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Deep Ass Starters.

Sometimes it’s hard to get in depth with your muse and their backstory, because you can’t figure out how to bring those things up with others. Here are a couple of starters intended to make things a little more personal!

“What’s holding you back?”

“I’m not comfortable with this conversation.”

“Will you /ever/ be comfortable with this conversation?”

“Let me in sometime!”

“It’s not that easy, you know.”

“Help me understand.”

“It’s hard to connect with someone when all they do is push you away.”

“Why are you always so cold?”

“Why are you always so happy?”

“Are you really happy now?”

“Who hurt you this badly to make you this way?!”

“What, did your ex mess you up that badly?!”

“Why do you keep fighting it any time you feel?”

“It’s a problem, I get it.”

“This is all kinds of messed up.”

“That’s not exactly a good coping method.”

“So what happened, with your parents, really?”

“What was your childhood like?”

“Everyone has at lest a little bit of mommy/daddy issues. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.”

“My parents aren’t exactly perfect models, either.”

“You were bullied? What for?”

“Was it hard? Coming out, I mean.”

“You can’t just run away all the time.”

“You can’t just hide all the time.”

“Are you still thinking about them?”

“I’m not the enemy here. But this makes me wonder who the real one is for you.”

“Is the reason you’re so cold and defensive because you feel threatened?”

“How long has it been since you last spoke to them?”

“You never talk about it, why?”

“How come you’re so different around them?”

“It’s like you don’t have a care or worry in the world.”

“You seem so perfect. I don’t get it.”

“What was your ex like?”

“I don’t think I was ever good enough for them.”

“Are you not comfortable being intimate?”

“Why don’t you feel comfortable being intimate?”

“Letting someone see you that vulnerable, it’s a scary thing.”

“Are you scared of being hurt?”

“Have you ever been taken advantage of?”

“Why are you afraid of saying I love you?”

“I never understood how someone could say those words so easily.”

“You’re hurting others the way you’ve been hurt in the past, don’t you think that’s ironic?”

“You use people to make yourself feel better.”

“I’m scared of being used again…”

“Losing someone isn’t easy, but you’re making it harder than it needs to be.”

“How long has it been since you lost them?”

“You’re too attached.”

“I’m not attached, I’m just comfortable with what I’m familiar to.”

“Maybe the real reason you’re so controlling is because, deep down you’d rather have them in your grasp than lose them.”

“Why did you ever break up?” / “Why did we ever break up?”

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list of plots i would be D O W N to do:

* &. SECRET RELATIONSHIP: muse a isn’t exactly the most popular person around school. didn’t have many friends, stayed out of the limelight, never attended parties but instead stayed home watching netflix alongside their hot box of pizza. but muse b is the star player of the soccer team, everybody’s best friend, and always in the public eye. they were polar opposites. so who would have ever guessed that muse a and muse b were together behind closed doors. their relationship worked well, the two were a great pair. but as the secret relationship lingered on, muse a was starting to want more from muse b. a label on their relationship. (based on the tv show awkward.)

* &. DELINQUENT x OUTCAST: around town, everyone had a label. muse a was known as the outcast. sarcastic, witty, and abrasive. muse a chose their own path. very similar to muse b, the delinquent. intimidating, ill-tempered, and rumors flooding around them like crazy. one day, muse b was bragging about their capabilities of making absolutely anyone swoon. muse b’s friends challenged that statement, betting muse b that they were incapable of getting muse a to fall for them. muse b didn’t hesitate for a second. muse b persistently asked out muse a, although they had been rejected multiple times. while it started as a bet, muse b was slowly developing feelings for muse a. but what happens when muse b wins the bet and muse a discovers how their relationship really started? (based on the movies 10 things i hate about you and she’s all that.)

* &. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: ever since 7th grade, muse a and muse b had been inseparable. the two knew each other like the back of their hands. they saw each other run through petty middle school crushes, family hardships, and more. they argued, they laughed, they did absolutely anything and everything together. however, they were always just friends. freshman year of high school muse a had confessed the crush they developed on muse b. that confession changed their entire relationship. the summer into their sophomore year, muse b stopped talking to muse a. their friendship ended within a blink of an eye. they didn’t talk for years. until senior year, muse a got into a relationship. muse a’s significant other took them to a party where muse a would be introduced to a “very important person,” the best friend. muse a was nervous, hoping and praying for the approval. when they arrived, muse a was shocked to see that the infamous best friend was muse b. (based on shit that went down this one time.)

