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holly marie combs as ella montgomery in pretty little liars season two, episode twelve - over my dead body

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“My anxiety motivates me, it is where a lot of my ambition stems from. I think everyone does have some form of anxiety in one way or another. It can be crippling, but more times than not, I am grateful for my anxiety. However it’s taken a while to get there.” Zoey Deutch

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Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

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“ if they don’t stop hitting you up i’ll end up hitting them down.

“Have I ever told you that I kinda like it when you’re all jealous over me?” Flora leaned against the wall, drink in her hand while she fiddled with her hair and gave him a little smile. They couldn’t act ‘together’ at this party. Too many of his friends were here and they knew his parents. To cover things up even further, they’d invited a few colleagues from work along, just so it didn’t look suspicious that Flora had been invited. 

“You need to calm down and stop trying to fight every guy that comes near me. Kind of a big giveaway that there’s something going on between us if you do that.” She kept her voice low so that no one would hear. “Besides, you know I’m not interested in anyone else.” Her hand reached out for his, a small movement that was easily hidden. She laced her fingers between his and then gave a squeeze of reassurance. “They can flirt as much as they want, they’re not gonna get anywhere.”

Someone passed by and she pulled her hand back as quickly as she could, pretending to faff about with the hem of her skirt. Henry waited for them to move out of earshot before he spoke again. “You’re just as bad as I am for jealousy.” “I know. I get it, I know. But I’m trying to control myself as well. It’s hard for me not to drag these girls away from you by their hair, but I’m managing it.”  He snorted, “part of me wants to see that happen.” “Well, you won’t,” she shook her head, “not if we wanna keep doing what we’re doing. And I wanna keep doing it.” 

He let out a long sigh, resigned to the fact he knew she was right. On the plus side, they could leave soon - separately, of course, before meeting back at her place.  “You can let out all your pent up frustration later,” the little smile was back on her face as she began to slink away from him, “I’m wearing the nice underwear you bought me, so...” that part was whispered so no eavesdroppers could hear. She left him with that mental image to enjoy, knowing that he’d get his revenge on her later. 

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“ i’m getting tired of hiding…”

“Me too.” Flora replied softly. “I’m not gonna lie, it was pretty exciting at first - all the sneaking around and stuff - but now I just-” she was about to risk sounding soft and showing her feelings, “I wish we could just be together like a normal couple. I wish it were simple.” She laced her fingers in between his and stroked her thumb over the back of his palm. “We’re not even doing anything wrong.” His mother wouldn’t see it that way, and she’d lose her job in a heartbeat. But Flora had been thinking more and more lately, did she even care about that any more? So what if she lost her job, she could find another. She’d find a way to pay for college somehow, and she’d still have Henry and they wouldn’t have to hide from anyone any longer. It sounded simple enough.

“What if we just stopped hiding?”  Henry shifted behind her, and she turned to look at him. He looked confused to say the least. “You’d probably lose your job, and I’d never hear the end of it from my mom. Ever.” “Are either of those really such bad things? I mean, I can find another job, and your mom will have to get over it sooner or later. Right?”  “Flo-” “Think about it. We wouldn’t have to spend all of our time either in my apartment or going to places where we're sure there won’t be anyone we know hanging around. And who knows, maybe your mom won’t hate the idea of us together as much as we think she might?” She was getting her hopes up a little too high and he had to be the one to dash them before she got too carried away. “Flora, babe,” his hand brushed through her hair before his gaze rested on hers, “I know my mom and- look, I know she likes you now, but if she finds out about what we’ve been doing, I’m pretty certain that’ll change. And it’s not you, I promise it’s not. It’s just-” “Complicated. I know.” Flora visibly deflated and her gaze dropped. Henry took that as a sign to tuck her in closer and he kissed the top of her head.  “I really want us to stop hiding, but not at the expense of your career and everything you’re working so hard for. Am I really worth that?” She peered up at him, kissed him on the lips and then nudged her nose against his. “Yeah. You kind of are.”

