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ethan 🏀 caplan
tags: none | mentioned: none | role: sports star

Ethan woke up to the harsh screeching of his alarm and groaned, knowing what was going to happen next. "Up! Up! Up! Get up, you lazy boy!" His dad pushed open the door and careened his wheelchair into his bed, rattling the frame. Ethan shot up and steadied his dad, a little irritated. "Easy, easy, I'm up." He stretched his arms over his head and yawned deeply. His dad rammed his wheelchair into his shins. "Get up! C'mon!" He rolled out of the room and Ethan heard his wheels rolling down the ramp that they had installed. Hopefully, he didn't crash again; once, he'd sped too fast and flown out of the chair, crashing into the wall. He'd broken his arm, which made wheeling him around impossible. He could have gotten a servant to push him around, but he'd insisted on having Ethan do it, claiming it was good for his character. In the mornings, he would sometimes make Ethan lift him instead of weights.

Ethan smirked and shook out his long limbs to get ready for the day. His dad was odd and brassy, but he loved him. He was better than his mom, anyways. His room was big, with a huge window on the side that looked down to his basketball court. Shelves shining with silver and gold basketball trophies lined the walls and he grinned, running a finger delicately along them. He pushed open the closet and grabbed some clothes without thinking about it: basketball shorts and a t-shirt of his favorite team. His closet was big, but his clothes only took up a small portion of it. The rest was filled with shoes.

Other than basketball, Ethan's other passion was sneakers. Heck, his Instagram was pretty much all shoes. He decided to post a picture of one of them and reached for a pair of white Nikes with a gold trim. He paused in mid-reach as he noticed a small ring of grime around it and frowned. He'll have to clean them after school today. He had barely finished putting his clothes on when his dad shouted from downstairs. "What're you doing up there, lazybones? Cleaning your filthy room for once? Get your rear in gear and get down here!" Ethan chuckled and headed downstairs. One of the servants had prepared some sort of green, chunky concoction that his dad was dictating. "Okay, add a bit more almond milk," his dad directed. Ethan wrinkled his nose at the putrid smell and grabbed an apple, shoving it in his mouth and running outside. He was wearing his basic basketball shoes today: nothing special. He started to dribble the basketball with one hand while speed-chomping the apple down in the other. He tossed the rest of the apple towards the sidelines and shot. The ball had just swished through the net when his dad rolled out and yelled at him to get his lazy rear back inside and drink his smoothie.

Driving to school was always a pain. Ethan's dad insisted on sitting in the passenger seat of their cherry-red convertible, barking tips on footwork that he'd heard a million times before. Ethan was pretty sick of it but he knew that this was the best way for his dad to cope with the loss of his legs. Ethan had heard him in his room, his hands twitching as if dribbling a basketball, and then the contented look on his face of a basket made. Then he would frown and wake up, panting and shouting incoherently before looking at his useless legs with disappointment. It had been 20 years since the accident and he still hadn't gotten over it. He pulled over towards the entrance, downing the gunky smoothie in one gulp. He nearly gagged. It was as gross as it looked. He tossed the container back in the car and let the servant riding in the back take the wheel. "See you later, Dad," he called before slapping the roof of the car and heading to school. He saw Topaz and her girls picking on Eleanor and rolled his eyes. Man. Girls were so high-maintenance sometimes.

[rose petals.]

𝒯𝑜𝓅𝒶𝓏 ♕
♕tags: archer mentions: leonardo, ethan, eleanor♕

Topaz nodded when Archer came in. "Hey there!" She called, returning his hug. She chuckled when he called her 'pazzy', then followed it up with a shrug. "Dunno. I think one of my girls threw a drink at her or something." It wasn't that big of a deal in Topaz's opinion, Eleanor would live. The girl watched as another boy walked in, she was pretty sure he lived nearby but he was so quiet Topaz didn't really pay him any attention. Next was Ethan, who also lived near her, but Topaz kept her attention on Archer.

