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Jensen Mitchell

26

5’11

he/him (cis man, but in an autistic shrug way)

bisexual

Black

autistic/adhd

isfj

Quiet, competent, and thoughtful, Jensen has a warm and easygoing attitude that means he’s well-liked even though he tends to be more subdued with strangers. He’s reserved, but unpretentious and kind, which makes him naturally rather charming without much extra effort on his part! People sometimes mistake his quietness for being shy, but he’s just more of a natural observer in larger groups or amongst strangers and acquaintances.

He works as a finance analyst for a fitness technology company. His job is mind-numbing but he’s extremely good at it, and though he doesn’t make an absurd amount of money now, in just a few years he’s moved up a lot. He values his job security more than having a job that he’s especially passionate about, and he does enjoy being good at it!!

Jensen grew up in a big blended family. He has his parents and his little sister, his older half siblings, and his other little sister (his dad’s ex wife’s kid who technically isn’t related but also is). He’s right in the middle of them all, so his older siblings fuck with him and he dotes on his little sisters. He lives a bit further away these days from his family, but still close enough to drive down for a long weekend every 2-3 months. His family can be overwhelming and like all families it has its issues, but they all get along well and he loves them dearly.

Jensen and Iris have a very straightforward relationship both pre and post dating. They’re both communicative and direct, are easygoing about compromising, and the traits where they greatly differ tend to be things they admire in the other person. Iris is quite silly, a bit hyperactive, a yapper with a wild imagination. She brings out his more relaxed, chatty, teasing side that’s normally reserved for his siblings. On the other hand, he makes her feel safe and calm in a way few do, and is one of the only people she can sit in silence with comfortably.

They have a lot of shared hobbies as well. Both of them are into fitness for fun over function. They both love swimming and hiking. Unlike Iris, Jensen is really into kickboxing. Iris is more into cycling. They’re lucky to have similar thresholds for how much exercise is fun and how much is annoying - they’ll go out for a few hours in the morning or half a day, but neither wants to drag the other on a weekend-long bikepacking excursion, etc.

Jensen loves movies, Iris is more of a reader, and they trade off recommendations and keep each other cultured. Or uncultured… Jensen loves old, bad movies, westerns and martial arts movies and camp horror and Iris reads a lot of meandering webnovels and decades-old SFF pulp. But they try to keep up with classics and newer things too.

Primarily though their biggest shared hobby is gaming. It is… probably relevant that this entire setting is slightly in the future in an alternate timeline. “Immersive reality” games are new but increasingly popular and accessible, much like virtual reality headsets are now. Immersive reality games put you inside the game, like Sword Art Online or Ready Player One or Bofuri or the Ripple System or any other media you know lol. Both Jensen and Iris play immersive reality games as well as more old school games and they play together a ton.

Eventually a huge open-world fantasy comes out, an MMORPG called Ivensis: Reawakening. It’s a long story that I will explain eventually… but on launch day Jensen and Iris are among the many players that are inadvertently stuck in the game for a long period of time. Their friendship is very established by then, but their romantic relationship starts inside a video game. Lol

I do also have a modern day au where none of that part happens at all and they are just poor asf roommates doing their best. But the Safgaverse is their normal setting and I like it a bit better because there are things like universal basic income and clean energy and a lot more things that are a pipe dream in a modern day setting.