【 Age 】24
【 Birthdate 】23 July
【 Perceived Gender】Male
【 Sexuality 】Homosexual
【 Appearance 】Liam loves to have a bit of pop in his appearance, all the way down to his hair. Typically dressed in a bright red hoodie with dyed purple hair and a variety of prescription colored contact lenses (which he is naturally half blind without), Liam’s slight build stands out from the crowd. It doesn’t help that his flamboyant attitude makes him take up a lot more space than most people at the institution and calls for people to at least notice his presence.
【 Why are you at Spring Hill? 】Histrionic Personality Disorder that has resulted in harm to himself and others
【Residency 】13 months
【 Negative Effects 】Occasionally, Liam’s sight will become blurry or disappear altogether for several minutes at a time. He has tripped over and run into many things, including doors and tables, when the blindness comes on without warning. While this side effect may not seem too bad, it has been progressing further in the last few months. His blindness is happening more often, and for longer periods of time, and whenever he can see, he has started to see black and white specks floating in his vision, gradually growing larger with time. At least his other senses are unharmed so far. (I have more extreme things planned to happen suddenly instead of gradually in the RP.)
【 Positive Effects 】Even though his sight is disappearing, Liam has found that he is able to sense things other people can’t. When he closes his eyes and concentrates, he can sense where everything is in a 10 meter radius that is steadily growing. However, he believes that this isn’t always accurate as he has sensed people before that were not there when he opened his eyes, mainly at night. In truth, he also has the ability to sense the astral and ethereal planes of existence, sensing things no normal human ever could. He has mainly used this ability when he is bored in his room rather than to be nosy. It should be noted that Liam can not actually see or hear anything he senses. He knows the forms of what he senses, but could not identify any colors, words, etc.
【 Personality 】Some people could mistake Liam for a narcissist, and in a way he is. He loves attention no matter what type it is, and he can’t handle rejection well. However, in truth, he just wants someone to actually care. To tell him he matters without being under any obligation to do so. In the meantime though, he will be a sarcastic asshole as much as his heart desires, flirt with the ladies, and cause as much trouble as he can get away with.
That being said, he does have a good side. He is very caring and can’t stand bullies. He is likable and funny, and loves to put a smile on people’s faces. It’s much better than making them cry, after all.
The last thing to note though, is that Liam hides the fact he is homosexual out of fear of rejection. As such, he plays up his flirtation with the ladies quite a bit. Fake it till you make it as people always say.
【 Biography 】“So. Emma. Would you ever go out with Liam? He’s kinda cute.”
“He’s a bit… much. I’d rather date Henry.”
Liam, overhearing his two classmates whisper about him, approached with a big smile and wrapped an arm around both girls’ shoulders. “Come on ladies. How could you possibly resist a face like this?”
“Oh! Liam. I, uh… I didn’t mean anything bad by it.”
He leaned toward Emma a bit more, causing her to scoot back in response. “I thought you liked me,” he teased. “We shared food and everything just the other day.”
In a single tone, the school bell rang out, cutting their conversation short.
“Sorry. I gotta go. See you, Liam.” Emma stood, hurriedly gathering her bag before rushing out the door, her friend close behind her.
“Damn. You got shut down hard.” Liam’s friend chuckled from across the room.
Liam chuckled in reply. “E nel passato. She’ll warm up to me.” However, even as Liam proclaimed this calmly and with his signature grin, he could feel a small piece breaking inside him.
That night, he landed himself in police custody after breaking a man’s leg in a fight.
This was nothing new, in all honesty. His parents would come and pick him up, he would be reprimanded, maybe miss dinner or be grounded.
But at least his parents would be paying attention to him.
Growing up was rough to say the least. Once he was old enough to cook, he was expected to take care of himself. When his little brother, Nicholas, was born at age 3, he had to take care of him, too. During these years, Liam wasn’t too different from the other boys at school. Fast forward a few years, Liam found out Nicolas was starting to self harm due to severe bullying at school. For one of the first times in his life, Liam pleaded with his parents to pay attention to him and his brother. He pleaded because he was scared and helpless. He knew he wasn’t enough to save Nicholas. He knew Nicholas was at risk of dying either from himself or others.
He was right.
On August 18 when Liam was 14 years old, Nicholas died of asphyxiation after the bullies wrapped him in cling wrap as a “joke” and left him to get out on his own. The three boys who did it were charged with manslaughter, but Liam was not satisfied. If his parents had listened, this would not have happened. If his parents had paid attention, Nicholas would still be alive. He swore that day to make his parents listen and pay attention.
It started out small, kind of. “Accidentally” cutting himself bad enough to need stitches. Falling off a swing and breaking his ankle. Eating bad food and getting food poisoning. His parents did start paying attention, now scared their remaining child might fall to the same fate as their first. They doted on him, always trying to listen or be there, and it was intoxicating to Liam.
However, when his parents started to ignore him again, Liam discovered he could also get attention at school. All he had to do was break rules or become a disturbance. And when his parents were called in to a conference about him, they started paying attention again. Even if it was negative, it was still attention, and it made Liam feel better than he had when he was ignored.
Over the years, Liam had a lot of hospital visits and run-ins with the police. But he was happy at least. Eventually, everything amounted to one final night. One final show for attention. Liam, after trying for years to make his parents care, decided to see if they did. He set up the entire scene. A suicide note on his desk, running water in the bathroom sink, a chair against the door that could also be pushed out of the way easily, and a barely understandable call to 911 as soon as he slit his wrists. The last thing he could remember was how woozy he felt as there was a commotion outside his door.
When he woke up hooked to a bunch of tubes and strapped to a hospital bed, Liam was told his parents were admitting him to a psychiatric facility to get some help. He didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye before he was sent off the Spring Hill.
Really, all Liam wants now is to get out. He has tried for months to show he is just a normal human, but to no avail. At this point, he has given up resisting. He has instead resorted to be troublesome and annoying in ways that won’t get him in too much trouble. The last person who truly caused a scene by saying things like the facility was killing them disappeared a little while after. Correction. She had “finished her treatment”. That, Liam doesn’t believe for a second.
【 Trivia 】Liam has a habit of saying, “e nel passato”, or “it’s in the past” in Italian, often to brush aside something he doesn’t like being reminded of.
Pastel pink is his favorite color.