"Anyways, how have you been?" She asked, slapping the boy's arm playfully. "I feel like I haven't seen you all summer!" Archer was always fun to hang out with, although sometimes he could be too much. Topaz wanted to catch up though, as it had been a while since she had seen some of the people in her class.

Two other girls walked in next, both having no sense of fashion what so ever! Chuckling a bit, Topaz glared down at them which was enough to send them scurrying away. She smiled coldly and turned back to Archer.

[brokenpancreas.]

ECHO LASSLEY
tags - everyone mentions - everyone

Echo awoke to the blasting of her alarm, a sound she was most disappointed to hear. School wasn't an object of dread for her, it provided an escape from home, but it certainly wasn't her favorite place to be. Echo yawned and rolled herself out of bed slowly and decided to get ready as quickly as possible to escape her parents. She opted for a simple black, form fitting dresses with red roses all over it and a white jean jacket to cover her shoulder. A matching pair of black boots and a long necklace finished the look off perfectly.
After narrowly avoiding a conversation with her parents, Echo was on her way to school in convertible black comet with stunning red seats. It may not have been the fanciest or newest car, but Echo adored the car and felt it truly suited her. Her backseat was filled with an array of canvases, some blank and other painted. She never left home without her work and found she often did her best paintings when in the moment. That might explain the various paint splotches of different colors all over her backpack.
Her smile brightened as she approached the school and found her old friends all together. She quickened her pace, eager to see everyone again. Echo stepped into the group, smiling at each of them. "I've missed you all so much!" She said brightly, crinkling her nose with glee at seeing them all together. "How was everyone's summer?"

[8_Stars_8]

e l e a n o r
♛ ━ | tagged: none | mentions: everyone |

spaceEllie didn't think that they would go back to their ways so quickly. She sees her old friend group beginning to conglomerate. Eleanor opted out of talking with any of them. As she walked out of the bathroom, she wiped away a tear that threatened to fall. She didn't know where everything had gone wrong. They all used to be her best friends, now she hangs out with people who are mostly acquaintances. She doesn't dislike them, but they don't have a bond like she did with her old friends.
spaceEllie ignored all of them and simply walked to her first block class: Chemistry. How was my summer? Oh it was just fabulous. Eleanor thought to herself after Echo asked.
spaceEllie dared Topaz's friends to pull some crap like that again. God forbid she fights back, right? The quiet bookworm. She knew why she didn't fight back though. Her parents would be absolutely furious for her ruining their reputation. She knew if she wasn't held back by that one fact she would wipe those judgmental smirks off of their faces. She had tried to tell her parents about it when it first started happening, but whenever Topaz's name came up, her parents always went off on a tangent how Ellie should be more like the girl. Get more friends, be more social, develop connections - her parents would tell her that those things are what helped them rise up in social status and become so wealthy. They, of course, put it much more eloquently, but the principle still applied.

[Jubee]

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀

( the hustler ) ( tagged - topaz, echo, ethan, & leo ) ( mentioned - eleanor & ethan )
"and ya didn't tell them not to, huh, paz?" archer asked, though he knew the answer before he finished his notion. with a light frown, his eyes followed eleanor as she strolled from the restroom and down the hall. "hey, echo," he greeted, quickly nodding to the blonde girl as he approached her. "i think ellie might need some rescuing from queen bee's posse over here." topaz was a good friend of his, of course, but her friends never failed to irk him. why be rude to others when you could be nice, or even flirty? the nicer you were, the more likely people would be to do things that would benefit you and your reputation, so being friendly was truly an advantage. but no matter how much he tried to drill that into topaz's friends' heads, they never listened. honestly, they rarely seemed to listen to a word he said and usually just stared at his face. he supposed he couldn't complain too much.

an unfamiliar body quickly shuffled past the group and caught archer's attention. his head was down, brown hair obscuring his face from arch's predatory gaze. but not for long. interest significantly piqued, he followed the new student without even dismissing himself from the group and nearly ran into ethan despite his basketball star height. "oops. my fault, lad, i'm focused on someone else right now." he flashed a quick smile before he increased his pace to catch up with leonardo. leo definitely wasn't a new student, but he was hardly ever on archer's radar until now. "i don't remember ever seeing you around here," he semi-greeted, draping a long arm over leonardo's shoulders as he walked alongside him. "archer. nice to meet me, i know. are you new?"

