if there's one thing to know about angel, it is that she loves to procrastinate until the very last minute. so it's far from surprising that she is shopping for an outfit the night before a big audition, her indecisive nature making it difficult to make a selection. " what do you think ? " she asks, turning to the only other person in the aisle as she holds up two equally hideous patterned shirts. nobody said fashion was a strong suit. " which one do you like more ? "
it's purely by coincidence that she catches sight of him from the corner of her eye, hands waving crazily in his direction once she realises who it is. " june !!! yoooo, mr. chomsky !!!! " she yells across the street — apparently not loud enough, since he doesn't seem to hear her. she hastily makes her way towards him, her short stature meaning that she has to all but run to keep up with his pace. " hi. good morning. ciao. " she huffs, out of breath. " what are you up to today ? "
the subway hummed along its course, the faint hum of the railway a familiarly quiet noise to Tomas and likely everyone else on board. it was a rare day that this car wasn't overly crowded - crowded still, mind you, but it had definitely been worse. there were a few empty seats littered among the occupied ones. still, Tomas preferred to stand, stabilizing himself with one of the poles that marked the middle of the space. better that than be up in someone's business, and thusly have someone up in his.
but the subway decided to make his life harder today. generally he could handle the jerking stops and starts, but today it seemed particularly shaky along this route. every time the train reached a stopping point, Tomas felt himself nearly get thrown completely off balance. finally, after a particularly rough departure from a stop, he sighed and glanced to the empty seat just a few feet away, then up at the person sitting beside it. "mind if I sit?" he asked, nodding gently at the seat. "I won't bite, I swear."
despite all the advice she's received to the contrary, angel remains only half aware of her surroundings. earbud blasts suede straight into one ear, the melody interrupted periodically by the various beeps coming from her tamagotchi as she makes sure bob is taken care of. so it takes her a few seconds to realise that she is the one being talked to, hand quickly reaching out to move her guitar case out of his way once she registers the question. " are you sure ? " tone is faux serious for a moment, an equally grim expression on her face before it breaks out into a grin " 'cause, you know, you've got that whole suave vampire thing going on. "
i’m pretty sure i just ran into angelina 'angel' cerulli ! you know them, they’re the twenty four year old music teacher / musician that’s been here for two years. they can be pretty endearing, but on the d.l., they’re also flippant. i have their ringtone set as i miss you by blink-182 in my cell. next time you’re around brooklyn, tell them to give me a call !
THE BASICS
full name: angelina marie cerulli
nickname(s): angel, lina, gia
gender: cis woman
pronouns: she / her
sexuality: she views herself as bisexual with a heavy preference towards women, but she’s actually a lesbian -she just hasn’t discovered that about herself yet.
sign: sagittarius sun, cancer moon, gemini rising
occupation: aspiring musician and part time guitar teacher
TLDR
angel cerulli was born on the 8th of december, 1979, the only child of two lower to middle class parents who often struggled to make ends meet, but never let her want for anything. with both her parents working long hours, angel was often left to her own devices to do whatever she wanted. days were spent wandering around the brooklyn aimlessly. she was twelve when she first laid eyes on an electric guitar, in the window of a newly opened secondhand store. immediately smitten, she scrimped and saved for several months so she could buy it. time after school was no longer spent fluttering about, but instead on learning how to play the guitar by playing along to songs on MTV.
she started her first band at the age of fourteen, inspired heavily by then-popular grunge brands such as nirvana, pearl jam, and hole. they were about as good as you would expect a band full of middle schoolers to be, but the entire experience put stars in her eyes and made her all the more determined to actually make it. and so with a kiss and a hug goodbye, angel left new york city for los angeles on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, with the absolute bare bones of a plan beyond getting signed to a label — somehow.
it's really no surprise that things went pear shaped almost straight away. turns out that people rarely ever made it in los angeles without having connections or slogging for years. and it turns out the whole starving artist thing? it's stressful. so after four long, gruelling years of exhausting all her savings and getting absolutely nowhere, despite submitting demo after demo and performing show after show for pennies, angel moved back home to brooklyn.
you'd think the whole experience would have made her more cynical, but it's only made her all the more determined to work even harder and try again and again. writing songs and making demos still takes up the large majority of her time, although she's picked up a part time job as a guitar teacher for a couple of rich kids to help pay the bills around the house.
PERSONALITY
angel is a true optimist, a glass half full type of person through and through — it definitely tends to get more than a little annoying from time to time. she's a chatterbox who will absolutely talk your ear off if given the chance, loves making new friends and learning about people and what makes them click. she doesn't take life or herself too seriously, so can come off as facetious from time to time. will absolutely not give up on anything she's set her heart on — annoying but in a donkey from shrek (2001) kind of way <333
