the reckoning

She decides God is no good, but he must exist, he must exist so she can hold him accountable.

[terihendrix]

callumsavea‌:

“All their maids and butlers, but they just have nobody to share any of it with. It’s just so sad. I might actually cry. Quick, hand me a tissue,” he said as he pretended to wipe away a tear. It was easy to piss on the lives of the rich and fortunate. Every one of them had their hands dipped in a plethora of things that only made their own lives shittier. And the less fortunate were supposed to feel sorry for them? People like Teri and him didn’t have the luxury of growing up with a silver spoon in their mouths. Callum could only imagine how the woman standing in front of him would have turned out if things had worked out a different way than they had. He had no time to worry about what if’s though. All that mattered was the here and now and, right now, he was lucky enough to have her in his life. A slow smile crept across his face. “I’m thinking I can handle something really romantic.” His arms wrapped around her waist, his lips pressing to hers for only a moment. “Become like these people who complain about their lives when they’ve got all the money in the world to spend? Nah. I know you won’t be.” His eyes caught hers and then he noticed the lights dim down and a voice echo throughout the room. His eyes stayed on hers for a moment only to drift away when a spotlight went onto one Maya Hendrix. Then his name echoed throughout the room. All of it seemed far too dramatic, but he was not going to say anything when these were the people paying him money to keep a secret. “Who would have thought it was the nice one, eh?”

"You’re hilarious. A real comic genius, y’know that?” Though despite her words, Teri felt the lightness of a chuckle chime across her vocal cords as they danced through the first half of some overdone Ed Sheeran song. Way too cheesy and cliché, but she supposed having Callum there to take the edge off made it more bearable. “Like a redheaded James Dean. What the hell am I gonna do with you?” Because she could never allow herself to fully admit how deeply every word uttered by the man in front of her now seemed to have a cosmic effect on the way in which she experienced the world. Best to play it safe and cool, holding him close and at arm’s distance all the same. “How can you be so---” Words were cut short as the true festivities began, an announcement of Maya Hendrix as the infamous saboteur and Callum’s work in unmasking her being announced throughout the hall. “Did you do this? Seriously?” She whispered to him before a beaming grin overtook otherwise surprised features, fingers reaching up to his chin, returning his attention to Teri once more. “Ruining that family one night at a time. You might just be going home with me tonight, Savea.”

[terihendrix]

alexnielscn‌:

“You’re the one who keeps running into me. At least this time I’m not soaked.”

"I wasn’t sure how else to get your attention. After all, how does a person go about securing a moment of their estranged brother’s time?” She allowed the words to linger between them for a breath, long enough to settle into the fabric of his mind before continuing with the same amused smirk adorning her features. “Looks like our dear old dad wasn’t as upstanding as he made everyone believe, huh?”

[terihendrix]

"We meet again. Ya know, I’m sorta starting to think you might be following me.” @alexnielscn

[terihendrix]

callumsavea‌:

There was a very thick line that separated him from most of the people that had decided to show up to this party to see an anonymous blogger unmasked. For one, he didn’t care who said person was. The second was that he just did not fit in. Callum had never gone to something like this in his twenty-two years of life. The kind of parties he went to were usually in dimly-lit places with cheap alcohol and several drugs of choice. It was more than likely a bad idea for him to consume anything that would fuck with the medication he was already on, but he was always willing to take the chance. After all, he didn’t particularly care about the impression he made on anyone but a few choice people. At the sight of a very familiar shape, a small smirk lifted upon his lips. He would recognize Teri Hendrix in any situation, maybe even wearing a burlap sack over her entire frame. Nevertheless, her mere presence caused his heart to beat at a more rapid pace, his breath hitching in his throat for a moment. “Well, my dear Teri, you know I would never say no to that. I thought I would have to listen to more rich kids complain about their lot in life. How sorry I feel for them,” he said in a thick accent with a hand to his chest as he moved his other hand to grab hers. “Now how do we dance to music like this? You’re gonna have to teach me the steps, babe.”

"Their lives just suck, don’t they? All that money and having people to wipe their asses for them? I feel so, so sorry.” Perhaps it was a blessing that she and Callum came from practically nothing, having grown up without butlers and nannies at their beck and call. She wished it were possible to say that they were more well-rounded individuals, but their plans for the Hendrix and Nielsen families hardly supported such a claim. Hues rolled at his insistence to pretend as if he couldn’t move his body to the beat, though a smile formed regardless because he made it damn near impossible to be annoyed with him. “It’s slowing down which means the next one is gonna be somethin’ really romantic. You ready or what?” As the pair joined other bodies on the dance floor, Teri easily wrapped her arms around his neck and spoke in a voice meant only for Callum. “When I get my cut of the inheritance and we’ve got cash to throw around... Do you think we’ll become like all these pricks?”

