call me x

there is more blood staining these hands than that which fills your body ! ~ X JACOBS

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basilvxna:

“i have a book you can read, if you’d like.” he nods his head, looking around the party. “i won’t, i promise. i want to be somewhat conscious tonight- are you going to dance?”

“yeah? if you’re recommending it i’ll start it as soon as i finish this one.” he offers with a smile, patting the stool beside his own. “come sit down for a minute. i’ve done enough dancing i think, plus, i might be a snob but at formal events i prefer to dance properly not, weak two steps.”

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angelinaawalsh:

“if you worry about everybody, then no. and you shouldn’t worry- i can handle my liquor well,” she said, sipping her drink. angelina was silent for a moment, before nodding. “one of my favorite paintings that i’ve done was about the universe- or rather, was a universe.”

“i worry a lot, surprisingly. especially with so many underage students with such easy access to booze tonight.” he pauses for a moment, the girl finally getting his full attention at the comment. “you paint?” he questions,sitting up a little straighter. “i have no artistic talent at all but i love art.”

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finley-monroe:

“That’s not really a problem, I don’t have a mortal enemy. Not that I know of anyway. Do people even have mortal enemies outside of tv shows and books?” Finn replied with a laugh. “Even if I did I would probably still fuck them, apparently hate sex is great, right?” He continued with a small shrug. 

“i’m sure some people have mortal enemies, just depends on your line of work i suppose.” he offers with a casual shrug of his shoulders. his eyebrow quirks up at the statement but he doesn’t respond outright, shaking his head in disapproval. “that would never end well”

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elliotthayden:

“i’m not incapable.” His defensive words lost their affect especially since he knew that X was absolutely right. Even when he was engaged, romance had never been easy for him. “Once again, you show such high confidence in me. Without me, your life would have been boring and you know that.” He joked. “That doesn’t mean you should lead. I’ve always led it only makes sense that I still lead.” He couldn’t deny that X always had been the better dancer, but that didn’t change the matter for Eli. He had always led, or did so in the past, and he wasn’t going to change that now.

“you’re pretty incapable.” he responds casually, smirking as he does. “hey, we both know i couldn’t stand my life without you, i couldn’t do any of this if you hadn’t showed up in my life. you’re the reason i can do this- but when i say things like that you call me a sap so i’m not going to.” he hums, one hand falling down to rest on eli’s waist with a challenging raise of his eyebrow “you’re shorter. i grew up since then, i’ll lead.”

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elliotthayden:

“Uh huh, right.” He said as he watched X change the glasses for the mask. “It worried me to think what you would do if you did have free time. Besides, friends could be a bad influence on me don’t you know?” There was a light tone to his voice as he talked before walking with him toward the dance floor. “War flashbacks,” He scoffs, “you’re being dramatic. Aside from that, you never lead.” He stated.

“just because you’re incapable of being romantic.” he huffs at the older male. he’s always been the softer of the two, more easily caught up in romance and affection. “you’d be a bad influence on them, you mean. i’m sure my father has many things to say on how i would have turned out without your influence.”being accused of being dramatic, shaking his head slightly.he still had scars from their education after all. “i never led, past tense. i’m taller now, broader shoulders AND i was always the better dancer.”

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basilvxna:

basil sighed, yet accepted the water. “okay,” he murmured, sipping the water. “yeah he’s pretty cool. hey, i’m drinkin’ it!” he moved closer, his eyes focusing on the book. “whatca reading?”

“just a book a some student recommended” he responds with a shrug, gaze focused on the boy as he drinks. “don’t drink too much tonight.” 

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elliotthayden:

Elliott huffed as the book was pulled out of his hands. Really, it should have been expected given the height difference between the two. But he hadn’t until the book was out of his hands again. “What if that crazy fed is here and sees that you’re spending the entire time reading some lame book?” He said, shaking his head,  smile on his face as he did before taking his hand. “Fine, have it your way. You owe me for this.”

“it’s not lame it’s romantic.” he rolls his eyes,removing hs reading glasses and carefully placing them in his pocket before collecting up the mask off the bar. “well i was encouraging you to make friends, if you make friends i’ll have considerably more free time” he jokes lightly as he begins leading eli to the dance floor. “but fine, we’ll dance, if that doesn’t give me war flashbacks to russia.- i’ll lead.” 

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elliotthayden:

“Right, I don’t think that’s a good enough reason for you to have dragged me here and then left me.” He retorted, rolling his eyes at X. “You can keep trying to force me to make friends but it’s not going to work especially not here.” He said as he held the book away from X. It was a childish image really, Eli holding the book away from the taller man while people danced and chatted around them. “Possessive best friend my ass and you’re not getting it back until I’m allowed to leave.” He added as he stood with the book in his hand.

there is a frustrated huff as he stands up, the four inches he had on the other making it easy to collect the book from his shorter friends, placing it back on the bar and shoving it towards the bartender with a nod to hold it for him. he steps forward, shaking his head. “you’re such a child- what if that crazy fed is here and corners me about not being with my boyfriend?” he questions with a teasing smile in place, holding his hand out. “i just need to make sure a few people get home safe before i leave.” 

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clydewalcer:

At his reaction, Clyde backtracked. Her face softened and she mentally chided herself. “Golly, that was rude of me. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything- I was just a little surprised that someone would wanna read when there’s so much going on.” Clyde took a seat and pushed her mask up to rest on the top of her head. “Um, what’re you reading? If you don’t mind sharing.” 

