✱ STRAIGHT FROM INTERCEPT: CONNIE MUÑOZ ! — as written by mel ( they / she / he )
NAME : constanza rosaliá muñoz | GOES BY : connie | GENDER & PRONOUNS : cis woman ( she / her ) | D.O.B. : november 2nd ( 39 ) | FACECLAIM : christian serratos
known to be SELFLESS, POLITE, COMPASSIONATE, and NURTURING, but also JADED, SECRETIVE, CALLOUS, and SELF-CRITICAL, they have been in intercept FOR 14 YEARS, currently working as OWNER and MECHANIC at orion's garage. apparently, they're SANTIAGO MUNOZ'S SIBLING.
Looking For Connections.
➥ FATHER OF HER CHILD: her daughter, nora, was the product of a fling with a family friend back home in chile that continued to repeat over the course of the better part of a decade, when he joined the muñoz siblings in intercept by choice. when nora was born, connie thought he’d want to be a father and be excited about their daughter having a peace of them — given their history. and yet, she couldn’t have been more wrong. this person could have had a reason, or was simply scared to be a father — i’m willing to plot. and yet, connie has struggled to let this person back in her life.
Digging Deeper.
THIS BIO CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TRIGGERS : prison time; pregnancy; child abandonment
constanza muñoz was born as the eldest daughter in a large and loving family. and yet, middle child syndrome didn’t quite seem to escape her growing up. many had their roles, but despite the amount of love their family had to give — connie always found herself somewhere stuck in the middle. santiago was the eldest, lucy was the baby, and the rest was history. she struggled to know who she was for a lot of her early years — but she knew she respected her eldest brother.
it all started when she started “making the wrong friends.” it’s almost like they knew she didn’t know where she was going, what she was good at, or who she wanted to be. and yet, it’s a quick descent into delinquency that lasts several years. juvie stints, court appearances, the works. and yet — she felt wanted. needed by these people, as if she actually mattered to them, having convinced herself that she would have somehow faded into the background.
a shell of her former self and wanting to get back on the right path once she hit her early twenties, following her atonement to her mother and rebuilding her relationship with her siblings — she relocates to intercept to be with santiago, and wastes no time making the fresh start count. she gets a job at orion’s garage where she answers the phones at first, but soon finds her working with the owner at the time after months of badgering. but her life would come to a screeching halt two years later — when she’s staring at a positive pregnancy test. in a startling turn of events, the father, someone whom she deeply trusted, had no intentions of being in her life.
nora eleanora muñoz was born on a sweltering august afternoon nine months later, and although connie was fucking terrified to be a mother — it was clear when she was surrounded by her family, she was going to be the opposite of alone. she slowly but surely gets her feet underneath her, still itching to go back to work at the shop — because she’s working for two now.
before long, nora is approaching double-digits, and her mentor and friend is talking about retirement. something about how his knees weren’t what they used to be, and that he wants connie to take over operations at the shop. he reminded her that she had studied his work forwards and backwards, that she had an extensive list of clientele who trusted her — and a team that respected her. she would be fine. in the years since, connie has both kept the same traditions of the man who came before
Extras.
scorpio sun, virgo moon and virgo rising. connie is a highly analytical person, and often leads with her brain — but has learned to lead more with her heart since bringing nora into the world. intensely loyal and compassionate, she goes above and beyond for the people she loves most.
considering her background back in chile, connie is incredibly dedicated to the concept of second chances. she not only spends her time volunteering with a non-profit working with recently released prisoners integrating back into society, but she is a regular volunteer at the local shelter. it’s her way of feeling like she’s doing something good with the wake up call she was given outside of her work.
her style of dressing is incredibly functional, and consists of mostly oil-stained denim and t-shirts, some fitted and some boxy. any dresses or “girly” clothes are buried deep in the back of her closet.