a dream of you

& THE BASICS

full name: boden elijah emery nicknames: bo, bodie age: twenty two date of birth: february 26th hometown: brooklyn, new york preferred pronouns: he/him orientation: pansexual education: high school diploma occupation: florist, sells his art on the side languages spoken: english, slight french

& PERSONALITY

usual mood: relaxed + traits: creative, honest, emotionally resilient, hopeless romantic, - traits: distracted, no filter, unaware, naive, aesthetics: sunrise kisses, pothos hanging down shelves, tarot card readings, fingertips dried with paint, laying in the grass in central park, red stained lips with a bowl of strawberry stems, chipped baby blue nails, floral embroidered denim, stargazing on the fire escape, an empty bottle of moscato, sunflowers reaching for the sun, thrifted jackets hobbies: painting, photography, running, yoga, climbing

       the middle child of three beautiful children, boden was born into the home of harper & maya emery who have spent their entire lives loving and nurturing him. both his mother’s spent a great deal of time at home when he was young and he developed a close bond with them. his mother, maya, encouraged his creativity with paints and sketch books. soon art & crafts became the boy’s favourite past time growing up. he's always so bashful when she brings out the box in her office filled with scraps he had given to her over the years. his mom, harper, encouraged the outdoors in him. she would take him on hikes, teach him simple yoga poses, point out the constellations and stars. it's really no wonder what sparked his interests.

       bodie has always been a trusting person, in a way he was quite naive growing up. his mind was like a sponge, ready to learn and experience everything and anything that offered the opportunity. he was quite fortunate at the school he attended, always invited on the educational school trips which is where his initial love of travel formed. he doesn’t remember the details of his trips and if you ask him he’ll offhandedly say they were fun. bodie had gone to the coast of vancouver for a marine biology trip, off to japan to learn more about the history and culture. places your average person would brag about visiting, yet bodie utters but a few words only to change the subject moments later.

       he remembers the late night discussions of his future, the generous compliments shared with him in the dark, secret glances on the guided tours, wandering hands in the hallway — but it was wrong, for some reason boden couldn’t tell anybody, he couldn’t even be seen with him in person.. all because he was mr. angus lazelle, boden’s student teacher – “there are rules, bo,” but bodie didn’t like rules. he was fifteen and in love and he didn’t care one bit!!

       it was supposed to be a surprise -- his older brother was home from university for the week, picking boden up from school one afternoon, but the fond looks and the light touches gave it away from the moment he saw them. bodie was dragged back to his brother’s car, cheeks red as the tears tumbled down them. “it’s disgusting and wrong — he’s disgusting. you’re a kid boden, you’re just a kid. he’s not going to get away with this shit.” the ride home was a blur, phone calls made, police officers involved.. it was an absolute nightmare

       bodie buries the memories underneath the deepest crevices of himself, unable to even let himself think about the experience. he never fully understood what happened. maybe it wasn’t a perfect relationship, but bodie gave so much love to angus. he didn’t want to believe what their relationship was wrong, didn’t want to believe the accusations — the ones that angus didn’t even fight against.. boden couldn’t get out of high school quicker. upon graduation he had his  bags packed ( full of his paint brushes ) and flights book for europe. the male spent a year backpacking around, staying in hostels and on the couches of friends he had made along the way.

       currently bodie is working as a florist -- arranging bouquets is his absolute favourite thing to do in the shop. if you ask him, the worst part of his job is when his customer is obviously sending the same bouquet out to multiple people. leaves his stomach sick. when he isn’t at work, bodie spends a majority of his time painting, prepping for his first big art gallery exhibit. he’s sold lots of his work to various galleries and customers, but he’s never had his own exhibit displaying only his work. he loves exploring nyc -- he’s always on the hunt for a new hole in the wall restaurant/bar and is a big fan of venues that consistently have live music.

WOW if you made it this far just know i am blowin you kisses. now here are some wanted connections/plot ideas, so if any of these interest you pls let me know !!