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griimley·:

– “YOU KNOW ME WELL,” SHE TEASES, reaching up to bonk the rim of his cap lightly, “i can’t resist, i mean that apron?” she fans herself lightly in an over-exaggerated manner, knowing that she can tease him because, well, he has no shame in it anyway. maybe there was a time where quinn could’ve made her blush, but she’d grown out of such a crush after learning she WASN’T his type – and she hasn’t halted on efforts to do some matchmaking since ! so far, all attempts have been unsuccessful. 

elise walks toward the kitchen, knowing that quinn needs no instruction around her house, practically a second home, and she opens the box. elise is too civil to eat directly from it, grabbing a plate from the cabinet. “good, because i wasn’t going to give you a slice,” she says, sticking out her tongue despite the fact that it’s a blatant LIE. “there’s some carrots in the fridge, if that’s what you’re in the mood for.” she wrinkles her nose slightly before taking a bite of the pizza, which is considerably more delicious and greasy. “how’s your shift going?”

               quinn has to fight back from rolling his eyes.   instead,   he keeps a tight-lipped smile and nods understandingly.   jokes on elise,   the last elderly woman he delivered to tipped him ten bucks because he looked like a charming,  working young man,   which she said while squeezing his cheek.   “  you’re the third person to say that to me today,  ”   quinn nods again,  following in after her. 

he goes directly to the fridge when they walk into her kitchen.   even though she only told him about the carrots,   quinn pulls out the jar of juice sitting in there as well.   he places both on the table where she’s already eating,   turning to grab two cups as if he’s in his own kitchen.   and really,   he almost is.   he’s been coming over to elise’s house since he was but a small,   hyperactive child.

grabbing the cups,   quinn takes the opportunity to dig into his pocket and pull out the two bills he separated from the rest of his tips.   “  it’s been interesting,  to say the least,  ”   he says,  stepping to the table and tossing them in front of her.   they’re both one-dollar bills,   which aren’t much as far as tips go,   but it’s even less when you find out that they’re fake. 

#🦕 》 ᵗʰʳᵉᵃᵈ . ／ elise.

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milosuzuki·:

             usually milo tries to read things on physical paper — it helps him focus, supposedly — but that’s clearly not happening right now considering he’s been rereading the same line three times and milo-from-the-past has highlighted the entire paragraph.   “  that rhymed,  ” he snorts, looking up from his page.   “ fries, revise.  ”   he tilts his head before slamming his textbook shut and standing up from his seat.   “  alright, you got me. shall we depart ?  ”

               “  we shall,  ”   quinn is quick to shove his laptop into his backpack,   pushing in a mess of headphone and charging cords.   with a significant zip,  he’s ready to go.   most of the businesses in the town square are a relative walking distance from each other,   so it only takes them around ten minutes to walk to the diner. 

he talks himself up to open the door for milo upon arrival,  feeling a rush of adrenaline when he smiles and says,   “  go ahead.  ”   walking in after him,  he sniffs at the air.   ah,   frozen food cooking in grease.   quinn’s favorite.   “   since you’re the only person i can order a milkshake to dip my fries in with and not be judged by,   i’m gonna do that.   ”

#🦕 》 ᵗʰʳᵉᵃᵈ . ／ milo.

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closed starter . ／  @milosuzuki​ ! location:   the public library. time:   late afternoon. muses:   quinn  &  milo.

              well,   he’s been staring at a blank document for the past twenty minutes and all he’s gathered is how many times the little line on his laptop screen blinks in one minute,   so he thinks that it has been a productive enough study session.   he closes his laptop,   revealing milo sitting in front of him.   they’re at the library--   quinn’s idea,   and now he has a better idea that he wants to share with the other.   “  hey milo,  ”   quinn leans his chin on the top of his palm,   trying to hide the small smile that appears over his lips from literally just staring at the other boy.   “  why revise when we could have fries ?  ”

#🦕 》 ᵗʰʳᵉᵃᵈ . ／ milo.

