take me outside, sit in the green garden. nobody out there, but it’s okay now, bathe in the sunlight, don't mind if rain falls. take me outside, sit in the green garden.
"Guess how many valentine's i got this year?" Celeste popped a love heart in her mouth that she had purchased herself. She'd had a rough time since she'd left Tristan. She couldn't quite muster the courage to go out and get a date for valentine's day. Yet, she was complaining to anyone who would listen about it. "Any way... did you go on any dates?"
valentine's day had just passed nadia by, she hadn't been paying attention, 'i bet you got loads" she offered the other a smile. nadia hadn't gone on a date in years, she was a workaholic, focused on her on writing her novel, getting things finished, "no, i didn't go on any dates actually, i just had the night in".
Belle smiled, nodding. "You can, and I do. I just feel cold all the time. I think it's I cook in a warm kitchen most of the day then I go outside and bam, freezing." She laughed at herself. "I do admit, I love a cute cosy, fluffy coat."
being a writer, meant that nadia spent most of her days in front of her computer, in her office. it was rare for her to get out, "ah, that makes sense. so you're a chef?" she asks, curious to know. a laugh leaves nadia's lips, "same here! you can't go wrong with a big, cosy fluffy coat".
Jazz slipped one of the hands back in with a clonk. She then held her hand out for the second one. "See you were incredibly handy there." She grinned, pausing as if she was waiting for imaginary applause. "See what i did there?"
arlo watches as she puts the first hand back in, he passes the other one over to her. he laughs at her words, "oh that's clever, i like it" arlo replies. he nods, "you're a comedic genius" arlo gives the other a smile, "i wish i could come up with jokes like that".
Jazz had just been browsing, minding her own business, when her body collided with a mannequin—and just like that, its hand popped right off. She caught it on instinct. But now she was just standing there, holding a very obviously detached mannequin hand. She turned to the person next to her, expression carefully neutral "Could you give me a hand?" She offered, waving the arm with perfect timing.
arlo was wandering through heartford mall, looking for a birthday gift for one of his sisters. he notices jazz bump into the mannequin, arlo has to hold in a laugh, it was quite funny, "yeah, 'course i can" he says, holding onto the arm of the mannequin, "go on, you put the hand back in".
Open to all.
Outside in centre of Heartford. @heartfordstarters
Belle smiled gently, pointing up at the sky. "I miss the sun," she started. "I am so over being cold now. I can't wait for spring and eating outside again and going for walks. I am just so over this winter, you know?" she rambled on to the poor person who had been near her.
nadia was in her own world, she'd had a flash of inspiration and was busy making notes. she looks up to hear belle's words, "i dunno. i kinda like it" nadia replies, with a slight shrug of her shoulders. "you can still do both of those things, you just need to wrap up warm" nadia was a winter girly, personally, she liked it.
arlo is a heartford native, born and raised in suburban hills, everyone in the area, was aware of the martin family. they are very loud and there is a lot of them.
he's one of the oldest martin kids, all together, there are eight of them. growing up, he was close to his family and he still is.
growing up, arlo loved being outside, climbing trees, scraping knees, it was obvious education wasn't for him.
he liked working with his dad, who was an electrician, and he liked helping him fix things!!
once he finished high school, he decided that he didn't want to go to college, his parents accepted that & he started working with his dad.
arlo was living his best life, just getting by, but that's when his life was flipped upside down by a pretty girl.
he was on a night out with his friends, when he bumped into a girl, that he'd been close to in high-school, she'd dropped out of college and come back home.
throughout the evening, the pair got close once more, they eventually left the bar a little early and went back to her place.
one thing led to another and they ended up hooking up, which normally would've been fine, but in his drunken state, he forgot protection.
eventually, the girl fessed up to arlo that she was pregnant, they decided to keep the baby, he could tell that she wasn't so sure though.
she gave birth to a little girl, they named her hazel, they decided to co-parent for a little bit, for the first few months, things were going well(ish)
arlo ended up doing a lot of the parenting, but he didn't mind, he was having fun with it.
but as hazel turned six months old, the girl told arlo that she was going to try college again and she let arlo know, that motherhood wasn't for her, she couldn't do it.
that meant arlo became her sole carer, which was the right thing to do in the end, it was hard at first, but now the pair of them are super close.
arlo has worked his ass off, becoming a self-employed handy man, he's worked so hard that the two of them now have their own, small but cosy, apartment in willowfield.
nowadays, hazel is about eight years old, she's living her best life with arlo, he's taking good care of her, he's also living his best life too!! the two of them are kinda like rory and lorelai from gilmore girls, but lorelai came from a more healthy / supportive background lol.
WANTED CONNECTIONS:
siblings (please message me first!)
childhood friends, best friends, friends
hook-ups / fwbs
exes
neighbours
customers
if you'd like to plot with nadia or arlo, please like this post and i'll message you or feel free to message me, thank you!!
nadia is originally from sheffield, in the north of england, she's the oldest of two and has a younger brother.
she's always been incredibly creative, at school, when her friends were climbing trees and swinging on swings, she was scribbling and doodling in notebooks.
nadia realised quite early on in her life that she wanted to be a writer, a creative, she wanted to inspire.
she still went to university, got a degree, just in case the writing thing didn't work out. but deep down, she knew that was her passion.
anyway, she moved down to london, started working in a tiny bookstore and worked on her first novel. it was the first book in a ya-action-adventure series with a cool female lead, nadia was very proud of it.
eventually after many, many, many drafts, the book was finished, nadia worked her ass off and the book eventually got picked up by publishers.
it was a hit, sold really well, so well in fact, she was able to quit her job and become a writer full time.
nadia wrote the second book in the series with ease & again, that was very well received. that brings us up to today & the third book, she's struggling....SHE'S GOT WRITERS BLOCK!!
her team suggested a change of scene, explored a different part of the world, write if inspiration hit her, but don't put any pressure on herself.
annnnd that's why she's currently in heartford, she's been living here for six months & she's not having much luck inspo wise.
but she is enjoying living in heartford, having a great time with that, she hopes that inspo will strike her soon :))
WANTED CONNECTIONS:
roommates
friends
fwbs / hook ups
fans of her books
neighbours
members of her team?? (idk, maybe someone came out with her)
if you'd like to plot with nadia or arlo, please like this post and i'll message you or feel free to message me, thank you!!
