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</div><br/><b>Name: </b>Terrence "Terry" Howell<br/><b>Age:</b>29<br/><b>Sexuality: </b>Heterosexual<br/><b>Hometown:</b>Queens, New York<br/><b>Date/Time: </b>Wednesday, 7 July | Morning<br/><b>Location:</b>Backyard tables<br/><b>Wearing: </b>see image<br/><b>Coupled With:</b>Single<br/><b>Tagging: </b>Val<a class="username" data-user-id="4238" data-username="sloane" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/4238/">sloane</a><br/><hr class="bbc-hr"/><br/>Terry gave Val a warm smile at her confession regarding her mother. He shook his head when she apologized. “No need to say sorry. I feel honored that you shared.” He explained, placing a hand on his chest, before letting it rest on the table again. “Tell you what, since you got heavy with me, I’ll share something in turn.” He gave her a wink and then took a moment to consider all the things that went on in his life.<br/><br/>“I can understand your feelings for you mom. I haven’t lost mine, but I did lose my grandmom to illness only a couple of years ago. She was the second parental figure in my life growing up. The pandemic was not nice to the elderly when it first hit.” He shook his head, remembering how they had her on so many machines, drugs, etc, just to keep her breathing, but ultimately the disease won out in the end.<br/><br/>“I was raised in a family of some very very strong women. My mother raised me by herself with some help from my grandmom. My grandmom raised my mom by herself after my grandad…well…”passed away.”” He added with air quotes. “They were from Mississippi, and my grandad was an active part of the Civil Rights Movement back in the 60’s. When he was met with violence, my grandmom, and my mom when she was only a little kid, going to pray at the church for him, only to find it a pile of ashes once getting there, my grandmom decided enough was enough and fled up north. It wasn’t really too much better there during that time, moving in right on the heels of the Race Riots, but that was a storm they managed to weather through and planted roots in Queens. 26 years later, I’m born, and it’s looking like not all that much has changed since my grandad and grandmom’s time…but, I have hope. I gotta. Otherwise I’d be doing my boys a disservice, essentially telling them to give up before they even started, and I have no plans in them giving up anything that they have a right to.”<br/><br/>Terrence sighed, resting against the back of the chair, his hands clasped together as they both rested on the edge of the table. A smile slowly returned to his lips after that bout of seriousness, saying with a bit lighter of a tone, “there. Now we both got heavy.” He said with a soft chuckle.<br/><br/>The sound of a chair scraping across the ground reached their ears and Terrence looked over his shoulder, spotting Daniel standing up from his date. “Looks like your fella is done with his date. You want to go and join him?” He mentioned, just poking a thumb in his direction, expecting the girl to want to spend time with the guy whose company she much preferred over the tall dark hulk of a man.