“ well , i guess some people are just not the brightest bulb in the box , ” camille muses , more to herself than to teagan . “ i mean , i've done some pretty dumb shit too before , but stabbing a heart - shaped balloon with a spoon is definitely not of one of them . why not just step on the fucking balloon if they don't have a fork ? like what are they even trying to achieve at this point ? unless they're like super drunk or high , i'd say it's pretty embarrassing to be caught doing that shit sober . do you even know them though ? i hope not . ”
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“ i think i just saw someone attempt to destroy a heart-shaped balloon with a spoon . you’d think they would attempt to at least use a fork . or just avoid a valentine’s day carnival in the first place . it’s like they chose to ignore the signs . ”
“ so you're saying i've got no standards or something ? touché , logan . ” of course camille only says that to mess with him , it's apparent from the playful smile toying on her lips . another laugh comes along at his following words —— how could she forget that she's in her bad guy era right now ? thank god for logan ! “ oh , trust me , i'm not . it's just that i'm not a natural like you so sometimes i get distracted . ” once her attention drifts back to logan , “ well , fuck him , i guess . i mean , if the logan im is offering to get me a table in the vip section , how could i possibly say no to that ? my friend over there absolutely got nothing on you . ”
" i've got standards , contrary to popular belief . " lips pull into a small smirk . it's not that he necessarily minds partying with the normies , it's more that he'd rather not have phone cameras pointed at him every time he moves . logan has learned over time to be more CAUTIOUS about such things . he lets out a short laugh , " thought you wanted to be the bad guy now . don't tell me you're chickening out already . have i taught you nothing ? " eyes follow her gaze to the man in question , giving his head a quick shake , " highly doubt it . look at him — feels like hot shit with his bottle of 1942 . he's not gonna notice anyone unless they're trying to take that bottle out of his hands before he's done milking it . "
“ i don't even know what i was expecting —— maybe it's the fact that it's based on the making of facebook , which is kinda interesting , but not interesting enough that you wanna recommend it to someone else . and yeah , maybe i did expect it to be a lot better than that , so i get what you mean , ” she offers her two cents , followed by a chuckle . “ well , nobody that i know , but rowing for fun doesn't even sound that abnormal . it's definitely not something i would do for fun though . to each their own , right ? either way eduardo saverin deserved better . ”
˙ ៹ movie night @ charlie's place
“ to be honest , with the way people talk about this movie i think i was expecting it to be a lot better than that , “ a kernel of popcorn is tossed into her mouth , the credits to the social network rolling across the flat screen that hung against the wall of her living room . “ well . . . let me not say that ⸻ it’s not like the movie was bad , i think the winklevoss twins really just freak me the fuck out , “ her head shakes , “ seriously , what normal people do you know that row for fun ? “ ( @salvateure )
“ to be honest , i didn't even know there are other spideys than you . ” camille isn't too familiar with superheroes movies , that much is obvious . how is she supposed to know that there would be two different spider - men other than benny ? “ i only watch the movie because of you , obviously . can't believe you didn't even warn me about the spidey trio in it . ”
⋆ open starter, @ after spider-man: no way home’s premiere.
“ so, ” benny grins once he has reached your muse, hopelessly seeking to finally have a normal conversation with someone — literally anyone! that wasn’t part of the never ending press, “ were you expecting to see the three spideys together or was it a complete surprise? ” @nepofmstarters
“ oh my god , please , whoever had their bagel scooped is out of their fucking mind —— i'm definitely with you on this one so nope , i'd say you're being reasonable . like how is that even allowed ? i mean , i'm not trying to judge people for the way they're eating but that's so weird . it won't be a bagel anymore if the inside got scooped out anyways . ”
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“ i heard someone asking for a scooped bagel . not to be mean but i kinda wished i wasn’t leaving the shop to hear the aftermath of that . guess they didn’t see that one scooped bagel tiktok . ”
“ well , like i said , the one and only spidey i know is you , so of course , benny . you're the only spidey in my world , ” she admits , couldn't help the smile lingering on her lips when she's around him . “ i mean , that's good for you , really . who knows you could finally keep a secret from me ? ” she teases , shoulders lifted in a casual shrug . “ i guess i'll never know anything about your future projects anymore now that you're getting good at this , not spoiling anything before it's out , thing . not even to me , ” with her arms crossed , camille lets out a dramatic sigh , “ and here i thought i'd never lose that privilege . . . i get it , benny , i'm not special to you anymore . ”
“ does this mean that i am the only spidey in your world? ” he almost sounds cheesed at cami’s words, hands on his chest, eyes twinkling, lashes fluttering and everything. “ and that’s the thing, cami— i didn’t say a single word about the spidey trio. i got threatened into not spoiling anything and i actually didn’t say anything, not even to you. very impressive, if i do say so myself— especially when we remember that i have the tendency to spoil everything to you… guess i am going through a character development. ”
camille knows this is not easy for neither of them , but even when he's hurting , darius has always so patient and kind with her . she had expected for him to at least scream at her , to maybe shove her away and refuse to even stay a second longer and listen to her bullshit . she had already imagined the worst possible scenario that could happen , and yet now that they're standing face to face , all that she is reminded of is how badly she doesn't deserve anything from darius anymore . still , she finds herself wishing for some sort of miracle , and had he reacted way worse than this , camille would have been convinced that there's no hope for her to mend what's already broken .
