#opencon.

the pair met while they were both studying at university, they were both in the same friendship group. before they started dating, they were best-friends, in fact clara was a little nervous about asking him out, as she was worried about ruining the special bond they had created. anyway, she didn’t have to worry, he said yes and the rest was history. now the pair are adults, they are married, have two children together and have recently found out they are expecting a third. he is incredibly supportive of clara and even after all this time the pair are very much in love. 

 for the majority of salem’s life, she was sheltered and hidden away by her parents. most of her life experiences came later on when she was well into her teens and early twenties, and that includes her dating life. she met this muse just before graduating high school, and against her better judgment she fell in love with them immediately. they had a strong bond from the get-go, practically attached at the hip and spending every last ounce of free time together until she went to college. they were able to maintain a long-distance relationship until she graduated and decided she wouldn’t be returning to her hometown. it was the distance that made them decide to split, able to retain a close friendship that involved talking and facetime every single day. salem is still very much in love with this muse, and the reason they decided to move to notting hill and their feelings towards her can be completely utp! is it so they can be close to salem? is it because they got a job offer they just couldn’t refuse? the possibilities are endless here!

they have been working together at the hospital for at least 3 years. it’s entirely up to you what he does there, I’m open to anything (she’s a midwife though). their working relationship very quickly developed into a friendship, which more recently has developed into more than that. they’re very close and both mean a lot to one another, but they’re still trying to figure out exactly what they have going on between them now is.

 these two met in their early twenties and pretty much fell head over heels in love straight away. they launched a family youtube channel pretty early on, one that gained almost 5 million subs at its height. the channel saw their wedding and the birth of their two children, xavier (11) and dea (9). then, around 5 years ago, jay got sick, which sent the family into turmoil. eventually he chose to leave ‘cause he didn’t want to put through it all (more details in jay’s intro) and the pair divorced a couple of years later. it’s only in the last six months or so that they’ve been making an effort to reconnect, to reunite their family once more, for the sake of the kids. they’re not together, but they’re getting along again and basically reliving the old days.

ibrahim and ym dated during high school and bram lived with him after his parents disowned him for his lack of faith and for being gay. bram saw things with ym going places but ym got the job opportunity of a life time but it meant he had to leave london. the pair tried long distance but bram decided to focus on school to fill the voice. however bram's grades slipped because he was worried about ym and ym didn't want to be the reason bram didn't become a doctor. he didn't want to feel responsible for him losing something else in his life so ym broke up with him. now ten years later and ym and bram are running into each other again for the first time since the break up.

billie & ym dated in high school but when billie got pregnant ym bailed, leaving her to do everything regarding their son, raising him by herself and being the only parent he's known and had. now sixteen years later the two reconnect and ym ends up wanting to be a part of their son's life. billie is reluctant at first but knows it's best for jamie if she lets his father have the chance to connect with him. she's just terrified it will lead to the couple reconnecting as well.

the smiths are london locals, having grown up in kingston upon thames for several generations. the family is crazy close, they have always had one another's backs in whatever they chose to do and wherever they chose to go. I don’t imagine that’s something that has ever changed as they’ve grown up. would just some super wholesome family stuff out of this <3

chailai comes from a very traditional and conservative family who are very wealthy from generational wealth. her mother was once known as one of the most talented violinists in the u.k and because of that they are higher up in economic class and associate themselves with other families of similar status and influence. your muse would be of some kind of higher economic status background and the two of them are always on and off because of broken trust after she saw him flirting with other girls in his instagram messages, it wasn't a huge fuck up, and he wasn't actually going to cheat, chailai can't seem to fully trust him which causes her to go back and forth