( picture prompt meme )

[socketeer]

the picture prompt meme I — Comment with your character. II — Others will leave a picture (or two, or three...) III — Reply to them with a setting based on the picture. IV — Link to any pictures that are NSFW, please. V — Be aware that this meme will be image-heavy. Link to an image: <a href=IMAGEURL>TEXT</a> Embed image in your reply: <img src=IMAGEURL> Image width and height: <img src=IMAGEURL width=500> OR <img src=IMAGEURL height=INSERT>

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[murdocksboy]

Yeah? My dad was a fighter.

[ It's a way of finding common ground and explaining away his own fighting abilities, as limited as he hopes they appeared.

He uses his cane to navigate, just resting his hand on the back of Luke's elbow, since he doesn't know what the guy's personal bubble might be like. It's obvious he's not big on talking about himself; Matt wonders what 'stuff' he thought was safely in his past. He nods in understanding, though. There are things he'd once thought were buried in time, too. ]

Nothing ever really stays in the past. [ He pauses, thoughtful, hoping he's not making a mistake by pursuing the topic a little further. ] So, question for you: who do bartenders go to when they need to share their troubles with someone?

[spellmyname]

Mine was a preacher.

[But even giving that information doesn't seem to sit well for him. An ordinary person wouldn't be able to pick up on his increased heart rate just by dipping his toes into conversation related to himself and his past.

He does have to agree with Matt's comment, however, even if it makes him uneasy as well.] Guess not.

[Leading him isn't a problem for Luke, and no one gets in their way while he does. If anyone wanted to give Matt trouble on his way home, they're obvious seconding guessing that.]

A bartender's troubles aren't too interesting, usually.

[murdocksboy]

[ Hopefully Luke won't take offense at the amused chuckle. Matt just finds it kind of funny, a deeply religious man like himself becoming the Devil of Hell's Kitchen and the son of a preacher becoming...well, whatever Luke is besides a bartender. Because that can't be the only type of work he's ever done. Not a man who can fight off a gang of vengeful thugs single-handed. ]

I want to say that neither are a lawyer's, but obviously that isn't true. And, I also don't believe you. Everybody's troubles are interesting in this city.

[ The streets are crowded at this hour, but it's well before last call and there are people out and about. It doesn't escape Matt's notice that they all give the pair of them a wide berth. ]

I should hire you as a bodyguard.

[spellmyname]

[Well, he'd be lying if he outright said his troubles aren't interesting, in a morbid sort of way.

He gives his own chuckle at the suggestion of being a bodyguard.]

If you want to spend more time with me, all you have to is ask.

[He knows it's a flirtatious comment, and has no way of knowing how that'll come off on someone like Matt. At the very least he might get another laugh out of him.]

Or come by my bar more often.