AMERICAN GODS SENTENCE STARTERS
episode one - the bone orchard.
@steeledveins

_{Eyebrows rose the slightest at words grabbing her phone off the table. A soft hum before she shrugged her shoulders softly} “ _{Why might that be?} ” _{Words were asked in a somewhat careless manner, like most things she did. But there was an edge to the words, an edge of curiosity to them. She didn’t think she was a lucky person, she didn’t believe in that sort of thing, she thought of it all as coincident.} “ _{If it was because I got that last question right, it is just because I am good at guessing and also I looked at someone else’s sheet.}” _{Although flashing a bright smile the blonde turned all the way to face him rather than to the side.}  “ _{Unless you are implying that speaking to you makes me lucky then I may buy that.} ”

idyllicism:

_{“ It’s not like I’m complaining, Jess, I just thought we were waiting for Beth & Em before we went completely crazy. ”}

“ _{Well, we were but where the hell is in fun in that? Besides, we all know I am queen hit bringer so why waste these good jams right? Get trashed and dance, they are probably going to take forever to finish fixing their makeup anyways,}  ”

jackethung:

   ^{❝ that’s one way of looking at graduating, i suppose. ❞}

“ _{I mean we’re all gonna split after this right? Never talk again, which means we will be like ghosts and the grass is dead so. Ya know.} ”

@hasfear  ♡’d for Jess

Daylight- Matt and Kim

“_{And in the daylight we can hitchhike to Maine.}”

bonezone:

     “I only go five over. Maybe, like, ten sometimes. Y'know what — Sam probably drives like a grandma. I pay attention to the road so we’ll be fine. World’s second safest driver,” he amends with a short laugh. “Anyway, lookin’ forward to it.”

“_{Alright, as long as you don’t get me hurt on the way there and back. Can’t be a model if I have a bunch of scars.}” _{A playful wink before she smiled and nodded her head.} “_{Me too, I miss hanging out with you. But a lot of things have been keeping me busy lately.}”

xnsert-punch-here:

“You can drop the attitude, miss Priss,” Josh shot back crankily, growling faintly, but without much conviction. Settling down and blinking at the screen, he decided to give up trying to focus and just pretend to be watching, pulling out some chips from the bag and shoveling them into his mouth, chewing them noisily in the silence. The light of her phone was awfully distracting and like the colors of the television made his eyes dance and his mind spin, but he didn’t say anything of it; there wasn’t too much point in it. Plus, he didn’t exactly want to go announcing to the world all his problems except to Sam and maybe sometimes Chris. In fact, he was pretty positive the others didn’t five TWO SHITS about his “problems”. Probably call him crazy, lock him up, exactly like he was afraid of. Scoffing and raising his eyebrow as she began to run her mouth again, he sputtered incredulously, “Don’t fucking expect me to believe that happens to you on a day basis.” Giving a laugh, Josh shook his head and crossed his arms, mumbling, “Girls.” However, when she actually opened up to him, his reaction was very different, turning his full attention to her through body language, nibbling on another chip and his eyes searching her face. “Well…” Frowning and rubbing his jaw, none too sure she wanted his opinion, he at last conceded, “A job would probably be good while you work up to whatever it is you want to do… Just so you can be independent. But always pursue your dreams, you know? They’re what make you you. Don’t give up on them for what anyone thinks… and don’t let a boyfriend change that either. You come first. Just like you always act. Jessica comes first. Just take a part-time job to get tjem off your back, maybe. Not something huge. Few hours a week. You could handle that, couldn’t you?”

_{She paused for a moment at his comment on her attitude. But he did have a point she had gotten a bad habit of snapping when she knew she didn’t have to and at people she actually knew cared about her. “Sorry, it’s just been-it’s been rough lately.” It was one of the rare honest apologies Jess would offer here and there. She didn’t offer them as much as she knew she should have but Josh was a good guy; he at least deserved one. “Actually, you would be really surprised about how many times my heels cause me to fall down the stairs at my house.” She smiled slightly at the lighthearted joke that took place of the earlier hostility she held.  There was a larger smile seeing him turn his focus on her, it had been awhile since someone actually spoke to her like he was. Listened and offered good advice, most people chopped it up to her just wanting attention but she knew he could see she was being honest with him. “You really think I could do something? Like, contribute to society?” She had been told she was just another wasted pretty face for a long while and while she wanted to be a model the idea of actually doing something, even for just a few hours a week like he suggested made her feel more useful than she had in a long time. And that was just the idea. “Ya know, you are the first person who has eve like actually given me some really good advice. I don’t usually tell this stuff to Han and Beth because it’s just dampening to the aura or whatever the fuck it is. It’s nice to think maybe someone has faith I can contribute something even if it’s small to this world.” There was another pause before she brushed back her hair. “They think it’s stupid I want to be a model, that it isn’t a real job that pays bills.” She further explained before shaking her head and raising both hands wanting to dismiss the topic. “What about you? Are you alright? How have things been, we haven’t really talked much in the last few weeks, I feel kind of bad about that.”} 

