Christopher Argent | Request Muse
Romance:Â Bisexual [male lean]
Chris was born and raised in Beacon Hills. Unlike his daughter, who grew up oblivious to the entirety of the supernatural world, Chris was trained in it from the day he was born. He grew up learning how to kill every kind of creature his family knew of. However, he was also raised to follow and believe in the family code; âWe Hunt Those Who Hunt UsâÂ. Growing up in Beacon Hills also meant that he grew up with the Hale family. Being quite precise, Peter Hale was the young hunterâs best friend. He was well aware that the Hale family was largely wolves, but they were all innocent, so there was no need to harm or kill any of them. He enjoyed Peterâs company, a large reason for this was because even though they were very alike, they were also completely different. When his training began officially, he wasnââŹt fond of having to work around the training to spend time with his friend. He managed to stay close to the wolf, though. Moving on through middle school proved that they were two sides of a coin. Peter was quickly decided to be a star basketball player. As the other teenâs best friend, Chris made sure he could attend as many of the games as he could. Where the wolf was more athletic, Chris proved to be more of a scholar. Almost perfect grades despite the training he was being put through by his father. Even through these well-established differences in their styles, nothing deterred the two boys from being friends. It would be high school that became a bit harder for Chris to face.
Freshman year was easy, a tad frustrating for the first few weeks like every transition. The hunter and the wolf stayed as close as ever, studying, practicing and even training from time to time. Sophomore year would be what put the young hunter on edge. He became aware that his feelings for his friend were a great deal deeper than just a friend. Along with this revelation came the horror that he could never say anything to anyone; especially not to Peter or his father. Gerard could barely handle the fact that Chris was friends with a werewolf. To find out Chris actually loved said wolf? It was dangerous on a different level. He knew saying anything about having romantic feeling for Peter would either get the wolf hurt or killed. Losing his closest friend was one thing that Chris could not conceive of handling. As much as it hurt to not be able to confess how much he loved the wolf, he knew it was for the best. Keeping his best friend, his beloved wolf, alive was one of the most important things to him. He continued to stay as just the best friend, secretly enjoying any contact spending time with Peter brought him. Sophomore year was almost over when Victoria suddenly began showing an interest. He didnât care much for her, she wasnât his type in the least, and her every attempt to grab his attention only made him realize how much he loved Peter. He was really looking forward to senior yearâs end, when he planned to break away from his family and leave hunting behind. He wasnât willing to hunt if it cost him being with the one person he actually cared about. The summer before junior year was spent mostly in the woods with Peter; talking about everything from colleges to the various degrees they wanted. It was the most peace Chris had felt in a while. Even though it was two years away, graduation was a light at the end of the tunnel the more he talked with Peter about schools out of state. He could tell Peter how he felt, maybe even be with him, and there would be no reason to hide it.
Chrisâ dream of getting out and having a semi-peaceful life began to dwindle when Gerard began to push him to spend time with Victoria. Chris tried to protest, but his father insisted it was a âperfect matchâ because Victoria was from a family of hunters as well. Forced to appease his father, he began spending time with the other hunter. However, he made sure that he could spend time with Peter, too. He became more than a little annoyed when Victoria began changing plans to interfere with plans heâd already made with Peter. He tried to remain hopeful of his plan to not hunt when he received terrible news. Or rather, overheard terrible news. Someone didnât like how close he seemed to be with Peter, and arrangements were being made for a marriage after graduation. This news actually broke something in the hunter, and he fell into a slight depression. He was trapped, and there was no way out of it. He couldnât tell his father he couldnât marry Victoria. The man would demand to know why. And that would require Chris explaining that he was in love with a man. And not just any man, but a werewolf. Chris knew that would get the wolf killed, and it was ridiculous. His dream of escape was quickly diminishing, a kind of despair taking a piece of him away. With this realization, a kind of resignation drove him to spend as much time as possible with his best friend. He wanted as many memories as possible with Peter, his countdown to freedom becoming a countdown to hell. He wasnât sure how to explain it, other than his father had arranged a marriage. He wasnât going to say he was happy, because he knew Peter would call him out on the lie. Neither of them cared for Victoria and her too eager killing ways. When he was forced to propose, he knew he had to tell his wolf. And doing so was the hardest thing he had ever done. He wasnât surprised when Peter seemed upset, and for a long time, the two males had simply sat quietly. He hated feeling like he had failed, but both of them knew just how terrible Gerard could be.
Even though Gerard told him not to, Chris invited Peter. He wasnât surprised when Peter showed at the very edge of the party, and even though Chris never walked to him, they met eyes several times. The hunter was grateful for it and continued as best he could, putting on a fake smile and moving about as the reception demanded. As heâd been directed to leave, Chris was almost certain someone had grabbed his hand briefly, but when he had looked, no one was there. He began to move around, unable to handle the thought of watching Peter marry. He felt sick being with the female hunter, because a part of him knew she had no code. Finding that Kate had adopted a small toddler and without Gerardâs okay was a bit disconcerting. But Chris hoped that becoming a parent would ease her into following the code like she had been raised. He enjoyed spending time with little Claudia, and even mentioned a few times how odd it felt that Kate had become a parent first. When Victoria told him she was pregnant, Chris found that for the first time in a long while, he was actually happy. His only demand was that his child - no matter the gender - not be raised as a hunter. It took nearly the entire pregnancy for Gerard and Victoria to agree, which gave Chris a sense of relief. Unlike himself, he could protect his child from the darkness the world possessed for just a little longer. After Allison was born and the two Argent kids began to show interest in archery, Chris and Kate agreed to let the girls learn together. Chris was proud that Allison took so well to the bow and arrow, although he noted how unhappy Kate was that his niece wasnât perfect. His theory about Kate becoming better because she was a parent began to falter; he was suspicious that Kate was training Claudia without actually saying she was. He worried that the girl might end up like his sister. He never got to know, because just weeks later, the accident happened that supposedly killed the girl.
Chris didnât speak about his feelings, keeping everything carefully locked away, but seeing his best friend, the man he loved, insane from grief and being comatose, broke Chris in ways he could never explain. The events that followed pulled Allison into the world and he could do little to stop her. He just didnât realize that he would lose her before she could even graduate high school. In the wake of Allisonâs death, Chris vanished to France, not wanting to associate with any bad memories.
