#duquete

   ❛ OW. ❜   he resisted the urge to pull back like he was twelve, keeping still even if he was admittedly on edge. if the miyagi-dos had just minded their business this wouldn't have happened. eli was hoping the more he told himself that, the sinking feeling lingering in the pit of his stomach would go away. ❛ are you trying to cut off my circulation ? ❜ he was self-aware enough to realize he was being a dick, but his uncle was usually good about not taking things personally. he watched through blue, tired eyes as denny wrapped up the small cut on his arm from a sharp piece of debris in the arcade. they probably should have cleared all that shit out of the former laser tag space if they weren't using it anymore, but what did he know. his chest felt tight, and instinctively he raised his free hand, running it along his chest as if he was just having some bad heart burn. it wasn't a big deal. it was fine. ❛ i could have done this myself, y'know ? ❜

  ❛ are you fucking kidding me, denny ? ❜   she didn't curse often, in fact scolding her son, husband, and siblings alike for their foul mouths. but sometimes  -   SOMETIMES   -  the situation called for it. she'd like to think she was anti-violence, but her brother brought out the sibling energy in her and that was why she promptly slapped the back of his head. ❛ it's bad enough i have to worry about eli being mixed up in some karate gang war, and now you're out here being stupid in the name of the same thing ? ❜ sometimes she wondered if it would have been better still being left out in the dark.  ignorance  was  bliss  after  all.  except she was tired of being on the outside, not knowing what was going on with her only son, so no - she'd rather be fully aware. she'd already had many conversations with amanda larusso about it all, & vivian appreciated that she held the same opinion of all of it being  absolutely  crazy. despite her irritation ( see also : worry ), she was gauging the damage. dermatology was a very different wheelhouse from cardiology, but she knew enough & even if she didn't she would have looked anyway. ❛ are you okay ? can you breathe okay ? clearly your brain doesn't work, but how about your heart ? ❜ his second heart, vivian thought to herself. she'd already almost lost him forever, and did lose him for the years he'd pushed them all away preparing for that. she wasn't prepared for that to happen again any time soon.

totally correct quotes ft. @duquete / psd.

pov: denny not buying ethan's bullshit

   BUSTED, CAUGHT RED-HANDED, IN 4K.   he froze - actually froze - as he turned away from the bar to return to their table with a fresh margarita in hand, only to find his uncle looking back at him. his lips parted in surprise, brain malfunctioning while he tried to come up with a lie on the spot.  he  thought  this  bar  was  where  the  young  people  came  to  party.  eli knew his uncle to be one of the chillest adults he knew, but he was still drinking in public - illegally. one year shy of legal drinking age in barcelona was still one year shy. ❛ heyyyyy uncle d. what, uh - whatcha doin' here ? ❜ it was bad enough he'd casually & accidentally caused a yasmetri break-up. now this ? he was not having a great night.