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melamemea​: 

secret relationship .

painful

“ it’s — getting a bit out of hand now. ”

“ i don’t think i can keep this up much longer. ”

“ i’m getting tired of hiding…”

“ it sucks that i can’t kiss you in public. ”

“ how much longer do i have to keep swallowing my desires for you. ”

“ are you sure we will — ? ”

“ do you think we’ll ever… be a couple-couple ? ”

“ sometimes i’m just scared that you’re just using me. ”

“ it’s starting to dawn on me that… the reason you might not want to come out about this is because you don’t really love me—”

“ is this a joke to you?”

“ i deleted all our texts. ”

“ i can’t keep pictures of us on my phone, are you crazy? ”

“ if anyone sees us i won’t know what to do. ”

“ sometimes it feels like i am the only one making an effort here… ”

provoked

“ aren’t we suppose to be a thing ? why are you flirting then ?”

“ sometimes it feels like i am the only one making an effort here —”

“ you sure seem to be good at ignoring the fact that we’re together. ”

“ okay no — i can’t handle the way they keep staring at you. ”

“ if they don’t stop hitting you up i’ll end up hitting them down. ”

“ don’t you have any pride in the marks i left on you ? ”

“ is this a joke to you — ?!”

“ stop that — we’re in public. ”

“ no, not until we get home. ”

“ you know i can’t do this out here — stop it!”

“ could TRY to show that you’re a little worried about this ???”

steamy

“ d—-don’t make me moan, i don’t want anyone to catch us… ”

“ everyone is downstairs… ~ take your pants off ”

“ shhh…. ~ it’ll be fine baby, no one will hear us ”

“ so what ? ~ if they see us coming out together we’ll figure something out…”

“ i’m gonna leave so many hickeys on you… show everyone that you’re taken… ”

“ i missed your scent…”

“ it feels so good — being close to you again… ”

“ i’ve been thinking — about this the entire day… ”

“ ~ sit back and let me spoil you… you went an entire day without touching me… ”

“ kiss me… and don’t let me go ”

“ you’re like a forbidden fruit when i can’t touch you ~ kind of sexy ”

innocent

“ i can’t wait to show you off to the entire world… ”

“ we’ll be the cutest couple in existence, someday ”

“ when we come out i’m going to drown you kisses every day ”

“ ~ if we carve our initials in a tree no one will know ”

“ no one will notice if we hold hands under the table ~ ”

“ one day… we’ll be able to kiss like everyone else ”

“ i long for the day i get to hug you in the open ”

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No Strings Attached (2011) dir. Ivan Reitman

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Maisy, we have kids the same age, which means there are years ahead of us having to deal with each other, so instead of playing all these petty games, why don’t we put an end to this right now?

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Driven (2018)

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#me

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henrysdunne​: 

“there’s  not  gonna  be  a  next  time,  i  can  promise  you  that.  it’s  about  time  she  gets  the  hell  over  this.  this  isn’t  high  school  anymore  and  she’s  not  gonna  drag  our  twelve  year old  into  her  vendetta.”  henry’s  mind  couldn’t  help  but  dwell  on  all  the  times  he  and  flora  snuck  around  behind  jennifer’s  back.  all  his  trips  out  to  see  finley  that  turned  into  something  more  with  flora  each  time  he  stepped  foot  in  california.  he’d  wrestled  with  the  fact  that  it  was  obvious  to  anyone  his  relationship  with  jen  had  been  going  nowhere.  they  were  too  different  people  despite  being  from  the  same  world.  henry  was  sure  they’d  been  discreet  and  this  wasn’t  some  sort  of  retaliation  or  long  festering  revenge  that  jen  was  now  getting  out  of  her  system,  but  he  couldn’t  be  one  hundred  percent  certain.  he  took  one  last  glance  in  the  review,  seeing  that  fin  was  still  checked  out  and  engrossed  in  his  iphone,  and  turned  down  the  side  street  leading  to  their  house.  “we’re  gonna  get  in  there  and  you’re  gonna  relax.  i’ll  deal  with  my  mother  and  jen  and  all  the  bullshit.  you’ll  never  have  to  see  her  again  after  this.”  

