[hider=Caterina Belmonte-Morelli (TW: statutory rape and light mentions of sexual harassment & abuse in background)][color=fafad2][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/XCE5pvf.png[/img]
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[color=9f1b3e]Name[/color]
[indent]Caterina Silvia Belmonte-Morelli[/indent]
[color=9f1b3e]Nicknames[/color]
[indent][list][*] Cat
[*] Kitty
[*] Kitty Cat
[*] Deep Throat
[*] Heartbreaker 
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[color=9f1b3e]Age[/color]
[indent]34[/indent]
[color=9f1b3e]Gender[/color]
[indent]Female[/indent]
[color=9f1b3e]Sexuality[/color]
[indent]Heterosexual?[/indent]
[color=9f1b3e]Relationship Status[/color]
[indent]In the process of divorcing [color=9f1b80]Tommaso Belmonte-Morelli[/color]; dating [color=BCDD81]Clay Costigan[/color][/indent]
[color=9f1b3e]Appearance Details[/color]
[list][*][b]Hair:[/b] Dark brown with highlights | Wavy/Slightly Curly | She stylizes it many ways. 
[*][b]Eyes:[/b] Hazel
[*][b]Height:[/b] 5'1"
[*][b]Body Type:[/b] Athletic, fit, but with thicc mama thighs
[*][b]Clothing Style:[/b] Luxurious, feminine, richly detailed. She's a sophisticated woman, leaning more towards the elegant, conservative side, but she's also a mama and sometimes athletic wear is all she wants to wear. 
[*][b]Makeup Wise:[/b] [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/a4/12/11a41239ff75eb3e9b785a6746c26e9a.jpg]1[/url] - [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c6/46/80/c64680af99c137abb62bf34e6abb4302.jpg]2[/url] - [url=https://www1.pictures.stylebistro.com/gi/Sophia+Bush+Updos+Bobby+Pinned+Updo+HssSsapfbXhl.jpg]3[/url] - [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/8e/b3/d88eb32dd1aee7f2dadcf809c27d0ca6.jpg]4[/url] - [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/07/26/f707267dbf49660af8a3066a6f5f299a.jpg]5[/url]  
[*][b]Scars, Tattoos and/or Piercings:[/b] Light stretch marks from pregnancy; Two earlobe piercings - [url=https://i.insider.com/610c284b2a24d0001861e943?format=jpeg]belly button piercing[/url] - [url=https://www.askideas.com/media/24/Black-Ink-Cat-Tattoo-On-Girl-Left-Wrist.jpg]left wrist tattoo[/url] - [url=https://mylovetop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4.jpg]thigh-butt tattoo[/url] - [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a8/5f/06/a85f06e5fb02e5242cc65a7100e50add.jpg]back tattoo[/url][/list]
[color=9f1b3e]Personality Traits[/color]
[indent]Passionate ♦ Independent ♦ Tender ♦ Protective ♦ Sociable ♦ Strong willed ♦ Loyal (to a point) ♦ Impish ♦ Frisky ♦ Hotheaded ♦ Blunt ♦ Stubborn ♦ Sarcastic/Sassy ♦ Nosy ♦ Insecure ♦ Lonely ♦ Depressed[/indent]
[color=9f1b3e]Biography[/color]
[indent][hider=Before Edenridge]No one remembers New York like Cat does. The Espositos are one of the main six Italian organized crime families in NYC which was formed by Salvatore Maranzano in 1931. History aside, which is a whole 'nother story... let's talk about how this connects the Belmonte family to Mafia operations. Well, Tiziano Belmonte is a bastard to Amadeo Esposito, the retired Capo Famiglia. This means he's considered part of this life whether he likes it or not, along with his nine half siblings (more legitimate than him): Leonardo (current Capo Famiglia), Lucio (Leonardo's twin and Consigliere), Valerio (Capo), Bianca, Luisa, Lidia, Vincent, and Virgil. This is not including their respective families. In addition to that, he has a sister through his mother's side, who now goes by the name of Melina Taccone-Belmonte. Let's just say that a big family has always been part of Cat's life. 

