(TOMMY MARTINEZ, HE/HIM, CIS-MALE ) Did I just see (EDGAR MENDOZA)? This ( THIRTY) year old (RECORD STORE OWNER) has been living in Chicago for ( HIS WHOLE LIFE ). Some say that they are (THOUGHTFUL and WARM ) as well as (ESCAPIST and PRIVATE). If they had a theme song, some might say that it would be ( SPARK UP by BALL PARK MUSIC ). All I know is that I can’t wait to see what they bring to the Windy City. - (jess/24/aest/she/her) @hocstarters
full name: Edgar Eugene Ramos Mendoza
date of birth / age: march 3rd 1991/thirty
gender: cis-male
languages: english, spanish
sexual orientation: Pansexual
relationship status: Single
TW: drug use, death,
Growing up, Edgar was one of those kids who had potential. His parents kept pushing him to try harder, to think about what he could be if he just applied himself a little more, but honestly Edgar didn’t have the enthusiasm for his academics. He would rather sit in the band room geeking out than studying. Being the family disappointment only continued when he refused to go to University and helped out at his Grandfather’s store instead.
The record store/second-hand bookshop was a family-owned business, and Edgar’s second home. Ed grew up making music, helping people with their instruments, giving album recommendations and learning the ropes from his Gramps. His dad, however, had no interest in running the store. - preferring money and the more practical side of life. When Edgar’s grandfather passed away his dad, Emilio, wanted to sell his father’s livelihood. However, for the first time in his life, Edgar cared enough to fight for the tiny shop, and convinced his father to let him run it all on his own. Ed is now determined to prove that he’s not a failure, to prove his father wrong. He’s currently in the process of opening up the store to open mic nights and small gigs.
The only time he really speaks to his father, is for holidays or business. Being such a private person to begin with, this rift with his dad didn’t help. His parents were barely aware of Ed’s ex-relationships, or interests beyond the store, a whole secret life they weren’t interested in. The only member of his immediate family that Edgar still kept in contact with is his sibling, and more recently, his mother.
Unfailingly generous, a lil bit dumb, huge himbo-energy, Ed’s the kind of guy where if you’re his friend, you have a friend for life. He smokes too much, falls in “love” too much, and has never made a concrete decision in his life, but he’s truly trying his best ✌️
wc: give him a best friend fuck me up!!! smoking buds, childhood friends, fwbs, exes - messy/ good/not quite done, fellow musos, ppl who perform at his store, cousins, his sister (pls), camping friends, complicated friendships, crushes, people he worries about/people who worry about him, a good Found Family trope, idek anything and everything