[ace.of.spades]

xx𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨
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xxtags| archer xxxmentioned|xxxrole| loner

before leo knew it, there were a few more people that decided to join the small group, each greeting each other but also snickered at others that they didn't particularly like. eleanor had already ran off in embarrassment and leo couldn't help but laugh a little about it. gosh, it must be horrible. walking into school with confidence written all of you, only to be dragged down by weights and every little bit of confidence just vanishes because of that. plus the shirt that just got ruined. it definitely was not eleanor's day. he continued to chuckle silently and kept walking with his head low and hands in pockets. he probably should have put earphones in as an indication to not talk to him at all.

just a little further. leo thought to himself as he picked up his pace a little more, managing to walk past the group that gossiped among each other. multiple voices were heard but he didn't care enough to look up and see who it was that was talking. as he passed them, he shot a quick glare from the corner of his eye towards the group of people and saw quite familiar faces amongst it. looking back down, he sped past them with a quick walk. he was safe. finally free from any social interaction. phew. Going through the rest of the day would be easy now. Just sit at the back tables and not say a peep to anyone.

he sighed in relief and began to slow down his pace of walking. he lifted his head up and began looking around. everything seemed to be where they all were originally from last year. he inhaled deeply and took some long breaths to try and calm down. as he continued to walk, he felt a heavy slump on his shoulders and then a very loud voice. oh no. just as leo thought he was safe, he wasn't. the big hero. listening to archer speak really annoyed leo, he acted as if he were the king of the world and just talked to people out of pity. or in a way to smite them. leonardo grind his teeth in annoyance, "no i'm not." he answered dryly, but began coming up with smart remarks in his mind and silently laughed at them. he lifted his shoulders to try and shake archer's arm off. "do you need anything in particular or are you just here to take pity on me?" he scoffed as he continued walking, not caring if archer would stop or even continue to walk with him.

[brokenpancreas.]

ECHO LASSLEY
tags - archer, leonardo, ethan, topaz mentions -

Her cheeks flushed with color as Archer addressed her. Apparently, that crush hadn't disappeared as she had thought, and was stronger than ever. She was more than aware of his reputation but she couldn't help it that his smile turned her knees to putty. It was that very smile that made her willing to do any and everything he asked of her, no matter the consequences. Echo scolded herself in her head and pushed the thought away. Don't make a fool of yourself, Echo.
Echo cast a glance at Ellie's receding form, a frown crossing her face. Topaz truly could be so nasty but Echo didn't want to put herself on Topaz's bad side. She considered herself quite lucky to remain on neutral ground with the queen bee. If doing simple favors for the girl and laying low around her allowed Echo to have peace, than so be it.
The thought to follow Ellie had crossed her mind and Echo made to chase her but before she could follow through, Archer threw his arm over a boy. She knew that face from somewhere and a vague fascination with him. Recognition dawned on her and she realized this was the writer boy she had known, someone who usually stayed alone and preferred it that way. "Archer, it would seem as though he would rather be left alone." Echo stated, trailing along after them and gently trying to tug Archer away from the poor boy.

[Jubee]

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀

( the hustler ) ( tagged - echo & leo ) ( mentioned - eleanor )
archer smirked at leonardo's very blatant disinterest, shifting his arm on the boy's shoulders for a firmer grip. "me? take pity?? why would i ever do something like that?" his voice was coated in feigned shock, a scandalized expression quickly replacing his smug one as he walked alongside leo. "no, no, i'm here to make you my new friend!" he grinned brightly even if leo made no attempt to look at him. soon enough, he felt a tug on his free arm and stopped walking, pulling leo to a stop beside him. this time, the face that met his was all too familiar and he couldn't hide the genuine adoration in his gaze. he may have heard her words, but he was obviously not going to heed them, so he changed the subject without hesitation. "echo, my dear, shouldn't you be keeping ellie company? i'm busy with my good friend here." he shook leonardo's shoulders as he spoke, "we've got loads to catch up on, so i'll see you later, love." and with that, he continued down the hall with leo.

