mackmatthews

[mackmatthews]

leota 📲 mack

leota: ME? i can't keep secrets from you, you know that

leota: i dont think i could pull off the leather

leota: tommy wiseau!?!?!?!? damn, i'm wounded. i thought maybe it was matt damon worthy

leota: may the best person (me) win 💖

leota: (but you are best-er)

mack: and good thing too bc i would just bug u incessantly if i thought u were

mack: same tho, i tell u everything. maybe too much 🤣

mack: https://c.tenor.com/zsP_TmFFC-8AAAAC/tommy-wiseau-the-room.gif

mack: naw u the best ever tho 😔

#text thread. #ft. leota elms. #leota 002. #leotaelms

[mackmatthews]

JOSEPH QUINN for 1883 MAGAZINE (2022)

#visuals. #besties i am Losing It

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+ OMARI ROSALES.

˙ ˖ ✶ mack

“Hey, those are lies and slander!” Omari laughed shaking his head at Mack. “If anything you’re the cause of all the shit that I say, and besides it’s not like i’m some senseless heathen who’d do that.” he said a bit too proudly as he crossed his arms over his chest. “Me? oh you know the usual, solving crimes, getting hired to dig up shit on people, the usual stuff.” he shrugged. “what about you? cause it seems like every time i say accio hottie you magically show up with some crazy ass tattoo story.”

“No, you’re right. You’re definitely not senseless,” Mack grins, though the heathen aspect could be debated if he was asked. Omari’s profession fascinated him, though he knew it was something he could never actually do himself. He lacked the focus and the dedication it would take to be good at it, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t always curious when the man told him tidbits. 

“You gotta give me more than that, man. What kinda crimes?” He nudges Omari’s side then, trying to look as trustworthy as possible so he knew that he wouldn’t go spreading about town what it was he was working on. “That’s pretty much what I’ve been up to. Tattooing weirdos, being hot. My two most consistent states of being.”

#thread. #ft. omari rosales. #omari 001. #omarirosales

[mackmatthews]

JOSEPH QUINN by Liam Bundy — CONTENTs MAN | 2022

#visuals.

[mackmatthews]

leota 📲 mack

leota: dom energy or whatever 😂

leota: i have never known your next move and usually people are v predictable to me so honestly? kudos for being amazing

leota: [attached voice note of Leota cackling while trying to yell 'MAAAHK, THE CAHH!']

leota: i wasn't going easy on you either. the win's mine, matthews, i'll settle for nothing less

mack: dom energy 🫣 is this where u tell me u've secretly been running a spicy site the whole time

mack: which i would be all for btw

mack: [saves voicenote]

mack: 🤣🤣 that was the most tommy wiseau sounding mark i've ever heard

mack: 🏆 game on then

#text thread. #ft. leota elms. #leota 002. #leotaelms

[mackmatthews]

+ HAROLD MORRISON.

OPEN START TO: EVERYONE. LOCATION: MOORBROKE’S CINEMA.

since his teenhood, harold wasn’t the biggest fan of technology; he would instead rent a movie or read a book while his friends were on social media. that’s mainly one of the reasons why he works and how he adores moorbroke’s cinema. netflix? no, thank you.

it was his day off but that didn’t stop him from going to the workplace to rent a movie. of course he would take a long time to decide which one to pick. he had two dvds in his hands while looking intrigued but undecided. “the silence of the lambs or hereditary?” he thought to himself.

“That’s a tough choice,” Mack says from behind Harold, peering over his shoulder in a way that had started as inconsequential nosiness and ended up in him actually making the action known as soon as he worked out there was a conundrum at play. 

“I know Lambs is a classic but if you’ve not seen Hereditary, you gotta see it. It’s a fucking trip, like, stay on your mind ages after the credits roll type. Unless you have seen it, then you already know that.”  

#thread. #ft. harold morrison. #harold 001.

[mackmatthews]

leota 📲 mack

leota: no, no, i get what you're putting down. i'd be very productive. and bossy.

leota: i've known you for 13 something years and you continue to surprise me 😂

leota: they have. they super have. i have a boston accent and everything set up, it's so good dude

leota: bowling and beach smoking sounds perfect, omg

mack: so damn bossy, like u could probs run a cell block if u landed in one of them white collar slammers

mack: never let em know ur next move 🌚 i don't even know my next move that's how mysterious i be playing it

mack: [attached voice note of Mack attempting a Boston accent that's just him saying 'parhk ya cahh']

mack: fair warning my endless affection for u will not cloud me or restrain my bowling hand, i'm gonna crush it 🥇

#thread. #ft. leota elms. #leota 002. #leotaelms

[mackmatthews]

+ OLIVER MOONE.