[callumsavea]

❝ You really didn’t know until now, did you? That he has become more than just a friend. And he looks at you and you wonder how someone could love you that much. So here it is: the truth. He loved you then, he loves you now, there is nothing more to say. ❞ — The question is: Does he know you love him this much too?

@terihendrix

[terihendrix]

Meandering through the crowd with her mask firmly in place, it became near impossible to pinpoint targets as she hadn’t taken to memorizing her siblings’ features. In fact, the only individual she could reasonably identify was the man with whom she’d travelled to New York City in the first place. His unmistakable head of ginger hair enough to force her gait to slow, fingertips brushing along the clothed skin of his forearm as she eliminated any semblance of space between them. “So are you going to ask me to dance or should I wait for another one of these over dressed, whiskey slurping Wall Street brokers to make a move?” @callumsavea

[terihendrix]

Maya: I told you that in confidence

Teri: We don't have that kind of relationship

[terihendrix]

coreyxvos‌:

Corey had a bad habit of losing his temper. There was no one around that he could focus his attention on, only the asshole that had been mouthing off to him all night with every homophobic word in the book. He could see the judgement in the man’s eyes – the derogatory terms flying around Corey’s head until he couldn’t take it anymore. He slammed his palm into the bottom of the glass, causing it to shatter against the man’s chin as the liquid flew out of it. While the man was currently holding on to his bleeding mouth, Corey turned to the person closest to him, “Got an extra shot?”

A near incredulous chuckle chimed across her throat as the man pivoted towards her in the wake of his own calamity, a violence which reminded her so fondly of another. "For you shutting that guy up? I’ve got like, three.” Passing her remaining one towards the stranger in question, she managed to simultaneously flag down a waitress and order another round. “That was pretty badass, I won’t lie. Do you usually cause a scene wherever you go?”

[terihendrix]

alecserrano‌:

“What? Yeah, no, of course… Of course, I was totally listening.”

"And I totally didn’t just steal your drink while you were off in Never Never Land. Your head’s not in the game, pal. You doin’ okay?” Not that it particularly mattered to Teri either way, but this guy had vaguely revealed only twenty minutes prior that he was her direct line to Abel. How could she pass up the opportunity? “We were talking about Genesis. You said it’s a decent spot and your friend owns it.” 

[hotelhalsey]

Him & I | G-Eazy feat. Halsey “Cross my heart, hope to die. To my lover, I’d never lie. He said, ‘Be true.’ I swear I’ll try. In the end it’s him & I. He’s out his head, I’m out my mind. We got that love, the crazy kind. I am his and he his mine. In the end, it’s him & I.”

[callumsavea]

@terihendrix

[terihendrix]

callumsavea‌:

“Oh, I love it when you talk scheming to me. Do it some more,” he said as he leaned into the couch and threw his arm around her shoulders. “I’ve only asked you once if I was gaining a personality changed from spending so much time around your ‘brother’. But, if you must know, that is not all I have learned about him. He’s a fucking loner. He’s got a band and everyone at the fucking club has a hard-on for him but me. Honestly, for someone who doesn’t seem interested in anything, he’s got a lot of friends. His siblings have come in a few times. I mean, fuck, there’s not much to get off of him. I can go find his social security number and address if you’re really feeling like doing something illegal.”

"Have I mentioned lately that you’re such a weirdo? Because you are.” Playful sarcasm dripped from her words as she planted a briefly affectionate kiss to the man’s jawline. “Once is more than enough. Why does that not surprise me? The guy practically oozes every bad boy fantasy possible, it only makes sense. No, no, don’t waste your breath. I’ve got better ideas for the Hendrix kids.” A mischievous grin began to spread over her lips as Teri canted her features up towards the only partner in crime she would ever need. “Did I tell you their maternal replacement is preggers? Better yet, she invited me to Christmas dinner. Imagine that.”

[terihendrix]

callumsavea‌:

— closed starter @terihendrix

“So how’s Operation: Take Down the Hendrix Family going? Because I’m pretty sure spending time near someone that boring is starting to take a toll on my own personality? Do I seem boring to you now? I feel like I’m losing my interest factor. Imagine if he didn’t have your genes. He’d have nothing.”

