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@traumabraved gets a starter -- get yours here!

  ❝ i hate to bug you in the middle of dinner -- you sure you don't want to tell me to go? ❞ she's been struggling lately in ways that she knows that only elyse could understand. maybe her showing up was all of the red wine talking after a hard shift and her mother-in-law insisting on keeping owen overnight -- which was a whole moral dilemma in itself.

#traumabraved #natalie ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here #hope this is alright !!

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@nctafraid gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ i can put on a show. ❞ vic hasn't left her bed since she was dismissed from her shift. picking up her phone meant facing her undoubtedly viral moment. everything in her life had spiraled out of control and she'd lashed out. akin to the person she was when she'd first met ripley -- but this time she's waiting for a summons to a meeting to let her know her mouth has cost her her job. ❝ dean fought so hard for this, travis, and we're letting him down. his legacy will die off just like the people that are going to lose out on the help they need. all so osman can save money to put it toward what? his own salary? ❞

#nctafraid #vic ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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❝ you can't save someone too far to find. ❞ it's a part of the job that nobody could really prepare for. while he and carlos had different experiences as first responders, he could sympathize with how these feelings must pop up on both sides of the fence. there's a different weight on the heart from those that were gone when he got there and the ones that he watched take their last breaths. ❝ i know i don't know all the details of what happened today... but i'm here if you need to talk. or a night out as a distraction. and definitely to tell you that i know you did everything you could. ❞

#nctafraid #paul ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@forthewinn gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ nothing ever comes without a consequence or cost. ❞ and sometimes, they aren't apparent before a decision is already set in stone. marjan's struggled with her identity most of her life, because different pieces of it seemed forever in conflict. she's one of a kind as they say and struggling with her inability to ever truly fill any mold lay out in front of her. ❝ and it's easy to shy away from a decision to stop from making waves... but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. sometimes putting yourself above everything else is important. ❞

#forthewinn #marjan ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@story1ines gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ i never thought that, but i've been trapped by what happened. ❞ the single most mistake she's ever made was pushing mark away. watching him try to move on as she pushed him to do had been torture -- even when she was trying to move on herself he was the only thing on her mind. her confession that she still loved him had been messy, rambly, and most importantly interrupted by julia -- his girlfriend. ❝ i-i never should have ended things. it was - it was childish. i was childish. it was me, my fears. not you. never you. ❞

#story1ines #lexie ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@diemauer gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ you can't leave someone in the middle of a dance floor all alone. ❞ as if vivian has been truly alone in public since she was fifteen years old. always a body guard warily looking on even when she insisted their services were no longer needed. she's always ready to blow off some steam. trying to convince her father and herself that she was going to be ready to take over a dynasty. ❝ are you coming back out or do i need to give you a lesson in southern hospitality? ❞

#diemauer #vivian ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here #i'm thinking she and oliver might get along?? #but if this speaks to someone else more / you want something different let me know <3

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@hellsurvivr gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ don't think this is innocent. ❞ two witnesses for the upcoming trial against one of the most notorious criminals voight's team has caught to date had nearly burned alive. antonio doesn't need to wait for an arson investigator or a firefighter for that matter to confirm his suspicions with any evidence that this was intentional. for tonight, only he can only hope that nothing went awry with the protective custody of the remaining witnesses. ❝ have you gotten any updates? are either of them going to make it? ❞

#hellsurvivr #antonio ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@diemauer gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ i'm already cursed. ❞ she's made more mistakes than she wants to admit and she's a large believer of karma... but right now she's hamming it up, rather than actually reflecting on her bad juju. a little bit of banter could go a long way toward actually enjoying herself for once. it's been hard, trying to find a good balance for that since everything had happened with irina. ❝ it may just be how many telenovelas i've been watching with my abuela talking, but you might want to think twice before roping me into whatever shenanigans are sparkling behind your eyes, viktor. ❞

#diemauer #sophia ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@diemauer gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ i can't even really get mad at them. ❞ his firestation is his family -- or at least, he thought they were. getting forced off the job by bobby when it had been back in his grasp had shaken him. he's still not sure when the line between jokingly calling bobby pops and actually viewing him as a father figure was crossed, but he was feeling cast aside and overlooked all over again. catching himself, he reaches up to rub the back of his neck with an apologetic smile when his eyes meet lena's. ❝ i uhh -- sorry. you aren't here to listen to me whine. can i get you a drink? ❞

#diemauer #buck ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here #classic buck instantly bulldozing past his emotions

