let's start a revolution

25 • Biomedical Engineer “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”

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anderslarsson:

“Oh, believe me, there’s plenty more where that came from,” he teased with a wink. For being a little late, he was happy she had enjoyed herself so much. She looked absolutely beautiful, and he by no means disliked the way their hug had lingered a bit. “Well, I try,” he smirked. “Does Thai food sound good? I found this great little hole in the wall place not too far from the Garden last week. Pho, curry bun mi, bahn hoi and a bunch of local craft beers, sake… you name it.” Anders opened the suite door with one hand and extended the other to her. “Come on, kid. I’m starving.”

“Thai food sounds amazing. You had me at pho but then beer and sake... Obviously I’m down.” She took his hand and let him lead her out of the suite. “Your teammates aren’t too upset I’m stealing you away tonight are they?” she asked as they walked out of the building. “Or do you usually have some sort of postgame tradition or habit that I’m crashing? I read once that Jagr would do late night workouts even after just playing a game.” 

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sarahbll:

“I am literally stalking Tina Fey’s life. Fun fact, I have met her once and my life had changed. I couldn’t even talk, I just stared. It was weird.” She chuckled. “Definitely. I grew up in Charleston but I didn’t want to go back there. Boston is much nicer.”

“You met the woman that is arguably your idol and you just stared at her? Oh no... What did she say? Did she say anything?” Vera asked. "Boston's a good combination of most things you could ever ask for. City living, academics, art, culture.” 

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scarlet-monet:

“Apparently.” Scarlet nodded, laughing along with her. “Just fine? Damn. That’s gotta suck. I bet I could do better in my sleep.” They admitted with a shrug. “Horrible. I was drunk and I don’t remember any of it. That’s pretty much the only time I’m bad at sex though. And that’s just on my end, not theirs.” They shrugged, taking a deep inhale with their cigarette between their lips. “Two in one night? Are you going for a record?” Scarlet teased, laughing the smoke out of their lungs for a moment before the laughs quickly evolved into a coughing fit. Stopping their movements and leaning over with their hands on their thighs for a moment, they shook their head as the coughing calmed down. “Fuck…” They muttered, standing up straight and taking a deep breath of fresh air.

“I mean, I don’t want to be mean to the guy but you’re probably right about that. I just fell for his good looks,” she laughed. Vera nodded sympathetically as Scarlet told her about their night. “So drunk you were bad at sex? You must have been completely trashed,” she joked. She appreciated their ability to tease each other and casually flirt, and she easily countered Scarlet’s comment with, “What if I told you two wasn’t a record?” After a moment, she shook her head.  “According to my friends from college anyway. I still don’t remember the rumored night actually happening.” They were almost to her apartment when Scarlet seemed to have a coughing fit. “Gosh are you okay?” 

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amber-serway:

she took a deep breath before responding. “tiring but just like how i want it to be. you have no idea how many companies and institutions we made deals with… seems like i need some kind of a clone to deal with all these works.” she went on after laughing at her own words. “how are you doing?”

“Half of me wants to suggest hiring more people to lend you a hand while the other half figures that it’s never quite the same as handling it yourself and having that control,” she said sympathetically. “I’m glad it’s been a good sort of busy though. And things are all right on my end too. Except for this one new PhD student who waltzed in last week, looked at me, and actually asked me to get him coffee.” 

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The game couldn’t have gone any better. The Bruins, having had a somewhat slightly better than mediocre season, had surged in recent weeks. Going into tonight’s game against the worst team in the East, the Bruins had expected to win, and boy, did they. Anders had skated off the ice at the end of the third period with a +3 performance and a 2nd star of the game. He was completely exhilarated, yet the game wasn’t the part of the night he had been looking forward to most. Earlier in the week he had arranged for one of his monthly allowance of comped tickets to be left for tonight’s game for Vera, the game to be followed by drinks and a bite to eat. He’d been looking forward to it all week, and tried his best to speed up the post-game media scrum as best he could. After about 40 minutes or so, he had quickly showered and changed, and made his way up to her suite to get her. “Hey,” he smiled warmly, reaching in for a big hug. “Looks like you were good luck tonight,” Anders said smoothly.

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Vera had been looking forward to the game for days. Especially with a slow, sluggish week at work that seemed to drag, she was looking forward to getting out of the lab. More importantly, she was excited to see Anders again. The Bruins won seemingly effortlessly, and she waited for him to be done with the press madness and changed. When she heard his voice, she turned and returned the hug enthusiastically. “Thank goodness you guys won or you would have had to find another charming opening line,” she teased him with an easy laugh. “Congratulations! That was an excellent game. And look at you with one of the three stars. Thank you for inviting me. What a killer seat too." Pulling back from the hug, she ran a hand through her hair. "So, where are we off to next?" 

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oscarfuxntes:

“It’s a nightmare in the morning, there’s nothing like having three roommates all jostling for the coffee machine at the same time, trust me,” he inclines his head, water dripping from the tip of his nose. “This way, quick, drowned rat never looked good on anyone not even the rats.”

“If I had roommates, I don’t think they’d survive a week if they got in the way of me and my coffee. I wish I was kidding.” Water had started to drip from the ends of her ponytail. “Nope, definitely not a good look,” she said as she followed him. “Sorry you basically just had to pick up a stray from right outside your doorstep,” she chuckled.

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nate-harris: 

Nate couldn’t help but chuckle. “I know, right? ‘The Secret Life of a Hoe’. Everyone would kill to watch that.” Nate joked, letting out a snort. “Yeah, sure, what are we gonna have? I feel like I can eat an elephant right now.” He smirked. “And this… is going to my Instagram story.” He said and shook the phone with a smirk on his face.

