( ha sooyoung, cis woman ) have you seen CHARLIE KIM ? i heard SHE is a FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER / EMPLOYEE at HAND ME DOWN. they’re 24 years old and they’ve been living in san verto for 24 YEARS. they tend to be INDEPENDENT & DILIGENT, but rumor has it they can also be JUDGMENTAL & ASSERTIVE. [ tally, 25, GMT+4, she/her ] @foolsstarters
tw // parents death, car accident, bullying
charlotte kim, born chaeyoung kim –– ha sooyoung / yves fc
nicknames: nothing. just charlie. no one ever gets to call her by her full name or any other nickname, unless you were her best friend. even then, you can’t call her charlotte.
birthday: april 18, 1997 - 24 yrs old ; aries
cis woman, she/her, bisexual
born and raised in san verto, california
for as long as charlie knew, her immediate family were her aunt, uncle, and her cousin. no mother, no father, and a sibling who’s vague memory felt too unreal to be true. the more she grew up, the more she found out about them from little stories she heard here and there, and whenever she persisted on knowing.
her parents passed away in a car accident when she was about a year old. the girl was left with a nanny while her parents went out to run errands, and they never came back. after that, little charlie was adopted and taken in by her godmother, her aunt.
the more charlie grew up, the more she found out. there was a brother. she vaguely remembered him. he was about three or four years older than herself, and he was adopted by another relative who lived in another far-away state. charlie never understood why the two were split up. she couldn’t understand why her aunt couldn’t just take in the both of them. but alas, charlie grew up never knowing him enough. she met him a few times in person, and it was strange. it always seemed like he didn’t know how to act around his own sister, and would always be awkward or cut the day short. charlie grew to not really care about him anymore. he didn’t feel like family to her. she even found out that once he hit eighteen, he left his home and was never seen again.
charlie was just thankful to have grow up in a loving home where her aunt and uncle felt like her own parents, and her cousin felt like her sister. although there was always that boundary she felt between her and the three of them. which is why she kept to herself more and more as she got older.
the only person charlie had opened up to the most was her best friend nico ( @nicocampbell ). the two knew each other since they were about eleven years old. the girl was trying so hard to fit in, dressing up like the other little girls in her class and not being herself. it was until the day she had fought a bully in her group of her so-called friends who called her ugly, and came back to school the next day with her hair freshly chopped off that morning to shoulder length. that was the day she lost the people she thought were her friends, and instead had a fascinated looking boy coming up to her and calling her ‘cool’ for fighting a bully. ever since that day, she stuck by nico’s side and hadn’t regretted it ever since.
the two had started to date during their senior year, and by the time they graduated high school and were deciding on what to do next, nico had decided to leave for LA to chase his dreams. while charlie decided to new york to chase her own. she was dreaming too big for her own good. she attended NYU for graphic design with a scholarship and spent the last four years of her life there, living in dorms and shared houses with university friends.
unfortunately, the two couldn’t keep a long distance relationship with how busy they both got, and decided to end it. now what happens when two awkward people break up and decide to “stay friends”? of course they lose all contact. charlie kept up with nico’s life online, but she never dared to send a text for whatever irrational fear she had.
now she’d graduated from NYU, and worked as a graphic designer for some companies here and there. some being big and some being small. unfortunately, she realized she was being taken advantage of for her skills. she happened to only receive offers for unpaid internships or jobs that paid too little. she eventually couldn’t afford to live in new york any more, and she missed her hometown. so eventually, she decided to pack all of her things and move back to san verto. she lived at her aunt’s house once again like she used to, and stayed there for a few months until she was able to raise more money from her freelance work and her new job at a thrift store to be able to afford her own place.
personality !
if you knew of charlie in high school, you probably knew her as the girl with short and colorful hair, and really dark clothing. she was quiet back then, and very socially awkward. she stuck to her own group, and had her rough edges. some people even told her they found her intimidating back then. she was the definition of resting bitch face tm.
as she grew up and went off to uni, she had to make friends and be nice to people in order to survive socially. she became nicer, but still had her mean and sarcastic moments. she’s more understanding, but sometimes could let her temper get in the way. she’s still very awkward when it comes to people she doesn’t know, and has a hard time making friends, so she still only sticks to the people she knows. charlie is dry humor central and would make fun of you if she’s comfortable enough with you. she’s the type of person who could come off like they don’t care about you, but if you ask her for anything, she’d be here for you.
wc !!
friends from high school - hana
ex boyfriend / childhood best friend - nico
someone she wasn’t familiar with in high school?? it could be fun to plot something like someone who wanted to be her friend back then but always found her intimidating??
a roommate - olive
people she went to nyu with ??
drinking buddies - yooseung
her cousin who grew up with her, i imagine her being 1 or 2 years older than charlie
her lost brother for drama pls <3<3 hehe. 3 or 4 years older
i’m really up for anything lets GOO
