#liam. | interactions

[liamtsullivan]

@fionawclker​

nodding with a lingering small grin, liam tapped a ring finger against the outside of his short glass. "it tends to be what i drink, yeah. or whiskey straight. tequila shots are rare. i like a good brown liquor." he explained casually. his grin inched the slightest bit further at her agreeing to try it, admittedly a little surprised by it, but he muttered an okay and politely ordered her one from the bartender anyway. "i'll be surprised if you do like it. are you usually a fruity drink goer?" he asked, both curious and for the sake of potentially proving his own point. liam couldn't say that he disagreed with her sentiment about the people there - he knew that a number of them were real nice people, he'd gotten to know some of them over the past few years. "if i've learned anything about people in the last handful of years it's that they can surprise you, sometimes in awesome ways." he shrugged with one shoulder loosely once again. "you're a hard person not to like anyway, so i don't think there's reason to psych yourself out."

[liamtsullivan]

@ftcassia​

Liam typically tried to do inventory at the bar within the first couple weeks of the month. Ideally week two was best, because any remaining carry over from the previous month was slightly less. Details. He also tended to try to do inventory after a night shift, which meant going in after closing. So, right around two am or so. It was really the only time he worked such strange, late hours, so he didn't particularly mind it. He typically was getting there to start sometime in the middle of the bartenders closing, so he wasn't terribly surprised to see that Cassia was still there as he came in with a coffee in hand for himself. "What's up, Cass? You doin' alright?" He greeted the girl after coming out from the back area. "Good night? Or a you need me to make you a drink kinda night?"

[liamtsullivan]

@ftmalik​

New month meant there were new weekly specials that had to be created in the restaurant just as much as the bar. Liam always tried to encourage the cooks on the line to do whatever they felt like, but to try to include at least one burger special. It might have been mildly self-serving on his own part, but that was aside from the point. It was the current burger special that he had in hand - a Hawaiian burger, perfect, considering everyone still wasn’t totally over being back from vacation, he figured - as he was headed to the security office. He wasn’t there on business, didn’t have any issues to report, didn’t have assistance to call for, no. He was bringing Malik food, because he was being nice. It wasn’t entirely unusual, this wasn’t exactly the first time that Liam did this, considering they’d been friends the last three years now. Tapping his knuckles on the outside of the door, he called a just loud enough ‘Carter’ to get his attention. Once the door opened, Liam grinned and held up the plastic bag with to-go containers in it that he carried. “I’ll take that delivery fee now.” 

[liamtsullivan]

@fionawclker​

Being at the local animal shelter wasn’t totally unusual for Liam. Despite the fact that he was a busy guy with work and still figuring out in’s and out’s to his own business, he liked to give back. Roxy was rescued from shelter overflow, so offering assistance to a shelter where he was living now felt like a good thing to do. Taking a newer friend with him to drop of his regular bi-weekly donations was both for the added help, but also to acquaint Fiona with a little bit of Chicago. Granted an animal shelter didn’t exactly sell the city or anything, it was a small first step. After making a little bit of small talk with the ladies working for the afternoon, Liam turned to find Fiona over by the adoptable cats. Smiling faintly, he quirked a brow as he approached her. “You know, they’ll take ‘em out and let you interact with ‘em over in one of the meet and greet booths if you’re thinking about getting one.”

[liamtsullivan]

@avagracescott​

Living and working in the same space meant that Liam saw a lot of the same people. He was fine with it, it was just a matter of fact. While he’d just met Ava, he’d also come to learn that she was part of the housekeeping staff, which meant that when he left an extra 50 on the counter in his room, and it wasn’t Venice or Bianca coming through, there were only so many more options of who covered his floor to have left that extra tip behind. Seeing the blonde sitting in the courtyard as he was on his way inside, Liam side-stepped the path to approach where the girl sat intent on her video game. “Forgot something in my suite today.” The tall male pointed out, casual, conversational, as he sat down on the bench with the girl. Between two fingers was the folded bill, held discreetly in her direction. Further in the spirit of social interaction, he offered a smile and gestured toward the console in her hands. “Animal crossing, I’m guessing?”

[liamtsullivan]

@kmcrgan​

Upon realizing that one of the two bar closers for the night had called out, Liam had decided that he would be coming in to help. He didn’t like to leave people on his team hanging, and he knew the viscous chain that the backup of work could follow - one bad close led to a bad open, led to another bad close, and so on. He was willing to help out, for the sake of the bar itself, but also for the sanity of his staff. It just so happened that Kennedy happened to be who’d been left alone on bar for the night. He’d finished what he was doing in working out the next schedule that had to be written before going in just after official last call. Coming up behind the bar, Liam pushed the sleeves of his henley up tattooed arms and found himself a towel and bottle of surface cleaner. “Ken, if you need a break before we get into it, feel free, alright.” He offered, giving the boy a nod. “Thanks for holding down the fort tonight.”

[liamtsullivan]

@nicoletterogers​

Taking their dogs out together was something that Liam and Nic had gotten into a sort of habit of. Liam knew that Roxy liked to be social - both with people and other dogs - and it wasn’t like he himself didn’t love getting to pass on some attention to Allicin, too. Not to mention, he figured based on context clues alone that getting Nic out of the hotel was a solid thing to do every now and again. He was already at the walking trail through the park they’d decided on, waiting for her arrival. Roxy was busy sniffing around, getting too close to a bird that skittered away from her and earned a short huff. “Not everyone’s gotta be your friend, Rox.” Liam snickered under his breath, finishing off the smoke he was having. He’d stop doing that eventually. Turning at the sound of approach, Liam offered an easy smile as Nic and Allicin came into view. Upon seeing the younger German shepherd coming into view, Roxy’s ears stood up for a moment before she bolted right toward Allicin excitedly. Letting out a laugh as he watched his dog circle around and around Nic and Allicin, Liam shook his head but gave Nic a wave. “We definitely do this for ourselves and not them at all, right? That’s what we tell ourselves?”

[liamtsullivan]

Getting out of the hotel for a little while always served Liam as a nice change of pace. He lived there, and he was typically enveloped in work there, so even just going to a Starbucks a few blocks away and sitting there for a while to get some work done instead of running every which way between the kitchen and bar and such was a nice reprieve. He ordered as he typically did - a blonde Americano with an extra shot and a little bit of coconut milk - and left a five in the tip jar, much to the momentary bewilderment of the barista who took his order. It was rather characteristic of him - making his living and paying off college debts based on tip money for a period of time, he was all about giving back to customer service employees, particularly of the food variety. As he moved to find a table to situate at, Liam's gaze fell on a vaguely familiar face. At first the familiarity didn't click, but it really only took a few moments. Obviously it had been quite a long time but there were certain tells people had - details in their expressions or their body language - that Liam had a good knack for cataloging. He remembered people. And he remembered the other male he walked passed to drop his work binder onto a table. Liam had every intention of dropping a hello, but his name was being called for his drink, so that halted him. Instead he went to the hand-off counter to pick it up, thanking the barista on the beverage making bar politely just before the second barista making drinks called out the name 'Gabe.' Smile easing the tiniest bit wider - if only for his confirmation of memory - Liam nodded his head and picked up the other's drink, as well, turning to hold it out as he approached where the other male was. "Gabe, right?"

@pereamedic​