homesick summer nights

❝ and every night i pray, that this is the day we'll be together again ❞ tatum stratton nineteen alpha

[tatumstratton-blog]

( he raises his eyebrow, looking over her body. ) No – it looks good on you. What happened?

[braedenxmoreles]

Ezra happened. Featuring Stephen.

[tatumstratton-blog]

...Want me to beat them up?

[tatumstratton-blog]

…That’s fair. But why is she just handing them out to random women who like to break into my house?

[braedenxmoreles]

Because a) I am your best friend, b) she loves me, and c) there was an accident, and I needed another shirt. Would you like this one back?

[tatumstratton-blog]

( he raises his eyebrow, looking over her body. ) No -- it looks good on you. What happened?

[tatumstratton-blog]

Why does she have it?

[braedenxmoreles]

As your fiance, it’s only right that she steal your clothes.

[tatumstratton-blog]

...That's fair. But why is she just handing them out to random women who like to break into my house?

[tatumstratton-blog]

Neither. I’m just pretty damn sure that’s my shirt, Brae.

[braedenxmoreles]

Obviously, it is. And before you accuse me of stealing, Mari gave it to me.

[tatumstratton-blog]

Why does she have it?

[tatumstratton-blog]

———— Are you wearing my shirt?

[braedenxmoreles]

( she quirks an eyebrow. ) Is your eyesight going bad, or do you just love to hear yourself talk?

[tatumstratton-blog]

Neither. I'm just pretty damn sure that's my shirt, Brae.

[tatumstratton-blog]

------------ Are you wearing my shirt?

[tatumstratton-blog]

I think you’re exactly my type.

Are you hating on my boy right now?

[braedenxmoreles]

Your type.. either lanky brunette boy with low self esteem, or high class rich girl with a messed up past. You like broken people, Tatum.

I’m not broken.

I’m not hating! I’m just saying… why.

[tatumstratton-blog]

I like fighters. Which you are.

That's hating!

[tatumstratton-blog]

Hardly.

I was always more of an Aladdin guy, myself.

[braedenxmoreles]

( she lets out a laugh. ) Oh, I’m not your type.

Literally, why.

[tatumstratton-blog]

I think you're exactly my type.

Are you hating on my boy right now?

[tatumstratton-blog]

( he smirks and takes a step towards her. ) You’re damn right, I do.

Of course it would be Mulan.

[braedenxmoreles]

( she returns the smirk with one of her own. ) Are we still talking about movies?

She’s a badass, and a woman of color. She has my vote.

[tatumstratton-blog]

Hardly.

I was always more of an Aladdin guy, myself.

[tatumstratton-blog]

You know, I feel like I should be offended by that, but for some reason, I’m not.

What about you, princess – what’s your favorite movie?

[braedenxmoreles]

You know your type.

Oh, that’s a hard one… probably The Delivery Man. Or Mulan.

[tatumstratton-blog]

( he smirks and takes a step towards her. ) You're damn right, I do.

Of course it would be Mulan.

[tatumstratton-blog]

That’s because it pretty much is.

[braedenxmoreles]

Somehow, I’m not surprised that’s your favorite movie.

[tatumstratton-blog]

You know, I feel like I should be offended by that, but for some reason, I'm not.

What about you, princess -- what's your favorite movie?

[braedenxmoreles]

That sounds a lot like porn, but okay.

[tatumstratton-blog]

That's because it pretty much is.

[tatumstratton-blog]

(* &&. text ;; tatum )

Chandler: Fuck.

Chandler: Okay. I can do that.

Chandler: Thanks.

Tatum: Hey, she's gonna be okay, Chan.

[tatumstratton-blog]

(* &&. text ;; chandler )

Chandler: I'm no one's version of a hero. And that's fine. I don't need to be a hero. But she's my sister, you know? Storey, Dessie and East... if I manage to fuck everything else up in my life, they're the only thing I know that I'll have. And I don't want the world to break her the same way it broke me.

Chandler: Or our mother [ unsent ]

Chandler: I don't want anything to hurt her. But I can't protect her from all of it, can I?

Tatum: Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do to protect them from all of it. But we can do our best to help them through it and make it easier for them.

[tatumstratton-blog]

(* &&. text ;; chandler )

Chandler: Because she's reached this point in her life where she's expected to be the mature one of her friends. (A position which I will never have, I realize.)

Chandler: And she's GOOD AT IT.

Chandler: And just because of how she acts now? She's so mature, and my baby is literally all grown up and probably saving China, and I don't want to let go.

Chandler: I don't want to feed my sister to this carnivorous world. I want to keep her here and protect her forever, but I can't anymore, and that's a horrible feeling.

Tatum: ...Chan, she's your baby sister. She will always be your baby sister. I know she's growing up, and it's hard and it's scary, but that does not mean she doesn't need you anymore. She will always need you and love you.

Tatum: Nothing that can happen could ever change the fact that she is your baby sister, and you are her hero.

[tatumstratton-blog]

(* &&. text ;; tatum )

Chandler: I'm worried that my baby sister is more mature than me.

Chandler: Like, I get this feeling that she is, and I don't know what to do about it.

Chandler: Also, Shae's in the waiting room (Birdie's bay window), and I've had him waiting there for a while now.

Tatum: And why is it that you feel this way?

Tatum: I'll buzz him in, give me a few minutes.

[tatumstratton-blog]

Hey, I know you didn’t have the best parents, but you turned out amazing, baby. And you’re the best mother Birdie could ever ask for. And the best girlfriend I could ever ask for.

[marilynbanks]

[She smiles, pressing a loving kiss to his lips, before pulling away. She hesitates.]…Does it ever scare you? Do you ever think that – that, one day, she’s going to ask for more? For the people who actually gave birth to her? They’re hardly parents, and I don’t see why she would, but… do you think about it?

[tatumstratton-blog]

{ he wraps his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to his body. } I don't think she ever will.