Starter for; Open​

Location; some random bar

Oliver needed to get out of his head. He was going crazy. Him and Tony hung out the other day and he wanted more than the other seemed to. He didn’t know what the big deal was with everything because he needed to accept that Tony didn’t want him that way. Oliver had a mixed drink in one hand and a shot of tequila that had been dropped off to him. He took the shot and chased it with his mixed drink. After setting both down, he realized he was being watched by someone and he turned his head. “Sorry, I’m sulking. I shouldn’t be, but I am. Wanna join?” He asked the other person. “I’ll even pay for the first shot for you.”

“You buying shots?” Mack questions, his ears only picking up on the buzzword that was enough to break his focus on his phone screen where he had not so covertly been scrolling his roommate’s Instagram page. He clicks the side button of his phone to lock it, screen rendered black as he places it down on the bartop in front of him and lends his focus solely to the other man. “What we drinking?” 

#thread. #ft. oliver moone. #oliver 001. #olivermoone

[mackmatthews]

⤷ via zegnaofficial on instagram

#visuals.

[mackmatthews]

+ SHANE HINDS.

who: open @moorbrookestarters​ where: driftwood books

It had been two months since Shane had moved to Moorbrooke. While he was enjoying getting to know the town that he now called home, he was quickly discovering that meeting people as an adult was nearly impossible. So, he’d come up with a plan of sorts – exploring different parts of town and striking up conversations with random strangers. Today’s location was Driftwood Books, a place that combined two of Shane’s favorite things: the beach and books. “How about a deal,” he said, turning to the person seated a few feet away from him, a desperate effort to break up the monotony of the day, “you tell me about the book you’re currently reading and I’ll buy you a coffee.”

“It’s not a book,” Mack confesses, feeling an odd sense of guilt for his comic perusing in a book store as he lowered his copy of Ice-Cream Man #11, holding it out towards the stranger to allow him a chance to inspect the cover. 

“I started reading it because I had some come in and ask me to tattoo the Ice Cream Man on them and it piqued my interest. I can’t lie, it’s trippy as fuck. It really makes me like, think about my existence which is a lot. If you like that sort of stuff and horror, a little satire, big recommend. You been reading anything good?” 

#thread. #ft. shane hinds. #shane 001. #philscphies

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+ OMARI ROSALES.

˙ ˖ ✶ mack

“no because you have to be playing me,” omari chuckled shaking his head in disbelief. “not the fucking bitemark, like what the fuck kind of shit is that? please tell me they didn’t rawr before or after they bit the other or something, cause if so i’m going to have to have to go to therapy after this cause it’s giving cottage cheese cartel.” he laughed. “but you’re joking right?” omari asked. “now you’ve scarred me for life, how in the hell are you gonna make it up to me now, gorgeous?”

“I think you’ll find a way to live after me telling you that, I’ve heard worse come out of your mouth,” Mack teases, that was what made Omari such a joy to tattoo. His company never grew old and he was always unpredictable, which was exactly the sort of vibe that he enjoyed surrounding himself with. 

“There was no rawring though, at least there was that. What's been new with you, man?”

#thread. #ft. omari rosales. #omari 001. #omarirosales

[mackmatthews]

+ EMMETT DAVIES.

EMMETT

“maybe they just watched twilight and were feeling inspired?” em offered as an excuse, chuckling, “i just…did they have them bite them right there in front of you so the bite mark was fresh or did the partner bite them so hard it just stayed there long enough? either way, i can’t imagine it getting crazier than that, and yet, i bet someone else will top it in a week. speaking of inking stuff, when are you open again? i’m overdue for a tattoo in all honestly.”

“It was right in front of me, dude,” Mack explains, re-living the event all over again but with a little time and perspective it was more on the amusing than traumatising side for him. “I was still processing what I was being asked to do and then next of all, his girl had gone full Jaws on his arm. Clearly they were both into that.” 

At the mention of a more normal tattooing session, his enthusiasm spiked, a grin displayed on his face. “We’re open everyday, noon to seven because you don’t want any of us using a tattoo gun before midday.” 

#thread. #ft. emmett davies. #emmett 001. #gldnlitskies

[mackmatthews]

JOSEPH GOD DAMN QUINN

#visuals.

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+ LEOTA ELMS.

