#cam garcia

[marcustcrner]

starter for: @camilagvrcia​ location: the annual carnival  time: a warm summer night, nine years ago 

Tugging a piece of pink cotton candy away from the stick he held, Marcus popped it into his mouth, still grumbling over the very apparent loss on his part at the dunk tank. “I still can’t believe you beat me, Garcia.” he said, giving Cam yet another once over, as if he had misjudged her. “You sure you didn’t bribe the guy operating the tank with a date like this one to get him to let you win?” This was all just part of the act, he convinced himself. He wasn’t actually admitting defeat just for the sake of it. There was a purpose behind his words, behind hanging out with Cam tonight. He was going to get her to drop this ‘I Hate Marcus Turner’ act and admit she actually liked him if it was the last thing he did. 

[marcusturncr]

📱 & 🍝 & 🎤& 🍲 - cam, lyric, & nora

📱 - phone, text, ghost

“Well, Lyric and I kinda already ghosted each other for several years, so not doing that again. So, text Lyric because right now she probably doesn’t want much more than that. Phone Nora cause I could listen to her talk for hours. And I guess that leaves ghost Cam? But she’d enjoy that too much and I don’t think I could give her the satisfaction.”

🍝 - cook for, buy a meal for, sabotage meal for

“Cook for Lyric, cause she’d probably see through my shabby attempt and appreciate the effort at least. Buy a meal for Nora, cause she doesn’t deserve to be forced to sit through that. And I guess sabotage a meal for, just so that I can swoop in and buy her something better, again so it’ll drive her crazy.”

🎤 - sing to, make a speech to, yell at

“Not gunna subject any of them to my singing. And they’d all probably rather yell at me. Make a speech to Lyric to apologize for what I’ve put her through.”

🍲 - share food with, steal food when they’re not looking, don’t share food and make them watch with envy instead

“Share food with Lyric. Steal food when they’re not looking cause Nathan would think it’s funny. And don’t food with Cam, cause driving her crazy is just so much fun.” @camilagvrcia @lyric-campbell @noralisebroderick

[marcustcrner]

text 📲 cam & marcus.

marcus: sofia says that you're the best at dunking people at the dunk tank.

marcus: don't believe it for a second.

[marcustcrner]

starter for: @camilagvrcia location: lakeview hospital time: 9:05pm 

Marcus wasn’t really sure how or when he had decided that he wanted to be apart of Sage’s life. But after the realization during his confrontation with Cam at the beach, he knew it was completely true. He didn’t know how, hell, he didn’t even know how he was going to talk to Cam about this as he was still trying to get beyond the betrayal he felt at her having kept Sage from him all this time, but he knew, deep down, he knew that he would get over himself and his hang ups eventually. If only just for Sage. 

However, call it pettiness, or even just an inability to forgive, when Cam’s name flashed across his phone’s screen that night while he was closing up at Retrograde, he didn’t answer. He’d had a crappy day and he knew that in that moment if he answered, he’d simply take all of that out on Cam and obviously, that wouldn’t help anything. When he reached his car and realized she’d left a voicemail, he rolled his eyes before bringing the phone to his ear. What he heard had him throwing his gym bag in the back of his car and practically sprinting to the driver’s seat. He sped off towards Lakeview Hospital, not really knowing what his role was in this, but knowing that if Cam had called, surely that meant it was ok for him to come, right? 

As he reached the ER, he was directed down the hall to a private room. He practically ran there, but the name written on a whiteboard by the door stopped him in his tracks. Sage Annalise Garcia. Cam had given Sage his aunt’s name. Simply seeing Annalise’s name softened him a bit. His aunt had been like a mother to him, the only person to truly make him feel loved in his childhood years. He wondered if Cam knew that somehow. Either way, he was touched that she allowed a small part of Marcus be apart of their daughter. As he stepped up to the doorway, he knocked quietly, suddenly feeling insecure if he should even be there. Cam hadn’t asked him to come, after all. 

[marcustcrner]

starter for: @camilagvrcia​ location: mystic’s beach party time: later on in the evening 

Marcus was getting closer and closer to reaching boiling point. Through the course of the night, he’d seen Cam and their daughter milling about the party a few times and he hadn’t been able to stop watching. He probably looked like a creep, but as the mother and daughter moved about the night market, he was fascinated. Here was this whole, tiny, person who was half him who he hadn’t even known existed until a few days ago. He had a daughter. 

As the night wore on, Marcus went through all of the emotions. Confusion, as to how this had even happened, how this was his life. Sadness, as he realized he’d missed out on so much of Sage’s life. And so many more. But by the time he saw Cam getting a drink at Moonie’s stall, alone, anger was the primary emotion coursing through his veins. Walking over to her before he could change his mind, he tapped her arm lightly, choosing in a very uncharacteristically Marcus way, to not cause a scene... at least not yet. “Can I talk to you?” he asked, doing his best to keep the anger from his voice. Before she could even answer, he was already walking away, headed towards a more secluded spot where they could actually talk. 