Flora was so glad they were on the same page about this. She had worried momentarily that Henry would see the clumps of Jen’s hair in her hands and assume she’d just lost her temper again, but the fact he knew and understood that she’d been provoked and that it was more complicated than that made her feel a lot better about the whole situation. “I don’t understand why she’s just decided to drag all of this up...” she trailed off for a moment, deep in thought, then turned to look at him again. “You don’t think she knows about when we - y’know?” She didn’t want to say it too loudly just in case Finley was listening. Surely Jen couldn’t have known they’d snuck around behind her back in the past, because why would she sit on it for all these years? It would’ve been very on brand for her to have kicked off at the time. And they were so careful. There’s no way she could possibly have known. They were almost home now, and Flora could see the house up ahead. She let out a soft sigh, one hand still cradling her bump and gave him a smile that was so affectionate it would probably make Fin gag. “I love you.” Her mouth curved into a smirk and then she gasped dramatically. “Are you gonna have her killed? I didn’t know your mom had connections like that.” She grinned as he pulled up to the house.

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henrysdunne​: 

“i  think  i  like  the  sound  of  that.  hopefully,  your  roommate  has  the  same  idea  as  everyone  else  and  left  town  for  the  long  weekend.  if  not,  she’s  in  for  a  very  loud,  very  engrossing  show.”  not  that  it  was  anything  out  of  the  ordinary  for  flora’s  roommate  to  hear  them  and,  on  more  than  one  occasion,  she  had  seen  them  or  caught  glimpses  when  they  thought  they  had  the  apartment  to  themselves.  he  almost,  jokingly,  asked  her  to  join,  but  held  his  tongue  as  to  not  be  on  the  end  of  flora’s  wrath.  their  current  arrangement  would  have  to  do,  though.  it  was  either  her  roommate  catching  an  ass  here  or  there  or  henry’s  mother  walking  into  his  own  apartment,  unannounced,  and  catching  them.  “i  don’t  think  it’s  gonna  have  to  be  that  dramatic,  blume.”  he  slipped  a  hand  off  the  wheel  and  grasped  the  one  on  his  leg  with  a  smirk.  already  anticipating their  arrival.  “you  know  how  it  is.  you’ve  been  around  my  mom  enough  times.  those  old  ladies  love  to  gossip  and  shit.  especially  love  to  pry  into  their  kids’  personal  lives  and  tell  each  other  about  it.”  it  wasn’t  long  before  he  was  turning  into  the  garage  of  flora’s  apartment  building,  swerving  into  an  empty  spot  reserved  for  guests  and  stretching  his  limbs  upon  slipping  from  the  drivers  side.  “just  know  the  neighbors  are  far  enough  away  that  we  can  take  a  nice  dip  in  the  pool,  if  you  know  what  i  mean.”  that  grin  of  his  stretched  his  lips  once  again  over  the  hood  of  the  car  as  he  went  to  grab  his  bag  for  a  change  of  clothes.  “or  the  hot  tub.  whichever  you  prefer.”

“I forgot to ask what her plans were so there’s a chance she might be home.” Flora hoped she wasn’t, because now sex had been mentioned she really wanted it. Not that her roommate being there would stop Henry from getting his hands all over her, but she’d prefer not to have an audience. “You’re so shameless, Dunne.” She rolled her eyes with a smirk on her face. She knew he didn’t care about being caught, and honestly it was better than the alternative. At least her roomie had no ties to Dunne Enterprises and couldn’t get her fired. “Are you sure? If anyone spots you showing up with an absolute bombshell then I’m definitely not the first person they’ll suspect. It’s the perfect disguise, if you think about it.” Only it wasn’t, because all it would do is draw a lot of attention to them both, and it would be blindingly obvious that it was just Flora in an enormous hat and glasses. She climbed out of the car after he turned the engine off, bringing one bottle of wine with her so they could add a little class to their take-out - or at least she could because he was driving. “Well, what about both?” She teased him, coming up to walk alongside him as they entered her building. “It’s not like you to limit yourself to just one option. Usually you want them all.” Flora was close enough to toy with a button on his shirt as they waited for the elevator doors to open. “Whether you get them all is up to me.” The familiar ding sounded and she dragged him inside the lift, a mischievous grin on her face because she knew he’d object to that little dig she made.   

