hello, hello again! i’m back with my third bby, selin! more about my horse girl can be found under the cut!
[ özge yağız, cis woman, she/her ] - was that SELIN TEMEL i saw by the lighthouse today? i heard that the TWENTY-SIX year old who has been in nightrest for A MONTH and works as an EQUESTRIAN & RIDING INSTRUCTOR has a reputation of being HARD-WORKING, but also CLOSED OFF. they reside in LOW POINT & people in town usually associate them with SPENDING HOURS WITH HER HORSE OUT ON THE OPEN FIELD, KEEPING HER CIRCLE TIGHT & WATCHING THE SUNRISE. let’s hope the killer doesn’t go after them next.
trigger warning: physical abuse mention
BASICS
full name: selin temel
nickname: sel
date of birth: february 6, 1997
gender: cis woman
pronouns: she/her
occupation: equestrian & riding instructor
birthplace: salem, massachusetts
sexuality: bisexual
height: 5′3″
relationship status: uhhh it’s very complicated
BACKGROUND
she’s part of a rich af family who owns the biggest stables in salem that breeds and trains horses and hosts the horse race every year (it's gambling free but lbr her family has this underground betting ring that people only with big bucks can wager in)
her family is all about one thing and one thing only: their image
they’re the picture perfect southern, horse and football-loving family but there’s so much that happens behind closed doors
(physical abuse tw) outwardly, her father is a very joyous, domineering personality (has the vibes of a local politician, if you will) but behind closed doors, he lays his hands on her mother sometimes when she says something out of turn or does something he doesn’t like
selin never understood why she never left??? and there’s definitely some resentment in there because while her father has never actually hit her as she grew up (just held onto her arms too tightly or yanked her back roughly a couple of times) and even though she was younger, she knew that wasn’t okay
this image that they’re trying to show the world is so FAKE and selin hates everything about it
it doesn’t help that her mother sometimes takes out her frustration on her, making selin feel like she’s drowning in her mother’s expectations. she has to be the smartest, the prettiest, the wittiest, the nicest in the room and it’s exhausting
she’s an award-winning equestrian and has been since she was younger but doesn’t compete as much anymore
a year ago, she got back with her ex-boyfriend, adler barnes, eventually getting married. it was a very simple (slightly secret because not a lot of people knew) ceremony
(physical abuse tw) she came clean to her parents about it and her dad laid his hands on her because he did not approve of any of it. of adler, of the marriage. it was this big mess and she was battered and bruised until her older brother got her out of there
with her brother’s help, they took pictures of everything. with her brother having been a witness and with her mother also willing to testify, they had a case against their dad
it was an incredibly public trial and because of it, selin was just tired
she pushed everyone away. gone was the sweet, timid woman who just wanted to spend time with her horses and her friends. her heart is now locked up. her dad laying hands on her changed everything for her
she doesn’t care who she hurts in the process as long as she doesn’t get hurt again
and the fact that the trial was so public because their family name is well-known in the equestrian and horse breeding community just made her revert into herself even more
she handed adler divorce papers, moved away from home (just to nightrest which is just like a 15 minute drive away but still) because she needed to distance herself from what had just happened to her family
PERSONALITY TRAITS
+ devoted, passionate, responsible
- unforgiving, standoffish, selfish
ANYTHING ELSE
she used to be such a southern belle who just wants to ride her horses, watch football, have fun and be with her friends
she’s definitely not that anymore. she still loves her horses A LOT but she’s really... mean now
she feels very unsettled about what happened with her family and WILL get incredibly mad if the trial or her dad (who’s now locked up for domestic battery) is mentioned
definitely a morning person and wakes up early to go to the stables
their stables offers horseback riding lessons and she teaches that sometimes too
she travels a lot !!!! because her family is still incredibly rich even with her dad locked up
also went to wardwell academy!!
coffee is absolutely everything. she inhales it
is technically still married because the divorce papers haven’t been signed yet but she’s already living with someone else oops
used to sleep around sO
WANTED PLOTS
her bestie/ride or die !!!!
girl gang
family friends
her older brother (will be sending a wc to the main)
ex-friends
enemies
one night stand
ex-flings
childhood best friends
what could have been but she bailed on them pretty quickly
high school sweetheart
first time/first kiss, etc
drinking buddies
bad influence
people who took up horseriding lessons
i’m more than willing to plot more things !!!!!















