Bria Monroe. 18.

We don't know what life will bring, but a good heart will bring you the best things. 

[briamonroe]

Is that BRIA MONROE? I hear SHE is an EIGHTEEN year old FRESHMEN who is studying VISUAL ARTS at Luxor University. Word is they are a(n) SCHOLARSHIP student who is AGAINST The Unhinged. You should watch out because they can be NAIVE and INDECISIVE, but on the bright side they can also be OPTIMISTIC and EMPATHETIC. Ultimately, you’ll get to see it all for yourself.

Bria Monroe grew up on fairy tales, believing in happy endings for people with good hearts and even those with seemingly no hearts at all. Unfortunately, reality didn’t resemble the stories she loved; the life she knew was anything but, or perhaps just more like the parts of fairytales simply put in to get your heart racing. What little hope young Bria had for her own happy ending was cut short upon the tragic accident that resulted in her parent’s death, at a mere 9 years old she was forced out of any normalcy that had been established in her life and swept right into the foster care system, a system that unpleasantly held onto the girl for the remainder of her childhood and up until she simply aged out. Despite the constant uncertainty and confusion, the food insecurity, and the abusive parent figures who saw the girl as nothing but an extra check, Bria seemed to wake up and treat the day as if none of it existed, but if instead as if she was living her dream life. The girl mastered masking reality by the fairytale she created with her positive attitude and love for just about everyone and everything, meaning Bria naturally gives everyone the benefit of the doubt, and despite being walked on her entire life would continue to let it happen if it meant connection, friendship, and especially love.

Every single person who meets Bria seems to be immediately drawn to her gentle, hard-working nature. She’s a determined young woman with an unbreakable spirit and an array of dreams that have helped her bear through the most unfortunate of circumstances. Her convictions are strong and so is her nurturing nature, unafraid to reach out to help a stranger. Bria is sweet and poised but she does have a fire burning underneath her soft features, she’ll be unafraid to stand up for herself whenever the situation calls for it. Her heart of gold tends to be overemotional, hence why she is not the girl to go for objectivity, but the perfect one to help you find a silver lining when it feels like all might’ve been lost. A noble soul that loves taking care of every living thing that surrounds her, Bria loves to fulfill the role of the nurturing, reliable presence in any and all situations. With her uncanny ability to say the right thing or offer advice that works like clockwork, everyone feels at ease when she’s around. She’s always paying attention to her surroundings and is good at picking up cues that most might miss; that has allowed her to be both an excellent planner and improviser whenever the situation calls for it.

Her niche? Photography. The one constant she has managed to hold onto throughout the many ups and downs, and all together something she picked up to capture the very scenes of fairytales unfolding all around her. Any picture Bria takes seems to reveal her ‘la vie en rose’ perception of life, and it was just that skill, revealed through a four-year long project Bria turned into her portfolio for Luxor Admissions, that got her the scholarship needed to attend one of the most prestigious schools she could ever dream of attending.

[briamonroe]

Best friend, you the baddest and you know it. Uh-oh, girl, I think our booty growin'. Fuck it up in the mirror, hit them poses. Best friend, damn, you motherfuckin' glowin'. 

WANTED CONNECTION — other half.

a friend who makes her feel whole. real friends, the lasting kind. Although a budding friendship, they share the best and worst with each other. despite bria’s hesitation to let people in and know all of her, this person has effortlessly made the girl feel like she will never be judged by them. 

the level of comfortability and compatibility was practically instant, lending itself to a deep soul connection between the two. even then, the sarcasm, tea spilling, binge watching, shit talking, also runs deep. i’m talking fifteen voice message texts in a row, will meet you on your walk of shame to grab coffee, fake an emergency to help me escape type of friends. 

[inbradpitt]

bro she's a piece of art, pin her against the wall

[briamonroe]

musicshexts​:

His eyes rolled, but in a playful way, as it was almost impossible for her to actually annoy him, it happened before, but he would be lying if he said that it was something that happened often, “Alright, then you better not use the pouting to get what you want in april,” he warned her, but he wouldn’t do anything if she did, “Sure, what do you feel like eating?” he liked eating dessert, but he honestly preferred to eat salty things. He wasn’t like some that felt like something was missing if they didn’t eat something sweet after lunch or dinner.