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holly marie combs as pretty little wine mom ella montgomery in pll, season three episode four “birds of a feather”

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‘ you could stay here. with me. ’

“Are you going soft on me?” Flora asked with a lazy smile. She rested against his chest as they lounged on the balcony of Henry’s hotel room, a small glass of gin in one hand whilst her other was busy scratching against his stubble. The sun was slowly setting before them - he’d really got a room with an amazing view. After a day spent on the beach together, then back to his room for a shared soak in the tub, she was honestly exhausted now that she was finally curled up with him. Flora didn’t plan on going anywhere.

“You want me to stay the night?”  “I thought that was obvious?” He had a hint of a smirk on his face which made her roll her eyes at him, but not in her usual snarky way. Flora put her glass down and shifted on the lounger so that she could cuddle him properly. Her arms tucked around his middle and as she settled, she sighed softly. “You’re not totally sick of me after spending all day with me?” “Eh, a little.” He teased, fully expecting a small thwack but instead she just stuck her tongue out at him.  “You know we can’t live in your hotel room forever though, right? At some point we’re gonna have to put on our grown-up pants and decide what our next move is.” Henry’s arms slid around her small frame and she sank deeper into him, closing her eyes. This moment was one that she would lock away as one of her favourites. Of course, they did a lot of fun things together out and about and spent way too much time in bed, but this was just so simple and yet it was perfect. 

“You could come to New York with me?” His words were enough to wake her up from her half-dozing state.  “Really?”  “Yeah.” He began stroking her back. “That could be our next move. Besides, I probably need to visit my parents at some point. I haven’t seen them since the war ended.” Flora was quiet for a moment, not because she didn’t want to go, but because she really really did want to and she didn’t want to look too eager. The L word hadn’t passed either of their lips yet, although she was ready to say it. Maybe he was too and they were both too cowardly to be the first to jump in head first. “I’ll only come if you show me all the sights you promised.” She teased gently, lifting her gaze to lock on to his.  “Deal.” He grinned right back at her. 

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henrysdunne​: 

his  relationship  with  jennifer  had  ended  abruptly,  henry  would  give  her  that,  but  in  hindsight  it  shouldn’t  have  been  a  total  shock.  their  relationship  was  seemingly  a  match  made  in  the  upper  crust  heaven  of  manhattan’s  elite.  it  should’ve  been  the  joining  of  two  uber  wealthy  families,  and  yet  there  was  always  something  missing.  not  to  mention  how  high  maintenance  jen  was  and  the  amount  of  money  he  spent  on  her  to  keep  her  satisfied.  henry  knew  what  jen  missed,  having  easy  access  to  the  dunne  family  trust  fund  through  him.  “well,  like  i  said,  she  needs  to  get  the  fuck  over  it.  it’s  been  years  and  she’s  dated  a  bunch  of  guys  since  me.”  he  kept  his  eyes  on  the  road  ahead,  steering  down  side  streets,  and  hitting  almost  every  light.  “i  know  it’s  not  alright  and  she’s  gonna  hear  about  it,  trust  me.  if  she  thinks  my  mother’s  gonna  go  along  with  fin  being  talked  about  like  that,  she’s  in  for  the  shock  of  her  life.”  henry  reaches  a  hand  over,  taking  hers  in  his  own  and  lifting  it  to  his  lips.  “it’s  fine,  honey.  when  we  get  home  you  need  to  lay  down  and  rest.  you  need  to  think  of  the  baby.  she’s  probably  bumping  around  in  there  thinking  she’s  been  on  a  roller  coaster.”