“golly?” he questions in disbelief as he looked over her. “who even says golly anymore? what the fuck?”he’s laughing slightly as he does, shaking his head as he turns away from her. “you could try be less judgemental next time you make a first impression - then i wouldn’t have minded sharing”

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alaina-k:

“Don’t worry, there’s not much alcohol in this thing, anyway. I’ve learned to control myself in my old age,” the woman joked, knowing full well how crazy she’d been known to be in her early twenties. Luckily, the partying had calmed way down. She wasn’t one for getting drunk as much as she was just being able to have a good time, these days. “Ah, more of an introvert, are you? Got’cha. Totally understandable. Being around a lot of people can be exhausting,” she nodded, taking a sip from her glass. Alaina took the seat next to him and propped her face up with her hand. “What are you reading that’s got you so interested, Mister Fancy Pants?” she continued to tease him a bit. 

he smiles at her gently at her joke, nodding slightly as his gaze flicks back to the page momentarily to mentally note the page number, then he’s politely closing it and turning his attention back to her. “i’m more ambivert actually, if we look at the stereotypical traits and personalities of each.” he responds easily, showing her the cover of the book for a moment. “aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, a student recommended it to me.”

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anwen-larksawyer:

“None whatsoever, I don’t drink,” Lark replied when she was a teen Anwen-Lark was under the naive impression that you couldn’t have fun without alcohol but she had learnt that it was often more fun staying sober. “I would like to remember this evening.” 

“that’s quite smart of you” he nods as he sips his own drink, the same one he’s been nursing half the night. “I’ve been drinking in moderation but i don’t think i would have survived without a bit of a drink.”

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Zane Holtz being a huge nerd.

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angelinaawalsh:

“i was just going to wing it, honestly. i’ll probably stumble home like the rest of these girls around here. you know it is around here, prof.” she shrugged, sipping her drink. “what are you reading?” angelina asks, tilting her head to the side.

“is it low key sexist of me to be worrying about you right now?” he ponders his own question for a moment before shaking his head slightly. “a book a student recommended. aristotle and dante discover the universe”

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basilvxna:

basil turned his head towards xavier and frowned. “yeah, we did talk about that.” he smiled into his glass. “i am drinking less, i think.” he nodded his head before his eyes drifted to the dance floor. “levi, my roommate. but i think he’s busy with someone else,” basil sighed, softly. he turned back to his drink. “i’m just a little buzzed, that’s all x. i’m calm.”

he holds the water out, shaking his head slightly. “come on, drink up.” he orders softly as he tried to send him a soft smile. “i dont know him but im sure he’s around somewhere, you’ll find him. after you drink some water.”

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alaina-k:

It had been a rather uneventful night for the redhead. As much as she wanted to just jump out on the dance floor with everyone, it seemed highly inappropriate considering half of them were drunk and there was no telling what kind of situation that would lead to. The last thing she wanted to be known as was some kind of teacher that tried to seduce her students or something – and as much as she wanted to think the masks did some kind of job at hiding her identity, the firetruck red hair she had always gave away exactly who she was. The woman approached the bar, flagging down the bartender to serve her something very light when she heard a voice speak out from beside her. “Should you really be monitoring my alcohol consumption?” she quipped back with a playful smirk. Eyeing his hand that was holding a page down in a book, Alaina chuckled. “You’re reading in the middle of a party? Are the music and dancing boring you?” she teased the man. 

he takes another sip of his scotch as he watches her approach, shaking his head lightly. he really did intend to try be social tonight, but he often needed to slip away and have a moment alone in heavily social situations. “i’m not monitoring, just suggesting” he offers with a soft smile to the woman. “yeah probably not, enough people have said i shouldn’t be but i needed a recharge after so much constant chatter.”

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elliotthayden:

Elliott had avoided everything that the masquerade. The dancing, the people. He didn’t want to be here. He’d only gone to it because X had insisted that he goes. Unfortunately for Eli, he could never say no to X. Especially when he’d already upset him as much as he had over the extra four days of being gone. Annoyed with the crowds, the chattering, and the loud music, it took all he could not to leave the building. When he spotted X sitting at the bar, reading, he walked toward him. “Should you be reading a book after you dragged me to this stupid dance?” His tone was sharp as he pulled the book from X’s hands and looked at it, an eyebrow raising. “Are you trying to fit in with the students by reading this?”

“i danced with several people. none of them caught my attention enough to warrant more than one dance though” he added with a smile, a slight shrug of his shoulders as his gaze returned to his book dismissively. “and i socialise plenty. it’s you and henry im trying to force into making friends,not me. im the dad waiting for th-” he cuts off mid sentence as the book is snatched away, raising to his feet with a tight lipped smile. “well- i missed out on all teenage romance due to my possessive best friend, i’m educating myself on what i missed out on, stop acting twelve and give it back.”

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clydewalcer:

Clyde turned with a glass in her hand. “It’s just a Shirley Temple, I promise,” she said as she crossed her heart with one finger. Her eyes dropped to the book under his hand. “Are you… reading?” Her nose wrinkled in distaste. Clyde absolutely hated reading. She always had trouble with focusing, and it bore her to no end. 

“and why exactly shouldn’t i read? i’m not marking papers at least so give me some benefit of the doubt.” he rolls his eyes at the reaction, biting his lip. it was no secret that growing up he’d been a bookworm, something his family have had endless comments about over the years.