“what the hell, dang, the deal was whoever makes the next sale buys gelato. are we just ignoring the sacred rules now?” he throws his hands in the air and immediately lets them fall right back down to his sides again. they were standing by their respective spots at the fleamarket, which were adjacent to each other. in the past couple of weeks, they began to find methods help make time go by faster during the hours where traffic slows down. this is the time their usual costumers are most likely sitting down, having dinner rather than wandering around the main square. today they made a friendly bet and mack was the sore winner. he watches, skeptically, as dang rolls his eyes and turns to hide a smirk. “hey, i see you smiling! it’s not funny— go!” regardless of his own words, mack begins laughing too. and gracefully accepting the loss, dang walks around the table and in the direction of the ice cream shop.
as dang leaves from one way, mack spots malia coming from the other. “oh, there she is! yeah, i know why you’re here, mal,” he gazes down at his art displayed out in front of him and then looks up to meet malia’s eyes, “but the free hug offer with every purchase expired yesterday.” ( @maliafm )
nooo don’t read this your so sexy aha 🤪 this is me apologizing in advance to anyone who does end up clicking keep reading 👀 it’s messy under there, sorry n god bless... ok so i’m bee ( she / her, 23 ) and i reside in the est tmz and i don’t know what else to say... other than i didn't proof read this... ignore any mistakes. i’m gonna be writing this fool who sells underpriced art pieces at the fleamarket and forgets to water his plants and that you can read more about under the cut !
( mason gooding , cis male , lemon ) welcome to aida&stefano, nathaniel mackinley ! thank you for choosing to stay here. in this form it says that you go by he/him , you’re twenty - three years old , you’re originally from the united states of america , and you’ve been staying here for three months. it also says you’re known to be +strong-willed , but also -preoccupied. that really shouldn’t be a problem though. check in at the front , hope you enjoy your stay ! ( knowing your friend’s coffee order by heart , the various shades of purple and pink in the sky right before the sun sets , hearing a song and instantly being taken back to a significant memory linked to it )
statistics.
full name : nathaniel mackinley
nicknames : mack ( prefered ) , nate
sexuality : heterosexual
date of birth + zodiac : october 10, libra
occupation : freelance artist
place of birth : georgia, usa
references : bill denbrough ( it ) , pam beesley ( the office ) , dizzee kipling ( the get down )
backstory.
nathaniel was the first born to charles & clara mackinley and three years later the couple also welcomed his little sister, natalie. charles is a state senator 🤢 and clara is a pharmacist. as two successful people, they both had high expectations for their son. growing up, the always drilled it into his head that an education is the most important thing is someone’s life and fuck everything else. and no they didn’t necessarily say that word for word.
even though they put a lot of pressure on him, he really did enjoy going to school and learning. therefore, most of his life he was the perfect child. except... it was a lot of work... and over time... it was just too much. he would sit for hours studying for a test and receive an average score while it came much easier for his sister. she would read her notes once and get straight a’s. this, of course, discouraged him and one thing that did come easy was being creative. he found comfort in drawing, painting, and photography. but because of his parents’ expectations, it never occurred to him that this could be his profession and was only viewed as a hobby.
it wasn’t until he was already attending georgia state, preparing to study law, where an art professor saw his stuff and inspired him to switch his major and look as art as something more than a hobby. he knew his parents would not approve but he didn’t care. once he had his mind set, he was finally happy, and he was going to do it with or without their support.
at first, he would still go home for holidays, where he would get lectured and quickly the lectures turned to passive aggressive comments. and by his senior year they had stopped paying his tuition and he was on his own. the only communication he has with them at the moment is a monthly phone call where he refuses to speak to anyone but his sister.
after graduation, nathaniel joined his professor on a research trip to italy and fell in love with it. he stayed with his professor for a while, an agreement that he would help with the workload if his professor payed for his room and board. by the time his professor went back to the states, he saved up enough money to be on his own and he moved to the hostel in venice— where he is currently ( temporarily ) residing obviously 🤡
personality.
he’s very strong-willed, if he sets his mind to something, he has to do it, no matter who approves. once he had it in his head, he didn’t doubt for a second that art would be his major and what he was going to do for the rest of life. unfortunately, because art is his life and he’s mostly preoccupied with it, it’s hard to bring him back down to earth sometimes. it’s less complicated to drown his thoughts in his work ( and make self deprecating jokes ) than remember the mess his life has turned into.
maybe being creative comes easily to nathaniel because of the type of person he is. he loves learning about new people, in fact he goes out of his way to hear their stories. everyone has a story and he’s obsessed with knowing them all. he understands them most of the time, finding a piece of himself in them, and that ultimately leads to the story influencing a painting. everyone he meets, who leaves a mark with him, he makes sure to take a quick photo of them. he has all of these ‘leave a mark’ photos on his bedroom wall, in the form of a collage, at the hostel.
extra links : the full badly written biography ( which you don’t have to read... bc i basically copied and pasted it up there 🤓 ) & the social media page.
