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⸻  JESSICA ALBA. SHE + HER / have you ever     heard of  VIVA LAS VEGAS by elvis presley, well,     it describes YASMIN STEVENS to a tee! the 39 year old, and MUSIC AND SINGING TEACHER was spotted browsing     through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know     them? would you say  SHE is  more distrustful or more CREATIVE instead?     anyway, they remind me of early morning runs through hyde park, high ponytails, stiletto peep-toe heels, the high rollers table at the bellagio casino and tattoo shops, maybe you’ll bump into     them soon! 

time in notting hill ; 5 years.

ABOUT.

Name: Yasmin Stevens Nicknames: Yas Age: Thirty-nine Date of birth: 2nd October 1983 Birth place: Roswell, New Mexico Occupation: Music and Singing Teacher Romantic/sexual orientation: Biromantic/bisexual

ABOUT.

tw: depression, schizophrenia, bullying

Was born in Roswell to a pretty much single mom as her dad disappeared when she was only 9 months old.

He sent the occasional cheque up until Yas was around 10, but then vanished completely. She didn’t know him at all and still doesn’t.

Her mom was rather eccentric —- she ran the UFO museum and was completely obsessed with everything alien, every day she was coming home with another conspiracy theory.

Naturally it meant that Yas ended up known as ‘the weird kid’ in school, despite hating all the alien goings on in the town.

By high school she received a slight upgrade when she started singing karaoke around town. Instead of just ‘the weird kid’, she was ‘the weird kid with a set of pipes’.

Around that time, her mom had a complete break down. It was a combination of things, some asshole who had completely screwed her over and fact she was convinced she’d been abducted two weeks prior to the break-up. One definitely didn’t help the other. She was eventually diagnosed with severe depression and schizophrenia.

Yasmin’s grandparents took them both in so that they could look after her mom and she set out in search of work, picking up jobs here and there singing at weddings and parties.

As time went on the teasing she’d received when she was younger only grew worse, her bullies having found out about her mom. Kids were cruel, but she became hardened to it —- she became hardened to everything.

At 20 she’d finally had enough. Friends were few and far between, her mom barely even recognised her anymore, there was nothing in the town for her. So she left, packed up her car one night, filled the tank and just drove. She didn’t know where she was going, she just needed to leave.

For a while she settled one state over, taking one day at a time. She picked up a waitressing job and sang every night, finding herself a house share in Phoenix for a couple of years.

She made it to Vegas shortly after her 23rd birthday. Picking up a job doing what she loved was difficult at first, so she took to busking, almost getting herself arrested half a dozen times. One day, though, she was headhunted. Someone who had seen her sing told their friend about her who happened to be friends with a talent hire in the city. Several weeks later she was offered a job singing in the lounge at one of the big casinos.

While she was there she met actually met someone and they had a rather whirlwind relationship. They were moved in together after a couple of months of meeting, but he disappeared on her after only 2 weeks. It was safe to say this did absolutely nothing to help her start trusting people or letting them in again.

For the next 8 years or so she moved around, eventually heading to LA and singing there for a few years, but also taking on some extra training with the intention of turning her attention to teaching instead.

Her decision to come back home stemmed from both a decline in her mom’s health and the need for change. Within six months she’d moved the pair of them out of the country and set up home in one of the pastel coloured terraced houses that lined the streets of Notting Hill. News had reached her that the father who had been so absent all of her life had in fact moved to the UK and she has been on a mission to track him down ever since.

She’s now teaching music and singing at the local high school, as well as conducting private singing lessons in her spare time.

HEADCANONS.

Owns a black Pomeranian called Coal.

Has around 8 tattoo’s now and 10 piercings (9 are in her ears alone). The tattoo’s were supposed to be for significant events in her life, but in the end she just started getting random designs she liked when there weren’t too many moments.

Is actually pretty good at pole dancing after picking it up in Vegas.

Can play 7 instruments including the trumpet and harmonica.

Loves running. Perhaps a little too much.