Bria pushed her lips to the side, glancing away momentarily as if she were already lying about something, “No promises.” She knew whether or not she tried to use it a dozen more times, it would still likely work every time, he rarely ever turned her down when she used it. The brunette hummed, her arms crossing in front of her as she thought through what actually sounded good right then, the biggest obstacle of making a decision being her unfamiliarity with Japanese desserts. “I have light weight fell in love with Japanese street food. Maybe we should just wander around until something calls our names.” She offered, but saying it with hints of magical exaggeration as if to make it way more exciting than what he might find it.

[briamonroe]

richwithlxve​:

“I wasn’t napping,” he corrected her, “I was almost though, that I will admit,” he didn’t usually fell sleep at a public place like that, but he supposed that it was hard not to when you were so tired, “I was not really doing much, I was just listening to music,” he shrugged lightly, he wouldn’t mind sharing his headphone with her if she asked him what he was listening to. he enjoyed doing it with someone, it was nice to share with them what his taste was like.

“Well then perfect.” Bria set her bag down first before finding her place near him on the ground. She had made it a habit of hers to spend time outside as much as possible, with how much more often she found herself indoors studying and working since beginning Luxor. “Need some company?” It didn’t necessarily matter at that point seeing as he seemed open to it and she has already sat down, but the girl was unable to still be polite about it. “I have some time to kill before work.” 

[briamonroe]

@luxorstarters​

“No, seriously, you have to try it.” Bria held up the other bite of the delicious golden puff ball she was told was Takoyaki by the man who she bought it from, whatever it was it was delicious. Anybody that spent enough time around Bria probably realized by now that practically every single meal ended up being the best one the girl had ever had in her life, she romanticized the moment like that. But it really was that good, and she wasn’t going to take no for an answer, as she waited for the other to open their mouth so she could force them to bask in the tastiness with her. “Come on, for me?” 

[briamonroe]

nikkikerrvaliente​:

@luxorstarters​

“I am pretty sure people are fucking in that classroom,” Nikki declared, listening at the closed door of what she had thought was an empty classroom. Based on the moans and other noises coming out of there, clearly she had been wrong. “Which do you think it is? Teachers or students?”

“Knock it off!” Bria uttered, her mouth quickly falling open after the words left, she knew better than to think the girl was lying, this was now the second time this had happened to her since going to Luxor. “Ew. I don’t even want to know.” She shook her head no as her nose crinkled up her mouth moving as if she tasted something sour. “Seriously? A classroom? I just don’t get it...”

[briamonroe]

musicshexts​:

“Oh, of course,” when he was around Bria, he didn’t feel the same way that he felt when he was around anyone else. Usually he didn’t like people, he didn’t smile, and hoped that the conversation would be over soon, that the person would leave at some point, but with Bria, he actually loved to hang out with her, and he even smiled. She was most likely the only person, or at least one of the few, that knew how his smile looked like, “Hey now, I thought we agreed that you could only use that pout once a month,” he didn’t think it was fair that she could get him to do anything just by pouting at him, but he wasn’t actually upset she used it.

Bria hadn’t exactly ever felt at home, much less traveling around the world with people who for the most part were all new to her. Despite the uncanny sense of familiarity Nate provided for the girl, it was always more of a comfortability than a sense of home. With Ben, she felt at home. Something she was so grateful for she was sure she’d never be able to put it into words, not that Ben would actually want her to anyways. “Well we will put this one on April’s tab then.” The brunette let out a spoiled giggle, as she moved back over to him and away from the wall of pool sticks, leaning against the table, “How about, we use the money to get dessert?” 

[briamonroe]

ethan-chapple​:​

“Day three of Luxor. I suspect my dorm room is haunted by an angry ghost. Also,” Ethan took a sip of orange juice, “the cafeteria is out of coffee. This college education thing is really riveting.” 

