luke murphy

“yeah i’m going to need you to repeat like… all of that.” the girl hummed, placing her cup onto the table in front of her. to say that marisol wasn’t a morning person was bit of an understatement. she wourldn’t even talk in the morning without at least one cup of coffee. no matter the consequences. “i promise i’ll do my best to listen this time.”

luke placed his forehead in his palms, taking a sip of his own coffee. “ to be honest, I can’t even remember what I said. ” he smirked. “ I’m not myself without my first two cups of coffee and at least one cigarette in the mornings. ” he stretched out wide, still trying to wake up. “ why do we have to have class so early? ”

“Why did you think that was a good idea again?”

luke rolled his eyes, although that was not visible underneath his sunglasses. “ the tequila slammers, or the bottle of vodka -- because either way, I agree, It was not a good idea. ”

“I’d rather not even think about how much a masters will destroy my will to live,” Lenni’s smile was weak as she ignored the fact that it would be hell. “Far too many for me to even want to count right now.”

he smirked at the mention of post-graduate study. “ post-grad is alright, it’s a lot more independent -- which for me meant more lie ins, but equally as many late nights trying to do work for my dissertation. ”  he laughed wryly. “ what are you doing your masters in? ”

“Honestly am I the only one that feels as if the weekends just rush past us?” Lennox didn’t bother to hold back on a dramatic sigh not looking forward to the school week.

“ I don’t think it just stops at the weekends, I just feel life going past at a million miles an hour -- I think it’s because I’ve been in college for so long, a PhD will do that to ya. ” Luke smiled, noticing the others sigh. “ you got many classes this week? ” 

julian couldn’t lie and say he didn’t adore that smile, and it was twice as nice knowing he caused it. the boy was definitely more than attracted to luke, the guy had always been someone on his radar, but maybe he just never mustered up the cojones to talk to him. linking their hands together, he leaned on the man’s arm, resting his head there. “how about i just stay and never leave?” he teased. “you can have me over whenever you’d please luke. besides i’m going to be taking care of you now, and well i get to spoon a hottie so that’s a plus.”

luke shrugged at the concept of julian never leaving. “ I mean, that’s something that I would be chill with. ” he winked, giving a gentle nudge of the elbow to julian. “ I just want a cup of tea and a cuddle. ” he smirked. “ well, I guess we both have hotties to spoon with. ” he opened the door to his car as they approached it. “ i’ll let you play the music. ” he commented as he clicked his car open with his key.

Kara smiled lightly at the offer once she turned to look at who was talking; and recognized who they were. “Luke.” She nodded. “Hello back. Not so much a stranger, just another ship passing by. What makes you come here to this place? Not many know of this place and most people come here to mingle, socialize, hook up and fuck somewhere else.” Kara asked and commented rather bluntly at Luke, before she chuckled again at the offer. She had little reason to have someone walk her back home: she was not drunk, even if she was a little buzzed, and she was not in any amount of danger. “I appreciate the offer, but I’m good.” She replied at him. “Why would you even offer? Don’t you have a late night hook up that you’re going to go to?” She playfully teased.

Luke shrugged at the refusal of his offer. He knew that Kara was probably going to be out later than him anyway, but he couldn’t sleep at night if he didn’t know that he had done everything he could to help her. “ I’ve not got a late night hook-up to attend, well, not tonight anyway. ” a smirked adorned his features. “ what does your night have in store for you? ”

“hopefully it’ll be more of the former instead of the latter.” julian mused and felt suddenly warm inside the moment luke took his hand. it had been a while since a man held onto him like that, and it felt better than most things. the sweeter the little actions that made his heart skip a beat, the more he could see himself doing it more and more. he wished he could have more moment like this, maybe with luke himself. “i like that about you, always have.” he grinned, before feeling his heat skip a bit. “didn’t know if i could come back unannounced just like that.”

luke couldn’t hide the smile that was born of the compliment offered to him by julian. it made him feel special, wanted. he didn’t usually attract, or maintain, the attention of another human being for too long. he was going to savour this for as long as it lasted; luke was already betting that it wouldn’t last song. but why not hold on to the small things in life while you can, right? he didn’t thank julian for the comment, he didn’t know what to say for a matter of fact. “ my door is always open, you can come round whenever, just knock. ” he smiled with a shrug. “ It’d be nice to have the company, in all honesty. ” 

“saw two legacies fucking in the restroom the other day.” chin smirked proudly at the person he happened to sit in front of him. – maybe this wasn’t the right place to talk about it, but the thought didn’t cross his mind – at all. “and they go on and tell us ‘common people’ that we’re savage.”

luke chuckled at the other as he commented on his experience. “ what the fuck did you do?? what did you say? I’d have tailed it out of there as quick as possible! ” he couldn’t help but laugh at the comment. “ I don’t think it’s just legacies that do it, but being caught? rookie mistake. ” 