On top of life being such a fragile thing, contrary to common belief (of strength), the Belmonte family was also fragile and could break so easily. Taz has spent most of his life creating an unbreakable foundation. A start of HIS legacy. Something permanent to last the years even past his death. All emotions, all memories, all things take faces and eventually begin to fade. All the sadness, the hurt, the anger... they dissipate. The only thing that doesn't become confetti is love. People come and go but what you remember is the love you shared with them. How much you cared for them. What they meant to you. Love lasts forever and it is something Taz had instilled in his eldest daughter so strongly, yet somewhere along the way, he forgot. Taz got lost on the way. He wouldn't be able to tell you how, but he did. 

Without her father's strong values and belief system, Cat wouldn't have believed love to be tangible. Something physical she so desperately wanted to grasp. If it wasn't for the constant show of her parents hurting and struggling, the two people that made her world, she would believe love to be something straight out of Disney. She knew how much the family business in New York hurt her mother but she also knew that at least during the time, her father had no choice. He'd pull late hours, he'd come home bloody and bruised, he'd be tired... that didn't change the fact that he always made time for his family. He always made time for his world. Without his wife, without his children, everything would stop turning. He would grow unhinged. He would burst out in uncontrollable anger. He would lose his mind and fucking kill whoever got in his way, friend or foe.  

No one saw the struggle of Taz and Silvia like Cat did. No one understood how strict the other families were, how cut throat they could be if you didn't respect the hierarchy, and how much tradition was meant to be followed. You lived and breathed for the family. Till death do us part. Him being a bastard? That didn't mean anything. He still had Esposito blood in him. He still was royalty, having power of the family name lead his destiny. He still had a purpose. This was the family he was born into and it was his job to live up to his birthright. Their expectations. 

That is until he no longer could help carry the crown with his siblings. Even if Taz has closed up over the years, Cat will not forget the father she saw before they moved to Edenridge. She would remember how much her father just wanted to stay home and cook, how much her father loved her mother, and how desperate he was to be there for his kids. After one tragically, traumatizing night where Taz and Silvia had their most heated argument yet, Cat held her siblings close as they watched their father pack his things and leave the house. For the next week, Silvia focused on packing all their things. She wanted to runaway. When she was almost ready to leave, Taz asked her out on a date, like they were high school sweethearts all over again, begging her to give him a chance to talk to her. To hear him out.  

When Silvia returned from the date, having been dropped off by Taz, her saddened eyes displayed something the family needed to see: [i]hope[/i]. Silvia stood up that night talking to her three eldest daughters (Cat: 14, Nina: 12, and Elisa: 8). They found out that their father was given a final job that would finally release him and his family. The only thing about this job was... the likelihood of him coming back alive was near impossible. They were setting him up to lose. To die. They had promised him safe passage and a place to live with Cosimo Esposito, Amadeo's retired brother, who simply was living out his days running Palermo until he dies. He did his time and he found peace in being a familiar face in the small town of Edenridge. His sole purpose was to give love through food. He fed the soul. Something all Edenridgers desperately needed. 

If Taz survives, he is free to go, with the occasional check up and favor asked. If he dies, his family is free from their duties of being an Esposito. Unchained and unbothered. The deal was incredibly against Taz's favor, regardless if he died or not. Still, for his family, he would do anything. No matter how impossible the job sounded, he would do it. For them. The following week, with hardly any prep time, Taz prepared to leave. Right before he left, Silvia dropped a bomb and told him she was pregnant with twins. Completely and utterly overjoyed, he kissed his wife and made a promise he hoped he wouldn't regret. He promised he would be back and they would be able to leave this life behind. [/hider]

[hider= Forever Drowning (TW: Statutory Rape)] As you can tell, Taz survived. Not only did he live to see another day but he got to see his wife give birth to twins. One boy and one girl. His saving graces. The ones that changed everything for the family. The catalysts of change. They named their wonder twins, Danilo and Natalia. Both from the life they lived in New York. Both able to pursue a normal life. A happy one. Prior to this, he was going back and forth from NYC to Edenridge, so on and so forth, to improve Palermo, make connections like his first friend, Kamilla "Caramel" Briteson, and build a house from the ground up on Scott Street. The day eventually came where they could move. He trekked one last time back to NYC to pick up his family, at least in terms of permanency. 