Bria stifled a giggle as she overheard him, unsure why but sarcasm tended to be her favorite, something about the mere tone of someone speaking sarcastically made her more comfortable than she otherwise would be, and always left her entertained. “Are you.... podcasting or?” She questioned his need for narration, despite enjoying it. 

[briamonroe]

richwithlxve​:

Closed starter for @briamonroe​

One of Rich’s favorite places was the garden path, he enjoyed just sitting on the grass, and listen to music, sometimes he took his guitar with him, but that wasn’t one of those times, that time he was just listening to his playlist, as he kept his eyes closed. He wasn’t sleeping, he was just resting them, but he was so tired, that he wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up falling sleep. He found out that music helped calm down his thoughts, and he was starting to use it to sleep at night, his body was still pretty addicted to the pills, so there were some nights he still couldn’t sleep, but it did work at times. He was in his little bubble, before he opened his eyes, and suddenly there was someone there with him, which made him jump lightly, “Jesus, I didn’t notice you were there.”

Sneaking up on him wasn’t exactly the girl’s intention, it just somehow happened the closer she got until she was close enough to see his eyes were closed and he had earphones in and then bam, she had startled him. “My bad.” Bria sputtered immediately, “I was going to see what you were doing, I didn’t realize you were napping.” She let out a small giggle in hopes of coming across as less of an annoyance than she felt in the moment. 

[briamonroe]

musicshexts​:

One of his favorite things was to prove someone wrong when they underestimated him, especially when he got some money out of it. He didn’t need it, because his family had money, but still, it sure was nice, “Maybe you should have listened to me when I said that you would lose the money if we bet,” he reached his hand out, “Pay up,” he was always good at pool, before he was adopted, it was how he used to get money, not that he really needed to, since he was living in the orphanage, but he was planning to gather enough money to not need anyone when he turned 18, as he didn’t think he would ever find a family.

“Why would I listen when our record is practically fifty fifty, I’m not bad at pool. You just got lucky.” Bria pointed out, perhaps the record wasn’t exactly fifty fifty, it was more like sixty forty, Ben being the sixty, but she was willing to stretch it a bit. As he said pay up her jaw dropped slightly, the shock on her face obvious before she quickly moved her lips into a pout blinking her eyes at him, “You aren’t actually going to make me pay, are you?” The brunette took his pool stick into her free hand and moved over to the wall to hang up both the one she was using and his putting them back in their place. 

[briamonroe]

nate-shaw​:

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“You shouldn’t have spent money in the first place,” Nate grumbled into the phone, determined to be pouting about whatever it was that Bria was dragging him along to, without even having heard any of the details. “Jesus, Bria, you’re not even dressed? Why am I already on my way then? Is this going to be one of those girl things where I’m going to have to sit around for an hour while you get ready?” he asked, the hint of distaste audible in his voice even over the phone as his upper lip curled upwards. He was of half a mind to turn around, pausing for a moment and scuffing his foot on the ground, debating telling her to just come get him when she was ready. But it was Bria, who he had always had a soft spot for, if mostly brought on by her obvious soft spot for him. “Like, five minutes,” he muttered as he fell back into step, though slower this time, her response still having the potential for him to say fuck it. 

“Shhh this is the first time my job isn’t for paying for rent and gas money, let me splurge a little.” It was definitely a splurge, but one she found came easily considering it meant both relaxation and time with Nate making him relax too. “One of those girl things?” She rolled her eyes despite the fact that he couldn’t see her, “You’ve been around these Luxor girls too long, I literally just need to put my clothes on I just got out of the shower, relax. Why would I get ready ready for the spa?” She pointed out, placing her phone down hoping hearing her shuffle to actually get dressed would keep him on track since she was sure he had at least thought about turning around more than once already. “Five minutes? Perfect, I’ll be good by the time you get here. Did you want a joint for the road? I figured you’d needa destress a little before we destress because... well because you’re you and I’m just surprised you’re coming with me... so I got you a couple.” There was clear giddiness in the last part, she didn’t always get her way with him but when he did go along with her she couldn’t help but let the moment confirm that he actually cared about her, something she still enjoyed being reminded of from time to time. 