Is convinced she’ll never actually have a family of her own.

Always wears high heels (unless she’s running, obviously lol).

Does have a soft side, but you have to keep chipping away at her rather hard exterior to get to it.

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

- paternal half-sibling/s (any family now located in the uk).  - maternal half-siblings (she has 2 younger siblings). - cousins on mom’s side. - good friends in notting hill. - exes. - flings/one night stands/fwb. - students. - people she met out in vegas/la.

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⸻  CHRIS EVANS. HE/HIM / have you ever heard of RUNNING AWAY FROM LOVE by taylor locke, well, it describes RHYS TAYLOR to a tee! the forty year old, and PAEDIATRICIAN was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say HE is more cocky or more INTELLIGENT instead? anyway, they remind me of being awoken to the sound a rooster, early morning rugby matches, a cold pint of beer, dirt under his finger nails and a cheeky grin he hopes will solve any dilemma, maybe you’ll bump into them soon! 

time in notting hill ; 12 years.

tw: injury

ABOUT.

Name: Rhys Taylor Nicknames: None Age: Forty Date of Birth: 2nd February 1983 Birthplace: Llanbedrog, Wales, UK Occupation: Paediatrician Romantic/Sexual Orientation: Biromantic/bisexual

Was born and raised in the little village of Llanbedrog in North Wales to two loving parents, Helena and David. Rhys has three brothers, one older and two younger.

He spent most of his childhood years causing chaos and getting muddy on the family farm or the beach.

When he hit high school he became kind of obsessed with rugby and decided early on he wanted to play for Wales, to take them to the World Cup in his twenties. Unfortunately an accident in his final year of high school that left him with several broken bones and unconscious meant that he had to rethink his whole plan.

It didn’t take long for a thirst to escape to take over and he started applying for colleges overseas. Finally he was accepted to New York Medical College and he made the move without a second thought. That’s where his life really began.

He drank his way through his first year. Hangovers became part of the daily routine, as did waking up next to people he barely recognised.

By 3/4 of the way through his second year he finally began to focus and chose to specialise in paediatrics.

Relationships really didn’t happen for him, but he was extremely good at lapping up any attention he got. Man-whore really is a very kind way of putting it.

At twenty-five he found himself with a job at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in Manhattan. He loved it, seemed to thrive there and for over three years, too. But then he grew restless and after a years debate, decided that perhaps a move somewhere else was on the cards. He made the decision to head back to the UK again, picking up a job at a private hospital in London.

Only days after moving, he received a phone call out of nowhere telling him that he was a dad. No other explanation, that was it, that’s all he got. She was already five, the product of a long standing friends with benefits arrangement with a woman in his forth year. It didn’t take much for him to fall in love with Elena once he hopped a flight back to the States, spending several days with her.

As soon as he was back in London, he set about doing his home up. Her existence really gave him something to focus on.

It was always going to be difficult, him living back home in the UK again, but they have somehow made it work these past twelve years. She visited over the holidays and now she’s a lot older things just work.

His life in London has come on leaps and bounds, being the paediatric lead now. Although there’s one thing he still can’t quite work out... and that’s his love life. Maybe one day, but mostly he spends his days running from anything serious. For some reason the words ‘I love you’ have always terrified him.

HEADCANONS.

Rhys is a major “lad”. He’ll spend night after night at the bar drinking beer, playing pool, watching sports on the big screen tv.

Upon moving to Notting Hill and having more space he started to create a bit of a backyard farm —- his city farm as he likes to call it. His rooster, Buddy, frequently wakes up the neighbours and he has a kind of love/hate relationship with them because of it. He also has three hens, a pig and a goat. Oh, then there’s the cat, Storm, who moved over from NYC with him. He loves him, even though he’s a very old man now.

Absolutely loves to garden. When he’s not in the back tending to the animals, you can usually find him elbow deep in dirt in his tiny front garden instead.

He’s still a major man-whore and it probably won’t change any time soon. He just doesn’t seem to be able to turn it off.