“ no , it's not okay , ” she could feel tears welling up in her eyes , “ i know it's not okay so please , darius , just yell at me or something . tell me you hate me for what i did to you , anything , just fucking talk to me , alright ? i need to know if you still want me in your life or if it's really over between us . ” maybe it's a selfish thought —— camille believes that they would find their ways to each other again no matter what , but having spent so much time away from darius makes her think that she might get it all wrong . what if darius has actually moved on and she's the only one still hanging onto the idea of them together ?
pulls one hand away to wipe the tear falling down her cheek , “ i'm not leaving until you tell me your answer . ” this is what she came for anyways , and if darius truly doesn't want her in his life anymore , she'd try her best to stay away from him after this . “ tell me , darius , do you really think this is the end for us ? ” she knows they have already broken up , but she needs to hear it from darius again .
“ cami—it's okay. sorry—don't apologize. ” darius was never good with words. his thought process is all the divvied up emotions and things he'd like to say placed in a supercut. incoherent thoughts breed incoherent words, and he ends up hounding whoever had upset him. it's not fair to camille and anyone on the receiving end of his hurt. “ i don't doubt that you loved me. ” that's darius running on his own time. what could he have done at the height of his hurt? he'd never yelled at camille before—of all people, he didn't ever plan to.
but betrayal reaps a need for blood: he doesn't even hear it from camille. maybe if he did, he'd swallow whatever pride to try to understand—to try to make it work (because he wanted it to). it strikes him as a great loss: how does anyone deal with losing one's greatest confidant, companion, and lover all in one ? “ can you blame me—? ” it's the kind of pity party he hates to see and he pities her for a second. “ —stop that— ” because he knows she's hurting herself. open palms gather her hands in his. some things never change. he practices his self control and she loses her self control. “ it doesn't matter anymore. ” things like this were meant to stop hurting after awhile. it had been awhile. “ i'm not in the space to hear what feelings you don't and do have. ” camille addario is simultaneously the last person he wanted to see and also likely the last person he'd see tonight. “ compose yourself until you get home. ”
closed starter for laurie @stclaires setting: empty balcony at some party
leans her back against the balcony as she takes a drag of her cigarette , a smile appears on lips when she catches a glimpse of laurie , waves him over . “ i promise i'm not trying to ditch you . just need a little breather , is all . ” she knows laurie would understand , but she doesn't mind his company either . if anything she's actually glad he's the one who found her , his presence always brings her comfort after all .
“ i distinctly remember mentioning it to you though , it's not my fault that you chose not to listen to me , ” she rolls her eyes playfully , couldn't help the laugh that comes out after . maybe there is a possibility that she might have left that information out when they were talking , but confidence is key , and she's never been one to admit defeat easily , even for something as silly as this . “ god , no , can you even imagine that ? i would have probably came back from the dead and get changed because there's no way i'd be caught looking like this in a club . people are never gonna let me live it down , dead or not —— i could never recover from that , ” she invites herself into the house , hands intertwined as they make their way to aria's room . “ oh , don't worry , my place is just as messy , if not worse . ” camille gives aria a reassuring nod , taking a step behind to have a better look at the options shown to her . “ i know i said we're dressing cute , but that black top would look so hot on you , especially with a longer skirt and boots . and i know the ugly bowling shoes are such a buzzkill , but we can always take pictures before or after bowling —— seriously , how hard it is to make cute bowling shoes ? is it just not possible to look cute while we bowl ? that is so fuckin' ridiculous . ”
" i distinctly remember you not mentioning a single word about bowling , " now she's definitely the one who's not dressed for the occasion , leather mini - skirt certainly a bit much to be spending her night getting drunk and rolling balls into the gutter . " just to be clear , i meant no offense by my earlier comment i just know you and i know you wouldn't be caught dead in a club with jeans on , " she laughs , her head motioning towards the inside of her house , a silent invitation to come inside . " i'll get changed and now that you're here you can help me pick something better to wear , " cold fingers are laced between camille's pulling her towards her room where they're met with the sight of various pieces of aria's clothing sprawled out between the floor and her bed . " don't mind the mess , i was having a bit of an outfit crisis . . . " hands are freed as aria crosses through her room , heading straight for her closet . " okay , this one , or this one ? " she holds out the two for cami to get a good look at , " or i could go with like a longer skirt with boots ? ugh , but then we're gonna have to wear those ugly bowling shoes so it really doesn't even matter , huh ? "
