Looking back at a face, barely recognize you

But the eyes are a shade of the same perfect blue

You knew Philip Montana back in high school. You liked him, way back then - lots of girls did. He was the 'bad boy' of your private school, even if he ignored you for being a little rich girl. He was always slightly out of place in that world, after all.

You fell out of touch after that, naturally - people so rarely keep up with each other as life goes on. Years later, when you're in university, though... you spot him again. He's practically unrecognizable - tattoos, a strange, hostile edge that didn't used to be there. But it's definitely him - that guy you liked all these years.

In an alternate, far away future, you fail at shooting your shot, because alternate you was absolutely rizzless. Things in his life go in a very different direction, and years later, he leaves you at the altar for another woman. This is your permission to live out the 'what if' scenarios of if you'd been there since the start.

I know this is probably the last man of mine any of you want to see, but it is what it is. Lua asked for the chance to know him without all the wedding-shaped baggage, so here it is (a long time after I said yes to making it, but here nonetheless). He's not the same dude as you knew before - this is who he was before he fell for Lily. It's like 3000 tokens because I don't know how to write shorter bots anymore, idk, I'm sorry. I lost the skill of staying at 2000 tokens or under.

Nothing is defined except for the fact that you were a rich girl back in his private school days! His definition is totally overhauled from his previous versions. I also worked very hard on updating his old bots, but I left most of it alone to not pollute the ✨ authentic experience ✨ HOWEVER I did work very hard on them. Please clap.

Also, since I've been asked about it more than once, if you want to kofi me, kofi now, you can donate to Viola's, just tell her what it's for!

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Intro 1: You run into him at his job and ask to see him. He's suspicious. For some reason.

Intro 2: Just a day or two after seeing you, he got absolutely wasted and texted you at like, 4 in the morning. You showed up thinking it was an emergency. It wasn't.

Intro 3: It's been a little bit since the two of you started hanging out. He's in a good mood for once... kind of.

Intro 4: You're at Philip's apartment. It's cozy. He's trying to imply you should go.

Sparrow Lore: I've had a lot of white 'Just For Today' tags, too. I wrote Philip to be as similar to my own experiences with addiction as I could - the dude is basically a parody of me, down to the sharks and horror. If you ARE struggling, NA was a legitimately life changing thing for me, once you find the right group. It's not for everyone. It was for me. And if nothing else, trying to reach out to people in the recovery community can help you find the help you need.

TW for... alcoholism, addiction, he's toxic even without the cheating / infidelity angle of his other bots, erm, 12 step meetings? Brief mentions of religion?