she finds silence after a non-committal hum. unreactive and broken into far worse over far less because at least he wasn't swinging fists over care. antiseptic soaking into broken flesh, the scent of it filled the air; sharp, clean, trying too hard to cover the deeper wounds underneath. like it always did. ❛ in the job description to make at least a bit of fuss. ❜ gloria doesn't offer a forced line of reassurance to coddle irritation or pride; she grasps the local syringe instead and warns. ❛ you'll feel a pinch and some burning. ❜
no softness, no special kindness. just the flat, practiced efficiency of someone who had seen too many men tear themselves apart trying to prove they didn’t feel anything. no time was wasted, of course. needle unlodged from muscle and bone, discarded with a twitch of her jaw. ❛ depends on a few things because if you caught someone's tooth, you'll need more than just a couple stitches. ❜ pattern of movement like the most practiced dance, no hesitation, no inadequacies. she'd learned the moment she exchanged one war zone for another; overseas or cityscape, there was no room for mistakes or squandered seconds.
❛ nothing bubbled up, so you're in the clear. still need stitches. ❜ she paused. standing to snap off an old pair of gloves for anew. ❛ assuming you want dissolving stitches, save you another trip and time wasted. ❜
he held no ill-will against her personally, it was the vulnerability of being exposed that made his jaw clench & his skin crawl. even with a quiet voice, he felt a tingle in his spine. a reminder that he couldn’t do this on his own. sighing through his nose, calloway raised his hand & grimaced at the movement, but it was more at the sight of the angry skin that was flushed with shades of pink & red.
his eyebrows twisted as he pinched his lips into a thin line. “ it ain’t that bad. no reason to make a damn fuss, y’know. ”
it had been his fault. calloway conveniently left that piece of information out when he came to get things checked over. but why would he admit that he lost control over his temper? the station knew he had a short fuse & it often got shorter when he was put in a room with people who pushed his buttons. if anyone was to blame, it was the suspect who went too far, but as captain jones reminded him, calloway should have been in more control. it was the same old song & dance only this time, he not only injured a suspect, he also injured himself.
“ this isn’t gonna take long, is it? ” he asked as his jaw tightened as the lights overhead buzzed in his ears making him shift in his seat.
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ADRIA ARJONA getting ready for the LOS FRIKIS premiere at the Miami Film Festival on April 6th, 2024
DR. MALIK AMARI STATUS: DECEASED. KEY NOTES: she wears a lot of his things; more specifically, a pair of his sunglasses and a braided leather bracelet. there are many things of his she keeps as mementos ( an bottle of his cologne she can't bring herself to smell, a few journals ) but most was given back to his family. gloria went through a lot of therapy to come to terms with and accept her grief. While Malik is someone she will carry forever, it does not keep her from giving all of herself to loving someone else. she does not bear his loss as a punishment for anyone who loves her. she will never make a single comparison or hold anyone to the standards set by malik. he is a component of her dedication to practice and a beautiful piece of her.
Gloria met Malik through her sister-in-law ( cat ), as he was part of her graduating class. his field of study was general surgery, but he changed his specialty to pediatric surgery, reflecting his character and the depths of a very caring, poetic heart. it was a slow start, but no less significant.
gloria was fresh out of her honourable discharge as a combat medic, nursing internal and external wounds as she began medical school, and he was at the start of his residency. their first conversation was of poetry wherein he teased her accent when she spoke arabic, and she shot back that his spanish could use some work. malik, in his smooth matter of existence, used this as a segway to pursue her because they would help one another speak the respective languages better. gloria agreed and from there, malik taught her that love could be patient, it could be gentle, but no less passionate.
he cradled her heartache and gave it a safe place to begin mending. they were living together within eight months of dating. he had proposed after a year and a half but they made the promise to wait until she began her residency to get married. nearly four years together, a home, a vast collection of records, literature, travel and trinkets.
malik completed his residency and was offered a position in New York, but he would accept it only after another tour with Doctors Without Borders. he and gloria had spent two summers volunteering. it was not out of the norm, not out of character for either. important for the proud son of a Palestinian mother to offer all he could back to what she had sacrificed. there were children around the world wrapped up in chaos beyond their control. malik went, gloria had stayed behind to begin her residency and their wedding date was reserved for his return.
malik never came home. he, along with several other practitioners, nurses and medics, were killed or injured by way of American-made bombs dropped in Syria. gloria would carry the rest of her residency in silent greif, detached from everyone around her to focus on her job, focus on others, focus on every other person outside of herself.
it comes from a place she'll never have for herself - CONCERN, sincerity cornering him with tenderness. ❛ take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while. ❜ there with a gentle palm against his chest, a smile that aches. ❛ it's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two. ❜
lyrical sc // @rbnvtch
85﹕ brock grabs gloria roughly by the hair . @rejectory
his fingers curled in her hair, sharp and punishing, tilting her head back with a force that dared her to push back. the pain flared in her scalp, she inhaled slow and deep, a ritual of the agony she graves. gloria held his gaze, unblinking, unmoved. breath hitched in her throat, not from fear but fury, caged and coiled like a venomous serpent waiting for its moment.
she smiles, but it's all teeth. all sickness and hunger. that familiar rot curled beneath her skin whenever he got too close. her hand snaps, pressing a thumb just under his jaw. the button to remind that she could drop him if she wanted to— if she needed to. pressure-honed and sadistic against the artery's pulse. ❛ what's it going to be, rumlow? ❜ a laugh slithers up her throat. all that violence she tries to forget, tries to hide under florals and martyrdom, breathes like a second pair of lungs.
