radio & recklessness.

23. werewolf. radio. lacrosse. so call it what you call it I'll be the first one to blame myself 'cause I know I get c a u g h t up I won't give it up just to save myself

[teddyxbeacon]

It was all very sudden. At one point she was looking at a pendant form an old lady and the other she felt some arms around her. There was a familiar smell that welcomed her before she heard his voice. “Teddy?” She almost squealed as she quickly turned around, wrapping her arms around his waist. “Where the fuck have you been? No calls? No messages? Nothing? It’s like you died. I was about to start printing your face on milk cartons.” She grinned, still not letting him go. 

Teddy shrugged. “I don’t know. I’ve been here, there, ya know.” He chuckled as Danielle pulled him closer to her. “I’ve been working a lot and trying not to think about the rest of my life.” He shifted awkwardly. “Also, been trying to drink as much as I can.” He laughed. “I know, I really shouldn't do that but, I can’t help it.” 

[forall-x]

There was light jazz playing in the background, the block party had just begun and it was a band playing, possibly as a warm-up for the crowd, before the more upbeat people took the stage. Danielle secretly enjoyed that kind of music, it had always brought her to a more calm state of her mind and simply allowed her whole body to destress. She walked up to the nearest stand, just flicking through some gadgets as she waited for a place to free, so she could sit an enjoy the music more. She didn’t exactly see what she was looking at, so she was taken almost by surprise when she felt someone tugging the thing. “Hey!” She muttered.

[teddyxbeacon]

Teddy shrugged and wandered back towards anywhere he could get a drink. He was depressed and alone. As usual. He sighed loudly and shoved his hands back into his pockets. He stood silently, tugging at some things and jumped when the girl beside him turned out to be Danielle. He laughed and threw his arm around her. “Dani!” He called out. “Lovely to see you.” He replied with a small chuckle. 

[mendozaxmaya]

“That’s it-I need a Ferrari,” Maya whined as she leaned back in her chair, an episode of The Secret Lives of the Super Rich paused on her IPad. She was taking a break from reading all those cases she was preparing for, and decided to pull up her guilty pleasure. “Or something like a Ferrari. I just want a frickin’ Ferrari.”

[teddyxbeacon]

Teddy chuckled and shrugged. “I mean, those cars are nice but so not practical.” He smiled at the girl. “Is there a real reason for the fast car?” He asked her. 

[teddyxbeacon]

It’s a nice day out and AJ’s sitting on the grass getting a jump start on some studying. Jacob had been… weird in the morning when she’d gone in the kitchen and she was not in the mood for that. Not today at least. Luckily it was nice enough to stay outside and avoid whatever was going on with her brother.

She can hear someone approaching her, but is still surprised when they tap her on the shoulder. She’s even more surprised to realize it’s Teddy and she barely has a moment to process what’s going on before he’s shooting questions at her. “Hi, hello to you too,” she answers once he’s finished. Maybe she was a little annoyed that he couldn’t even greet her properly, but the topic of his questions override that feeling pretty quickly. “I like you too,” she replies stupidly, suddenly feeling very on the spot.

The sun is bright and she’s squinting up at him from where she’s sitting on the ground and that’s inconvenient, so she reaches out a hand and tugs him down beside her. “I guess we’re not waiting for anything?” The words come out more like a question than she intended and she definitely should be more enthused about the conversation going on right now, but mostly she’s nervous and confused. “You’re my boyfriend?” she finally decides on, still unsure. This was not what she was expecting when she went to the park to study.

Teddy’s eyes widened and nodded. He hadn’t been anyone’s boyfriend in a long time. Instead of saying anything and messing it up, he reached for her face and placed his hand on the side of her face and pulled her into a kiss. He kissed her for a few moments and Teddy chuckled. “Boyfriend, huh?” He half-asked in a sarcastic tone. “We haven’t even been on a second date. How is that supposed to work.” He replied. Teddy shrugged uncomfortably and  placed on his hands on AJ’s shoulder. He caressed it and smiled at her. “So, what are you doing today? Studying?” He continued. 

[teddyxbeacon]

It never had been like Elio to dislike someone, per se. In fact, it took quite a bit for him to create enemies but somehow Theodore had managed to become one of those few and rather quickly too. With his body shifting his weight in the uncomfortable chair, blue eyes eventually directed back towards the familiar face. He hadn’t bothered to hide the furrowed brow or evident scowl that came with the following statement evidently filled with disdain for Teddy, “Advice coming fro you? That’d be the last thing I take.” Elio liked to think it’d be nothing more than a twenty-minute wait at most, but the announcement made by the woman at the front desk nearly had the witch get up and leave as she stated there was going to be a slight delay. “Great…” he murmured with his gaze refusing to even acknowledge Teddy at this point. 

