"You're holding on to heaven, but you're hanging by a thread."
Unapologetic | Halestorm || Restless Heart Syndrome | Green Day || Oh No | Bring Me The Horizon
Charlotte Alice Reynolds
Nicknames:
Charlie [likes || everyone]
Lottie [likes || people she's close to]
Age:
18
Gender:
Female (she/her)
Sexuality:
Asexual biromantic
- Feeling healthy
- Musicals
- Unhealthy food
- Milkshakes
- Expressing herself
- Being respected
- Herbal teas
- Ice cream
- Cats
- Dogs
Dislikes
- Hospitals
- Being lied to
- Being spoken down to
- Coffee
- Having to take tablets
- Horror movies
- Feeling sick
- Patronising nurses
- Being bed-ridden
- Secrets being kept from her
Talents
Charlie is quite a talented singer, having received lessons from a former-West End star for years. She's also surprisingly resilient, and her illness and treatment doesn't affect her as badly as it might others. She's determined as hell and won't stop until she get what she wants.
Weaknesses
She refuses to acknowledge her own weaknesses and will push herself too hard at times. She believes that she knows best and will disregard the advice of people who genuinely know better to do whatever she wants. She's a very closed-off person, and keeps far too many secrets.
Fears
Dying in pain and without any control of herself
Deep bodies of water
However, that's not to say she's perfect. Her big mouth and stubbornness speak for themselves, and her determination to prove people wrong can get her into trouble. She keeps too many secrets, even things that don't need to be kept a secret. She's had to do everything by herself for so long that she has trouble letting other people in. While she's aware of her limits, she refuses to acknowledge them, and will instead push herself beyond that, which often ends badly. She's so headstrong that she'll ignore the advice of those who know better, even medical professionals.
Charlie was bullied as a kid, something she never really admitted to anyone, despite it's lasting effects. At first, it was stupid stuff- the fact that she had a boys name, the fact that she was a bit of an outsider because she could never have friends over due to the fact that her mom was so busy... Then it turned nasty. She was called ugly, fat, her mom was called a prostitute... This, understandably, made Charlie extremely insecure, and she felt like she couldn't trust anyone. She only told someone after being found crying in the bathrooms by an older student.
This insecurity lasted well into her teens. When she was 15, she met a guy who was five years her senior. He made her feel special, and she didn't see the age thing as a problem. But they still kept it a secret, knowing that everyone else would disapprove. It was only when he tried to pressure her into sex that she realised something was wrong. And then when she tried to leave, he turned emotionally abusive. This lasted for six months before Charlie cracked and did the only thing she could- she told her mom. Her mom threatened to call the cops on the boy, and promised him that if he or any of his friends went anywhere near Charlie, she would call the police- and possibly castrate them as well. She also left her job, getting a better one that allowed her more time with Charlie and also had better pay.
Everything was fine for two years. Then, only a few days after Charlie's 17th birthday, she started feeling unwell. There were a number of bruises on her skin from where people had barely touched her, and she was almost constantly tired. Her mom thought it would just be some kind of infection or virus, and the doctor agreed. But as a precaution, he took a blood sample. The results for that were inconclusive, so more blood had to be taken. Then Charlie was referred to a hospital, who took yet more blood. While she hadn't improved, she also hadn't worsened. It was eventually discovered that she had leukemia, and she was started on treatment. At first, the treatment seemed to be working, and Charlie's overall health improved. They thought that they'd cured her- but on further blood testing, they discovered that it was, in fact, the opposite. The leukemia was worsening fast, and was starting to affect her kidneys. She had time before things got really bad- but they didn't know how long it would be.
Her entire family was tested to see if they'd be a compatible match for this revolutionary bone marrow treatment that would more than likely cure Charlie for once and for all. None of her family was compatible, but the hospital said that it was then extremely likely that her father would be. And so began Charlie's search for her father. She barely had a name, as her mother had lost her father's address years ago. Her mother wanted her to stay and try some more experimental treatments- but Charlie knew in her heart of hearts that it wouldn't work. So, with one bag full of the medication necessary to keep her somewhat healthy, and the other filled with the other necessities, she set off in search of her father.
Her search brought up the name Mountain Brook, along with rumours that he had other kids. She doesn't know if it's true or not, but she's planning on finding out.
She has to take a collection of pills each morning to keep her as healthy as possible, but they're not preventing her from worsening.
Face Claim:
Tay Jardine
Hexcode:
#bf97cc