bluntforces: (big brother disapproves)
Evan McCartney | 4 of Clubs ([personal profile] bluntforces) wrote in [community profile] houseofcards_rp2013-02-07 01:32 pm

[ota] doesn't matter how you throw me

It's hard being a young person.

At this point, Evan isn't exactly a young person. Not an old person, but finally safely removed from the this way and that way of being a teenaged and recently-teenaged young person. Lots of things are settling into place. Since getting back to Montréal, even, he's even getting his head properly around what his life might look like when he moves back home.

But the Deck is (par for the course these days) not doing well. There's no telling what travel back and forth is going to be like, not really. There's no telling what his mother will say has popped up in the backyard. There's no telling how Elani's going to sound on the phone when he calls.

There's no telling when a giant bouquet of orange lilies and jonquil and white clover is going to show up in the middle of your Intermediate Managerial Accounting and remind you that it's almost Valentine's Day on top of the fact your home is falling to pieces while you're not there and you can't tell anyone about it.

So Evan McCartney? Is playing phone roulette. Not looking at names and numbers so much as hitting at random to make sure that the general population hasn't completely vanished into thin air.
standlikestone: (searching far and wide)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-07 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"No. I'm-- okay. I promise." She lets out a little, more cheerful sigh. "I don't need anything except... I need to see you on my birthday."
standlikestone: (ooh you're my best friend)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-07 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Get me... whatever. I mean, I'd love something, but... it's just... important that you're here, okay?" Hopefully he can hear the grin in her face.
standlikestone: (our courage will pull us through)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-08 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, you're not. You're... you're fantastic." She laughs a little self-consciously. "I'll cross my fingers real hard."
standlikestone: (ooh you're my best friend)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"... they are, kinda. I'll... I'll be careful. I'll be great. Don't worry about me, okay?" She hesitates, then makes a soft kiss sound into the phone. He might miss it.
standlikestone: (i will travel across the land)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-08 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She laughs quietly. "I- that's good. That makes me... pretty happy. I'll... talk to you later, okay? On Wednesday."
standlikestone: (the power that's inside)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-08 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry. She'll do it for him. "-Sorry, again. About... the flowers."
standlikestone: (a heart so true)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-08 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
She laughs happily. "A girl? Evan, have you looked in a mirror lately?"
standlikestone: (i will travel across the land)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-11 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
There's just a beat of hesitation. "... yeah, quite fantastic, if we're being honest, now. The sole reason I want you to come home. I am sex-deprived, Evan."

It's a half-truth. She's been going without sex for almost two weeks now. It's pretty much killing her.
standlikestone: (each pokemon to understand)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-12 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know." She shrugs. "I've been busy planning the party. My sex drive is crying as a result."
standlikestone: (a heart so true)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-12 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, please." She tries not to think of how awkward it'll be if he says no that night. Nope.
standlikestone: (i will travel across the land)

[personal profile] standlikestone 2013-02-13 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
"You treat me so good," she murmurs with a soft laugh. "... I'll see you then?"