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N A M E
Dante Noah Lawson
N I C K N A M E (S)
Playboy {mostly in the media, he has no strong feelings about it}
B I R T H D A Y
19th June 1999 {18}
S E X U A L I T Y
Bisexual
E T H N I C I T Y
50% Italian, 50% American
H E X
#0b4fbc.
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S T Y L E
Dante is always well dressed. Image, after all, is everything. If he learned anything from his parents, it was that. Sharp tailoring is his go to in just about every situation. Even his casual wardrobe screams well-made and expensive.
H E I G H T & W E I G H T
6'2 163 lbs
A P P E A R A N C E
Dante has an athletic build, with broad shoulders tapering down into a narrow waist. His Italian heritage has given his skin a gentle tan colour. In terms of appearance, he is a mix of his parents. From his father, Dante inherited his eyes and jawline. The number of times his paternal family has told him he has the 'Lawson jaw' is beyond him. His lips, cheekbones, and curls all come from his mother's side. The unfortunate issue here is that Dante is well aware of how handsome he is. Call him pretty and he might well love you forever.
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L I K E S
Good suits, Expensive coffee, Sex, Not being attached to anyone, Books, Whiskey Sour, Turin
D I S L I K E S
Neediness, Mess, Soap Operas, Drama Queens, Getting back-stabbed, Gossip Girl,
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Ask people about Dante Lawson, and you'll probably get an array of answers. The simple reason is that he can adapt pretty well to whatever situation he's in. On the surface, Dante is your typical playboy millionaire. Whatever his friends are down for, he's down for with him, especially if it means partying to the small hours. He has a work hard, play harder mentality. Long-term commitment isn't something that's on his horizon right now. Given the train wreck of his parents' marriage, he isn't interested in settling down, and at this point, he doubts he'll ever settle down. Suburbia, a rose garden, and 2 kids are not something he's looking forward too, mostly because he's terrified of his relationship turning out like his parents'. He'll date, but it's never going to get beyond a month or two, no matter what the guy or girl might think or how great they are. That said, he won't go bragging about his conquests. He doesn't kiss and tell.
Those that get past the party-hard exterior find another layer to Dante. Partying is fun, sure, but it's not everything. Years of having to work hard for his grades have left Dante with a pretty disciplined work habit. He doesn't want to be the only failing class. When he needs to, he gets his nose down to the grind and knuckles down. Generally, though, he keeps ahead of his schoolwork. He's quiet in class for the most part unless he's super confident about the answer. Most of the time, he's rolling his eyes at the stupid questions and keeping his notes immaculately neat. Growing up with Noah, Dante learned vicariously how to twist people to get his own way, something he's reluctant to do, but if the situation calls for a little arm-twisting to get what he wants, Dante will do it.
With his friends, the few people he allows to get close to him, Dante is pretty open. He's a ride or die kind of friend and stands by his friends through thick and thin. If you were a friend of Dante's and he's cut you out, you've screwed up big time. He's very good at reading people, which drove his mom mad when he was asking about Christmas presents, and it's often got him into trouble since he's reluctant to let things lie if a friend's in trouble.
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Noah Lawson Father|| 40|| Lawyer
Noah and Chiara had known each other through their parents. Richard, Noah's father, was a business partner with Chiara's father, and the two met as teenagers at a business function. Noah was smitten with Chiara from the word go. While 22 might seem a young age to be settling down and starting a family, Noah and Chiara had officially been an item for five years or so. They had waited for Noah to finish his pre-law degree before he and Chiara married. He traveled between New York and Turin while he was completing law school. When he finally graduated, he moved to Turin on a more permanent basis to be with Chiara and Dante. The constant traveling between New York and Turin did take its toll on the young couple, and Noah felt he was missing out on raising Dante. When he broached the subject of them moving to New York with him, Chiara was surprisingly happy with that idea. True love's young dream has turned somewhat sour. As they grew up, he grew into a different person and so did Chiara. He spends more time at work now than he does at home and sleeps in a separate room to his wife, such is the state of their marriage now.