* &. HATE/LOVE RELATIONSHIP: life for muse a and muse b consisted of constant bickering, malicious scheming, and an overall disastrous relationship. the two despised one another. muse a was cocky, flirtatious, and a heart breaker. but also charming, charismatic, and unpredictable at best. muse b was cynical, stubborn, and had a “say it how it is” mindset. but they were also intelligent, kindhearted, and beyond talented. people understood why the two were always butting heads and would often times joke that the two would end up getting married one day. taking into consideration they already acted like a married couple. muse a would gag and muse b would respond with a remark to bash on the other. people would always question why they wouldn’t just stay away from each other. but neither of them had an answer for that question. they always gravitated back to each other, even if they didn’t want to. (based on chair aka blair and chuck.)

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Please Don’t Starters:

“Please don’t cry.”

“Please don’t hurt me.”

“Please don’t strip right now.”

“Please don’t try to twerk.”

“Please don’t make me dance with you.”

“Please don’t forget how much I love you.”

“Please don’t take off your pants.”

“Please don’t sell my nudes!”

“Please don’t overthink this.”

“Please don’t kiss me again.”

“Please don’t yell.”

“Please don’t try to stop me.”

“Please don’t hurt yourself.”

“Please don’t tell anyone.”

“Please don’t worry about it.”

“Please don’t get yourself killed.”

“Please don’t let them/him/her treat you like that.”

“Please don’t use your pathetic pickup lines on me.”

“Please don’t die!”

“Please don’t try to fight me.”

“Please don’t throw things.”

“Please don’t leave me.”

“Please don’t forget me.”

“Please don’t ask me about that.”

“Please don’t read that diary.”

“Please don’t recite bad poetry.”

“Please don’t eat inedible objects.”

“Please don’t interrupt me.”

“Please don’t do this.”

“Please don’t call the cops.”

“Please don’t feed the animals.”

“Please don’t treat him/her/them like that.”

“Please don’t look.”

“Please don’t love me.”

“Please don’t bring up the past.”

“Please don’t steal from babies.”

“Please don’t wear a culturally insensitive costume.”

“Please don’t drink anymore.”

“Please don’t take photos.”

“Please don’t make me go.”

“Please don’t lose faith in me.”

“Please don’t make me ask you again.”

“Please don’t be snarky.”

“Please don’t touch anything.”

“Please don’t break anything.”

“Please don’t wake me.”

“Please don’t stand so close to me.”

“Please don’t kill me.”

“Please don’t kill them/him/her.”

“Please don’t forgive me/him/her/them.”

“Please don’t correct my spelling.”

“Please don’t assume you can kiss me.”

“Please don’t try to run away.”

“Please don’t speak to me like that.”

“Please don’t speak to him/her like that.”

“Please don’t underestimate me.”

“Please don’t speak.”

“Please don’t panic.”

“Please don’t give up on me.”

“Please don’t hug me.”

“Please don’t touch me.” 

“Please don’t ask me about my parents.” 

“Please don’t stop loving me.” 

“Please don’t let him/her/them hurt me.”

“Please don’t call me anymore.”

“Please don’t lock me in here!”

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❝      i am                NOT                 going to let you 

                BURY      ME       TOO !      ❞

﹍﹎ indie & selective HARRY OSBORN﹍﹎                       est. may 2014

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post break-up au

i literally can’t sleep alone anymore so i’ve shown up at your door in my pyjamas, can we have one more nap together, please? 

we promised to stay friends but we’re doing the same stuff we did when we were a couple and i don’t wanna point it out because i don’t want it to stop

listen i know i can’t just show up at your apartment at six in the morning but i need coffee and no one makes it like you do 

we broke up after i left and moved away and months later i find out you rushed to the airport to stop me but you were too late 

you keep calling me over to get rid of spiders from your apartment and i’m pretending i don’t know you’re not afraid of them at all because i miss you too

we keep showing up at all the same places separately because we’ve always had similar interests 

cop!au i’ve been undercover for months/years and i know i told you not to wait for me but i’m still in love with you and it’s killing me

or, i fell in love with you while i was undercover and i know you’re mad at me for lying but i have to go back to my old life (and i want you to be in it)

i know we’ve been broken up for a while but i still have those concert tickets and you’re the only person i want to share this with

i found the ring when i was moving my stuff out of your apartment and now everything makes sense

are you?? sabotaging?? my dates?!?!?