Teddy rolled his eyes and sighed loudly, adjusting his body on the chair and realizing that he would have to sit next to Elio for more time than he wanted. Teddy didn’t really hate a lot of people, sure he knew he wasn’t the easiest to get along with but he didn’t interact with the people who found him annoying. Like Elio. Teddy’s leg started shaking and he realized this wouldn’t be a good time to get up and have a cigarette. He glanced over at Elio and nodded. “So, did you ever end up finding a job or are you just living off your sister?” he asked him, raising his brows. 

[teddyxbeacon]

@aj-thorne

Teddy had just recovered from another bender when he realized what he had done. He remembers going to AJ’s house but he didn’t find AJ, he found her brother. Sighing loudly, he pulled himself out of bed and towards the bathroom. Shower, shaved and clothed he made his way into the kitchen. He didn’t hear his roommate but that didn’t stop him from rustling around and making a coffee. There was a slight mess in their living room but shrugging it off, Teddy sipped his coffee and walked around the apartment. He grabbed his phone from his side table and groaned loudly. He had a few missed calls from his sister but none from who he really wanted to hear from, AJ. Teddy was tired of this game they were playing. Sure, he was the majority of the problem but he knew her birthday was coming up and he wanted AJ to be his girlfriend. He grabbed a hat from his closet and his keys and made his way out of the apartment, desperate to find her. 

For the next hour, Teddy went all over town trying to think of places she might be. He didn’t dare go to her house but he tried the bakery, the library and when he finally found her, he was surprised he didn’t think to look here first. He smiled as he approached her and tapped her on the shoulder. “So, what the fuck are we anyways?” He asked her bluntly. “I like you. You must have to know that by now. So tell me AJ, what the fuck are we waiting for?” 

[teddyxbeacon]

She grinned, handing one of the coffee cups to her friend before sitting down in the seat he’d shown her, placing the box of donuts of the surface next to her. “Oh, just from the bakery. But I’ve got a person on the inside - if I get there early enough in the morning, she gives me first pick of the goodies,” she said with a smirk, referring to Luna, who was always happy to oblige Max’s sweet tooth.

A smile formed on her lips as she took a sip of her own coffee. “Do I need a reason to bring my good friend and neighbour a little pick me up during his work day?” Max chuckled slightly, setting her coffee on the table. “It’s been a while since I stopped by the station. And I know how hard you work, just thought I’d swing by and see if I could brighten your day a little with some caffeine and sugar.” A deep, crimson flush spread across her cheeks at the mention of seeing her topless. When Teddy had initially made the comment a few days earlier, she’d had a similar reaction - nervous giggling, bright red cheeks and an averted gaze, looking every which way but at the person she was talking to. It was the response she had any time something sexual or flirty was brought up, or even if a compliment was being offered to her. “No, no! It’s nothing to do with that, I swear,” she laughed awkwardly, tucking a loose piece of hair behind her ear, green eyed gazed fixed on her lap. “I know you were only joking around. This is purely a platonic gesture. So, help yourself to donuts. And please don’t bring up me being topless again,” she shot Teddy a lopsided smile before hiding it behind her coffee cup, taking a long sip of the latte and hoping to swiftly move on from the topic.

Teddy took a sip of his coffee and nodded as Max spoke. “For sure, the owner doesn’t really like me though.” He replied with a shrug. “I mean, I haven’t been in there in a while but, I’m sure she’d remember me. Considering the last time I went in, I was wasted.” Teddy replied. He took another sip of his coffee and picked up another donut. He smiled as Max tucked her hair behind her ear and chuckled softly to himself. He laughed louder when she mentioned his comment and nodded. “Alright, alright. No need to tell me twice.” Teddy put his cup down on the table and turning back towards his sound board. He pressed a few buttons then turned back to Max. “Sorry, someone called in sick so I had to help them with their show.” He replied. “So, what’s going on this weekend?” He asked her. “Are you going to come hangout at the apartment?” 

[elio-moretti]

@teddyxbeacon

Going to the dentist was bad enough. Seeing someone Elio had come to dislike during his time in Hollow Grove, equally as bad. Those together coupled with the only available seat that wasn’t near a crying child or elderly witch groaning in pain directly beside Teddy, well that really was the cherry on top of a terrible situation. Seeing as Elio didn’t want to be sandwiched between that his best bet had been to take a seat adjacent to Theodore which he had done with disdain mixed with trepidation for having to even acknowledge the other’s presence, but he did. His body sunk lower into the seat and arms crossed against his chest before finally turning to look at the familiar face. “I’m surprised you’re not over there,” Elio gestured with a quick flick of his index finger towards the seat between the child and elderly witch in pain. “You like people, or you say you do. Is that why you hide at the radio station and don’t like change? Or competition?” Yup, still bitter about the radio station incident nearly a year ago. 

