hey it’s me again, d(ash). i literally have no idea what i’m doing with another character, but here we are, doing it nonetheless. i’m going to put some info beneath the cut so y’all should come and plot with him.
did i just see (JEREMY ALLEN WHITE) walking down sixth street ?! oh, wait, it’s just (GAVIN BECKHAM), the (24) year old (MALE) (ANTIQUE SHOP OWNER) who has a reputation for being (INSIGHTFUL & OBSERVANT) but (IMPATIENT & TEMPERAMENTAL). let’s hope (HE/THEY) prepared to take on the wild ride that is austin, texas.
death tw, alcoholism tw, drug abuse tw!
gavin was born and raised in austin. he pretty much lives n breathes this city & even tho when he was younger he used to dream about living somewhere else, he never really had it in him to leave??? like just every time he got the opportunity or tried to, he backed down.
his mother died when he was very young, kind of suddenly during a home invasion. this was particularly difficult on his father who was working a double at the hospital at the time and felt it was his fault for picking up the extra shift and not being there to save her. gavin was too young to fully remember much of that night, but he struggles with a few PTSD symptoms as a result of it despite that.
his father pretty much never recovered from it. he’s been sad for as long as gavin can remember, throwing himself into his work as a doctor and all but ignoring his only son. when he was home, he’d drink himself into a stupor, and gavin would have to take care of him, would have to pull him together. he had an attitude that pretty much reflected his belief that gavin didn’t have any right to sadness when he “didn’t even remember who she was”. it’s something he’s gotten used to over the years, and something he still deals with today. he figures it’s just his lot in life. :/
tbh he did really well in school, always got good marks, and he kinda found solace in reading from when he was very, very young. eventually his love for reading turned into a love for writing, and he evolved from only avidly turning the pages to writing on them as well. amazing.
he wasn’t really a loner but he was never super popular either. he kinda was somewhere in the middle, mostly hanging out with the more “artsy” crowds and like he writes poetry and short stories predominantly so there’s that.
he doesn’t usually drink alcohol --- only occasionally --- but he developed a pretty rough smoking habit in his mid-teenage years in order to cope with the stress of his life. along with that, at around eighteen, he gained a dependency on benzos after being given a prescription to treat anxiety attacks. not good my friends.
he went to university for two years before dropping out just after his grandfather passed away. he was never all that close to his grandparents on his mother’s side, so it came as a shock when he inherited his old antique shop. the place wasn’t exactly booming with business (and it still isn’t), but it managed to pay the bills. on top of that, it got him out from under his father’s boot, which seemed to help him a lot in the long run. there was an apartment to live in and everything. he focused on his writing more after that, along with running the business, and has been happier since.
gavin actually published a collection of short stories early last year and has gained a significant amount of notoriety for the fictitious works, making a pretty penny on them and being praised by critics, online reviewers, and other writers alike. he’s quite proud and plans to continue working towards his next project.
as far as personality goes, he’s very observant and not necessarily quiet so much as he just doesn’t say anything if he doesn’t have anything meaningful to contribute? sure, he can shoot the shit, but he doesn’t see the point in talking shit or in causing drama and stuff like that for no reason. he kinda has a temper problem, so he likes to keep himself as chill as possible and not go off at every little thing.
that being said he’s a really good listener and he’s pretty excellent at giving advice. he takes almost everything to heart and tends to be pretty protective over his friends. chances are if you’re close to him he’s either been in love with you before or thought he was in love with you before and you’ve got a poem or two out there floating around, written about you.
the boy is just a hopeless romantic tbh he wants to be in a relationship so bad but he’s hardly been in any?? at least not for too long!!! he’s slept with people but yikes he usually ends up getting too attached to them after just a time or two. rip
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