❛ we fighting or fucking? ❜
LOCATION BASED SMUT PROMPTS
TRANSPORATION
one muse gives the other oral while they drive.
driver uses one hand to finger the other while on a long road trip.
muses join mile high club in an airplane restroom.
in an airplane one muse has to be quiet while the other muse plays with them in their seats.
muses tease each other in the back of a taxi cab on the way home.
while driving home after a date, they get too impatient and pull into a parking lot to have sex.
while driving in the middle of a forest, our muses pull onto the side of the road for sex.
our muses are on a road trip but a thick fog forces them to take a break. they have sex inside the car while waiting for it to clear.
while at the drive in theater, muses participate in foreplay.
while at the drive in theater, muses forego watching the movie to have sex.
revenge sex in someone else’s car.
sex in someone else’s car due to impatience and carelessness.
a quickie while parallel parked on a busy road.
in an empty train car while freighthopping.
in a crowded bus, one muse sitting in the others lap purposefully and subtly grinding to get them worked up.
in a private jet, on the way to a business trip.
in a private jet, on the way to a vacation spot.
one muse masturbates while the other drives.
driver instructs the passenger to touch themselves through guided masturbation.
while one muse drives, they describe what they want to do to the passenger who isn’t allowed to touch themselves.
NATURE
sensual sex in a secluded meadow during a picnic.
one muse holding the other up against a tree.
in a cabin in the middle of a rainstorm late at night.
in a cabin in the middle of a heavy snowstorm during the day.
in the bed of a truck in front of hiking trails.
in the bed of a truck while stargazing.
a plateau overlooking the ocean on a cloudy day.
one muse has been napping in a hammock and the other wakes them by beginning to finger them.
muses get distracted from sunbathing and start to fool around by a poolside or lake.
inside a gazebo while it rains.
a little ways off from a hiking trail, hidden by thick foliage.
mutual masturbation while camping in a tent.
beneath the shade of trees in the middle of an orchard.
between rows in a vineyard.
hidden away in the dead end of a hedge maze.
PUBLIC
in a bar or restaurant, one muse sneaks under table to eat out the other.
in a bar or restaurant, muses discuss in detail what they’re going to do to each other once they get home.
inside the stall of restroom in a bar.
inside a single bathroom of a place of service (restaurant, store, club etc.)
in a hotel room, up against the window overlooking a busy city.
a quickie in a diner restroom before getting back on the road.
up on a rooftop where no one is supposed to be.
inside one muses’s office.
inside a third party’s office they shouldn’t have access to.
inside an empty church on a weekday.
one muse fondling the other while they’re trying to shop.
foreplay and teasing in the dressing room of a store.
oral performed while hidden in a storage room or closet.
inside an abandoned house.
hushed sex while staying in the guest room of another’s home.
in the middle of a park late at night.
PRIVATE
on the floor, in front of the fireplace to warm up after coming inside from winter storm.
one muse on the bathroom counter while the other stands.
in front of the bathroom mirror so they can watch themselves.
to break in a new house or apartment, boxes scattered about and furniture newly placed.
bent over a table while something bakes in the oven.
on the kitchen counter with half-eaten plates of breakfast forgotten.
one muse spread out across the top of a grand piano, pretty woman style.
rushed and desperate, messy on the couch because they were too impatient to even make it to the bedroom.
one muse riding the other while the tv plays in the background, movie forgotten entirely.
on the balcony in early morning, where neighbors might see, but no one will likely look.
@weaponid
You should go.
This is a bad idea.
honey gaze scours the delicate clutter of tools. all foreign to her knowledge and oddly comforting, as if by some extension of who he was could quell pockets of unrest. the tightness in her chest loosened, just a little. she keeps so many horrors there, unearthed like a vandalized mausoleum. gloria follows the sound of his voice, leans back into the warmth of his presence behind her. her fingers hover over the spools before settling on one — a dusky blue, like the swirling sky of a storm.
❛ this one. ❜ she murmurs, voice low enough to keep it steady. gloria focused on the feel of it, every sensation of lips adorning skin and distracting racing thoughts. ❛ don't go too easy on me. ❜
@medicbled
"here, let me show you something." voice and touch are gentle yet firm as he ushers them to his work desk and tugs gloria down, wooden office chair squeaking in protest under their combined weight. before them stands a rotary vise fixed around a fishing hook and a collection of colorful threads, feathers, flash, and beads kept in organized chaos. there's a storm brewing in that head of hers and this method, distraction and redirection, has always been effective in quieting his own busy mind.
"we'll do an easy one," josef begins, reassurance offered in the form of a squeeze and pecks against the slope of her shoulder between sentences. "pick a thread."
gloria de lima edits. // mutuals may reblog representation of physical grief, exhaustion, vulnerability and the weight of what she carries. the side of her that few people have the privilege of seeing, the intimacy of these moments is built from trust and understanding or the shared experience. for someone to look at her and accept the worst and most difficult parts of her soul is to truly love her and see her.