Molly Mayberry

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molly mayberrysixth year, exochorda
i want you to stay

**Appearance**

 **Faceclaim** |  | natalia dyer

molly's most striking feature are her big blue eyes which are reminiscent of an emoji she uses very often. she is already incredibly transparent but her eyes make everything ten times more expressive, so it's impossible to not know what she's feeling at any point in time. growing up, molly really couldn't care less about her appearance and admittedly it was difficult for her to suddenly care about her personal aesthetic and sense of fashion so suddenly the summer before her fifth year. as a result, she always resorts to a formulaic approach to her appearance. her hair is styled the same way everyday, her make-up is light and done in the only way she knows how, her outfit almost always consists of the same-looking tops with the same-looking skirts no matter the weather, and her timeturner necklace rests on her chest, hidden underneath her collar.

**History**

molly is from a picture perfect upper middle class suburban family. her father, george, is the deputy healer at the janus thickery ward. her mother, amelia, was a lawyer at a small firm in moonstraw city, though she stopped practicing after becoming pregnant with her first child, michael. five years after michael was milton, and five years after him was molly.

molly had a very happy childhood. she was very close with both her brothers, and constantly inspired by them. as early as five, she knew she wanted to be a healer just like her dad because she wanted to be able to help people the way he did. she used to tag along with him to work often to the point that nearly the whole staff knew who she was. in fact, this is how she met her childhood best friend, felton, the son of kaia bishop, another healer at the hospital. her desire to be a healer was only solidified when she was seven. after falling off a bike and getting a big, nasty wound on her leg, molly was able to immediately heal as if nothing had happened in the first place. it was her first sign of magic, and proof to her that she should enter the field of medicine.

when molly turned eleven, she received her adeothorne letter and went to school like her brothers before her. she was sorted into exochorda and immediately began to thrive academically. she had already been raised to be a bit of an overachiever; her mother had enrolled her in ballet (not that she's very good) and flute lessons, and she was given a head start on her education too as she was forced to study using her older brothers' old textbooks. this very quickly resulted in a reputation as a bit of a nerd. it was fine, though! molly was not too concerned about her social status or her appearance, so for her first four years at adeothorne, despite being heavily involved in a number of extra-curricular activities, she went generally unnoticed.

after receiving outstanding grades in most of her subjects in second year, molly's mother suggested she try getting adeothorne to give her a timeturner. she applied for one through a series of letters the summer after second year, and was given one on her first day, allowing her to enlist in well, nearly all electives. it came in handy as well with all the clubs she's in, and it wasn't too hard of a secret to keep. she wears it as a necklace, hidden in plain sight tucked underneath the collar of her uniform.

when molly came home for the winter holidays during her fourth year, she was surprised to hear that her parents would be getting a divorce. her father was caught cheating on her mother with one of the residents at the hospital, and that greatly strained molly's relationship with him as well as made her question her idea of love. the fact that it came out of nowhere to her and the rest of the family still shakes her to this day, and she has ever since been terrified of the concept that it is so easy to simply fall out of love with someone just like that and leave everything you have together behind. molly's parents have joint custody (her brothers were both adults at this point in time), but she prefers staying with her mother and grandparents in hampshire for obvious reasons. still, her dad tries to get her to stay in london with him every once in a while.

nevertheless, she was determined to not let this affect her concept of true love. molly went back to school with high hopes. as if straight out from a fairy tale, her dream boy became interested in her. conner was a seventh year, too, which finally made her understand that boys her age just didn't understand her, and that's why they were not noticing her at the time. it was her first real experience with romance and she was excited for it, however, things did not turn out as perfectly as she imagined them to be. eventually, he ghosted her out of the blue. when she was finally able to confront him in june, he revealed that he had been seeing somebody else for a while now and that it was her fault, essentially, for refusing to 'put out'. heartbroken, she spent the entire summer in isolation. after a week or two of crying, she decided it was time for a make-over and spent the next few months dedicated to getting fit, reinventing her whole wardrobe, and working on becoming more confident.

she returned to adeothorne for her fifth year almost a brand new person. while she is definitely still that nerdy girl obsessed with to-do lists at heart, she enjoyed a boost in popularity and a lot more attention from boys at school. very quickly, she began serial dating simply because she falls too easily and because she feels rude rejecting people when they ask her out. most of these relationships (all with older students) did not last for more than a month, save for one with james nottingham which lasted eight or the majority of fifth year. that relationship also went rather poorly... luckily, he's graduated now and she does not have to see him around the castle any longer. aside from her love life, molly's new image earned her enough popularity to rise through the ranks of many of her extra-curriculars and she enjoys leadership positions in quite a few. thankfully, she has her timeturner to balance everything going on, but it's no wonder she's exhausted and very often she has chats with professor pintinger, her head of house, to make sure she isn't spreading herself too thin.

**Personality**

(+): organized, dedicated, kind-hearted(-): self-loathing, hard on herself, panickyif there is one thing that sums up molly's personality, it's that she doesn't do anything in halves. she dedicates herself wholly to every cause she stands for, every organization she's a part of, and every person who she holds close to her heart. to her, there is nothing more shameful than not giving her 101% and has often found herself with too much on her plate as a result. she is a member of frog choir, the chess club, the knitting club, the astronomy club, the dueling club, the pink magic club, spew... you name it, and she is probably somewhere on the club roster that she herself compiled. her academics are also quite stellar. nobody knows how she does it, but she is very on top of everything that she sets her mind to.while there is no use denying that molly is kind and caring, her endless devotion to her passions is a double edged sword. especially when it comes to her relationships. a true romantic, she was raised on the idea that her soulmate is out there and waiting to be found. however, after a disastrous first relationship with an older boy and a messy divorce that shattered her image of what she thought was an ideal marriage between her parents, molly has developed a crippling fear of abandonment that manifests in extreme insecurities and a tendency to be too hard on herself. her greatest fear is that one day the people she loves will wake up and simply stop loving her.aside from this, molly is actually quite popular among her peers and also a teacher's pet in nearly all her subjects. molly downplays her achievements often though since an ex-boyfriend of hers told her that cockiness is unattractive, however she is slowly but surely working on building more confidence in this regard.she fits the goodie-two-shoes stereotype to a tee and is always scandalized by the idea of causing trouble. she has been trying to downplay this part of her personality though because she's realized it's "not very cool", and this has led to her lying about doing stuff like drinking alcohol or not correcting people when they assume how far she's gone though all those sorts of topics make her very uncomfortable.taking nearly a dozen classes and being a part of so many extra-curricular activities, she is meticulous and very organized. molly is obsessed with to-do lists and making sure that everything is in its proper place. she is also a very nurturing person, and this has manifested in her desire to become a healer when she grows up ~~just like her father before her~~. one can definitely always count on her to be there in times of need, or at the very least, give you a rundown on all the assignments due for the next week.

molly mayberrysixth year, exochorda
i want you to stay