Love Like War

Hey guys! Thanks for your interest in this story. I've had this idea for a bit. I still give credit to the movie This Means War.

Okay, so two CIA agents/spies will use their skills against each other to get the same girl.

A few things to discuss:
-Title
-Profiles
-Plot
-Rating
-Layout
-Posting Order
-A possible outline

Authors:
Bachelor Agent: EmzyStilinski
Divorced Agent:king in the north
The Girl:castiel'svessel

HEY GUYS I'M EMA!

Victoria (Vicky) Jane Winborn
24
Primary/elementary school teacher for seven/eight year olds.

Being the middle child, Vicky was the one that had to be better than her older sister and be a role model for her younger brother. Has her own place (with help from her parents as a gift for getting somewhere in life) and her sister Chloe lives with her who is 27 and unemployed. She's never been too concerned with having a boyfriend because she can live without one and the ones that she has had before turned out to be flakey or boring which is a letdown. The one boyfriend she thought she had something with ended up cheating on her with a girl he knew from high school that he had never really gotten over.

She meets Drew first at the museum and he impressed her so much with his knowledge and interactions with the children. After they agree to meet for dinner (or something else?) to continue their conversation and have a good time, she meets AK the following day and isn't impressed with him because he's a jerk. They've just parted when she runs into her ex, Johnny, who is there with the girl he cheated on her with. He starts questioning her about her guy and before she knows it AK's saving the day by pretending to the guy to help her out (and to piss Johnny off) so then he buys her a drink and she realises he's not as bad as she first thought.

Not entirely happy about having two guys but didn't tell AK about the guy the previous day because of the nice thing he did and it just wouldn't be good to come out with it after their drinks. She tries to pick up all the flaws of both guys to see which one she likes the most and could actually see herself with in a long term relationship that doesn't crash and burn.

@ EmzyStilinski
First of all, can I just say that I freaking love the title! That song is the absolute best, okay?

As for the profile; I know I want his name to be Andrew, but Drew for short (I guess it's just Drew but when people get pissed at him and feel like using his full name then it's Andrew.) I want him to have a cool talent, like with sword fighting or something. Maybe he studied medieval culture in high school and a bit in college (if we decide that the CIA agents went to college) so he kind of specializes in that field?

Also, CIA agents (I started watching a show called Covert Affairs which taught me a bit more about the CIA; and on that show, the protagonist had a cover up job at a museum) have cover jobs set by the agency. If we stick with that, then Drew probably is some sort of historical researcher (which is what he would be doing if it weren't for the CIA). I guess the research element that he appreciated about history really helps nourish his ability to do research in the CIA field.

@ king in the north
Well I was thinking they have legal info saying they have other jobs but are full time CIA agents. I love the song too.

As for my guy idk what I want his name to be. Maybe go by AK like the fun or something along that line.

@ EmzyStilinski
I just saw the trailer for This Means War, and I love the three lead actors. I really really want to watch the movie. I'll probably get right onto that!

Anyways, yeah the CIA will provide official legal documents that states that they work at their designated cover jobs. But shit AK is such a good name, is it going to come from the initials of his first and middle name or is this just a cool nickname?

I haven't seen the movie yet so I'm not sure exactly how accurately we want to stick to the movie, but I kind of picture Drew to be a bit of an intellectual enthusiast. He fangirls over historical heirlooms and would sometimes blurt out random facts. When Drew gets a bit geeky at stuffs like that, AK probably would roll his eyes and tease him about it? But I can imagine that the female character that the two are fighting for would find the scholarly side of Drew to be attractive and compelling.

So tell me if I'm wrong but basically, Drew is more sweeter and old-fashioned (and classy) when it comes to dating while AK may seem like he's looking at other girls or make sexual quips at the female lead but internally he is actually affectionate when it comes to her, right?

AK would be initials but idk what it'll stand for

Basically that's it . I was thinking he's really sweet but she thinks he's too sweet . Its kinda like that in the movie and she'll think AK is a bit too badass and doesn't show enough feeling. They are spying on her when she tells it to a friend and does something to counter it.

@ king in the north

Also This is a link to the movie. The only downside to this site is there is pop-ups

@ EmzyStilinski
Ahh, okay well, we can wait until castiel's vessel give out the idea of how the female character should be portrayed, then maybe after that we should discuss how much we want to stick by the movie.

Anyways, I can honestly imagine AK and Drew to have a lot of harmless, but humorous banters during their missions or even when they are just casually walking beside each other in the CIA headquarters (it is located in Lansing, Virginia.)

I imagine that AK and Drew are both really smart since CIA agents really need to have these assets in order to be successful at their jobs. What is AK's strong suit? Like is he good at math and measuring distance or is he a pro at chemistry or some form of science that would help identify compounds (i.e. bombs, pills, etc.)?

