[ meghan ory, bisexual, she/hers, cis female ] who was that walking around manhattan? it was JULIET âJULESâ ROTH. theyâre 36, and originally come from MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. theyâre known as THE FALLING TOWER, and they are a HOMICIDE DETECTIVE. when i hear their name, i think of A WORN LEATHER JACKET, THE SCENT OF SANDALWOOD AND PETRICHOR, A STEADY HAND, SOFT MUSIC PLAYING IN AN EMPTY BULLPEN AFTER HOURS, AND STRONG FEELINGS SWALLOWED DEEP DOWN. i hear theyâre DRIVEN & OBSERVANT, but i wouldnât mess with them, because people say theyâre AVOIDANT & SARCASTIC, too.
quick and easy!
born in new york! her father was a homicide detective and his father ... etc. her mother was a middle school science teacher. jules (never juliet, please) has 2 older brothers: gabriel and adam, and sheâs always been very close with her family.
her family moved to richmond, virginia when she was five. it was a steady change of pace, but her father received a safer offer for work that offered more money - so he took it. jules was never for wanting in her life, and had a decent support system throughout her childhood and formative years.
unremarkable teens. jules graduated high school a year early and attended college for a degree in criminal justice. she started out on the same police department as her father shortly thereafter but craved more. within the year she applied to be a beat cop back in NYC and was accepted. she bid farewell to her family and set off.
worked incredibly hard to get her promotion. jules was actually a vice detective for a short period of time before making the transfer to homicide ---which was her true calling.
her partner quickly became a staple part of her life: severin dane. a few years older, not necessarily wiser but a good balance to julesâ own temper from time to time, the two seemed to be a dream team. it was a good many years of them working together without a hitch, filling a place in one-anotherâs lives that only a connection like that could. early morning coffees, dropping by one-anotherâs places to commute to work together, going to the bar after a long shift together. severin knew parts of jules that even her brothers never did growing up and it was right.
it was with time that their relationship stepped in another direction entirely. one night after a cracked case, or perhaps in celebration thereof, where they fell into bed together ---and seemed to stay there.
at first the two agreed to keep their arrangement quiet, not to reveal it to HR or express their newfound interest in one-another while in the workplace. but as secret arrangements so often do, it fell by the wayside. it was too obvious the underlying feelings there and only a matter of time before their captain figured it out and sent one of them off to another precinct (which neither wanted).
it was a rough discussion, but ultimately severin made the decision to take it to HR. certain that her job would be jeopardized, jules made arrangements elsewhere. without warning, without saying a word to anyone, she accepted a job in seattle and took off. it was as simple as there one day, gone the next.
jules lived and worked in seattle for three years after disconnecting her phone, changing the number, and moving on entirely. but the pull of the city was too strong and her roots were too embedded in new york to leave.
somehow her former captain tracked her down, unaware of the reason she left in the first place (jules cited it was family-oriented and nothing else) and offered her a position again. the caveat being it was exactly her old position - partners with severin once again.
the readjustment to living in manhattan once again has been an easy one. she never quite unpacked her things from her apartment in seattle, so it was easy to pick up and come back. jules just hopes to keep her nose down and move through her business with as little issue as possible.
personality.
driven, sarcastic and somewhat apathetic are good ways to describe jules. sheâs passionate about her interests but not much else grabs them outside of her known hobbies. she has a keen eye for detail and very much enjoys stressing her mind to discover its limits in any setting.
possible connections.
best friend - any gender. someone she can go and have drinks with after work, shoot the shit about anything, and get into trouble with. (0/1).
flings - any gender. jules might have left her pseudo-relationship with her partner off on an awkward foot but she hasnât been shy to fill the space in her bed he used to take up. nothing serious, maybe a repeat person now and again, but certainly people sheâs interested in having fun with when the mood strikes. a woman has needs, and jules isnât shy about hers.
neighbors - any gender. jules lives in a decent building thatâs more loft-style than not, and she comes and goes quite a bit. whether or not this is a person who she gets along with is up for discussion, perhaps someone she can hang out with or hang out with her when sheâs home.
