He had hardly been expecting an invitation over and whatever crazy fucking idea had popped into his head, he had decided to take the plunge and accept it. As someone who was new in town, he figured it would be a good start to expand his horizons, and if he was going to admit it to himself, a little excitement in his life wouldn’t go unwarranted and he wasn’t going to turn it down. It had been a hot minute since he’d had any excitement in his life since he had stepped out of the party scene and back into the real world and maybe this would be just what he needed, for all he knew. After locating his beer and packing up the bag he lugged around on his motorcycle, he was preparing to head over to Leo’s place after shooting him a quick and brief text for their movie marathon in question, part of which he was questioning. If he was going to be forced to watch some dumbass movie, some entertainment in the background wouldn’t be entirely unwanted, honestly. Sitting through boring bullshit meetings in the military had been easy for someone that had disconnected himself from sex and anything to do with it, as he had for seventeen years aside from the very occasional one-night stand. However, in the past couple of years alone, his own game had risen dramatically in a flurry of hook-ups and flings that he could only describe as trying to forget something. For good reason, he supposed. He had too much to forget and only so much time to forget it, and perhaps a part of that was his own age closing in on him, although it was difficult to say. Regardless, for someone normally reluctant to become so accepting of social invitations, he found himself wanting for it for once. Closed off as ever, he imagined it would still be far too difficult to make connections, but wherever it would lead, he would follow, despite being more of a leader himself. After checking with his phone to ensure he had the right directions in mind, easily pegging it to memory after a good deal of time spent in the military and many missions dealt with in a fucking jungle or something else nearly as dense and indiscernable, this would be a breeze. It didn’t take him long to get to that side of town and to locate the humble living quarters of Leo himself, hefting his bag off the bike and heading up the steps, knocking on the door and taking a drag from his dying cigarette, intending to put it out in an ashtray once he got in the door. “Hey! Open the fuck up, Leonardo DiCaprio!”

@drxleo

Today was the day he dreaded most out of all the damn days in the year. Today was his birthday and he was turning over an entirely new decade in his age. As of this birthday, he was officially rolling over into forty and he could not be any less excited about it. By less, he meant, he didn’t really give a fuck at all. Birthdays never were his thing and they never had been celebrated when he was growing up. The only time it had been celebrated was with his wife on a singular birthday. His unit had attempted to throw him some surprise celebrations over the fifteen years he had spent with them but none of them has gone to plan, mainly because his temper had flared for one reason or another and whatever they had planned had often ended up backfiring. However, he had grudgingly decided to do with some celebration for it this year after Leonardo had insisted that he was going to do something for it. They had been talking since the moment they met practically nonstop and the couple of times he had been over had been a very pleasant surprise. He had actually been finding himself wanting to see where it was going and anticipating it, which was unexpected. Hell, he couldn’t even recall when the last time he had gotten excited over something was and he was eager to explore it, for once, unlike the last couple of failed relationships he had attempted to harbor over the years and he had never been able to keep. Unfortunately, Boris was not an easy person to be with. Quite the opposite. Even before the trials and tribulations he had been faced with, he was no easy man to court and on top of being very stubborn, he had never been a very open man and it had only grown worse as the seasons had passed, just like his temper. Therefore, perhaps that was why he was finding himself looking forward to a night out on the town and genuine celebration. He had texted his cousin earlier in the week to let him know that he had incidentally made plans on the same days as his birthday without realizing. Truthfully, he hadn’t meant to- his birthday itself had just slipped his mind and happened to fall on that Sunday. When he had made plans, he hadn’t realized even for a moment that it was his birthday. Of course, his only way of transportation was by motorcycle and that was how he had ended up back outside of Leo’s apartment. His own home was nicely settled in now, as well as his office despite the slight disarray, and everything was beginning to fall into place as far as organization went. With his hat on his head and dressed in a black button-up shirt rolled up to his elbows and black jeans paired with his boots. Parking his motorcycle when he arrived and kicking the stand down to keep it level, he climbed off and removed his hat and walked up to the door and rapped on it, whistling. “Open the fucking door, Leo!” Still not one for manners. Leaning against the doorframe, he chewed at the stick of gum in his mouth and raised his eyebrows when the door swung open, his expression softening to a genuine smile, as shocking as that was, humming and leaning forward to press a swift, chaste kiss to his lips. “Hey,” he said then, shoving his hands into his pockets and smiling wider, “Ready t’ go or not, Leonardo DaVinci? Got a whole damn date planned, better get fucking moving while the night is still fucking younger than me.”

BORIS: ...❤

but no, he was waiting for someone. the one and only madison parker. how a girl as popular as her had fallen for his rugged attitude, the boy would never know. but it was almost refreshing, to see a cheerleader actually seek him out. “you’re late.” @loonyplots

@leomalikov