[briamonroe]

sav-grey​

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Sav knew most people would be spending the break lazing around and getting drunk, partying and then sleeping it off in the sun the next take, and while she planned to do plenty of that as well, she also wanted to taking on as many of the hikes near the resort as she could, having heard that they were well worth it. Luckily, Bria was of similar mind, and Sav had no issue subbing her in for Marcello on one day, just excited to have someone who would join her. The finally got to the top of the hike they had decided on, Sav taking in the view with her hands propped on her hips, breathing heavily when she turned to Bria after hearing her voice. “Definitely a better view than most hikes,” she agreed, though the sense of awe wasn’t quite as overwhelming as Bria’s - having travelled around the world for her entire life pretty much, she may have been a bit jaded about it, no longer realizing how lucky she was. “Why wouldn’t you have believed you would’ve been somewhere like this? Didn’t use to be much of a hiker?” Sav asked, tipping her head to one side as she considered the other girl’s statement.

Bria almost instantly regretted the route which she herself brought the conversation, these weren’t exactly the type of conversations she found herself having, especially with someone like Sav. The blonde was so different from her, she likely wouldn’t even understand the what Bria’s world looked like, let alone how that stirred her into emotions like the ones she was experiencing right then. The curly haired girl had been successful at keeping most conversations with her well off peers away from anything that would lead her to poorsplaining herself, this moment being an obvious failure. Her shoulders lifted in a shrug, “Yea..” she began with a nod, “it’s definitely something I only recently started doing, there was not much hiking going on where I grew up.” Did there need to be? Hiking was a luxury for those who didn’t already have to walk everywhere, their job, their school, the store... Bria shook the train of thought, “I didn’t even have my passport until the school told me I needed it for the program, so that’s where most the disbelief comes from though.” 

[erika-writes]

[musicshexts]

@briamonroe

[briamonroe]

rubymensah​:

“Meant to,” she echoed gently, sounding more unconvinced than Bria about that, although she smiled nonetheless, happy for Bria to be enjoying herself. “I guess I was just being dumb. I’m sure the manual said something about that and I just skipped over… no matter,” she said quickly. “What are we taking pictures of?”

“You... dumb? Not in a million years. What they should do is put an arrow on the battery itself, it makes way more sense that way.” Bria said with a simple smile, “Well, we can take some of you in front of all these gorgeous views so your dad can see how much you’re enjoying yourself.” Bria hummed as she thought of what else, “And I’m sure there are some fun wildlife things we can snap too.” 

[briamonroe]

reellykenzie​:

“Of course I did! You gotta have something special on your big day,” she declared, like it should be obvious. She grinned, hugging Bria back tightly, glad she already seemed to appreciate what she had done. It wasn’t a ton of stuff, but she was glad she had done it anyways. Kenzie smiled happily as Bria opened the gift. “I’m glad you like it. I’m not the best at picking out fashion stuff, but I figured simple was better and it kind of reminds me of the sunsets around here. So you can remember this awesome trip too,” she suggested. There was a knock on the door and she went to get it. Just in time, it was the chocolate cake she had ordered, with candles burning brightly. She had even gotten them to write ‘Happy Birthday Bria’ in chocolate sauce on the plate. “Ta-da!”

“No, seriously, this is the sweetest thing..” Bria took another moment to admire the pearl before admiring Kenzie, “I’m so lucky school brought someone like you into my life. You are a doll.” The brunette was already pushing her curls to the side as she unclasped the necklace to wear it immediately when she heard the knock and watched Kenzie walk to the door, right as she finished clasping the necklace close the cake was making its way in. Her mouth dropped open instantaneously as her eyes lit up, accustomed to very little she was overwhelmed by what Kenzie had managed to put together, but in the best way possible, “Knock it off! Kenzie!” Her voice was higher pitched and revealed her disbelief, “You are the most precious thing.” She couldn’t help but pull the girl in for another quick hug before the cake was directly in front of her. 

[briamonroe]

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