❛ ˗˗˗˗ ❥ ( lorenzo zurzolo, he/him, cis male. ) : * ❝ oh my god ! it's rafael thomas ! i think they are a twenty-two year old medical student from milan, italy but they’ve been living in apartment 403, bedroom 1 for 7 months. they are known as the sentinel because they are so + dutiful, and + compassionate but they can also be very - socially oblivious, and - rigid. they often remind me of scars all up his left hand, italian loafers, a piping hot mug of green tea. ❞ ally. 22. est.
hello and welcome to the second Disaster. his bg is a bit shorter but i’m still adding a tldr. if you wanna plot, like this and i’ll hyu!
history. (tw organized crime, murder, injury) (tl;dr at bottom)
grew up in the mafia, the quarantas of milan. his mother did genuinely love him, but to toughen him up his grandfather didn’t allow her to hold him once he turned three. still, when he had tough days, she’d ask his maid to keep his bedroom window open when he went to bed, and she’d sing lullabies for him from her balcony.
he was made to be a vicious man, but when he met his art teacher, a gift from his mother, he loved him instantly. he was a father figure to rafael. but his grandfather, the kingpin of the quaranta family, noticed he was getting attached, and had him killed in front of a ten-year-old rafael. when rafal cried, his grandfather ordered every finger in his left hand be broken, so he’d be unable to draw for a long, long time.
once he and his mother were alone, she pulled him into a hug, and whispered into his ear the name of his father, doctor jonathan thomas, in new york city. rafael ran away the next day, his mother taking out the guards from the balcony. it wasn’t until years later rafael learned she’d been killed.
rafael smuggled himself out of italy and into a boat, draining his rations and almost starving at sea before he came to new york. he lived on the streets for a couple weeks before he managed to track down doctor jonathan thomas, who is the preeminent cardiothoracic surgeon in new york city.
once he got the paternity test done, jonathan promptly shipped rafael off to boarding school in switzerland, even though rafael was terrified to go near italy. thankfully, it’s an extremely guarded school, and he was safe there until he finally graduated. he changed his name to thomas in that time; quaranta is extremely known.
does everything to make his father proud. has excellent grades, was in like all the fucking extra curriculars, has stayed so fucking clean it’s unbelievable, went to harvard where he majored in chemical and physical biology, and got early acceptance to grossman school of medicine at nyu. wants to become a doctor just like his father. originally he wanted to be a surgeon, but he’s not so sure anymore.
tl;dr born into mafia in milan, escaped after having his art tutor killed and all his fingers broken, found his father in nyc, wants to impress him so bad to this day and become a doctor just like him.
personality.
the physical manifestation of this tik tok
has a pretty bad temper, snaps at people very easily, but he almost never comes from a place of malice when he snaps at people. unless he thinks you are a Bad Person, in which case he will physically fight you.
(dw though; the person he’s maddest at on a regular basis is himself)
MASSIVE perfectionist like its a PROBLEM he hates it when things aren’t perfect
health nut, goes to the gym every day and is a vegan who makes himself the healthiest fucking food.
and ofc he’s a goddamned medical student, so he’s almost always studying.
at least part of the reason why he wants to be a doctor is because he wants to right the wrongs of his past and his family, saving lives instead of ending them.
will smoke a guilty cigarette every now and again, and if you catch him he will be EXTREMELY embarrassed
has major grandpa energy. loves wool sweaters and slacks, crosswords, and yelling at kids to get off his damn lawn
very catholic, goes to mass every sunday, so fucking straight edge it’s not even funny.
also he’s bi but doesn’t realize it it’ll be fun.
also Talks Like This half because english is like his third or fourth language and half because he’s just Like That. also has a slight italian accent but it’s mostly gone by now.
he’s actually a very loving and caring person he just doesn’t know how to express that in a way that isn’t weirdly aggressive or just plain weird. like if he hears you having a bad day he’ll make you a batch of cookies, leave it at your doorstep, knock and run away.
wanted connections.
i honestly dk its..... Wildin i just need a bunch of ducklings for him to unintentionally mother
maybe someone who makes him have a Gay Crisis
