CRUEL WORLD

“I believe you dropped this.” Talon wasn’t the most noble guy. Normally if he found something on the ground, he would leave it for somebody else to find. Fortunately for the other person, Talon had caught a glimpse of them when they began to walk away, noticing how attractive they had been. This gave him a reason to strike up some type of conversation even if the item didn’t belong them them he still got what he wanted. Extending his hand with the item in it, Talon held it out for the person in front of him to take it. “It looked like it fell while you were walking. Unless you kicked it out of your way.” @shstarters·

stassi was walking down the hustling and bustling streets of springhill after she had just been in the studio recording a new song. she was too busy listening to music to not realise that her wallet had dropped out of her pocket. for a moment she didn’t hear the male, but as he spoke more she pulled out her heaphones and turned around. “oh my god!” she exclaimed, taking her wallet back. “thank you so much talon, what would i do without you!” she stated, shaking her head at her lack of attention. “yeah probably, i do have a tendency to lose things. half of the time i’m in my own little world” she laughed, slipping her wallet back into her pocket. “what are you up to now anyways?”

          𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐘 but surely become one of Aubrey’s favorite spots in Springhill ever since she had arrived here. The place was positively gorgeous — and to say it was a great place to find inspiration for her art was definitely an understatement. Small town life meant running in the same crowd often, and today was certainly no exception. An eager grin quick to creep up on the brunette’s features as she really couldn’t help but feel immediately excited to spot one of her old New York friends situated not too far away from her.  “I said, I really hope you don’t mind that I’m joining you,”  Aubrey repeated herself, her little dog Daisy happily trailing along behind her as they had just taken a little detour around the premises.  “Just how long have you been sitting here? I know a fellow artist ferociously at work when I see one.”

Stassi’s lips curled into a wide grin, seeing Aubrey around always made her feel like a piece of New York was with her. They had become friends so easily back in the big city, with two creative types it wasn’t hard. “Of course babe!” she hummed, packing away her things before moving over to make space for her friend. She cooed once she spotted the dog, leaning down to pat it briefly. “Um, at least a couple of hours. I don’t actually know, I haven’t checked the time” she replied with a shrug. “What have you been up to today?”

June: Where would you go to get your comfort food?

June: Heard The Green Room’s been getting run by the world’s biggest idiot.

pulling out her phone that was connected to her smart tv, she browsed through her suggested section. “when is there not something good on netflix.” she laughed, knowing she watched way too many movies and shows. “what are you in the mood for? comedy, thriller, romance? just not action. it’s too loud.” she warned, knowing that she was way too jumpy for the explosions.

stassi laughed at her comment and nodded her head in agreement, “that’s true, although i have been watching a lot of things lately and sometimes it gets to the point when you feel like you’ve watched everything!” she said, “hm, definitely rom com, i’m not all that good with thrillers” she stated, looking over to cosima. 

Well she did remember. He could feel his face flushing and his heart drop to his stomach over how incredibly amazing and dreamlike the whole thing was. He covered his face as he ‘laughed’ a little in a poor attempt of covering it. “You’re kidding”, he said still in between nervous small laughter. He finally took his hand off his face. The moment back then had been equally embarrassing but he never thought he’d see her again… so directly like he was doing now. “Y-yes, that’s me… I’m their photographer. Well, I’m a photographer but yeah… I follow them around”, he joked a little and smiled. “My brother plays the drums there”, he elaborated. “I can’t believe you actually remember that, I was just kinda panicking in the background… like I am right now”, now a genuine laugh did escape him. “Oh, I know that”, he teased and giggled. “What… brings you to this small town? This is so surreal. I feel like I’m living my very own Wattpad fantasy right now”

stassi had fond memories of that festival, she had met a bunch of people during her time there and she always enjoyed playing them. there was something about being at a festival, surrounded by thousands of people all there for the same reason you were. there was a sense of community, that most people didn’t have in day to day life. “wow, it must be amazing getting to follow them around. they’re really big right?” she asked, having heard of them at multiple occasions. she couldn’t help but giggle at his last comment, shaking her head. “um, well I came here two years ago because I didn’t want to live in brooklyn anymore. it’s a lot quieter here, more peaceful you know? what about you! When did you get here?”

“Y-yeah, thought so”, he threw in there an attempt of a joke to ease his own nerves, of course she noticed how nervous he actually was. But he figured she was used to it, so that made him feel a little bit less embarrassed. Her next words made him freeze again for a few seconds, eyes even more wide now. “Wait, what?”, he probably blushed a little after her question. Could it be that she remembered that super brief encounter backstage at Lollapalooza back in 2016?. “C’mon, you are just saying that to be nice to me… or do you actually remember my face out of the millions of people you’ve met by now?”, he chuckled a little. “I’m… Daejung. Honored to meet you… officially”

the memories were coming back to stassi the longer she looked at his face. it wasn’t for very long, but she knew that they had met each other at some festival only very briefly. “no, no, It was Lollapalooza right?” she asked, scrunching up her nose for a moment. “or it was some festival, you photograph for lost something, um, lost boys right?” she said, feeling proud of the fact that she actually remembered.  “it’s funny because I usually don’t remember things, but I can always remember people” she rambled, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. “lovely to meet you daejung, I’m stassi” she replied.

