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tcriacosta · 10 months
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it was a wonder that they'd only known each other for such a short amount of time. tori would swear that they'd been friends forever, and she was thankful that milo ignored her insistence 'i'm okay' texts. he was rarity where people were concerned, and it was why she gave him a gentle squeeze before pulling back a little.
the fact he cared enough to check almost made her cry more.
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she let out something between a choke and a laugh, nodding as she stepped aside to let him. "i know you would, and it's why you're an amazing friend, frankly." she returned softly. "c'mon, there's some cocoa on the stove if you want some. extra chocolatey."
"yeah, well, that's me," milo chuckles, wrapping an arm around tori's waist. "hey."
so he'd been right then. admittedly, a rare thing to happen when it came to milo's hunches, the tendency to overthink or be overly concerned blinding all sides for rational thought. but when he's right, he's always right, and there's a relief in his chest that he made it all the way over.
otherwise, she'd be alone right now, wouldn't she?
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"you gonna invite me in? 'cause, if you don't, i'ma just sit here all night. i don't care, i'll do it."
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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Tori let out a laugh at Aiden's reaction to her remark about the bash. "I know right? Of all the people you'd expect to be prepared to dance until dawn, it'd be me." She grinned before her shoulders lifted in a light shrug. "Sometimes after a long day it all becomes a bit much, like a sensory overload or something, I don't know. Trust me though, after a break? You can bet I'll be back to tearing it up on the dancefloor." She returned with a playful hum, guessing the odds of being able to pull Aiden into dancing or not. Probably not in her favor, but she might try. Who knew?
For the moment though, she was perfectly contented to relax far away from the crowds and noise. Where an ease tended to rest over the pair wherever they made their perch for the time being.
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A snort of a laugh escaped her as she nodded. "And thank goodness for that." She took the lighter and joint from Aiden, lighting it and taking a drag with a certain ease. Blowing it out she smirked at him, holding both items out to him. "Ever the gentleman. See, I was right when I've called you that. Proving me right whether you like it or not," Tori teased with a gentle nudge.
Unlike Tori, Aiden doesn't experience the same ease. The Jameson isn't exactly the smoothest alcohol, as much as some would like to protest that for a whiskey it's one of the better. Jack has a bite to it as well, but Aiden will always argue it's lighter with a touch of sweetness in all that dry spice and smokey taste.
But Jameson is better than Patron, by far.
Aiden would grimace through it if Tori had chosen the Jameson, but he had a bit of a guess she would lean toward the tequila. "That surprises me. Tori Acosta, being out-block-and-bashed by Fairford's annual music festival. I'd have thought you'd be running the dance floor up by the stage." Not an actual dance floor, but the space taken by various patrons to let loose and feel the music. Aiden's watched them curiously from where he's sat on a blanket on the sidelines, unbudging and stone-faced.
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"And now…" he now slips his thumb and pointer into the other front pocket of his flannel to pull out his pack of cigarettes - among the Lucky Strikes in a single rolled joint. "You're just going to be more mellow…" Aiden holds slips it out of the box with the lighter tucked in there and holds both out to Tori in an upturned open palm. "My mother may have raised a deviant, but she also raised a gentleman. Ladies first."
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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She grinned at the other with a certain fondness only awarded to those closest to her. And Phoebe definitely held the top slot. "I am prepared to fight you on that, darling, careful." Tori laughed with a playful wink. Nodding knowingly, she made a motion of flipping her hair over her shoulder. "As you are mine, babes, no contest." She giggled.
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Tori and Phoebe always seemed to be on the same wavelength and so in tune with what the other wanted or needed. "Nope, that would be you, my love," Phoebe stated. Her eyes lit up at the mention of their favorite bottles stashed away for emergency use. "This is exactly why you're the love of my life."
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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Rumor has it you're a wonderful friend
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“I certainly try to be, babes. My friends are my world and I adore every single one of them with my whole heart. So I try to do right by them and be the best friend I can possibly be, whatever form that may take for each.”
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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“right back at ya, strider. muah.” ♡
Rumour has it you have feelings for Tori
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"course, she's my friend. and my favourite little hobbit."
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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rumor has it you're torn between two boys
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“Ooh now this is a good one. Torn between two boys you say…at the moment I don’t believe anyone’s particularly interested in me, and as far as I’m aware I’m not torn between anyone. But c’mon, if you have some hot tea to serve then pour me a cup babes. You’ve got me interested into who these two I’m supposedly torn between might be.”
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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Roman Holiday (1953)
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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rumor has it that you have feelings for someone
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“Tell me more tell me more, like do they have a car?” Tori laughed. “C’mon now, what kind of rumor is this. Feelings? What sort of feelings, hmm? Circle back to me with which ones and I might dish…then again a lady does need to keep some secrets.”