Cat being fifteen now, it took her a few months to get her footing but before she knew it, she was one of the hottest people that ever graced Edenridge soil. The Belmonte children were lucky because their father had already made enough friends to make them feel welcomed and at home. Enough friends to protect them from the harsh judgement of them being newcomers/outsiders. They're also lucky money talks and Taz being able to build his house right on Scott Street, claiming land the moment he came strutting in... it was a power move and it was his way of silently demanding respect. 

For once, Cat could have a normal life. She could flirt freely, she could gossip, she could become a cheerleader! She didn't feel like she had the eyes of her Esposito side watching her. She didn't hear whispers of family talking about who they wanted her to marry. No, she could just be Caterina and that was all thanks to this town she knew nothing about. Still, the pressure of being the eldest was always there. Her rebellion side started coming out and she snuck out, she got up to no good, and she drowned in vices. Her choice being alcohol. 

If it wasn't for Cat, none of her siblings would've been allowed to sleep over anyone's houses, none of them would've been allowed to date, none of them would've been able to stay out past curfew. She tested her parents' patience. She ran, so all her siblings could walk. A rulebreaker through and through, just like her father, all because she wanted to be trusted to live and make mistakes. She wanted to be free, not caged, and as such, she would keep fighting for it until the chains loosened from around her wrists. Test the waters so her siblings would never shoulder anything too heavy. This was her role. This was the life she was born into. She deserved to have things for herself.  She deserved to live and not just for her family. She deserved to be happy. 

Sadly, that is still an uphill battle. While she paved the road for her siblings, she couldn't predict the many tragedies in this town that caused her father to become more strict, more particular, and more protective of what was his. Breaking the habit of pleasing her father, doing whatever he wants and living up to his expectations, was incredibly hard and so systematic in Cat's nature. Her daddy issues were programmed in her mind. Past the point of no return. She just wanted him to be proud. It wasn't easy to fix as a teen. She could rebel all she wants but at the end of the day, she was drinking to the fact of how horrible of a daughter she was. How much she'll never be good enough for him. 

The pressure of it all was killing her and just when she had made a breakthrough with her parents, especially her father, her high school Pinehurst sweetheart broke up with her. This set her back tenfold, bringing her back to her original lifestyle. Drinking without restraint, fucking whoever had a pulse, and enabling her friends to sink with her. They were the party girls, after all and if one fell, they all fell together. Caterina went back to sleeping with desperate boys, until one day she got with an older man who was passing by. 

Little did she know this man was sent by the Esposito family to check on the family. He was a handsome man, enterprising and promising for a twenty three year old. His mind was brilliant and he had so much to say about his aspirations and goals in life. He was a distraction from her heartbreak. She found many moments where she caught him sitting somewhere alone or in a cafe on his laptop. When people weren't looking, she pursued him and tried to get him to notice her. All her advances led to her being in a motel room, alone, with him and it was that second, for the first time in Cat's life, the daunting feeling of her situation set in. She was making out with him, on top of him, her top was already off. 

The panic started rushing through her mind to her chest and into her stomach. These weren't butterflies making her flutter. This was a child afraid of where she was. A child afraid of her situation. A seventeen year old who shouldn't be caught in a motel with a twenty three year old. No one, not even her sisters knew what she was up to. Caterina Belmonte was about to make the biggest mistake of her life. And it was her fault. 

What was she doing? Why was she trying to fuck an older man? What did he have to offer her? She didn't know him. Why did she let fantasy get this far?! What was she doing?! 

Alert and scared, Cat attempted to take her leave, trying to get off of him. Profusely, she apologized but it didn't take too long for her to learn Tommaso wasn't a good man. Guilt tripping her, even after she said she no a couple times, Cat's heart picked up in pace. She could hear her heartbeat through her eardrums and her throat closed up... her mouth was dry. He told her this was what she wanted. This [b]was[/b] what she wanted... he was right. This was all on her. And then he said the words that shattered her spirit and made her give in. [i]"You want to feel loved? Well, Kitten, running away isn't going to solve your problem. Trust me."[/i]

Like a domino effect, her life started moving in ways she had no control in. She got pregnant by Tommaso, which secured his place in the Belmonte family. She didn't speak up about her story, believing her father would choose him over her. Cat focused on her daughter, business degree, and helping her mother where she could with the family. Along the way, she started turning to wine more and more each day. Her PTSD started taking surface not only from that night with her husband but in high school, like that one party where she gained the nickname Deep Throat. 

