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"if my hands don't stop shaking so i can roll this fucking joint i'm going to lose it." a tilt of his hands, "i feel like everything is sticking to me."

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closed starter for @scftspines !
"if my hands don't stop shaking so i can roll this fucking joint i'm going to lose it." a tilt of his hands, "i feel like everything is sticking to me."
closed starter for @scftspines !
it's not that he doesn't know he's good. he does. but thats not really what makes this interesting. he's always been kind of chaotic, kind of a mess, kind of stupid. all he knows, is that he wants to be paid attention to. "you really gonna just stare ??" a beat, "even after the WIN??"
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teddy doesn't know what jude's history is, but he's kind of always been shitty at explaining himself. he's never been great about anything other than his standard routine. separate sinew from bone, watch himself bleed, break in half, hide it all behind a locked door. teddy knows why people stick around. it's not complicated, except when it is. partying. sex. fun. in that order. he's not meant to be permanent, he's meant to be a tryst. a blow job in a bar bathroom, a heavy make out session on a dance floor, a fleeting glance and a shot. it's never supposed to be more than that. anything else is him taking too much. it's too risky. he wonders sometimes, if jude can see it in the way he carries himself. they've always been so perceptive, do they know he's always bracing for impact ?? has he noticed the way teddy flinches sometimes when he's too drunk ?? the ease with which jude describes his own feelings– even if it is underlined by something a bit more painful– is the kind of thing teddy could only dream about. he doesn't know how to do that. he only knows how to make himself smaller. more palatable. more fun. and hide behind doors he's been slamming shut since he was eighteen. there's a vulnerability that has always been easy to spot in them, where they ride this line of authenticity and humor. it's the kind of thing that comes from knowing yourself too well. spending too much time thinking up ways to fix someone else's problems. teddy never got particularly good at that part – there were always too many things to cover up. too many bruises, too many broken phones, too many screaming matches that only his neighbors knew about. he remembered once, being asked who he was always yelling at. no one knew why teddy was always wearing sunglasses and hoodies and running from place to place. no one knew anything at all about him. that was how teddy handled it all. but jude seems different. more introspective. that's something he's not sure if he should sympathize over or envy. "unfortunately for your narrative continuity–" a beat, he's not sure if this is too much. but mirroring their vulnerability, even if edged in humor, feels like the best path forward. "my internal narrative and confirmation bias are pretty capable of shoving me out of any door with no fucking input from anyone else." a beat, "it's really hard for anyone else to be the problem when i'm involved." it's so clear he believes it, he often wonders if anyone can just see the way he's decomposing beneath his skin. how desperately he wants to be better than this. the way jude folds makes him want to reach out, but he doesn't. he doesn't ever really reach out. he's not great about figuring any of this shit out, he doesn't know what the right move is like – ever. but he's trying. they're right. he really isn't interested in them being any less than they are. he doesn't need manageable, he likes them the way they are. "good." a pause, "i like you like this. wouldn't want you to be any different." he kind of hates the vulnerability written into his voice, but jude's trying. it's only fair for him to offer his own effort in return. a smile cracks across his face, wide and humorous. "responsible ?? never."
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"letting people down is my thing. find yourself a new gig."
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"Oh the vibes are off today, huh?" Rosalie knew the kitchen like the back of her hand at that point. She had to since the first time she walked back there during operating hours she was almost run over by the boucher who was holding a knife sharp enough to split hairs. Terrifying, to say the least. Maybe if Myles spent time elsewhere then she wouldn't have dealt with a handful of burns and sauce stains from her own stumbles. Since it was either spend time with him in the kitchen or not at all, Rosalie adapted. She worked through her innate clumsiness and observed long enough to be able to join in the dance. Or more accurately, not disrupt the choreography of the kitchen.
Her current schedule was keeping her away from home for days at a time. They left on the boat Sunday morning and depending on the data collected from the coral regrowth they were observing, she and her two research partners would return by Thursday. This time, a storm kept them out an extra two days and rations were low. Rosalie was armed with a dramatized story of survival and the hunger of two youth soccer teams by the time she had showered and gotten to his restaurant. Unfortunately the strained looks of all the kitchen staff took the wind out of her sails so to speak, and she didn't continue with her claim of seeing pirates in the distance. "What's up?" She asked him after navigating her way through to the safe corner she thought should be named after her. "You terrorizing people?"
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" sue me for being an anxious traveler — yeah, okay i know i work with dead bodies for a living, but are they making me go on a road trip? yeah, no. "
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" i don't mean to — i guess i do mean, i heard you and that jerk fighting all night and it was oddly quiet tonight. you okay?"