(Maddison Jaizani, Cis Woman, She/Her.) Welcome back to The Gates’ Community Center, SABRINA SHIRAZI! Or should we say THE AIRHEAD? As a resident of BAYVIEW ESTATES for TWO YEARS, we are sure you need no introduction. However, we’d like to confirm some information for our community directory. You are TWENTY-SEVEN years old, correct? And a KINDERGARTEN TEACHER at THE GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? Wonderful! We are so pleased to have someone who is POSITIVE, LOYAL, and KIND within our community. Of course, we’ve also heard that you can be INSECURE, QUIXOTIC, and CLINGY… but you can’t believe everything you hear, right? Anyone who reminds people of THE LINGERING SCENT OF EXPENSIVE PERFUME, CONSTANTLY MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES BUT HOPING TO SOMEDAY LEARN BETTER, A CLOSET FULL OF PASTELS, & BEING TOO SOFT FOR ALL OF IT is welcome in The Gates.
BASICS
Name: Sabrina Shirazi
Nickname(s): Sab, Brina
Species: Witch (Green Magic)
Birth Date: February 29 (we're making up a leap year because I didn't want her to be 24)
Zodiac: Pisces
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Relationship Status: Single
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Reference Characters: London Tipton, Elle Woods, Alexis Rose, Galinda Upland
HISTORY
Sabrina Shirazi was born and raised in the Los Angeles area. The daughter of an actor and a real housewife, she's led a charmed life - albeit an occasionally fake one. At age ten she was smiling for the cameras, making cameos in her parents' respective productions, and being largely ignored at home. That is, until her grandmother moved in. The older woman refused to be lured in by the grandeur of Hollywood, camping out in the guest house and taking Sabrina under her wing.
Quite literally. Sabrina had thought that when her grandmother said they were going to yoga class, she was in for a snoozefest. Instead, at eleven years old, she was taken to her first coven meeting and informed that she was a witch.
There was no magical school. Or summer camp. Or any other fun bonding experience like in the movies. Instead, Sabrina's magical education consisted of her stepping in as the fifth member of her grandmother's coven, learning by doing. A green magic witch from birth, she took the spot that should have been her mother's. And with this one thing, she took to it like a duck to water.
Everything else in her life at the time... not so much. No one has ever accused Sabrina of being brainy, but by the time she reached high school it was clear that her options for her future were limited. She was incredibly popular in school, well liked by almost everyone, Homecoming Queen, Miss Congeniality, etc. But smart? Not quite.
It wasn't just being book smart that she struggled with, though. On occasion, her common sense was seriously lacking. She'd trust the wrong people, make mistakes she should've known better than to make. By the time she reached college (did her parents help get her in somewhere so they wouldn't be embarrassed? maybe so) (she also took a few years off prior to travel the world 🩷), she knew she needed to figure her life out. So she decided to major in Elementary Education, intending to teach kindergarten. All the while she continued to serve as a member of her grandmother's coven, learning all she could before she inevitably had to spread her wings and fly.
The decision to move to The Gates came the day she graduated. An exclusive island for the supernatural? Nothing was more fitting. Her grandmother was the one who told her about it, and within a week her parents had signed the paperwork for an impressive home for her - their graduation gift. She's been living in town for two years now, and she absolutely loves everything about it. EXCEPT for the fact that she's been unable to complete a coven of her own. She and her very best friend have been doing okay on their own, but Sabrina has never been without a coven before. And with Cathy Beaumont turning up dead? It's best to take no chances.
HEADCANONS
Sabrina lives in Bayview Estates because it's the spot in town to live the life of luxury she's so used to, but she insisted The Recluse move in so she wouldn't have to live in solitude. Her parents are paying for her house, so she hasn't yet had to tap into her trust fund.
She sometimes has object permanence issues when it comes to people. If you're not in her line of sight... you may not exist. Which isn't great when it comes to relationships. She has, at least once, forgotten to formally end one relationship before starting up another. It was just casual, though, right?
Sabrina is desperate to add at least one member to her coven, and she's specifically targeting The Activist. She can be very charming, so she's hoping they'll be swayed in her direction and not that of the Beaumonts. How cool would it be to have a coven comprised of people with different types of magic?? She is coming at this with the intensity of Elle Woods on her quest to get into Harvard. She will stop at nothing to succeed - very much a new side of her that no one in The Gates has seen before.
You would think that the fact that she's so absentminded would prevent her from keeping plants alive, but that's not the case. She's a very nurturing person (she wouldn't have chosen to be a kindergarten teacher otherwise!), and the garden she has in her greenhouse is thriving. She prefers to grow her own ingredients for spells, proud of her small moments of independence.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
Messy Relationships! Exes, hookups, etc. See headcanons.
Makeover Montage. Past or future, Sabrina has turned into a fairy godmother for a good cause (getting someone to stop wearing truly tragic outfits).
Coworkers. Please! Elementary school teachers or the principal.
Friends. She makes friends easily, slipping into conversation with someone without a second thought. Though she's only been in town for two years, she's probably befriended a circle of people.
Enemies. I'm sure she's grating for some people - she's perpetually cheery and she still doesn't have the best grasp on how the real world works. There are a million reasons why they wouldn't get along!
TAKEN CONNECTIONS
Ale Rodrigues. Casual Hookup. They met when Sabrina was still newer to the island and treating it more like Love Island than a place she was going to settle down in forever. They were doing their morning runs in opposite directions when his dog decided to follow her instead... and get Sabrina all tangled up in her leash. He was her knight in shining armor, keeping her from falling. Literally, but also metaphorically, since it's strictly casual.
Dominic Faris. Casual Hookup Also. They were casual friends first, but have also started hooking up in the past year. She is completely unaware of Ale and Dom's interpersonal conflict. Fun!
Virginia Beaumont. Jealousy, Jealousy/Rivals. Sabrina thinks that Ginny has it all together, and she resents her a little for it. She feels like she's trying so hard in comparison to The Prodigy. Plus, they're a total personality mismatch AND they're in a race to complete their respective covens. It's no surprise that they don't get along when they have to interact.
“They called her naive for believing in the good in people. But she was just a loving soul, who thought that even monsters needed someone, who truly believed, they were angels once and they can be it again. And yes, maybe that was naive, but this world needed people like her.”
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