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a sebastian stan summer (●´ω｀●) [32/73]

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What an adorable doofus.

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esuricnt:

{ open to: males & females } 

Brynn never did mind working late. Most days of the week she was tasked with closing up the cafe, it was second nature to her. Wiping down the counter with a content sigh the brunette had removed all the delicate pastries from their places apart from one particularly delicious cupcake. That one remained right beside the till on a plate. At the sound of the door opening she didn’t need to look up, a smile on her lips. “Your usual? I saved you one of those cupcakes you like too”, she offered, dropping the rag into the sink and turning to them. Almost every night just close to closing they would come in and order the exact same thing—she didn’t know why or where they had come from or where they were going but the one thing she did know was that they liked cupcakes and coffee. 

It started accidentally. The cafe was a little ways away from the town centre, a simple little niche of a place that didn’t draw much attention. It was the perfect temporary hideaway just for a couple of hours to lay low until the police gave in on their chase and returned to the station. The first time Riley stumbled upon this joint was after she had conned some wealthy business man of his gold watch and nicked his wallet -- but in the girl’s opinion he deserved it. He was being a handsy, slobbery pervert and she didn’t have the slightest thought to pickpocket him until he tried to grab her butt. So Riley served her own bit of justice and found this little cafe as her hideaway. And she was glad she did because it was here that she met Brynn, just about the cutest waitress she had ever laid her eyes on. The rest was history. Riley found herself frequenting this place almost every night of the week after her ... ‘job’ just as it was about to close. It gave them a little privacy. “You’re amazing,” Riley brightens up the moment she lays her eyes on Brynn. “And it’s a double chocolate cupcake? It’s my lucky day,”. Settling herself into one of the stools by the diner bar, Riley didn’t waste a second dipping a finger into the frosting and licking it up. “Mm. Just what I needed after today,”. 

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nightdrifters:

“Why are you staring at me like that? Stop it.” Piper swatted playfully at the other, finding herself blushing.

“I’m just admiring your ...” Riley trailed as her gaze danced across Piper’s chest, a slight smirk teasing her lips. “...necklace. It’s nice -- probably something I’d admire at the store. And then try and swipe,”. The brunette stuck her tongue out playfully, unapologetically.

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you truly scare me. I just want to let you know that.

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allthcprettygirls:

“Please…” It felt like blow after blow, and honestly if this wasn’t what being stabbed felt like Joanna would be surprised. “Please don’t get upset with me. It’s not your fault. It’s definitely mine, now, since I did this, but, it had to be done.” Maybe she was being dramatic, but it felt like this conversation had been so.. abrupt, but important and completely necessary. She knew there was no chance now, and Joanna also knew she had a problem letting go. She wouldn’t be able to just take this experience and be okay. To really deal with this, to face it properly, she wasn’t sure what to do. Would leaving not just for now, or for the night, but for a long time, would that help. Could she come back after that? Or would it be better to cut off their friendship completely? That was the worst part, the fact that the latter option seemed the safest, the easiest way to keep herself from being hurt over and over again.  In a moment of bravery, she took a few steps forward. “Audrey…” She said, reaching for her hand to get her to turn around. “I just um, I wanted you to know, okay? And I know you love him, I mean, clearly you do, but when I say… That I’m leaving…” She struggled to complete the sentence, knowing this was awful of her as she made the snap decision in her head. “I probably won’t be around for a while. I don’t… I don’t know if I can handle all of this. And of course I’ll go to your wedding but I don’t know if it’ll ever y’know? Be like it was, not for a while.” She felt detached as she spoke, absentmindedly wiping the tear she hadn’t noticed, confusion forming on her features. Was she really doing this? 

