bring the storms ;

Alice was not a partier. Not unless the party was her and a bunch of animals or the holiday parties she threw at the childcare facility she volunteered at. But it was the end of the world right? So she and Bear were at this massive party soaking it all in. She was sure she probably looked out of place with the giant Alaskan Malamute at her side, but she couldn’t leave him at home at the end of the world could she? Turning to the person next to her she shook her head. “You wouldn’t believe how many people have offered him shots. I don’t think the world would want to see a drunk Bear.”

Unlike Alice, Pierson was known for going to parties constantly. Even though he thought that most of these ‘end of the world’ ones that were being thrown were not up to par, he still went just for the fun of it. Even though the two of them seemed like polar opposites, Piers had insisted on going to this one with her, because who wouldn’t want to go to a party with a friend who was gonna bring their Alaskan Malamute? When she turned her head and spoke, he smiled and looked down to Bear. “Honestly, if the world is going to end in however long… that sounds like something I’d want to see before it happens. But, then again, that could actually end up being terrifying.” Pierson joked, running a hand through his hair. “Bear is literally the best part of this whole party.”

( oftheoceans )

“What reputation do you have to uphold? Are you not the guy who causes most of the trouble?” Pierson counter argued, smirking as he spoke. “Plus, the nickname really does fit you. I think if I told enough people around here it would catch on, and that would be horrible for you.” He teased, looking around the party to make it seem like he was trying to find people to tell about this joke. “That sounds like a cover up, you probably believe this fully. It’s okay, scrappy, I won’t judge you more than I already usually do.”

“I don’t know, Adrian, I think she’s slightly more educated than you, with the whole opposites attract thing.” Pierson replied, his self nature around the other boy simply not allowing him to stop teasing Adrian. He checked his phone to see if Aurora would text him about that video Adrian just sent to her, becausr that was the usual routine: Adrian would send something to Aurora when Piers went out with him, and she would message him about how immature the both of them were. “It depends on what you consider interesting, kid. I think it would be interesting to go back to that beach and see you build a worse sandcastle than a little kid again.” Piers replied, starting to walk to the front of the building to exit, noticing how Adrian wanted to leave.

“Okay, if you didn’t have very good balance when you’re on land that would be a major problem. Like, we’d have to fix that. You just suck at surfing.” Pierson replied, laughing with Aurora about her not so good surfing skills that she showed today with him. As he laughed, he put his hair that had gotten soaked due to him having to get splashed by Aurora a million times per minute. Piers scoffed at her next comment, looking over to the girl as he did so. “That doesn’t really make sense, first times aren’t usually—you know, nevermind.” He replied, dismissing her comment quickly. “I mean, hey, if the world is gonna end then at least you got to do this thing that was on your not so extravagant bucket list. You should really get to work on the rest if you want them done before the supposed deadline.”

oftheoceans:

Pierson kept wiping his eyes to avoid making this more dramatic than it needed to be, letting out a sigh as he tried to calm down. He kept trying to make eye contact with the younger boy, but he just couldn’t bring himself to do so, because he knew he would break down if he saw Paxton crying over this. “I—I guess I understand where you’re coming from, Pax, but you were basically family to me so you have to understand where I’m coming from as well. I was just worried about how you were doing, and it’s not even that I’m mad now, it’s just more like, I’m relieved that you are alright. I knew you would be gone eventually, it’s not that I wasn’t expecting you to leave ever—you get the point. I don’t want to keep this up for the time that I do get to see you,” Pierson replied, trying to change the subject so that if the two of them don’t see each other for a long time again, at least it’ll be on good terms. “Tell me about what’s going on in your life. Are you doing okay? Don’t tell me you’re still working with that one guy we just talked about.” He continued, sounding almost like a parental figure, just like old times.

Pierson nudged Adrian on the shoulder, shaking his head as he did so. “Why would you need to be formal around me now, when you never are any other time we go out? This really isn’t the Adrian I became friends with.” He said jokingly, crossing his arms afterwards as he watched the other struggle to take a video of the poor shark. “I really hope you at least know that if you sent that video to Aurora, she’s gonna hear you ask me if I could feed the shark ‘tiger food’, whatever that may be. Also, since you’ve seen the poor animal and you’ve had your fun being disappointed, we should leave. It would be funnier to tell your girlfriend and all your friends about this in person, don’t you think?”

Pierson takes a step back, since he was not expecting Antigone to call him a jerk at all. Sometimes, he would forget that he could be a little bit too critical towards people. “Woah, I’m not trying to be a jerk, you know that’s just because of how I say things. I never called you an idiot, either, and instead of calling a sketchy Uber just let me take you home. You could also share that whiskey with me in return.”