Despite his casualness with romantic relationships, etc. he’s a very fierce friend and cares deeply for everyone he’s close to. He’d do absolutely anything for them.

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

- siblings; one slightly older brother & two younger brothers. - mother of elena/ex-fwb from nyc. - exes he’s run out on in nyc & london. - old nyc housemate. - past hook-ups, fwb, ons. - current fwb. - close friends. - guys he plays rugby with. - drinking buddies. - work connections. - running buddies.

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⸻  MATT SMITH. HE/HIM / have you ever heard of EYES CLOSED by ed sheeran, well, it describes EDWARD ‘EDDIE’ DUNCAN to a tee! the thirty-nine year-old, and CEO OF A HERBAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say HE is more lazy or more INNOVATIVE instead? anyway, they remind me of a coffee table littered with rizla papers and burnt out matches, the constant haze of smoke, chunky knit jumpers and the ability to clean up ridiculously well when prompted, maybe you’ll bump into them soon! 

time in notting hill ; 16 years

tw: drug use, drugs, adultery

ABOUT.

Name: Edward Duncan Nickname: Eddie Age: Thirty-nine DoB: 29th October 1983 Occupation: CEO of a Herbal Pharmaceutical Company Romantic/sexual orientation: Heteroromantic/bisexual Birth Place: Windsor, Berkshire, UK Current Location: Notting Hill, London, UK

Eddie was born to money. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. As a result he grew up wanting for nothing. He could have anything and everything that he wanted, so long as he did what his parents said.

For him, that involved heading off to Eton as soon as he was old enough to, just as his father had done before him and his grandfather before him. His younger brother was expected to do the same. When it came to the Duncan children, they were supposed to perform.

When it came to university, he made his way across the pond to the States and to Harvard Business School. It wasn’t exactly what he wanted, but his father made him do his best and aim the highest that he could. That, of course, was Harvard.

While he was there and away from the watchful gaze of his parents, however, he began to explore another kind of lifestyle, one that he would eventually come back to again. He partied hard, he did his best... to enjoy every second, at least.

Once he graduated, he made his way to London, moving into a three storey townhouse in Notting Hill, purchased with his trust fund of course. He finally made a proper life for himself there.

As time went on, however, he soon realised he wasn’t quite as keen on the lavish lifestyle that he’d grown up with. No, he’d much rather spend his days hanging around in jumpers and joggers, smoking his way through another pack of cigarettes.

His father made a point, of course, that this wasn’t how he wanted his son to live. He was expected to take on his father’s mantle, but when challenged, Eddie made it known that he had other ideas.

Within the year he’d started his own business exploring a passion he’d found in the States, Cannabis, and not in the way you’d think. His company is now, in fact, the biggest supplier of medicinal cannabis in London. They sell a ridiculous amount of CBD gummies as well, which are frequently sold out on the website. There are a few other things they do, too, but that’s the biggie.

While all of this was happening, Eddie met Winnie, and he fell head over heels for her. Six months later they were married, and shortly after that, their first child, Theo, was on the way. He hadn’t planned for it, but when he met her, he had to have her. There wasn’t much that Eddie didn’t get, something that would come to haunt him one day.

Emma joined them a couple of years later and it seemed that their family was complete. For him, though, there was something missing.

A couple of months later he came to realise what that was and ended up entangled in a brief affair with someone he worked with.

It didn’t last, he came clean, but the marriage was over. He couldn’t ever blame Winnie for that either. 

Their divorce went through around a year ago and he’s been throwing himself into work for the most part. Is he a mess? Definitely. Does he let her see that he is? Definitely not. Does he pull himself together and hide absolutely everything from his children? One hundred percent. No doubt it’ll all come out one day, though.

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

- ex-wife. - coming soon...

