( @mateomoreno ) this is a step for elaine. she’s not one to ‘hang out’ or ‘invite people places’ or ‘be good at making friends,’ but ever since spirit’s eve, she’s been meaning to check up on matty. and then he left the valley-- and then the masquerade ball happened and, well, A LOT has happened. it was about time elaine took up on matty’s months-old suggestion to hang out.
to-- matty: hey, matty, it’s elaine. i was thinking of heading to the saloon today.
[ to: Matty | August 20th, 8:00 am ] Hey Matty, this is Dr. Park. Just wanted to see how you’re feeling today. And to remind you to take it easy for awhile, don’t want you to end up back in the clinic too soon.
[ to: Matty | August 20th, 4:00 pm | UNSENT ] Yep, there was definitely a don’t before the “want you to end up back in the clinic.” Almost thought I had left it out when you came in today.
[ to: Matty | August 30th, 2:30 pm | UNSENT ] Would you be offended if I gave you a helmet as a welcoming gift? It would just make me feel a bit better knowing that you have something protecting your head from another injury.
[ to: Matty | September 5th, 12:30 pm | UNSENT ] Matty the next time you’re in, I need you to add an emergency contact for your records.
[ to: Matty | September 10th, 1:15 pm | UNSENT ] At this point I feel like we should be on a first name basis, so you don’t have to keep calling me Dr. Park or Doc. Just realized you might not remember my first name. Which now turns this into a game of how long it takes you to ask me or someone else what it is.
[ to: Matty | September 14th, 12:00 pm | UNSENT ] For your sake, I hope that someone other than Finley finds your hat. I doubt that they’d return it to you.
( @mateomoreno ) elaine waits in front of her house, backpack slung over her shoulders with the bare necessities: water, snacks, emergency first aid kit, the works. it takes her a moment to identify matty’s silhouette in the distance as he gets nearer. she adjusts her cap, blocking the sunlight from her eyes. she used to like walking around at night, but right now, she preferred the annoying sun to the veil of the night, where seemingly anything could happen.
once he’s close enough, though, she raises a hand, waving at him before tucking it into the pocket of her overalls. “hey!” she greets, giving a small nod his way, “ready to, um, find... stuff?”
2AM apenas nacido el viernes charlamos con Nahuel Cruz Amarilla de LA PERRA QUE LOS PARIO que presenta el flamante "Abran paso" y llega este 5 de noviembre al Estadio Obras a las 19 hs.
On May 30th, a package arrives at Matty’s door containing a handmade dice tower, and a set of dice. Atop the newspaper wrapping is a sloppily written card.
Hey Matty. I heard that it was your birthday soon - I hope I got the date right...
Since you’re getting into D&D because of me I thought I would give you some essential items.
Thanks for being nice to me for being so welcoming Thank you for being my friend.
[ to: Matty | January 8th, 11:12pm | unsent ] You know you’re a really wonderful person, right? It doesn’t matter if other people or Kiran don’t see that.
[ to: Matty | January 8th, 11:15pm | unsent ] You’re worthy of love.
💡 a scared text.
[ to: Matty | January 31st, 10:04am ] Matty, are you in the mines? I just heard a big commotion.
[ to: Matty | January 31st, 10:15am ] There was a rockslide. Are you safe? Is Sofia safe?
[ to: Matty | January 31st, 10:18am ] Matty please respond if you get this
[ to: Matty | January 31st, 10:38am ] The town is getting a search team ready and we’re all gonna be helping to get you all out. Stay with Sofia, find Malia. she should be there. stay in a group, okay? We’re coming to get you
🌻 a worried text.
[ to: Matty | January 8th, 11:10pm ] Hey, Matty. I hope you managed to get home okay.
[ to: Matty | January 8th, 11:20pm ] Also, if you ever need to talk to someone, you can talk to me, okay?
[ to: Matty | January 8th, 11:22pm ] Have a good night.
🦋 a loving text.
[ to: Matty | January 10th, 8:30am ] [ Attachment: A picture of Fitz poking his head through the birdhouse ]
[ to: Matty | January 10th, 8:32am ] Here’s the picture of Fitz I promised :)
[ to: Matty | January 10th, 8:36am ] Thank you for hanging out with me at the Saloon, btw. I don’t usually like to go there, but it was nice seeing you.
[ to: Matty | January 10th, 8:40am ] You’re very good company.
