#he is...my son

name: david adeyemi

age: twenty six

origin: bellflower, ca

label: the reticent

affiliate: rogue

david was a hopeful, cheerful boy upon entering this world. he went through milsestones quickly, his curiosity for the world around him often outshining the obstacles he faced. his parents would learn to describe him adventurous nature as admirable. he lived life as any other child would: bruises, scrapes, broken arms. he learned that even through pain, there were beautiful lessons. 

it wasn’t until he was 4 that the brightness and the light from within was turned to darkness. he was at his friends hours for a playdate when it happened: a semi pulled out of nowhere as his loving parents drove home from the movie s and before he knew it, david was an orphan. 

from then on, david could remember a growing sense of pain and ugliness within him. anger filled him like nothing else. he remembered having no one wanting to claim him, to take him into their home. even his aunt didn’t want to,  but eventually, she gave into a 6 year old david and allowed him to stay so long as he pulled his own weight. 

david was thankful, of course, but it was difficult to live in a place that he was not wanted and so he learned to resent even himself for his own existence. he grew angrier and angrier, began coming home with bloody fists and bruised eyes. 

eventually, as high school rolled around the corner, a counselor at school spoke to him, told him about the world of football and how many before him learned to channel their anger and emotions through the sport. after a series of fights and arguments, david was tossed into the football team as a last hail mary before they kicked him out for good. 

he grew to love the sport, he truly did. through it, he was finally able to find friends and family, a place to call a community. after practice dinners, pre-game work outs and ice baths — he has finally began to feel like things were coming together. however, the hole that was created by the absence of his parents no longer could be ignored and football wasn’t enough to fill it. 

parties, girls, hookups — it became a regular thing. he became the popular guy, the one guy on the football team who may have actually had a shot to go professional. but alas, the partying caught up to him and by the time he went off to college, he had begun to neglect his studies. it wasn’t long before his school asked him to leave and david was left directionless and broken. for a while, he traveled the country, not knowing where or what to do. 

eventually, david settled into a job at a mall  — a security guard of all things. there, he made friends with high schoolers working the foodstands and people that passed by. though his ego may have been shattered from the loss of a potential football career, he coinvicned himself that he was okay. 

ever since then, he’s been convincing himself that he is okay, and that nothing is wrong. he is a smiling, laughing opponent to the harsh realities of the apocalypse. 

tl:dr ? david is a messy ex-jock turned mall cop with a sad past but is also a puppy and will love u forever 

& WANTED CONNECTIONS.

ex-girlfriend: since david was... literally in almost every state at one point or another between the ages of 19-23, it doesnt rlly matter where ur muse is from. just imagine a young, cool david rollin’ up with his leather jackets and having a vv young and fun relationship w/ ur muse then abandoning them once he realizes he has #issues and hates himself. think of the angst, pals !

party friend: this would be his best party friend throughout his like.. 6 months in college lmao. it would be the guy he went to when he needed something fun. most likely they were also in a frat or the football team so that they could party all night and drink kale smoothies in the morning while they work out. true bros doing bro things. maybe made each other friendship bracelets. 

happier: kinda.. based on happier by marshmello & bastille ?? just someone that knows him well and knows he isn’t truly happy inside and just.. works hard to make him happy from within rather than working for cheap smiles. just some cute fluff !