tammythompsoning

[tammythompsoning]

upsidedownism​:

it was surprising to say the least, having tammy thompson as your nurse, but weirder things have happened and they decided to not question it too mich. they tried sitting up for her but everything was hurting. he sighs, closing his eyes, the lights feeling way too bright for them right now. but they were thirsty, so they reached out for the glass and took tiny sips. “uh, i was in the library and then i don’t remember much else.”

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Tammy jotted down a note for the doctor quickly on her clipboard, doing her best to not frown. She had been there in the library. She had seen how Jonathan had jumped into action to save their brother. As a spectator she had been impressed. As a former classmate she had been concerned. But as a nurse she could be neither: negativity was detrimental to healing, and so Tammy resolved to stay positive. “I remember in high school, you used to always be taking all of those photos with that cool little camera of yours,” she adjusted the pillows behind him, and offered a gentle touch on the shoulder to help them sit up. “You know, I had a brief stint as a model in Nashville. Well, actually I was just the stand-in for the actual model while she got her makeup done, but the photographer said I had promise. Do you still do photography?” She held out a thermometer for him to put in his mouth. “Open wide.”

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location: hawkins general hospital  with: @tomhagans 

“Well, according to your chart your finger is dislocated, which is a bummer, but I got you an extra chocolate pudding so, I would say things are looking up.” Tammy slid the two extra chocolate puddings over the table. She had been working almost non-stop since the storm had passed, and even her usual pep was starting to falter. “I mean, it was this or tapioca, which I think we both know is a tapioc-no, so....” 

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“Hey there now, easy does it.” Tammy was quick to head over to her patient’s side. After the storm had passed and so many had returned to the hospital injured, it was all hands on deck for the nursing staff. She had come out of the whole thing with very little physical damage, but her emotions...well, they could heal later. “Take your time. I have some water here for when you��re ready. Then you can tell me the last thing you remember, okay?” 

open !  where: hawkin’s memorial hospital !

the first thing jonathan realized was that his camera was broken, it was said in passing, the remnants of the camera laid in a bag on an empty space of the table. the second thing that they noticed was their arms bandaged up, and the pain in their back that could only come from glass shards. their head was killing them and the room felt too bright. they made a small noise, shutting their eyes again and feeling uncomfortable, unable to turn over without something feeling like it’s jabbing them from all sides. “fuck,” they say, their voice hoarse. the last thing that jonathan noticed was the relief of knowing all these truths. they were still alive. 

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where: melvald’s general store with: @heatherxholloway​

“--and this girl who came to one of my shows, well she said that she could sense I am kinda psychic. Apparently I just have all of this natural spiritual energy to me. I mean, not like spirit-y spiritual energy, more like the power of positive thinking. Positivity energy. I don’t really know what that means, but it’s got to be somewhat useful, right?” Tammy looked over at her friend. “Sorry, I know I am rambling and we are trapped inside a library during a dangerous storm, but I just feel like we’ve both been so busy and I haven’t seen you as much lately. How are you? Other than terrified of our current very terrifying situation.” 

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“Oh, sorry. I promise I normally have better manners.” Tammy hadn’t realized she was staring. She hasn’t been paying much attention to anything to be honest. Truth was she was bored. She had only come to the library to pick up a new picture book for her niece before the storm had locked them inside. But being accused of being rude? Well, that was new. “See, I’m not from the south, but I did spend a little over a year in Nashville--I’m sorta a big deal over there--and I picked up on the whole southern hospitality thing so the whole staring off at you, not at all like me. But to your point, hi! Pleasure to be trapped in this library facing uncertain natural disaster with you.”

location : hawkins public library tagging : open for event

          they hadn’t been in hawkins for long, a handful of days really, but that didn’t change the fact that the stupid little town was home. it had been years since maddie had been here last, years since she had physically seen her old friends, years since she even thought about coming back. it was odd in a sense, returning to a place that held so many memories. yet here she was, sitting in the library that she avoided unless forced to come to. “you know it’s rude to stare at a face this beautiful without permission first, right?” pausing she glanced up from her shoe that she was currently colouring in with a sharpie and slowly let her lips curl into a bright grin. “least you could do is say hi first.”

