#bennett fitzwilliam

         meet bennett fitzwilliam - aka the explorer of the upper east side.

basics -

name : bennett fitzwilliam age : 24 birthdate : december 15th, 1997 zodiac : sagittarius current profession : drummer of the imps gender identity & sexuality : UP TO PLAYER. known online as : b or the explorer based on aaron rose.

the small details -

&& aesthetics : UP TO PLAYER. && habits : - UP TO PLAYER. - UP TO PLAYER. - UP TO PLAYER.

                    the unofficial biography -

Bennett fitzwilliam had a pretty obvious trajectory. skipping the fifth grade entirely, he was a year younger than the rest of his peers in school, which should have made him an outcast, but somehow didn’t. the fact that he was a certified genius ( his mother had him tested ) and could easily go on to fix world hunger or solve world peace, he was always more of a laid back, go with the flow kinda guy. the big degrees and eventual career in law like his father would come - he just wanted to hang with his friends and enjoy his youth while he could. 

he was already on the path - an early acceptance to harvard, his room decorated crimson to celebrate - when a giant snowstorm hit new york. stuck in connecticut with his buddies, they messed around on old instruments left behind over the years - a drum set, a guitar, a bass. and suddenly, a band was formed.  it was the most natural thing in the world. while he didn’t care about the business side of things, becoming a drummer in a band felt right. he could travel, which was all he really had wanted to do anyways, play music, hang with his friends, the photoshoots and interviews and magazines were just a side effect - and not always a welcome one - but a necessary evil as they hit the stratosphere running.  not one to dwell on ‘could have been’s’, bennett hasn’t much wondered what his life would have been. there would have been more suits, he’s sure, but probably just as many late nights surrounded by drugs and sex. after all, it was something they all learned growing up - the world of the rich and famous wasn’t all that different from the world of the just plain rich. more publicity, more reporters, but everything else - well, that was pretty much the same. the imps are down a main man, but they’ve been there before and if there’s anything bennett’s learned from the world around him, it’s that everything that’s meant to be will be. so maybe the writer is gone for now, but someone is sure to step up in his place - and in the meantime, he’s got enough money in the bank to take off and explore the world around him. 

           keep your friends close, and your enemies closer -

nora foster - you’re not supposed to snake your leading man’s girl, but the writer never even seemed to notice nora when she was around. in fact, it was as if he was blinded - but to bennett, it was the first time he really felt alive. she was dark and funny, taking life just about as seriously as he was. true love hit him, and it hit him hard - all the songs they were singing made sense, even if he knew they were written for a different girl entirely.  he fell harder than she did - he usually did - and while their fling was short-lived, he doesn’t have any regrets. now, the two are friends and that’s good enough for him. sometimes he still wonders what it is that draws her to the former lead singer of his band, but if she’s happy, he won’t stand in the way. the second she isn’t, though - he’s there, ready to make a move.  alfie fitzwilliam-laurent - bennett had never had siblings before the laurent siblings came into his life. while adelaide made her feelings of disdain clear, alfie was glad to have someone around to talk to - and bennett felt the same. the two were close enough in age to bond pretty quickly, and while they spent a lot of time laughing at their circumstances - the fits their sister threw, the impulsive decisions of the new mrs. fitzwilliam, the cringey aspects of mr. fitzwilliam - they found true brotherhood with one another.  it’s a coincidence that they both ended up in music, and while bennett knows some people in the band would love for alfie to come and produce for them, he won’t ask him to do anything he doesn’t want to. unlike everyone else, it seems, bennett isn’t about to use anyone around him - even if it helps himself.  other quick connections : adelaide laurent ( step-sister ), hayden brooks ( best friend ), elias quinn ( former bandmate ), ophelia carmichael ( ex-girlfriend ). more listed here.