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santos had never been to heaven . didn't plan on going anytime soon , but he was sure the sound of the pearly gates sounded a lot like malika unzipping her purse . the chips , immediately forgotten with the small plop of them hitting the table . “ mali . . . kiki . . . lika . . . mal . . . lili . . . ” nicknames he'd never spewed before falling from his subconscious as he stared into the shining bag of goodies with a smile . “ i would call you by your real name but you need something fitting of a goddess . an alias though so that no one can find you in the way i have found you . ” the nonsense kept coming , but he didn't care . shortly after , he'd selected two bars and quickly ripped them open and shoving them in his mouth . a relieved exhale slipping past his nose as he devoured the sweet treats . “ i could kiss you . ” he spoke around bites of candy , taking another candy bar into his mouth . “ i won't , because i respect your boundaries . but just know i could . i'm that grateful . ”

" ─── i'm good, but─ wait... none of the food is to your liking? you should've come to me earlier... " her tone is nothing short of conspiratorial as she reaches out for the small handbag she's been carrying around all evening. the way she's looking around to make sure no one is looking their way would make it seem like she's about to show him something spectacular and, in a way, maybe she is. " i'm always prepared for this kind of thing; even if half the time i can barely take a bite but... here, " carefully she slides the half - open purse towards him, the bright colors of different mini - sized candy bars packages is the only thing in sight. her emergency stash, so to speak. " pick whatever you like. they're not very filling but good to keep up the energy, you know? "
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a smile found him easily . a common phrase used often in greetings and in passing shouldn't be looked into so heavily , but it opened up size of the ballroom to a space he felt like he could fit in . ‘ about time you showed up ’ ; as if someone were looking for him . as if someone was happy he was there . it was no surprise that it was evie who offered him the solace . in a place where he easily felt suffocated , she gave him room to breathe . “ you know how i am with directions . i went in a circle for like twenty minutes . ” despite his manager's insistence on arriving in a limo , there was something that felt off about pulling up to a charity event in a car that costs more than the donations they'd probably make that night . “ for now ? what's that suppose to mean ? why not forever ? ”
there was zero urgency to question the other , not when evie knew the answers way before even forming them in her mind . santos and her clicked like two puzzle pieces . mentally , she wondered what part of it would they be - a duckling drifting afloat on a calm river , a teacup drenched in warm afternoon sunlight or maybe a pink ball of yarn pushed underneath the cupboards by a kitten's paw . may it be one of those or something entirely different , evelyn was sure it would be easy and light . very much akin to their friendship itself . “ about time you showed up ” of course , spoken through a pout that could surely melt ice . “ at least you brought compensation with you ” her index finger went to poke at the bag clutched into santo's hands . “ so , you shall be excused . . . for now ”
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“ the juice doesn't have to be in a box . ” he muttered ; aiming to sound defensive but landing somewhere in between unsure and sheepish . despite his bank account growing , santos' personal taste in , well everything , didn't seem to mature with it . from his clothes , his favorite dishes , his favorite albums , tv shows and movies ; even his choice in home decor . none of it ever moved passed that tiny two bedroom apartment in east la . he knew they would never go back . his parents had always wanted more for their family and his brother had found his place amongst the glitz and glamour . so he kept his run down converse with the ink fading drawings on the tip . he put up his old goonies and lost boys poster he got when he was fifteen despite their worn edges and slight rips to the corners . and yes , he looked for some sort of juice or soda at a high end charity gala . sometimes it was the little things . “ this fucking blows dude . ” he sighed leaning back before shooting up again . his own words striking something to be fearful of . “ is that fucked up to say ? do you think katrina or whatever is gonna haunt me in my sleep because i said her charity gala sucks ? ” a hand slapped over his mouth . “ i said it again . ” his voice muffled through his palm . “ sorry , catty . ”
☆ 𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧, ripping it open and shoving a few in their mouth with a pointed lack of decorum. galas were arguably her least favorite kind of event. even when she was young, and her parents would take her, she'd spend the entire night picking at food that cost more than it should be and fake smiling at her parents' friends after telling her much she's grown, when all they really wanted to do was be back home on their nes. even now, effie thinks their playstation is leagues more interesting than having to play up niceties for a night in the interest of a dead woman's fundraiser. why is it still even in her name if her sister's hosting, anyway? “ for fuck's sake, santos, ” effie remarks with a grimace, “ it's a gala. did you want crackers and a juice box? ”
#WE'RE BACK !#and very rusty im so sorry we'll get in the flow again IUDFVOIDFSDIDUSHJF#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / thread .#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / effie .#✧ 𓂅 EVENT / 001 .