i’ve seen you hanging around my apartment and i thought it was because you missed me, turns out you’ve been using my wifi you asshole

i know you can’t cook for shit so i’ve been bringing you dinner every night, just, y’know, to keep you alive

i kissed you goodbye by accident - old habits die hard okay?!?!

roadtrip au where we need to save gas money so we take a long, awkward, tension-filled car ride 

instead of dividing up the CD’s, let’s play a drinking game to determine who gets what (it may or may not end in sex)

i was so sleep-deprived after the night shift that i climbed into bed with you (and you just rolled with it) 

you’re my emergency contact and i’ve been in an accident so you drop everything to come to the hospital 

soon to be divorced couple obnoxiously painting the walls wacky colours every time the other paints over it 

you’re pretending we’re still together because my relatives will disprove of the break up so you’re being all sweet it’s reminding me of why i fell in love with you in the first place

we bumped into each other in the street and you were grinning like a cocky asshole the whole time so i stalked off only to realise i’m wearing your shirt 

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Send “I don’t love you anymore.” for my muses reaction!

alt. Send “You don’t love me anymore.” to confront my muse.

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Possessive and Controlling Starters

[Trigger Warning: possible triggers include emotional abuse, mental abuse, abuse]

“Were you looking at their butt?”

“I’m sorry but maybe I don’t like the way they were looking at you.”

“Are you flirting with them?”

“Come on they’re totally flirting with you.”

“I’m not jealous I just don’t like other people looking at you like that.”

“You were totally flirting with them.”

“Do you love me? Because if you do you’d stop talking to them.”

“You’d rather be with them wouldn’t you?”

“Are you cheating on me?”

“Please change. Everyone’s eyes are going to be on you if you look like this.”

“Do you have to flirt with every person we see?”

“Come on I’m not stupid. You don’t bat your eyelashes like that for anyone.”

“Do you have to go out alone tonight?”

“I’m not jealous…”

“I just don’t like they way they act.”

“I don’t like how they talk to you.”

“You love me not them remember.”

“I’m sorry I’m not perfect like they are.”

“You wouldn’t like it if I was flirting with everyone would you?”

“Can we please go now.”

“Get away from my girlfriend/boyfriend.”

“I swear I need to mark you so people will stop asking you out.”

“This is the fifth time today that some sleez has hit on you. I’m sorry if I seem a little irritated.”

“Are you sure you wouldn’t rather be with them than me?”

“What could they possibly give you that I can’t.”

“You know I love you but…i really want you to stop talking to them.”

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✰  ‘ WE’RE ALL STILL EMO AF ‘ LYRIC STARTERS ( PT. 2 )

THE USED

‘  is it worth it?  ’ ‘  each day gets more and more like the last day.  ’ ‘  this could be my chance to break out.  ’ ‘  this could be my last chance to say goodbye.  ’ ‘  at least it’s finally over.  ’ ‘  being half dead wasn’t what i planned to be.  ’ ‘  i promise i will take you there and we’ll drink and dance the night away.  ’ ‘  now i’m far from lonely.  ’ ‘  asleep i still see you lying next to me.  ’ ‘  knock me out and let me go back to sleep.  ’ ‘  i can laugh all i want. inside i still am empty.  ’ ‘  i’ll be just fine pretending i’m not.  ’ ‘  i’m far from lonely.  ’ ‘  let me be the one who calls you baby all the time.  ’ ‘  surely you can take some comfort knowing that you’re mine.  ’ ‘  would you smother me?  ’ ‘  let me be the one who never leaves you all alone.  ’ ‘  i need you here with me.  ’ ‘  i’m so far gone now.  ’ ‘  i’ve been running on empty.  ’ ‘  i think i might just trust you, maybe.  ’

