as  midnight  approaches,  CADE  ANDERSON  and  AVA  BATISTA  are  locked  in  a  vicious  argument.  old  grudges,  long  standing  resentment—it  all  spills  out,  escalating  beyond  words.  people  are  watching  now,  whispering,  waiting  to  see  if  the  fight  will  turn  into  something  bigger.

in short,

name. ██████ cade ██████, aka cade weston anderson. nickname. no. age. twenty - three. gender. cis man [ he/him ] birthday. august 1st. zodiac. leo. sexuality. bisexual. education history. high school graduate, junior [ art history ] languages. english + asl. relationship status. single.

ethnicity. white. nationality. american. faceclaim. harris dickinson. height. 6'2. hair. light brown. eyes. blue. body mods. here, here. scars. scar over sternum, scar cutting over left brow.

at length,

yeehaw! cade was born on a ranch in texas and he's got the southern charm to prove it. son of a rancher and a stay at home mom, he's the second-born and first son of six kids, so he's used to fighting for attention. also lived with his grandparents. he's very big on family.

used to do rodeos and racing as a kid, which is where a good amount of his small but mighty instagram following comes from. otherwise, he barely uses social media. not for any cool or mysterious reason, mostly because he can't be assed to keep up with it.

despite his cowboy tendencies, he grew tired of texas. his passion's not in racing or ranching, much to his parent's disapproval. it's in art. while he has aspirations of becoming a curator or making a living selling pieces of his own, his parents are convinced the degree's just a phase he'll get over and once he graduates, he'll be at the ranch where he belongs.

this is about as much as he tells anyone about his backstory. details aren't something he's willing to give just anybody, and it's a miracle if you get him to admit the exact number of siblings he has. something of an enigma on purpose. he can't have anyone know that ███ ████████ ████ ██ which he ████ ███ █████ ███ was so bad that ██ █████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ███ █████. after he's been through the trouble of ███████ ███ ███ ███ ████████ ███ ████, he wants to put the past behind him.

scholarship student. doesn't have anything against rich kids unless they test him, but he also likes to fight, so sometimes he pushes just because he can. volatile in the sense that he loves a push and pull, unpredictable in his mood. mostly he's nice-ish, though. again, that southern charm does wonders for his reputation.

wanted connections,

best friend. these two have been through thick and thin together, meeting by chance during freshmen year ( maybe dormmates? ) & have been attached at the hip ever since. easily his favorite person in the world, and one of the only people he trusts to know everything about him ( aka, one of the only people with insight on his secret ).

rival. maybe academic rivals, maybe some other kind of rival. the point is these two do not like each other, but they also can't seem to stop getting in competition with one another. there's almost a thrill at beating the other at their own game. like two pieces on a chessboard, no matter how much they claim to dislike one another, they're always back at it.

hate at first sight. here's the thing: cade likes to fight. this character is unfortunately his favorite to start shit with. they haven't gotten along, ever. being in a room with them is explosive... in the worst way possible. they can't be in the same place without starting something.

party friend. what it says on the tin! very barebones, shallow friendship, but they still enjoy each other's company. there's nobody they'd rather get drunk with than each other.

bad influence. as in, he's a bad influence on them, of course. or perhaps it's better to say they're a good influence on him? whichever way the wind blows, these two are polar opposites on the morality spectrum, but somehow they manage to make good friends. someone he genuinely likes, maybe even someone he trusts.