#mxlouloute

@mxlouloute “you’re crazy, Dick, out of your mind.”

“Come on, Doll, it’s not that crazy. I mean you already live here.” Dick said trying to distract himself with Errol who was in a rambunctious mood, being allowed inside for once on account of the rain. Dick had started but hadn’t yet been able to finish his new doghouse thanks too the downpour. 

Tony entered the diner with his books tucked under his arm. Valentina had let him out early, which gave him just enough time to squeeze some studying in before he picked up María. Ever since the near-rumble, he had been even more determined to put his past behind him. He had signed up for a college entrance exam. Although he had kicked the idea around after being released on parole, he hadn’t become serious about it until recently. There was only so much he could do at a pharmacy without a pharmacy degree, and Valentina had made clear to him that she wanted to leave him the store when she retired. Given her faith in him, Tony was determined to get into pharmacy school.

He would be lying if he said that this newfound purpose didn’t also have something to do with María. Even before she had come into his life, he wanted to be better, to be more than what he had been before he went to prison. Now, he was more serious about this than he had ever been about anything else in his life. He found that he was happier than he ever remembered being either. He and María had been dating for months now, officially, now that he had managed to convince her brother that he wasn’t a Jet and had nothing to do with them anymore. He doubted Bernardo would ever like him, but at least now he wasn’t trying to beat him up.

“Afternoon, Dolores.” he greeted his friend with a smile and wave, setting his books on the counter and settling into a seat. “Busy day?”

@mxlouloute​ “ come on, let’s get you cleaned up. “

He let her lead him almost meekly over to the sink. He could be wild and fiery but more often than not when he came down from whatever had sent him into a rage he was like a kid again, the rage burned out and only left whatever sadness was left over. The anger in that sense was something to be grateful for. 

@mxlouloute “i’ll stop crying in a minute … i can’t help it.”

When he’d been away getting Dolores’ old house sold he’d been terrified he’d miss the birth of their baby. He’d spent too much on calls back home and had rushed back home when the sell had gone through just in case. When he looked back the time between him getting home and Dolores going into labor would get shorter and shorter. It was just under a week. But in memory it was as if it happened as soon as he got home. 

@mxlouloute​ “quit shaking me, i’m okay.”

Dick was quiet, it was hard to rattle him but he looked shaken. He looked at his wife, very much wanting to hold her but not sure if she would let him. “You were dreaming,” He said quietly. “You started screaming- Christ I’ve never been so cared in my life. Are you sure you’re alright?”

PRACTICAL MAGIC starters | accepting

"Sew mostly," She said softly. One couldn't tell from how she was dressed but she had some of the most neatly dressed rag dolls in all of Chamberlain, Maine. All of them tucked in the loose floorboards of her room that she'd lined like little beds. She even had a Nancy Ann Storybook doll with perfect golden curls who was her pride and joy and had been suitable spoiled with an extravagant wardrobe. "Do you um craft?"

As soon as he left, Dick got up and grabbed another beer from the fridge, his face unreadable but he slammed the fridge door shut afterwards. He knew very little about Dolores' stepfather but all few facts he hated. He couldn't even bring himself to speak to the oldd bastard. Though Dolores was right, tthe creep sure loved to hear himself talk.