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her laugh was just as he remembered it . as if the sound was lifted from a simpler time and traveled through the treacherous space left between them to meet him there . he was grateful . santos knew eventually he'd have to see it off again ; that the distance between them would reset itself , perhaps extend itself . of course he knew . all the more reason to ensure her laughter was comfortable while he had . he didn't want daphne to hide it away . “ starvation is a good reason to eat something , yeah . ” he said to fill the silence . his body leaning forward on the table , one elbow resting on it so that his palm could catch his cheek as he looked over to her ; he wanted to keep her features in full view . to catch every look she tried to hide by tilting her head to the ground . he was committing it to memory so that it was easier to bring to the page later . “ i don't know , i thought they were pretty a-dino-ble . ” it was a stretch for the word adorable . “ especially when you felt the need to bite the head off first so they couldn't see what you were about to do to it . that was pretty a-dino-ble , you don't think ? ” he prodded . his hand almost moving to nudge her elbow , but he thought better of it last minute and shoved his hand back in his pocket . “ they'd leave us feeling pretty dino-mite after a our meal . energized in an entirely new way , i guess you could say the dino nuggets were its own sort of fossil fuel . ” with each pun his grin grew wider , but he wouldn't let a chuckle sputter out until her laugh graced the space between them . “ i could go all night if need be . . . ⸺ the dinosaurs can't though . on account of them being extinct and all . "
she laughed - genuinely, recklessly, the sound spilling out of her like it had been waiting all damn week to escape. it caught in her throat at first, then tumbled free, warm and unvarnished, pulling her forward ever so slightly as if the memory alone had weight. dinosaur nuggets... christ. but miss daphne o'reilly was NOT in the business of reopening closed doors. so she straightened - one vertebra at a time, as though she'd remembered herself mid-laugh. wiped the joy from her face like it had been a smudge of something indecent. “ i only ate them, ” she hummed, eyes drifting lazily to the floor before climbing back to him, “ because i didn’t wanna starve. ” a lie - of course it was. she’d loved those damn things. “ eatin’ like a child might charm the desperate, but it ain’t cute. ”
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fluttering , something akin to butterflies , sprouts in the pit of his stomach . a recent development that hasn't gone unnoticed . despite his best efforts to ignore it . imaginary cherubs hooked their arrows into the corners of his mouth and uplifted it into an easy smile . he settled into her touch ; his body lowering slightly so that their shoulders touched . an easy move to chalk up to the eyes of lenses and onlookers alike . selling the fantasy , selling the two of them as an item . a literal product that needed boosting for the betterment of their careers . at least , that's how it was explained to him . he still couldn't quite understand the goal . or how to devoid the rouse of all feeling . he hoped cindy didn't notice . sheepishly , he sat the bag of chips down . he sucked his lips in between his teeth a little cautious about what his breath could possibly smell like after a few bites . “ who gave you that idea ? ” he tried nonchalance , but he angled his face away to keep any bad breath from wafting in her direction . “ it doesn't matter , because they're probably right and they wouldn't go down right with our appetizers . ” his smile returning . he took a brief look around the room , for dramatics mostly , before taking his free hand and rifling through the side of his jacket pocket . the tiny shooters in his pocket clanking together as he dug them out . “ a fireball for you . ” he sat it down in front of her . “ and a rasberry smirnoff for me . ” santos had a thing about dark liqour . “ did i do good ? ”
cindy is glad to see santos in a way that she can't quite describe . she always flounders by herself , but there's a security , safety , and warmth from santos that draws her in . she knows it's something to dissect , but instead she wraps her arm around his , linking the pair together . cindy wrinkles her nose at the frito's offered , already hearing the way her mother , agent and everyone else would cuss her out for such a snack . " they smell like dog paws apparently . " she hums out , then shakes her head , in decline . she watches santos , as she always does , as if for instruction . when he raises her glass , she goes to do the same , but immediately stops . " why not ? " cindy asks , perturbed . confused . her eyes watch the bubbles fizz and pop at the surface . " i thought you , of all people , would have something snuck in , you know . "

#I DIDNT EVEN PEEP THAT OFSDIJDFSIPOJASOPI;FJDSDASIJ#anyway your work is always beautiful incredible and top tier#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / thread .#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / cindy .#✧ 𓂅 EVENT / 001 .
