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gvngsigns​:

“you want to go all the way back to the cable car to get your bag? seriously, in this weather?” there was no way she could convince him to go back, not when the snowstorm outside only seemed to worsen. “look, kenzie may and charlie are on their way up. i’m sure they won’t just leave your bag when they see it.”   /   @gldenrush​​

“c’mon...” ellie’s voice is as high-pitched and needling as she can make it, blinking endearingly. “it’s, like, a flurry of snow. if even. and you know they will be too busy fighting to notice anything.” she keeps up the pleading act for a few seconds more, before sighing. “fine. stewy told me about these old tunnels that run all under the resort. he even showed me a map --- there’s a way to the cable car without going out in the snow. i’ll just go by myself.” 

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“babe, i’m sure it’s nothing and you’re just overreacting.” he had to admit that the inhuman noises slightly creeped him out, but they were barely audible over the severe and bitterly cold wind. reece halted, scanning the trees and snow-coated bushes surrounding them even though he couldn’t see far. “it’s probably a bear or something. all the more reason to move your ass so we can make it to the cabin before he devours us both.”   /   @gldenrush​

“okay, well, when you have to tell my parents why their daughter was mauled to death, i hope you remember this moment.” tessa ?? overreact ?? never. she wraps her arms around reece’s elbow tightly, squinting over his shoulder into the dense trees. “shouldn’t you --- i don’t know --- check it out ??” she drops her voice to a whisper. “i mean, it could be whoever killed rebecca last year.” 

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“first corridor to our left, that’s where trey said would be the boiler, right?” dakota must have misheard because other than loads of boxes overflowing with what seemed old toys and comics, this part of the basement was empty. “literally nothing works. i just want to take a nice bath and have some goddamn warmth, is that really too much to ask?” she sighed, exasperated and mostly tired from the trip up to the cabin. “give me your flashlight. i guess we’re exploring.”   /   @gldenrush​

“you think trey and kenzie know how to do anything around here ?? okay.” stewy’s voice is warm even as it fogs the frigid air, sticking his hands into his pockets with an exaggerated shiver. “rumour has it that all their staff and shit refuse to come back here after, y’know, the last fun extravaganza we had.” he should be exhausted too - sneaking up here at the break of dawn to set up everything just so, then hightailing it down before anyone caught him. but the thought of the night ahead, of making these people pay, plus the proximity to dakota --- it’s got him buzzing, excitable. “c’mon, irvine. adventure awaits.” he throws her the torch, whirling about until he lands on a seemingly random corridor, but which of course he’d chosen carefully. “i think they have a stash of firewood down here.”  

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blcssom​:

she rolls in tandem with him, letting her head rest against his chest as their bodies somehow become impossibly close. she’s almost positive he’ll be able to feel the way her heart is pounding against her chest, the smell of his cologne clouding her judgement. “uhm, maybe if we….” she rolls onto her other side, letting her back rest against his chest, body forming into the curve of his own. at least this way she doesn’t have that smell making everything hazy. “does this work for you?”

charlie lets out a nearly imperceptible groan as she settles back against him, hoping she’ll put it down to a sudden ache in his arm. honestly, her putting it down to anything rather than a by-product of him trying desperately hard to get his dick to behave will be preferable. “yep.” he says eventually, hardly daring to breathe as he stares over her head, breathing in the dizzying smell of her shampoo. “so.” there’s a long pause, his brain short-circuiting before landing on this conversational goldmine --- “do you have any other survival tips for a power outage ??” fuck. 

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her comment didn’t make gunner angry, instead it made him sad, which was honestly worse because he was bound to act out now. “and you’re just─such a fucking delight to be around, aren’t you?” he muttered bitterly, lips forming a straight line as he sat himself opposite her, sinking into the chair and spreading his legs underneath the table. “oh, so you’re on a date? where is he?” he was looking at the queue again. “is it the guy that kinda looks like me? nah, wait, it’s probably the lanky white guy since you forgot about me so quickly.” 

“well, at least i know people don’t pretend to like me because of my status or money.” she throws the words out carelessly, but they’re carefully chosen --- honestly, if sarah didn’t have plans for psychiatry, she’d run a great cult. “for fuck’s sake ---” she sinks back in her chair, trying to get as far away from him as possible. “gunner.” now she sounds like she’s talking to a petulant child. “how many women have you fucked since me ?? do you think that number is gonna make me angry ??” maybe not angry, but she does feel a certain pull in her stomach that she doesn’t want to look at too closely. 