Her self worth plummeted. 

She wasn't good enough. She would only be a body. Her father would never see her for her. He'd only see her as a fuck up. She wasn't deserving of love. What made her think she was? No one stayed with her. No one would. Not even her husband loved her. He just saw her as an opportunity and she let him. She let him stay. It was all her fault. She was back in a cage and that's because she put herself in it. 

She was a slut.

A whore. 

A good for nothing.

A bitch. 

And all she could do was turn to her children... Sofia, Daniella, and her sweet, little Franco. Her only son.  

This was the life she chose for herself. There was no use in regretting. All she could do was hide her pain behind a smile. Cover up any blemishes with make up and a playful joke. She had her shit together. She was the strong one. She would be okay. 

Caterina Belmonte didn't crumble. 

Caterina Belmonte shouldn't cry. 

Caterina Belmonte was the eldest Belmonte.

Caterina Belmonte wanted to die. 

Who was she if she couldn't carry it all? 

Well, that's easy: No one.    [/hider] 
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[color=9f1b3e]Family[/color]
[indent]See Danny's sheet for extended family.
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[list][*] Husband - Tommaso Belmonte-Morelli - Age: 40 - FC: Raoul Bova - Debt collector
[*] Boyfriend - Clayton Costigan - Age: 24 - FC: Joe Keery - Police Officer [sup][@BrutalBx][/sup]
[*] Eldest daughter - Sofia - Age: 16 - FC: Alexa Mareka  - Used to play soccer, now skateboards and smokes. 
[*] Middle daughter - Daniella - Age: 14 - FC: Pasha Harulia - Prodigal artist who drowns the drama out with music. 
[*] Youngest son - Franco - Age: 10 - FC: Jorge Benit  - Empath who is learning how to sew that wants to make beautiful clothes for his mother and sisters.
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[color=9f1b3e]Misc.[/color]
[indent]FC: Sophia Bush | [color=9f1b3e]9f1b3e[/color]
[list][*] Loves the water. 
[*] Learned a variety of dances at a young age and loves Latin Night. 
[*] Her main love languages are quality time, words of affirmation, and physical touch. To be honest, up until she got with Clay, touch didn't hold much value. With him though? She craves intimacy. She still doesn't understand what she has with him but what she does know is that now that she sees him, really sees him, she can feel and see their chemistry.  
[*] Extremely family-orientated, to the point that it takes a heavy toll on her. 
[*] One of her biggest dreams is to travel beyond America. She's always wanted to see the world but because of family, she can't afford it.  
[*] Carries a lot of the weight of the Belmonte family's burdens. 
[*] Was a Clover when she attended Edenridge High.
[*] Her clique was known as the Heartbreakers. It was her, Lydia, Brooke, Vanessa, and Harper. They were dynamite, hot, and promiscuous. Well, Lydia by association. She was more like the mother hen of the friend group. Consider the Heartbreakers upper class girls who weren't afraid to live life, which included booze, drugs, and sex. Very rock and roll. 
[*] She wants to sell the Godmother and become a cop. 
[*] Lives in Eastbrook, in a cul de sac. Two blocks away from her sisters Nina & Elisa. 
[*] Might be an alcoholic (especially with wine). 
[*] Prior to having sex with Clayton she hadn't had sex for almost two years with her husband. They tried but something would always come up. He no longer desired her. 
[*] She hired a PI to get dirt on her husband only to find out he had seven long term prominent lovers currently. 
[*] Desperately wants someone that compliments her in a way where she feels whole. She doesn't want to have any doubt in her choice. She wants to find someone she is content with in the quiet. She wants to feel doted and loved, even during trying times. She wants to be wanted.
[*] Major daddy issues. 
[*] There are days she feels absolutely confidant in herself and then there are days she hates herself and finds herself incredibly worthless. She just wants to feel enough for someone and it seems like no matter what she does, she'll never be good enough. 
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