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NICKNAME: J.

SEXUALITY: he likes people. in general. a lot.

SOME FACTS:

he never had a close relationship with his father. sure, the two would talk and occasionally throw a ball back and forth, but there was something missing between them. and he wasn’t sure he’d ever figure out what it was.

it was different with his mother. he was distant, for the most part - always residing to his room when he got home from school - but she would force her way into his life and leave a mark he wouldn’t know he needed.

she, along with his siblings, meant something to him (even if he didn’t always show them in physical gestures). and when she passed away so suddenly, something snapped inside of him. 

he couldn’t stop the anger from festering inside of him. it wasn’t fair. how could this happen? how could the universe allow this to happen to him? it didn’t help when his father showed up - someone he hardly remembered - and they had to readjust to their so-called happy family.

he got into his first fight that summer. he punched a kid right in the nose, leaving him to bleed while his friends tried to help him up. it only got worse as time went on, and he started getting sent home for aggressive behavior. 

eight or so months ago, he stood outside a bar with a fake ID. a boy his age bumped into him and called him a name he didn’t fully make out. the only thing jonah remembers from that night is sitting in the back of a police car; tired eyes locked on the bloody mess.. the one he’d created.

he was forced into anger management classes, after that. music and his classes have helped him so far, but he still struggles.

THAT PERSONALITY:

jonah is a complicated soul, as most of us are during our high school years. he’s still trying to come to terms with who he is, and it leads him to be a bit distant/reserved.

it’s not that he’s unkind... he just doesn’t want to trust the wrong person. he doesn’t want to get close to someone and then have them leave him, like his mother did.

he’s aggressive. little things set him off, but mostly because he reads situations wrong. he’s quick-tempered and always assumes the worst, even if his heart is telling him he’s wrong.

he has a lot of love to give. if only he knew how to do this without punishing himself in the process.

he’s intelligent. once you get him talking about something he enjoys, he might not stop for hours.

WANTED (dead or alive):

a fling. can be someone he met in school, or maybe he met them at a party. serious?? not serious??? booty call??? angsty? throw it all at me.

a best friend/confidant. jonah isn’t very good at forming connections with people. this person would’ve had to knock down his defenses and showed him he could trust them no matter what. i’m even down for a trio.

an ex. maybe the two absolutely hate each other, or maybe they pushed each other away. they could’ve been each other’s firsts. they can still be friends, now.

enemies. face it. we all have enemies in high school. people we don’t necessarily enjoy, for whatever reason.

NICKNAME: don.

SEXUALITY: heterosexual.

SOME FACTS:

he originally planned to go to school for environmental science. a friend of his joked about how he’d look sexy as a firefighter, and, alas, the idea didn’t seem so bad.

insert info on how he met his wife here.

it was frustrating; the idea of them not being able to have kids, when plenty of others could do so without a problem. she wanted to try a fertility treatment - a one last resort kind of thing - and he was more than supportive of this.

then the treatment ended up working too well, and he wasn’t sure they’d be able to juggle work and four kids without a whole lot of “we’re getting a divorce!” arguments. somehow, they did it. four kids. all theirs. for a second time in his life, he was genuinely happy.

when their children turned ten years old, don got into a major accident on the job. his line of work was never easy, but on this particular day... he wasn’t sure how he’d made it out alive.

he was hospitalized for nearly a month, undergoing multiple surgeries and treatments. when he finally woke up - on a day that felt like any other - he realized something was off. his right eye... it could only recognize shapes. everything looked fuzzy. his accident had left him partially blind.

he couldn’t let his family know. he didn’t want them to worry about him anymore than they’d already had, especially when they had their own troubles to deal with. as far as he’s concerned, no one knows about his eye, and he doesn’t plan on telling anyone anytime soon.

A PERSONALITY:

don is incredibly kind to everyone he meets. sure, he has his bad days, as we all do, but he’s a genuine human being who likes to help people whenever he can.

he likes to make people laugh. besides his eyes, the first thing people compliment him about is his sense of humor. he’s the guy at the bar who cracks a joke every five seconds (you either love him for it or want him to leave).

he likes to think he’s good at being a dad, but he definitely has his flaws. being in a field that requires him to protect other people made him stricter than he’d intended to be. he’s over-protective and quite irrational at times, especially when it comes to change.

after his accident, he became moodier than usual. sometimes he snaps randomly, without thinking. other times, he comes home and closes his bedroom door, as a way to say “i don’t want to be bothered”.

WANTED (dead or alive):

an ex? someone who refuses to believe they’re over, even though he’s been married for years. or maybe he slept with someone before he met his wife, and he has a child he doesn’t know about.

a best friend/partner-in-crime. maybe they work with him? or they know him from highschool? maybe the two grew up together, and they’re the only one who knows about his secret? or maybe they don’t, and that could cause angsty issues later on.

enemies. people who are jealous of him or just don’t like him in general. someone he’s tried getting along with, but they just don’t click.