Derek Aedan O'Leary

N/A

22

Male

Heterosexual

It's Complicated

As a member of the football team, and being the best Running Back Woodford has seen in years, it was only a matter of time before Rachel and Derek would get to know each other. Sure, he's not a party animal like his teammates but Rachel is one of the few who knows a secret about Derek and has kept it silent for him. His love of poetry. He's even sent her multiple of his poems for an outside perspective and sees her as basically his editor.

Derek O'Leary has had ups and downs in his way of being. As a young kid, he was a really kind child, but as a result of bullying, he quickly had become jaded. Up until his Senior year of high school, he himself had become the bully, tormenting anyone who was "privileged". Due to various circumstances, he came to the point of introspection. Nowadays, he simply avoids most people. He's not sure if it's because he still hates himself or because he can't really stand the attitudes of some of the people at this college.

But if someone can get to know him and make a friend of him then he'll stand by them and support them the best way that he can. To him, loyalty is the absolute most important quality in a person. He may not be the most outspoken guy in the room but if you're his friend you will know he has your back.

To start telling the biography of Derek one would need to start first with his parents.

Sarah and Mike, the mother and father of Derek, were the IT couple in Derek's hometown during their high school years. The captain of the football team and the head cheerleader. Prom King and Queen and the most popular kids in town. Yet, as a lot of kids their age, they were young, stupid, and careless. A few weeks after prom Sarah realized she was pregnant. Her parents were furious but did nothing to punish the girl. Mike also promised he would stick by her side forever and that a baby wouldn't change anything, and she believed him. How unfortunately naive.

Only a few days before the due date and Mike disappeared without a trace. Even the boys family and closest friends had no idea where he went other than a note that basically amounted to saying screw everyone and that he was skipping town forever. To add to Sarah's grief, her mother's death occurred the same day that Derek was born. How could someone be happy in these horrible circumstances? However, the moment she looked at the tiny bundle she only felt happiness. Sarah was overjoyed to have the baby in her arms.

The joy didn't last long, and she knew it wouldn't. Her father was an extremely austere man. He told her she would work to get a place for her and her baby despite having the money and living space to support them. He would give them money anytime they ultimately needed it, but other than that all the man did was watch Derek while Sarah was working or taking classes.

Skip a few years to while Derek is in elementary school. He is a kind quiet boy. Helps his classmates and has a few friends. Then a specific kid moves into town. Starts bullying Derek calling him all sorts of things and harassing him. Derek took it and never responded. Until one day the boy attacked one of Derek's friends. Derek couldn't stand by and watch. He stood up to the bully and in the process got beat up for it. Then his 'friend' didn't even help him.

Derek was broken by what happened. He switched schools because his mother didn't want him to get hurt again. When he started at the new school, he was different. No longer the sweet boy. Now, he despised anyone who looked down on others or had it in any sorts of the way easy. No one other than Sarah remembered the kind boy that Derek used to be.

Starting high school was the same deal. By this time Derek had his lackeys and quickly became one of the top dogs of his grade. He was just a jerk and bully to anyone who didn't stand behind him. Being one of the best football players in the state didn't help much either. By his junior year, some considered him the most popular guy on campus, and he hated it.

Over the summer between his junior and senior year, something unexpected happened. Mike Harris had returned to town with two children tagging along. The story was he ran away with some college girl and was only now coming back because his wife died and he wanted to introduce his children to their family. Derek wanted nothing to do with the three, and neither did Sarah really, but Risteard suggested she try to reconnect since he was reasonably well off and when Mike asked her out she agreed. One thing led to another and Mike had Sarah move in with him. They tried to get Derek to join them, but he refused to move instead opting to stay at the apartment he had called home for years. His mother was at least able to get Derek to let Mike pay for the rent, but the teenager still hated the man.

It didn't take Derek long to realize that Mike was not as kind as he was pretending to be. Noticing the faint signs of his mother's diminishing physical strength and freedom. During his Senior year, all the stress caused Derek to somewhat reflect on who he was. He never wanted to be anything like Mike and felt that the path he was on was turning him into that man. At first, Derek started by trying to apologize to some of those terrorized by him in the school eventually even doing various favors for them. No one faulted him for trying, but he hadn't 100% changed and was still aggressive and hot-headed letting his mean streak bleed through occasionally.

Going into college, he was at least able to make up for a little bit of the trouble he caused to others. He also formed at least somewhat of a relationship with his two half-siblings only because of his mother. However, he still despises the man known as his father, and it's likely that fact will never change. He chose to go to Woodford as it was far away from everything and it was the university which offered him the best scholarship. Derek has mostly focused on football and his business degree. He was determined to be able to support his mother after college so that he can get her away from Mike. If one were to fail he hoped he was good enough at the other for it to succeed.

Rupert Grint | Olive/808000
His main hobby, as he doesn't really consider football as just a hobby, is poetry. He has been writing poems ever since middle school and has actually become quite good at it. Very few people know about it though.
Outside of his actual family, he considers everyone on the football team as his brothers. So, even if he doesn't like their personality he will still stand by them even off the field.
I have not had anything to eat yet.