the first class bell was going to ring any moment, but arch had better things in mind. he needed an appropriate spot to get to know his new target━━er, friend━━while surveying the rest of the student body that also chose to avoid their first class or simply had a free period to roam the school grounds. it also needed to be out of the obvious path of the headmaster and any professors, since he simply wasn't in the mood to charm his way out of detention so early in the school year. the idea struck him like a sledgehammer and he veered off the main hall and down a smaller hallway. soon they'd found the library, connected to the main school building by a small outdoor walkway. he entered through a side door, leonardo still in his grasp, and led him up a tall staircase that opened up to the upper level of the library. it opened to the floor below, allowing the perfect spot to observe and discuss without drawing too much attention or having to whisper like an idiot the entire time. archie found a vacant table by the edge of the balcony/catwalk-type-thing and pulled an extra chair over for leo. "alright, my friend," he plopped down in his seat, his backpack sliding off his shoulder to rest on the ground by his feet, "what do i need to know about you?"

[rose petals.]

𝒯𝑜𝓅𝒶𝓏 ♕
♕tags: archer, echo mentions: ellie, leo♕

Topaz shrugged in response, it wasn't her job to tell her friends what to do. Of course, if she did, they'd listen, but she and Ellie hadn't really spoken in years, so why should she treat the girl any different? When Echo joined the conversation, Topaz couldn't help but somewhat admire her nerve. Of course, now the encounter was less of a catching up among friends and more of a neighborhood get together.

Suddenly, a smirked crossed Topaz's face. "Queen bee, eh? I like it." She wasn't going to answer Echo's question. Her summer had been wonderful but she didn't need to tell anyone about it. However, Archer moved on to go pester other people, and that's when Topaz knew hanging around here was no longer worth her time. "Yeah whatever." She huffed and walking away from Echo without warning, meeting up with the rest of her pack and beginning to walk off.

Looks like Archer made a new friend. Topaz couldn't help but laugh. The poor boy looked utterly out of place with the whole social thing, which she personally found amusing. Strange how some things just came naturally to some people.

[ace.of.spades]

xx𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨
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xxtags| archer, echo xxxmentioned| topazxxxrole| loner

leo had continued walking, not caring if the leech continued to hang onto him for dear life. he thought to himself, maybe if i speed up and start running i could shake him off... but, as he had said that, archer's grip tightened around his shoulder and he knew there was no escape now. he heard another familiar voice, it was quite a calming but stern voice. he turned only for a second to see echo. quickly looking straight forward again he shook his head, "don't bother. save yourself whilst you can." he sighed heavily as the hero stayed clung to him. there was no possible way of telling archer to let go and leave him alone in the least socially interactive way possible, so, leo had given up and walked morbidly through the school.

he sighed, obviously tired of this archer attempting to start up what seemed to try and be a 'friendly' conversation. leo scoffed as the hero denied taking pity towards him, you could tell so easily with the tone of his voice. "run along to topaz, i'm sure you'd fit right in with her pack of vultures." he rolled his eyes and continued walking. if he just got to class, he'd be free from archer's grasp, but that didn't happen. before leo knew it, he was already being taken to a quiet area in the library. gee, never thought i'd witness archer going into a library... he chuckled silently at the thought of his comment.

as they reached a more quiet area, leo watched archer slump down into a seat. leonardo stood there, deciding not to sit down, but instead keeping his hands in his pockets and leaning against the arm of the chair. "i am not your friend." he replied bitterly. "there's nothin' you need to know about me that would be relevant to you." he retorted. he wore a blank and uninterested face as an indication that he was not in the mood to talk, as if he ever was. "why would you care anyway? what's it to you?" this was way too much talking for leonardo's liking. he shouldn't have said anything at all. but he couldn't just let the hero go off thinking this was a successful conversation and that he had made a friend. no, of course not. not at all.