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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rumor has it you have the best music taste
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“The rumors are true, cutie. I’ve even got the Spotify and Youtube playlists right here to prove it. And just because you brought this to my attention, you’ve earned yourself a free ride in my Bronco to get a front seat to said best music taste. muah.”
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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FAIRFORD MEME #2 — RUMOR HAS IT...
Everyone loves to keep up to date on all the latest gossip and drama that goes on around this town...whether you want to admit it or not. Now is your chance to anonymously (or not) send everyone the juiciest rumors you've heard about their muses.
Rumor has it...
REBLOG THIS POST to participate. Like anything else, common courtesy applies — make sure you're sending asks out to others that are taking part! We all want to have notifications next to our inboxes. Have fun 🤍
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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self preservation had a habit of coming and going where tori was concerned. typically she was far more concerned with her friends’ and family’s well being than her own. she’d gotten fairly good at tucking away the emotions she was actually feeling, until she could deal with them alone. never a burden. she’d rather help others than focus on herself some days, at least on her worst days.
today, just so happened to be one of them.
when milo had asked how she was doing in their text conversation, she’d admittedly danced around the topic. when he’d playfully threatened to come to her place if tori didn’t tell him what was wrong, she’d had half a mind to think he was joking. but in his defense, she’d known him just long enough to know he was a man of his word. so while she was still surprised at the knock on her door not too long after the texts ended was beyond her.
she almost didn’t open the door, but at this hour, it could only be milo. and tori wasn’t about to leave him outside, even if that meant him seeing she wasn’t, in fact, alright like she’d lied. wiping at the tears that were on her cheeks, she opened the door.
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“freaking twerp,” she sarcastically greeted in response to his greeting, snaking her arms around his neck loosely in a hug. “hi.” she said softly.
for: @tcriacosta where: tori's place 💗
how he hadn't gotten lost on his way to tori's he'll never know, a small mystery he'd leave between god and the last remaining survivor's of his braincells, supposing that perhaps he'd switched to autopilot the moment he'd decided he wouldn't play this series of short texting games any longer. not that milo would consider himself a texter by any stretch, always option for a phone call to wrap up any silliness quickly so he could get on with his day promptly.
but tori wouldn't pick up the phone. and milo needn't anything else to make up his mind.
he'd let her know, of course. a small threat of 'i'll come over if you don't tell me what's wrong i swear to god' even though it's almost midnight and he had work the following day just after lunch. it'd be her own fault for not believing him at this point, he thinks. he's a man of his word, after all.
and what's missing a few hours of sleep when his friends weren't alright?
so here he stands, hands placed on his hips at tori's doorstep after knocking, breathless from the rush over without his truck and rather concerned. it's only when she opens the door that milo's shoulders relax a little, a relief of sorts that at least she would do that much.
until he spots she'd been crying.
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"you're fine, huh?" he murmurs. "coulda fooled me."
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Camila Mendes for Bongo Jeans Fall Campagin 2017.
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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"Honestly babe, that's valid." Tori hummed, head tilting for a second before she formed her replied. "Probably zombies. Love the Resident Evil films but I hate zombies with a passion."
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open starter @fairfordstarters location: thadd and tyson's apartment (thalloween)
"Okay, since we're already microdosing the Halloween spirit out here, what's your most irrational fear? I'll go first -- I don't trust birds."
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tcriacosta · 10 months
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"nerdy lecturing is what i'm best at, you should be well aware of that by now." she teased. "but fair, kate was an absolute killer queen in that franchise...and pretty much everything else since if i'm being honest. and listen as much as i love thandruil, you have more of the glitter ball vamp's charisma than you do the elf king's solemn personality. let's be real here." it was the fact that he could match her pop culture references with others that made her smirk, their conversations merely furthering the fact that she was happy to have milo in her life. even if he'd fight her compliments from time to time.
she enjoyed his company for the sake of it, for however long or short she had his attention. so even if visiting him at the bar meant a few short conversations in between other customers orders, she'd take it over not getting to see him due to his busier schedule. tori was known to carve out the time for people she cared about, and unsurprisingly milo had wormed his way to the top of her list.
a soft giggle escaped her when he spun her, tori's arm snaking loosely around his torso as they walked. "oh? bullying? here i thought we were testing out new nicknames for each other." she joked, turning her head up to him as her nose playfully scrunched. "but nah, we're gonna have to come up with better ones, for sure."
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"sounds like a plan, darlin'. and you know what? we'll even make a picnic of it." she grinned. "triple chocolate chip cookies and all."
