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OLIVER JOSEPH ABRAMS

AGE: 24

BIRTHDAY: June 4th, 2000

BIRTH ORDER: Fifth

TYPE: Twin

GENDER: Cisman

PRONOUNS: he/him

ORIENTATION(S): Bisexual

FACE CLAIM: Asa Butterfield

JOB/SCHOOL

GRADE: Sophomore

MAJOR: Pre Med

JOB: Barista at The Bean

ABOUT

A happy, extroverted and empathetic kid, Oliver loves his family, his friends, and pretty much everyone else too. It’s almost like he was born with the ability to make any situation better no matter what it was, and with this superpower, Oliver thrived at life. That doesn’t mean that his life was without problems, he has struggled with dyslexia his whole life, but once he was diagnosed and getting the right support at school, he's managed to do pretty well academically.

His life turned upside down for a moment following Artie's accident and subsequent paralysis and it affected him deeply to see his brother so affected by it, to see his whole life changed in an instant, and suddenly Oliver found that his ability to make things better had hit its limit. From them on, Oliver swore he'd find a way to fix things, to find a way to help not just his brother but other people that suffered injuries like this, life changing and altering injuries that shouldn’t have to mean the end of anything, and as such he set his sights on becoming a doctor.

OLIVER WILSON-JONES ➝ SECOND SIBLING

I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN

❖ FULL NAME: Oliver Zachary Wilson-Jones. ❖ PRONOUNS: He/Him. ❖ AGE: 23. (June 21st). ❖ BIRTH ORDER: Second. Adopted. ❖ GRADE: Part-Time. ❖ MAJOR: Architectural Engineering. ❖ SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual. ❖ ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Heteromantic. ❖ FACECLAIM: Freddie Stroma.

I'LL FOLLOW YOU UNTIL YOU LOVE ME

Truth be told, if Oliver were to be asked about his earliest memory, he would say he remembered singing. Not by him, though. Never him. He had the type of voice that wouldn’t ever compare to his mother’s, or even to the constant humming done by his little sister. Still, all he could remember as a young boy was the melodious, dulcet tones of the two most important people in his life. Oliver, on the other hand? He quickly took to playing football with the other boys around the block – though he unfortunately realized after playing every position imaginable that it just wasn’t his sport. One day, after a crushing pick-up game had left his spirits low and a split-second decision to take the long way home from the fields made him stumble upon a beat up basketball court, he knew that basketball was it for him.

For an hour after every school day ended, Oliver found himself using his football as a basketball and shooting from every spot on the court. At first, he was completely awful – his shots barely hit the net, much less the rim. It took time until he was comfortable enough to ask to be signed up for a basketball team; a rarity in South Shields. No one truly cared about basketball in their hometown, as Newcastle United FC – or football, in general – were what most people cared about. Not him, though. His dream wasn’t to play for the Magpies. His dream was to play in Chicago, Los Angeles or Boston, much like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird did in their day.

Even though playing basketball in America was Oliver’s dream, he didn’t let that deter him from what was important – his mother and little sister. Even though he was constantly practicing the sport, he always made time for them, especially Roxanne. Even if she didn’t see the looks strangers gave their family, or she simply ignored them, Oliver saw everything. He knew everyone wondered about the girl with different colored skin than them. To everyone else, she was different. To him, she was his sister. To him, the fact that they didn’t share the same skin or hair color didn’t matter; what mattered was that they shared blood. That was the reason why Oliver, even though he wasn’t a Jones by blood, made sure to change his last name to Wilson-Jones at age eighteen. That was his sister, and he’d be damned if anyone thought differently.

At age eighteen, even though it was a rarity, Oliver Wilson-Jones had been given a basketball scholarship to one of the most prestigious basketball programs in America – Duke University. Even though the last thing he wanted to do was leave his family behind, they all knew that this was an opportunity he needed to take. Coach Krzyzewski was one of the most influential coaches in basketball history, even coaching the US Men’s team in the Olympics – who was he to pass that up and remain in England, playing for some mediocre team when he’d been given such an opportunity on a silver platter?

At Duke, Oliver excelled both on and off the field and though he cared about his studies, the NBA quickly came calling. After one year at the university, he declared for the NBA draft and was promptly drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. It was a dream come true for him, especially since he got to learn the game by watching and playing with one of the best players in the history of the game. After their retirement, Oliver was left as the young face of the franchise. It was tough at times – they were young and inexperienced and for the first time in a long time, the Lakers were one of the failing franchises in the NBA. Not for long, though. Oliver was sure he would be the one to turn things around for the franchise.

Though Oliver knew basketball would take up most of his time, the fact that Roxanne had enrolled at Pacific State changed his mind about school. Well, that and seeing how everything could change in an instant. One injury and his future could be done; and he knew he needed an actual career to fall back on. So, he decided to study part-time. It would take much longer to get his diploma, but he didn’t care. With playing basketball, doing all he could for Marcus Jones’ charity – something that had made Marcus proud that he was also donning the last name, enough to formally and legally adopt him as a token of his appreciation for taking care of Roxanne for so long – and studying, he knew he’d be constantly busy. But, he didn’t care. He had the life he’d dreamed of as a boy in England.

BABY, THERE'S NO OTHER SUPERSTAR

Throughout the basketball season, Oliver lets his hair grow to his natural blonde curls for a couple of months until he gets tired of it and cuts it all off; it fluctuates with his mood. Off the court, he’s dressed fashionably, every little detail is meticulously taken care of even before he steps out of his house. Because he has his own signature shoe with Nike, Oliver is usually seen wearing either his own shoe, or any Nike model known to man.

YOU KNOW THAT I'LL BE YOUR PAPARAZZI

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