#bev — ain't no easy way out.

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[ zoey deutch | cisgender woman | she/her| twenty-eight ] ——   welcome to grimrose, BEVERLY HARDY it’s cool that you’re here, you know. haven’t you heard of the history of this place… anyway, how’s being a LOCAL who has been in town for FOUR YEARS, especially since you spend most of your days as a HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER? also, not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but i’ve heard people say you can be a little SULLEN more than you are GUTSY… but that’s just coming from people who are bored here, i promise. to me, you remind me of I WON’T BACK DOWN by TOM PETTY and dandelions growing on the cracks of a busy street; big glasses sliding down your nose; the swirls of poured creamer in a cup of coffee; fairy lights twinkling in the dark, floating above a pillow fort; overdue library books; dog-eared picture books; Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders. hope to see you around, BEV. —— [ west, thirty-one, they/them, mst ]

inspo

kara ‘starbuck’ thrace (battlestar galactica), lorelai gilmore (gilmore girls), meredith grey (grey’s anatomy), fiona gallagher (shameless)

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full name: beverly gisele hardy nickname(s): bev age: twenty-eight date of birth: november 28 place of birth: montreal, quebec place of birth: grimrose, new hampshire gender: cisgender woman pronouns: she / her religion: agnostic occupation: english teacher at elen p. grimrose high school education level: bachelor of arts in english lit, teacher certification residence: paradise cove trailer park family: albert hardy (father, gone), céline hardy-boucher (mother), charlene hardy (sister, deceased), and alice hardy (niece). spoken languages: english and french faceclaim / voiceclaim: zoey deutch

BIOGRAPHY cw: death of a sibling, death by a car crash

Grimrose is all she has ever known, probably won’t have a taste of the world unless things drastically change. Outside of the french she speaks at home, there’s not much she remembers of her childhood in her hometown of Quebec. No, the stars all point to the trailer park she is raised in, like some sort of prison she’s tied down to— it’s one of those truths you don’t speak out loud and would rather hide in the deepest corners of your heart, leaving it to fester in the dark.

The early years are full of rooms enveloped in darkness, interrupted only by the dim light of a cigarette hanging precariously off her mother’s mouth. Her voice, with misery clinging onto her every word, calls out to her in wails and warns her never to fall in love. Her father had left just before she was born, skipping town with all the family’s savings in one hand and his wife’s heart in the other. A deep depression claws onto her mother’s spirit, prompting her older sister (only three years her senior) to step in as the resident parent. 

Dysfunction pushes her to grow fast and awkward. She excels as a student, although it’s mostly on account of studying being the one and only aspect she feels she has control over and her only feasible ticket out of town. Making friends becomes a non-priority, perhaps because it is never easy, not when you’re strange, a little too honest, and wear hand-me-downs that are in dire need of fixing. Adulthood comes like a rushing train, hits her like one too. She succeeds in briefly abandoning her hometown for a better life in Pennsylvania, where she works tirelessly to become an English teacher with the hopes of traveling abroad for work. However, dreams of discovering the world are shattered when her dear sister is killed in a fatal car crash, leaving her to raise her four year-old niece. Even though she has a job already lined up, she is forced to go back to Grimrose and find the father of her niece, who was kept a mystery from the family.

HEADCANONS

Faithful radio listener. Always calls to request her favourite songs to make mixtapes. She enjoys creating mixtapes for different moods as well as sharing them with her friends. Will curate a playlist if requested or if she likes you enough.

She did excel academically in high school and later in university. Her studies were in large part paid for by various scholarships and grants.

Used to play the piano before her father ran away with the money to pay for her lessons. As a working adult, her first purchase for herself was a keyboard.

There’s five things she never leaves home without: house keys, walkman, a picture of her sister and niece together, a zippo lighter, and a pack of cigarettes. She doesn’t smoke, but she likes to light a cigarette once in a while because the smoke reminds her of home. Her mother is a chimney.

Her niece is currently eight years old and loves to go to the library.

She’s a terrible cook, most of her meals at home have been frozen at some point.