( zendaya coleman, cis woman, she / her ) the stowe ski resort welcomes HARLEY COLEMAN! they’re a 25 year-old MARKETING MANAGER. the staff says they’re quite OBSERVANT, but i heard they can also be pretty CONFRONTATIONAL. rumor has it that SHE’S BEEN SOBER FOR FIVE YEARS, and they like to spend their free time WRITING SHORT STORIES. // pinterest. dossier.
tw: brief mentions / hints of bullying, abuse, addiction, mental illnesses, and death of her father.
𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 ;
harley has always been of a quiet constitution, found often playing alone & entertaining herself with her vivid imagination, but this often made her a target whilst in school. the elementary years were the worst, though the girl simply bore the weight of each insult and jab tossed her way, often hiding the bruises and telling no one. after all, she had a place to retreat --- a place to lose herself; a world with friends who accepted her & her strange morbid interests.
it isn’t until her 8th grade year that things begin to change. she meets a kid, one deemed as being from the wrong side of the tracks, but harley knows how difficult life can be when people force you into being an outcast and she goes out of her way to befriend the boy. they soon become inseparable, her finally finding someone who seems to not only understand, but share her fascination with all things dark. strangely, the bullying seems to quit, as well.
by the middle of her freshman year, the pair become a couple and harley is over the moon. as someone who has craved love and romance since forever ( or so it seems ), things are finally looking up for the sensitive teenager --- or so she believes. it isn’t until they’re a few months into the relationship that his true colors finally begin to show, but she isn’t sure how to fix her situation. after all, it’s easy to convince her that it’s a one time thing, to gaslight her into believing it was her fault, that she deserved the treatment.
by her sophomore year, nothing seems to be too far for her boyfriend, but still harley doesn’t leave. instead, she begins her descent into drugs. it starts off with weed, something she uses to help numb her body and quiet her mind and it’s used primarily to help her sleep, but as the relationship gets worse, so do the things she uses to numb herself.
her crutch becomes a full blown addiction and it isn’t until it begins to interfere with her schooling that people begin questioning things and with the help of her parents, she’s finally strong enough to leave the abusive boyfriend by the end of her junior year. her freedom isn’t enough to quell her addiction and she spends the summer in a rehab.
her senior year is spent continuing with her sobriety, therapy, and focusing on her schooling and she eventually graduates high school at the top of her class with a weighted gpa of 4.97. things are looking up for harley, her future promising, but the death of her father cause her to relapse. she enters rehab for a second time on her 20th birthday, this time for a year versus the three months she spent the first time. she heads home on her 21st birthday, continuing with her schooling online while still working with her NA group and therapy and upon graduating university, she slowly begins her venture into the world as a career woman with a job she’s both earned & has been graciously provided to her by her mother --- even if the latter weren’t entirely true, it’d be difficult to convince harley otherwise and on her 26th birthday, she’ll be celebrating six years of sobriety.
𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔 ;
observant. tends to notice a lot of things about her surroundings & others, including things that most probably don’t want her to? her eyes are always open and time spent navigating the volatile relationship with her ex has made her hyperaware of the actions, words, and energy shifts in people. even if they don’t have anything to do with her directly.
empathetic. something of an emotional sponge & is sensitive to the environment around her. it doesn’t take much time for her to pick up someone’s feeling and adopt it as her own. this is why she tends to match the energy that’s given to her, unless her own emotions / thoughts are strong enough to run the show.
confrontational. you may notice that she likes to argue just for the sake of arguing ( it’s always playful & maybe she’s a wee bit childish and finds being difficult kinda fun, especially considering she hasn’t ever really had the opportunity to be that way ), but when it comes to the serious stuff, she’ll come find you so things can be hashed out face to face. even if the answers may scare her or the fall out may hurt her, she won’t let herself overthink stuff like that. is never the type to believe shit told to her through the grapevine, either. for example, someone tells her that someone did something to / said something about her, she won’t believe it .. but she will immediately find the person in question and ask & make her decision based off the answer received.
morbid / curious. she’s into all of the dark, twisted stuff that seemed to raise a lot of red flags when she was younger, but she’s always been obsessed with figuring out why. why does someone do the things they do, why do they act the way they do, why do they think the way they do, etc. tends to disregard most social norms & literally loathes small talk. trying to get her to partake in small talk is a sure fire way to get on her no, i don’t ever want to talk to you so please never interact with me ever unless you wanna have a REAL conversation, thank you goodbye list.
𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚜 ;
inspiration: rue ( euphoria, tv show ), olivia ( all american, tv show ), morino ( goth, book ), sanako ( the wallflower, manga ), THIS ted talk ( addresses bullying, addiction, loss of parentals ), THIS slam poem ( addresses depression ), THIS slam poem, THIS slam poem ( addresses anxiety ) & facets of my own personality.
mental health, diagnosed: insomnia, generalised anxiety, social anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, & adhd.
habits: bites her cheek / lip. can’t sit still, is usually rocking back & forth or side to side, bounces her leg(s), continuously shifts her weight if standing, likes having something to chew on ( straw, pen cap, gum, etc. ).
thirst for knowledge. she knows a little about a whole lot, collects random tidbits of information like they’re her lifeline, reads academic research papers for fun. dislikes all STEM subjects with math being the bane of her existence. her curiosities spread far & wide, covering a magnitude of different subject areas. she did a duel major & has degrees in both marketing and creative writing ( she focused in fiction ). she does have dreams of publishing a proper book, but she hasn’t quite decided the story.
occupation. she’s the marketing manager for the ski resort as her main occupation and something she takes very seriously, but she also has a ( monetized ) blog where she posts her short horror stories, all of which are written under a pen name. of course, she takes that seriously, as well, but anything for the resort always comes first because FAMILY comes first to harley.
morals. despite her past, or maybe because of it, harley’s moral compass is kinda ridiculous and partly responsible for some of her rigidness. it can often be mistaken as her thinking she’s better than you, but that is certainly never the case. in truth, it’s something she’s put in place to help keep herself sober.
lover of the unlovable. she’s always found it easy to love those that were told / believed to be unlovable, often gravitating towards them as if tethered to them by an unseen force. this has become even more of a thing since getting clean the second time & it can often get her in trouble, but it doesn’t stop her.
rough around the edges. it’s extra difficult for her to show love to herself, especially because she still hears the voice of her ex in her head, but she is the most gentle with others --- except if she feels them getting to close. if she believes someone is creeping too close, she often has a habit of lashing out. despite that, however, her time in NA has taught her how to apologize and make amends. it’s not very often, especially if she’s at fault, that a fight / argument lasts longer than a few hours.
baby sister, adult attitude. despite being the baby of the family, do. not. ever. mess with her people. it’s not very often that she lets her heartless side make an appearance, but if you fuck with her family .. well, that’s a good way to disappear, I’M JUST SAYIN’.
okay, that’s all i’ve got for now, but i’ll post more as she’s fleshed out. i’ve got a good starting point, considering i’ve just revamped an older muse of mine ( she was a favourite and i’ve missed her ), but i’m leaving quite a bit open ended to see how she grows with everybody. i’m excited to be here and can’t wait to write will all of you!!
