“make some fuckin’ room , will you ?” lennon slides onto the hay bale turned makeshift chair in front of the fire , nudging the other with their elbow. in the other hand they grip a fresh beer . the bottle sweats & so does lennon , but if they get bit by one more mosquito they’re going to lose it. so it’s worth heating up a little more to avoid that. anyone else may believe they’re in a pissy mood because of it , but this is just how lennon talks , even during their greatest of moods. "having fun ?“ they ask the big fish they’re basically hip-to-hip with , stubby nails nudging under the bottle cap & yanking it off.
mandy looks exhausted and honestly ? she felt just about as bad as she looked. there’s a hint of a smile on her lips as she sees the other big fish. “ hey, ” the femme plops down into the chair in front of them. “ thanks for coming - i , uh. didn’t want to be alone. ” she taps her fingertips on the top of the table; unable to find words to say for the first time. the glisten in her eyes told a tale of hurt – of not being 100% there in the moment. “ so , um .. how was your day ? ”
they nod as the other sits. shrugs , as the other speaks. “it’s fine. been here once or twice.” lennon’s sarcastic tone suggests light-heartedness , but their expression doesn’t. lennon has to be back here for work in less than twelve hours & that surfaces bitterness. as mandy asks about their day , lennon leans back on their chair & eyes her. girl’s a mess. another beat passes and lennon leans forward , dropping the chair back to it’s four legs. “no , we’re not doing that. why are we here at eleven o’clock ?”
Carefully wiping down the bar, Cole swayed their hips to the music playing from the speakers. Sometimes they questioned why a bar was open so early in the day. Most of the time they questioned why they picked up these double shifts at Georgie Porgie in the first damn place. When the door opened, Cole didn’t even look up, but spoke out: “You better order something or give me a good fucking tip – disturbing my damn vibe, yo.”
it was clearly a lapse in judgement , for lennon to believe that georgie porgie would be any less chaotic than the festivities downtown. you could always count on less people in marigold park ; certainly not less tolerable. just looking at the walls in this place gave lennon a headache. “that’s fucking rude.” they swing into a stool at the bar , running sweaty palms over the freshly scrubbed down bar. “you fit right in here. great career choice.”
hey ! i’m saph & i’m so excited to write with u all & introduce my spitfire lennon. i'm probably definitely going to send out some messages on discord to get some things going uhh asap!! after i catch up on everything!!
lennon keely . . . find me under the bleachers .
twenty . nonbinary she/they . sasha lane . downtown elmridge .
so first things first ! lennon is nonbinary & goes by she or they pronouns. they’ve been super outspoken about their identity since probably ? middle school , so this is nothing new!!
lennon has a younger half sister , they were both raised by their dad. he did the best he could by himself , but struggled with his mental health , really hard !!
they’re very protective of their family. they live downtown elmridge and lennon works at jimmy’s pizza.
since a young age , lennon has struggled a lot with their anger . they probably introduced like half of your muses to their first cuss word kghsdkhgs and probably picked a fight with the other half.
their temper is short & they don't put up with anything. lennon is mad at the entire world and every person in it , at some point. they're quite a violent person too, which has definitely gotten them in trouble more than once. but lennon was lucky ; in elmridge , people knew them. they learned how to handle it and often cut them slack that they didn't deserve ( but needed ).
unlike so many of their friends , lennon didn’t leave elmridge after graduation. they stayed to take care of their family , and work.
but we know it’s also because they are scared to be in their own and start over. and scared because part of them wants to leave and pursue sociology. lennon’s roots are here in elmridge ; everyone here may not like them , but they know them.
this summer is going to be bittersweet for lennon. everyone is back , but come the end of summer they’re going to depart from their family and their friends to go to college in brooklyn.