Chiara Lawson (nee Ricci) Mother|| 39|| Model
While Noah might have been smitten with Chiara from the start, it took Chiara a little longer to warm to the odd American boy who asked her dance. Still, they were an item for a long time, and still are, even if Noah refuses to go to relationship counseling. With her career as a model beginning to gain traction, she was more than worried when she fell pregnant shortly after she and Noah married. It could end her career if she didn't get back into shape quickly, or if she had too many stretch marks. Her mama calmed her down. She was young, it would be easier on her body. And if not, the agents were stupid people anyway and there were better jobs for a smart girl like her. She demanded Noah flew home for the birth, threatening that she would divorce him and join a commune if he wasn't there. She was hopelessly in love with Noah, and Dante when he arrived. Even with the arguments, she still loves her husband. Hell, she moved halfway across the world for him. If that wasn't a huge sign that she wanted them to work, she's not sure what is.
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H I S T O R Y
Dante Lawson was born in Turin, Italy to Chiara Ricci, a model and socialite, and Noah Lawson, a lawyer favoured by the wealthy and privileged. Money was not an issue for the Lawson family. As well as his parents' respective careers, both of them had come from money themselves, so there was no shortage of wealthy relatives waiting to dote on baby Dante. As the first grandchild, he was spoilt rotten by his grandparents while his parents were both working. When he was a little older, he started traveling with his mom. If the media got one thing right about his parents, it's that Chriara adored her son. Noah was a slightly more absent parent, but the young Dante looked forward to his father's visits. They always spent the weekends exploring the Riviera. There were worse places to grow up than the Italian Riviera and he was rarely away from society during the summer.
Dante spent his first five years living in Turin before Chiara decided to follow her husband to New York to be closer to him. It wasn't like they would exactly be slumming it in New York. They still spent the summer in Turin with Chiara's family, but the majority of Dante's time was spent in the concrete jungles of New York with his nanny, Rosa. Chiara's career as a model picked up once they had moved to New York, meaning that she had less time for her boy. Rosa was left with detailed instructions on how to look after Dante so he didn't become a totally spoiled devil. Spoiling him was strictly his grandparents' territory. His entire education has been private, from kindergarten to high school.
With his mother being such a public figure, there was always a media interest in their lives, which extended to Dante when it became clear that he had inherited the family looks, and wasn't averse to pushing the boundaries. From the outside looking in, it seemed that Dante had it all. He was young, gorgeous, wealthy, with two parents who were hopelessly in love and devoted to him. It was the same for most of the people on the Upper East Side. Life was sparkling on the outside, but it was very different on the inside. While the media painted Chiara and Noah Lawson as the perfect couple; childhood sweethearts, independently successful, gorgeous, and totally in love. The reality was very different. While they tried to protect Dante from the worst of it, he overheard a lot of their arguments and wasn't naive enough to miss that they slept in different rooms. Their relationship was all a front for the media. Reputation is priceless on the Upper East Side, irrespective of the truth.
Having grown up with this trainwreck during his early teens, Dante decided that relationships weren't his deal. Not yet. Falling in love too young had ruined his parents and he wasn't going to make the same mistake. Sure, he loved both his parents, but he wasn't about to follow their life path. He was relatively popular at school and had a close-knit circle of friends and a string of lovers. He much prefers casual flings to anything remotely meaningful. He rarely calls back, unless both parties know that it's just sex. It's going to take someone pretty special to get Dante to change his promiscuous ways right now, and he's not sure he knows anyone like that.
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T A L E N T S
Is fluent in Italian and English. He can hold a conversation in Spanish, and knows a dash Swiss and Austrian.
Dante is a pretty good dancer if he does say so himself.
Professional coffee drinker.
W E A K N E S S E S
A pretty face.
A good time.
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cs by burning // filled out by phoenixheart