JACK’S MANNEQUIN

‘  i’m thinking about what i’ve given up.  ’ ‘  where are you now?  ’ ‘  it was you i was thinking of.  ’ ‘  there’s a piece of me in every single second of every single day.  ’ ‘  if it’s true then tell me how we got this way.  ’ ‘  sometimes perfection can be perfect hell.  ’ ‘  i swear i didn’t mean for it to feel like this.  ’ ‘  you haven’t shown your face here since the bad news.  ’ ‘  and don’t you think i wish that i could stay.  ’ ‘  your lips give you away.  ’ ‘  i’m thinking i’d prefer not to be rescued.  ’ ‘  i’m finally numb.  ’ ‘  say you’ll miss me one last time and i’ll be strong.  ’ ‘  i’m feeling like i might need to be near you.  ’ ‘  i don’t know what you could possibly expect under this condition.  ’ ‘  have you ever been alone in a crowded room?  ’ ‘  lately i’m not dreaming, so what’s the point in sleeping?  ’ ‘  at night i’ve got nowhere to hide.  ’ ‘  i know i’m not crazy. i just lost my will.  ’ ‘  you hold me down.  ’ ‘  you got me living in the past.  ’ ‘  i’m alive, but i don’t need a witness to know that i’ve survived.  ’ ‘  i’m not looking for forgiveness.  ’ ‘  oh my god, this hurts like hell.  ’ ‘  i’m gonna send a little rain your way.  ’

ALL TIME LOW

‘  will you be there to carry home the remains of my wasted youth?  ’ ‘  this wasted time on you has left me shaking in waiting for something more.  ’ ‘  i’ll make your past regret its future.  ’ ‘  i’ll keep a secret if you keep me guessing.  ’ ‘  the taste of your lips says we shouldn’t have met like this.  ’ ‘  don’t make this easy, i want you to mean i.  ’ ‘  don’ waste your time on me.  ’ ‘  i’ve never told a lie and that makes me a liar.  ’ ‘  forget about me. it’s what i deserve.  ’ ‘  my heart is as cold as the clouds of your breath.  ’ ‘  so bitter sweet by our design.  ’ ‘  i’ve got no place in my heart for a criminal like you to dwell in.  ’ ‘  i’m just delirious. you can’t be serious.  ’ ‘  you’re so infamous for leaving me a mess.  ’ ‘  are you having a good time, sweetheart?  ’ ‘  take a breath and let the rest come easy.  ’ ‘  pass me another bottle, honey.  ’ ‘  if not for you, i know i’d tear this place to the ground.  ’ ‘  i wanna feel weightless and that should be enough.  ’ ‘  i’m stuck in this fucking rut.  ’ ‘  i’m over getting older.  ’ ‘  maybe it’s not my weekend, but it’s gonna be my year.  ’ ‘  i don’t want to waste another minute here.  ’ ‘  how was i supposed to know that you were over me?  ’ ‘  something’s telling me to leave, but i won’t.  ’ ‘  i’m damned if i do ya, damned if i don’t.  ’ ‘  can’t keep living with the feeling that i’m giving up everything for you.  ’

PARAMORE

‘  just don’t let me fall asleep feeling empty again.  ’ ‘  i fear i might break.  ’ ‘  tonight i’ll lie awake feeling empty.  ’ ‘  you’re better off without me.  ’ ‘  i think we have an emergency.  ’ ‘  if you thought i’d leave then you were wrong.  ’ ‘  i won’t stop holding on.  ’ ‘  i’ve seen love die way too many times when it deserved to be alive.  ’ ‘  i don’t wanna be the blame, not anymore.  ’ ‘  why do we like to hurt so much?  ’ ‘  you have made it harder just to go on.  ’ ‘  that’s what you get when you let your heart win.  ’ ‘  how am i supposed to feel when you’re not here?  ’ ‘  i still try holding onto silly things. i never learn.  ’ ‘  i’m in the business of misery.  ’ ‘  it was never my intention to brag.  ’ ‘  second chances, they don’t ever matter, people never change.  ’ ‘  once a whore, you’re nothing more. i’m sorry that’ll never change.  ’ ‘  i got a lot to say to you.  ’ ‘  i noticed your eyes are always glued to me.  ’ ‘  let’s be more than this.  ’ ‘  i’d rather waste my time pretending than have to forget you for one whole minute.  ’ ‘  don’ you know that we’re all alone now?  ’