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“ yeah , fritos aren't my favorite either . ” he agreed . or at least santos thought he was agreeing . yu-jun might've used a lot more words to express the sentiment than santos had , but in his mind they were saying the same thing . santos found that most conversation went a lot smoother if he didn't ask for clarification after each statement . if he interpreted something incorrectly , they would correct him . “ i'm much more of a chili cheese fritos person , but desperate times man . ” he sighed taking another handful and tossing it back into his mouth . “ i'm not sure how all these people do it . ” the words were muffled around the chewing ; eyes looking out into the crowd adorned in outfits that were worth more than the money that was raised so far . “ did you know they're eating literal fish eggs ? fish eggs ? ” his head shook with the horror of it . “ how do you even find out that's something you can eat ? ”
yu-jun had been tucked away into the corners for most parts of the night , only occasionally coming to surface level . though , the place decked in decadence where they truly admired it , something essential was amiss for comfort to fully spread . . . peace . the place was crowded , packed almost . everyone tried to get their own head squished into the picture and it honestly had him squeamish . thus far , a fresh glass of red wine the sole condolence their heart could take . and the pile of what santos would likely call ‘food’ shoved into his peripheral wouldn't be the reason to change that . “ oh no . . . ” a hush , every syllable wrapped in disdain ( if the combination of a curled upper lip and arched brow wasn't enough evidence of disgust ) . “ I am not kidding when I say that I would rather eat a dead rodent than share . . . that with you . though , I highly doubt the difference between the two would be sufficent to care ”
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“ scaring off trick-or-treaters ? ” of all that could've been said to him that night , he was sure that would be the most heinous . what he knew about seren was very little . not necessarily for a lack of trying , either . he'd ask his questions but her answers were never direct . he sometimes wondered if they were ever honest . not that he minded . he wouldn't press , wouldn't question . but what he did find is that he could learn more about her by just listening to her sarcastic quips and taunts . a door left open accidentally that he was able to peak through ; potentially push open a little further if allowed entry . “ don't tell me you're anti-halloween because i might just have start my own charity in honor of the loss of joy or whimsy in your life . i'll call it ‘ seren ? more like . . . so sad she has no sense of fun foundation . ’ ” he concluded with a quick cleaning of his throat . “ the name needs some work shopping but . . .⸺ ” his voice trailed off . if ricky was with him the joke would've made a better landing . santos was full of half baked ideas that could only cook to completion with his brother at his side . the idea making his eyes scan the room for him . seren's voice pulling him back into the conversation and he raised his shoulders in a shrug . “ publicity , guilt , court ordered . . . ⸺ i don't know , someone getting the money they need hardly seems like a loss to me . ” growing up in a working class home , santos knew what it was like to accept the money no matter where it came from . the idea that not all money was good money was an idea reserved to those who had never really had to worry about it . still , santos knew this business was unkind and he was unfamiliar so if someone who knew more than he did ( which was more common than not ) wanted to offer him advice , he'd at least hear them out . “ fire away . ”
she didn't expect the reaction. more often than not, people saw her coming. more often than not, they ran in the other direction. a coat closet would have been safe, maybe. but the slight sound that's propelled from his lips causes her brows to pull together just an inch of a furrow, and she swallows down what might have been a smile. lips pursing instead, though the corner of her mouth does so slightly, twitch upwards. "easy, made a pact for my souls a few years back. it's best for scaring off the trick-or-treaters every year." children with candy made her uneasy. children in general made her uneasy. then you add in sticky fingers, and chocolate mouths-- she'd sooner take her chances with the killer than a two year old dressed as the tooth fairy. though, her thoughts are momentarily swayed, something lingering in her gut. a verge to argue. that no, sometimes terrible people.. are.just.terrible.people. but she doesn't. because arguing that would mean she would have to tell him just how terrible of a person she was, along with them. she glimpses down at the check, the numbers adding up in her head almost immediately, the numerals falling into line like her own personal zodiac. if you asked her what her sun, moon, and rising was, she would have said dollar signs. still, her gaze shifts back over his features, something caught between pride and ego lulling in her stomach, in her gut- on the verge of compelling him not to sign that much to a rigged charity anyways. what the fuck was this for again? shoeless orphans? bald kittens? whatever it was, it was not warranted that many zero's for the love of god. "no, it doesn't." she finally says, though there's some hesitation in her voice. she shifts subjects easily, happily. "we donate to whatever event we're invited to, but it's publicity." he was too nice for hollywood. women like her would eat him up, chew him up until he was gum on the side of a pavement, and spit him out for the birds to pick on. and yet -- "can i make a suggestion?"
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santos spent a significant amount of time trying to figure out what a saturated fat was . as mateos jumped from one conversation topic to the next , santos' eyes were transfixed on the back of his frito bag . painstakingly muttering each ingredient that passed through his thick brimmed glasses , hoping they'd come with a definition . popcorn reading hated to see him coming . by the time he returned to the conversation a waiter had been shouted down and mateos was barking an order . sometimes it was like going out with an aging grandpa who see too much and had nothing to lose whenever he hung out with mateos . he could be snippy and blunt in a way that felt like the intent was always more to harm than to share the truth . santos usually trailed behind him with a sheepish smile and apologies , tipping big , and offering excuses or compliments he hoped would sweeten the sour interaction . he was a super successful actor after all . santos was sure the stress just got to him sometimes . most of the time . “ you can go easy on the whiskey . he didn't mean that you'll have lots of jobs , your hair is super cool by the way ! ” he called after the waitress ; mouth half full of fritos but satisfied when seeing something of a smile on their face before they disappeared behind the doors of a kitchen . “ no , not really . you lost me at saturated fat and i've kinda been stuck there for the past ten minutes . ” he spoke honestly . he never addressed any bad behavior the man might've shown previously , because he never held it against him . santos was someone who loved giving the benefit of the doubt to any who crossed his path . he was sure the older man had his reasons . “ besides , that sounds like a pretty outdated thought process to me . ” if women were really attracted to a man driven by success than why had daphne left ? the discomfort in thinking about that made him shift in his seat . “ our fans tell us all the time how much they love how open we are in our music , that it makes them feel connected and how they wish the men in their lives were more honest . maybe you should try that ? ” he shoved another handful of fritos in his mouth . “ besides , i can't do silence . makes me uncomfortable . ”
mateos greets santos with a smile that says please, sit somewhere else but he greets the younger man none the less. “santos, those are filled with saturated fat. do i look like someone who eats saturated fat.” he shakes his head at the offer and focuses on santos’ outfit. the nerve of that man to pull off a wiltering leather jacket and purple? meanwhile, mateos spent hours getting fitted for a one of a kind suit and has only received a handful of compliments from interviewers. mateos groans, “you kids and their morrissey, take it from me santos. a woman doesn’t want a man who’s miserable and listens to alternative rock. they want a man who hides his emotions and listens to soul.” mateos can’t help but let out a boisterous cackle, watching santos’ reject the champagne, “here, son. let me show you your new drink of choice. waiter!” he shouts demandingly, motioning for a server to come forward. “could you get this gentleman and i a rob roy, don’t be easy on the whiskey and for the love of god, no american or i’ll personally ensure you never step foot in another hollywood event.” he waves the waiter off and turns back to santos, a sense of pride has washed over him. mateos loved one thing more than money and success—putting people below him down a peg or two. “now, where were we? ah yes… like i was saying, women don’t want a man who’s always in his feelings. they want a man who’s driven by success and keeps his head held high. do you understand what I’m saying, santos?”
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whoever said ‘ no response is a good response ’ clearly had never been on the receiving end of a year long silent treatment . it didn't matter that the air between them grew stiff with the recognition . or that his words were paired with upturned features . at least there was an verbal exchange . santos could work with that . “ you think a nerds fountain incentive is the better response ? ” his own countenance mimicked arlo's then , but a smile paired with the scrunched looked . “ i mean , needing to be bribed to attend a charity event in any sense is pretty bad , but i don't i feel like that pill goes down a little easier if people think you're doing it for the betterment of your soul or whatever . ” her fished in his pocket for his cigarette pack and held one out for him .
─•─────── ▶︎ there's a grimace as he realizes the person he's struck a conversation with, crossing the line he'd drawn sometime last year. arlo bites on the inside of his cheek. play nice. ❝ dunno. might take the nerds fountain over the karma shit. better odds for us. ❞
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“ i'm not good at games . ” the answer was instinctive . the pad of her palms tickled by his eyelashes shrouded him in a dim darkness that made him nervous . he was dependent on sight and touch to identify his ghost , and with the added pressure of her feelings on the line , he felt like he was on the brink of breaking out into hives . “ don't i get like a clue or something ? it's pretty loud in here . ” he commented , lowering himself a bit as he could tell the person behind him was definitely shorter . he hoped his act of kindness would afford him a hint . or two . “ what does your name rhyme with ? ”
who? closed for santos ( @soledcds ) ! where? event 001 — charity gala !
she spots him across the room and doesn't even think. heels clack on the ground as she walks right up behind him and jumps up on the tips of her toes, hands gently covering his eyes. her balance wavers—damn him for being so much taller—but a sing-song lilt touches her voice as she greets santos. "guess who?" laughter tumbles from her lips, masking the nervousness she feels when she considers the fact that she hasn't talked to him in what feels like years. "i'm gonna be upset if you guess wrong."
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if he's meant to feel scrutinized , it's a delayed emotion . the swelling of his heart bleeding a bit into his mind so all he could focus on was the fact that she was looking at him . with disapproval , yes . but he couldn't remember the last time he caught her eye and she didn't look away . progress was progress , he supposed . there's a very brief moment where he tried to stop her , but like a freshman in high school taking any proximity as a sign ; he was blushing at the idea of her lips touching the place his had just touched . get a grip , he thought to himself as he tucked in his lips in attempt to hide his growing smile . though his laughter soon gave him away . “ seven year olds have way more imagination than the average person which is good for a creative , no ? ” he offered , taunting . some of the tension falling from his shoulders but only so it could move to his stomach . “ you use to love the dinosaur nuggets just as much as me , don't tell me you're too sophisticated for it now ? ”
daphne didn’t flinch when he sat. didn’t blink, either. only turned her head slightly, like one might when they catch the scent of something familiar yet unwelcome. her fawn-coloured hues - slow and cruel in the way only a woman’s can be when she’s decided to make someone feel small - reached for his champagne flute like a defiant child. fingers bone-thin and ring-heavy curled around the stem as she lifted the glass and brought it up to her brims, slow and unbothered. one sip, two sips - swallowed down like water in a desert. then she licked her bottom lip, tongue tracing the very place the bubbles had kissed. “ you always did have the palate of a seven-year-old boy. ”
#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / thread .#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / daphne .#✧ 𓂅 EVENT / 001 .#it was GORGINA#im sat and excited#thats a lie im not sat#im running laps#LIJSFLIOLIDSJODISJSDI
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if he were someone brighter , he might've interpreted her stomach growling as the intended hunger pain . unfortunately , santos was a bit dimwitted . very dimwitted . he took things at face value ; never understood that people could lie without reason so he didn't see any reason why wren would lie about eating before . so the rumbling in her stomach could really only be attributed to one thing . “ you got really bad gas huh ? ” he leaned in and lowered his voice . he didn't want to embarrass her of course . he was a gentleman . “ i have some pepto bismol tablets in my upper pocket if you need them . but be warned , you probably shouldn't plan on going anywhere but the bathroom after this . ” he offered already starting to fish them out . “ maybe if we're lucky they'll have some ginger ale here somewhere . . . ” the latter half of the conversation falling to the wayside as he was more concerned with her ( nonexistent ) medical emergency than anything else .
wren must not have the resting bitch face she thought she did, if company made itself so readily available when she didn't ask for it. there's a bag of fritos offered in exchange, but it's so tiny she's afraid taking a handful would have santos out of half the bag, so she waves it away. nicely. she thinks. company might not have been wanted, but it's here, and she's not about to unjustly push someone away. " you can have it all to yourself. i ate before i came here. never been more full ! " her stomach chooses this moment to betray her, rumbling so loud she's quite sure it's made itself known even with the sound around them. still doesn't make a move for the fritos. " let me guess. food's not to your taste, either ? i still don't know why they make us eat garbage at the buffet every single time. how do they manage to make pasta taste like air ? " she leans in like she's sharing a conspiracy, making sure to lower her voice. " first thing i'm doin' once i can sneak out of here is heading straight to get a whopper and a diet coke. somethin' like a reward. "
#this.... is so stupid OIJDSIOJDSFOIJSDA#but so is he and im so sorry#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / thread .#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / wren .#✧ 𓂅 EVENT / 001 .
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he'd forgotten about the cameras . to santos , it would stand to reason that a charity gala would be a private event . humanitarians weren't asked to do cover shoots unless endowed in scandal for a reason . it was just another way in which his naivety in the industry continued to bleed through . a little over five years within hollywood's elite and he still couldn't keep up with the rules . before he could even fix his lips around a question on the rule of not being photographed chewing , he'd broken another one . though , this one had much more dire consequences . her hand on his sleeves , moving him with such quick and surprising force he dropped his chips . “ my fritos ⸺ " he started whine , though her scolding made him stand up a little straighter as he folded his hands in front of him ; like a child being called to the principals office . “ considering we're at a gala of a woman that got . . .⸺ y'know ” his arm comes up to make brief stabbing motions before he points a finger at her . “ ⸺ that was very insensitive , but i'll let it pass because i know you're a good person and didn't mean it that way and no i'm not trying to kill you . literally . socially . metaphorically . or otherwise . i just wanted to eat my fritos , why ? ⸺ oh my god , are you allergic to fritos ? holy shit , i'm so sorry ! i didn't know ! honest ! ”
SHE WATCHES HIM STARE DOWN A BUFFET WITH GENUINE CURIOSITY. What did idiots eat? Eyes follow the plate as he gets closer and the answer she sought was both obvious and underwhelming. "Sweetheart, if you think I will give these cameras a chance to catch me chewing, you are sorely mistaken." being seen next to him could be attributed to 'charity work', that sort of thing was a benefit of a 'charity event'. Being caught munching away? Messing up her lipstick? It was just a step too far for this sort of scene. She is just about settled, when he takes a sip only to spit it back out into the glass of champagne and her heart sets off into a faster beat, followed by an audible gasp. Quickly, eyes scout the room ensuring nobody saw that. Then her voice drops to a whisper. "Are you fucking serious? Are you trying --" dragging him by the sleeve, she pulls him to a less crowded corner. "To kill me? Socially?"
#“what did idiots eat?” IS ACTUALLY INSANEDFUIJLDFSO;AIJSKFDOSADOIFJK#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / thread .#✧ 𓂅 SANTOS / montana .#✧ 𓂅 EVENT / 001 .
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math wasn't his strong suit . well , most academically inclined subjects weren't his strong suit but math was especially difficult . something about the nines and the sixes being confusing , and nines looking too much like zeros in the wrong handwriting . all that to say , his eyes were narrowed in deep concentration when seren had approached him . the power needed to make his brain work at more than its usual sluggish pace drowned out all other senses , so he doesn't hear her footsteps or see her from his peripheral . it's not until her voice is meeting directly with his ear drums is he jolted out of his focus ; his body jumping a step back as a small exclamation , that was somewhere between a prolonged grunt and a scream , slipping passed parted lips . with one hand clutching his check to his heart , the other jutted out between them in that ‘ wax on ’ position he saw in the karate kid . “ holy shit , how did you do that ? ” he breathed a sigh of relief at seeing who it was . “ got on a pair of air jordans , emphasis on the air . ” he muttered , straightening his back again and trying to regain some sense of composure . “ other people being potentially shitty is none of my business , doesn't mean i have to be . ” he decided , signing his name on his generous check ( more generous than he intended because the nines and the zeros still confused him ) . “ besides , whoever it goes to must need it more than me and i'm okay with that . only desperate people do desperate things ⸺ are you going to donate ? ”
she had never met anyone quite like him. usually personality was a ploy for the cameras with these people. but he was genuinely, and authentically, well- this. and quite frankly, she didn't entirely know what to do with that. her eyes scan forward, not daring to shift over to him as they're marked on each individual, watching before moving to the next. flute rests half drank, lazily in her hand. "i wouldn't donate that much, if i were you." it's not really a warning, but maybe caught somewhere between almost concern (barely) and annoyance. indifference? she wasn't sure. only that reading between the lines wasn't going to cut it. "it's fake." she glances at him. "half the people here are donating to write it off, the other half think that it'll somehow forgive their shitty behavior in the last six months just in case this killer finally throws another axe and they're sent with a one way ticket to hell's bells. the other ten percent is a dick measuring contest. and kathy mendez is a soul sucking cunt- so doubt it's even a legitimate cause to begin with." she glimpses at him, expression unreadable. "low ball." @soledcds
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banished wasn't the word for it . tricked however . . . ⸺ “ they promised us a nerds fountain would be here . ” it's not that santos was against charity . he loved helping others . but an event that was usually hosted by a woman who was dead now ; not just dead , murdered . what a bummer . “ but the karma thing is a good reason too ! much better than a nerds fountain actually . . . ⸺ mind if i steal that reason ? ” he finished with a sheepish laugh , though he was completely serious .
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─•─────── ▶︎ ❝ no way. you banished to gala duty too ? my manager swore it'd be good karma or some shit. ❞
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“ that's quite alright . ” santos offered . his hand gently pushing the glass back into her bubble . as an older brother , he knew the signs of catching someone in the act of something they weren't supposed to be doing . but he wasn't much of a scolder . santos , instead , aimed to make them feel better ; lessen any embarrassment that might try to find its way in her chest . he was sure she had her reasons , who was he to judge ? “ you drink it . you'd be doing me a favor really , think my stomach had a really bad reaction to those super tiny ball toppers they have over there . i thought it was just super small boba stuff like from that place that just opened up in arcadia y'know ? it is definitely not that . ”
it was pretty, a little over the top as most of these things tend to be. she's only been to a handful of charity events now, though her first was the most memorable. she made the mistake of not eating before-- funnily enough, the portions they consider to be dinner, weren't enough to feed a small child.. let alone someone that had been doing rehearsals for the majority of the day. she finishes with an interview, smile politely. that's the only thing that kept repeating in her head. smile. nod. answer. smile. nod. answer. and yet, she strayed slightly off path, discussing the upcoming album she'd recently dropped, and the music video that they were working on to be filmed soon enough. it was supposed to be a launch party for that, and now she just blabbed to LA ANGEL'S finest music reporter. tongue pushes against the corner of her cheek as she sucks in a tiny breath.
so she'll move through the entrance, weaving quietly through bodies and stopping for pictures. when she finally makes it to the trays of flutes and expensive champagne, she doesn't really look over her shoulder at who she's moving towards, as she grabs two. they're both for her. these things made her nervous- and she hadn't been to an event since.. well.. everyone knows what happened. one is swallowed swiftly, the other is halfway gulped when she realizes there was a pair of eyes on her. "sorry-" she outstretches it, half empty. "you can have this one?"
smile. nod. try not to let them watch you break.
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