“Oh sure, reduce the documentary of my life to something that base,” she said, rolling her eyes at him. “No elephants I’m afraid, but I’m feeling some place that has waffles. And bottomless mimosas,” she added as an afterthought. “Fine, whatever, worse comes to worst, I can be some viral internet sensation.”

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enzodavin:

Enzo kept his attention focused on the young woman in front of him, his hazel eyes following the cup of coffee she brought to her lips. Vera’s comments earning yet another toothy grin to pull at the corners of the man’s lips. “Are you even old enough to drink? I mean hell darlin’ I do love to hear how messed up your life is. It just must be so damn hard to be young, beautiful and educated. How do you do it?” His comment was followed by the man offering the cup of coffee back to the female once again. “I don’t want your cooties back.” 

“I’m twenty-five. Been legal for over four whole years now," she said, emphasizing the number four, knowing that it sounded funny considering how young she was compared to Enzo. “Surprise, no one’s life is ever that simple. Though even if you don’t find the ridiculous garbage that happens at my work funny, consider it just drinks with a friend.” Vera rolled her eyes, taking the coffee cup back. “Is that all it takes to scare you? Cooties? But fine, free caffeine for me,” she teased, taking another sip of coffee.

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hunteranto:

“What? Oh. Yes. It is.” He held the cover up, barely long enough for her to read the first few words of the title. “Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum. It discusses, well, special relativity… and classical field theory. Einstein and Maxwell.”

“I can’t say I run into that many people reading about special relativity while walking down the street,” she said after he very hastily showed her the book. Although he seemed a bit in his own world, she found it pretty impressive. “Are you a student?” 

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scarlet-monet:

Scarlet cursed under their breath as they looked over at the woman still asleep next to them. They carefully slid their arm from under the crook of the woman’s neck and shook their head. They always shamed themselves when they had drunken sex with someone they didn’t know. One night stands were fun, but… Not when both were drunk. Scarlet got dressed quickly and quietly stepped out of the building, pulling a cigarette from their coat pocket and lighting it as they walked home. Hearing their name, they looked up in shock, another curse under their breath. “Well, I was hoping I wouldn’t run into anyone I know, but if you really gotta know, yeah.” Scarlet nodded as they walked towards the woman. “Did you enjoy their company?” They asked with a smirk as they exhaled the smoke from their lungs.

“Isn’t it pretty much guaranteed that you’ll run into someone you know exactly when you’re hoping not too?” Vera laughed. “Eh, he was fine,” she said with a little shrug. “Definitely very hot, but not otherwise particularly impressive. How about you, how was your night?” Pointing down the block, she said, “My place is literally just around the corner. You want to come up?”

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elenaxmckenzie:

Elena chuckled, “I believe so.” Her guilty pleasure was locking herself in her apartment and watch old movies she used to see back in her preteen years. “And that’s how many people should live their life.”

“I’m pretty behind in the world of movies, admittedly. I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to movies two or more hours each time. But I guess I learned something new about spirit fingers.”

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itskiararichards:

“I’m not vegetarian, so that sounds perfect!”

“Ah fine, sabotaging my secret plan to order a second pizza, I see,” she chuckled.

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mayaxwilliams:

“That’s because I don’t see skank as an insult. I am a skank too, so what? I wasn’t even shaming you, do you have anything to be ashamed of? No.” She shrugged her shoulders. “Let me guess.. you are one of those politically correct flawless snowflakes, aren’t you?” Maya scoffed. God people these days…  

Jackie wished that he had a popcorn or something to eat, he was living for this conversation.

“It isn’t as simple as whether or not you see skank as an insult. It’s still a term that people use nowadays to degrade women, and when you use it, you’re contributing to a bigger problem than whether or not you find it offensive.” She sighed and shook her head. “Flawless snowflake? Definitely not. But politically correct? I do my best and if sometimes I’m not, I try to learn from it.”  

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sarahbll:

“That’s where Tina Fey and Steve Carell trained at.” Sarah sighed deeply after the brunette’s question. “Let’s say life and leave it like that.” She nodded. “Yeah I know, she never stops talking about it. This professor is like this, this case is like that..”

“Oh, very cool. I don’t know that much of their work. I’m actually pretty bad at keeping up with actors and celebrities, though I’ve seen them in a few things.” She nodded sympathetically. “I get it. Sometimes you just need to start over somewhere new. Boston’s as good a city as any in my opinion, and I grew up in New York.” 

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Vera woke up with a start in a bed that wasn’t hers. She was particularly startled this time by the fact that she was pretty sure last night started as a casual, ‘I’m just going to have one drink’ outing. Unable to remember the guy’s name, she quickly gathered up her clothes and bag and ducked out the door of his apartment, taking a moment to gather where she was on Google Maps before starting to walk home. Somewhere a few blocks from her house, she saw a familiar face also walking down the street early in the morning. “Scarlet!” she called, waving at them. “Sneaking out early this morning too?” she laughed. 

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nyx-gurira:

“Oh yeah? Because you deciding to suddenly slam on brakes doesn’t give me a lot of time to slow down and avoid your poor ass driving skills.” She insulted, crossing her arms over her chest. Nyx definitely was not one to cower away from a fight. 

“My poor ass driving skills? There’s a reason you’re supposed to leave at the very least a full car length between you and the car in front of you, if not more. The car in front of me slammed on its brakes too and I didn’t hit it.” 

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itskiararichards:

“I’ve given up up on world news, so Pizza is fantastic.”

“There hasn’t been a lot of good world news lately, admittedly. But pizza should be here in like twenty minutes. You're not a vegetarian, are you? Because I ordered pepperoni. But we could always order another one.”