hey watch your back! that’s sterling “birdie” andrews. people say she has lived in sunnyvale for 1 year. I heard they are a 21 year old student and museum guide. don’t you think they look like elle fanning? they remind me of worn down roller skates, books filled with scribbles and doodles, summer rain, vanilla flavored drinks, pink lipstick on someone else’s cheeks.
THE BASICS
full name: sterling andrews
nicknames: birdie, by everyone.
age: 21 years old
hometown: shadyside
current location: sunnyvale
gender: cis woman
pronouns: she/her
sexuality: bisexual
occupation: fine arts student at sunnyside university; museum guide
playlist
B I O
it starts as any other story: boy meets girl, the seasons change, and suddenly there’s a house, a baby and a future. henry and eva andrews are the epitome of possibility, a bright eyed young couple, born and raised in shadyside, believing they are the future of the town. for a couple of years, sterling lives in a fantasy world, a reformed farm house filled with books, baby toys and colorful flyers. but fate always has a funny way of chasing after people.
eva andrews dies when sterling is barely two. there is no big accident or mystery, just an unexpected heart attack that transforms her childhood into a murky place. at times, birdie remembers the golden afternoons, her father teaching her how to ride the bike, climbing trees with friends, cheap ice cream sandwiches and laughter. at others, there are only bitter winters with screaming matches and a loneliness that seems incurable. henry andrews drinks some fingers of whisky every night with a sad little grin, and they never talk about the ghost that lives with them.
birdie learns the piano because that’s what her mother played, but she’s only ever decent with it. she plays at the little league because it makes her father smile, gets the best grades in class, works her ass off in a shitty diner. for at least sixteen years she is a chronic people pleaser, hiding her more rebellious tendencies with smiles and pleasantries. the only thing she allows herself to have selfishly are sketchbooks filled with paint, charcoal and the angsty musings of a teenager.
after a gap year of working and torturing herself with the weight of the future, birdie submits her sketchbook to sunnyvale university. she gets a full ride scholarship to the fine arts program. birdie packs her bags and doesn’t dare to look back, because she knows it would make her come back running to the only place that’s ever been home (as fucked up as it could be at times).
T R I V I A
has an one eyed black cat named meowbeth siddal. siddal is generally a ball of love and purring around birdie and a menace to anyone else. beware.
her father is a middle school math teacher. her mother used to be an union organizer.
though birdie loves working on her own pieces, which are a mix of disturbing and romantic, she intends on becoming an art restorer, since the work (and the paychecks) allow for more stability.
carries her father’s old film camera everywhere. if you’re her friend there’s probably some pictures of you hanging around her room.
her favored method of transport is going around in her beat up roller skates.
W A N T E D C O N N E C T I O N S
childhood best friends - they were always sneaking to each other’s houses, climbing trees and exchanging books. most likely someone from shadyside who grew up and went to school together. their relationship might be rocky since birdie moved to sunnyside.
first sunnyvale friend - the person who took her under their wing when she first moved.
more to be added
