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Antonia Guadalupe Garcia
N I C KXN A M E S
Tony or Tones {Most common} || Garcia {Common; tolerable; mostly at her jobs}
A G EX:XD A T EXO FXB I R T H
24 : November 6
E T H N I C I T Y
50% Puerto Rican & Dominican {Father} || 50% African-American & Native American {Mother}
S E X U A LXO R I E N T A T I O N
Bisexual
H O M E T O W N
Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York
O C C U P A T I O N
Army Reserves Combat Instructor || Owner & Head Bartender for The Drunken Puerto Rican
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Resilient, Protective, Bold, Fun-Loving, Driven, Resourceful, Observant
B A DXT R A I T S
Abrasive, Confrontational, Stubborn, Critical: Not Easily Impressed, Blunt, Headstrong, Reckless
P E R S O N A L I T Y
If you asked any of the people who frequented the bar Tony owns or even works on the nearby base that Tony frequents one weekend out of every month, everyone would all agree on one thing: that Antonia Garcia is tough, no-nonsense chick who could and would drop-kick you in a heartbeat if you ever tried her. She was a handful growing up and Tony still is to this day. As a kid, she would have said that she acted the way she did because she didn't want no one taking her for a weakling or thinking they had something over her. As an adult, however, such an abrasiveness has been heavily ingrained into her DNA, but also it's simply because that's just how she is. She was the only girl that her paternal grandparents were given from any of their three sons, and so upon growing up with nothing but a baby brother and male cousins, it was more of a survivalist tactic in being someone not many people aspired to fuck with. It isn't to say that she comes off directly as unapproachable and unfriendly; she wouldn't be able to pull as many loyal customers and be found conversing with a range of different people at the bar if she was. The fact of the matter is that most people who know Tony knows that she isn't the type to be easily impressed by wealth, typical pick-up lines from arrogant potential suitors, and she's not the type to play games or keep anyone on their toes. There's some positivity in that in that Tony's quite direct. Granted, that means she's the first person ready to jump in your face if she hears her name or someone she cares about name in your mouth, but also that she's not the type to keep anyone guessing. If you wanted to know where you stand with her, then you'll know about it. If you wanted to know if she wanted you, even on the level of wanting more than just a night in your bed or vice versa, she has no qualms about telling you. It just so happens that you really need to take the fact that she's unafraid of walking up to a person she really dislikes and knocking their teeth out if they've managed to piss her off. The point is that Tony is the type to not ask for something from others that she herself wouldn't give. Though she sometimes has a word time formulating words of sentiment due to always needing to be the level-headed one, not many are unable to tell how she feels about them from the actions she takes. She's action-oriented, after all.
While Tony's main concern will always be about her brother and her family's legacy, no one can say that she is an unkind person. She might have a bit of a low patience for whining and people coming to her with petty issues, but it's rare for her to not care enough about a person down on their luck and not offer at least a hot meal, whether it's at the bar or even in her own apartment depending on who the person is. She's always been a person people can depend on to get the job done and while she never really had some big dream or aspiration like others, Tony does know what hard work is. She can be playful and even flirtatious depending on who she's interacting with, and she damn sure knows how to let loose after all of these years, knows how to have a good time while making sure you're doing the same, but Tony isn't stupid. She's not the sibling who really enjoyed school, but she has enough street smarts to be wise enough to give sage advice or at least know how to navigate certain situations. More emotional ones aren't her forte, but she's definitely again not a fearful person. And even she can be blunt and hardly believes in sugar-coating things, Tony still is quite caring, a bit of that maternal role she was tasked with once her mom died, shining through. She sticks up for those she cares about quite fiercely, even physically if the situation calls for it, while calling them on their shit if they need to hear it. Granted, her own stubborn self may not want to hear some truths about her person, but that's neither here nor there. She's a touch possessive about those and what she deems as hers, but there's again, there's no denying when she loves you. She just might not always say it. Can't catch her slipping and being too soft, after all.
L I K E S
An icy cold bottle of beer {Her fave: North Coast Old Stock Ale}, Leather, Hot Cocoa, Snow, French fries, Dancing, Latin foods, Boxing, Manicures, Pineapples, Action or Horror films, Bourbon, Sex, Mixing Drinks, Pie, Hot wings, Motorcycles, Sleeping in oversized shirts, Tattoos, The holidays, Stealing clothes from her male friends and family members, Chinese take-out, Bon Jovi, Zeppelin, Family recipes, Summer, Shooting pool
D I S L I K E S
Tea, Coffee, Waking up early, The stragglers at the bar when it's time to close, Super sweet alcoholic drinks, Hangovers, Petty drama, Anyone messing with her little brother, Funerals, Guys who get too handsy at the bar, Tofu, Cheesy Romance films, Diets, Getting hit on by anyone old enough to be her father, Celery, Bad sex, Taylor Swift, Taco Bell, Burger King, Raw carrots
F E A R S
Losing her brother, failing to keep the family bar in her name, developing ovarian cancer like her mom
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Neither of Tony's parents came from a large sum of money or families with net works, but the one thing Tony appreciates even to this day was the fact that they both came from love, and it showed. Her father's side of the family was nothing but boys with a legacy of holding down a successful bar in Manhattan while the rest of the family lived in Brooklyn, which meant dealing with the bus the majority of her life. Or, when they had it, a drive in her uncle Frank's car. Granted, Tony knows that somebody is probably sneering down their nose at the idea of a child sitting at the cash register of a bar, watching bar fights and drunken mishaps. Hell, even some of her instructors blamed the violent environment on her more reckless and rebellious behavior. That it wasn't fair for her to witness the police pulling up to the bar occasionally, the one time she walked in a couple having sex, or even the fact that she learned how to hustle for candy or pocket change by her uncle Dom. However, all of her adolescent behavior could not be blamed on her environment. It was just her. As her parents would tell you if they were still alive, Tony was a bad kid from day one; not troubled, just bad as hell and an audacious busy body with more attitude in her than she out to have. She had no problem calling some of the little girls who sneered at her out on their snooty behavior, pulled a few pigtails when a few of them told themselves they were going to be bullies, and had no problem with being with the boys. Tony grew up a tomboy through and through. All in all, she had a relatively normal childhood until she was seven. They weren't super rich, but with her Dad running the family business and her mom serving as both a waitress and a nurse, they were never without and occasionally, they had enough to really splurge like they wanted to. And with a spunky kid like Tony, neither of her parents were able to say they had a boring home.