[teddyxbeacon]

Teddy didn’t particularly enjoy the dentist. He rarely went and the only reason he was here today was because it was too late to cancel. When he saw Elio walk in, he had to fight to roll his eyes. The other man didn’t notice Teddy until he sat down and started talking to him. Teddy sighed and now he finally rolled his eyes. “Jeus, Eli. Shut up.” He adjusted himself and pulled his ball cap off and pushed his hair back. He needed a haircut. “it’s the dentist, not a networking event. Get off my ass and get over yourself.” He replied. 

[teddyxbeacon]

When Teddy spoke, Jake found himself at a crossroads. On one hand, he wanted to tell the guy to turn around, walk away, and never show up at his house again. The larger, more reasonable part of his mind urged him otherwise. It wasn’t as though he hadn’t liked a girl enough to show up at her door, and it would have been hypocritical for him to say different. The more he thought about it, the more laughable it became. His actions with Ria wasn’t vastly different to Teddy’s, not that he was about to express as much. Did he really want to know what Amelia was to Teddy? No, but he needed to. That didn’t mean he had to take it completely easy on him though, Jake reasoned to himself before sighing and taking a step back. “I’m not you, but keep assuming what I’ll do, and I just might.” Looking around, it was apparent the only person Teddy had disturbed was him. And for that, he was grateful. “If you think she’s mad at you, then she’s probably mad at you.” This was uncomfortable. “What happened to make you think it’s more than that?” Breathe, he had to remind himself. It was hard, considering his mind was providing a dozen reasons as to how Teddy would have made his little sister mad at him, which only served to make him mad. “Did you do something?” 

Teddy crossed his arms and shrugged. Jake had a point, about it all. If it was his sister, there was no way he would be this understanding. The visitor would already be gone. “You’re right. I know that’s true. I screwed up... Well, I think I screwed up.” He sighed loudly. Teddy chuckled at Jake’s question and nodded. “Of course I did something, I’m a fucking moron. I don’t deserve your sister, that’s for sure.” His eyes widened. “I mean, we’re not like, together or anything. That’s kind of why I was here.” Shit. He was making this worse. “Okay, well we went on a few dates. I saved her life during the blood moon and well, I don’t know. She’s the coolest fucking girl I’ve ever met.” Teddy didn’t care at this point. If Jake was going to punch him in the face, he wanted to get all of his feelings out on the table. He just wished AJ was there to hear him. Teddy closed his eyes and groaned. “Man, if you’re gonna punch me, just don’t break my nose... alright?” He replied. 

[manipsbox]

[teddyxbeacon]

@aj-thorne

[wildmalia]

@teddyxbeacon

Two steaming cups of coffee sat in the paper holder that Max carried in her right hand, a box of freshly made donuts from the bakery balanced in her left as she made her way into the radio station. It had been a quiet morning at the apothecary and, after mixing up a few orders of potions to be collected later in the week, the witch had found herself sitting around doing nothing to do, spending most of the morning lost in her daydreams. So, with her authority as manager of the shop, she’d taken the executive decision to close up early and make a surprise visit to her friend Teddy at the radio station in the hopes of alleviating her boredom.

Approaching the window that separated Teddy’s studio from the hallway, Max lightly tapped her forehead against the glass, unable to spare any hands to do the knocking. “Special delivery,” the witch mouthed before breaking into a grin, raising the box of baked goods and the cups of coffee high enough that they could be seen through the window. She was always wary when visiting Teddy not to make too much noise before being let into the studio, just in case he was on the air and she didn’t realise. Knowing her, it was a mistake that was bound to happen sooner rather than later. “Can I come in?” she mouthed once more, nodding her head in the direction of the door. 

[teddyxbeacon]

Teddy finished off a segment about the starting of football season when he looked up and saw Max standing in the window. He smiled at her and waved at her. She held up coffee and donuts and Teddy chuckled. He nodded and the door opened. He pulled the headphones off and motioned for her to come over. “Hey Max, you can sit here if you want.” He smiled at her and began to reach for the donuts. “Where the hell did you get these?” He asked her. 

Teddy leaned back in his chair and smiled at her. “So, what brings you here? You just miss me or something?” He asked her with a small smirk. “I bet it’s more serious than that though... you brought donuts and coffee..” Teddy laughed. “Oh... wait. Is it because I said that shit the other day?” He shook his head and glanced over at her. “I was just kidding, I promise I don’t actually want to see you topless.” He replied with another small smile and a wink.  

