#* jasper

She didn't really pay much mind to where she was going - usually, once Erin left the house with the intention of walking until the thoughts in her head slowed down, she'd come back to reality and never really know how she got to where she stood. Perhaps that was exactly what happened, when it all came crashing back down and she found herself stood above the waves crashing against the rocks below, and Jasper stood beside her, "I thought I might find you here," had she even been looking? Not really - but she didn't want to scare him.

“I’m just sayin’ this is a big fucking house.” The obvious, stated in a breath of bewilderment once again as he stands, dead center of the foyer and slowly turns - looking almost entirely at the ceiling. The place he share (if one could call it that) with Reed and his niece was nothing he’d ever complain about, something in the mismatched furniture and worn fabric felt like home, but shit. “I think my place could fit in this room three times over. Who needs all this space? They’re definitely hiding a lot of shit here.”

Losing another game of blackjack only did a small number on her otherwise prideful ego, the raven haired woman sinking a little lower in her chair as she downed what remained of what she was sure was meant to be a martini. The olive that spun around in the bottom of the glass not something that she would usually pick, she’d always been a bigger fan of anything sugary, but for the sake of it, she picked up the toothpick and the olive scooting from her chair. After seeing Maddie - Brielle had little doubt that Asher would need a little bit of space, however, by now she’d had enough of that idea and was adamant that she’d seek him out and find a way to pull him out of the mood he was no doubt six feet deep in. Only - body collided with body, olive fell and rolled across the floor.. and the toothpick? Direct hit to her latest colliders shoulder. “Shit, Jasper..--” His name falls from her lips in a breathless manner that doesn’t exactly coincide with the ways she’s said it in the past, and now she stands a little dumbstruck, unusually uncertain of what to say to him.