This was supposed to be a happy day, yet somehow it became a train wreck. All because Audrey said all of the wrong things she could have possibly said, and hurting not just anyone -- but her very own best friend. Surely this pang of hurt she felt in her chest was some sort of karmic payback so that Audrey could feel just as bad as Joanna. Quickly wiping at her eyes with her free hand as she felt the other being tugged so that she would turn around, Audrey met Joanna’s gaze as she waited for the blonde to finish her words. This time, she couldn’t have possibly predicted what Joanna was going to say. Leave? A while? How long? Why? A flurry of questions bombarded Audrey’s mind and a look of sadness and worry washed over her features. “What do you m-mean? You’re not just .. my friend, you’re my bridesmaid and I ..”. All of the fear from before that they would no longer be friends or be awkward with one another, was the very sole reason Audrey never made a move. Somehow, they managed to land themselves right where Audrey wanted them to avoid, without so much as a date or a kiss or anything. How did this even happen? “...You’re .. going to leave me, just like that..?”. 

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allthcprettygirls:

“Y-… You did?” Joanna’s eyes went wide and then narrowed, and all of a sudden she felt as if she was going to throw up. There it was, ladies and gentlemen. The worst part, the worst possible thing that could happen. Although this would have been her dream result long ago, now she would rather stick her fingers in her ears and yell ‘lalala’ for twenty minutes than listen to Audrey tell her about all the missed opportunities be absolutely real. For this to be a two way thing, that was the worst part, even if it meant her suffering wasn’t alone. it had meant there had been a chance and while she pined and stayed single, Audrey had made movements to move on. Now she was getting married, and Joanna was going to struggle to even watch her get married. All of a sudden, she was interrupting, saying things she knew she’d regret - again. “Do you really think that makes me feel better?” She couldn’t help the way her voice rose a little, wishing it would just encourage her to stop. She swallowed thickly, refusing to look at her and placing her hands against the counter in nervous awkwardness. “I’m sorry, I just… Don’t you see how that makes all of this ten times worse?” She told her, reaching behind her to rake her hands through her hair and twist it, the back of her neck wanting relief from the heat of her flushed, embarrassed skin. “I’m sorry, for being mean, and I know I don’t have the right to it but I actually think I might just… Go then. I don’t know what I expected, in fact, I don’t think I expected anything, really, but hearing ‘too little, too late’ is making me want to cry, and I don’t want to embarrass myself ten times more.” She let out a humourless chuckle. 

It was like a field of mines. Every where she stepped, every single thing she could have said and did say, ended up blowing up in Audrey’s face. She really wasn’t sure what Joanna wanted to hear, and all that was left for them to do was to be frank with each other. It was too little, too late. Audrey wasn’t trying to hurt Joanna’s feelings or make her feel worse, it was simply the truth of the matter. Wincing at the way the blonde reprimanded her, Audrey’s expression changed into a look of hurt at the words that cut her off. All of a sudden, it felt as if those feelings from years ago -- fear of rejection, fearing the loss of Joanna -- all came hurtling back in the form of a twisting, gutting feeling in Audrey’s stomach. “..I’m sorry,” Audrey said in an almost whisper, her eyes stinging a little when Joanna said that she would just leave now, at the brink of such a conversation. It took sheer will not to let any tears fall. “I didn’t mean it in a harsh way I just ... I can’t turn back time, Jo. ..But if you want to go..”. Running a hand through her hair, Audrey sighed and forced an etched sad smile onto her lips. “It’s late anyway and .. I still have to take care of this,” she gestured to the remaining mess in the kitchen, turning around to look at the sink but in honesty was only trying to turn away from Joanna to hide the tear that escaped and rolled down her cheek.  “I get it .. If you want to go. I wasn’t trying to hurt you and .. I’m sorry, if I did,”. 