Brandis Isaac Tinsley

Tens, Bran _{(by close friends & family)}

22

Male

Straight

Unknown

The drug dealer. Met at a party their sophomore year when Rachel was upset about something; he only pretended to listen to her at that point. Two purple pills and a bump of coke later they spent the next three hours speaking about her life, her familial frustrations, and how she could remove excess stress from her life. All her did was introduce her to Zen concept of staying within the moment, whereas the past and future contain what cannot be controlled. She considered some kind of therapeutic genius...but she was pretty fucked up. He didn't assault her, or belittle her, or hit on her, and eventually saw her safely back to friends even more fucked up than she that had been looking for her. He gave her a few pills for the road. While the Zen never stuck for her, he did as her go to for the best quality at the best price, and advice on just what to take based on setting and mood and state of mind. Her narcotic sommelier.

Introverted with an ability for extroversion on command when needed. Funny with at times biting wit and at times pure silliness. Some very low form of bipolar; when he's in a manic state he's the most exciting and charming guy around. When he's in a depressive state he's withdrawn, quiet, and prone to thoughts that cut deep enough to bury his soul in. Secretive and aloof; doesn't like personal details being exchanged. Happy with being known as the dealer and little else. Insanely observant.

Brandis is a very smart young man that comes from a past that was part nurturing and loving, and part insane and broken. Grew up with his nose in books until he got old enough for school sports. Then one day he arrived at the gym of his high school and told the coaches he was going to play sports; all of them. He and one other girl that year were the only students to play every single sport offered to them. He excelled at baseball, basketball, football, and swimming. His family isn't something he talks much about, except he does tend to admit his father was an alcoholic and his mothers (he was raised by lesbians) were the best until life caught up to them.

He is a reformed bad boy that still spends most his time reading when he isn't networking for his "job", and largely that's what it is. Rarely is he ever seen doing a drug, and hasn't been seen doing a drug in a year. Still on campus if you want the best of whatever you want free of hassle and drama, Brandis is where you look. His first few semesters in college he was known to party and date, though neither to an extreme. Those who talk to him at length speak of a guy that feels older than his age, someone who's seen a lot, and has probably had more experiences than a typical person his age.

Dylan O'brien | 356c74.
Any extra things you want to say about your character that haven't been covered in the previous sections. Like family or interests.

Loves pizza.
Hates social media.
Doesn't speak to his family as much as he likely should.
Has far more empathy than he likes to let on.
Owns an older Skyline black in color and well cared for.

Gemma Aveline Marceau

None you know. Gem to friends long dead.

22

Female

Bisexual

Single

Rachel saw Gemma somewhere, right? She knew her from somewhere, yeah? Rachel COULD SWEAR that she had met Gemma before, but where? Gemma chuckled at the question as their study group met for the first time in the second floor study room in the library, behind the row of tables where the weebs streamed anime and pretended to study because they never got along with their social roommates. Gemma distracted Rachel with coffee and donuts the first time. The second time she distracted her with neon colored index cards, chocolates brought for everyone, and last classes notes that were so meticulous they were saved Rachel the hassle of asking that fake ass irritating hoe Becka. The third time? There was no escape: "I was one of the speakers at the school shooting forum a month ago. You never got to ask a question despite standing in line for half an hour." And then she proceeded to patiently listen to and answer every question Rachel and the rest of the study group had about it. On the plus side, Rachel always brought the coffee after that.

Gemma Marceau's personality cannot be discussed without acknowledging the elephant in the proverbial room: she is the survivor of a school shooting. The psychological and emotional trauma ran bone deep. It took years for her to come anywhere close to something called "healed." While she is mostly a laid back, pleasant (if snarky) individual there are moments where the old Gemma shines through; full of vivacious energy and talking to every person in the room, full of comedy bits and intense bursts of hyperactive energy. These moments of shine through have always been rare. She is studious, responsible, and most of all: utterly fucking fearless.

The product of a perfect, happy, home. Though no home is truly perfect, Gemma's got close with a mother that was nothing but funny, witty, and a force of nature. Paired with a father that was patient, understanding, thoughtful, and unrelenting in his drive to make his family as comfortable and happy as possible. Afluent, intelligent, and adventurous--it's simply not possible that another child on the planet could have had such an amazing, happy, childhood filled with so many very happy memories. With best friends that she had spent nearly her entire life with and grudgingly active in the country club scene, life wasn anything but bad for Gemma.

Death has a cruel sense of humor. On a fall morning two classmates turned gunmen brought Hell to the private high school that Gemma attended. The worst of the killing happened in the library; the very place Gemma, her best friends, and her boyfriend were at when the shooting started. Active shooter drills did nothing to step panic and fear and bullets. The gunmen went into library with explosives and small arms fire. Police had exchanged fire in the hallways, forcing the two shooters in the library. The shooters shot fast and without prejudice; they aimed to kill everyone before making their last time. One shooter was shot through a window. The last turned his gun on himself, not aware the blonde girl not making a sound five feet away behind a bookcase was grazed by a bullet, not shot center mass.

The official files for the shooting investigation were sealed, an unusual thing.

Sabrina Carpenter | a15e73
Any extra things you want to say about your character that haven't been covered in the previous sections. Like family or interests.

Hates Facebook and Instagram, but loves Twitter and exists on Facebook for family.
Along with her mother and father she volunteers every Thanksgiving at local area homeless shelters.
Her college professor father comes from a blue collar midwest family.
Her non-profit lawyer mother comes from a wealthy New England family.
Her family's home in Massachusetts is registered with the state as a historical site.
She has never spent more than a month at the historical home, her grandparent's home.
She loves sushi, and will eat her weight AND YOUR WEIGHT in it.
She briefly considered being commissioned in the US Air Force.