " when it's just you and me, you're actually, like, a decent person ... but then when other people are around, it's like you just turn into this huge dick. "

[log22n]

❛ with a heart like that, you deserve the world. ❜ / tucker

❛ you mean that? ❜ heart to hearts with tucker could end any retrograde going on. sure, you gained about ten pounds in the process, but it was well worth it. his food was as good as his ability to listen and give advice, and that's exactly what logan needed. the little devils on his shoulders were driving him insane. he'd denied his unrequited feelings for hannah long enough that he truly believed they were gone, first little devil gone. except there was another one, and that one screamed for allie. part of him hoped tucker would talk him out of it, tell him how messy things could get and a billion reasons as to why not go for it. but tucker had a heart, and he was rarely wrong. ❛ what if i fuck it all up, man? ❜

[log22n]

❛ you look happier. ❜ / garrett

he wasn't sure how to answer that. actually, he didn't even know why garrett was saying that. so far, the only difference in his life was a better grade in history and less girls in the house since garrett was now a one-woman-man. hannah being the one woman, as he is often reminded. ❛ uh, do i? ❜ he fidgeted with the allen key he'd been using to put together a new side table for their living room ( drunk tuck was a menace to their furniture ), sighing before turning to face him. he could potentially answer his own question if he would just admit a few things to himself, but maybe his best friend could do that for him. ❛ what makes you say that, g? ❜

[empireburned]

@afterdecay sent : " give me a chance. "

  even after everything, scott mccall still somehow manages to be an enigma. here he is, asking for a chance, and all allison can think is that it should be her. she's the one who had turned her back on him, on their friends. she'd let lies and prejudice into her head, allowed it to color her judgment. she'd hurt people.

  gerard was not my fault.

  her father had hammered that particular sentiment into her head while they'd been away from beacon hills, and while she knows it's true, knows that gerard had taken her grief over her mother and manipulated it, twisted it into wolfsbane-laced hatred, sometimes she still wonders. how could she have allowed herself to be so malleable? what was she truly capable of?

  allison takes in a shaky breath, trying to her clear her mind as she raises her eyes to find his. " a chance to what, scott? " her voice is so soft that it may as well be a whisper. she searches his features, a softness in her own that has always been reserved for him. " i'm the one who should be asking for a chance. "

[decoratedofficer]

it is not like me to be the bearer of bad tidings. / cassandra

meme that i can't find??? ... @afterdecay

CASSANDRA KIRAMMAN OUGHT TO BE WHO CAITLYN aspires to be — a venerated councilwoman, a successful businesswoman, the leader of their house ... Cassandra has brought her daughter up with the proper knowledge and training, grooming her to inherit both her seat on Piltover's council, and their family legacy. Yet another portrait to hang upon the wall of a study that will someday become hers. Yet an endless number of hands she will someday shake in lieu of her mother. Yet a countless number of speeches she will someday give to Piltover's elite, despite her words never quite being on par with Cassandra's silver tongue.

Caitlyn wants none of it; instead, she aspires to bring about change to their growing city. To mend the rifts between Piltover and Zaun. To sniff out corruption within Piltover's Police Force and that of the city's wealthiest families. She aspires to join the Enforcers and climb the ranks, to do opposite what her mother plans for her. ( An act of rebellion, in a way, but she'd always been something of a misfit within her family and amongst her peers. )

“ Hardly bad tidings for you, though, isn't it? ” Caitlyn sneers, arms folded tightly across her chest. It wasn't above her mother to pull rank and prevent her daughter from applying to the academy. She'd only hoped against hope that her mother wouldn't stoop so low. “ Does it make you happy, throwing your weight around to stop me from doing as I please? Why can't you and Father just accept that this is what I want in life? Why must Jayce be the only one in my corner, and not my own parents? ”