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allthcprettygirls:

If Joanna was going to make a list of the worst things someone could say in response to you telling them that you have feelings for them ‘you’re kidding, right?’ would definitely have made the list. It went so far as to encourage her to awkwardly purse her lips and wince, feeling like this was not at all how she had imagined this going. But what did she imagine? That Audrey would suddenly want to completely change her whole life for a friend who had a stupidly long held crush on her? She felt so impossibly foolish for thinking this was a good idea, and with no room to take it back, all she could do was watch the fallout. “Audrey, I’m not trying to…” She shook her head, and trying to excuse coming out with the truth felt as irresponsible as telling her in the first place had been. “Okay, well, maybe I didn’t think this through.” She said, shrugging her shoulder although it was just entirely too nonchalant when it now felt there was an entire friendship at stake. As Audrey continued to speak, Joanna felt her heart sink, the repetition of ‘friend, best friend’ making her want to run as fast as she could out of the room, maybe off the planet entirely. “I’m sorry, I really shouldn’t have said anything. I know, and I would have…. I could have said it long ago, maybe… Maybe all the other times, when we spent nights together and I kept thinking about it, but I couldn’t do it. I just kept thinking that you were more confident than I was, and if you wanted it you would go for it, and it was enough reason to wait as it was to discourage myself, and…” She ran a shaky hand through her blonde locks, the curls falling out of place. “I just felt like it was better to tell you now. Because if I never told you… I’m just gonna… I don’t know, but it was hurting me. To not be honest with you? To pretend I wasn’t feeling like I got stabbed in the gut every time I realised this was it.” She said, shaking her head. 

It hurt to say such things, to see Joanna flinch that way and have that expression on her face. But what else could Audrey do? It wasn’t as if she could’ve just broken off this engagement at such a revelation and tried to pursue anything with Joanna. The world simply didn’t work like that. Quickly shaking her head at the other’s words, Audrey already felt remorseful about her choice of words. “No .. don’t be sorry. I just .. didn’t know what to say and I still don’t know what to say. I’m not as brave or confident as you make me seem. If I was, I would’ve told you a long time ago that I really, really liked you too. God, I was so crazy about you and never had the guts to ask you out cause I was worried it’d ruin our friendship. And then the years went by and I figured.. nothing would ever happen so I just sucked it up and went out with the first person who asked me out. ... And now I’m marrying that guy,” she gave an incredulous laugh at how ironic their situation was, but it didn’t last long. “...What I mean is .. don’t be sorry. For saying how you feel. I know that feeling too well -- hurting when you have to keep something to yourself like that. It eats you from the inside,”. Reminiscing at all the times Audrey choked back the confession that she had feelings for Joanna, the brunette fell silent for a moment as she thought of how they could possibly proceed. “....It’s not that I don’t like you, Jo. I always have. I always imagined what it’d be like to have something with you. But .. this .. ..now..? It’s too little, too late,”. 

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allthcprettygirls:

One would think after days and months of trying to phrase this correctly she would have managed better than that, and yet it was the only thing that would leave her mouth. Immediately as she said it, she wanted to take it back, but as far as the possibility of being able to push the words back into her mouth, it didn’t seem like that was going to happen. “Um…” She trailed off, almost just nodding. It was, to Jo, as if God looking down at her had said, here’s another chance, dumbass, don’t do it. Too bad it was too late, and she was already opening her mouth and shutting it again, planning to clarify. “That’s not really exactly what…” She stopped once more as Audrey took her hands and it physically pained her to have that much contact, because she wasn’t getting it. “No, no, no that’s not what I mean at all.” Swallowing thickly, she held onto her hands tight and looked at her, tipping her head down to make sure she met her eyes. “Audrey I’m trying to tell you something really important, okay. And it’s not… It’s not because I’m scared that things are gonna change. I am, and I know they will, but that’s not it. That’s not what I’m saying.” She dropped her hands, pulling back. “I’m telling you that I have feelings. For you. And they aren’t platonic, they’re… Jesus Christ, I can’t believe I’m doing this.” Her voice was raising, so she cut herself off, and stopped, trying to calm herself down as she got to the end of her little speech. “I like you. A lot. Too much.” She shook her head, avoiding her eyes, and taking a few steps back. 