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“okay, first of all, don’t blame this on me. coming back here was my brother’s idea.” and she currently fucking hated him for it. “and maybe stop referring to it as an accident because someone is obviously out to get us and they might actually succeed if we don’t calm the fuck down, charlie.” she took a deep breath in an attempt to control her nerves. “there must be another way back, right?” 

“i’m not fucking blaming it on you, am i ??” it’s too late - charlie has an intuition that’s normally extremely accurate, and everything in him is screaming to get out of here. of course, that’s not possible, and now all that energy has nowhere to go. “and of course someone’s out to get us, but we can’t mention that without your brother going off on one - fuck !!” he punctuates the last word with a well-placed punch to the cable car station window. it shatters, leaving his hand bleeding but with a way in. “after you. maybe there’s a radio or something in there. unless you wanna climb down the mountain.” he shakes his hand out, droplets of blood staining the snow scarlet. 

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“you like me too much to fuck with me like that.” partly his ego talking, partly wishful thinking. his tippy toes barely reached the bottom, treading water as he stayed on the same spot, watching as she closed the distance between them. “and why’s that?” 

“yeah, it would be a killer merch idea, though.” jane says drily, though her eyes are sparkling. “spoiler alert branded voodoo dolls.” she wriggles her eyebrows suggestively, staying exactly where she is with her face barely visible over the water line. “well, i’m the sanest out of all of us, and so are you, so it’s inevitable that we end up together, right ??” she winks. “plus, we’re low-key the hottest. the twitter polls say so.” 

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“you’re so fucking suffocating, d’you know that?” peyton’s not the only one who’s pissed now. she inhaled deeply. “i don’t want to argue about this. i’m not obligated to tell you everything. if you’re so set on worrying about me, that’s on you.” 

“whoa. okay.” peyton’s lips are pursed as the cogs in his head clearly turn behind his eyes, trying to figure out how to play this - play her, his difficult girlfriend. “i’m not thrilled at the prospect of you keeping shit from me and winding up in trouble with me having no idea about it. because i care about you. but that’s clearly a foreign concept to you, so fuck it.”  

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not exactly the reaction she had hoped for. to be honest, ava didn’t know what she expected, really, but it wasn’t this. “i mean… it’s not really something i can ask you to do, right?” 

marie shrugs half-heartedly, eyes shifting like she can maybe will herself out of this conversation. “i mean. you can ask.” 

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“the big deal is that you’re two-faced and you’re making me look like an idiot.” eliot breathed out through his nose, frustrated. “if i’d know that you’d change your mind, i wouldn’t have acted like a dick to them. now, what, i have to play nice again because you suddenly decided to follow some tiktok advice??” 

“i’m making you look like an idiot. okay.” ivana scrolls mindlessly through instagram before narrowing their eyes at him over their phone. “that’s sort of spineless of you, el. if you dislike them that much then you should stick to your guns. besides, sammy isn’t even that bad --- plus he has a killer jacuzzi.” 

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blcssom​:

he’s not much for blind dates…. though this is veering quickly into one-night-stand territory, and that javi is very familiar with. hands are… wandering during the cab ride to his place, and they don’t stop once they’ve crossed the threshold into his apartment. “can i…. get you something to drink?” his fingers linger over the small of their back, hesitating before he steps away. “i think i have some red wine and….. water?”

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god. saoirse literally hurriedly changed her lock screen from a beaming photo of her and rebekah at her bachelorette to one of her dog once she realised where this evening was going, but she still can’t help the jump of guilt in her throat every time javi so much as looks at her. as if it’s going to stop her, though. she smiles daintily, reaching out to brush against his arm. “i’ll take the red. biggest glass you have.”    

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blcssom​:

it’s almost impossible to reach the edge of his bed with his eyes closed, but liam refuses to risk it. even if they’ve said the coast is clear, he can’t risk them seeing the look on his face if he were to catch even a glimpse. “this hoodie should work. i mean…. you’ll be swimming in it, but it’ll cover you at least.”

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there is an awkwardness just suffocating them both, right ?? it’s not just her ?? with a grim sort of smile georgia reaches out for the hoodie. “no offense, liam, but this nudity is making me feel like you never actually lost your virginity. and i was at that party.”  

