lovely little lonely

lydia "lady" darlington 25 | florist rome pines transplant

[lydiadarlingtonxo]

dimitriantonov​:

location: bueno nacho

in addition to hocking counterfeit ‘magical’ items, dimitri was also the guy you called when you needed something and you needed it fast. dimitri had a no questions asked policy: he didn’t ask anyone why they needed what they needed as long as they didn’t ask questions about how he got it. it wasn’t always… legal. but it was often more lucrative then digging through scraps in the junkyard and trying to pass off trash as treasure. he’d agreed to meet such a client at bueno nacho and was seated in one of the booths, waiting for them to show. when someone slid into the booth across from him, his shoulders relaxed as he placed an unmarked envelope on the table. “okay, i’ve got what you asked for. you paid the first half last week so that just leaves-” dimitri stopped short when he realized the person seated across from him was not who he’d expected. he shoved the envelope back in his jacket pocket with an irritated huff. “i’m kind of waiting for someone here so if you could scram, that’d be great.”

@fantasiafallsstarters​

patience had never been lady’s strong suit. from an early age, she was used to getting what she wanted exactly when she wanted it. moving away from home had been a healthy dose of reality in that regard because now...now she was having to wait for everything. 

on a quick break from reality at bueno nacho, lady grabbed her tray and went to sit before noticing how hard that would be considering there were absolutely no empty tables. her stomach grumbled, bouncing off her rib cage and shouting up to her ears in a deep primal growl. if she didn’t find somewhere to sit and scarf very soon, things would get ugly. 

without another thought, she sat across the only other person in the fast food joint who seemed to be there alone and tossed her hair over her shoulder before going to unwrap her food. “sorry! i’m starving, there are no empty tables, and you’re the only other person here alone hence the empty seat across from you that i’ve now taken,” she explained, taking a long sip from her half empty coke cup and shrugging as if it were the most natural solution to her situation. 

“but if you’re nicer to me, I might share my nachos. plus you look infinitely less shady if i’m sitting across from you.” { @dimitriantonov​ }

[lydiadarlingtonxo]

folklorewhispers​:

                      after finishing her practice session, odette left the muppet theatre building. she strolled down the main street, her high heels clicking against the cobblestone, and waved to hail a cab. as the car came to a stop, the woman was about to open the door and get inside, but another person crossed the street and stopped on the other side of the car, mumbling an apology and explaining that they’re in a hurry. it took her a second to realize that somebody had just stolen her cab and before she could react in any way, the car was already gone. she raised one of her hands to her face and took off her sunglasses, eyes still focused on the cab that was slowly getting lost on the crowded street.    “    can you believe that ?    ”    she said to the nearest person, a shocked look still present on her face.    “    somebody just stole my cab. god, i should really get my driver’s license.    ”    ( @fantasiafallsstarters​ )

the city still felt oddly foreign to lady despite having been there for a perfectly reasonable amount of time. streets like a maze, turn lanes popping up when she swore they hadn’t been there the day before, and terrible parking availability made driving her own car infinitely more difficult since her move. the fact she’d been able to locate where she’d parked felt like a miracle. 

she clicked the top button of her key fob just as the yellow blur of a cab whizzed away from her, clearly without its original intended passenger. fumbling her keys, she looked after the cab and over at the scorned girl who seemed to be speaking to her. 

“jeez, what a shark!” she lamented, furrowing her brow as she watched the stolen cab veer around the corner and out of sight. “do you need a ride? i actually remembered where my car is parked this time,” she said. while she wouldn’t normally offer to drive a complete stranger home--or wherever she needed to go--this girl didn’t seem to be any sort of danger and lady didn’t have anything to do that day anyway. { @folklorewhispers​ }

[lydiadarlingtonxo]

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[lydiadarlingtonxo]

( victoria pedretti, female, she/her )╰ ✧ ˔ ⭒ magic is in the air !oh wait - that’s just our newest neighbor, lydia “lady” darlington, the 25 year old FLORIST. they’ve been relocated from pastoral city, and so far the locals claim that they’re EMPATHETIC and JEALOUS, just like LADY from LADY & THE TRAMP. if you ask me, they seem like the type to enjoy SILVER “RETURN TO TIFFANY & CO.” LOCKETS AND CANDLELIT ITALIAN DINNER DATES. apparently, they are CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC about entering rome pines, and i don’t think their power of EMPATHIC PERCEPTION VIA TOUCH will help them this time. let’s just hope they can adjust to the new neighborhood…⭒˔ ╮{ ooc: kate, 26, PST, she/her }

summary 

(tw: parent death) lydia renee darlington is a simple girl born on december 25th, 1994 to two simple people, renee and michael darlington, in the beautiful affluent town of pastoral city. growing up, she was surrounded by love and flowers. her father gave her a beautiful heart shaped pendant from tiffany & co for her 13th birthday, joking that the “if lost, please return to tiffany & co” would be better suited to her than being brought back home should she ever go missing. her thoughts were all spun sugar and glitter. whatever she wanted, she got and then some more. lydia--affectionately dubbed “lady” by her parents--was born into a dream world that she was lucky enough to call her reality. 