“ okay , i've never been peer pressured into eating glue before nor had i ever peer pressured anyone into doing so —— who the fuck would peer pressure somebody into eating glue anyways ? that's just fucking bizarre . and sure , you might say you're fine right now , but isn't that still dangerous ? like are you sure you're not just gaslighting yourself into thinking that eating glue is fine ? we should probably get you checked or something . ” maybe camille just got lucky she didn't have much peer pressure growing up , and she would like to believe that she could very much stand up for herself and say no to doing things that she shouldn't be doing ( re : eating glue ) but maybe kids tend to be more relentless and it's easier to give in to peer pressure when you're younger . with a tilt of her head , camille gives the other an eye roll before saying , “ all i'm hearing right now is excuses , babe . i don't know who the fuck dragonrider420 or whatever that thing is , but if you're too scared to do this you can just say so . i'm not gonna peer pressure you into it . ” camille has never been the ultimate peer pressurer after all , even if she might seem like she is . “ if anything you were the one trying to poison me with your glue - infused drink , ” she teases , followed by a laugh . “ you can just put it on my tab and throw it out so we can both stay alive , by the way . i promise i won't snitch on you . ”
with phoebe crane, whose mouth is silently constructing eloquent aspersions of the decidedly un-babe-like kind, there is no calm before the storm. there is only the rambling tornado that sends limbs flying into a sign language with no signal for stop, that breaks the fujita scale into the components of a virgin mojito. curse her for thinking camille would understand. then again, if camille couldn’t get behind the extremely real feminist movement of turning fungal overgrowth into a fashion statement, there was no way she’d get the glue-eater tag trending without some real persuasion. if she almost knocks the shot glass over while presenting her case, it’s a happy coincidence that only highlights the passion with which she defends her life and its questionable continuation. ‘ i didn’t do it on purpose! either the wrong-alcohol-putting-inning or the glue eating. you know what peer pressure is, right? i mean, i guess you’re basically the ultimate peer pressurer, but that just means you have a civil duty to drink glue with me whenever you’re done with whatever you’re dressed up for, ‘ she says, scrawling a jumble of digits and decimal points onto the counter with the chipped tip of her fingernail in an attempt to calculate ninety-nine per cent of one hundred. her concentration is broken by the other’s dalliance with negotiation, which phoebe replies to with a grin that’s all incisors. incisors that are also covered in the shiny, fake flavour of expired lip balm. ‘ uh, we’re out of straws. save the turtles, y’know. also, god is a woman, and i dmed her about this whole sitch and she said that i cannot leave my campaigns to the grubby hands of dragonrider420. ‘ in one swift motion that suggests ample history with health inspectors, she brings out a photo of her favourite npc thus far – a grotesque goblin kid with pupils shaped like daggers. ‘ do you really wanna condemn this adorable baby to eternal oblivion? ‘
“ well , i'm in my bad guy era , remember ? of course i'm gonna twist your words , ” she lets out a laugh , fighting the urge to roll her eyes at his following words , “ okay , that absolutely has nothing to do with me not moving past my fangirl phase . ” their first meeting still makes her a little giddy every time she thinks about it , so maybe he's not all wrong about it either . “ i mean , how could i get over you ? nobody has ever serenaded me before and you made me one less lonely girl . . . that shit is kinda hard to forget , you know , ” she teases , only to break into a fit of giggles soon after . “ i thought a while ago you're flattered that i called you a natural , why are you so offended now ? damn it , logan , pick a fuckin' side . ” mirrors the look on his face , “ yeah sure , let's get us some ‘42 so we can feel like hot shit too —— oh wait , my bad . we're already hot shit now , aren't we ? ”
" don't twist my words ! " his exclamation is accompanied by a laugh — that's not at all what he'd MEANT , but she'd got him good . " oh , a natural , huh ? you flatter me ... thought you moved past that FANGIRL phase . good to know i've still got it . " hand rests over his heart , shooting a playful little smirk — and WINK — her way . hey , if she gets to tease him , then it's only fair that he gets to dish it right back ! it's all done lightheartedly , evidenced by the smile adorning his features . " you're ANNOYING . " he says it with love , " look , if this is your way of subversively telling me i'm being a dick , i've got the message loud and clear — but you can't say i'm not right . " he gives cami a look , " let's go get some '42 for ourselves . maybe your friend actually has a POINT . "