( ooc;; guys!! i’m sorry i’ve been mia but life’s taken over this past week and will probably take over the next one, so i’m going to take this week to reply to any thread i left hanging and get to new ones, on both sloan and gale. if i reply to a thread that you deem too old and don’t want to continue, then you’re more than free to drop it!! sorry about the inactivity and i’ll pick it up. i gotchu, mates. )
your favourite trashcan is back with another babe, i know i’m the worst but sara! anyhoo, this be carmen sofia reyes, she’s an orthopaedic surgeon with a military background, and she’s thirty-eight yo! -- i’m listening to jeremy jordan’s version of let it go while writing this and now i can’t unsee her dancing in time to the song and i just... why am i like this???? anyway, some more stuff is below the cut:
she was born and raised in mérida, mexico, to a mexican soldier and an irish/american school teacher so you can imagine that her entire life has been one long learning curve - it was their influences and teachings that led her into the medical field and military like her father and his father before her
she’s very passionate about her work and takes pride in what she has accomplished and is very strong in her belief that if you work hard enough you will achieve your goals, she likes to try and nurture this stance in others around her, too, and generally doesn’t like it when someone doesn’t see their own worth - and she can often be pot kettle black in this instance, but mostly she tries not to be because she has gotten this far for a reason and she can’t give up now
she moved to the us after university after earning a residency spot at the hospital in seattle and has pretty much been there ever since, so she’s been around for like 19 years? i dunno, i don’t math very good
midway through her residency she was offered a chance to see and get involved with the medical side of the military and she jumped at the chance so off she popped and she spent a few years learning all that she could about the work overseas, continuing her residency anywhere and everywhere that she could, and learning to survive in an environment she would come to discover that she didn’t belong in
BEING IN THE MILITARY WAS FECKING TERRIFYING
her sense of duty was strong and she tried her best, but after seeing the damage that could be done during an all out attack, carmen freaked and cried and probably spent a lot of her time curled up in a ball and eventually requested a transfer back to the states because she couldn’t cope with what was going on any longer
she chose to specialise in bones and she is pretty freakin’ fantastic at her job now that she’s in an environment that’s familiar, comfortable and not so dangerous
haha jokes on her because serial killer
she and her long lasting girlfriend broke up about a year or two ago as she was cheated on, and she’s been single ever since and has kind of fallen behind on being social - she pretty much just works, eats (if she remembers) and sleeps these days
if she’s not working, eating or sleeping, she can be found with earphones in while listening to music as music is her happy place and rarely ever fails to calm her down or keep her tranquil after a long stressful day
she’s a vagvegetarian and hasn’t eaten meat since she was twelve
that’s all i have right now because my brain went super awol, but hmu if you’d like to plot with this noob or any of my other peeps!
sorry for the delays in posting my intros, i got a bit caught up with the opening post on the main and completely forgot, but come plot with me anyway and they’ll eventually be posted! :)