There was a nervousness in the way that Joanna looked at her and the way her voice changed that hinted Audrey something was wrong. They had always been the kind of friends able to tell when something was off with one another -- then again, it’d be shameful if they couldn’t when they had been friends for goodness knows how long. It was at the moment of silence that spoke the most volumes for Audrey as it clicked in her mind what Joanna said. But she needed confirmation. She waited for the blonde to choke out the words, her breath being held unknowingly as the touch of the other’s fingers were withdrawn and Joanna confessed what she really meant. “..Y-You’re ... kidding.. right?” Audrey gave, though she knew full well that this was in all seriousness. This had to be the worst possible time to realize something like this. Audrey wasn’t just in a relationship. She was engaged. Jo was in her bridal party for crying out loud. A sarcastic sort of laugh now left Audrey’s lips as a hand held her forehead and she shook her head. She thought of how ridiculous this situation was -- not because Joanna had feelings for her, but rather the pair’s stupid and unlucky timing. Because truth be told, Audrey remembered all the times she had deep, unrelenting crushes on her own friend as a teenager and in her college years that were always left unrequited. And now, look where they were. “You can’t -- .. I can’t.... You can’t just tell me this all of a sudden.. I -- .. I’m engaged,”. Audrey spoke, eyes looking at the blonde but not finding the other’s gaze that was cast to the ground. “What .. what do you want me to say or do, Jo ..? I can’t .. tell you anything that you want to hear. Besides, you’re .. my friend. My very best friend. M-Maybe... it’s just the champagne talking. Look, let’s just .. forget it, yea?”. 

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Feeling unsure and out of place, even as a bridesmaid to one of her closest friends, Joanna knew she was edging on the line between now and never. Stepping into the kitchen as she helped to pack things up, with everyone else having gone home, she approached the other woman hesitantly. “Hey…” She swallowed thickly and winced at her own tone, too casual to express what she intended to say. “Okay,” She stood up straight, knowing she had her attention, and forced words out of her mind. “I really just, I need you to know something. And I’m not saying it has to change anything, in fact, I don’t think… I don’t think it will at all. But, you should know. You should have known like… Years ago.” She paused, her shoulders dropping as she tried to get the hard part out. Against her front, she toyed with her hands, clearly nervous. “I have feelings for you.” 

It had been a long day. As happy as she was to have all her closest friends and family members be present to celebrate such a momentous evening with her, Audrey found herself absolutely drained as guests left and the pile of dishes and garbage daunted the rest of her night. A slight sigh as she slipped out of the heels that went stunningly well with her dress for the bachelorette party, Audrey tossed a balled up tissue into the waste bin before she heard foot steps behind her. A small smile quickly lifted her lips as she spotted Joanna. “What, you spent a whole day with me and you still aren’t sick of me yet? Or are you here to offer to help me with cleaning up this .. mess,”. A laugh escaping her lips as she looked hopelessly at the messy kitchen, Audrey sensed the change in tone in the other’s voice and quirked an eyebrow. She tried hard to follow along, but it all came so suddenly, she wasn’t entirely sure how to take it. Feelings? For her? Surely, Joanna was just having trouble finding her words. “.....You mean about me ... getting married?” The brunette tried to clarify. “I mean I know we’ve vowed to stick with each other since we were kids and not let gross guys get in the way of us but .. hey --”. Audrey closed the few steps it took to get to the blonde and took her best friend’s hands into hers. “You don’t have to miss me or anything. Or be worried or scared. Just cause I’m getting married doesn’t mean I’ll... vanish or that we’ll stop being the usual us,”. 

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imagine that you’ve been stood up by your douche of a boyfriend on date night and the waitress keeps asking if you’re ready to order but you keep asking for more time hoping that he’s just late. people are starting to look at you with those apologetic looks like they know and you start to feel worse and worse about the whole situation but as you decide to just get up and leave, this boy you’ve never seen sits down explaining loudly “sorry i’m so late, babe, traffic is crazy right now.” and he quietly adds, “i’m —–. just go with it, yeah? whoever didn’t bother to show up is a dick.” and so you do go with it because he’s being sweet and trying to save you (and plus he’s the cutest thing you’ve ever seen) and as you’re leaving the restaurant after the best non-planned date ever, he asks you out for real this time.

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I just want to stay up and write cute f/f fluffy things. 

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im hungry and im gonna sit and eat things and read the newest pink ranger comic (: