james ludlow

Eloise gave Jimmy a halfhearted laugh at his comment. “You honestly have no idea how much I’d like that…” she paused, glanced down at her watch, and then back up to Jimmy.

“Close the door.”

The bottom right hand drawer of Eloise’s desk one that only one which locked. It contained a set of master keys to the entire building, a lock box that was normally empty, and a bottle of whiskey Eloise’s boss had given her after her first week at GMTF. Once Jimmy had closed the door, she poured them each a small glass, pushing his around the piles of papers until he could reach it. 

“A poor substitute to our Friday night drinks, but I suppose it will have to do. Cheers,” she held up her glass to him before taking a sip. “Plus, even if I would go, Ruby’s put me up on the “Do Not Serve” board she’s started. Its a terrible photo… I have no idea where she even found it,” Eloise sighed, leaning back in her chair.

“I heard Kev’s moved off your couch finally,” Eloise commented. She rarely spoke with Kevin outside of the odd work related conversation since everything that had happened with him and Lia. “Connor must be thrilled– I’m sure that was a small nightmare for him.” 

“Eloise middle-name Beck! You’re sneaking in alcohol now?” He asked, teasing, as he eagerly took a seat across from her. “This you secret to surviving all of the overtime?” He asked, downing his drink in one gulp, “Damn, that’s good.” 

Jimmy couldn’t help but laugh at Eloise’s comment about her photo. Truth be told, he hadn’t noticed it before, but he would definitely keep an eye out for it, now that he knew it was there. “I have no idea,” he said, his tone almost suggesting that he knew who the source had been, but the trust was - he didn’t. If he was being honest, though, he almost wished he had thought of it. Rounding up embarrassing photos to be posted of his friends banning them from a bar sounded like something he’d do for fun. It made him think of collection of bad photos he had saved on his phone of Connor - he wasn’t sure if Connor was banned from the bar or not, but he made a mental to maybe slip one to Ruby, just in case.

“Connor’s thrilled,” He agreed, “Me too, I guess? It’s nice to only have one weird, old, sad guy in the apartment again,” He teased, “But since he got his own place and didn’t go back home, he’s also single-handedly responsible for me no longer believing in loving, lasting relationships ... so, you know, there is that.” He laughed, as though it was all a joke, “If Lia and Kev can’t make it, no one can.” 

OOoh interesting!

Okay, so the details of their relationship does depend on when in Celia’s character arc they would be meeting … but I do think the outcome would be the same: enemies to friends. 

If they met before Celia was kidnapped … she would find him incredibly annoying! Not to mention beneath her notice. He isn’t the sort of guy she’d find attractive plus he’s a commoner so ???? Jimmy would think she’s gorgeous and would probably start by trying to flirt with her, but she’d turn him down flat and honestly the more he got to know her, the more stuck up and selfish he’d find her but he’d definitely still enjoy getting a reaction out of her, so he’d tease and prank her and Celia would hate him more and more!!! :D

She’d still initially dislike him if they met post-kidnapping, b/c he’s so unambitious and doesn’t have any initiative in his life and would rather be pulling elaborate pranks instead of doing some real good and she’d just find that super frustrating. I feel like Jimmy would like her more than he would otherwise, but he’d still find her to be a buzzkill (plus her constantly bringing up how he could do more with his life would grate on him) 

LIZZY!!!!  CAN YOU IMAGINE!!!!  Inventory esp is noT something Milo is cut out for hahahaha  Hhonestly Milo was probs whining ‘literally kill me it would be a mercy killing i’d only haunt you as a friendly ghost…we could get on some killer pranks…get it! oh, god, im resorting to puns help me’ etc before Jimmy rolled up and was like ‘…orrrrrrr we could prank everyone we knoWWWWW’ and milo was like “YOU HAD ME AT ‘OR’” FKLDJSKLFJKLD also replacing all writing utensils w white crayons and changing the voicemail to sound like chipmunks are EXACTLY Milo’s idea of a good time tbqh he’s like ‘youre a true genius’ tbh and also likes to assure him, when ppl don’t react favorably, that no true prophet is ever appreciated in their own time hahaha also “It would not only be a better use of our time, but a boon to all our co-workers who need laughter more than ever in this troubling time (i.e. inventory) count me iN” basically smdh can you imagINE some of the shenanigans these two much get up to smdh

How long do you think they’ve been friends about, atp?

YOU HAD ME AT OR #BYE!!!!! (i freakin’ love milo so much omg) 

omg but honestly jimmy would 100000%%% feel milo on that tbh taking inventory (especially in a gift shop?!?!?!) sounds like the worst thing to happen to anyone ever ;DDD also omg i feel like gin probably gets in on some of the pranks (especially if it is to avoid work) but I feel lke her ideas would be a little meaner than jimmy’s haha and I can see her being a bad influence #facepalm 

(also milo x gin is a bad combo but when you + jimmy it gets even worse and how are any of the buildings associated with the theater company still standing????? answer: no one knows) 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL. THE. OLD. PPL. JOKES. LSKDJFKLAJSDKLFJKDLSJFK Connor hates that (but he also loves it bc now it’s a ~thing…he’s weiRD lizzy) and at first he was probs like IM YOUNG!!! and then would do something to ‘prove’ it like go sit on a park bench for an hour w his book bc…that’s the definition of youthfulness obv smdh  I feel like he also sometimes goes on ‘kids these days’ rants and I just…Connor, no.  Also at least once, Connor probs thought he was genuinely asking for like insurance purposes and probs v srsly told him which nursing home and where was to be buried lkajfdlksjfkjdsf also????? if Jimmy ever offered to make dinner at 4:30 Connor would probs just be like ‘ok thanks’ #facepalm  Most of the time he doeS clue in tho and he hes’ like IM NOT OLD and gets v indignant and it’s a whole thing alkdjflkjdsklfjalsdkjfsd

AM I LAUGHING AM I CRYING Connor has a fiT when he gets home and finds that the dvds are all on the floor I DONT TAKE CARE OF THIS HOME FOR YOU TO JUST COMPLETELY IGNORE THE ORDER I INSTILL WHY DO I BOTHER but then he just puts all the dvds away and is like ‘see!!!! it’s orderly now!!!!’ instead of actually ~showing Jimmy where they go now if he didn’t happen to be watching at the time (and I’m realizing that they’re basically an old married couple in this instance #facepalm)

I’m not sure that I’ve seen it around anywhere but…just assuming it’s ~approx two years for now hahaha buT anyway if it has been that long atp Connor is used to him, which means that he’s v fond of him and he might act like he doesn’t care sometimes but now he can’t picture his life wo Jimmy as his roomie bc that’s…just how it is?????? and why????? would it change???? #nothanks  But he still pretends it doesn’t matter????? but it doES smdh

asdfghjkl; hELP omg!!!!! if connor tried to prove his ~youthfulness~ by sitting on a parch bench and reading a book, jimmy would just stare at him for a second and be like “sorry i was this suppose to contest my point b/c u are actually just proving it” THOUGHT HE WAS ASKING FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES AND LEGIT TOLD HIM WHICH NURSING HOME AND WHERE HE WANTS TO BE BURIED HELP1!!!!!!! (also jimmy would be like “ok the fact that u KNOW which nursing home u wanna go to also just proves how old u are”

ANYWAY omg I just love them so much already haha and honestly so does jimmy!!! and he too acts like connor is old and annoying and out of touch and he just rolls his eyes sO HARD @ him they might fall out of his head but he also wouldn’t know what to do w/o connor and would miss him if he left or moved out