[oftatteredwings]

⸻  CHARLIE COX. HE/HIM / have you ever heard of YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT by the rolling stones, well, it describes OLIVER ‘OLI’ ADAMS  to a tee! the forty year-old, and PSYCHIATRIST was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say HE is more unpredictable or more PATIENT instead? anyway, they remind me of comfy worn in shirts, a smile even on the darkest of days, a slightly annoying sense of positivity and quiet moments just listening, maybe you’ll bump into them soon! 

time in notting hill ; 15 years

tw: arson

ABOUT.

Name: Oliver Adams Nicknames: Oli Age: Forty DoB: 13th January 1983 Occupation: Psychiatrist Romantic/sexual orientation: Heteroromantic/heterosexual Birthplace: London, UK Current Location: Notting Hill, London, UK Time in Notting Hill: 15 years

As far as everyone was concerned, Oliver was a perfectly normal baby when he was born, it was only a couple of months later that alarm bells began to go off. He wasn’t registering much of anything properly, gaze drawn to sounds, but not much else.

It took some time, but in the end he was diagnosed as partially sighted, something his parents worried about, yet he didn’t when he was old enough to really understand what was going on.

Oli wasn’t one to let anything stop him, something that became apparent early on in life. His upbringing was all over the place and still, he managed to stay positive throughout, ups and downs be damned.

He set his sights early upon some kind of career that would lead to helping people. Being a doctor, at least in the medical sense, was out of the question, so his ambitions turned to the brain. 

Making his way through school, he left with exemplary grades, getting to the exact point that he needed to be at. 

University was more difficult. Out in the real world, he found his disability harder to deal with, the understanding he’d found throughout school not quite so easily found. But he got there, he worked his way through it, found friends and explored parts of his life he’d never really had a chance to.

On a fleeting visit back home, he found himself caught up in disaster, his family home set ablaze for reasons he did his best not to think about. He avoided all of it, his life complicated enough. It was easy to, with the combination of his disability and the fact he was set to graduate soon with crazy grades, his family were happy to leave him alone.

Caught up in what happened, though, he had to find a way to rescue his younger sister and her baby. He was hailed a hero by some, but to him it was nothing, just important he kept those he cared about alive.

Oli graduated degree in medicine a year later and moved onto his path to psychiatry. He knew it was a long road ahead, but it was important to him.

Along the way he made other important decisions, one of those being to have a child. One who landed in his life at twenty-seven via surrogacy and an egg donor. Mandy quite quickly became his life outside of studying and working.

He also found love along the way, even if it wasn’t to last. They cared deeply for one another, helped each other through several years or their lives and then parted ways again, remaining friends of course.

Since then he’s opened his own practise on Harley Street, his business only going from strength to strength over the last couple of years. 

HEADCANONS.

Oli has partial sight in his left eye and none in his right, so his vision is severely restricted. He can see, but not a lot and will always wear sunglasses when outside as his eyes are ridiculously sensitive to sunlight

He has a service dog, named Bella, who does usually go most places with him — he can get around himself without incident usually, but she does help him particularly when in very busy areas and he can’t keep up with everything.

Has a ridiculously large collection of flannel shirts, it’s a rare day when you see him without one on. 

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

- adoptive sister. - ex-girlfriend. - best friend. - good friends. - patients. - friends/rivals in the industry.

[oftatteredwings]

⸻  ANTHONY MACKIE. HE/HIM / have you ever heard of WAR (WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?) by edwin starr, well, it describes WILL MITCHELL to a tee! the forty-three year-old, and FORMER MARSHAL/SECURITY GUARD was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say HE is more manipulative or more PROTECTIVE instead? anyway, they remind me of scuffed up combat boots, coffee with two extra shots, an unmatched precision in everything he does and a comforting sense of home, maybe you’ll bump into them soon! 

time in notting hill ; 1 year

ABOUT.

Name: William Mitchell Nicknames: Will Age: Forty-three DoB: 26th November 1979 Occupation: Former Marshal/Security Guard Romantic/sexual orientation: Heteroromantic/heterosexual Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, USA Current Location: Notting Hill, London, UK Time in Notting Hill: 1 year

tw: 

coming soon...

