( luke hemmings, twenty-two, cismale, he/him ) did you see BYRON CONELLY walking down main street earlier? Β you know who iβm talking about, theyβre a DECKHAND. Β everybody in town says that theyβre SANGUINE & NONJUDGEMENTAL, but have a tendency to be IMPRESSIONABLE & VOLATILE too. Β BYRON has been in town for ONE AND A BIT years. c'mon, theyβre always requesting SWEET CAROLINE by NEIL DIAMOND at karaoke nights. Β well, iβm sure youβll see them soon! ( ooc: sunny, 22, she/her, est )
hi thanks for tuning in, SUNNY here to tell you all a lil bit about westmereβs very own new nd improved favorite loser below. sorry for this summary being all over the place, itβs kinda how my brain works heh which is kinda perfect bc byron will for SURE be all over the place too ( u can rly tell at a certain point i was like ok i give up + iβm posting mf ). let me know if u have any questions aboutΒ βem and most importantly, lmk if you would like to plot a lil connect or sumn π
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FAMBAM + BACKGROUND
born 14 years after the elder conelly ( wanted brother connect !!! ) entered this word to two parents who didnβt seem to read the job description, it was clear that byron wasnβt planned. and down the line, heβd soon realize through the tumultuous household he was brought up in - perhaps never even wanted.
byronβs parents had one constant - and that was fighting. over anything, all the time. there just wasnβt any love between the two and they stayed together for whatever meaningless reasons until byron hit middle school. ( there mightβve been a super short lull in toxicity once byron was born, but it had to be short as his first memories are nothing shy of toxic. )Β it was a messy separation ( they never paid the full legal fees for a full divorce ) - his father moving to the coast of nj & his mother moving to a smaller apartment nearby her own mother ( which, due to the negative relationship among his mother + grandmother, also called for more tension ). heβd often be dropped off @ his grandmotherβs house for baby-sitting or when he was βΒ becoming too much to handle. β eventually his grandmother moved into his cousinβs house ( MONROE ) and although grateful he made a practically new brother, similar tendencies of feeling unwanted occurred when byron noticed their grandmother praising and coddling and favoriting monroe just a bit more.
( his mother was a struggling addict ( and had been her whole life ), but the loneliness, newfound pressures and whatever excuse she was able to name caused her drinking to spiral worse than byron remembered ( even at his young age ) before. )
( his father was rarely in his life, but when he was, he was THE coolest. always played good cop in any situation regarding his mother, despite choosing not to have an active role in byronβs life. byron looked up to him like no other. when he WAS around, he taught byron how to surf, skateboard, play sports, theyβd play video games, theyβd eat junk food - honestly anything that byron wanted to do. his dad was an adrenaline junkie and created the stepping stones for byron to be one too. he was a marine biologist & pretty successful at that. passionate,Β intelligent, but seemingly finding his newfound life a lot better than his previous - which is why he never wanted byron to stay too long, the boy reminded him of her, of the past. )
( his older brother moved out of the house when byron was just a lil kid, theyβre not very close and donβt have much in common ... or so it seems. he lives in nyc and they only talk here and there on holidays. he was never a huge part of his life, but it does bum him out to think what couldβve been / could be. )
TO GET THE GISTΒ
due to never receiving the attention he craved from his family members, he made up for it tenfold in school. he was always talking to everyone, loud, boisterous, gregarious, life of the party; he wanted people to like him and they did. he become a total people pleaser, molding himself to make sure everyone was content and stayed around. impressionable, adaptable.Β he felt less this way towards adults and had a bit of a rebellious phase, hanging with the wrong crowd & getting into things he probably wouldnβt do otherwise. old habits die hard and he still tries his best to make everyone crack a smile, to remember him - since he believes he wonβt be remembered for much else.