JIMMY EAT WORLD

‘  i never said thank you for that.  ’ ‘  what would you think of me now?  ’ ‘  may angels lead you in.  ’ ‘  don’t write yourself off yet.  ’ ‘  just try your best.  ’ ‘  don’t you worry what they tell themselves when you’re away.  ’ ‘  everything will be just fine.  ’ ‘  it doesn’t matter if you’re good enough for someone else.  ’ ‘  funny how i’m nervous still.  ’ ‘  you kill me.  ’ ‘  i know what i should do, but i just can’t walk away.  ’ ‘  oh god, please don’t tell me this has been in vain.  ’ ‘  you’ve got some nerve.  ’ ‘  leave while there’s still hope for escape.  ’ ‘  i loved you and i should have said it.  ’ ‘  do you feel bad like i feel bad?  ’ ‘  kiss me with your cherry lipstick.  ’ ‘  hit me, i can take your cheap shots.  ’ ‘  love goes anywhere. in your darkest time, it’s just enough to know it’s there.  ’ ‘  when you go, i’ll let you be, but you’re killing everything in me.  ’ ‘  i feel that when i’m old, i’ll look at you and know the world was beautiful.  ’ ‘  are you happy where you’re standing still?  ’ ‘  no one else will know that part of me.  ’ ‘  i won’t always love these selfish things.  ’ ‘  i won’t always live not stopping.  ’ ‘  no one else will have me like you do.  ’ ‘  no one else will have me, only you.  ’ ‘  i won’t always love what i’ll never have.  ’ ‘  i won’t always live in my regrets.  ’

DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

‘  my hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.  ’ ‘  so won’t you kill me so i’ll die happy?  ’ ‘  my heart is yours to fill or burst, to break or bury, or wear is jewelry. whichever you prefer.  ’ ‘  lets not get busted.  ’ ‘  hands down this is the best day i can ever remember.  ’ ‘  you kissed me like you meant it and i knew you meant it.  ’ ‘  i’m missing your bed.  ’ ‘  make sure i know who’s taking you home.  ’ ‘  i’m reading your note over again and there’s not a word that i comprehend except when you signed it ‘i will love you always and forever.’  ’ ‘  i wish that i was anywhere, with anyone making out.  ’ ‘  i’m missing your laugh.  ’ ‘  when did your eyes begin to look fake?  ’ ‘  i hope you’re as happy as you’re pretending.  ’ ‘  i swear i’m right. i swear i knew it all along.  ’ ‘  i am flawed, but i am cleaning up so well.  ’ ‘  i am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself.  ’ ‘  so turn up the corners of your lips.  ’ ‘  you’re not so happy.  ’ ‘  you’re dying to look cute in your blue jeans, but you’re plastic just like everyone.  ’ ‘  you’re just like everyone.  ’ ‘  i’d like to see you undone.  ’ ‘  we’re not twenty-one, but the sooner we are, the sooner the fun will begin.  ’ ‘  it’s cool to take chances.  ’ ‘  it’s cool to fake romances and grow up fast.  ’ ‘  lay your armor down.  ’

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i want 

ships with exes  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

ships with exes who hate each other  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

ships with exes who secretly love each other  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

ships with exes who have a kid  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

ships with exes who still fuck  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

SHIPS WITH EXES  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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Send “regret” for a starter where my muse is suffering from a hangover.

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[Sentence Starters] The Boss Baby

Feel free to add context, change pronouns, names, jobs, and anything else you need to change to make these work for you! Have fun! ^-^

❝ There’s always someone trying to take what’s yours. ❞

❝ Where do babies come from? ❞

❝ I know I’ve been here a long time. Believe me, it feels like my whole life. ❞

❝ I’d kill for a spicy tuna roll right about now. ❞

❝ I am the boss of me. ❞

❝ There’s not enough love for the two of us. ❞

❝ You can’t be fired from your own family! (… can you?) ❞

❝ Perhaps your parents need to be enlightened… WITH A GREAT CURSE! ❞

❝ No (Name)! Puppies are evil! ❞

❝ It was my first time behind bars… The big house… The lock up. ❞

❝ Every man has his breaking point. ❞

❝ I don’t want your filthy money! ❞

❝ I don’t wanna be here any more than you want me to be here. ❞

❝ Are you the Baby Jesus? ❞

❝ I want you to suck it. ❞

❝ Don’t embarrass yourself (Name), I can still see you. ❞

❝ Those who can, do. And those who can’t, supervise. ❞

❝ STRESS NAP! ❞

❝ Every morning you wake up… I’ll be there. ❞

❝ We have to make sure you don’t get fired! ❞

❝ I will help you… but JUST to get rid of you. ❞

❝ Wow! When you explain it like that!? It still sounds boring. ❞

❝ Hate is a strong word. It’s the right word, but still. ❞

❝ I just threw up a noodle and swallowed it. ❞

❝ Get back here! ❞

❝ Let me get this straight. The story is about cannibalism and burning people alive. ❞  