*hums kiss me by sixpence none the richer* 7 or 11 for gabe/matty
a kiss on the eyelid or undereye & a kiss on the corner of the mouth.
it’s late when matty comes knocking at his door. his family is asleep and he had been downstairs watching tv with it on mute trying to pass the time until he could fall asleep but he hadn’t had much luck in that department lately. he knows logically it’s just becoming a father is the reason why, now that he has a whole other person to care of it’s hard for him to get a good night’s sleep without thinking about her and if she’s doing okay. he’s been slowly nursing the same beer from earlier and when he finishes it he goes and gets another from the fridge. another problem with fatherhood and just generally getting older: his alcohol tolerance has absolutely plummeted. by the second beer he is feeling slightly buzzed but what’s even better is that he’s actually getting sleepy. he thinks about maybe turning in until there’s a knock at the door. he’s a little shocked, he goes to turn the tv off and turning the porch light on and opening the door to see a very sad looking matty. “hey,” he says, a little concerned by how late it is. “come on in, it’s cold.” he opens the door for him and closes the door behind him when he steps through. “what’s going on?” gabe reaches out to grab his arm, letting him know that he was there. the room was dark and he only can assume that his thoughts might be too.
matty had kissed him before, and gabe had been okay with it, thinking that maybe that matty needed it, for whatever reason. and gabe would never turn down a kiss, which seemed to be a weird thought now but it was true. he liked matty enough and he wasn’t looking for anything serious and he didn’t know if matty was but he supposed that he should tell him sometime soon that if he was looking for this to go somewhere then it couldn’t. gabe was still a new dad and he still had feelings for his ex that he couldn’t seem to let go of still despite her quite literally ripping his heart in two and leaving them with a kid that she never deserved in the first place. thalia was just too good. for either of them. he shakes out of it, and matty is talking a mile a minute and gabe is trying to calm him down and he brings him closer to him, wrapping an arm around him now and looking him in the eye but it’s still dark. he leans in to kiss his eye, he has this very brief memory of his girlfriend doing that to him whenever he seemed worried about something. she would just reach out and kiss his eyes, his temple, his nose, but that seemed too intimate, too many memories with those parts of the body, instead he bends down slightly and kisses the corner of his mouth. not fully kissing him. he doesn’t want to give him the wrong idea. but he wants to be here for him. as a friend. and whatever else that he may need. whether that’s physically or not—matty seemed to be going through it. “you will still be someone worth knowing even when he stops noticing.”
kiran: i just got home from the bar and miraculously brusghed my teeth and now im in bed
kiran: brushed* ekjffdsfsd im tired lmao
kiran: i had fun tho
kiran: i will talk to u later
kiran: 🐗🌿🌝👩🎤
kiran: have some random emojis night
🗑️ a text that wasn’t sent.
kiran: i think its kind of weird how people think we’re together. not that the thought of us being together is weird. just that other people perceive me as someone who could actually be with someone that wasn’t just like a fling? but isn’t that what we were supposed to be?? or maybe that’s just me. i’m not very good at relationships and i guess if whatever this is continues on you’ll see that too. oh what’s the point of this text i’m never gonna send it anjkffa
kiran: sorry. for everything. for all the things i should have said. and i’m sorry that you had to see me like that... that one night. amee was right, she always is. and it’s actually incredibly annoying how well she knows me. i wasn’t myself. but i guess that poses the question of who myself is??? lmao wow #deep. um. anyway. i’m going to keep pretending that i don’t know what we’re talking about when you bring it up. makes it easier.
kiran: when my dad died i got so dr
kiran: when my dad died my mom didn’t know how to look at m
kiran: idk if my mom or dad rly liked m
kiran: can you come over?
⚠️ a text meant for someone else.
kiran: lmao i mean it would not be the first time we did that so its no problem for meeee
kiran: oh oops soz wrong person
kiran: 🏃🏽
💡 a scared text.
kiran: can’t tell if i’m just really fucking high but i swear i saw someone in the corner of my fucking room holy shit
kiran: my heart is beating so fast what the fucasokdf a;sdf
kiran: alright i turned the lights on there’s nothing there....
kiran: 👀
kiran: yep im definitely too high gonna sleep with the lights on now thanks for coming to my ted talk
🔪 a hateful text.
kiran, unsent: fuck you for making me care about you
kiran, unsent: fuck you for giving me all of these feelings what the fuck am i supposed to do with all of it?
kiran, unsent: i think there’s a part of me that’s angry at you for defending me. not because you did anything wrong. but because i don’t deserve it. why do you fucking care about me so much? like this is it. this is all i got to offer.
kiran: i just wanted to say a massive fuck u to u for leaving expired milk in my fridge!!!!! i just had some with my cereal and i thought i saw god for a moment because of how taken aback i was by how disgusting the spoiled milk was so 🖕🏽sleep with one eye open you’re on my shit list 😡im jk but that was so nasty askjdfads
🌊 a sad text.
kiran, unsent: i know that i ended it but um. i miss talking to you.
kiran, unsent: i’m sorry.
kiran, unsent: i do love y
kiran: it’s my dad’s birthday today, my mom and sister and i are going to have dinner later and i just really don’t want to go. i don’t really know how to talk to my mom anymore. anyway sorry. this is stupid family bs. i’ll see you when i get back. you don’t have to wait up.
