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@lithiumwolff for lars

Jace knew Lars from the club the other man worked at, Jace frequented it enough, but it was a rare night that neither of them was at that venue. Instead, they were sat beside each other on Jace's sofa, Jace having invited Lars over with no real agenda. He just wanted to spend time with the other guy, get to know him better. "I ordered takeout." He said, looking up from the phone he was locking and sliding back into his pocket. "It should be here within the hour, but what do we do until then?"

Ella absolutely hated these parties. She and Gage were home, getting ready, having to dress up in fancy dresses and suits - including the bodyguards. The brunette was not shy about the fact she absolutely didn't want to go. Her hair and makeup were done - having someone there that did those things because Ella was not going to do it. She'd have gone with hair down and next to no makeup if left to her own devices. Even the dress was selected by Alyssa, trying to make it as painless as possible for her twin. It was not necessarily something Ella would pick, knowing full well this was more something Alyssa would wear. She also knew her sister was still struggling with PTSD, though they had the therapist for her to talk to now. She felt comfortable more covered up, still, especially wanting to ensure any scars were covered. Coming out of the bathroom, Ella sighed, glancing up at Gage, "We should skip it. I don't want to go to this. These parties are awful," she grumbled a bit. It didn't help she was wearing something more suited to her twin - though most of the formal attire they had was far more her twin's taste than hers. Walking towards him, arms slipped around his waist, "Can I talk you into staying home?" she asked, raising a brow, leaning up to press a soft kiss to his lips - something she only did because she knew the lipstick they put on her was the kind that wouldn't rub off onto him.

It was his last stop at the end of a long week. John-Paul pulled up to Ali's house, like usual, to collect on her tab - a courtesy he allowed few, but one she'd been faithful in settling since becoming a client so he never minded fronting her whenever she needed a few days to get her money up. He hopped put of his car and headed up the steps of her front stoop, ringing the bell and waiting for her to answer the door.

He wanted to laugh at Gavin saying that he would be overwhelmed if he knew everything. That was perhaps the funniest thing that anyone's said to him in quite a while. If Benny were to tell Gavin all of went on in his rooms then it would be he that was overwhelmed. It really was good that he didn't know, meant that Benny could keep him in his life. "No, I think you did mean that but that's okay, you might think that I can't handle certain things, but rest assured, I'm quite capable of handling the worst things. You're not the only one that keeps things from someone else."

“I know but they still deserved to be hit in the face.”

@lithiumwolff continued from here!

Levi nodded his head at the man's words. "I think that has been obvious for a while." He admitted as he felt that the atmosphere between them had changed. "I feel you really get me, all of me."