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dappergamelord · 10 months
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i know absolutely nothing about basketball and yet i am completely obsessed with the raptors first round draft pick tonight. look at this guy
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savagegood · 10 months
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hello. we need to talk more about this absolute icon
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warhead · 1 month
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charityline · 6 months
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deadthehype · 4 months
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Eve & Vince Carter in The Source Sports Magazine December 1999 issue. Written by Courtney Korder-Carreras. Photographed by Yariv Milchan.
(via rapstylearcheology)
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Famous Baby (Accidental Sleepover)
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Note: this actually ended up being a lot longer than I intended lol, but enjoy :)
You held back your best friends hair as she threw up in the bar toilet once again. You rubbed her back and used the extra hair tie on your wrist to pull up her hair.
“I’m sorry.” She groaned wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.
“It’s fine,” you reassured her leading her out of the stall and to the sink.
The night started out great you and a some friends flew to Toronto from LA to support Shawn at a concert. You all decided after the show would be a perfect time to go out and have a few drinks. A few turned into shots which turned into bar hopping which lead you to your current state.
“You ready to go?” You asked (y/bff/n), who nodded. You picked up her hand and guided her back to your group of friends who were sitting in a corner.
“We’re about to leave!” Shawn shouted to the two of you.
“Okay,” you turned to your friend “give me your purse, I’ll go close your tab.” You switched purses with her and worked your way through the crowd to the bar.
Once there, you flagged down a bartender and closed the tab. While signing the receipt you heard a loud commotion behind you. You turned around right as a fight broke out between two guys and slowly spread beyond them until it was total chaos.
You attempted to work your way back through the crowd but it felt useless, people were moving in all directions, some trying to get closer to the fight and others trying to avoid it all together.
You leaned against one of the bar stools to look over the crowd to where your group of friends were, but the table was cleared.
“No, no, no.” You groaned looking all over the bar, but seeing none of the people you came with.
You convinced one of the bartenders to let you borrow their phone in exchange for a picture. You attempted to call all of your friends, none of them picking up. You silently prayed that Justin would pick up as you hit send on his number.
“(Y/n), what’s up? Are you okay?” You let out a sigh of relief upon hearing his voice.
“Yeah I got separated from everyone I was with and (y/bff/n) left with my purse so I have nothing and I was just wondering if you could come get me or send an Uber or anything? I’m at Champs.” You let out all in one breath.
“Of course.” You heard shuffling and extra voices in the background as Justin explained the situation to who you assumed to be Hailey.
“So Auston was here chilling and he’s actually about to head out, Champs is on his way home, so he said he would pick you up and bring you back here.”
“Really?” You questioned surprised that Auston would offer.
“I may have bribed him, but yeah he’s leaving now.”
You went outside to wait after retuning the phone you borrowed, hugging yourself against the cold night air. It was a Friday night so downtown was busy to say the least, but despite the crowds you actually wished you were alone.
You waited until Auston’s car pulled along the sidewalk and came to a stop. You sighed opening the door and climbing into the passenger seat.
“Hey.”
“Hey.” Auston replied. You watched as he attempted to call Justin, but no answer. He tried a second time and then a third.
“Damn, they probably fell asleep.”
“Perfect.” You closed your eyes fighting back the tears that threatened to spill over.
“You can come over or mine, until they all get back to Shawn’s.”
“Okay.” You nodded waiting a beat. “Thank you.”
“I’m not doing it for you. Justin offered me his court side seats to the Raptors game for this.”
“Thank you, anyway.” You forced out.
“Did you just thank me?” Austons voice went up an octave, “more than once?”
“Don’t get used to it.” You crossed your arms and stared out the window as Auston drove through the city.
No words were exchanged the rest of the way to his apartment. Even as you got out of the car and followed him through the building the two of you remained quiet. It wasn’t until you got inside of his apartment did the gravity of the situation really hit you.
“Um can I use your phone to try and call (y/bff/n) or Shawn?”
“Yeah.” Auston handed over his phone and you attempted to call yourself first, followed by (y/bff/n), and finally Shawn, but all three numbers went straight to voicemail.
“Hey Shawn, it’s (y/n),” you let out a loud sigh (y/bff/n) left with my purse and my phone so just call me at this number when everyone is back at your place. Thanks”. You hung up and handed Auston back his phone.
“No answer?”
“No,” you shook your head. “But he’ll call back when they’re home.”
You suddenly felt very awkward standing in the middle of Auston’s kitchen. You have been alone together plenty of times, but this was different. You’re vulnerable and he was actually helping you. It’s hard to lead with a snarky comment when someone rescued you.
“So,” Auston led also picking up on the thick awkwardness that now filled the room.
“So,” you copied looking everywhere but at him.
“Do you want a drink?” He suggested, opening the fridge to see what he could offer.
“No.” You shook your head.
You turned to walk in the living room looking at the pictures displayed all over the room. One with him and who you assumed to be his parents. Auston was in his jersey standing in the middle, all three smiling brightly at the camera. Another was with him and his dog that was now resting quietly in the corner. A third with him and two girls who had to be his sisters. They all stood on the beach, Auston in the middle again.
You smiled, for the first time Auston actually seemed human to you. He looked genuinely happy in all the photos. Auston joined you looking at the pictures.
“These are my sisters” Auston pointed at the picture you were looking at. “Alex is older and Bre is younger.”
“And this one is of me and my parents at a home game. It was the first time they came to visit me since I moved away from home. I uh actually cried hugging my mom for the first time.”
“That’s not embarrassing.”
“How about for you?” Auston asked. “When did you move away from home?”
