schadenfreude

“ ah, of course. it’s not worth it if you aren’t able to feel superior to everyone. ” he stole a look at her smiling face. maybe one day he’d be able to agree with her. he was sober enough to know that being sober at the party was not fun. thank god he was only crashing the party. “ you’re not serious. ” he tilted his head towards her to be able to talk in a hushed tone and still be heard. “ who would not want to be making out with pineapple. it’s basically a lip filler treatment. those lips will be so swollen and bruised. ”

“ getting tired of being the mother hen ? ” he asked, rounding the kitchen isle. his second bottle of the night had already gotten warm in his hand and his ability to drink warm beer was not what it had used to be. he reached for olimpia’s cup, taking it from her without as much as a please. “ so orange’s today’s flavour. i was sure you’d go for strawberry. i saw some on the table. ” with a grin he passed the cup back to her. “ it’s still better than this. ” he scrunched his nose before leaving the half empty bottle on the counter. ( &. @olimpiacroy​ )

“ not sure if i’m more offended by the mary or the holland. i expect a formal apology. written on parchment with an official seal and everything. ” he dug into his pocket until he found another joint. life was better living on the edge ! he lit the joint. “ life hasn’t changed much. i’m still a bit shocked that i’ve now officially lost my best friend to my sister. ” he was sure he could have made a comment about a violation of the bro code but perhaps they were a bit too old for it. “ spent a week there, wanted to catch up with friends. ”

“ damn got one more stereotype to throw at me ? ” he rolled his eyes. when had sten become so cheeky ? “ mum hates the smell and the idea. she’s funny like that. i think one time she actually told me to buy liquor rather than weed. ” he looked around just in case a suited figure had rounded the corner. the street was empty. “ and it’s still illegal in denmark so you should remember how generous i was tonight. ”

“ my bodyguard. i forgot i didn’t have my regular guy by the door and now the new guy that’s my mum’s top spy is about to turn that corner. ” it was so wasteful. half a joint — that was all he had managed to get out of the joint. “ drugs are bad for you, you know. don’t do drugs, kiddo. ”

“ oh, ah, can you hold this for a moment ? ” he pushed the item into the other person’s hands. “ if someone comes looking for it or for me, just say that that is yours and that you have not seen me. ”  ( &. @hshqstarters​ )

he played along but rolled his eyes at his sister. “ as the best man i have never had a better chance at finding a date. i’m really sorry but i don’t know if i’m going to waste it on entertaining an engaged ex-girlfriend. something about that equation doesn’t work for me. ” ( &. @olimpiacroy​ )

“ oh i know, vera, i have kept my fist at my side — behaved, i mean. ” he grinned at the crowd before turning to search for the ‘boy’ the older generation was going crazy about. “ ah... ” oh sweet sol what have you done ! “ appropriate title, of course, it has nothing to do with the way his hand is barely high enough to be on her waist. ” he almost said the other way around: but not even he dared to use the word ‘ass’ in front of his mother. “ jelani mwezi. tanzania. you know him, ” he was talking past his father, at his mother. saskia might have had a chance at knowing him, coenraad not. “ olimpia’s ex. i think the previous breakup was the fifth... ? no, seventh... ? hey not even they know for sure so don’t expect me to. always glued to hohenzollern. ”

VIGGO’S GROOMSMEN !

“ don’t believe me ? ” his brows rise. “ maybe it’s you who’s projecting. do you think you’ve run out of second chances ? ”

“ you married the guy who’s been waging a war with her country for three years. what have you done to help ? i don’t mean to be rude but just saying stuff like that isn’t enough. ” every decision had an outcome. layla had chosen aslan over nike. sometimes it wasn’t possible to have it both ways, given the political climate of the mediterranean. “ have they really made you into the person who can make a peace treaty happen ? ” he did not know much about the turkish royal famly, he only knew that aslan osmanoglu was not the nicest of men. “ i’m impartial to this whole thing. ”

“ god no. unlike you i might still stand a chance if i was in the mood. you’re way better at burning bridges than i am. ”