“hey hey hey,don’t you go lecturin’ me on vamps. i didn’t say underworld ‘cause i don’t wanna be kate beckinsale, i want her to do me. and if you’re gonna compare me to the beefcake that is lee pace, you pick the king of the elves, not some sparkly asshole with goofy hair. i’ve got a reputation to build and bein’ a broodin’ disco ball ain’t one part of it.” that being said, he’d still take this so called compliment with a grin, twisting it enough in his head that it stroked his ego, rather than dulled it. he could get behind being the so called best vampire if tori thought so. he’d accept being a lot of things just for her.
with a nod of agreement, there’s a comfort in knowing that he wouldn’t miss time with her. granted, it would mean that he’s working through all of it, but if tori didn’t mind so much and wanted to be there, he wouldn’t try to deter her either. except of course, if it began to get too late. the last thing he wanted was to find himself worrying about her as she went home. hadn’t she mentioned that she knew aiden and they’d been friends for a while? maybe he could call him, persuade him to make sure she ended up safe…
taking in the length of the beach and just how far they’d gotten – and still having no idea where he’d abandoned his sneakers earlier on – milo takes advantage of holding tori’s hand to gently turn her into a spin, facing back the way they came. he brings her in close to his side, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and huffs playfully. “some people would call that bullyin’, ya know. take it to heart and everythin’,” he pouts, putting his now free hand to his chest, even with a grin on his face.
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“c’mon, let’s retrace our steps, find my fuckin’ sneakers and then go back where it’s light. save shell searchin’ for another day when we can see the quality ones, yeah?”
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tcriacosta · 11 months
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THE CHARACTER.
FULL NAME: Vitoria "Tori" Acosta
GENDER: Cis woman
PRONOUNS: She/her
AGE + BIRTHDAY: 29 + October 31, 1993
LENGTH OF TIME IN FAIRFORD: Her whole life
HOUSING: Coral Coast
OCCUPATION: Owner of Main Street Records
THE INTERVIEW.
What’s it like, living in Fairford? Did you ever picture yourself settling down here or did you always know this would be your home?
“Fairford has always been my home. I’m a born and bred native, sweetheart, so I’ve never really imagined myself anywhere else. At least in a permanent sense.” Vitoria mused, biting into a fry. “I considered settling in Ireland permanently, after college when I was traveling. It was the closest sense to home that I’ve felt beyond the borders of Fairford, so you can imagine the temptation for me. But I guess to make a long answer short; I’ve always known I’d end up in town one way or another. And when I inherited the record store, it set things in motion for me.”
If you could recommend one hidden gem around town everyone should try, what is it? What makes it so special?
“Well now if I told you where a hidden gem of a place was, that would defeat the whole purpose of it being a hidden gem. Wouldn’t it babes?” Tori joked before shaking her head. “I’m just messing with you, we don’t gatekeep here. Crusty’s, the pizza place yea? If it suddenly becomes super popular after this and I can’t get a table I’m comin’ to fight. But they make the best pizza, absolutely never fails to brighten my day—or night—depending on when I manage to grab a box for myself.”
What’s your family like? Are you still close, or have you blocked all their numbers?
“My family is…my family.” She snorted in laughter. “Listen, don’t get me wrong, I adore every single one of those rascals. But if you’ve ever met the Acosta’s you’ve probably come to realize we—yes including me—can be a lot. Though that just means any of our parties are very entertaining. I love them though, and I have yet to block them, even if some sort petty feud erupts because you just know I've gotta get a front row seat for that.”
Top five songs currently on your Spotify?
“I can feel the judgement starting…but okay here goes: 1. becoming potatoesby wonderlands x showtime 2. chasing rainbows (remix)by the high kings & badscandal 3. alive by the scarlet opera 4. only time will tell by asia 5. i’ll be waiting - choir version by cian ducrot. I’m sure you can imagine how chaotic my Spotify suggestions are, not to mention my playlists.”
We’ve all had our fair share of shit hit the fan and moments in the sun — tell me about a defining moment in your life, good or bad.
Tw miscarriage, car accident “I was pregnant, back when I was traveling the year after college graduation. I hadn’t told anyone. Then I was in a car accident with some friends and I lost the baby, I hadn’t been very far along but the trauma was enough. After that I was faced with the reality of what I wanted out of life, and how I wanted to live my life afterwards.”
It’s the little things in life; tell me three things that bring you a great deal of joy or put a smile on your face.
“Oh let’s go, these are the kind of questions I love to answer. My Pinterest boards could probably give you better answers but let’s try this. 1. Driving my Bronco on those picturesque summer afternoons that are moving into evenings, where the sun is setting but the air is still warm. Some 80’s or 90’s song is playing on the radio and seems like time is irrelevant. 2. Picking vegetables from my garden, or watering flowers when the sky is that ominous grey and the clouds are rolling in, the smell of rain on the air and the anticipation that that first crack of thunder brings. 3. Working late nights at the record shop restocking for the next day, music playing softly in the background with takeout boxes scattered on the counter.
THE PERSONALITY.
— + enigmatic, confident, warm-hearted, — - impulsive, calculating, cunning
VITORIA IS PORTRAYED BY CAMILA MENDES, AND WRITTEN BY GIN.
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tcriacosta · 11 months
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this is just the sweetest 🥹🥹 it warmed my heart when i saw it. they're soooo cute, omg 🤧🤧🤧
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