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[ aisha dee | cis female | she/her | twenty-six ] —— it’s just another typical week in hawkins i guess — isn’t that right, tammy thompson? huh, guess they can’t hear me over girls just want to have fun by cyndi lauper playing on their walkman, but it looks like they’re headed to work as a nurse at hawkins general hospital. did you know tammy has been in hawkins for most of her life? yeah, they’ve been described as a bit air-headed, but i suppose them also being nurturing outweighs the negative. i’ve also heard people say they remind them of cherry popsicles on a warm day, rhinestoned jean jackets, and off-tune karaoke… however, that could just be this weeks newest rumor.

ii. STATS

full name: tammy anne thompson

age: twenty six

birthday: august 3,1961

zodiac: leo

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: straight-ish

hometown: hawkins, indiana

occupation: nurse, “professional” singer

height: 5’6

weight: 120lbs

eye color: brown

hair color: brown

meyers-briggs: esfj

enneagram: 7

moral alignment: chaotic good

character inspiration: maybelle fox (a league of their own), dionne (clueless), ashleigh howard (greek)

iii. BIO

Trigger warnings: needles, teen pregnancy, natural disaster, death

tammy grew up knowing she was destined to become a star. she was the youngest daughter of two all-american, loving parents who encouraged her various theatrical pursuits: dance, theater, choir…if it got her on a stage she was the first in line to try it.

there was no one tammy idolized more than her older sister, caroline. caroline was seven years older than tammy and everything tammy wanted to grow up to be. she was pretty, popular, and she could sing better than anyone in hawkins. tammy became determined at a young age to become just like her.

but when tammy was ten and caroline was seventeen, caroline got pregnant from her long-time boyfriend. she decided to keep the baby, which meant giving up on her dreams to go to nashville to become a famous country singer. tammy was devastated for her sister, and vowed that she would live out her sister’s dream for her by becoming the best singer she could and making it big after high school.  

high school was mostly smooth sailing for tammy. like her sister, she was fairly popular and well-liked. she never had a boyfriend because she was too scared of accidentally following in caroline’s footsteps. when she wasn’t practicing for choir or the school musical, she would spend her time helping her older sister watch her niece, clara, who she adored despite the fact the baby girl would cry whenever she tried to sing to her.

when tammy was a junior, her father came down with lung cancer thanks to a long-time smoking habit. tammy spent most of her junior year in the hawkins general hospital where she became interested in the medical field. her father unfortunately passed away the summer before her senior year.  

after school, tammy left hawkins for nashville where she managed to find an agent who would take her and booked small singing gigs here and there. but becoming famous took more time than tammy realized, she ended up balancing her emerging singing career with nursing school. 

tammy enjoyed nursing, as she always had a knack for caring for others, and she enjoyed that she had plenty of people to talk to her passions about as she poked and prodded them with needles.

tammy felt as though she was on the cusp of her big break when the hawkins earthquake hit. nothing could have prepared tammy for the call she got from her mother telling her of her sister’s death, leaving her niece  an orphan. tammy packed up her bags and headed home to help her mother take care of clara. since then, she has stayed in hawkins and worked as a nurse, telling anyone who will listen just how close she was to making it big in nashville.

iv. PERSONALITY

tammy is a theater kid through and through. she loves put on a show and dazzle her audiences, willing or unwilling, and thrives off of drama. her goal is to leave a smile on the face of every person she meets, whether that be through a beautiful ballad or offering a lollipop at the end of a doctor’s visit.

she is a nurturer by nature and genuinely loves taking care of others, to the point where she can be a bit smothering to her friends. she also has a bad habit of thinking she knows what is best for everyone, and will not hesitate to tell someone if she thinks they could be making better choices.

she is a beauty, but she doesn’t necessarily have the same level of brains. She isn’t dumb by any means, but she tends to get so wrapped up in her own version of the world that she misses out on important details.  

v. HEADCANONS

tammy has no clue that she isn’t a fantastic singer. she truly believes she is one of the greatest talents on the planet and that she just hasn’t had a chance to catch her big break yet.

because of what happened to her sister, she is extremely virtuous and is saving herself for marriage. she also can be a bit judgmental of girls who don’t share her morals when it comes to dating.

she is fully unaware that there could be anything supernatural happening in hawkins and will probably be unaware until a demigorgon eats her tbh  

she loves knitting but her knitting skills are about on par with her singing abilities, which means her friends get a lot of weirdly shaped hats and crooked scarves as gifts