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griimley·:

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– “THOUGHT IT WOULD BE YOU,” SHE BEAMS, OPENING THE DOOR WIDE. “come on in for like ten minutes, it’s cold and i’m bored,” she says, taking the pizza from quinn’s hands as she sizes up his delivery uniform, trying to hold back a laugh ( only a small snort escapes her, her best effort. ) “cute.” she unfolds a couple crisp bills and presses them into his palm – she tips well, and then she steps aside for a moment. “i wanted pizza, but i mostly ordered it instead of chinese because i knew you were working,” she says, stepping aside to let quinn into her front door. “i said EXTRA CHEESE,” she peers into the box, her tone is joking and not at all angry, “but i tipped you anyway.”

               quinn didn’t have to look at the address twice to know where to go.   it was carved into his mind and there to stay forever,   and really,   the fact that he would never forget the few letters and numbers could only be credited to love’s enduring nature.    it’s his old neighborhood.   even though it’s only been a few months since he moved away,   quinn feels a pang of nostalgia when he drives by his former house on his delivery scooter.   

when he rings the doorbell,   he fully expects elise to open the door,   so he isn’t surprised when she tells him to come inside.   “  i know you like a man in a uniform,  ”   quinn retorts as he steps through the threshold,   refusing to be embarrassed about the smiling pizza flying a spaceship embroidered on his mandatory baseball cap.   he thinks it’s charming,   thank you very much.   “  and hey,   i’m not the one who makes them,   i just deliver them ! ”   he raises his hands in his defense,  quickly stashing the bills in case she decides she wants them back.   quinn knows that he’ll probably end up spending them during one of their hangouts on snacks,   but still. 

   “  i’d ask for a slice but i’ve had pizza for lunch for the past like,  three days,   ”   he says,  awfully casual about not going back to work.   the good thing about always being late with deliveries is that his boss never expects him to roll back on time for the next one,   so that gives him fifteen minutes to chill,   give or take.   “   so do you have something with less...   diabetes ?  ”

#🦕 》 ᵗʰʳᵉᵃᵈ . ／ elise. #im sorry this is so long i literally dont know how to short thread fhdufds #feel free 2 not match length pls

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[TOM HOLLAND, CISMALE, HE/HIM] have you seen QUINN WRIGHT around sedona? QUINN is a UNIVERSITY STUDENT/PART-TIME PIZZA DELIVERY GUY, but they’re also THE ENCYCLOPEDIA in the sedona sleuths, so you’ve probably seen them around the firehouse shed. they’re known for being QUICK-WITTED and EARNEST, but they’re also known to be GULLIBLE and IMPULSIVE. when they’re not at the shed, i can usually find them at the PIZZERIA. i can always recognize them by their untied shoelaces, a carefully curated pokemon card collection, adept fingers pressing away on a nintendo, the rush of exhaustion after being late and misplaced optimism. 

biography, playlist, pinterest board & connections.

the encyclopedia:  The brains of the group, they know loads of random facts that come in handy in the tightest of situations. They’re also probably the one doing the background research when needed.

B A S I C S :

name: quinn wright. nickname:  quinn. age: twenty-two. date of birth: october 11th. place of birth: sedona, ka. gender: cismale. pronouns: he/him. sexuality: gay (not out).

P H Y S I C A L :

height: 173cm. build: slim. hair color: brown. eye color: brown. tattoos: none. piercings: none. preferred style of clothing: fashion is not a topic of interest to him,   so he tends to lean towards comfort over style.   he doesn’t go shopping for clothes often,   so he rotates between a few graphic t-shirts,   button-ups,   and light sweaters for the summer.   in winter,   he wears over-sized hoodies and sweatpants as often as he can get away with it.   he hopes people don’t notice,   but he only owns two pairs of jeans and slightly over-sized dress pants for emergencies. 

H E A L T H :

physical ailments: none. mental disorders: dyslexia,   combined ADHD & battling with depression.  smoker? no. drinker? socially. drug user? no. addictions: none. allergies: none.