then, her mom got pregnant with the future christopher darlington. things changed, but renee and michael included lady in all the planning. she helped pick out the nursery furniture, the clothes, and even which walker would sit in their former 3-person living room. while she’d previously expected neglect, the impending arrival of her little brother brought the family even closer together and lady found herself excited to meet the 4th member of the darlingtons. 

on july 7th--7/7, what should’ve been the luckiest day of the year--ended in tragedy when her mother passed away due to complications during child birth. they left the hospital the same way they’d arrived: a family of three. 

from then on, life was different. her father, while still the loving and thoughtful man she’d always had the privilege of knowing, retreated and hid behind his job and lady did her best to surround her little brother with a sense of normalcy. she told him stories of their mother when rocking him to sleep and put her picture up in his nursery where they’d planned to put pictures of baby animals only months prior. michael continued to provide a cushy lifestyle for their family and always came home for dinner and though lady thought losing her mother would mean the end of her life, days came and went one at a time and a new normal blanketed the darlington household. 

when lady turned 16 and held her little brother’s hand in the park, she felt an overwhelming sense of fear and panic. her heart beat in her ears, her body trembling like a car with its bass set to maximum. she looked down at chris, whose face had fallen and whose grip had tightened on hers like a boa constrictor. and then: a dog ran up, face level with chris and the fear in her stomach boiled, unbearable and steaming. after a few moments, the dog licked chris and his shoulders sagged with relief. all at once, the fear pulsating through lady’s body evaporated almost as quickly as it had come. she didn’t know what happened, but it was only the first day she experienced what she would soon come to know as empathic perception. 

now, as a 25 year old florist newly relocated to rome pines, lady is trying her best to converge where she’s been and where she’s going. the love she has for her brother and father are never-ending and the darlingtons have dinner together every week. in a new, semi-terrifying place, lady tries to remain hopeful for what lies ahead. 

bullet points 

because her empathic perception happens via touch, lady always wears a thin pair of lace gloves. she’s tried learning how to control when she feels an emotion from someone else, but she’s not yet able to turn it off/choose when it happens. for now, the gloves are helping her preserve her sanity and stay close to those she loves. 

her passion for flowers came from her mother who used to wake her up early to go to the plant nursery down the street, pick out a new bundle of flowers, and plant them in their yard at least twice a month. when chris was old enough, lady started taking him to do this. 

lady would throw herself off a cliff if it meant saving her loved ones, namely her little brother. while lady wishes her mother could still be alive, she’s thankful for the extra chance to bond with chris so heavily. 

if she had the choice, lady would eat spaghetti with fresh grated parmesan for every single meal. 

lady has serious jealousy issues and is very possessive of the people she loves. she doesn’t like to feel threatened or have her relationships encroached upon. her jealousy manifests in a very petty, passive aggressive way and she will often blow up seemingly without warning because you didn’t “recognize the signs” she’d been putting up. 

she has not taken off the silver tiffany’s necklace her father bought her for her 13th birthday since he first put it on her and does not plan to do so. 

when lady feels she needs to share something difficult with someone, she will drink too much and spill her guts. she finds it very hard to open up, even to people she’s close with, because the person she was the most vulnerable with left her so early on in her life. 

unbeknownst to her father, lady has taken up smoking cigarettes. 

painting is lady’s favorite creative outlet and she will often set up an easel by her favorite window in her apartment and paint while eating her breakfast on the weekends. 

to better her health, lady tried to start drinking tea instead of coffee. it only took about a week before she went out and bought her own espresso machine and began making a minimum of 4 lattes a day at home and donated all of the tea she’d gotten to the coffeeshop under her apartment. 

lady one day hopes to open up a flower shop/cafe called darlingtons so she can combine two of her favorite things--flowers and coffee--into a passionate business. 

ooc intro

hello my sweetest friends! i apologize for this intro being so long overdue. the u.s. do be affecting my mento health these days. anyways, i’m kate, recently 26 (as of october 24th), she/her, living in the pst timezone! this is my lovely lady girl, whom i’ve played in a few disney rps before and am now completely in love with her as a character. we share a love of lattes and carbs. if you love lady as much as i do and ALSO love angsty/dramatic plots...please message me bc i would love to wreak havoc w you ♥︎