audrey had been painting all day , it was a sunday which meant henry would be with her dad at scoops likely so she got this time to paint. audrey always thought that when an artist didn’t use their hands for a while, it was always a little rusty similar to riding your bike again after a while. she was always moving her hands though whether it be changing diapers, scooping ice cream, taking notes, drawing in her sketch book, driving. her hands never grew tired. ❝ have you ever been drawn before ?? ❞ audrey blurted out to the person beside her, she brushed her hair back and smiled at them one of those audrey fern smiles. you could bring someone back from the dead with a smile as fierce and heartfelt as hers. ❝ it’s just . . . well , i’m trying to get better at drawing people you see. i draw a lot of faces but not so much the person , the body , you know ?? ❞
STARTER FOR: @audrcyfern
EXTRA: some street… presumably somewhat between whitby campus and nia’s apartment
“ no no no, you just have to have an open mind about it — ” nia insists. they’re curbside in one of the residential streets that houses mostly rented student houses and a few apartment buildings. she’s currently enamored by a rather beat up and homely looking… cabinet. maybe it was once meant to be a bedside table or a small living room accessory, but it had obviously seen quite a few years at the not so gentle hands of college student, evidenced by the dinged up edges, the mysterious gashing at the top, and the paint job that left a lot to desire — one particular deep scuff revealing no less than four layers of different colors. clearly, the last owner hadn’t seen it fit for their room, or perhaps it’d been left behind by a past tenant and now undesired. whatever the scenario, nia was immediately smitten with the piece of furniture ( as she often was with curbside hauls that bore of price tag of free ). “ c’mon, you don’t have to see my VISION to help me get it back to my apartment, do you ?? ”
moving furniture across campus was not how audrey wanted to spend her friday afternoon , she was this close to calling her dad or one of her brothers but no , that’d be giving in . and hell , they were perfectly capable of dragging this across campus . she would say moving but what audrey was doing to that piece of furniture , i think it classified more as dragging . ❝ nia , this is hard . i’m not gonna lie , i think i’m sweating , actual sweat is dripping from me . . . i don’t remember having to push this much when i gave birth , ❞ audrey mumbled , she bent down attempting another try at it lifting with all of the energy in her arms . ❝ and i do not see your vision , you were right about this i swear to all things we will get this to your apartment , lift with me . ❞
thankfully it was not too long until closing time, one more film and he could get out of here. it wasn’t that he didn’t like his job, he did, but he was just not feeling it today. there had been a bunch of kids who had come in and spilt popcorn everywhere, and now he’d just had to clean up a load of coca cola that had been dropped down the back of one of the seats.
with a hefty sigh, bandit leaned against the counter, not really expecting to see anyone else considering the last film had started ten minutes ago. “ you’re running a bit late?” bandit couldn’t help but smirk , as he faced the other. “ sorry, the doors are closed now, i can’t let you in”
they were running late , it was an hour past henry’s bedtime but they were making it to that 9 o’clock paw patrol showing . it was probably the only chance audrey had to take henry out between school and work . plus the kid loved paw patrol , he was in his paw patrol pajamas waddling slightly beside his mother - her double in more than one way . ❝ come on , bandit . you’re gonna deny us the pleasure of watching paw patrol . look at his face , look at the baby boy . . . ❞ audrey exclaimed , bending down to lift up henry who cuddled up beside her , putting on his cutest face - he even nailed the lip pout . if the lip pout didn’t work , audrey had a twenty in her pocket she was willing to bribe him with - was that even legal ?? ❝ how many times have i slide you an extra scoop at scoopy’s , huh ?? ❞
hiii hellooo my name is abby and i’m playing audrey lilah fern , under the cut i’m gonna have some information about audrey and yk give this a like and i’ll message you either on discord or tumblr for plots feel free to message me as well . i’m REALLy excited !!
audrey is the baby of her siblings , in a house full of chaos - audrey was their surprise baby . right when they thought they’d be done with three children , audrey surprised them . audrey looked up to her older siblings , she was seen running after them trying to play with them or hang out with them . she always felt different than them though , when they were too cool to hang out with their baby sister audrey spent time with her father in scoopy doos .
scoopy doo is her fathers pride and joy , he loves being able to share his love for ice cream with the town of portbriar . when they were little , one thing all of the fern siblings would do together is sit and watch scooby doo while their dad made them ice cream . with their mother sipping wine , laughing watching the mess he was making . it’s one of audrey’s fondest memories watching them so in love , her siblings so happy .
ever since audrey was little she loved art - painting and drawing . audrey always had a sketchbook in her hand doodling away whenever she had a chance . their mother was a lawyer , she was always organized , well put together , determined . whereas their father was the opposite , an whirlwind opposites attract romance .
however , tragedy struck the fern family when audrey was sixteen she was involved in a car accident and her mother was in the car with her . her mother didn’t survive the accident , passing away later at the hospital and audrey was recovering for months . following the months after her recovery , audrey started feeling impulsive . she would do things to act out , to get her siblings attention , things she knew her mother wouldn’t like . being impulsive was always a part of audrey’s nature and it still is .
when she just turned twenty , audrey got knocked up by a boy from who was passing by towns and they never had anything really serious . a few months later , she had a baby and everything changed . a little boy , a little baby boy who she named henry joseph fern . it was nearing the end of her school year , balancing everything was nearly impossible but she somehow does it . it helps that when she works at scoopy , her father doesn’t mind at all if she brings henry and that her siblings there sometimes .
audrey is free spirited , she loves painting , drawing , music , swimming but also chasing around a one year old . henry loves scoops , he’s happy to sit in the cafe and eat a bowl of cookie dough ice cream . audrey likes to think she’s out grown her impulsive era but a random weekend she’ll decide henry needs a beach trip . audrey isn’t much of a planner she just wants to learn about art , make art and see where that takes her .
audrey has a therapist that she sees weekly , following the accident she had a lot of nervous and issues . she’d always think about it , she’d stare at her bruises and scares . she was diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder due to panic attacks she’d have at school and home . she had a lot of anxiety about being in a car again .
