// ooo y'know what. i think that driver believes that standard/blanche getting killed was his fault for trying to help, but i think the reality of it is they were going to take standard out no matter what, & blanche was just expendable collateral they didn't really care about.
@thejodymoreno << i tried to help out someone who owed them a lot of money. job went wrong. people got hurt, because of me.
[ he peaks his eyes open, finding the outline of her profile from the backseat. ]
i don't need anything in return. you don't deserve anything they'd do to you.
@thejodymoreno [ he doesn't want to tell her. not like this. but she's in the film industry, she has every right to know. especially if she wants to associate herself with him. ]
bernie rose. used to work in film. him, and his people.
[ he swallows, braces himself for the worst reaction. ] >>
[ open. ]
[ he's parked in an otherwise empty lot. engine's off, and at first glance, his car looks to be abandoned. but upon any closer inspection, you'd find him curled in the backseat, jacket filthy and caked with unsubtle remnants of violence. he looks to be passed out, >>
// nobody asked but i have more headcanons lol. i think his first ever job was a dishwasher in a local restaurant at around age 15-16. almost daily during summers, on weekends during the school year. his paychecks naturally went towards working on the chevelle.
@thejodymoreno [ that gets a pained chuckle out of him. ]
no. no credits. didn't care about them back then, don't want 'em now. and no face, either. you put my face on a movie screen, you'll be ruined.
[ he doesn't mean it in a humble way. but he sure hopes that's how she takes it. ] >>
@SixofSierra [ his gaze flickers back and forth, between the stranger's face and his own wound. ]
maybe. could've been a steak knife. couldn't quite tell.
[ he winces a couple times, twitching when he hits a nerve. he finally settles on staring at the man, trying to get a read on him. ]
@1973chevelle [ he lowers himself to get a better look and not cast a shadow over the injury. ]
Still isn’t great to not get it treated. What did they stab you with? Switchblade?
[ He’s careful when prodding at the wound, trying not to cause excess pain. ]