xnsert-punch-here:

“It’s one in the morning, and you look like shit,” he deadpanned in response, bleary-eyed and hands hanging listlessly at his sides. Shuffling forward after a moment anyway, he plopped himself down rather unceremoniously on the couch. Folding his hands together, he stared at the screen for a moment, almost UNNERVINGLY so, seeming to either only be half-awake or struggling to comprehend the flickering images. He’d been trying out a new medication for about a week now and it made his head spin when pictures moved on a screen, hardly able to grasp any of it, as if they were DANCING AT HIGH SPEED. Damn. Josh could only hope it would go away soon. Fidgeting uncomfortably for several minutes in the silence, aware Jess didn’t really take too well to horror, he considered moving closer but ultimately decided against it. She was his sisters’ friend, and he didn’t want to impose on that. Nevertheless, something had been BOTHERING him a bit when she had arrived earlier.
“Hey,” he addressed, hesitating before turning his head to look at her. “You looked upset when you showed up earlier. Is everything alright?”

“_{Well, fuck you too. Keep in mind I am not wearing makeup so that is also part of why I look like that..}” _{She quickly shot back before rolling her eyes, she decided to let it slide though. That would be the last she would talk about the topic because she knew he was referring to her exhaustion, she just couldn’t help jumping the gun when it came to how she looked. Everyone had their demons and sometimes hers was in her confidence. Shaking her head she pulled a bag of chips from one of their cabinets before following him and sitting beside him on the couch. Eyes rolled at the movie on the screen, why this family enjoyed horror so much she would never understand; but like she did with the twins she was just going to suffer through the movie. She wasn’t planning on going back to sleep any time soon. Attention quickly diverted to her phone hearing the haunting music before her gaze lifted back to him at the question}  “_{Huh? Oh, yeah I am fine, just the usual ya know. Starbucks girl spit in my coffee and I fell down the stairs.}" _{It was so much easier to lie to him, she doubted he really wanted to hear about her problems. But, maybe it was a good idea to actually talk about them}“_{Emily is just being a brat again and my family is making me want to rip my hair out telling me I am going to amount to nothing and I should get a real job not some shitty ass dream..}”

@xnsert-punch-here  ❤️ ‘d for Jessica

_{Head turned before she shrugged her shoulders softly. It wasn’t rare for her to have random sleepovers with the twins and frankly she always found it fun to show up unannounced. At the question of why she was up so early in the morning all she could muster was a shrug; Jess had never been a big fan of horror movies so in hindsight watching one before bed obviously was a bad idea.} “I could be asking you the same thing ya know, why you’re up so early or late. What time is it?”

alysmuses:

Poking his head out from the wardrobe he was currently hiding in, Josh let out a small laugh, “Aw, come on, Jess. This is like, the most harmless of all the pranks we could’ve done. A little jumpscare. Least it wasn’t like that prank we did on Mike’s birthday last year. Now that was hilarious. I thought he was gonna burst into tears. Poor guy.” Josh smiled, walking over to her. “Fine, fine. Party planning. No more jokes.” He promised. “What’ve we got so far?”

“ _{Trust me if it was me you did that too we wouldn’t be talking right now.} ” _{She giggled before nodding her head and resting hands on her hips in a determined stance as she looked at Josh.}“ _{Well, I obviously already have music set up, I think I got a list of things people wanted to eat somewhere too but we still haven’t figured out who is hosting and when the fuck it is starting. Oh and I think someone said they had booze but I wasn’t sure who since they didn’t fucking write it down.}”

@sendhclp ❤️’d for Jess