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@hellsurvivr gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ sick of all these people talking. ❞ while kim felt respected in her current position in the cpd, but that didn't mean that she wasn't exposed to the worst traits of humanity on a daily basis. and the good ole boys attitude seemed to always slip itself back in the moment they had to interact with another sector. ❝ like seriously. are we still pretending that empathy is a sign of weakness in this century? ❞

#hellsurvivr #kim ic tag tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@hellsurvivr gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ more grace than i deserve, i'm sure. ❞ she's not being humble here, she's being genuine. she's been friendly with the halstead brothers for a few years now and had heard firsthand how biased their opinions of her could be. she and will may butt heads, but they also had a mutual understanding that it was in part due to their similarities and in the end it pushed both of them to be better. ❝ having a young son can really -- complicate -- perceptions of pediatric cases in the ed. ❞

#hellsurvivr #natalie ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@hellsurvivr gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ feel like i'm circlin' a drain. ❞ everything feels like a monotonous shell of what most would consider a life. saying that he felt like he was in a rut far undermined the emotions he's currently feeling. rather than trying to outrun his father, he now feels an overwhelming urge to outrun his ghost. but where would he go? and how can he leave behind the legacy he's trying to build for himself? with a sigh, he shakes his head and takes a swig of his drink. ❝ not sure i can stay with a trail of gossip always following me around. ❞

#hellsurvivr #connor ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@surgcns gets a starter -- get yours here!

it's friday night, you should be out on the town. the words echo through his mind. just how many times had he heard that since he'd asked to take on a double. robin had left town last week and he's not sure how far word has spread about their breakup past her father. nothing seemed to be helping fill the void, so connor's hoping a long shift at the hospital would at least distract him. exiting the on-call rooms after an hour of tossing and turning, he approaches patrick at one of the hallway computers. ❝ please tell me my pager's battery is dead and you're looking at a potential case. ❞

#surgcns #connor ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@firecrashed gets a starter -- get yours here!

❝ the older i get, the less that i know. ❞ all jake knows for sure is that he regrets how things went with her. he should have never went there with her. what did he have to show for it? her broken heart, her near death, a fractured childhood friend group, and the label of like father like son. ❝ i understand if you want to see me as little as possible. i can even -- request a transfer -- if that makes things easier on you. ❞ station 42 was his home, his family, but being an adult meant facing the consequences. and he may never be able to atone for his mistakes, but he could at least keep trying.

#firecrashed #jake ic tbt. #╰––– » 「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@mischiefxmanagcd asked: ❛ what are you smiling about ? ❜ eons ago on the old blog

❝ Nothing, nothing… I mean, the face you make after taking a shot is pretty adorable. ❞ Paul’s confidence in romance had been shaken severely by his ill-fated first attempt. Meeting Josie had been exciting and made him think that maybe natural in person interactions wouldn’t always lead to face to face rejection, but he had clearly been wrong to go against his instincts. Much of the world was still very bigoted with a narrow view still on sexuality and gender, and he really shouldn’t have expected much openness in Texas of all places. For months, he had been frozen in fear about the prospect of opening his heart again, and yet he couldn’t deny that Olivia was beautiful… His words could be considered a general compliment rather than overt flirting, right? No harm no foul in that case. Crap, his resolve was quickly fading from the moment the words left his mouth... but it was far too late to fix it now.

#mischiefxmanagcd #╰––– »「 ⛑ 」 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱; 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝗹. ┊ thank you for coming to my ted talk #╰––– »「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here

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@mischiefxmanagcd asked: ❛ you said that i could run away , too . ❜ eons ago on the old blog

❝ Don’t twist my words Arianna. I told you that you could leave Texas to see what all is out there in college, not that you could run away. Carlos had every single police officer in the south keeping an eye out for you, we were all worried sick! ❞ Clearly, she needed to be more succinct when talking to her niece. When she was a teenager, all she talked about was escaping the city of Austin and leaving all familiarity behind to experience something new. She dreamt of California and Marina had made the decision to follow her heart after watching her brother and Iris make the dumb decision of getting married, despite her objections.

❝ You need to consider the wishes of your family and friends.. and still keep them in your life when and if you do leave… because you’ll regret it if you don’t. What you did was dangerous and selfish… and you’re lucky you were able to call me for help. ❞

#mischiefxmanagcd #╰––– »「 ⛑ 」 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱; 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮. ┊ thank you for coming to my ted talk #╰––– »「 ⛑ 」 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲. ┊ baby i'm not even here