"Once I Was Told That Good Men Get Better With Age... We're Just Gonna Skip That Stage" - What Would

Gabi x Sir Bodyguard AU concept

People, I want to see a thriving PR professional Gabi and a semi-adjusted, slightly toned down but still obsessive Sir. Imagine if Gabi was taking M&A from success to success; leading the team brilliantly (with no man chained up in her basement). In this AU, Sir would be muscle for hire (purely because I like seeing this man work out) and Gabi would be seeking his services. M&A was founded by Gabi after a girl on her street (Bella) went missing and was never found. Sir had nothing to do with Gabi until she hired him.

Warnings: physical violence, death threats, mentions of human trafficking

M&A has a few enemies; due to the nature of what they do, its inevitable. Instead of letting the threats get in the way of their work, Gabi makes the executive decision to hire security personnel for each of the team, also making various safe houses available for them. The entire team have a bodyguard that is one call away at the weekend and by their side for 15 hours a day. Their contracts are four months, pending renewal.

This might seem drastic to some but they have been dismantling trafficking rings for months now and those motherfuckers are well connected. You can never be too safe.

Gabi's personal bodyguard is called Hugh Evans. He is in his 40s, tall and has stubble. Evans seems to enjoy reading Toni Morrison, Frank L Baum and Shakespeare. He's actually quite pleasant to be around except for the fact that he insists on calling her Gabrielle.

That being said, the 15 hours feel like nothing at all sometimes. For Gabi, Evans is a conundrum. How does someone so intellectually gifted not mind running errands with her all day? She could easily see him as a college professor. One night, Gabi convinces Evans to have a drink with her (after his shift ends, of course).

Over a bottle of red wine, they learn more about eachother. Evans was training to be a literature professor but had to drop out to look after his little brother. Their mom isn't the most reliable, so Evans is the one putting him through boarding school. He loves birdwatching and sculpting; but insists that it's just recreational.

Gabi tells him about her strained relationship with her father. To him, M&A is too dangerous; he never wanted her to have a target on her back. She laments that the passing of her mother broke something in their family and neither of them knows what to do now.

She is in great company, Evans is a great listener. Empathetic when needed but never pitying. She feels safe with him.

For Hugh, this is highly unprofessional. Drinking with clients is a no go for any security personnel worth his salt but there is something special about Gabrielle. She is a breath of fresh air; smart, beautiful and charming. He isn't ready for this contract to end. Not yet, anyway.

Part 2 because why nottttttt

Three months down the line, this working relationship is still going strong. The death threats to Gabi and her team are slowing down now but they all know that this could just be another tactic to get them to slip up.

Gabi doesn't read them anymore, instead she passes them to Evans who uses the letters to build a profile of the kind of people who seek to hurt Gabrielle. It's going well. These criminals are highly educated, strategic and obsessive. A four month contract looks almost naïve in the face of such a threat.

Thankfully for M&A, the police are involved and they are monitoring the situation. With the police alerts and Evans' tireless work, Gabi has been able to focus on each case and not worry about her own safety every second.

Evans has become like a permanent fixture in her life. Over the past few months, they have gotten much closer and it has only helped his work. They work out together, eat together and even watch black and white movies together. They're both into noir detective dramas.

Tonight, Gabi is (once again) working late. Its 11 and she should have been done hours ago. Evans just brought up her Doordash and they are sharing a meal. He's learned that this is the only way to get her to rest during a case.

Gabi was craving Thai food and Evans had long given up saying no to her. They shared cashew chicken and Khao pad. It was divine.

Over the meal, they talked about their the future. Evans wanted to stick with security work, for his brother's sake and Gabi was looking to find investors for M&A. Zeke bankrolling their whole operation couldn't last forever. Corporate funding was needed but that was a long term plan. For tonight, she was happy just to go to sleep.

As Gabi and Evans prepare to head back, an uneasy feeling creeps over the two of them. Sure enough, as they reach her place, the door is cracked open.

Evans gestures for her to stay back and contact the police. As Gabi dials 911, Evans checks each room. In her home office, one of the low lifes working for the Maryland trafficking ring is waiting with a 7 inch blade. Evans manages to subdue him, though not without damage.

When Gabi eventually enters her house, she finds the attacker tied up, unconscious and Evans bleeding from his side.

"Gabrielle.." he barely manages to croak out, before collapsing into her arms.

Part 3 here

The writing is literally so shitty it does not make sense! Tommy was so fucking invested, they can’t act like he’s suddenly afraid. He was sleeping on a damn couch with a too small blanket for this man! He showed up over and over when he didn’t have to!

Am I delusional or is the chain not connected here

For me, the worst thing about OFMD's cancelation is how close we got. It seems like literally everyone was acting as if the green light for s3 was a given and then someone (Zaslav you better sleep with one eye open) axed it at the very very last minute. By all rights, we should be celebrating the renewal right now, and it sucks so fucking much that we aren't.

But this also inspires me to push harder! We have nothing to lose, and I really hope that, given it seems like HBO knew it only made sense to renew for s3 and it was someone higher up who made the call to cancel, other platforms are fighting over this show right now. At the very least, us being loud, with our big and vocal fanbase, will let them know that this kind of thing is unacceptable and -gasp- cancelling a flagship show before its final planned season will tank your service's reputation.

Does anyone else think sir got out while they were looking for gabby cause they didn't show him at the end of the episode?

Rumple + textpost memes [Part 1]

purple magic

abusive parent

hundreds of years old

great hair

loves their son, is happy to be a parent

does dark magic to try to save son

loses son too soon and goes even darker because of it

true love’s kiss breaks the curse/kiss of death

imagine having the angela bassett on your show and ruining her character just bc you’re out of ideas

Naw fuck everything I said said about Ethan. Heather is Hugh's sister and is working with him. My main complaint with the sister theory was we haven't met her yet so it wouldn't feel as much of a twist but this gives it to us.

[Natasha speaking Russian]

Y/N, sighing: Yeah, I know.

Tony: You speak Russian?

Y/N: No. I just know the phrase, "This is all your fault"

Y/N: She says it a lot.