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𝐩𝐚𝐱 𝐦𝐢𝐧 & @salemstart​ // ANYONE ;  AT THE ENGLISH STREET MUSIC SHOP AKA SMALL BUSINESS GUITAR CENTER }}

“Hi, welcome in.” he greets the new customer with a smile as he stands rather awkwardly behind the counter. he was still getting used to life back in Salem– the people, like himself, were generally polite over the past month. Pax Min, the previous record store owner, was onto new ventures– selling musical instruments now that he was back home. though–– most of his clientele were of the younger preteen age– looking for recorders and their first band instruments entering high school. the life of his orchestra days seemed numbered. he still wonders if he’d have taken the middle school music teacher route, would he feel as if he was skating by…  talents wasted– 

truth be told, he was a bit overly optimistic that his small hometown of Salem could compete with his previous home of six years, Louisiana– the home of jazz and swamp pop. “If you see anything you’d like, let me know– ” he still worries that he is doing too much as a store owner and only manager on duty. he doesn’t particularly like when owners hover––

the building he stood in, just off of main street, was still a work in progress, but the lease was manageable for now. the diner that it used to be was still, to the man’s fear, visible– a ghost of a restaurant beating in the heart of the glass contained musical objects. “My name’s Pax– “ he points to the name tag he’s issued himself to wear. turning towards the back of the store– his sights are on the perfect wall where he’ll be placing a couple of fliers that are informative of musical tutoring he’ll be offering. 

at 30 years old, sienna has mastered the art of procrastination. it’s the reason she finds her today in the music store in search of a gift for her father. sure, their relationship was still strained but the least she could do was buy her father a present. but what exactly, she wasn’t sure. she was leaning towards a trumpet. she always enjoyed the way a trumpet sounded, especially the way the sounds would almost dance in the air. growing up, music always filled the air in her home. 

the shop owner’s voice interrupts her thoughts and her dark eyes land on him. pax, she makes a mental note. she’s back for two years but it feels like she’s still meeting new people each day. 

“thank you,” she replies, eyes now moving to the shiny material of a saxophone. her fingers itch to reach out and feel the coolness of the brass. instead, she turns back to the employee. “i’m sienna. and i’m, uh....looking to buy my father a gift.” 

a hand travels to her hair, pulling a strand behind her ear. “my father used to play many different instruments,” _before sonequa, _she adds bitterly, mentally. “trumpet was his favorite. do you have any here?”

[siennalieseil]

❀ *ﾟ laura harrier. thirty. cis woman. she/her. heterosexual leo. ⇝ looks like sienna lieseil blew in two years ago and never left. they’ve proven themselves to be independent & alluring, but being guarded & destructive is their downfall. it’s only fitting that black sheep by gin wigmore is playing when they leave their home in the churchill gated community. rumor has it that they left salem after paralyzing someone in an accident, wonder if that’s why the unemployed moved out of their place in salem, massachusetts.

sienna is the daughter of mayor Bartholomew and sonequa lieseil’s identical twin

sienna was always compared to sonequa, who was the golden child. this lead to sienna acting out as a child. the comparisons drove a wedge between the siblings. sienna resented her sister, while sonequa didn’t understand why her sister was so mean to her.

once the twins turn 18, sonequa leaves for college while sienna does not.

sienna’s wild antics result in her driving drunk and crashing into another car. the driver is left paralyzed but this is quickly brushed under the rug by sienna’s father.

deciding he can no longer deal with sienna, she is kicked out and sienna moves to new york city.

there is no contact between sienna and her sister or father. she tells her friends in new york that she has no family.

a distant family member is who tells sienna that sonequa is missing. after realizing that something is seriously wrong, sienna arrives in salem to help with the search effort.

her relationship with her father is as strained as one would expect. except now, her father can’t look at her. she has the same face as sonequa, after all.

“i’ll only stay for a few weeks”, sienna told herself. it’s been two years now. she’s lost hope a long time ago that her sister would return, but she stays because she knows her father needs her. things are still tense between her and her father. her father tries his best to repair their relationship. he doesn’t want to lose her again, wants to see sonequa’s face in sienna’s.

personality wise, sienna is a very guarded person. she may be mostly friendly and enjoy socializing, she has trouble letting herself trust people. even those that are close to her don’t know all of her secrets. she keeps her emotions to herself, instead putting on a brave face. the off chance that she finds herself growing close to someone, she sometimes panics and tries to end the friendship.

that being said, she mostly means well although her humor can sometimes be dry and sarcastic. those very few who she trusts are people she is fiercely loyal to. she has definitely calmed down from her wild child days, although that side of her comes out every once in a while.

she carries a lot of guilt with her, from her strained relationship with her family and also the accident that she caused. alcohol is how she chooses to deal with this guilt. her father has suggested therapy but is shot down immediately by sienna.

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