[ QUINCY FOUSE, CISMALE, HE/HIM ] ; have you seen ZURI JENKINS around VIRGINIA BEACH? the TWENTY-TWO year old ABSTRACT PAINTER is known for ( ABSTRACT ART PIECES THAT LINE GALLERY WALLS, CURLY PICKED OUT HAIR, SPOKEN WORD, JAZZ MUSIC ) … around the VIBE CREATIVE district they have a reputation of being DIPLOMATIC and IMAGINATIVE but also PRIVATE and SILENT. rumor has it they’re hiding HE CAN’T FORGIVE HIS MOM FOR WITHHOLDING MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT HIS FATHER …let’s hope the GOSSIP HOTTIE doesn’t find out ! kay,25,est,she/her @vabeachintros
tw: sickle cell anemia, death, loss of a parent
zuri’s father died fairly recently, only about two years ago from sickle cell anemia. growing up, zuri’s dad never let him see the true extent of his pain while dealing with this disorder. his mother shielded him from just how bad his father’s condition was and sometimes both his mom and dad would lie and make up a random business trip that his father would suddenly be called to attend. in reality, he was in and out of hospitals, getting sicker as he aged and having more than one serious scare where the doctors thought he wouldn’t make it. zuri’s mom didn’t want to hide things from her children, but his father would refuse to let them visit him in fear of causing them immense distress. The very thing the two of them did to protect travis and his siblings back fired, because the element of surprise was put into play and no one expected him to die as soon as he did, leaving the family in scattered broken pieces. travis and his siblings were stunned, shocked, and heart broken, and to make it all worse, they found out about how she’d been hiding his sickness from them for practically their entire lives. it was a betrayal travis wasn’t expecting and one he couldn’t seem to forgive.
zuri stopped speaking to his mom shortly after his dad died, his siblings are always telling him he doesn’t have to punish his mom too, but to him, the act of hiding their fathers true state of health is an act zuri can’t forgive right now, not while he’s still wrapping his mind around the fact that his father is truly gone. zuri was blind sided, and he feels like if they’d all known the truth, they would have been able to prepare for his death and maybe it wouldn’t have been so hard on him. he wrestles with all the what ifs and battles his mind daily over his fathers death. he was always a very passionate and creative boy, his pain only fueled that fire and his painting career soon took off as his pieces started going up in modern art galleries all around the virginia. finally, he had something he could call his own, finally he had something his father could be proud of on the other side.
he puts his heart and soul into painting, and does all kinds of different art styles, he likes to improv. in his art studio, he likes to put on music and paint the first thing that comes to his mind when he closes his eyes. he builds on it, taking each image he sees in his minds eye and twisting or tweaking it when putting it on the canvas, his abstract art is something out of this world. uri is sweet, quiet, and daring. he loves to go on adventures and is the friend you wanna text when you want to go on a spontaneous road trip at 2 am on a summer night. he’s always down for a good time, but eventually his escapism is going to catch up to him. how long can he truly avoid his mother before he has to forgive her and move on?
❝ hold still — ❞ the stroke of his paintbrush slow dancing with his canvas. the abstract art that was forming NOTHING like the person standing before him. ❝ —i’m drawing inspiration from the way you’re standing... ❞