“You’ve got a point. Scratch the public shaming of Karen-Ross, I’ll figure out something else for next week’s segment.” He takes the offer and Leota watches when he leans in, but not without her eyes dropping for that precious split second. Except it isn’t a split second, it’s several, and she wakes up from the staring coma at his next request in a hurry.

“Hmm? Oh, yeah, say less.” Thirty seconds is doable. She leaves the cone with Mack to venture past the threshold to the window, tapping the man on the shoulder. With enough feigned concern with real conversation (okay, but have you tried their shortcake? it’s incredible here) Leota eases the man away from the order window and to the side. Three minutes of painful smiling and nodding is all it takes to close out the ice cream conundrum, and as soon as she’s able? She bolts to meet up with Mack on the sidelines.

“He gave me his construction card, so that’s nice if our house ever goes to shit.” Between two fingers sits a Comic Sans-bloated business card, brows waggling with amusement. “What did you end up getting?”

“No shit,” Mack says, plucking the business card from her grasp to inspect it for himself. He hopes his customer service skills is better than his consumer behaviour would imply, but that would be a bridge to be crossed if they found themselves in a home crisis. Without thought, he shoves the card in the pocket of his jeans, plucking the second spoon out of the ice-cream mountain he was transporting out of Schoops in the largest tub that they had, offering it to Leota so he could fill her in on why it was both worth the wait and the diversion. 

“I got everything. Like, literally a half scoop of every single flavour which was a fucking awesome idea while we were queuing but now that it’s here and in front of me I’m like, I need your help to take it down and now you’re free to because I accidentally dropped the waffle cone about twenty seconds after you went on your mission. My bad.” 

When they reached the door that led into the ice-cream parlour, he held it open for her so they could sit outside to feast on his Frankenstein’d dessert, the little bell above the doorframe dinging once he did. 

#thread. #ft. leota elms. #leota 001. #leotaelms

[mackmatthews]

leota 📲 mack

leota: ugh, i was really banking on rec time and glass panel phone calls but you're right. no yatting.

leota: i didn't know you knew how to make garlic bread? uh hello i should have waited for you

leota: if you're gonna get in trouble i can wait out. pretend i'm getting a tat for a half hour 👀 but i think we tried that one before. same boss as last year?

leota: food, bar, beach, i am nooooot picky dude

mack: i think u would do well in prison, in the most complimentary way that can sound. like, u'd be productive, u know?

mack: i'm full of surprises u don't even know the half of it

mack: same boss but different manager so technically, it could work. i wanna see if ur improv skills have improved 🎭🎬

mack: bet bet bet

mack: wanna bowl and then smoke on the beach? 🎳🍁

#text thread. #ft. leota elms. #leota 002. #leotaelms

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+ ANDREJ VARVIK.

“I suppose that’s a … creative idea?” Andrej’s eyebrows knitted together as he spoke because honestly, he wasn’t even sure HOW exactly to react to that. Andrej had his own collection of tattoos but he couldn’t say that any of them were as inventive as that. “So does this mean that next time I come in and let you do whatever you want to my skin, you’ll be biting me now to express your eternal adoration for your favourite client?” A wicked grin was on Andrej’s lips as he spoke. 

Mack laughed at the mental image sparked by the notion that he might sink his teeth into Andrej the next time he was in his tattoo chair, which sounded like he was offering some sort of Twilight experience for free with every inking. Not a bad marketing ploy, when he thought about it. 

“As delicious a dude as you are, I’ll stick to needles not nibbles when I’m working on something for you,” He grins then, as far as clients went, the other man was high on his list for how well he had sat every time he did one for him, “Which will be when, by the way?” 

#thread. #ft. andrej varvik. #andrej 001. #candydripping

[mackmatthews]

leota 📲 mack

leota: one of us (usually me) always does

leota: no because if you yat someone, then i'm going to have to do something to end up in prison with equally sentenced years

leota: yeah, very gross and overcooked italian, but the love and care was there

leota: do you wanna just like meet up and go out somewhere instead? i am so annoyed at this kitchen rn

mack: false (but v true, actually)

mack: we gotta abandon this plan then bc we'd end up in separate prisons by default and then i'd miss u and be a terrible cellmate to whoever i'm landed with

mack: i support ur tortellini journey let me know if u ever perfect it bc i can make some wicked garlic bread for the side 🇮🇹

mack: dope, for sure. i can bounce in a half hr without getting a talking to. u wanna grab food or do something else?

#text thread. #ft. leota elms. #leota 002. #leotaelms