introducing burton hayes...
something touched me deep inside the day the music died
I. STATS
full name: burton gregory hayes
gender & pronouns: cis-male, he/him
age & birthday: twenty-five, january 3rd, 1952
place of birth: los angeles, california
orientation: biromantic, bisexual
occupation:ย bartender indigoโs lounge, aspiring actor
skeleton: american pie
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II. BACKGROUND
trigger warnings: pregnancy, substance abuse, plane crash/death mention
full biography
burton was born to a single mother who had moved to los angeles from georgia in pursuit of stardom. his biological father was this man who pretended to be an agent only to hook up with aspiring actresses and of course, sheltered ethel hayes fell right into his trap thinking he was going to make her a star and believing he was madly in love with her. as soon as ethel announced her pregnancy he was out of the picture.
as soon as he was born, she realized that she had to put her dreams on hold and grow up faster than she would have imagined. yet, she never complained of the cards she'd been dealt. everything happens for a reason. that was her way of seeing things. ethel worked two jobs and also managed to get her high school diploma, all while raising a child.
they didnโt have much but his mother made sure to always make time for her son and so she used to take him to the movies every weekend where they would spend hours. thatโs how his love for cinema/pop culture was born.ย
eventually his mom got a better job as a secretary and when he was eleven years old, his mother married to a successful dentist and war veteran.ย his little sister arrived when he was fifteen and pretty much his life changed for the better โeven if he didnโt really have any complains about his previous life.ย
academically he did pretty good, but he excelled at sports and played for the varsity baseball team. he also starred in most of the schoolโs plays and overall was considered pretty popular among the other students. he dated the same girl (cherry bomb) throughout high school until she left him on prom night which crushed him.
he was accepted into ucla where he majored in drama. his first year coincided with the on-campus protests after nixonโs announcement to invade cambodia. burton joined the protests, was arrested a couple of times and he became part of many student organizations. his professors either loved his guts or hated them, either way, they all could agree he had potential. for what? that was to be seen.
except that once graduation happened he found himself without a plan, just watching everyone transitioning smoothly into adulthood.
perhaps in a state of panic, he made the rash decision to move to new york where he lived in a small apartment with three other starving artists, one of which helped him get an agent.ย
he booked a lot of commercials during the first months, some print ads but they all seemed to lack substance to him and they were nowhere near as interesting as the parties that happened until dawn, or the substances that helped him to forget that he was one of those who had peaked too soon in life.
his lifestyle stopped him from booking roles as he often missed auditions but his agent didnโt give up on him, convinced that he could make it if he only put in the effort. and so, it finally paid off. he booked the leading role in a play on broadway and it was supposed to be his breakthrough. he did everything right until the opening night. his nerves got the best of him and one drink turned into who knows how many. he woke up the next morning with no recollection of what had happened and an article on the newspaper retelling his drunk performance and the whole mess he caused. his agent dropped him and it was pretty clear that that was the end for him in new york.
he came back to los angeles about a month or so ago, got a job as a bartender, a new agent and heโs trying to clean his reputation as well as staying out of trouble and acting more like an adult than a teenageย broncin' buck.
III. PERSONALITY
burton is fully immersed in the present moment, savouring all that life has to offer. he is frequently preoccupied with quick gratification that he fails to plan ahead which can be very frustrating to people because it seems that he doesnโt take anything seriously which he does but only when itโs time to. in a way, he relies a lot in luck and he takes life as it is without complains. he is an extremely social person and gets most of his energy from being around people he cherishes, he loves talking about everything and nothing but heโs especially passionate about films, music and books. burton loves the spotlight, and heโs the kind of guy that would try to bring the party back to life when it seems to be dying. heโs normally a very chill person and rarely gets upset but heโs extremely sensitive and when he believes someone is questioning or criticizing him, he has a hard time viewing such criticism as constructive. often he reacts to this with rage and bitterness. aside from that, heโs pretty conflict averse and he will try everything to avoid uncomfortable situations. burton as well is very nostalgic. if heโs not living in the present heโs reminiscing of the past and the better days, this mostly applies to pop culture but also sometimes to personal experiences. however, he simply denies the existence of the future and refuses to think about it even if deep down he knows he should.ย
IV. HEADCANONS
he was named after his momโs favorite actors, burt lancaster and gregory peck.
speaks broken italian and this is because while his mother was at work he was babysat by their italian neighbor whom he used to call nonna.ย
for his seventh birthday, his mother gave him a guitar as he used to be obsessed with elvis.ย
his step-father got him a 1964 turquoise chevy truck (which he still drives) for his 16th birthday which he paid him back in a year.
first concert was the 1966 american tour of the rolling stones. the last concert he went was fleetwood macโs rumours tour in philadelphia before he moved back to los angeles.
as a teen some of the posters that were around his bedroom were: a barbarella one, jane fonda,ย james dean, one of the film le mans. as you can see growing up his celebrity crush was jane fonda but currently itโs probably farrah fawcett which is not original at all as everyone does.ย
only attended ucla because he read that james dean did as well.
V. EXTRAS
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