"I’ve managed to locate all of them, including Alex who’s my primary target now. I figure I have a better chance with his inheritance than I do anything from the Hendrix side since I’m not biologically related to Matteo.” Settling into the couch cushion beside him, she offered the man a pointed look. “You only seem boring if you keep asking me whether you are or not. Is that all you’ve learned about him?”

[coltre]

[terihendrix]

@callumsavea

[terihendrix]

ofmcya‌:

“Thank you, thank you! I promise I was going to tell you sooner, but things are just…so hectic. With the holidays and things…” Maya would have never guessed what was going to Teri’s mind, as they sat just opposite to each other. Maya was red; revealing the news always felt so intimate, but the news of a pregnancy was always a news shared with family. And Teresa Hendrix was as family as it could get. Naively having assumed that she was part of a larger family that Matteo never spoke about too often, a notion Maya was all too familiar with. After all, she hadn’t spoken to her own father in over two years, her own stubborn streak coming through strong. But when Teri brought the topic up, a fear clutched at her own heart. “I never really considered myself for motherhood, but this is…I know what you mean. But it should be fine. My doctors think I should be fine handling a pregnancy.” Before the fear crept into their conversation, Maya changed topics, “I so hope I’ll be seeing you at Christmas dinner? I won’t take no for an answer. It will be like a family reunion for you!”

"Oh, understandable. You all must be in full swing with Christmas planning.” Rich people always were in the business of constructing their ornate, overly extravagant holiday festivities. “Really? Even after your heart attack?” Or whatever it had been. The point remained as Teri’s mouth curved into a saccharine smile, false sweetness dripping from her tongue. “I mean it’s just kind of alarming, don’t you think? The stress of childbirth and all the bodily changes...Good for you to take those dangers on headfirst.” Planting the seeds of doubt and fear were a new territory for Teresa Hendrix, but she refused to back down from her attempts at manipulation. “A family reunion,” she felt her smile freeze briefly. “Of course I’ll be there. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

[terihendrix]

noahxperez‌:

“Hmm, the infamous New York experience,” Noah nodded, though he agreed that there was a point to be made. As much as he loved the outdoors, the clean air, and the significantly cheaper hoses, there was definitely something unique about living in New York. It was like the entire city gave off a very specific vibe. “Well, I came here for school, originally, and wound up finding a job so I stayed. Just close enough to visit my parents on the weekends, if I want, far enough away that I can do my own thing – but not too far,” He explained. “What about yourself?”

"Ah, love a good transplant. I grew up in Syracuse, so not that far away either. My mom’s come with me though, turns out she can’t really cut the cord.” Or simply intended to stand in the way of Teri’s intentions. “Am I allowed to ask what your job is or do you have to kill me if you tell me?” Easy conversation, but it always left her a bit off-kilter to describe her own intentions for arriving in New York. “Just transferred into NYU for my last year, came to be closer to my... siblings.” Then she added, “We’ve been a bit estranged.”

[terihendrix]

darcywcbb‌:

“Let me tell you, Boston comes kind of close –key word being kind of. They’ve got their own special Christmas traditions, but nothing comes close to ice skating under the Rockefeller tree.” Whilst living in Massachusetts, Darcy had ultimately missed the hustle and bustle of Christmas in the city. There was nothing quite like it. “The New Yorkers get grumpier, the tourists come in droves. It’s a truly magical time.” The woman snickered. “No problem. If I had to hear Jingle Belles one more time, I would have gone insane.”

"Boston, Boston, Boston. Not really a New York level icon, but I figure they’re probably just as obnoxious. You go skating for real? It’s always jam packed every time I pass by there, can’t imagine actually having the patience to wait in that line.” Not that she had the time anyway, too many lives to ruin and such little time. “New Yorkers are always grumpy. That goes for literally everywhere in this state. Syracuse is the same.” Taking a sip from her coffee, the ghost of a smirk appeared on her lips. “Why not just like, make your own playlist?”

[terihendrix]

Hues trained on the man behind the bar almost immediately upon her arrival, the final subject of her long awaited search now lingering almost within touching distance as she lifted herself into one of the stools. “What? No bartenders available tonight and they got you back here doing the dirty work?” Propping her chin up on the heel of one palm, she rose both brows at him. “It’s Abel, right?” @abelhendrix