Well, all Daejung wanted this morning was to find some freshly baked bread at Bake It Off… but never in a million years (or his wildest dreams) he’d imagine he’d find his biggest female celebrity crush just casually sitting there by the park. He froze… having to even pinch himself to confirm this was actually a thing. Or was he too obsessed with her so he was hallucinating her? Well, that sounded creepy. Good thing he didn’t say those thoughts out loud. He awkwardly chuckled when she noticed him there. “I… uh, I’m-”, he awkwardly said, heart beating to the speed of light as widened eyes didn’t leave her. “I mean, I’m glad you didn’t listen to what I was saying… it was just me having a realization of… who you were, you know”, he nervously laughed. “Because this had certainly only happened in my dreams before… I mean, I could only dream of it happening”, he was a rambling mess at this point. “Not that I’ve dreamt… about a similar setting before or well, maybe I’ve had but… I’m pretty sure I’m awake right now? And sober enough to not be making this up? S-Stassi Kadare?”, he asked, desperately trying to find reassurance on his question. “S-sorry, b-big fan over here”

Her smile sparkled as she put away her headphones, wanting to show the other male her undivided attention. She couldn’t help but let out a dainty laugh at how nervous he was. It was still such a shock to her that people were so intimidated by her fame. In her eyes, she still felt like a girl from Brooklyn who could barely afford food, in saying that she did appreciate and understand the privileges now that she had great success. “Yep! That’s me” she hummed, closing her laptop before focusing back to him. “I feel like we’ve met before, right?” she asked, more than excited that she had bumped into someone who was a fan of hers. 

Drew was dead on his feet after an overnight shift at the hospital, and though he had wanted nothing more than to go home and sleep in his own bed, he knew he was in no state to put himself behind the wheel. He figured a quick fix of caffeine would do him well, and preferably from anywhere other than the hospital cafeteria — he loved his job, but God did he need a break from the place. 

After sluggishly making his way to the nearest coffee shop, which had thankfully only been a few blocks down, he stood in line. He stepped forward to place an order only once called upon, complete with a pleasant greeting to the server ( that was a must, no matter how exhausted he felt ). “I’ll have a large black coffee please,” He paused and glanced over his shoulder at the only other person behind him, “And whatever they’re having.” An encouraging nod of his head for them to speak up had been accompanied by a small, upward curve of his lips. / @shstarters·

Anastassia had always been a morning person, even when she was little she was the first one in her family to wake up. She felt more productive in the mornings and this one was no different. She had already had been on her daily run by the time she got to to the coffee shop. Stassi had a morning routine that she always kept, otherwise she felt as if it would ruin her day.

She arrived at the coffee shop red faced and slightly out of breath. She always pushed herself, always striving for the best. Stassi caught her breath while waiting in line, only paying attention when the male in front of her offered to buy her a drink. She was quite taken a back from his kindness. “Are you sure? Thank you so much. I’ll have the same” she replied, smiling warmly. “Are you just starting or finishing?” 

@shstarters·

“alright,“ cosima groaned as she walked over to the couch with two glasses and a bottle of wine. “even i have reached my hermit limit.“ a chuckle bubbled. “we can just watch some netflix or we can try to do something worth telling other people about.“ her eyebrow cocked with a smile toying on her lips as she filled the two glasses. “what cha say?“

 anastassia had been needing some down time; with the hurricane of stress that came with releasing an album, she just wanted a night to hang out with her friend. her eyes widened at the sight of wine, grinning widely as cosima sat next to her. “that sounds perfect, babe! is there anything good on netflix at the moment?” she asked.

June: Say you were new in this shithole. What's the one place you would recommend a girl pay a visit?

is that [DUA LIPA]? no, that’s just [ANASTASSIA KADARE]. [SHE/HER] is/are [TWENTY THREE] years old and is a [SINGER]. rumor has it they’ve been in town for [TWO YEARS]. on a good day, they’re [EMPATHETIC & CREATIVE]. but watch out! they can also be [THOUGHTLESS &  IMPULSIVE]. [KISS ME SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER] plays in my head whenever i think of them. can’t wait to see them around springhill!

hello bbs it’s me again, seven, here’s anastassia!!! pls hmu for plots <3 p.s this is an awful intro but here ya go

tw: eating disorder