⪠brief introduction to ceyhun kartal.
BASICS
full name: ceyhun eren kartal. nickname(s): jay. age: twenty-nine. date of birth: 27 march 1993. zodiac sign: aries. place of birth: san francisco, california, united states. ethnicity: turkish. nationality: american. gender: demiboy. sexual orientation: pansexual. romantic orientation: panromantic. religion: islamâ jay tries as best he can to practice islam in the way he was taught by his parents from a young age but heâs far more relaxed in his religious expression than his parents or grandparents. education: bachelors in secondary education & history ( double major ) from providence peak university, credential allowing him to teach in colorado. occupation: high school us history teacher. language(s) spoken: english, turkish ( primarily ). accent: he doesnât consider himself to have a discernible accent but he does have a âwest coastâ american accent.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
face claim: alp navruz. hair color: black. eye color: hazel. height: 6â˛1. weight: 179 lbs. build: athletic. tattoos: he doesnât have any tattoos to speak of at the present moment but heâs considering getting at least one in the near future. piercings: he has a helix piercing in his left ear that is, thankfully, usually covered by his hair which he appreciates considering it makes it easy to hide for work. distinguishing characteristics: the way he carries himself, his penchant for flirting with every person he speaks to for even a fraction of a second, how warm he is ( literally and figuratively ).
PERSONALITY
label: the historian. positive traits: adaptable, adventurous, articulate, charismatic, charming, clever, compassionate, confident, creative, eloquent, intelligent, passionate, resourceful, witty. negative traits: competitive, sarcastic. argumentative, decadent, haughty, hedonistic, impulsive, obsessive, possessive, rowdy, vindictive. goals/desires: to make a name for himself, to be the best father he can possibly be, to find love again. fears: athazagoraphobia ( fear of being forgotten ). hobbies: writing, people watching, cooking, drinking ( heâs fairly picky and he has a habit of drinking specifically to find something he genuinely enjoys ), having sex, reading, going for hikes, practicing muay thai, watching cooking shows, travelling, spending time with his friends & siblings, doing anything at all with his daughter the second she asks. quirks: heâs equally polite and incredibly crass and itâs really a crap shoot as to which trait he leans more towards on any given day, he bites his lips to the point theyâre always a bit chapped. heâs an exceedingly affectionate person â even with people he doesnât know all that well, he has a running knowledge of most childrenâs books as a result of having made reading with his daughter every night a habit of his since she was very young. likes: turkish desserts, good food in general, wine, attention, attractive men, attractive women, poetry & fiction in general, cooking, researching, foreign films, punk music, classical piano pieces, travelling, spending time with his daughter, historical fiction, period piece films. dislikes: not being taken seriously, long winded speeches, close-minded people, anyone who judges him for becoming a father at such a young age, anyone who speaks ill of his family, having to wake up early for work.
FAMILY
father: aslan kartal. mother: zehra kartal nĂŠe erdogan. sibling(s): emir kartal ( twin brother, identical ), sevket kartal ( younger ). pet(s): he doesnât have any pets at the moment. financial status: middle class.
BIOGRAPHY
(TW: mentions of death, teenage pregnancy, divorce)
Ceyhun (Jay, as he had taken to being called when he was a boy) was born in San Francisco seven minutes after his older twin brother to Aslan and Zehra Kartal. Both of his parents were academics - his mother working towards a professorship in ancient history at UC Berkeley and his father working towards his doctorate in english literature with a focus on twentieth century American literature. Jay and his brother were thick as thieves, and their parents doted on both of them with as much time as they could possibly give them. Jay himself developed a love of reading from a young age, and his parentsâ academic pursuits instilled a love of school and learning in general in him nearly from the moment he set foot into his kindergarten classroom. Jayâs younger brother was born when he was two and all three boys were insanely close throughout their lives.
His relatively happy childhood took a turn for the worse when he was ten and his father was involved in a fatal car accident on his way home from lecturing one evening. Jay and the rest of his family were devastated, and after much consideration his mother made the decision to move them to Providence Peak, Coloradoâ her hometown. Jay tried his very best to work through his grief and managed to remain the same kind, softhearted boy heâd always been; though he became far more prone to getting into fights on behalf of his brothers or any friends he felt the need to look out for and protect. His mother urged him to join extracurricular activities to avoid getting himself into trouble and with his academics already spectacular Jay made the knee-jerk decision to join the high school swim team.
He excelled at it from the start, and as he found himself breaking record after record there was talk of him making junior Olympic teams and other things that Jay found, quite frankly, insane to consider. When he entered his sophomore year he met a girl by the name of Paige Irwin; Jay was already an immensely popular boy (his good looks and kind heart drawing people to him more easily than he expected most times) but heâd never taken to anyone the way he took to Paige. He was smitten with her immediately and did everything in his power to get to know her and spend every bit of spare time he had dedicating himself to that effort. It was, in essence, a whirlwind high school romance and Jay happily asked Paige to be his girlfriend two months into their knowing one another.
Theyâd been dating for two years when Paige came to him nearly in tears, and after Jay cycled through several questions that seemed intent on tracking down a specific person to find fault with - she admitted that she was pregnant. Jay had never planned on becoming a father at such a young age but he eagerly informed Paige that he would do everything in his power to be a wonderful father to their future child and a wonderful partner for Paige in general. Their graduation approached faster than either of them knew what to do with and rather than go away for school like theyâd been planning, both of them made the choice to attend Providence Peak University so they would never be far from a support system in the form of their families. Jay never regretted the choice and a few months into their first year of college their daughter Eleanor Miray Kartal was born.
She was, as far as Jay was concerned, the most beautiful thing in his entire life and outside of the occasional frantic call to his mother at two AM seeking advice, Jay considered fatherhood and his marriage to Paige to be the most important things in his life. Time passed and both Jay and Paige became teachers - Jay choosing to teach history at the high school level in Providence Peak and Paige teaching at the elementary school. Both of them were immensely passionate and their relationship only seemed to flourish once they shared a profession between them. Their lives remained picture perfect until Ellie was around eight - at which point Paige informed Jay that she felt their relationship had run its course and she needed something new.
Though he was heartbroken Jay was determined to maintain a healthy relationship with his now ex-wife and theyâre still friendly, though Paige no longer lives in Providence Peak. Itâs been a year and a half since the divorce and Jay is finally getting to a place where he feels he might be able to get out into the world again as a single man, and a single father. He has full custody of his daughter and trying to wrangle a pre-teen girl is one of the most difficult but arguably most fulfilling things heâs ever done in his life.