The night was still quite early even if it was slowly creeping up to eleven in the night. The bar was still as lively and as accommodating – as it should be, even with the added caveat that the bar was supposed to cater in a more blatantly sexual manner in their advances. It was pretty much a dive bar, but the marketing was not built up so forwardly in that manner that the bar itself was somewhat like a sex bar. Kara took another sip off from her glass and sat there reminiscing about a couple of things in particular, notably how she was supposed to just relax and have her own brand of fun on her own personal level. It was always the reason why Kara Westwood retreated on a vacation officially, but headed here on her own free will a couple of times already. She looked around the counter to see whether the patrons were interested in her or not, and even if she was not getting any interest, it was fine. She was just there. “Dull night.” She mused to herself.

luke was finishing up his last drink, he had been out with a couple of friends, but they had since left. he turned to his right, not realising he was sat next to kara. “ hey, stranger. ” he called out to her and looked at the barstool next to him. “ want me to walk you home? ” he smiled. the two lived very close to each other, and he felt as though he was doing a good deed by making sure his friend got home safe -- he always felt slightly protective over kara and he could never pinpoint why.

Sarah gripped onto her text books as she knew she was ready to buckle down and study for her midterm. All was doing well before she realized she hadn’t seen this part of campus before. She looked down at her phone without looking where she was going. Before she knew it she was ass down on the concrete and her textbooks were all around her. “Oh God! I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to bump into you..I just. I think i’m lost!” She laughed before even looking up at who she bumped into.

luke started apologising profusely as soon as he felt the other come into contact with his own form. “ I’m so sorry, I hope you’re okay! ” he dropped his bag from his shoulder and went about helping the other girl pick up her things. he picked them up and held them in his arms before extending them to the other when she had appeared to recover from their collision. “ I wasn’t paying attention, really! I’m sorry, are you okay? ”

Grabbing a drink before going back to her group of friends, Ellie spotted the person staring at her and winked. “Hey, cutie.”

luke smiled widely, he raised a hand to grab the girls attention. “ hey you! ” he exclaimed and walked unsteadily over to the other. “ how are you! I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages! ” he took another gulp from his cup and smiled, using the back of his hand to wipe his mouth. “ you’re the cutie! ” he giggled, followed by a small burp.

it was a bit later in the night and the girl was a giggling mess. she may have accepted a little too many drinks, maybe even tried something she shouldn’t have. micah was feeling light and happy, she wasn’t too aware of her surroundings. she had just heard a joke, covering her mouth as she laugh. “ oh my gosh, i’m so sorry, can i just hold onto you for a second ? “ she asked, holding onto someone’s shoulder. “ sorry, the whole world feels like it’s spinning and i’m just … not, but im totally fine ! “ she said in a giddy voice, clearly different than her regular state.

luke smirked at the girl who approached him, quickly steadying herself on him. although he was also very intoxicated, he offered his help unquestionably. he was coming to the realisation that he was no longer young, and could not hold his liquor like he used to -- he was only 29, but felt a lot older. “ you okay there, girl? ” he sniggered, swaying as he spoke. “ we’re a mess. ”

“sir? not something i get called often, it’s usually things like baby, or kid.” he grinned. “no of course not right now, but eventually i expect it to happen. don’t worry, i’ll make every second worthwhile and sweet when you’re with me. gotta keep that nice smile beaming. for now, just hold my hand and take me back to your place.”

luke shrugged as a smirk made it’s way onto his lips. “ seeing as I’m not your grandpa, I won’t call you either of those things -- or maybe I will. ” he took julians hand and started leading him towards his walk home. It felt nice to hold someone’s hand again, he convinced himself that he was okay with being single, but it was moments like this that his soul, and body, craved. small moments of intimacy. moments that people took for granted or didn’t notice; they meant a lot to luke. 

“ I’m always smiling, frown lines wouldn’t suit me. ” he laughed, an accidental squeeze of julian’s hand was administered. “ it’s been ages since you’ve been to my house. ”

“you’re a wild one huh?” he grinned. “alright i get it, you don’t hold onto dumb shit for no reason. guess a life like that comes with a lot of bliss but it can be troublesome as well.” julian smirked. “then why aren’t you picking me up and taking me to where i can be your little spoon already?” he replied. “i can be that for a while, maybe.”

“ you’ve hit the nail on the head there, kind sir. ” he smirked. his face pulled a pseudo-puzzled expression. “ do you honestly want me to physically pick you up and carry you? because I’m honestly not feeling that great right now. ”

“I can’t change my class schedule around how hungover my students are. If I did that I would never teach.”

“ you’ve got a point there, professor. ” luke half-rolled his eyes at the response. “ I meant to speak to you as well, did you need a student advisor for your class -- I need to hold the position as part of the requirements for my PhD. ”

“it be like that sometimes,” he said in jest. “you really don’t hold onto things for too long, huh?” he grinned. “i’m 5′5 and yeah i’m exaggerating but i still feel short. i mean you wanna test out that little spoon theory?” julian said smiling at the other. “you can take care of yourself, but you’re right about how having someone in your corner would feel good.”

luke shrugged his shoulders. “ damn right -- it does be like that sometimes. ” luke raised his eyebrows. “ I guess it depends what it is, if it’s bad shit, then I’ll hold on to it for a lot longer. ” luke smirked at the proposition. “ that, my good sir, lies completely down to you. ” he offered a wink. “ that’s exactly what I mean. ”