It was a shock to seven year old Antonia when her mother made her explain that the newborn baby her father brought home did not come from mommy, but from a woman Daddy had been sleeping with on the side. Tony wasn't stupid; she knew her parents' marriage wasn't perfect. Her mom had had several miscarriages after her in their attempts to have more children, which led to more arguments. Even when they tried to hide it, Tony could cut the tension with a knife. Yet and still, there was never a point when home didn't feel like home and soon enough, especially with how her mom clung to the baby Wes, her brother just became family, regardless of her father's affairs. In fact, Tony would tell you that she barely remembers or cares to remember a life before Weston being in their lives. Tony clung to the idea of being a big sister, especially after her mom died. Ovarian cancer ran on her mom's side of the family and while she had known it was a possibility, to have it was a completely different story. It put a lot of pressure on Tony's father. Though the bar was fairly still popular and considered a spot for tourists, along with its faithful customers and those who knew which nights to come by for a lively time, her mom's income had helped a lot. Neither of his siblings helped financially and with his wife's needing to take off for treatments, he had more expenses plus two children. None of which mattered because Tony lost her mom at ten and a bit of her childhood as well. She had vowed to the older woman that she would watch after their two boys since no one else would, and that's exactly what she did.
While her Dad worked longer hours by taking on a second job while helping prepare the food they served at the bar, Tony tasked herself with both making sure Wes taken care of and helping with the money, sometimes coming all the way over to the bar to count up the proceeds and make sure the store was clean so that her Dad didn't spend the night. Which meant that she didn't really view school as an opportunity to dream and all that Jazz. It was a means to an end. Her dad was pressed for her to at least graduate. So that was her only real goal: graduate. Such responsibility on a growing girl was probably why she grew even tougher, got addicted to being wild in her free time, and even got her interested in marijuana, drinking and tattoos. As much as her father had blamed himself for the times Tony was caught slightly drunk in someone's car or having to treat a scar from a fight, she knew it was all her. Her needing to let loose that wild side because, yeah she had an adventurous spirit, but also she had something to call hers. This lifestyle, her brand of crazy - it was trippy, but in the midst of trying to keep her family together in her own way, she could have this. Especially considering the fact that the only thing Tony knew for certain that she was going to do was be a bartender at the bar. She had known what tasted good together and always had an audience (of men whose attention disgusted her for how they sometimes leered at her for her growing assets) wiling to try her concoctions. The reserves, though, had sounded like a good idea when she was seventeen. Not only could she take the physically combative force and use it for something productive, she both could get benefits from the army while still being able to help with her father and brother. It was a good idea for her and it worked for all of them. Until last year when her father admitted to having lung cancer.
He had been trying to keep it under wraps because he knew how hard Tony had always worked for him and their family, and he didn't want to add any stress to Wes' life. But considering his coughing fits and how weaker he has been getting, he couldn't keep it a secret. And his revealing it finally didn't actually lessen the blow of his loss and all that cane with it. Sure, their family offered to help, but much like his daughter, Tony's dad has stubbornly refused their assistance when they had gotten behind on mortgage payments. He had even opted to not tell Tony until god's dying days. It hurt, all of this stuff being put on her - even if Tony never says it. Not to mention wanting to keep Wes in school and make sure he gets to college. Which meant that Tony had to make a hard decision: give up her family home. Housing in New York was expensive in general; a house on their salary was just not going to cut it. It wasn't like the place felt like home anymore with just the two of them anyway. The one thing she vowed though was to keep the bar going, not just because of its history T having been opened in the fifties and really popular back then, but because it had always been hers. Her childhood. Her playground. Her sanctuary. So she found a cheap apRtmebt for her brother and herself near it and sure, they struggle more than they ever had growing up. Tony has more responsibility and Wes is even working outside the bar. But everything's working for now and that's all that matters.
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5'6 : 125 lbs
B U I L D
Tony has an athletic and toned body with a pear shape. Her hips flare out much wider than her bust line and her trim waist is relatively defined by years of combat training. She has a well-rounded, hard to ignore derriere that leads to toned legs.
S K I NXT O N E
She has an olive complexion..
E Y EXC O L O R
Brown
H A I RXC O L O R
Thick, soft, and kept long, Tony's black hair holds a subtly wavy texture, not curly like her Dad's.
D I S T I N G U I S H I N GXM A R K (S)
Tony has a litany of faded and old scars on her body from adolescent fights and foolish shenanigans, much is the case for one on her thigh from when in the middle of hopping a fence to escape cops, the metal dug into the soft flesh. She has a piercing in both of her ears along with a belly button piercing. She also has six tattoos: Roman numerals, which represent the years her parents were born along with the years her paternal grandparents passed on her left forearm, the cross on the nape of her neck, The word 'blessed' on the side of her right buttock, The word 'celebrate' on the side of her right hand, βThorns and Stings / And Those Such Things / Just Make Stronger / Our Angel Wings,β on her left side right on top of her rib cage, and The Roman Numeral for two on her right side.
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