❝ You can’t miss what you never had. ❞

❝ Oh, look, it’s my spatula. ❞

❝ I’ve never been so humiliated in all my life. ❞

❝ No. No biting. ❞

❝ It’s almost like it’s begging us to go in. ❞

❝ This is getting creepy… ❞

❝ I’ve come for your soul. ❞

❝ Can you, put your head back on. Please? ❞

❝ Ah! Don’t look at me! ❞

❝ Ah, I think I ate $1.75. ❞

❝ I wish you’d never been born! ❞

❝ Follow that Elvis! ❞

❝ Darn! I spent all my per diem. ❞

❝ Avert your eyes, (Name)! ❞

❝ VICTORY NAP! ❞

❝ Well I’m sure that’s gonna turn out fine. ❞

❝ We will grow old together. ❞

❝ You and I will always be brothers. Always. ❞

❝ I have ONE job to do, and you make it SO difficult. ❞

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“ it’s complicated ”

     ‘ dude, all i asked was how OLD you are. how is that COMPLICATED ? ‘

the man standing before him was beginning to remind him of some kids he knew back in boarding school. only like, ten times more confusing. but, his dad had always yelled at him if he’d judge somebody before truly knowing somebody, so the only option was to GIVE HIM A CHANCE. 

‘ are you, like, what, 30 ? ‘ a fair guess. 

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     ‘ could you... maybe... NOT stare at me like that, dude ? it’s creepy. ‘

who even WAS this guy ? 

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       when your only plans for your day off is to go to the lake and skip stones across the surface, you typically DON’T expect to find a small teenager laying on the shorelines. harry DEFINITELY didn’t, and it startled him. he stepped towards the girl( ? ) with caution, nudging her a bit with the tip of a dark leather boot. ‘ uh, ━━━━━━━ are you okay ? ‘

      new york was DEFINITELY losing it’s old charm since he’d left for boarding school.

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VERONICA

She can’t stop herself from laughing at his jab at the board- A sense of bitterness and humour means she might not have to try so hard to be utterly fucking sterile to keep her job here. She’s still standing, heels pressed together as she clutches her chrome clipboard to her chest (a lifeline, she thinks). 

❝ i was recommended it by a professor-       said i probably wasn’t cut out for      academic work, the sexist bastard- ❞

She cuts herself off with a blink and a shake of her head, before she could say something entirely too aggressive (she’ll get better at that, she knows she will).

❝ but i have to agree with him. i like working     with people more than being stuck in some    stuffy library somewhere. as for what i expect… ❞

She pauses a moment- It’s not going to be a good idea to tell him the truth. That she wants to pour herself into a demanding job so her mind doesn’t have the time to think about her past, about the murder, about watching Jason falter to the tick, tick, tick of the malfunctioning bomb in front of her eyes-

❝ i’m expecting an intellectual challenge, i think.  somewhere that my particular skills can be useful. ❞

as soon as he’d heard her commentary about the past professor, harry knew that the duo would get along JUST FINE. with the last drops of his whiskey being emptied from the glass, he slid it along the desktop and out of the way. he took on a slightly more serious tone, with elbows locking their pressure onto the counter, allowing space for him to lean in her direction. a grimacing sneer lit across his expression. 

‘ i’m SUREyou’ll be useful. what SKILLS are we talking about here ? you gotta be more specific when you call something particular, kid. ‘ 

it would be a while before harry would be comfortable disclosing the reality of his plans for needing a new assistant, if ever. after all, he typically worked best alone. ( A LESSON LEARNED THROUGH PAST DECEIT AND BETRAYAL. ) he needed SPIDERMAN DEAD, regardless of whatever barriers & bridges that had to be surpassed to get there. yet his gut was SCREAMING that VERONICAwould be PERFECTfor the job.