[ laura harrier. cis-woman. she/her. compelling voice. ] ✦ in the dying light of forks, there’s always someone new moving beneath the clouds. this time, it’s ALICIA HOWELL, the THIRTY-THREE year old TRANSPLANT. they say they’ve been here for FOUR YEARS, but the story shifts depending on who you ask. either way, they’ve been seen haunting MOUNTAIN & MOON APOTHECARY, after their shift as a LIBRARIAN at FORKS HIGH SCHOOL. they’re part of the the SILVAN COVEN, and most people say they’re like FREEZING COLD OCEAN WATER LAPPING AT YOUR FEET, A COLLECTION OF WELL-LOVED BARRETTES, PUTTING A BAND AID ON A PAPER CUT AND IGNORING THE BURNING IN YOUR THROAT, A JOURNAL DATING BACK DECADES BUT REVEALING NOTHING. as for where they stand on the town’s quiet war? they feel RESIGNED BUT HOPEFUL, DESPITE THE GNAWING IN HER GUT. at the end of the day, you’ll catch them humming TAKE A BITE BY BEABADOOBEE, but they’ll just tell you: “MEMORIES WARM YOU UP FROM THE INSIDE. BUT THEY ALSO TEAR YOU APART.“
hometown: duluth, georgia
birthday: may 19, 1933 ( taurus )
the wind was warm and the air was sweeter than sweet tea -- that's what her mother used to always say about the day alicia was born. sometimes, not often, alicia takes a moment to wonder what her mom would think of her now. perpetually thirty-three but pretending not to be. when she starts a new job, alicia always says she's twenty-six. she likes the wiggle room there, and frankly she would like to believe she pulls it off. despite being nomadic by nature (the nature of being, well, a vampire), alicia likes to stay in one place. it's dangerous, of course, but that's never stopped her before. it's frankly a miracle she's pushing up against 100 years on this earth.
alicia has come face to face with hunters a handful of times. she may not be the most cautious person out there but she doesn't actively go out looking for trouble. and not that hunters have any qualms or morals about the whole murder thing (at least she does!!!!) but alicia has spent much of her immortal life trying to help others so she mostly stays out of trouble, avoids any targets on her back
right now, she's a librarian at the local high school. totally not thrilling or anything but it's convenient having the summers off and she likes the kids, believe it or not. gen z and the rapidly approaching gen alpha crowd can be absolutely confounding sometimes, but they keep her young! like she's constantly being forced to google new words and follow tiktok trends. it's honestly a win/win for keeping up the with it young woman facade -- people don't say "with it" anymore, do they? :/
alicia isn't a party girl, really, but she likes to have fun, who doesn't?! and she likes to meet new people, even if it means saying goodbye to them when she inevitably moves on with the coven or they die. because that's the thing about humans, huh? they keep dying.
but at least it's not her making them that way. the more time alicia spends around humanity, the more she actually loves it. misses it, yeah...wants to be close to it, yeah! but it's not just that. people are constantly surprising her, no matter how many of them she meets. so she subsists on animal blood or the odd blood bag if she's lucky, and it's not that bad, as long as she doesn't think too hard about it.
quite foolishly, alicia tends to date humans. there's something about having a relationship with a fellow vampire that just never...works out. like just imagine how it feels to have your ex never stop being exactly as sexy as they were when you dated and you know they're not gonna drop dead any time soon and neither of you are gonna ever forget every excruciating detail of the relationship. it's just not cute!!!! humans, though...they move on so quickly. sure, alicia has to pretend she's something she's not the whole time, but she's always been fairly theatrical. it's a fun acting exercise!
she's been here for a hot second, so there might be some former high schoolers who know her from work, not so sure abt the math there. but also parents, siblings, etc, anyone who has any connection to the high school might know her a little bit bc she's very social
ex-flings: shes, hes, theys, she will (and has) date them all. i wouldn't say she has no standards or dates anyone, but she likes being in relationships. she falls pretty easily so she's not even using people (humans primarily) but of course once they get too close or they've been dating for long enough, she pm has to cut and run. there's lots of possibilities for this: one night stands, fwb, someone who thought they were doing so well then alicia was like it's not you it's me xx
random but someone she sees a lot at the gardening store bc if there's one thing abt alicia, she WILL have her hands in the dirt on the weekend. she looooves plants and being outdoors (rip....) so that's the real tragedy of her life tbh
the obvious: i think she gets along well with her whole coven! and probably tbh...depending...doesn't have bad feelings towards the sanguine either oop but that could be one-sided, you decide!!
she has no personal beef with shifters either but y'all can come for her, it's valid