#romcon.

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.

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.

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

keith was married once before when he was 18 to the mother of his daughter emilia. things didn't work out and eventually he left. he was 24 when he left for good and was struggling with severe depression & drug addiction. a year after leaving he got into a fight where it resulted in an accidental death and went to jail for about five years. he went in when he was 25 and got out when he was 30. he sobered up and changed his life around so he could reconcile with his daughter and now he teaches at the local university as a criminal justice professor. these two would have met four years ago, everything else is utp!

these two are the stereotypical married couple, they adopted a lot of children and are always taking in orphans and making sure they have a fantastic life. they both came from wealth and married for money and power and both ended up falling in love anyway. they moved to notting hill and became mother and father to the town, this also ended in them adopting a lot of children on the way and making sure they were always taken care of. they also have two biological children of their own who they really did take care of.