Maybe in high school, Drew meets Coraline (I'm going to call her Cora cuz there's this character from Teen Wolf that I adore and want to name her after) and as you mentioned, they fell in love (but not to an extent where he thinks he is ready to marry her) but does right after graduation when he accidentally knocks her up. They find out that the marriage isn't working out and hence the divorce! I still need to work on the details regarding his child.

Thanks for the movie link btw!

May I just say that I absolutely loved the film when I watched it earlier this year and found a love for Tom Hardy through it (he played Tuck).

So I'm thinking that my girl is going to be a primary/elementary school teacher and her sister lives with her as she's currently unemployed. She's only had relationships that have lasted a maximum of a few months because the guys were either too flakey or too boring, and her most recent relationship ended when he cheated on her with someone he knew from high school. As she works with little kids, she's really into men who care about children and aren't afraid to show their true feelings. I still haven't worked out her name or many other details but she's still in the developing stages!

@ castiel's vessel
I feel like the whole primary school teacher thing works perfectly with what I have in mind regarding how Drew and your character may first come across each other.

Since Drew is allegedly a historian or a historical researcher (he sometimes does the research on his down time from his demanding occupation as a CIA agent), he would just be chilling in the museum as part of his own personal research and maybe if your character brings her students to the museum as a field trip then she will come across Drew, who is absolutely geeking out on the historical context of all the art pieces. If she isn't in the museum with her students then maybe she is just wandering around to make sure that it will be an acceptable field trip idea? Depends on what you have in mind and what you prefer.

Also, since she is attracted to men who cares immensely for kids, it is a perfect element to kind of make your character consider Drew as a person of interest to her. Drew has a kid, and even if the kid will most likely live with Cora, his ex-wife due to his demanding and dangerous career as an agent, he loves his kid and does what he can for him/her. (The character Tuck has a son right? or was it a daughter?)

Double post

@ castiel's vessel
How AK and your character meet, I'd like it to be something like in the movie. Like she sees the guy who cheat on her and stuff.

I think his speciality will be bombs and artillery. He also is the best sharp shooter to give meaning to AK even though it is initials.

@ king in the north
The kids a boy

@ king in the north
I like the meeting of them in the museum while she's with her students, and his interactions with the kids could make him appeal to her more.

@ EmzyStilinski
And that's fine! She'll see him with the girl and feel embarrassed about being with no one despite him being the one who cheated so she latches onto AK and pretends that she's with him (which then leads to a nice dinner of talking and he ends up being a really nice guy in her opinion), yeah?

Guys it's midnight here and I'm up at six so I probably won't reply to anything until then.

That's okay :)
I'll get on my profile now

@ castiel's vessel

@ EmzyStilinski
Ahh, that sounds really interesting. Oh shit, I'm not too sure what the specialty for Drew would be. Anyways, AK is such a fitting name considering the fact he is a pro at sharp shooting.

Oh and it turns out that my best friend has the movie in BluRay so I will be at her house this weekend to watch the movie!

@ castiel's vessel
Okay, that is the perfect idea. I can just imagine the tour guide (or the museum guide or whatever they are called) will be bringing the kids around and telling them about each of the sculptures and exhibits and everything, and Drew interjects on the tour and kind of appears out of nowhere to cut off the guide's sentences. He loves the kids so much and wants to be interacting with them, so he starts throwing off fun facts about a particular exhibit and corroborating the guide when they mention something that is a bit inaccurate.

The kids would be so interested in what he is telling them and the museum guide would just be so irritated and confused like, "sir, where the hell did you even come from?" But the female OC (what should we be calling her, btw?) would just be standing in the back, clearly impressed with his abilities to deal with kids and his knowledge and how he interrelates the subject to something kids can understand.

@ king in the north
Its amazing c:

@ EmzyStilinski
Alright, the best that I can think of right now is that Drew can be a freaking BAMF at hand to hand combat (since sword fighting is freaking useless and he only learns it for fun.) But AK is very good at hand to hand combat as well, I should assume... so it's not a special talent of his. I think his specialty is the ability to dig up valuable information from research and the fact that he can be very calculating; such as measuring or estimating distance and timing which can help with the precision of how they complete their tasks.

Also, maybe he can also be very good with chemical compounds so like if someone gets poisoned and as long as he knows which type of poison is used, he can conjure up the cure for it. Another example of being a chemical genius would be knowing how/which way a bomb could/will explode if he finds out how the bomb was made. But he's a dumbass when it comes to detonating bombs and shit. (But the whole bomb thing, he doesn't exactly specialize in it cuz its AK's thing... he just know how much damage it will cause if it explodes.)

IDK why I'm getting extremely overboard on the CIA aspect and less on the actual plot... I am so sorry, i tend to get overexcited over shit like this!

Anyways, I think maybe we should start talking about the little quirks that help shape the personality of the characters.