Flora understood Jen’s jealousy to an extent, because when the tables were turned and Henry had been with her all those years ago, she’d felt that raging jealousy too. But that didn’t make her words or actions okay. Flora sincerely hoped that Henry’s mom would get the whole story before making any kind of judgement against her for lashing out. Of course, she knew that wasn’t the best way to handle things, but seeing red in the heat of the moment was impossible to fight. “She’s persistent, I’ll give her that.” It was the closest Jen would ever get to a compliment from her. “Even if she is insanely misguided. Let’s just hope your mom sets her straight for good this time. I really don’t want there to be a next time.” Henry’s hand found hers, and Flora laced her fingers in between his before he lifted her hand to his lips. Slowly, she nodded in agreement, letting out a soft sigh while she cradled her bump with her other hand. “You’re right. She’s probably in there wondering what the hell her mom is doing. Not even born yet and she’s already witnessed me losing my shit. God, I really need to learn to calm down.” She laughed, but was thinking about how much she hoped their latest addition would inherit Henry’s temperament and not hers. Instead of voicing any concerns, she squeezed Henry’s hand and gave him a small smile. “I promise I’ll take it easy from now on.”

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henrysdunne​: 

“oh,  it’s  definitely  big.  i  think  you,  better  than  anyone,  has  become  well  acquainted  with  my  ego  these  past  few  months.”  another  smirk  curved  his  lips  as  he  unlocked  the  car  doors  and  slid  inside.  he  swung  his  bag,  with  all  its  notes  and  documents,  into  the  backseat  where  it  would,  no  doubt,  be  forgotten  until  monday  morning.  his  mind  was  filled  with  nothing  but  sand,  sun,  sea,  and  the  way  flora’s  ass  was  going  to  look  in  a  bikini.  “you  like  to  think  you’re  in  charge,  blume,  but  we  really  know  that  i  am.”    he  spurred,  starting  up  the  engine  and  maneuvering  their  way  out  of  the  parking  garage.  the  traffic  was  slow  going,  but  steady  for  this  time  of  day  and  he  figured  they’d  beat  the  rush  trying  to  get  out  of  the  city  for  the  weekend.  he  was  calculating  the  amount  of  time  it  would  take  to  drive  out  to  the  hampton’s  and  whether  they  should  make  a  straight  shot  from  flora’s  apartment  instead  of  making  a  stop  at  the  restaurant.  “so,  how  do  you  wanna  play  this?  we  go  to  your  place,  have  a  quick  fuck,  get  you  packed,  and  head  straight  out  to  the  hamptons?  or  get  your  things,  take  our  time  fucking  and  head  to  the  hamptons?  either  way,  it’ll  be  gettin’  dark  by  the  time  we  get  there.  less  eyeballs  see  in’  who’s  comin’  and  goin’  out  of    our  place.  not  that  there’s  very  many  neighbors,  but  you  know  these  gossipy  wasp-y  types.”

Flora climbed into the car, not even trying to fight the smile that his comment provoked. But she didn’t give him the satisfaction of a response because he really didn’t need her to tell him he was right about his ego. She placed the wine bag into the footwell and made herself comfortable, flipping the mirror down above her so she could check her make up. “You keep telling yourself that if you want to.” She reached over to ruffle her hand through his hair playfully, letting her fingertips brush under his chin as she threw him a patronising smile complete with a scrunch of her nose. “I won’t judge you if you feel like calling me boss later on. I might actually like it.” Their drive through the city wasn’t as busy as she was expecting it to be, although she supposed it helped they’d set off a little earlier from the office than usual. “Hm. Depends. Are we still getting take out? If we are then I say we head to my place, I’ll pack my stuff, then we can order and fit in a quick fuck before it comes. Food always tastes better after sex, if you ask me. And then when we get to the Hamptons you can really take your time with me,” Flora shot a knowing look his way, resting her hand on his leg because she enjoyed teasing him too much. She didn’t want to distract him from driving, but the fact that she was a distraction to him really boosted her own ego. “Am I gonna have to rock up dressed in a scarf and sunglasses like some fifties starlet going incognito?” She snorted at the idea of it. “Or are you just gonna throw a blanket over my head or something?”