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Nova was engrossed by the atmosphere of the bookstore. It was a nice change of pace from the bustling city right outside the door. "Oh, uh-" The petite individual shifted their feet, not meaning to take the other away from reading. "What kind of cake?" Nova easily took the bait. Who wouldn't when it came to sweets?

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"What can I get you?" Leo looked up from his book when he sensed someone standing at the counter. Usually, when it was quiet he'd notice people come in and take note of where they were sitting immediately, occasionally heading over to take their order. Today, however, he'd been engrossed and hadn't realised straight away. "We've got some amazing cake in today..."

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Going on a walk through Central Park, Nova was always looking for little things to clear their head. With their headphones on, the petite individual strolled through the park, admiring the leaves changing color and falling from the trees. Feeling someone bump into them, Nova jumped a little and quickly turned the other's way. Removing their headphones, she was quick to dismiss the situation. "It's okay. No need to be sorry." She laughed a little at the mention of bad habits. "Trust me - you wouldn't want to know mine."

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Location: Central Park

August was sitting in Central park and he loved to just see all of the different colors of the leaves that were appearing now that Autumn was here. As he looked around, he backed up to see if he could get a better view but that's when he realized he had stepped into someone and he turned quickly, looking at them. "I'm so sorry. I tend not to look where I'm going. It's a really bad habit of mine and I wish I would just do better but I'm struggling." August laughed.

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Nova's spine shot up as the call for help rang throughout her system. The petite individual's first reaction was to pull their hand away, but she didn't. Instead, their hazel eyes looked over the other's face to take in the emotions and better assess the situation. As the other spoke more, Nova felt themself release a breath they were unaware they were holding. "Free drinks? Count me in!" A smile followed before she let her arm wrap around the other's waist, "Where's this creep at?"

" HELP! " avery's quick to duck into action, grabbing the hand of the person nearest her, " i need you to pretend we're dating for like the next five minutes! " eyes were wide and pleading with an unmistakable desperation, " a shitty tinder date that went horribly wrong, well he's here and he still texts me nonstop. please, please, please? i'll buy your next few rounds of drinks! "

@nyclights-starters

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“I JUST WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING; TELL ME WHERE TO GO…”

Introducing…

Full Name: Novalie Christine Dellano Professionally/Universally Known: Nova Gender & Preferred Pronouns: Gender-Nonconforming & She/They Age: 30 Birthdate: September 29, 1994 Zodiac: Libra ☉, Virgo ☽, Scorpio ↑ Sexuality: Bisexual ( hates the term ) Faceclaim: Ashley Frangipane ( Halsey ) Occupation: Singer/Songwriter/Actress Hometown: Asbury Park, NJ. Playlist: HERE. Funfact(s): Has a pitbull mix named Vader and an epaulette shark named Floyd. Can write a song in under 5 minutes, but cannot parallel park.

UP NEXT: I AM NOT A WOMAN I’M A GOD BY HALSEY

Biography:

