DAPHNE LOU CAREY MILLER. always an angel, never a god.
Full Name: Daphne Lou Miller, née Carey.
Nickname(s): Daph. Her father called her Lou.
Age: 36 years old.
Birth Date: September 16th, 1988.
Zodiac Sign: Virgo.
Gender: Cis woman.
Marital Status: Married.
Occupation: High school teacher (10th and 11th grade English Lit).
Fluent Languages: English, conversational Spanish.
BIOGRAPHY.
I'll type out her full biography soon. For now, the still-too-long tldr is: She was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. She has a big family — four brothers, two sisters, an army of cousins. Being born right in the middle, and in such a huge crowd of kids, it was easy for Daphne to be forgotten. She was never shy, and never a wallflower outside of her family... but within it, her parents tended to forget she existed. Seemingly. They'd probably deny it, but it felt that way. She did good in school. She was cute, but never stunningly beautiful (she needed braces and had a few years where she didn't know how to do her makeup). She got her first boyfriend the summer between her freshmen and sophomore years of high school, and as far as she was concerned, he would be her only boyfriend. He was her first everything, and she fully intended to spend the rest of her life with him. They ended up going to different colleges and having to do long distance, but Daphne was more than willing to make it work. She bloomed in college — got braces, learned to style herself, started working out, got out of the shadow of her massive family. She thought her life couldn't get better. And then, three weeks before completing her bachelor's, she found out her boyfriend was cheating on her; and had been, since their first semester apart. Years. Saying she was gutted would be an understatement. She went on to get her master's, she kept her life together, but she stopped dating. No strings, no heartbreak. One of her siblings had already moved to Marshall Island, so she followed them. That was nearly ten years ago; she's worked at the local high school for nine. No strings went great, until it didn't. She found someone patient enough to deal with her refusal to even consider dating again, and now she's happily married. Her parents passed a year ago, in a car crash. It hollowed her out, in a way. She'd spent her whole life chasing their attention, and never quite got it, and then the chance was torn from her fingers. She still gets in a melancholy mood about it from time to time.
HEADCANONS.
Typical virgo, she's a perfectionist. Typical middle child, she's always been in a competition with herself to be and do better. Good enough has never been good enough.
She's neat, but not necessarily Pinterest perfect. She likes a little color and a little texture to things.
Unless you live with her, you've never seen her without her hair and her makeup done, a manicure and a pedicure. Thanks to sweat-proof primer, she doesn't even work out without at least a litle bit of makeup on.
She carries a Kindle and an iced coffee around like a lifeline. She's always, always reading at least one book, but usually two or three.
She's impatient and prone to fiddling with things.
Daphne has a dry, wry sense of humor. She's typically easy to get along with, as long as you don't mind her being stubborn. Because you might as well be arguing with the wall, if you're disagreeing with her.
WANTED CONNECTIONS.
Friends, enemies, frenemies, etc
Maybe a neighbor or two?
Coworkers within the school district, or parents of her students.
Running buddies! She goes on a run every morning.
Someone to do tandem reads with.
College friends? She didn't go to college in Savannah or Marshall Island, I'm flexible about where.
