༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ

✱ 𝙹𝖴𝖲𝖳 ‍𝙻𝖨𝖪𝖤 ‍𝙼𝖸 ‍𝙵𝖠𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖱 ⦂ bruised ‍ⓚnuckles ‍ ﹠ ‍𝔱𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗁, ‍ just ‍ ᴸᴵᴷᴱ ‍𝑴y ‍ mother.

[brave   ﹠   blooming.         @divinityblooms]

she was more knife than girl, more weapon than woman.

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

📞 : are you saying i’m incapable of doing my job , graciela ?̲

( the question comes out more defensive than she meant , reminding her of their first encounter )

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

⎛ exhaling softly , a pit forming in her stomach. she gripped the phone tighter. 𝑏𝑒𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 , 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑎 ◞

📞 ﹕ haz estado tomando ﹒ ﹒ no creo que sea buena idea ﹒ ﹒

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

( she tenses , jaw clenching as her fingers tap against the counter. god , she’s going to regret this )

📞 : i could come over right now. i’m sure eduardo wouldn’t mind being relieved early.

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

⎛ slim finger twirls a blonde tress around it , a light suck of her teeth ◞

📞 ﹕ debatable ⠀⠀⤸

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

( a soft laugh emits from her lips )

📞 : i have more than enough patience to handle you. and it’s standard policy , nothing personal. if it were up to me , i’d stay. i don’t like leaving things unfinished

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

⎛ her lips curled into a smile—— 𝓼eriously , she needed to hang up ◞

📞 ﹕ thought you were at your wits end with me because when i saw eduardo this morning i figured you couldn’t handle me anymore

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

📞 : what exactly do you want me to say , hm ?̲

( her hand lifts to her earpiece that isn’t there , the motion out of habit )

📞 : i missed being in your presence today. that’s all.

( she finishes what’s left in her glass )

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

⎛ a soft sigh could be heard on the other end of the line. 𝒘hat was she doing ? 𝒘hy did she care whether the other missed her ? ◞

📞 ﹕ it’s a simple question ﹒ ﹒ plus i’m not tired and clearly ⤸

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

( she’s pulling up the security camera feed on her phone )

📞 : i have to be professional. i told you i’d see you tomorrow , didn’t i ?̲

( she grows silent , fighting the urge to admit just how much she misses her )

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

⎛ two can play the ignoring game ◞

📞 ﹕ you didn’t answer my question , carolina

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

( she ignores her comment )

📞 : it’s almost midnight , you had me thinking something happened to you. you know you’re only supposed to call me if something’s wrong.

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

⎛ the soft rasp of her voice nearly made her forget why she had called in the first place ◞

📞 ﹕ enserio﹒ ﹒ me haz dejado en visto ?

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

﹝⠀looking at her phone , drink swirling in hand , she contemplates before answering ﹞

📞 : 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 , 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊́𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚗 ?̲ ( her raspy voice comes through , composed enough to give no indication she’d been drinking )

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

𝗕𝗭𝗭𝗧﹒ ﹒ 𝗕𝗭𝗭𝗧﹒ ﹒ 𝗕𝗭𝗭𝗧﹒ ﹒

⎛ graciela’s number lights up carolina’s screen with an incoming call ◞

𝗕𝗭𝗭𝗧﹒ ﹒ 𝗕𝗭𝗭𝗧﹒ ﹒ 𝗕𝗭𝗭𝗧﹒ ﹒

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

❨ ﹒ ﹒ 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 10:20 pm ❩

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ * 🔗╱ text to : carolina

💬 ﹥ thought i get on your nerves ?
❨ ﹒ ﹒ 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 ❩
💬 ﹥ are you saying you miss me ?

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > un poco , but i had to check on you. fyi , this day off was forced. i’d rather be there with you. me da mas tranquilidad saber que estas bien

💬 > te veo mañana

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ * 🔗╱ text to : carolina

💬 ﹥ brunettes with pretty eyes
💬 ﹥ estás tomada , no ? pq me habláis diferente

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > what’s your type ?̲

💬 > that’s crossing into questions i don’t answer , palomita.

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ * 🔗╱ text to : unsaved contact

💬 ﹥ he’s doable. not my type.
💬 ﹥ y si lo estuviera ?

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > he’s still handsome but that’s beside the point. he’s qualified to do the job.

💬 > are you flirting with me , castillo ?̲

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ * 🔗╱ text to : unsaved contact

💬 ﹥ for starters
💬 ﹥ he’s not as pretty as you

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > care to elaborate ?̲ he’s second in command and far friendlier than i am.

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ * 🔗╱ text to : unsaved contact

💬 ﹥ hm
💬 ﹥ i feel safe , carolina.
💬 ﹥ doesn’t feel the same though.

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > i can say plenty. i just prefer being professional about it.

💬 > do you feel safe ?̲ because i’ll kick eduardo’s ass if i have to.

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ * 🔗╱ text to : unsaved contact

💬 ﹥ possibly
💬 ﹥ this is the most you’ve ever spoken since being assigned to me

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > i think you enjoy testing my patience. unfortunately for you , i have a lot of it.

💬 > i should probably stop texting you.

[‍ ‍  ﹡ׁ  🩰 ‍ ‍ @imortalhrt]

❨ *  🔗╱ text to : unsaved

💬 ﹥ in what ways hm ?
💬 ﹥ i find myself quite easy to deal with

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

𓂃 ⋆⠀⠀. ⌖ 📲@imortalhrt : you make my job unnecessarily difficult , señorita castillo. i hope you know that.

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

⠀⠀
𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 ﹙ ♡ ﹚ : for a * drunk text from my muse.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀

[ً @MORTlSUMBRA]

⠀itʹs ⠀not ⠀easy ⠀having ⠀a ⠀good ⠀time.
⠀even ⠀smiling ⠀makes ⠀my ⠀face ⠀𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞.

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

@imortalhrt

[۟ @godsfell]

i breathe you in again just to feel you underneath my skin.

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > it was not clear. you only knew because i told you.

💬 > i’m alright , don’t worry about me , your royal highness.

[‎‍ ‍ ‎‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓲𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 ‎‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓢𝐎͟𝐅͟𝐈͟𝐀 @lvdyofsea]

💬 : no you’re clearly drunk
💬 : send me the address

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > mmm , no. i can take care of myself.

[‎‍ ‍ ‎‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓲𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 ‎‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓢𝐎͟𝐅͟𝐈͟𝐀 @lvdyofsea]

💬 : let me send you a driver to pick you up

[༝ ⌖ ﾞ 𝓪𝑔͟𝑒͟𝑛𝑡 ‍𝐯𝚎𝚐𝚊 ꜝ @SAFEGU4RDS]

💬 > decided i deserved a drink and walked into a bar.

💬 > why , are you keeping tabs on me now ?̲

[‎‍ ‍ ‎‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓲𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 ‎‍ ‍ ‍ 𝓢𝐎͟𝐅͟𝐈͟𝐀 @lvdyofsea]

💬 : you’re drunk ?
💬 : where are you ?