after he just barely skated by in high school ( his grades were never as good as his cousinβs and never lived up to his fatherβs expectations ), byron felt a bit lost. a lot of people had plans, were heading off to college - but already under the assumption he couldnβt reach any expectation in that realm ( a lil self fulfilling prophecy am i right pals ), he stayed in town - caring for his mother who hardly had anything together, his uncle who got sick very quickly & passed, spending time with his grandmother, while he himself fell into a rut. most of his days meant he drove out towards his dadβs place ( dad hardly there now, out and about with his new family ), surfing, smoking, and grabbing some cash doing odd jobs any way he could. he lost any purpose he once had ( but yall would never know it bc who wants to be in someoneβs life whoβs a buzzkill ? all smiles, baby, all smiles. )
IN WESTMERE
when his cousin offered the opportunity to travel cross-country in his van, byron had nothing to lose. always adventurous in spirit, he immediately said yes - deciding to ignore thatΒ βobligation,β that feeling to make sure they were a-ok that he felt towards his parents. he needed an out and this was it.Β
after landing in the small connecticut town for the night, the two fell for it - especially since when they got there along the water, it was a summer night + everything landed into place. they decided to stay there a bit longer ... and that eventually turned into more than a year. still antsy to keep traveling and to move around, byron has been ready to head out ... but stays for a few reasons - and them all being people ( bc lbh the surf is not even on point here ok )
his current job is a deckhand ( on a bunch of boats, ppl prob hired him as word of mouth got around that he knew what he was doing ). prob got that knowledge from being by his dadβs on the water when younger ( heβs ... obsessed with the water ) ! and also heβs just a quick learner ok ( ps: if your charrie has a boat pls letβs make somethin happen )
TO KNOW [ headcanons + more ]
his fav karaoke song is sweet caroline bc he knows everyone will be able to sing nd party along. he does it for the ppl, ppl.
he never saw too many baby / kid pics of himself which was kind of a bummer bc he really only remembers negative times - somehow they overpowered ( i bet lil byron was cute as fuck too fml )
heβs super into drugs, hallucinogenics, honestly you name it. it started off w/ him being impressionable, then bored, and now he just enjoys it. despite his motherβs addiction running through his blood, he still continues to do his thang.Β Β
longboards around town so watch your toes
usesΒ π€π€ all the time and not ironicallyΒ
has an existential crisis on the daily about purpose but keeps that to himself most timesΒ
WANTED CONNECTIONS
someone pls give me a sugar mama idc how we plot it out they donβt have to hook up they can idk idc i just want someone giving him money or expensive things it can be so much fun ok ,, pool boy ? idk sign me up
pls if your muse has a boat, let him be the deckhand ok it will also be so fun and potentially angsty if he fucks something up
a fling 100% - even multiple ? idc listen he is currently sharing a tiny VAN with his COUSIN he needs a place - like an actual bed - to crash on at night
can he save someone who was potentially drowning pls??? he used to be a lifeguard, it can be a cool/fun thread to write out
omg off of that can he teach someone how to swimΒ
look if anyone is into marine bio, can they somehow know byronβs father ?? i feel like that could make room for a cool plot
also i have an older brother connect on the w/cβs page lmk lmk
give me a good influence that will somehow have him open up + tell him that itβs weird to be so sunshiny all the time. maybe someone who witnesses him at his worst + stays, ya know ??
a bad influence plot where y/c takes this impressionable young lad and puts him through the ringer tbh ( srrsly heβd do a lot for ppl, so ask him to do something illegal for them itβll be fun )
party pals, smoking pals, on the water 24/7 pals,Β
co-worker, other ppl that work on the water ( fishermen?? more deckhands?? captains??)
gimmie someone he accidentally bumped into while longboarding ( heβs a large human it mightβve done damage ok )
i want and need enemies ok i know heβs chill as fuck and wants everyone to like him but thereβs always a way to find enemies >:o. anything angsty for REAL.
unrequited thing? where he led someone on?? iβm sure he does this constantly
donβt ruin the friendship thing omg plsssss always so fun
look iβm open for it ALL. every plot u have in mind so lay it on me
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