P E R S O N A L I T Y :

zodiac signs: libra sun,   gemini moon. mbti: enfp-t, the campaigner. hogwarts house: gryffindor. positive traits:

quick-witted: quinn is known for being quick on his feet,  but that’s not only in a physical sense.    when someone pushes him against a corner,   whether it’s with a comment made to tease him or a new revelation during an investigation that throws them off,    he’s sharp with a silver tongue rapier and speedily familiarizes himself with information,   easily readjusting it into what he already has in a way that tends to get them out of difficult situations. 

earnest: this is a trait he had to learn,   for better or for worse.   it’s something he actively forces himself to be in order to get anything done.   since his mind tends to be scattered and he’s doing or thinking about doing five things at once,   and then something else,   he uses tactics he learned at therapy to focus on tasks he needs to get done and that includes having a lot of conviction for the things that other people can do with ease,   like sitting down for long enough to finish a rough draft of an essay without getting distracted for a whole day.   he applies this mostly to schoolwork and day-to-day necessities,   but when they’re working on a new mystery,   quinn sits himself down and does research on the background.   this is something he genuinely enjoys doing,   so he struggles less to focus on it. 

friendly: while he doesn’t stray away from the sleuths,   he has no problems making friends and talking to strangers outside of the group.   he can be shy with new people and prefers being around those who he already knows,   but if left alone at a party,   he’ll have a new friend group in ten minutes.

negative traits:

gullible: quinn really is this tiktok.   someone could tell him anything and he’d be like   ‘ ok yeah why not ’   even though it’s an obvious lie.   he takes everything at face value and rarely tries to see what’s behind people’s words.   people have told him to stop being so trusting towards others,   especially when they’re working on solving something,   but quinn really does the same shit over and over because it’s in his nature to just trust people and not think to question their intentions.  

impulsive: compliment him all you want about how smart he is,   the only reason he’s got so much knowledge inside of his brain is that he has no impulse control and if he suddenly has the thought that he needs to know something about how the future might look like with self-operated cars,   ways of murdering someone through poison,   the algorithm behind rubix cubes or literally any topic under and beyond the sun,   he’ll obsess over it for a few days.   quinn gets hyperfixations because of his ADHD and they range from videogames to wildly specific points in history. 

anxious: anxious counts as one of quinn’s primary moods,   and sometimes anxiety comes right in the middle of a perfectly normal day if anything goes slightly wrong,   like losing his favorite pen or realizing that he forgot to grab his lunch box before leaving the house that day.   since quinn tries really hard to keep a schedule,   he feels off whenever he forgets something on it and it brings down his whole mood.   in stressful situations,   quinn paces back and forth with anxiety,   whispering to himself and trying to catch up with his brain.   this usually means that he’s thinking really hard on finding a way to solve a situation,   though sometimes he’ll be so anxious that it impedes him from thinking straight.

love language: physical touch & words of affirmation.  hobbies: video games (lots of them), collecting pokemon cards, keeping up on scientific developments, researching the sleuth’s cases, running, murder mysteries and general mysteries, and whatever his new hyperfixation is. fears: not fitting in, failure, abandonment, needles.

B A C K G R O U N D ,   T D ; L R :

tw: mentions of cancer, death, and homophobia.

quinn basically grew up in queen’s pizzeria.    that’s where his mom worked when he was a kid,   so his dad would pick him up from school and drop him off there for the rest of his mom’s shift because he needed to go back to his own job and the pizzeria is where they allowed quinn to hang-out. 

he struggled a lot with school and was labeled as a problem child.   he hated doing school work and he fell behind in reading,   but when quinn entered high-school,   he was diagnosed with dyslexia and combined ADHD.    by that time,   his parents had already gotten divorced after spending quinn’s childhood poorly hiding their frequent fights.    his mom also got diagnosed with cancer,   and times were rough.

