— no angel,

genesiscarter : wild side

i. basics

full name: genesis rivera carter

nickname(s): gen

age: thirty-two

date of birth: september 29th

hometown: cider point, ma 

gender & pronouns: cis female & she/her 

sexual orientation: bisexual 

romantic orientation: biromantic 

occupation: bartender @ milkshake bar (+ teaches dance classes)

biological parents: marisol rivera (mother) and unknown father

adoptive parents: oliver and william carter

siblings: older brother and dakota carter

ii. back story

(tw: parental death)

born to one marisol rivera, who didn't feel like she was capable of raising a child when she was still trying to figure out life for herself, genesis' time in the womb was spent with the woman sizing up one couple after another in search of people that would give her daughter the life she couldn't: a two parent household with siblings and where there was an unlimited amount of love, financial stability, and memories every child deserved.

officially adopted by the carters, she was raised in a loving home and couldn't have asked for a better upbringing or people to call family, yet she still found herself struggling with feeling like she'd been abandoned, and with no idea of who she was since she didn't know where she came from. but she's very much not a "wear your heart or your emotions on your sleeve" kind of gal so instead of learning to regulate her emotions, pre-teen genesis was starting to become a little bitch. her dads knew that she needed a much healthier way to deal with her big girl feelings, so they suggested she find a hobby or craft to help her work out her shit because they were not about to raise a real life alison dilaurentis or regina george.

she turned to dance as an outlet for her emotions, and sure enough, it helped calm her down (for the most part). she went from dance classes at a studio in town to the high school dance team, and while she did just the bare minimum in academics, she put her all into her passion. she helped lead the team to nationals, and it was then that she decided to pursue dance professionally. college dancing was far more cutthroat than she was used to, and the curriculum was a lot more rigorous than she'd been prepared for, so she only made it through the first two years before dropping out. luckily the boston celtics provided a backup option, and she sailed right through the auditions before landing a spot on the roster. she spent the next five years being hot, throwing ass on the court, and being wined and dined by ballers (which yes, went against the organization's code of conduct but she's too smart to turn down designer bags and private jets).

once she 'retired' from the celtics dance team (or probably got fired for breaking said code of conduct, but that's neither here nor there), she returned to cider point, where a now terminally ill marisol reached out and finally wanted to get to know the daughter she gave up. with her fathers' blessing, she spent almost a year asking the woman every question she'd stressed and cried over for years, with the older latina giving her as much information about her side of their heritage as she could. gen was there when marisol took her final breath, and while it was sad to see the woman go, their brief time together had started to repair that little hole in her heart.