Hmm. Well, I’ll always love Hayley Williams, and I’ve had a thing for Vanessa Hudgens ever since Laurel made me watch High School Musical. But I wouldn’t be really answering the question if I didn’t say something about Brendon Urie, throughout the years I’ve wanted to be him or date him pretty consistently.

Romantic Connections

note:  in high school, he would have only had serious relationships with ladies, but it’s possible that one of the guys crashed on the couch in his loft when in LA and something happened then, or Ash ran into him while he was still traveling with his roomies. i’m pretty open to whatever for these! 

first kiss:  Laurel Polk (they were like ten and it probably doesn’t count because they both decided it was icky. his first serious kiss is open)

first girlfriend: Dylan Crane.

first time: open.

prom date: open.

fwb(s): open for past and present.

ex-girlfriend(s):  open.

ex-hookup(s): Julie Simon, open for past and present.

Friendship connections:

best friend: open.

close friend (s): Devon Prescott, Natalie Maxwell.

ex-bandmates: Wyatt Anderson and Keaton Dhami.

“pen pal”: someone Ash kept in contact with after high school and sent postcards from places he stayed, checked in with on FB or via text pretty often but maybe didn’t see in person.  (open)

fellow pop-punk trash: someone he can scream the words to blink-182 songs with and check out local band gigs every now and then to jump around and dance. he’ll keep them safe if there’s a mosh pit. (Devon Prescott/Cooper Mathis/ Keaton Dhami / honestly anyone tbh)

partying/bar/clubbing buddies: open for past and present.

Other connections

currently on bad terms: Derek Polk.

lab partner: Juda Nassar.

occasional tutor / lyric consultant: Carmen Strode

Actress

Six (Katherine Howard)

Dear Evan Hansen (Zoe Murphy)

Bare: A Pop Opera (Petra)

Short Times (Janie)

Carrie [Off-Broadway] (Sue Snell)

Evil Dead: The Musical [Tour] (Cheryl)

13 [Tour] (Lucy)

Oliver! [Tour] (Boys Chorus, Bette u/s)

Matilda (Ensemble)

H E A D C A N O N   { O O2  / ? }: F A M I L Y

Nicky has always been closer with her father, since he has always been laid back and friendly. He also supported her passion for filmmaking, whereas her mother would much rather she do something “productive” for a living. 

Nicky’s parents divorced when she was thirteen. They split fairly amicably and have both since remarried. Her mom remarried in fall of nicky’s senior year and her dad remarried two years ago. 

Nicky has an older sister Angelica, who is thirty-two, and a younger brother, Damian, who is twenty. Nicky and her sister are decently close, but the age difference between the them was just enough that they never really hung out much. However, she and Damian are closer. He went off to college in Atlanta and she stayed in Ashland, but they keep in touch.

H E A D C A N O N   { O O 1 / ? } FAMILY:

Ash’s mom met his dad when she worked at a hospital in Portland. Lupe was a nursing student and Trevor was a medical resident. They had a brief affair full of escapades in on-call rooms and supply closets and weren’t the most careful people in the world. Trevor was married, so when he found out she was pregnant with Ash, he cut ties with them both. Scared and unsure of what to do, Lupe called her mother. Magdalena wasn’t thrilled about her daughter being an unwed mother, but the draw of a grandchild and the loss of her own husband the year prior prompted her to let Lupe move in with her in Ashland. There, the two women, along with help from their neighbors, raised Ash and made him the man he is today.