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now-its-3am​:

while pat had gotten the hang of running the garage by now – running a weapons smuggling project? not exactly his forte. not that he had much of a choice now that he had agreed on taking over the shop from his grandfather. his anxiety wasn’t really helping with the whole situation either. after dropping moose off at home, he figured a drink or ten sounded like they would do the trick though. he was well into his – fifth? drink by the time he bumped into laurel, a small frown on his face. “um – getting drunk? as one would in a bar?” a light chuckle slipped from him as he leaned back against the bar, raising his eyebrows. “what are you doing here though?”

laurel really didn’t want to have to explain that she’d been stood up, it was embarrassing but pat was her person, she could tell him anything and knew she wouldn’t get judged. ‘i was expecting my date to show up but he just texted me that he’s not coming to that’s great. i’m going to go home and be miserable with a bottle of wine, maybe i’ll call the hospital and see if they need any extra hands.’

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CLOSED / LAUREL AND PAT @now-its-3am

laurel was dressed up nice and headed for masen’s bar, she had her first date since separating from her husband so she wanted it to go well so she made sure she’d put plenty of effort into looking good. she got to masen’s and ordered a drink while she waited for her date to arrive. her phone vibrated in her pocket and when she looked at it she sighed deeply, her date wasn’t coming. laurel finished her drink and got up to leave when she quite literally bumped into someone and it was just who she needed to see. ‘pat, hey, what are you doing here?’

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“fair enough.” ash mumbled as she poured the woman another drink, she wasn’t about to argue with her. as the woman hung up her phone, ash raised her eyebrows. this was a lot of emotion coming from someone who always seemed like they had their shit together. “don’t make me throw you out by the end of the night, yeah?” she let out a sigh. it wasn’t that ash wasn’t used to having to kick people out of the bar whenever things got a bit – much – she just didn’t want to be the one having kicked out the high school principal from a place this public. a small chuckle slipped from her at the advice coming from the woman. “yeah, that would kinda require someone wanting to marry me, and – that’s not really in the cards for me, i think.” 

faye rubbed her temples as she drank more, ‘i’ve never been kicked out of here before and i don’t plan on it now.’ she didn’t care, quite frankly, if she did end up getting kicked out, that was life and life was pretty shit in this moment. she scoffed a little as she pushed away her now empty glass. ‘you are a catch and don’t let anyone ever tell you any different.’ her words slurred slightly as she looked up again. ‘i feel like i’m going to end up going back to london with my tail between my legs and it’s just going to be so embarrassing, i’ll be walking down the street and people will stop and say oh that’s the woman who’s husband cheated on her with a woman half her age. i’ve become that woman.’ she hated that the alcohol had her opening her heart and soul but she needed to at least get it off her chest once. ‘you think the school board will let me take my first ever personal day tomorrow? i think i need to get wasted and go home with someone inappropriate.’

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picking up more shifts had seemed like the only way for ash to stay even remotely sane while trying to get clean. burying herself in work gave her something to do, something else to focus on. for now, at least. it was a quiet night though, not too many drunks she had to tip out the door just yet. which left her with plenty of time to fall back into her thoughts. seeing someone approach the bar, she thanked whatever entity was out there for providing her with a distraction, soon leaning against the bar in front of the woman. “so, like – a double?” ash smirked as she pulled out a glass, soon placing it between them. it wasn’t the first time someone sat down in front of her, tears streaming down their face. this – this was principal holden though. who always had her shit together. tilting her head, ash poured her drink as she raised her eyebrows. “you not gonna get that, ma’am?”

‘two doubles actually, keep ‘em coming.’ faye knew that drinking really wasn’t what she should be doing now but she could be out there doing worse. she sank the drink quick, quicker than what she should have but placed the empty glass down and looked up expectantly. ‘no i’m not getting it, in fact i’ll turn it off.’ she pulled the phone out and sure enough it was her husband calling, she turned it off and put it back in her pocket. she’d mostly gathered herself together now, the tears had stopped and they’d been replaced with burning hot anger and she shook her head with a sigh. ‘don’t ever get married.’

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(abigail spencer, cis woman, she/her) Welcome to Costello, FAYE HOLDEN! We hear that you are 43 years old. You’ve been in town for 15 YEARS? You should get to your job as a HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. I hear that it fits your ASTUTE and STOIC personality. Watch out for the Rossi Gang! (pippa, 32, she/her, gmt)

faye was born in england

met her husband and fell madly in love

got married

moved to america after husband got a job there

became principal of the high school

loves a power suit

queen of power suits

just found hubs in bed with someone else

bout to go off the rails a lil but still wearing that power suit

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CLOSED / FAYE & ASH @now-its-3am​

faye finshed up her work at the school and with a long slow sigh got in her car to drive home. she noted that when she got home, her husband was already home from work and she thought that was odd considering it was very rare that he returned home earlier than her. she had a somewhat sinking feeling in her chest that something was wrong so with heavy feet she headed up the steps to the porch and let herself in. her husband’s shoes were in the doorway along with a pair of women’s shoes she’d not seen before and she wondered for a moment why her husband hadn’t told her they would have a guest until she heard it...it being her husband in bed with someone else. she pulled herself together and walked up the stairs to the bedroom where she found her husband in bed with another woman. in that moment her world shattered around her and she just ran.

faye had no idea where to go, she had no family in town, she had moved here for her husband so she headed to the bar instead. she sat on a stool at the bar, the tears still flowing freely and more or less threw her credit card down. ‘open me a tab, i need a scotch...no, i’ll take two actually, thanks.’ using she had a really good handle on her emotions but this was just too much, she ignored her phone as it rang in her pocket, no doubt it was her husband conjuring up some bullshit excuse.

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(janet montgomery, cis woman, she/her) Welcome to Costello, LAUREL BRADLEY! We hear that you are 34 years old. You’ve been in town for 34 YEARS? You should get to your job as a TRAUMA SURGEON. I hear that it fits your AFFABLE and BRAZEN personality. Watch out for the Rossi Gang! (pippa, 32, she/her, gmt)

laurel was born and raised (using that word loosely) in costello and grew up in between her parents homes after they separated.

she never got involved in the wrong crowd and stayed on the straight and narrow all throughout school and college. she met patrick at college and it really was young love, they were the couple that everyone expected to be together forever but alas they did not last forever and went their separate ways when laurel went off to med school.

she got a full ride to med school which was great considering she had no money saved for her.

she killed it through med school and met her husband to be shortly after starting there, they were married within a year and she was able to move out of the family home.

laurel has barely seen her parents since then and keeps her distance as best as she can.

she is currently going through a divorce, it is very much amicable and was just one of those things, she’s still incredibly close to pat and just knows that she will lean on him for support during this 

laurel is a trauma surgeon and absolutely loves her job, she is great at what she does and has the biggest heart but she will say what she means every time and sometimes speaks before she thinks.

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🔥 LAUREN & LEYLA 🔥 | New Amsterdam 4x03

“Where is the woman who pinned me down in bed this morning…”

“She’s right here.”