INTRODUCING LELA SANTORO: we love to mistake butterflies for cardiac arrest.
FULL NAME lela rose santoro.
BIRTHDAY january 29th ( 28 ) .
BIRTHPLACE dallas, texas.
GENDER cis female.
OCCUPATION stripper.
BUILD athletic.
HAIR COLOR brown .
EYE COLOR brown.
HEIGHT 5’9
PARENTS declan santoro ( father ) + amara brown ( biological mother ) , francine santoro nee hill ( mother ).
SIBLINGS open older sister , open older sibling, open older sibling, connor santoro (npc younger brother), maisy santoro (npc younger sister) .
PETS stellar ( black cat ) .
CHARACTER PARALLELS: april kepner (greys anatomy), brooke davis (one tree hill), lily aldrin (how I met your mother), elena gilbert (the vampire diaries), charlotte york (sex and the city), lexi howard (euphoria), beth harmon (the queen's gambit)
BIOGRAPHY with mentions of drunk driving, drinking while pregnant, neglect and abuse (emotional)
lela came into this world in the form of an emergency c-section after her mother had totaled her car driving drunk after a night out celebrating the end of her pregnancy. it was a miracle that she was born and even a bigger miracle that she was born healthy. her mother immediately signed over her rights to her father who had just found out about his daughter only hours before as he was the emergency contact listed.
growing up in a household that wasn’t entirely loving wasn’t easy on a child like lela. she stayed in the background like a flower wilting in the dead of winter. it was easy when you were quiet. she was never free from the abuse that followed but she remained positive - hopeful for a change that would never come. instead she focused on her art which brought her an immense amount of joy. she sees the world in a different light than most and that shines through the art that she makes. she wants people to see the world in the way that she does.
despite the hardships that they faced, lela found herself excelling in school and even contemplated going off to college but after graduation, she couldn’t leave. dallas was her home and despite the trials and trauma that she experienced, she couldn’t leave. recently, her father lost his job and her mother came to her begging for her help with the bills and to keep the lights on. come to find out, the savings that she had thought her parents had were gone out the window over the years to a gambling addiction that nobody knew about. she was working as a barista but that wouldn't cut it so she found a job through a friend as a stripper where she knew she could make the money she needed quick. she dreams of making it big in the art and photography world and has sent her work to a dozen of different places to get seen but she hasn't had her big break yet. so for now, she continues to work hard at her art and won't stop until she makes it.
HEADCANONS
lela can talk your ear off about any horror movie there is. when she needed an escape from her life, she found them in horror movies. something about killings (call her a psycho) was a comfort to her.
her love language is physical touches and words of affirmation. she has always been the touchy feeling kind of girl and it brings her a comfort. she also likes to tell people how proud of them she is or give compliments to strangers. she also loves it when someone tells her what a good job she is doing.
her biggest passion is painting and you can usually find her with some type of paint on her body at any given point. lately, though, she has gotten into photography and has found a new - and different - love for art.
