#** modern.

           ❛    dima    ------    don’t    be     mad , but i may have lit some of your clothes on fire. ❜

        ❛          what    are    you     studying? ❜ he sat in one of his favourite cafes ;   a little HOLE IN THE WALL that he had discovered in his late teen years when he himself was plugging through the education system to get his degree. parts of him longed to return to those days ; college had been some of the most   DIFFICULT   and some of the best years of his life, despite everything he had gone through. he had always thought about returning, but his illness and being a single father had made things hard to justify. still, it was LATE and he was never one to shy away from a potential conversation.

          ❛           alright    ,   alright    enough       with the GLUM expression. get your coat --- we’re going out. and don’t ASK ;; ----------------------- it’s a surprise.  ❜

       ❛    alright   karter    ---     i’m     about to ask you the single most important question of your entire life ; --------------------------- do you believe in aliens?  ❜

         ❛     not    to    sound     CREEPY but you’re really beautiful, and it’s HARD to believe that you’re here alone. if you aren’t, just say so, and I’ll leave you alone. though -------- ❜ arrogance was not absent from the wolfish grin that etched across his face as he folded his arms loosely across his chest, head cocked slightly to the right to seem full of determination and CONFIDENCE.  ❛  ----- I can assure you that I am much better company than anyone you might be with. ❜