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noelle: omg

noelle: honey, should I come and pick you up?

noelle: ;)

valentina: i definitely wouldn't say no to that ;)

valentina: unless you,re busy though!!!!

valentina: baaaaaaaabe

valentina: i love yoooooooooooooou

valentina: and i swEar i'm not just asying that because i'm drink

she was chewing on her bottom lip, as she always did when she was nervous, her gaze wandering over the crowd in front of her. ‘go to the winter bash, come on iddy, you used to have so much fun there!’  well, that was two years ago, now that she hadn’t been here last year she felt like an outsider. an alien.ingrid wanted nothing more than to go - but where would she go? she certainly couldn’t go home, her parents had nagged for days until she’d agreed to go to the winter bash, they wouldn’t expect her to be home after only an hour there. and, as she didn’t want to go talk about stuff concerning a town she was longing to leave with people ten years older than her, she really had no other option but to stay here and…mingle. drink. sulk somewhere in silence until it was over. maybe she should’ve just picked up a double shift at the diner, some extra cash couldn’t harm her anyway. but now that she was here she just had to endure it for the next couple of hours. iddy took a swig from the bottle, wincing at the taste of cheap beer, before she reluctantly made her way over to someone also standing alone. “hey, uh, do you have a lighter?” she forgot hers at home and, well, iddy wasn’t sure if she’d make it through this evening without a smoke.

Who: elijah & open

Where: the winter bash

When: november 16th/17th

The bash was stupid. Just as she’d expected it to be but she couldn’t bring herself to go home. Free alcohol was free alcohol no matter how ridiculous the people around were. She made it all the way out there and there was no way she was leaving sober– no matter how annoyed she was. With a drink in hand, Elijah slowly, albeit awkwardly, made her way towards the fire in hopes of finally grabbing a seat to rest for a minute. 

“–Can you set up one of those chairs?” She asked almost if she’d already expected the answer to be ‘no’ but held her hands up to show that they were full anyways. “The rest are taken…”

“Of course!” Valentina exclaimed, grinning as she unfolded one of the camping chairs and placed it not too far to the fire, but also not close enough to risk injuries. She knew of Elijah, of course, but didn’t get to interact with the other all that often and was therefore surprised to see her around the Winter Bash. And, Valentina being Valentina, that meant they needed to socialize at least a little bit together. “How are you? Didn’t expect to see you here; it’s a nice surprise!” 

Location: Winter Café With: Open

Cup of coffee in hand, Eloise looked around for a place to sit for a while. Rehearsals for the day had finished early, so she had a bit of extra time on her hands before she told her son’s babysitter she would be back. The café was busy as usual, which meant seating was extremely limited. Normally, Eloise would take her coffee and go, but her knee was bothering her because cold weather and strenuous rehearsals. She eventually decided to approach someone with an open seat at their table, a kind smile spreading across her delicate facial features. “Excuse me, would you mind if I sat here?” the small woman asked. “I won’t be but fifteen minutes or so, then I’ll be on my way.” 

Valentina was on her computer, doing some work at the café instead of at home. She didn’t mind working in private, but it was motivating to also do it whilst surrounded by people from time to time. Plus, it felt a lot less lonely, and Valentina had never been a big fan of loneliness. Focusing on what she was doing, she didn’t even notice someone approaching the table she was sitting at until she heard them speak. Looking up, she smiled softly as she realized who it was; Eloise Leblanc was Valentina’s favourite dance instructor. Sure, she was the only dance instructor that Valentina had, but still. She really appreciated the older woman, and therefore her smile was genuine as she gestured to the empty seat in front of her. “You can stay as long as you want, honestly. I’m just working right now, and will probably be here for a few more hours.”