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

- former people he’s worked for [ ari richardson ]  - more coming soon...

[oftatteredwings]

⸻  RUSSELL TOVEY. HE/HIM / have you ever heard of GRACE KELLY by mika, well, it describes RHYS LLEWELLYN to a tee! the forty year-old, and GRAPHIC DESIGNER/MOBILE APP DEVELOPER was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say HE is more childish or more ORGANISED instead? anyway, they remind me of rarely looking up from his phone, a graphics tablet tucked away in a bag and ready for action, superhero t-shirts, converse covered in doodles and surviving on three hours sleep, maybe you’ll bump into them soon! 

time in notting hill ; 18 years

ABOUT.

Name: Ryhs Llewellyn Age: Forty DoB: 26th November 1982 Occupation: Graphic Designer/Mobile App Developer Romantic/sexual orientation: Homoromantic/homosexual Birthplace: Llandudno, North Wales, UK Current Location: Notting Hill, London, UK Time in Notting Hill: 18 years

tw: 

coming soon...

WANTED CONNECTIONS.

- siblings. - major ex. - flatmate. - more coming soon...

[dicmondskies]

☆ & * .   ♡   i n t r o d u c t i o n  …  

⸻  LILY COLLINS. SHE + HER / have you ever heard of LOVE by kid cudi , well, it describes PAYSON HADDAD  to a tee! the twenty nine year old, CEO OF TEEN FASHION MAGAZINE 'YOUR THING MAGAZINE' was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say SHE is more ungrounded or more DREAMY instead? anyway, they remind me of old 90's teen magazines, 2,000's american fashion , pink everything , and bright red lipstick , maybe you’ll bump into them soon! 

trigger warning: plane crash, financial crimes

          ♡          payson haddad is the ultimate rich auntie. after her sister was tragically killed in a plane crash scandal involving a cover up, payson became the sole provider and guardian of her niece and nephew, who are now grown up and ready to leave her nest, but the three are extremely close. payson would do absolutely anything for them and think the world of them. they are well taken care of thanks to her and can get anything they want if they ask.

         ♡          growing up, payson was born into an upper middle class family. they weren’t filthy rich like some of the old money families in england but they were far more privileged than most. owning several different properties and vacation homes, they were well off but not quite worth millions,  they did however, have a century of roots in nottinghill as one of the most influential law families in the area. what payson would find out in her teenage years, was that her family hadn’t always acquired their wealth and notoriety through moral or legal means. 

        ♡          payson’s father’s side of the family were the ones tied to a law dynasty in the area of nottinghill, the last name haddad tied to her great great great grandfather who started the families law firm in the 18th century as solicitors. 

       ♡          payson’s father was a good conman but in the long run was taken down by his own partners in his law firm. the law firm that once belonged to his ancestors now ceased to exist after uncovering years of payson’s father’s fraudulent financial crimes against his clients and the firm at large. 

         ♡          the scandal of the haddad’s law firm was broadcast all over london and was the most talked about topic for almost two years, all of this going down around the time payson was seventeen. she was just about to graduate from her private school a year early, and the timing came perfect, she graduated and got the hell out of town, studying abroad in paris, france for four years before she ever set foot back in nottinghill. 

       ♡          payson’s father ended up taking a guilty plea to save his family further embarrassment and social isolation. he made sure the public eye and the law knew that his crimes were only a reflection of him and that his family were all innocent bystanders who had no knowledge of the injust acts he was carrying out behind everyone’s backs. 

       ♡          payson’s mother tried her to best to manage the scrutiny and backlash they received from the scandal. she even helped try to keep the whole thing under wraps for her husband until the time came that she could no longer cover things up for him. 

       ♡          payson never fully allowed herself to process all that came with her father’s scandal. the things being spread and said about her online were things she wouldn’t allow herself to read. she knew she’d never get past her fathers mistakes if she allowed them to hinder her from moving forward. 

