but i’m a constant headache, a tooth out of line
basic
full name: kendall james decker
nickname(s): kenny, decker (given to her not only because of her last name, but also for the time she spent a week in detention for punching a classmate in the face for picking on her)
age: 19
date of birth: april 21st 2001
hometown: bridgemead
orientation: bisexual with a strong lean toward women
occupation: sales associate at a thrift/antique shop in the town square
living arrangements: with her father in her childhood home
physical
faceclaim: emma mackey
hair colour: dark brown
eye colour: hazel
height: 5′8″
tattoos: misc hand tattoos, a swarm of bats behind her ear, a large piece on her ribcage that is a black and white depiction of a bouquet with daisies, marigolds and roses to symbolize the birth flowers of everyone in her family.
piercings: either side of her nose and her septum, three in each ear lobe and an industrial bar in her right ear.
clothing style: very much inspired by grunge fashion of the 90′s. lots of baggy pants, flannels, long sleeves and layers. almost always paired with either a sherpa lined denim jacket or one of her dads old leather ones.
usual expression: example one, two, three.
distinguishing characteristics: a slice in her eyebrow from falling off of her bike when she was 6, and another one on her bottom lip from a similar accident.
favourites
weather: heavy rain.
colour: forrest green.
music: tbh basically anything 90′s alt.
movies: she’s a fan of horror films, from campy to super scary. she also likes david lynch a lot. she’s a big twin peaks fan.
family
father: mason decker, sherriff
mother: clarice hart, elementary school teacher
sibling(s): audrey maureen decker, older sister
pet(s): a st bernard named cujo, aged 4 years, and the goodest boi alive
biography
kendall is the youngest daughter of bridgemead’s police chief and a school teacher. there wasn’t a day that she and her sister weren’t being dragged all around town - whether it was to watch their father play in a charity softball game along with the rest of the station, or helping their mother organize and run a food drive down at the high school. given that her parents were a crucial part in bridgemead’s development into the town mayor tilley had always wanted it to be, there was nary a town sanctioned event that the decker children weren’t in attendance. though it was evident from a young age that kendall wasn’t at all like her sister, audrey. she remembers watching the older girl go out for clubs, and any and all extracurricular’s she could. this made her the better known decker daughter, kenny happily taking the backseat to watch her sister thrive enough for the both of them.
despite their completely opposite demeanors, the decker sisters were incredibly close. with only a 3 year age gap, their parents were pleased that they seemingly found a sweet spot that allowed the two to get along. kendall was mostly interested in the arts - with enough books to create her own library, a stash of antique records, and practically every article of clothing stained with paint. audrey was a senior girl scout, and when she was older, a cheerleader. she was the top of her class, on the fast track to any ivy league college that was lucky enough to receive her application. she was the perfect daughter, in any parents’ eyes. but thankfully for her, she didn’t get the brunt of this. in fact, both of her parents were incredibly loving to the girls. and though she loved them both equally, kendall had always considered her mother so much more than just a parent. they were inseparable, practically best friends.
so it doesn’t come as a shock that when her mother is diagnosed and swiftly loses her battle with breast cancer, kendall’s entire world is turned upside down. at this point, the girls are 13 and 16, and it’s a massive loss not only on their family, but the town of bridgemead as well. but the world kept on turning, and business continued as usual while kendall remained in the same spot, retreating even further into her own solitude now that her mother was taken from her too soon, and so unexpectedly.
years come and go and kenny can still very distinctly feel the hole her mother left in her world. try as he might - and believe me, he tries - her father can’t seem to patch it up. days fade into months, and life just goes on. audrey graduates and kenny is soon to follow, though their plans - with no surprise - differ greatly. audrey was on her way to harvard, just close enough to home to keep tabs on kendall and their father, but just far enough to enjoy her newfound freedom. kendall opted for a gap year to get some work experience under her belt, scoring a job at a thrift shop located in the town square. weekends where audrey came home were one of the few things kendall looked forward to, but the weekend of her disappearance had already felt off to the younger sister. all audrey could talk about was a party that was being held in hawthorne forrest, which already sparked some red flags. come to find out she was reuniting with some friends from bridgemead high, ones that had never impressed kendall enough to even learn their names.
audrey left after giving kendall’s hand a reassuring squeeze - three times to say i love you, something their mother had always done to them. and after that night, audrey was gone. her disappearance triggered the same pain and loss for kendall that she felt the night her mother died. she made her father promise to never stop looking for her, no matter how many nights they came back empty handed, how many leads ended up fruitless, and how much time passed. the few things she loved were being torn out from under her like a rug, leaving her to fall on her face, grief stricken and alone every time.
an entire year passes with no answers and she can tell her father is starting to go through the motions of accepting their loss. that is, nor was ever, an option for kendall. she began to take things into her own hands, using what little resources she had to find an answer for where her sister had disappeared to. dead end after dead end does nothing to extinguish her fire, instead helping kendall realize that finding her sister was much more than a one man job. this leads her to seek out the help of AJ after seeing a flyer posted in the window of her job for the scooby gang. the thought of leaving her sister’s life in the hands of a group calling themselves that has her skeptical, but there isn’t much kendall hasn’t considered trusting in order to get audrey back.
