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⌠ HUGH DANCY, 44, CISMALE, HE/HIM ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, RIVER WRIGHT! originally hailing from BLACKTHORNE, this alum specializes in MEDICAL TRAINING. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of (averting eye contact, gentle words & the smell of books). it’s the (cancer)’s birthday on 26/6/1975, and when they were still in school their most requested dish was CAULIFLOWER AND CHICKEN CURRY from the school’s chefs. hopefully their presence can help ease the minds of gallagher students.

           she stood up straighter, if that was possible, and gave a warm smile. river was always a welcome presence. contrasting her more eccentric parts but never an antagonizing energy. “born to impress. it’s the gallagher girl in me, i guess.” she tilts her head. “it’s good to see you too. what have you been up to?”

Dressing up had never been River’s thing. He was someone who would much rather be comfortable but even he knew when to put on a suit and when to wear sweatpants and an oversized sweater. “And impress you do” he told her and nodded. “Me? Oh I am a doctor again. I put that on hold when I worked here but ever since my time here was over I went back to what I love doing. What about yourself?”

                                  he can’t find it in himself to sympathize, his wiring’s out of wack — trauma a rite of passage to an otherwise brutally mundane life, everything that needs to be known about bobby grover could be summed in the fact that he thought blackthorne was fun. but he’ll try, for river, slapping a palm upon his shoulder and giving it a brief squeeze. ‘   they’ll be alright.    ’ it’s not much, but it is the truth, however bland. they’ll get through it. ‘   hell, maybe one of em will sue. make it into a class-action lawsuit. cash out a couple million and retire to san bruno.    ’ though he thinks the student’s lives would be worse off if that actually happened. 

Bobby was trying and that was good enough. More than enough actually. So many people would have just rolled their eyes and left but not Bobby. It was a rare comfort River never thought he would experience but damn was he happy that he had been wrong in that regard. “It wouldn’t really surprise me if someone did sue the school. It would be the smartest thing to do rather then pretend like everything that happened here wasn’t as bad as it actually was” he shrugged and then looked at Bobby. “Now come on” extending his hand, he smiled. “May I have this dance?”

         she smiles; the same mischievous smile that she’ll have on when she’s trying to pull one on somebody. “now river, we both know which one i truly am. it’s no use trying to repeat it to everyone i see tonight.” in reality, lisanna’s choice of outfit (was thanks to strud) really just bordered on what felt comfortable. and the two-piece ensemble really just felt right. 

“You look amazing” he said and beamed. “Out of all the outfits I thought you would wear this one surely wasn’t something I even could have imagined” he chuckled. “It’s a good thing though as it’s always a plus to shock people, make people stop and stare” crossing his arms over his chest, River then shrugged. “It’s good seeing you again”

                              an outrageously theatrical expression of mock offence is quick to consume his features. ‘   ‘course i know you. what’s there not to know. you have the personality of a plank of wood.    ’ meaning bobby still thinks that river’s relentless thoughtfulness and heart of gold morals will get him stepped on. without bobby, he’s gonna wind up dead, so bobby’s gonna stick around like a blood-sucking leech he can’t pluck off. he turns to the sea of people, admiring them like an audience in the crowd. ‘   look at these little runts. so much trauma that’s gonna stick with ‘em for the rest of their lives.   ’

It was odd. Normally River stayed away from people who were rough around the edges out of fear that those edges would end up hurting him in the end. But everything about Bobby was just.. different. It was breath of fresh air. The difference in River’s life compared to before he met Bobby with how it was now with Bobby in his life was huge. But he preferred a life with the other by his side. Looking at Bobby and then at all the dancing students, he frowned. “It’s quite sad how so many bright souls have turned sour due to the things that have happened at Gallagher” he sighed.

“I thought it was impossible for someone to look like an actual goddess. I guess I was wrong but it wouldn’t be the first time” River said and then smiled as he looked at her. “Sinner or Saint? Come on, Lisanna. You have to tell me or I will walk around and wonder all evening” he chuckled as he crossed his arms over his chest. 

She laughed alongside him. “Because I think we did that last year,” she said. “I was worried about them then and I’m worried about them now.” 

“Old habits die hard. I am doing the same exact thing” he said and nodded. “Once you start caring it’s quite hard to just stop”

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