“I was 15 and for a while I went back and forth between LA and (y/homestate)” You explained. “But eventually I needed to be in LA full time so Justin and his mom let me stay with them until I turned 18.”
That’s why we’re so close.” You laughed “He literally became like my brother for that year and a half that I lived with them.”
Your parents had given up so much for you to be successful so when you saw them for the first time after you got your own place, you also cried.
Auston turned on the automatic fireplace and requested Alexa to play music. You couldn’t help the sarcastic laugh you let out as he handed you a glass of wine.
“So this is your game?”
“What?” He questioned sitting beside you on the couch. You placed your glass on the table in front of you and shifted your body so you could face him.
“You bring some girl home, turn on your fireplace, play some soft music in the background.” Auston let out a loud laugh at your assumption and sunk back into the couch watching as you walked over to where he had a guitar sitting beside the tv.
“And this is vulnerable for you because you’ve never played in front of anyone but she’s different.” You continued your analysis picking up the guitar. “So you play a few chords and boom shes in your bed.” You finalized sitting down again, but this time with the guitar.
“You thought that through.” Auston smiled.
“Here.” You extended the guitar towards him, “sweep me off my feet.”
But before Auston could reply his phone started ringing, “I don’t know the number so I’m guessing it’s for you.”
You recognized Shawn’s number, “Hey” you stood from the couch walking towards the kitchen again.
“Hey, (y/n) I’m so sorry we just finally made it back.” You could hear all of your friends voices in the background talking over one another.
“It’s all good.” You reassured him. “Auston picked me up.”
“You’re at Auston’s?”
“Yeah, I called Justin and he was there so he came and got me and when I tried calling Justin again he didn’t answer so we came back here.” You explained.
“Oh, okay, so I can stay up and wait for you to get here. Can Auston bring you or I can order you an Uber?”
“Yeah that works, I don’t think he’ll mind.” You looked over your shoulder at Auston attempting to strum chords.
“Okay yeah just text when you’re on your way.”
“I will.” You said your goodbyes and hung up. You turned back around to walk in the living room.
“So are they home?” Auston asked looking up from the guitar.
“Um no.” You aren’t sure why you lied, but it came out before you could really think about it. “No.” You said more confidently “They decided to go to a club.” You handed Auston back his phone.
“That’s too bad.” Auston remarked setting down the guitar and smiling softly.
“Mhmm” You also smiled sitting back down on the couch.
After you both finished your drinks Auston first offered up the couch for you to sleep on which you immediately turned down.
“I don’t know what you do on that couch.” You insisted.
“You don’t know what I do in the bed either.”
“But at least it’s more comfortable.” You reasoned. “You can sleep on the couch.”
“Im not sleeping on the couch.”
“Fine.” You huffed, “Do you have a guest room?”
“Yeah but I’m redoing it so there’s not a bed in there anymore and it’s filled with boxes.” In all honesty, Auston’s mom was the one who wanted to redo the room, but Auston didn’t make any progress since she left and probably wouldn’t until she returned to visit again.
After arguing for 15 more minutes, you both begrudgingly decided to share the bed.
“Are you sure you’re comfortable with this?” Auston asked moving the pillows around.
“Since when do you care what I’m comfortable with?” You asked from other side of the bed.
“I don’t, but I would like to sleep in peace so I don’t need you keeping me up with your complaining.”
“It’s fine, as long as you stay on your side.” You pulled back the covers sitting down.
“It’s my bed, both sides are mine.” Auston reminded you.
“This is the neutral zone.” You ignored his previous comment and placed a pillow in the middle of the bed.
“Got it.” Auston rolled his eyes and turned to open his closet beginning to undress.
You watched as he took his shirt off first followed by his pants, not wanting hm to catch you staring you turned off the lamp beside you making the room dark.
“Y/n.” Auston groaned turning on the lamp on his side. You flipped over to lay on your left side so your back was towards him.
You felt him lean across you to reach something in the night stand on your side.
“Hey! you’re crossing over the neutral zone!”
“Your laying on the side I usually sleep on.” Auston ignored your attempt to push him away. “My contacts case is in there.”
You attempted to ignore him by closing your eyes, but when you felt your pillow move from under you and your head hit the bed that’s when you flipped back around.
“Auston!”
“This is my favorite pillow.” He smirked placing the pillow behind his head. You reached over to try and take it back.
“(Y/n), stay on your side of the bed.” Auston reprimanded you for breaking the neutral zone. “You can have this pillow.”
You snatched the new pillow and rolled back on your side trying to fight the smile that threatened to take over. “I hope you don’t treat all your guests like this.”
“Usually we don’t spend the night sleeping so I don’t have to worry about it.”
You rolled your eyes and giggled despite yourself, “you’re such a cliche.”
Auston laughed too going through his phone once more before calling it a night. He noticed a new text and read over to himself first before clearing his throat and reading it aloud, “Shawn said ‘I’ve tried waiting up for you, but I’m too tired. I’m going to bed, the front door is unlocked when you get back.’”
You bit down on your lip knowing you had been caught and had no lie to try and defend it.
“I’m going to say, (y/n) is so into me that she lied just so she could get into bed with me” Auston teased smirking down at his phone.
“I’m not.”
“Sure.” He laughed, smiling over at you even though your back still faced him.
“Just like the message.” You finalized smiling yourself, refusing to look over at him.
“Goodnight (y/n).” You heard the click of Auston locking his phone and another click as he turned out the light.
“Goodnight Auston.”
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svdaily · 3 months
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Courtside 2024 🕯🕯🕯
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warhead · 11 months
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