#sociofame

"where's the other one?" holden. i know his name. i'm not an idiot. but you sit across from me, in that pretty, tight skirt, and you're right. you aren't what i'm expecting. i'm expecting another suit. another you twisted sicko buzzcut and a big puff of cigarette smoke in my face.

it wasn't supposed to go this way. love was an... incidental problem that had to be dealt with. after all, she was going to kill me! you see that, right? is that why you're here? you know that firstly, i would never hurt a woman, and secondly — i'm innocent! i am the world's very first all-innocent man to do some pretty fucked up things for the sake of love and honesty and trust. (that's what they all say, isn't it? i'm not above it. i know my soul is rotten. i know it's some black-ash piece of dry-rot that needs to be ripped out. so here i am. a fittingly stupid bullshit ending to a love story that the world just wasn't ready to hear yet.)

but here's the thing. if it wasn't for all this — the cuffs, the chains, the bright-orange-jumpsuit that i think fits no-one and everyone all in one go — then it wouldn't have led me to... you.

"i spent a hot minute in rome. i could do biblical references in latin."

she has done biblical references in latin before. so have unsubs. there's nothing like walking up to a situation and having to read something horrible in latin before you've even had coffee.

pre established relationship meme.

friendship.   childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other.

romance.   childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love.

familial.   siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other.

"it is?"

laura is so used to viewing her words as currency that it shocks her, how unbothered --- how almost apathetic --- @sociofame seems about her silence. it's not that she doesn't want to talk: of course she wants to, needs to. she hasn't been uncooperative with the doctors, or the special agents (to the surprise of none more than laura herself), but all she feels now is bone-deep exhaustion.