Jack Steven Mendes

Detective

January 17th 1993

23

Male

Straight

Openly looking

Detective

3C

Jack is uncommonly tall, though not so much that it appears strange or unattractive. He is very fit from the boxing he does, but doesn't seem to retain as much body mass as he would like. Despite being tall and fit he is not what most would picture as big or strong. He is skinny, due to his amazing metabolism, for his height and if caught off guard with his shirt off it would be easy to see his ribs. He makes up for being so skinny be being fast and agile. He has a surmountable endurance which certainly helps with the job.
When it comes to clothes Jack likes to wear tight fitting ones. Skinny jeans and long sleeve shirts that hug his chest and arms. Over the shirt he is usually wearing a black leather jacket. When on the job Jack always wears his classic black mafia style hat with wide brim. He's quite fond about that hat. Don't touch the hat.
Jack has a few important scars from life. A dozen faded small cuts on his left hand from punching through a window when he was seven. Two long scars across the side of both of his knees when he had trouble with growing pains in his legs and they had to operate. The last one is a small indent on his stomach and back where he was shot and the bullet went straight through his body.

His eyes usually dart quickly around a room when first entering or bored
runs fingers through hair
clenches fists
rolls eyes all the time
smiling with his tongue pressed up against his teeth

boxing and working out
psychoanalyzing other people (he minored in psychology)
eating

Being smarter than everyone else
sex (who doesn't?)
his hat
fighting
making jokes that make everyone laugh
coffee
cuddling (though he wouldn't openly admit it)

drugs
alcohol
being stumped
being insulated
starving

being shot again
being beaten
losing his hat

Jack is the time of guy that keeps getting up whenever he is knocked down. He will try harder than anyone else and prides himself on that fact. He knows that he might never be the strongest or fastest, but as long as he tries hard enough he will only get better. This doesn't mean he is boring or constantly busy. Jack loves being around other people, whether it's just hanging out or boxing in the gym, he makes sure he has someone to keep him company.
However, sometimes people don't exactly like being around Jack because of his attitude. His cocky, 'I don't give a fuck,' attitude puts off a lot of people. He sees himself as an incredibly intelligent person after graduating from college a year early, and so is often loud and arrogant sounding.
When it comes to Jack's job, he is never more focused. Nothing can deter him from his work. When stumped on a case he becomes incredibly frustrated and can be found pacing his paper covered room, like a caged tiger, in front of a map covered in strings and darts. He absolutely hates missing a piece of the puzzle in a case and can't rest properly until he finds it. Some cases that they weren't able to solve still bother him.

Jack grew up in Britain, quite a ways from San Francisco. He lived there with his single dad. His mother had died during the childbirth of his younger sister. She hadn't made it either. So it was just his dad and him growing up. He was a kind man, large like a bull, but with a personality like a teddy bear. Unfortunately when Jack was seven they were forced to move to the United States. He was angry at having to leave all his friends and unfairly took it out on his dad.
In the states Jack quickly forgot about his old life and adapted easily to the new. He never tried in school, it came naturally to him, which he was very grateful for. He tried sports, but never really took a liking to them. There was too much dependence on other people. He much rather be by himself then on a team. That was when he started karate. It was his first introduction into the fighting world. Soon he evolved from the martial arts scene to classic boxing. The hobby of his made him happier than anything else. He couldn't wait till the bell rang at the end of school and he could rush off to the gym. The only time he stopped going was when he had surgery on his knees.
Things were good for Jack, however, his father started to get sick. He was diagnosed with cancer. Treatment was expensive which took its toll on Jack, but he always tried to be there supporting his father. In the end the treatment failed and Jack's father died. He was just heading into college at the time so he didn't have to go into the foster care system. In college he studied criminology and minored in psychology. Becoming a detective had always been a huge interest from and he intended to get there.

Jack absolutely loves getting into a fight with criminals while working on cases.

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