hi everyone. iâm mina and this is mapleviewâs answer to fiona gallagher from shameless, with some of my own original points. nicole is a revamped muse that iâm so, so excited to roleplay again. this group looks amazing and iâm so excited to interact with you all!
ă shay mitchell. thirty two. cis woman. she/her. ă oh heavens, is that NICOLE REYES from CHESTNUT DRIVE i see roaming around mapleview? minnie mayâs always calling them -IMPULSIVE & -DEFENSIVE. i happen to think theyâre not that bad! theyâre a pretty cool SECRETARY and every time iâve seen them, theyâve always been +PROTECTIVE & +COMPASSIONATE. i hope i see them around again! ă mina. 22. gmt. she/her. ă
please proceed with caution! neglect tw, abandonment tw, mental health tw
nicolesâs the eldest reyes child and she had a relatively normal couple of years of her life. the reyesâs started off in a nice neighborhood, on fair lane, some houses coming with their own picket fences. that was until mr. reyes was done for fraudulent activity and landed himself in jail when she was five years old. her mother had always been sensitive but without her husbandâs support she quickly fell apart.
being the eldest, nic was the one to automatically step up to help her family where she could. when she was younger, she didnât hate her father, not how her mother proclaimed she did (although the woman visited him frequently) and she did miss him being there. she had to do the cleaning when her mother was unable to do so, help her siblings get ready. her responsibility started when she was five years old so had been robbed of any type of childhood.
without the good income of her father, the reyes family relocated to chestnut drive and it was far from what they were used to. her mother took up a job as a caterer but didnât seem committed when she couldnât get up out of bed. nic tried to make the woman feel better but time and time again, they would repeat conversations. it was a vicious cycle that she had no control over and that was hard.
it was an entire cycle of her father coming back into their life and then going back to jail or running from something. the more times it happened, the more hurt mireia felt. it was a betrayal each time. things would finally settle and then heâd be gone and sheâd be left to pick up the pieces.
there was then five of them and it was a lot of work for nic to care for the other four. she didnât have a break or a life, it was solely about her family. those kids deserved better than she ever had and it was up to her to give it to them.
nicole was fourteen when her motherâs mental health started detetiorating dramatically. the woman would disappear for days on end, doing goodness knows what, leaving mire to look after her siblings. her mother had been on the waiting list to see a professional about her mental health but the system was failing them all. one day her and her mother thought and the woman didnât come back.
nic didnât get to go to college because of her siblings. instead, she found herself working three jobs in order keep the household afloat but it was too much pressure for her. she began to show similar symptoms to her mother and was diagnosed with bpd. she was struggling but it wasnât like anyone was going to come and help her. it wasnât pressure that people could take away as that meant taking her siblings from her and she wouldnât let that happen.
she was judged a lot as a kid, mostly because she was carting around kids and people assumed that they were hers. sheâd always stick up for herself but be cautious as it didnât matter if they were herâs or not, it was still prejudice and she didnât have the time to deal with it.
she felt so bad when she cried in front of her siblings, that she wasnât able to hide how bad their situation was. she has tried her best with them but as her siblings try to deal with her own issues, she feels like sheâs failed.
when she was twenty one, she was granted official guardianship of her younger siblings. she stepped into the motherly role, even when the older ones didnât want her to, but she had no choice. the youngest was three and she practically raised her as her own child but that also took its toll.
she would pick up temp admin jobs when she could to try to get herself out of barwork and into a more corporate setting, purely for the money. the corporate setting doesnât suit her as a person but sheâs a hardworker and has a lot of initiative so works by herself without being told what to do.
recently her father has tried to contact her to offer some support but has turned him down on multiple occasions because she canât bear the thought of letting him into their lives and them him messing it up further.
she hates her job as a secretary but it pays well so sheâs only keeping it to support her family. still, her bad attitude gets in the way sometimes. she does clash with her seniors over multiple matters as she finds it hard to take criticism when sheâs trying so hard all the time and doesnât get a single thank you. in a way, she still feels like she doesnât deserve it but doesnât have anyone supporting her (when someone tries, she gets defensive and pushes them away)...
sheâs started partying harder and this has made her more tired and more withdrawn from her siblings. they never got to be children and now it seems that sheâs being crippled under the bouts of pressure put on her. if she doesnât have it together, everything is fragile and she hates that.
nic is scared of becoming her mother as the pressure has forced leaving for good to cross her mind on multiple occasions, and along with her recklessness, she feels sheâs following in her motherâs footsteps and doesnât want that. she feels like sheâs failed with her siblings as they all manage to get themselves into trouble and she was the one who raised them...
nicole loves her siblings with all her heart; sheâd do anything for them. they do love each other but every time thereâs a disagreement, it feels that much worse because theyâre supposed to support and love each other as theyâre all theyâve got.
possible connections:
her boss: if your muse works in a corporate setting, please let her be the very talented hardworking employee that hates her job, a little to do with your muse!
the adviser: someone who frequently gives her advice how to handle her situation. sometimes the advise is taken on board, sometimes nic does the exact opposite.
the party buddy: a wild child that enables nicole to stil make decisions despite her being thirty two and still having no direction.
the will they / wonât they: someone who she likes that also likes her but they really value their friendship and are scared of messing it up. open to all!
the unlikely friends: a muse that is very rich. they come from different worlds but get on like a house on fire and always have fun and support each other.
the other âparentsâ: muses that have kids in their teens and see nic at school events. their perception of her is utp!
the adoptive parent: someone, preferably older, that has stepped into the parent role for nicole.
there is always room for friends, fwb, etc!
reyes kid reference
nicole - 32 years old
carlos - 25 years old - left mapleview
aron - 21 years old
lila - 16 years old
hazel - 14 years old
