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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-15 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
So dreams might come true.

[ no, david's not going to say that. not unless he's really fed up with everything. evan wouldn't even manage to get as far as considering it himself. but someone else - someone he hates, or at least is supposed to hate - that makes it funny to think about.

it's not quite windy enough to drag all the smoke away from them. he lets out a breath and waves it away, knowing with the amount of alcohol and crisp little canapes inside nobody's going to smell it, or care anyway, but he's sure he'll get an earful about it later. the suit'll stink. doesn't matter to him, but his opinion isn't the important one. ]


Guess my reputation's worse. Nobody asks me about my school life.
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-16 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ evan snorts again, but it's less of a laugh this time. oh, he's very much familiar with the idea david's putting down. it should scare him how similar they are - and how quickly he's realizing it.

of course, he knew they were basically in the same position already. but it's getting a little too clear for comfort these days. ]


Yeah. Means they don't talk to me at all.

[ which could be a lot worse. ]

Think they're lookin' for you?
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-16 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah. I'm here to make it look like there's more of us than you, is all.

[ this is closer to the truth than he'd like it to be. he's not dressed identically to the other macmillan support here, but that's only by right of the gold and his own reputation. he's not supposed to stand out, here. actually, he's never supposed to stand out. ]

Means I can't drink.

[ this time around, that's less of a punishment than it might have been three months ago. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-18 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ evan nods moodily, glances at david again for maybe a little too long - one of those damning lingering glances - before looking back out at the city again. ]

Be nice if it was that easy.

[ they both know that both of them can go off even while stone cold sober. it just takes the right spark.

still. drinking would probably be a very bad idea right now. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-18 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Didn't you?

[ evan smirks, briefly, but it drops and he moves on. god knows he's wanted to punch out rich people who aren't, legally speaking, criminals, that his father was trying to milk dry of cash. he knew how it'd end, which is why he usually kept his distance. ]

Don't envy you that shit. The school or the people.

[ the cigarette's almost out. he won't have any real excuse to stay out here once it's done, at least as long as david stays. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-19 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ evan gives david another look, this time with a frown and more out of confusion than anything else. getting out aggression at school? sure, he did that, but he always got in trouble for it, so it was almost never worth the loss of control.

unfortunately, this glance means he's seeing the suit again. the haircut. the stud in his ear. ]


Yeah? They let you beat up the other kids a lot or was that just the rugby?

[ they might have had some common ground in sports, but evan never managed to make it on any teams. not for lack of trying, at least, and it was one of the few areas where his father didn't automatically assume it was his fault. probably for the best, in the end.

even if that short stint in hockey was about the only time he was happy doing something in a group. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-20 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's still watching david, but as he realizes it, he tries to think that he has an excuse. it's a conversation. he's trying to figure out what the hell david's talking about. how school meant he got out his aggressions without it turning into a reputation the people here would get on his case about.

the rugby comment he can at least scowl about. ]


Yeah, right. I've seen that all the damn time in every sport. I don't believe you had that much self-control on the field.

[ after all, he didn't. part of the reason he never made any teams. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-21 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, he figures. who cares? this is just a conversation. just two guys, shooting the shit. two guys, one of whom looks better than evan knows he ever will, and who, just a few months ago, got on his knees and -

he glares back out at the city abruptly. not getting drunk was supposed to stop shit like that. ]


Bet I know why.

[ family obligations and, he's sure, the ability to control the anger. he glares at his cigarette, which is almost out. ]

How long they expecting you to be here? All night?
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-21 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ for a few seconds, evan smirks again, almost a smile, almost something that's actually amused and maybe a little understanding rather than just for show.

god, does he ever understand. maybe not in exactly the same way, because he was always supposed to be in the background, but there's still no breaks. ]


Don't let me keep you from 'em.

[ he drops the cigarette and grinds it out under a heel. there's an ashtray about five feet away, which he ignores. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that'd make him laugh again if it wasn't so sobering for him to realize the same thing, and to hear it outright from david.

he watches, gaze locked, as david straightens himself out and opens his arms. how do i look? evan barely hears the second question, for once grateful that he's never been social or talkative because even if he managed to say something right now it'd come out all wrong, completely wrong, and fuck everything up for him.

the suit's perfect. seeing david in fancy clothes is nothing new, but somehow, this is different. somber and cutting edge, not flashy. meant to impress on its own, not because of the price tag.

after too long, he manages to get out a response. ]


Not unless they get real close and smell you.

[ it comes out almost sarcastic. like a joke. which it's supposed to be. that's all. just making a wry comment to someone he hates. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's the first time evan doesn't immediately respond with rage to that dismissive little part-name, mostly because he sees the way david hesitates before he responds and then turns away a little too quickly. that's not good. neither is the way he reacted, but as if he'll reflect on himself in the moment.

he goes back inside after david does, and does his job. which mostly amounts to standing around and looking like a presence. he follows his father for a while, being mostly ignored, seeing david out of the corner of his eye being as charismatic as ever. it irritates him, but less, now, knowing that david hates it as much as evan would.

after a while he gets dismissed, because his father ran into some people he knows from the old days, when they were just getting established. old friend and old enemies, mostly the same people. he's not welcome in their nostalgia drinking, which is fine by him. he's briefly introduced and then leaves.

now would be the time to drink, but he's still not in the mood for it. instead he takes the chance to get something on a plate and make his way back out onto the balcony to try and eat in peace.

but everyone else has been drinking, and the volume from inside is loud, and he can hear things that grate on his nerves and must, from their conversation earlier, do the same thing to david. rich people. they don't fucking get it. ]
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[personal profile] bloodandbrass 2024-09-22 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ david's arrival is quiet, but abrupt. one second there's nobody to his right and then when he looks back ten seconds later, there's david, a glass in his hand, staring out over the city like he's about to burn it down. evan would know. he's an expert at that look.

but he doesn't look at evan at all, giving him a few more seconds to finish what he's eating in silence before debating if he should interrupt at all. ignoring him and giving him space is probably better.

but, here they are. ]


They get on your nerves enough?

[ he assumes there was no violence yet, because he hasn't heard any yelling. ]

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