cleorasahar

[cleorasahar]

Hazy and honey-eyed, she stares at the twinkling lights like it’s the moment before she falls asleep. Ignoring the vague nausea in her stomach, she tries to find patterns in the lights as if they’re constellations, but to no avail. Cleo thinks too hard about the nausea in her stomach and how this still isn’t stopping her from sipping her glass of pinot noir. Instead, she finds solace on the balcony, feeling awfully too much like a socialite to be at peace with herself. It was kind of like being back in New York, age fifteen at a gathering with her mother and one of her academic colleagues, pretending. The room is boudoir-like, some kind of sitting room in the villa that was thankfully away from the rest of whatever Yates shenanigans were happening down at the ballroom party. Was it karaoke or Eurodance-pop booming from the speakers? Regardless, it gives her a bit of a headache. Legs stretched out on the cushioned seat, she’s barely able to think about the physical impact of her legs breaking through the glass and her body falling before the door opens abruptly. I want a love that falls as fast as a body from the balcony. “Jesus!” Cleo exclaims, individual hairs on her neck standing up in surprise. Her head whips around to the person in front of her. “Ever heard of knocking? I could’ve been… easily fucking someone. Committing a murder. Arson. Anything better than sedating myself, honestly. Luckily I’m just here for refuge. You need something?” @yatesstarters​

[cleorasahar]

(KELLY GALE, GENDERFLUID/NONBINARY) - Have you seen CLEORA SAHAR? CLEO is in her/their SENIOR YEAR year. The ART HISTORY MAJOR is  21 years old & is a SCORPIO. People say she/they is/are TACTFUL, OBSERVANT, CUNNING, AND TEMPERAMENTAL. Rumors say they’re a member of KINCAID. I heard from the gossip blog that SHE IS THE REASON AN EX-FRIEND OVERDOSED. (ari. 22. est. they/them)

TW MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG ABUSE, OVERDOSE, DEATH

cleora “cleo” sahar is textbook slytherin. born to a russian woman too smart for her own good, named with something archaic via her mother’s fascination with everything grecian, cleo was basically born to be the personification of a nightshade

her father is an indian/iranian immigrant who had enough charm to convince her mother to go on a date with him after three tries. her mother, nikita, always loved to tell this story.

cleo resembles her mother in many ways. from a cutting stare to her obsession with control, cleo had always wanted to be like her mother – erudite to the point of possessing the ability for world domination

was a bit of an elitist growing up because of the above — she was able to go to a good all girls private school on scholarship which led her to yates

fascinated w mythology, art history, film, etc

extremely sarcastic and cold most of the time. her familial pressures were enough to make her household tense, and the largeness of new york never allowed her to keep many intimate relationships or friendships growing up

has a god complex that she doesnt like to admit

uses her beauty to her advantage in most situations n has a reputation of a heartbreaker ever since she realized that all the boys from the public school downtown would ogle her on weekends

she isnt as reckless as the usual femme fatale — there’s this refined edge to her. like a glowing flame that never truly goes out

a scorpio….. ???? i literally cnt decide this is subject to change bt her personality? stereotypical scorpio perhaps

*TRAUMA TIME*

cleo had a really strange love/hate codependent friendship with a boy named luka. they had been friends ever since they were children, though they grew dark into their teenage years and would enable each other constantly. cleo loved luka to death in ways she could not explain, and luka took advantage of this constantly. by the age of 17, cleo had already used her street smarts and cunningness to keep luka out of jail, the hospital, what have you. during a depressive episode, cleo had decided to buy coke from some acquaintance whose brother went to nyu. she needed something to feel alive again, though this was already being done with a conflict with luka. the day was soured slightly up until a house party in which they both agreed to go to together. it didn’t take long for luka to get too drunk and drugged up to get into a fight with cleo, scheming for anything more, to which cleo is absolutely done, throwing the small bag of coke and an empty can of pbr into his head and leaving the party. SURPRISE! luka overdoses on fentanyl. cleo is traumatized and guilty and this is precisely why she has trouble finding people to be close with after his death. this is a very insensitive way to end a paragraph about her Secret, i know. but i made this up on the spot.

she was classically trained but ended up sticking to guitar/bass, is very talented and her tendency to be drawn to harder rock music/punk from her uncle landed her in a band in her freshman yr (think fiona apple/hope sandoval/mysterious frontwoman of every 90s rock band)

honestly an enigma like even her close friends are usually like [waka flocka okay gif] when talking abt her bc she’s a wildcard in the sense that no one is truly close to her

exclusively wears red and black

winter is her favorite season

prone to depressive episodes extremely easily… despite her love of winter

voted Most Likely To Slit A Man’s Throat in high school (an unspoken award)

bisexual bc who comes out of a girls private school straight

moral compass? questionable. she’s not one to be the most reckless simply because she doesn’t care enough for the thrill the way her peers do, but she’s been known to be a kleptomaniac in her younger years for the sake that she was damn good at it

her intelligence makes the world limitless and her passion for art and music only confuse her intentions for her future… it’s like her ambition is on overdrive towards something intangible n cleo has a constant fear of grasping at straws bc of pressure from her mom

constant need for power n control due to her upbringing n probably some undiagnosed ocd… she has irrational problems that are more obscure in terms of what she needs to have control over bt she tells literally no one abt these

literally has an elaborate pocket knife in her bag at all times

WANTED CONNECTIONS

exes; people who have felt the brunt of cleo’s coldness and/or wrath. most likely on bad terms or she truly jst… does not have the mind to care abt them

the odd ex that she actually does care abt?? their relationship is… strange but if opportunity came she wld not say no to hooking up

fwb/hookups; u kno the drill… we love power play n unrequitedness n the confusion of who likes who more bring the angst 2 me!!!

unrequited crush?? cld go both ways… maybe someone who sees cleo so often that she’s jst curious enough to keep them around / someone who’s pining for her but she enjoys the game / someone she likes v easily (uncommon) n she truly.. doesn’t kno how to cope

NEMESIS

childhood acquaintance that cld be fwb or hookup or weird friend…or  something.. idk.. cnt decide if her cleo’s mother is a prof or someone in academia yet bc if so then this person cld be  a child of one of her colleagues?

all friends any type welcome pls she’s so stone cold that she needs 2 loosen up… ive written a gd VILLAIN in my head

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