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Valentina was wasted. Like, truly wasted. She’d made the mistake of having a drinking contest with the youngest Atkinson brother, and though she had won, she probably wouldn’t be all that proud of that once sober. Her feet were hurting from dancing, but she was so drunk that the pain was honestly easy to ignore. Really, Valentina was having a lot of fun. Still, there felt like something was missing. And she wasn’t exactly sure of what that was until she noticed Noelle standing a bit further away from where she was dancing, looking as gorgeous as usual. Squealing in delight, Valentina walked over to the other girl, arms opened up for a hug. “Noelle, babe!” she exclaimed as she finally reached her, wrapping her arms around the other brunette. “Haven’t seen you all night long!”

where: royal ink when: nov. 13th who: @valentinamorenos

❝ ｡ ✩ ﾟ INK WAS sprawled out before him as he waited for his next client. valentina was her name, and from what he knew this was her first tattoo. he liked being people’s “first”, but he hated calling it that. he liked to be the start of their amazing journey into the tattooing world. the whole scene was crazy and nerve wrecking. if you didn’t know who to talk to then how were you supposed to get your ink? maev made it his duty to make the whole process less terrifying and open his doors to help find affordable and good artists to do work for these clients.

to kill the time maev played on his phone, waiting patiently waiting on the client to walk through the doors and fill out the paperwork. he’d hoped that she would like the art that he had drawn out for her. but in the meantime, his feet were leaned against one of the chairs that he had in his booth for friends to sit around and watch the process. 

Valentina couldn’t help but feel a bit apprehensive. She’d heard good things about Royal Ink, and about Maev Strickland as a tattoo artist in general, but a first tattoo was a first tattoo, after all. The young woman was excited, though. The last time she’d done anything like this was when she had gotten her nose pierced, and she had ended up loving the thrill of it. Sure, she had ended up letting the hole close up, getting tired of the way the piercing felt, but still. She knew a tattoo wasn’t something that would physically bother her, except maybe for when she first got it, and she was honestly thrilled about it. Scared, sure, but thrilled.

Gloved hands grasping the strap of her faux leather shoulder bag, she opened the door into Royal Ink, and immediately took off her beanie as she stepped in. Not all manners her grandmother had taught her had stuck with Valentina, but not wearing a hat inside definitely had, and she wasn’t about to act in what could be considered an impolite manner in front of someone who’d ink something onto her body. The logic behind that? Completely absent. It somehow made sense to the brunette, though, and that was what mattered.

WHEN: november 17, 1:03 AM WHERE: the winter bash WHO: open

blue liked the way raspberry liquor tasted on their lips and made their chest warm. they liked how their body felt soft and tingly, as though they might float out of it at any moment. they also liked how alcohol helped ease the thoughts of their argument with their sister, which had opened only a few hours before the party and had prompted their decision to go out to the stupid bash. it wasn’t that they never went to it, in fact, they came to the bash almost every year, but mostly so they could witness the debauchery rather than take part in it. now, blue was edging closer to the fire, dancing to some classic rock song that had just come on. a boy they remembered from high school was dancing with them, doing some move that prompted a fit of laughter to escape their lips and making them back up, bumping into the person behind them. “ohp!” they exclaimed, turning around and inching back onto their heels, “sorry,” they said, tilting their chin downward and opening their eyes wide to try and make out the person they’d walked into.

Valentina may not have been having the most fun she’d ever had, but the winter bash was never boring, and this year was no exception. She’d already made out with two people who were far too good looking for their own good, had danced so much she couldn’t feel her feet anymore, and had drank exactly the perfect amount to feel giddy with excitement, happy and loose. She was just swaying to the music when someone backed into her, and she gasped for a moment before letting out a laugh that might have been a bit too loud thanks to the alcohol. “No apologies necessary! As long as you’re having fun and you don’t purposefully maim me, it’s all good with me.”

❝ Is that all you want to be? Liked? Wouldn’t you rather be passionately and voraciously desired? ❞

❄ · · · VALENTINA MORENO has been in Ellingham for 10 years and they look exactly like CIERRA RAMIREZ. Having turned TWENTY-THREE years old on their last birthday, they are currently a SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER and ARE HAPPY WITH THAT. Known as the HEDONIST, it’s no secret that they're EBULLIENT & KIND, but also RECKLESS & CLUMSY. If you’re to meet them, please remember that they are a CIS WOMAN and use SHE/HER. { SAM + 24 + THEY/THEM + EST }

♡ CHARACTER PARALLELS — Summer Roberts ( The O.C. ) + Lorelai Gilmore ( Gilmore Girls ) + Leslie Knope ( Parks & Recreation ) + Nancy Wheeler ( Stranger Things ) + Princess Leia ( Star Wars ) + Donkey ( Shrek ) + Pepper Potts ( MCU ) + Lavender Brown ( Harry Potter ) + Elle Woods ( Legally Blonde ) + Joy ( Inside Out )