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blcssom​:

it’s funny, really. she’s never been asked to pose as someone’s fake girlfriend. if anything, girls usually find boys to cover the fact that she’s the actual girlfriend. it’s…. surprisingly difficult on this end, especially when she walks the up to their door at the end of the night. “—— y’know… if this were an actual date, this is the part of the night where you’d kiss me goodbye.”

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“did my mom say anything to you about the pie i made ??” astrid talks over her, tugging at her hair anxiously. “she hates my baking, but she won’t say because she’s terrified of confrontation, you know ---” zelda’s words only process a few seconds after she speaks, and the flush on her face is deep as it is genuine. “aren’t you supposed to ask me on a second date first ??” 

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blcssom​:

it’s not as though this is HER first choice either, but the power is out all over town and with temperatures steadily dropping the only way to retain heat is for them to squeeze into the same twin-size bed she’s had since she was twelve. “…. i don’t usually sleep on my back can we… change positions?” as if it’s the position that’s making her uncomfortable and not the warm body beside her.

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if addison is uncomfortable then charlie is terrified, which is an emotion he’s not used to. he’s actually buttoned his shirt up to the collar, afraid to let a muscle relax, hating that the tenseness he lets permeates his entire life is now creeping into this friendship, too. he considers pretending to be asleep, then groans. “okay. do you wanna just ---” he slips onto his side, tucking his arm under her neck. “is that better ??” 

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no offence but uh.... oh my love is a lie.... shit my friends say to get me by.... it hits different.... it hits different this time....

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“i still don’t believe that you don’t know what your sun sign is. you’re just saying that to look cool and edgy.” now this was something that did help to make her forget how miserable and suppressed she was─sydney being sydney. she sniffed, wiping at her cheek with the back of her hand before patting the patch of skin dry on her sweatpants. “practical solutions and emotions don’t usually mix that well but, you know, i appreciate you for trying.” another sad chuckle erupted from lily-rose when she lifted her head to look at sydney and maybe, just maybe, if her best friend hadn’t already been looking at her so intensely, she wouldn’t have mustered every bit of courage she had and leaned in and kissed her. lily-rose pulled back abruptly, as if startled by the contact she initiated when in reality, she was fucking terrified. “oh, god. i’m so sorry. i should─check if the others are back yet.”

“i am cool and edgy, but that’s not the point. astrology’s not real.” spoken like a true capricorn. “well, at least someone around here appreciates me. i swear, if i have to get one more talking-to from jane because i upset anna’s delicate disposition ---” it’s not the first time she’s been interrupted mid-rant by a kiss, but it’s probably the first time it’s actually worked in that every single thought goes out of her head, moving closer to lily-rose instinctively, like this is something she’s always wanted and just never realised. at that, when her friend pulls away it takes a few seconds to readjust, blinking like she’s just come into bright sunlight. “i --- what ?? no.” she catches her wrist. “didn’t you see the group chat ?? they’re in the club. is that what you were so strung out about ??” she’s immediately practical again, just so she doesn’t have to think about her racing heart. 

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“you know what would also help? talking about this stuff.” the idealized version of her in his mind was beginning to make room for the harsh reality and he didn’t like it. “but you never do.” he muttered, pulling away from her and getting back on his feet, nodding slowly. “you want me to take you? okay, yeah, fine. i’ll take you wherever you need to go. make sure you’re safe. but after tonight, i’m not speaking to you anymore. i can’t do this shit.” it was his last attempt to change her mind, even though leon had no idea whether his threat was enough to have an impact on her. “so how do we do this? am i supposed to just drive you to the sketchiest neighborhood around here and hope we’ll find what you need or what’s the plan?” 

“i can’t talk about it, leon, it’s all --- too big, it’s too much, so i just take the pills they give me and get on with it because that’s all i know how to do.” anna tugs at a strand of hair anxiously, searching his features for the finality she’s used to seeing from every single person when they reach their limit with her, and what do you know ?? it’s there, and his words only confirm it. she nods slowly, swallowing hard. “why do you think i can’t quit this when it’s the only thing that won’t leave ??” she mumbles, pulling a wad of cash from her purse and tucking it into her pocket. “no, i know a guy. let’s just go.” she ducks past him with her head lowered, tears clinging to the ends of her lashes once again.