I'm scared to get close and I hate being alone I long for that feeling to not feel at all The higher I get, the lower I'll sink I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim
She didn’t even need to look up to know who’d taken up the stool beside her.
They often found themselves in each others company at this particular drinking hole
after a particularly stressful day, and the night just passed had certainly been that.
She did however chuck him a look of unenthusiastic disgust at his comment,
finished her drink and caught the bartenders attention before he walked away.
(“I’ll have another, on his tab.”) She then turned on her stool too look at him,
ribs still protesting, though she didn’t let out some much as a flinch.
(“– I’d like to see you look this pretty after a run in with an angry speedster.”)
There was no protests from the man's lips as she ordered a drink on his tab,
just the hint of a smirk as his the corners of his lips twitched upwards in clear
amusement. His hand reached out as his drink glided across the counter top
towards him. Stopping it, he brought the glass to his lips and took a long drink.
The burn at the back of his throat was a welcomed sensation--especially after
the HELL that had been the gala event.
Theo glanced back over with her next quip and gave her a simple once over.
" Hmmm.. " He spoke thoughtfully as he looked at her, " Nah-- I'd probably
look hell of a lot better than you do right now. " The man's hand then reached
out and his fingers brushed the bruised below her eyes. An almost affectionate
sort of gesture. He let his hand drop back casually to his side as a deep sigh
escaped his lips. " I SURE AS HELL wouldn't have let myself get a shiner like
that one, " He commented.
Ophelia sat at the bar, swirling the contents of her beer bottle.
She sporting a rather painful looking black eye, coupled with a large cut on her cheekbone
that had been patched up with butterfly stitches. Her ribs were aching and protesting about
being slouched over the bar but she had flat out refused meds, preferring her own painkiller of choice.
(“It’s not as bad as it looks.”) She spoke the stranger staring at her injuries.
A light smirk appeared on the man's features as he entered the bar and
spotted a familiar figure up on one of the bar stools. It didn't take too long for
Theo to take the spot beside her. There was a brief flicker of concern to pass
behind his eyes as he took in her black eye and cut cheek. It quickly passed
however as he motioned to the bartender and ordered himself a drink. A light
chuckle escaped his lips as she spoke before he glanced over at her again.
" Really? Because ya look like SHIT, " He commented.
( BOB MORLEY, twenty seven, male, he/him ) – theodore “theo” mendoza also known as agent striker has been an operative for project icarus for one year signing up for the initiative because he swore to serve and protect as a soldier and are currently undercover as a mechanic. they’ve been described as +forthright & +daring. i’d watch out though, because they’re also known to be -abrasive & -stoic, which is probably why they’re referred to as the fighter.
TW: ABUSE, PTSD MENTIONS, ALCOHOLISM
hi pals. i am here to introduce my saddest panda, theodore mendoza. yes, there is a panda sadder than winn and it is this guy. to most people, theo probably had a “picturesque” life. it was what his family would want you to think, anyways. mr. mendoza was a retired military officer that never wanted his family or himself to be viewed in any sort of negative light. that is why he cleverly hid the issues that he had. these issues being alcoholism due to his problems with ptsd that he never got help with for he considered it to be “weak”.
unfortunately for the family, theo’s father was a very angry drunk. this meant that many of the times when he got drunk to numb his issues that he’d usually get pissed at his wife and children for one reason or the other. as the eldest, theo often tried to take the brunt of the attacks which would end up with him having the stray mark or two. marks that were always carefully hidden by his mother as to not cause any trouble for them.
theo never wanted to cause the spotlight to be brought on his family for any reason. this caused him to try to be as invisible as he possibly could while he was in school. he was known for being a rather quiet child. the kind that generally only spoke when he was spoken to. of course, this was something that got him labeled as being “strange”. something that caused the crueler kids in school to have reason to pick on him. for a while, theo tried to ignore the taunts that came from the other kids. but everyone has their breaking point apparently. he got in his first fight when he was in the fourth grade when he finally had enough.
his troublesome behavior didn’t end there. theo has always been into cars. it was one of the only things that he found he could bond with his father over. there was nothing that he loved more than being able to be under the hood of a car. by the time he was in his teens, he was quite talented when it came to not only fixing cars but enhancing them. it didn’t take too long before he got himself into street racing. he enjoyed the thrill that the little hobby gave him. unfortunately, it was something that didn’t last too long before he was in trouble for it with his father.
his father was less than pleased to hear that his son was participating in something like street racing. he was given an ultimatum. this ultimatum was that he’d either go to military school or that he would join the jrotc program at his school. he chose the latter even though it wasn’t something he was particularly thrilled about to begin with. but, eventually, he grew to enjoy being part of something like what jrotc offered. it also helped that his best friend was part of it too.
as graduation neared, theo really didn’t have a plan for his life. he had always been intelligent, but he honestly didn’t use much of that intelligence towards things such as school. he would much rather make use of his mind by fooling around with car engines. thus, he didn’t really have the grades to cut it when it came to earning things like scholarships. he took the only solution that he really thought would work for him in the end. he decided to join up with the marines.
theo has always been in the center of the action during the tours that he has served. it is where he has always wanted to be. he’s always just felt that he was of more use as being the brawns than anything else. though he has made some use as himself as an engineer from time to time and has been able to have the opportunity to earn an engineering degree through his time in the marines. still yet, he has mostly been front in center in all the brutal, bloody action in his tours which has definitely done some damage for him.
like his father, theo suffers from some major ptsd. with that he suffers from some major guilt. he’s seen some horrific things--like innocent civilians that he wasn’t able to save. it’s things like these that haunt his dreams. because despite the fact he seems just cold a lot of the time, he actually has a decently big heart when it comes to others. he is pretty heroic and believes in protecting those that are innocent and can’t protect themselves. that is really a big thing for him. he is a big guy for justice which is why he signed up for project icarus. he can’t have people with that kind of power released to just further ruin the world.
like i said, he can seem pretty cold a lot of the time. this honestly probably comes from his time in the military. he has just kind of gotten a bit devoid of emotion a lot of the time--at least on the outside. you really won’t see him breaking down about things that haunt him deep inside unless you are just close enough to catch him in a vulnerable moment. he tries not to be vulnerable if he can help it. he’s always been taught that vulnerability is a weakness, so yeah he’d just rather not.
you shouldn’t ask theo anything unless you want to know the truth though. he has always been the type that doesn’t really hold back when it comes back to telling people what he thinks. honestly, he has been accused of being a bit insensitive from time to time. it’s a problem really. he just really doesn’t considers the feelings of others a whole lot of the time. he sucks at that big time.
he has a bit?? of a drinking problem. he feels bad about it too because he basically feels like he is following in the footsteps of his father of being a shitty person. but, he just.. doesn’t know how else to deal with what all is going through his head. because he just doesn’t do talking about his feelings a lot of the time and just.. it’s easier to just drink it away.
obvs he is probably going to be shit with relationships. like i feel if he ever had the opportunity to let himself care about someone that he would be all in. but, that is kind of just hard?? for him to do?? he feels like a horrific person because of all the shit he has done in the marines, so really he is just lowkey insecure and feels like nobody should love a guy like him. but, also, he just.. has issues with dealing with feels. so like, yeah, it would probably be mostly hook-ups for this guy.
