wait a minute, is RIVER REYES still in town? i thought i saw a flash of fluffy brown curls, graphic t-shirts, used condom wrapper thrown in a bin! last i heard they were working as a DRUG DEALER & BAR TENDER at TBD. when it’s the leo’s birthday on 8/4/1994 i forget that they’re PUSHY and celebrate that they’re CHARMING. i hear THAT'S WHAT I WANT by LIL NAS X every time i think of them. ⌠ jorge lopez. 27, bisexual, gender fluid, he/they ⌡
he was born in chile, where he spent his childhood at, but of that he remembers very little. him and his family migrated to the united states when he was six, jumping on trains and in the back of several trucks, risking it all for a better life.
it was a very tedious, very long, and eventually the saddest trip of them all, because after an accident trying to get on a train in mexico, his mother fell and died pretty much on the spot. him and his father continued on the journey, but after that, things got twisted for river.
he didn’t know english when he got there, first starting in houston, texas, and a few years later moving up north. he was very fast to learn the language though, and he loves to mix it up.
his father started very low, but little by little he managed to get his way around, creating his own cleaning business for big spaces like gyms, shopping malls, schools, etc.
growing up on his own in a new country was hard for river, and his father could not give him the attention he needed. considering he was a latinamerican man, therapy was not exactly something he wanted to put his child through.
river acted out a lot, specially during his teens: stealing things from stores, taking his dad’s car and driving recklessly, and at the age of fifteen he was arrested for drinking and driving and being underage. he was never caught with drugs, but he had some of that in his story.
there were too many punishments at home, until eventually his father kind of gave up. he was about eighteen when he finally kind of calmed down– at least with the slightly criminal behavior. or at least he stopped getting caught. their immigration papers were in good state (now the both of them residents) but the fear of being deported became real then, so he became a little more discreet.
river was twenty when his father died of a sudden aneurism nobody knew he had. they didn’t have the best relationship at that point, so to this day, it is something very hard for river to deal with- he had so many things to say that he couldn’t say, but with how he grew apart from religion as well (he was raised catholic), he doesn’t think it’s worth his time to pray for him.
he has a complicated relationship with religion as well, if you can’t tell.
getting jobs with a police record was not easy. he ended up doing all sorts of jobs needed around, but none of them were enough to help him pay rent and bills, so he ended up homeless and moving around A LOT. that’s how he ended up in centralia, where he’s been living for a few years now.
eventually, river fell into the world of drug dealing, which is what has worked best for him. but he needs a cover, and the easiest way to do it is as a bartender at the strip club.
he couch surfs a lot. he has a lot of friends, and he doesn’t even ask before he’s showing up in people’s places to crash in their couch or wherever they let him sleep. he still doesn’t have a place of his own. he simply pays what he can to the people who let him stay.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
he’s very flirty, very charming, very good salesman, and most of the time, he’s selling himself.
he knows how to do pretty much anything. fix pipes? his dad taught him, fix a car? sure. sew the hem of a pair of pants? yes, sir. he can do that too.
he drinks a lot. smokes a lot. he’s pretty much never sober when he’s working, but he manages to do it functionally.
he always takes five to go for smokes, then comes back half an hour later with his fly open.
will charm his way into anything. he has very sweet, deep eyes, so it works with authority as well.
he takes care of his friends. will never sell them anything too bad, too strong, and if they already dabble in them, he will not let them take too much. he cares too much for people, he doesn’t even think of himself. just for hair and skin care. he likes his curls too much and his face is his selling point.
will speak in spanish because people think it’s hot.
C O N N E C T I O N S
exes
hook ups
someone he fucked over about some petty crime, blamed it on them
former friends from school
coworkers
people he’s worked with
people with a crush on him
u get the idea, give me anything. i’ll say yes <3
@liminalintro