[teddyxbeacon]

“Thanks!” AJ smiled softly, glancing at her shoulder momentarily before looking back up at him. Had he always been so much taller than her or had triggering his curse made him taller? Did that happen? “Awesome! I mean, um, cool, good.” Could she just play it cool for once? Teddy was always so nonchalant.

“Ice cream sounds great,” she responded, offering a smile and tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear. “After all this chilli I need something to cool down my mouth.”

Teddy smirked at AJ and shoved her slightly. “Are you sure want ice cream?” He asked her. “I’m sure I could cool you down just fine.” He replied with a small chuckle. Teddy was obviously joking but the sudden blush on AJ’s face made him smile bigger. “Oh come on AJ, I’m kidding. I’ll buy the ice cream though.” He quickly threw his arm around her and pulled her into him. At this point, he wasn’t sure what they were but he was going to act like they were together considering how gorgeous she was, how kind she was and how she handled herself. Teddy was blown away that someone hadn’t tried to steal her away from him. Although, they would have a real fight if he had anything to say about it. He glanced down at her and smiled. “So, how’s your love life Ms. Thorne? Is it meeting your standards?” He asked her with another smirk. 

[teddyxbeacon]

Dani paused before taking a sip of her own coffee. “Why are you hungover? You should really think about having some chill nights too. Did you throw up?” She asked, though her tone was light, joking. “I brought bagels just in case you need to like… Eat.” Tucking her feet under her, Danielle nodded her head. “Yes, I mean your life. What else? Your roommate’s life? Last time I checked, I am entitled to that?” For some reason, she was slightly snappy but not in a way that would be cruel. t the very least she hoped. “Teddy. Give me the juicy stuff. Did you do the thing for A.J?” She smirked. Probably she was invested too much in Teddy’s life for her own good.

Teddy shrugged. “Chill nights, I’ve never heard of those.” He took another sip of his coffee and reached for one of the bagels. He shoved it into his mouth and shrugged again. “I didn’t throw up, gross. I’m not an amateur, Dani.” He moved over to the couch and sat down, leaning his head back and closed his eyes. “Juicy stuff, huh?” He asked with his eyes still closed. “Well, AJ and I are speaking again. I’m probably going to ask her out for dinner or something. We had a movie night and I sat as far away from her as I could, so I really did that to myself.” Teddy replied, taking a deep sigh. He opened his eyes and leaned forward, taking another sip of his coffee. 

[ingridbergman-deactivated202001]

[teddyxbeacon]

@iantylers @jacknwilde

[bubbagumps]

[dansharman]

[teddyxbeacon]

“Oh my Gawd, you’re taking weird steroids or something, aren’t you? My life is such an afterschool special.” She of course didn’t really think Teddy was taking steroids. He’d promised her he wouldn’t mess around with drugs anymore, after the incident, and obviously he wouldn’t break his promise. “So wait, this vampire is just like, hey can I crash with you, and you’re like, yeah sure, that’s super not sketchy, c’mon in buddy? You have zero self-preservation skills. Like, zero.” The idea of her brother as a bartender at any of the bars in town made her eyebrows rise. “Please tell me it’s at Nina’s and not Purgatory.” Humans who bartended at Purgatory were basically blood bags, totally known fact. She let him drape his arm around her and put her arm around his waist, so that they were once again the conjoined twins, a nickname they’d had before sports had ruined their lives. “Yeah, totally, why should I worry?” She butted his shoulder with the side of her head to indicate he sounded like an idiot, but let it go otherwise. Who was she to judge his coping mechanisms? “Yeah? You sure? I don’t wanna, like, impose.” She absolutely wanted to impose, but Teddy had a life and shit now, and she could hardly just insert herself into it. No matter how much she wanted to. “Sorry, I just threw up in my mouth a little, what were you saying?”

Teddy shook his head. “Nah, Allie. You know I haven’t touched drugs since high school.” He shrugged and nodded. “I met him at a bar, Ian is cool and his best friend is a werewolf. We hangout, it’s fine. It’s better than living with mom and dad.” He said with a small laugh. Teddy shrugged and laughed again. “I mean, Purgatory is fun Al, you should come with us.” He replied. Teddy shook his head and pulled his sister in closer and hugged her harder. “No, you’re never imposing on me, I promise.” Teddy laughed loudly and leaned his head back. “Hey, this means that I might actually have a girlfriend soon... Maybe, who knows. I haven’t dated anyone since Whitney and AJ’s a lot nicer than she was.” He said as he glanced back at Allison.