#pre-main event

[msmelissalin]

Texting - Hasan.

Melissa: I wonder if you have good taste? Melissa: Because you could attempt to guess which date was mine and bid on that?

[keremdogulu]

FOR: @erdogan-nevra WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024. WHERE: Barbican Centre - pre-auction.

No matter how he felt towards the auction, reminding himself constantly that it was for a good cause, those thoughts were gone the second his eyes found Nevra — it all just dimmed. There were so many feelings that would never go away. He'd come to accept that. The ache was still there. They said time healed all wounds, but he guessed that was a lie concocted to make people feel better. It was duller, but still right where she left it.

Kerem knew he should keep walking, put as much distance between them as humanely possible, and yet, his mouth opened. "Hey." softer spoken than he'd intended, and internally cringed away from. "You doin' okay?" he wasn't sure why he was being so casual, like there weren't a thousand parts of him screaming that he should run. Far, far away.

[mrofontaine]

FOR: @islahvnt WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024. WHERE: Barbican Centre - Pre-Auction.

Please don't let Thomas be here.

It was the same sickening thought he got every time he was at an event where the Rutherfords circulated, and seeing Isla didn't ease any of those tensions that were coiling in his muscles. His fists balled at his side, while his features remained passive, stoic. His feet were moving, checking over his shoulder to see his immediate surroundings until he reached her.

"Are we going to ignore each other all night?" He asked. Better to get straight to the point with someone like Isla. She wasn't exactly a sweet tooth kinda' woman. He'd learned that the hard way.

[maksimkurylenko]

FOR: @leylayilmazx WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024. WHERE: Barbican Centre - Pre-Auction.

Oh, for the love of fucking god.

"Leyla." The words came out bored. Picking an invisible flint from his tux, and smirked, taking a quick sweep for the French cunt that was undoubtedly close by. "You look beautiful, a sight for sore eyes" Maksim gave a short sweep over her figure before he closed the distance. "Maybe I'll be lucky and land your date." Oh, he'd love to fucking see Laurent's face if he did.

[amescastaignede]

FOR: @vinnievespucci WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024 WHERE: Barbican Centre - Pre-Auction.

"We talk about meeting all the time, and somehow life has a way of squandering that every chance we get." Amélie laughed, nerves alight in those doe eyes, as she smoothed her hands down the velvet fabric of her dress. "It's good to see you."

[keremdogulu]

FOR: @berat-yalaz WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024. WHERE: Barbican Centre - Pre-auction.

"I didn't see you come in, look at you -- suave, or what" Kerem grinned, feeling more at ease around Berat instantly. Those tightly coiled muscles slowly released one by one, until his back found the wall and he sighed, heavily. "Nevra's here."

[maksimkurylenko]

FOR: @viktoriya-kurylenko WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024. WHERE: Barbican Centre - Pre-auction.

"If at any point you need to cut or flambeed someone because they look at you wrong on the date — know that I fully condone and support you in your decision."

[msmelissalin]

FOR: @lararutherford WHEN: 23rd of February, 2024. WHERE: Barbican Centre - Pre-auction.

"Lara — You look...gorgeous." That was all he had to say? He'd finally managed to find himself standing in front of her, and he just seemingly blanked. "How've you been?" C'mon dude. He was just glad Benny wasn't here to see him being a fucking tool.