THE BASICS:
character name: arlo martin
face claim: drew starkey
character pronouns: he / him
age: 30 years old
gender: cis man
sexuality: pansexual
occupation: handyman
neighbourhood of residence: suburban hills
place of birth: willowfield, heartford
length of residence in heartford: all of his life
TW: parental absence
BASIC INTRO:
this will be updated accordingly!
arlo is a heartford native, born and raised in suburban hills, everyone in the area, was aware of the martin family. they are very loud and there is a lot of them.
he's one of the oldest martin kids, all together, there are eight of them. growing up, he was close to his family and he still is.
growing up, arlo loved being outside, climbing trees, scraping knees, it was obvious education wasn't for him.
he liked working with his dad, who was an electrician, and he liked helping him fix things!!
once he finished high school, he decided that he didn't want to go to college, his parents accepted that & he started working with his dad.
arlo was living his best life, just getting by, but that's when his life was flipped upside down by a pretty girl.
he was on a night out with his friends, when he bumped into a girl, that he'd been close to in high-school, she'd dropped out of college and come back home.
throughout the evening, the pair got close once more, they eventually left the bar a little early and went back to her place.
one thing led to another and they ended up hooking up, which normally would've been fine, but in his drunken state, he forgot protection.
eventually, the girl fessed up to arlo that she was pregnant, they decided to keep the baby, he could tell that she wasn't so sure though.
she gave birth to a little girl, they named her hazel, they decided to co-parent for a little bit, for the first few months, things were going well(ish)
arlo ended up doing a lot of the parenting, but he didn't mind, he was having fun with it.
but as hazel turned six months old, the girl told arlo that she was going to try college again and she let arlo know, that motherhood wasn't for her, she couldn't do it.
that meant arlo became her sole carer, which was the right thing to do in the end, it was hard at first, but now the pair of them are super close.
arlo has worked his ass off, becoming a self-employed handy man, he's worked so hard that the two of them now have their own, small but cosy, apartment in willowfield.
nowadays, hazel is about eight years old, she's living her best life with arlo, he's taking good care of her, he's also living his best life too!! the two of them are kinda like rory and lorelai from gilmore girls, but lorelai came from a more healthy / supportive background lol.
WANTED CONNECTIONS:
siblings (please message me first!)
childhood friends, best friends, friends
hook-ups / fwbs
exes
neighbours
customers
if you'd like to plot with nadia or arlo, please like this post and i'll message you or feel free to message me, thank you!!
