━━━simon!

@rapierwits ; * he should be annoyed , but instead , he ' s smiling just a little bit wider * you would / not / . . . okay , you would . i wouldn ' t mind . 

preferably twice per hour . occasionally thrice . maybe four times on alternate wednesdays' . * he swallows hard , trying to ignore just how much he likes simon's smile * 

@rapierwits ; * he bites his lip gently , although a small smile still crosses his lips as he shakes his head * you ' re going to bring that up all of the time , aren ' t you ? 

@rapierwits ; well , who can really blame us ? 

well , not to contradict how you're wrong once again , but we both do rely heavily on sarcasm .

@rapierwits ; never thought we'd be able to relate on anything . 

@defiantashes ;; "but everyone at my school is an idiot. and besides -- it's not like actually interacting with them goes anywhere." simon shrugged. he had friends like his band and everything, but that didn't mean things didn't mean things didn't get lonely. and with clary not going to be around, that was worse. "offense taken."

"which is why you get off your ass and find yourself a social life. instead of recklessly risking your / actual / life," bella said dryly. she was acting like she didn't care, as if this was only one of her usual reasons to complain. and . . . and that / was / what it was. it wasn't anything else, it wasn't like she was, like, friends with simon or something ridiculous like that. "i know a lot about what boys do. but boys like you? not my type, not worth paying attention to. no offense."

@defiantashes ;; simon pressed his lips together. well, he couldn't argue about that. as much as he hadn't wanted to listen in on other's conversations -- well, he didn't even need to listen in on conversations when that was your best friend's mother. "that's not all boys do. maybe i just got bored of reading the old testament and playing video games with random strangers."

she smirked, leaning over and playfully ruffling simon's hair. her touch lingered just briefly, nails scraping his scalp as she pulled back. she had the tendency to invade people's personal space, and not intentionally. she liked seeing if she could gain a reaction. "aw, are you jealous, buzzkill? you and redheads who prefer jace. it's tragic." bella shook her head mockingly. "mm, i don't know. i kind of liked the glasses. i thought they were . . . weirdly sexy."

@defiantashes ;; simon couldn’t help but roll his eyes. he really did not like jace. like, yeah, okay he saved simon’s life, but he didn’t care because jace had done it for clary, not because he wanted to. and besides, there was nothing less attractive than people who were so full of themselves. “oh, that’s great.” he drawled sarcastically. “i’m in high school, i’m sixteen, and i’m stuck being sixteen forever — what did you expect to happen when i rose from the dead? at least i got my glasses off.”

bella tapped her foot against simon's floor. it was one of her absentminded nervous mannerisms, caused by her inability to quit feeling so jumpy and full of energy despite her indifferent facades. nothing like internal conflict. "well, i / am / living with him, thanks to magnus. he's hot, i'm hot, it's pornhub waiting to happen. and -- ugh. you're such a virgin that it physically hurts to look at you. you have the sexual appeal of a cabbage patch kid."

@ofarcher ;; “oh, i deeply apologize if my best friend’s father is a homicidal maniac. and i deeply apologize if i want to be there for her. and oh, the mighty alec, i am so very sorry that you don’t want me here, but i’m not sorry that i want to be here for clary.” simon shrugged. what mattered to him most was clary lately — especially because of the whole father thing. he knew he had to be there because it was what was right and he loved clary. he didn’t know why alec was so bothered. 

alec had been hoping. he had desperately wished simon would stay away. interaction with mundanes always unnerved it ; it was partially why he was always so disdainful when jace flirted with them. not the entire reason, but no one needed to know that. especially not simon. even though he would probably understand, considering his pitifully obvious situation with clary. "i can and i will. you aren't supposed to / know / all of these things are real. you aren't supposed to even / see / them." the frustration in his voice was obvious. he never liked unknown situations.

@ofarcher ;; “clary is my best friend. i’m not going to keep away — not if she’s involved in this. and besides, after discovering demons and vampires are real? you can’t expect me to just keep away.” he had found out vampires were real the hard way — he’d been kidnapped and then bitten the vampire clan leader or whatever, that guy — raphael. ever since then, things had been . . . really crazy. and seriously, he couldn’t be expected to just get away. because of clary, his top priority, and because this was just like what were in all those comic books.