[marcustcrner]

starter for: @carinagarcia & @camilagvrcia​ location: she loves me 

There were few people who had such an adverse reaction to Marcus as Cam Garcia. Sure, lots of people disliked the guy and often wouldn’t be super ecstatic to see him, but none reacted quite so strongly to his presence as the florist. And Marcus, well, maybe he was a glutton for punishment, maybe he enjoyed pressing people’s buttons, or maybe, just maybe, he was bored. There was also a small part of him that had been set so off-kilter by the insanely honest and deep conversation he’d had with that beautiful stranger at the ball that he felt like he needed to restore some balance to his life. Make sure at least some things were still the same. 

So on this sunny afternoon, he found himself making his way to She Loves Me in the hopes of getting at least a somewhat entertaining response to asking Cam if he could buy her a bouquet of her favorite flowers. As he opened the door to the shop, and the smell of flowers washed over him, he glanced around, eyes seeking out the familiar brunette head of hair. Instead, they landed on the other Garcia and Marcus’s lips pulled upwards in a smirk. Carina hated his guts almost as much as Cam did. He was about to walk up to the younger Garcia and make some sort of comment, when he realized she wasn’t alone. A beautiful little girl was standing at her feet, looking up at Carina as she asked a question Marcus couldn’t hear. He waited a moment before approaching, “Well, I didn’t realize She Loves Me was under new management.” he spoke up, mostly looking at Carina. But then he crouched down a bit so that he was closer to eye level with the little girl. “Hello there, I must say I’m excited to see what you do with the place.” 

[marcustcrner]

starter for: @camilagvrcia​ location: balcony of the lakeview hotel 

Marcus was already feeling worn out. This ball and all of Mystic seemingly crammed into one place was exhausting to him. Glancing around the ballroom behind him, Marcus slipped behind a long billowing curtain to what he hoped was an empty balcony. He needed the air... and a smoke. Letting out a sigh of relief, he stepped through the open doors to find the balcony almost entirely empty. It wasn’t until he’d reached into his jacket pocket for a joint he’d rolled in preparation for this exact moment, that he noticed the lone figure leaning against the balcony. Marcus did a double take, something about the beautiful stranger looked familiar, but he couldn’t quite figure out what it was. Either way, the gorgeous dress hugged her curves in all the right places and as he stood there in the dark, Marcus couldn’t help but feel drawn in.

“Needed a break, too?” he asked, when he was a few steps away from her, hoping he hadn’t startled the woman too much. As he reached the balcony to lean against it as well, he got out his lighter. “You don’t mind, do you?” he asked, indicating the joint he was about to light. 

[marcusturncr]

closed starter for @camilagvrcia​

"Look who just strolled in.” “If it isn’t the queen of the ‘I-Hate-Everything-About-Marcus-Turner Club’ herself.” Marcus’ friends chuckled at their joke, slapping him on the back as his eyes moved in the direction they had indicated, briefly making eye contact before the brunette quickly turned away. There she was, Cam Garcia, in the flesh. He’d been back in Mystic for several months now, but the eldest, and arguably the most attractive, of the Garcia siblings had done a pretty good job of avoiding him in any sort of social setting. Even at Retrograde she had managed to arrange her workout schedule so that it had as little overlap with his time at the gym as possible. Besides their initial run in, it felt like Cam had ensured they hadn’t seen each other again. And Marcus couldn’t help but smirk at the thought before knocking back the last of his beer. “You know she only pretends to hate me to cover up the fact that she thinks I’m hot as fuck, right?” His response is met with scoffs and laughter. “Yeah right!” one of his cronies called. “There’s no way in hell Cam Garcia would ever agree to even a date with you.” Marcus’ eyes lit up at the challenge, he never had been able to back down from a bet. 

As the night wore on, Marcus found his gaze repeatedly flitting back to the beautiful brunette. He knew better than to approach her right away, instead choosing to buy his time, wait till she’d settled in, felt a bit more comfortable, till she had probably assured herself he was going to let her have the night to herself and her friends. After about an hour or so, and probably a few too many drinks considering what he intended to attempt, he finally gave in to his friends egging on. “Watch and be amazed, my friends.” he called as he rose to his feet and headed to the other side of the bar, where Cam had luckily just disentangled herself from her friends to go and get herself a drink. He slid into the empty space beside her at the bar, leaning his elbow against it so he could face her. “And here I’d begun to wonder if you had skipped town once you realized I was back.” he teased, not bothering to hide the appreciative smirk that came to his lips. She looked, even smelled, better than he had imagined.