TW: overdose, drugs

Nova was born in Asbury Park, NJ. Her mother a teacher, whilst her father was a tattoo artist. Due to their jobs, they were rarely around and that left Nova to her grandmother until one or both of her parents were off of work. Being an only child led Nova to be plagued by boredom. It was because of this, that she fell into the wrong kind of friend group (as per what parents would say). It only became easier for Nova to sneak onto the train to NYC in order to meet up with these friends, once she was old enough that she did not need her grandmother’s supervision. This time in her life was surrounded by hard drugs, crashing college parties, and bar-hopping whilst under-age but with legal-aged friends. Though most would see this as a ‘dark’ or ‘rough’ time of their life, she claims it was pivotal to understanding just how independent and creative she actually was. Nova’s ‘mentor/mom’ friend was the one who taught her art that was far more advanced and freeing than just doodling in the margins of her notebooks. It was during her impromptu escapes to NYC on the weekends that she found herself in an actual art studio or in this friend’s shitty NYC apartment just honing in and developing her own craft. It was also at this time, during her middle school and high school careers, where the friend’s boyfriend taught her how to play guitar and the piano during Nova’s visits. These two friends were more-so parental figures to Nova, and she credits them to being the beacon of her support system when she was figuring out who she genuinely was outside of her birth parents’ pressures/ideals. When the time came to go to college, Nova lied to her parents about going for law and instead went for fine art with a minor in music. When she was in her third year of college (age of 20), the two friends who doubled as parental figures to her died of OD. Instead of dropping out of school due to the traumatic impact, her professors influenced her into sticking it out for one more year until she obtained her degree. During her fourth year of college (age 21), was when she found herself going viral online. It all started with the senior project: she had to make a song. Nova utilized the loss of her two friends and their story, mixing her writing with the sound of grunge and punk-rock. It was an ode to her friends, seeing that Nirvana and The Sex Pistols would be blaring whenever she was visiting them. Little did she know that when she posted it to her Tumblr and sent the link to her professor, that the song would blow up overnight - that SHE would blow up overnight. It was an instance of timing and being what society needed, though she wasn’t sure if fame was really what she wanted. She wound up releasing the discarded songs that she didn’t choose for the final project and created an EP due to the listeners’ requests, which landed her on the radio without a label. It was at this time that her parents found out the truth about her studies and cut off communication once she fought back about not changing paths (she still doesn’t talk to them to this day). The lack of support stung, and seeing a label as a support system (a ‘forced family’) she eagerly signed on without a second thought. The label was trying to force a more bubble-gum synthetic pop on her, which she fought tooth and nail over as well as led her into a PR relationship that she came out of with battle scars. Another label bought her out of her contract, and since then she found a safe place to grow and re-discover herself time and time again with limitless support. Currently, Nova found herself settling in Brooklyn. She finds the environment very other-worldly and she’s comfortable being herself here - it’s one of the only places, other than being onstage, that makes her feel ‘at home.’

Proceed With Caution:

Nova is bubbly, but withdrawn. She’s loyal, but it takes her awhile to trust someone enough to become loyal to them. Her image is all over the place because she struggles in finding her true identity; It’s why she hates labels of any kind, but she’s becoming more accepting of herself as time goes on. She’s anti-societal norms and tends to feel for the underdogs, though her empathy is a mess. She is passionate about her beliefs and values, and her passion can be negative in the ways of her becoming argumentative and combative. She feels too much, way too quickly. This causes a sense of her leading people on, or even paints her to be a flakey friend when that’s not the case; She sometimes just shuts down and needs her space to further process and try to make sense of her own emotions at times. But this empathy also helps her read others and she’s a good therapist type of friend because of it. She’s all about individuality and is super supportive to others, sometimes unbearingly so because of her past of lack of having a support system. She has no luck in love, which is something she’s accepted more so over the past couple years. She’s always the one who puts in the most effort; Always the one who loves the other more than they love her. And if it is a good match, she winds up ruining it for herself. It’s very Kurt Cobain of her, but she genuinely does self-destruct for the amusement of others and as a way of self-harm though she will never admit it to herself. Her self-destruction can also come across as her being free-spirited and adventurous in the ways of impulse - which makes for great nights and morning stories. Lately she’s been struggling with not quitting music because she feels like the music only sells when she’s writing songs that are about her struggles, which makes her feel as though people only value her when she’s hurting. The only thing that’s keeping her in the business is her fandom, but that’s sort of on the back-burner. She’s all for free love and hookups. Very “normalize kissing the homies” type of person, and shows affection freely.

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Halsey’s Wardrobe Rainbow Edition

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Halsey (400×640)

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[me when I have a bad day]

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"I'm trying to feel safe inside. My body doesn't feel like mine. I look at who I am. I think I fear her."

THE MIRROR, I Would Leave Me If I Could, Halsey

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Last Hope // Paramore

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“I am destroying myself so other people can’t,“ she said, ” and it’s the worst kind of control but it’s the only form I know.”

— S.Z. // Excerpt from a book I’ll never write #201 (via blossomfully)

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PUNKSEY

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Mary Oliver, from “I Worried”, Devotions

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