Personality: Samir, aka Sami, comes across as chill and relaxed, with an air of confidence about him. Life has always felt easier than it should, and it shows in the way he engages with the world, often assuming the best outcome in any given situation. He’s not used to having to “try,” or to “want,” having grown up well off with no real consequences to any failure. Sami seems to prefer shallow friendships and relationships over anything deep and meaningful, though it's often an act. He's had a bad habit of cutting and running whenever things got too serious in the past, but he's trying to grow and mature.
More about Samir:
As first generation immigrants, Samir’s parents had to struggle when they first moved to the US, but managed to find their paths early in their new life, Sami’s father becoming an entertainment lawyer, and his mother becoming a plastic surgeon in one of the biggest markets in the world: Los Angeles. Having struggled so much, Sami’s parents wanted their children to live an easier, more comfortable life than they had. Samir and his sister, two years his junior, wanted for nothing, and grew up a bit spoiled and coddled, their lifestyle and behavior constantly reinforced by friends and peers and the world around them. Sami went to school with some of the children of Hollywood’s elite and he and his sister were part of the young social scene in LA, and sometimes New York, in their late teens and early twenties, living their early adult lives as trust fund brats.
In order to live the lavish lifestyle he was used to, Samir had to go to college for a meaningful degree, his parents hoping that his time earning his degree would help him grow up and teach him the value of hard work. Naturally intelligent, the classes were a breeze for Sami. Most of his college time was spent forging connections or partying, but he did earn a degree in business analytics, and minored in art history.
After college, Samir jumped from one business opportunity to the next, investing in friends’ companies, failing a few start-ups, and just generally bouncing around. He and his friends even opened a bar, though it failed pretty quickly in the competitive LA nightlife market. He dabbled in the stock market with some of the money from his parents, and managed to do ok. He even did a stint with the crypto bros, but quickly lost interest before he lost money. Even without steady work, Samir managed to do well, and continued to live his lazy party boy life into his late 20s, much to the disappointment of his parents.
To appease his parents, Samir made an attempt to settle down, and even convinced himself he was ready to have a serious relationship, start a family, all the white picket fence dreams they expected him to have. He got in over his head with the one woman he actually loved, and she broke his heart, leaving him for some up-and-coming actor. His friends did their best to pull him out of his funk, though most attempts involved copious amounts of substance, and shallow partying. For some reason, none of it was hitting the same anymore. He'd had something he thought was real, and genuine, and going back to 'before' wasn't going to work. Sami couldn’t really confide in his friends about any of this, all of them happily stuck in their hedonistic, surface-level lives. He felt like he was going to suffocate if he kept living that life, or overdose.
In a moment of clarity, or maybe panic, he decided he needed to leave LA for a while, take a break from the life he’d been living. He traveled a little, and a chance trip along the coast brought him to Aurora Bay, where he decided to invest in a little fixer-upper in Fishers Cove. It felt a little like cosplaying or playing pretend when Samir applied for the bartender position at Sharky’s, not really needing the money. And since he’d kept up on renewing his RBS certification from his bar venture with his buddies 'just in case,' it felt like the right move. Plus, it was another way to grow roots, tying him, at least for now, to his new home.