his dad remarried and quinn stayed with his mom throughout her illness.   at one point,   when the bills were too high even though he was working part-time at the pizzeria,   he convinced his mom to let him go off his meds and join a sports team at school instead.   it was to ease the financial strain off them,   and it only helped a little bit. 

quinn joined track and kept going to therapy.   his mom had ups and downs but mostly downs,   since medication would stop working after a while until they realized that they were only temporarily treating her cancer but they wouldn’t be able to cure it.    it gave them time to prepare for her death,   so they did.

his mom taught him what she could about living independently from her before she passed away,   though quinn doesn’t think that any amount of preparation could prepare him for the grief that came. 

he moved out of his childhood home and into his dads place with his new family,    a stepmom and two stepsiblings.   he lived in the basement,   which was his choice,   and quit his job at the pizzeria to focus on school and track full-time like he’d promised his mom.   his dad has always been high-key homophobic so at some point in high school quinn dated the first girl who said yes because he was having doubts about his sexuality and he was afraid of it. 

after graduating high school,   quinn decided to pick up his old job again during the summer between graduation and his new year at sedona’s community college and he’s been working there ever since.   he tries to ask his dad for as little as possible since he’s already paying for his tuitions.   quinn wants to build a career in biochemical engineering,   so he’s studying biology and hopes to transfer to the nearest university where they offer that degree even if it’s post-graduate. 

he broke up with his girlfriend after graduating high-school and honestly his dad’s going to be homophobic no matter what so forcing himself into a relationship he didn’t want was just toxic for both parties involved and he’d never do it again,   especially because he let it go on for so long. 

and that’s it for this part !   his biography has everything much more coherently laid out but tbh it’s kinda long so !!

H E A D C A N O N S :

quinn is really enthusiastic about pokemon so if ur thinking of a gift,   u can’t go wrong with anything related to it.   it’s been his favorite show and video games since he was a child so there’s a lot of nostalgia tied to it. 

quinn has a ton of game apps on his phone and he rarely uses social media.   whenever he’s bored and sitting around,   he prefers playing a game rather than scrolling through a feed.   he also carried around his nintendos...   the nintendo console depends on which game he’s playing but he’s often seen with the 3ds or switch. 

whenever someone interrupts him,   whether it’s mid-sentence,   mid-homework,   mid-whatever-task,   they’ll always get his ‘oh shit’ face because he knows it’ll be hard to focus on whatever he was doing again.   if his thoughts or sentences are interrupted,   he 100% won’t pick up where he left off unless someone reminds him. 

quinn’s often seen with headphones on because he prefers to listen to books since reading is a whole ass task that requires a lot of focus that he doesn’t have and dyslexia absolutely makes things worse.   when texting,   auto-complete is his savior. 

quinn has loved dinosaurs ever since he read jane yolen’s children's books in primary school.   if it has a dinosaur on it,   he’ll buy it. 

he hates the way alcohol tastes but he thinks that drinking is cool so he won’t tell anyone about it.    he honestly doesn’t even drink to get drunk because he’s a good boy but if holding a beer makes him look like he fits in,   he’s going to hold a beer.

quinn...    tries to fit in.   he’s friendly by nature but he doesn’t think that’s enough.   it might have to do with the comments his dad used to make about homosexuality that made him feel like he has to fit a certain mold or else he won’t be accepted by others. 

he’s known he was gay since high-school but he has only really dated a girl.   he’s afraid of being intimate with a boy because he knows that’s what he wants but he has been suppressing that part of himself and thinks that he still needs to suppress it because of his dad.   

the reason he got re-hired at the pizzeria is that the owner has a quinn-shaped soft spot,   not because he’s good at the job.   quinn has the tendency to be late on deliveries and anyone who tries to get free pizzas will get mouthfuls from him about how it’ll come out of his paycheck and please please please just pay for this pizza i swear i won’t be late next time....   but guess what ?    he’s late next time. 

anddddd i think i’ll leave it at that !!   i’m hella excited to plot with everyone so check out his wanted connections list n i’m sure we can work something out !!!!!!!!!

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