       ♡          it took her a while but she was determined to make a name for herself, separate from her father’s terrible reputation, and with her dedication and ambition, she did just that. payson spent her time in paris studying fashion and birthing the idea of ‘ your thing magazine ‘ while she was there. ( points if you recognize the name from the bratz rock angels movie lmao ) 

       ♡          payson completely revamped the haddad legacy and name into that of a fashion icon. your thing magazine is extremely popular among the teen and young adult age range. think of it as one of those 90′s magazines with all the posters and polls and latest teen celeb gossip and fashion do’s and don’ts. 

[dicmondskies]

☆ & * .   ♡   i n t r o d u c t i o n  …    

⸻  ELLE FANNING. THEY + THEM / have you ever heard of FIREFLIES by faith hill , well, it describes PIPER WALSH  to a tee! the twenty three year old, EQUINE THERAPIST at THE CALM COWBOY STABLES was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say THEY are more timid or more NURTURING instead? anyway, they remind me of making flower crowns out of the wild flowers in your front yard, running barefoot through the grass , meditating in the rain , and a cup of tea a day , maybe you’ll bump into them soon!

           ♡           when piper walsh came into the world, they were destined to be something special. born to two self proclaimed hippies, their childhood was extremely unconventional compared to their peers. they grew up on a huge ranch in the countryside with acres of land that their parents owned for them to make use of however way their creative mind saw fit. because their parents followed their own rules and were extremely pagan ( though they never called it that because ironically they hate any label or group that society puts together ) piper was raised genderless or as genderless as one could possibly manage in todays day and age. the concept of ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ things are ludicrous to piper and they continue to identify as non-binary. though it was completely up to them to learn and make their own decision. that was how most of piper’s parents parented them. 

          ♡           it was a mix of trial and error, seeing what worked best for piper but they were extremely involved and attentive to their child’s every need. their goal was to provide piper guidance but not to influence her or project their own experiences in life onto her. the task was hard but piper thinks they have done an amazing job and is extremely grateful for the experience they provided her growing up. 

         ♡           piper is the only child because their parents wanted to make sure they had enough time, money, and resources to provide piper with everything they needed to succeed. piper is extremely close with their mom because they spent most of their childhood being homeschooled by her. 

         ♡           piper’s mother is an extremely spiritual woman who devotes her life to nature worship. piper was taught how to meditate by the age of five as a means to regulate their emotions. there was no ‘time-out’ for piper, but rather a feelings corner where they were sent to process their emotions and behavior, reflecting and learning to self soothe and use cognitive exercises to work through any emotional stuff that was brought up. 

         ♡           piper was taught to run bare foot through the grass due to the earth’s grounding properties. they were taught to forage and grow their own food, all the great hippy dippy stuff their mom and dad had planned out the moment they knew piper was coming into the world. they vowed not to fuck up like their own parents did, and because of this, piper has lived a comfortable and peaceful life. but also, a very isolated one. 

        ♡           piper wasn’t shielded from other kids despite the unconventional upbringing. piper’s mom and dad were realists and they already knew that when piper started socializing with other kids that piper would notice how different their lifestyle was to theirs and that they would inevitably expose piper to certain things piper’s parents hadn’t gone out of their way to introduce into their daily life. their goal was to provide piper with the tools to make good decisions in life, they had to trust their parenting had been enough to guide her through the trials and tribulations of life. 

        ♡           though piper attended ballet and other extra curricular activities and homeschool groups for socializing, their passion was always horse back riding. on the ranch, separated from their living quarters were the stables, the one place you could always find piper tucked away. not only did piper spend most of her time riding, but they also had a passion for caring for the horses as well. they knew it was what they were meant to do for the rest of their life and it stuck with her all the way to adult-hood. 

        ♡           now, piper is an equine therapist which is just a fancy way of saying a horse therapist. piper helps people of all ages but mostly children and teens therapeutically through riding and grooming horses. their family has owned the calm cowboy stables since piper was eleven. it was set up as a way to eventually become their own when their father deems they can take on the full responsibility.