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█ AGE 23 █ GENDER Male █ SEXUALITY Bisexual █ OCCUPATION Bookkeeper for several bussinesses that he does digitally on his computer █ QUALIFICATIONS BCom Accounting Degree University of Texas Austin █ RESIDENCE Portland
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█ SCARS He has a few scars on his arms and legs from his college exploits █ TATTOOS He used to have a full-back angel wings tattoo...used to █ PIERCINGS N/A █ MARKINGS N/A █ HEIGHT 6'2 █ BUILD Thin but athletic
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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ | Many students have a hard time during high school, Michael was no exception.
There were various factors involved in making Michael’s high school experience a miserable and lonely one. Having been raised by his elderly grandparents, money was always tight so almost everything he owned was old and second hand, coupled with the fact that puberty decided to mess with him, he struck a decidedly unremarkable figure. Most students never even acknowledged his existence beyond a judgmental first glance, while others saw his awkward appearance and decided that he was easy prey (you accidentally spill your lunch on the captain of the basketball team one time, and he’ll never let you forget it.).
This led to Mikey having an extremely low self-esteem and he started to keep to himself as much as possible. He didn’t take part in any clubs, he didn’t have any real friends, frankly he was invisible even to the outcasts. The only outstanding thing about his high school life were his grades, which he kept reasonably high, but the only attention that got him was some pocket change he got by charging people for doing their homework for them. The rest of his free time was spent helping around the house, studying and working part-time at the town-library.
By the time graduation rolled around, Mikey’s high school life had been so unremarkable, the teachers almost skipped over his name during the ceremony. It would be a surprise if any students from Ritman High would even remember that they went to school with one Michael James, at most they might remember how convenient the Homework-kid was when they didn’t want to suffer through a tough chemistry project.
If you were to look at Michael now, compared to his high school self, you would be hard pressed to recognize him as the same person. In the summer between graduation and starting college he finally grew out of his awkward phase, and with his grandmother bullying him into updating his wardrobe into something that actually resembles style his appearance went from unremarkable to a solid seven.
That was the catalyst. He might have still followed old habits of staying out of the way and keeping to himself, but between sharing a dorm and people actually sparing him a second glance, for the first time in his life he wasn’t completely invisible. Slowly, but surely, this led to him stepping out of his comfort zone, starting by accepting the occasional invitation to hang out, to joining different clubs, to actually making friends. Just like that, he wasn’t the isolated Homework-kid anymore, but just another regular guy getting dragged into new experiences.
He experienced a lot of new things during college; drinking his first beer, learning how to drive a motorcycle, got dragged to several different classes, though he didn’t end up sticking with any of them for long. The day that he got his degree, he even got a full back tattoo of a pair of angel wings as a symbol of his growth as a person. A way for him to show everyone that he spread his wings and as a reminder to himself to keep flying forward.
Mikey would be lying if he said he didn’t have any regrets. There was a lot of things that he missed out on, opportunities he didn’t take and things that he didn’t say that he wishes he could change. But focussing on the past wont change it. As of right now, Michael James is more confident in himself than ever before. He’s no longer scared to be seen and will approach others with his head held high when the situation calls for it. He now grabs onto every chance, every opportunity with both hands, not willing to miss out on anything else ever again.
College has also turned him into a little bit of an adrenaline junkie, the rush he feels when riding his motorcycle or trying something new is indescribable. That is part of the reason that once he graduated, he decided to work from home by doing the bookkeeping for several businesses digitally, that way his schedule is more open, giving him ample time for mini-adventures as well as regularly visiting his grandparents in their new Florida home.
There are times when Michael is absolutely terrified of losing all of his progress, of things going back to how they were in high school, but the more time passes the less frequent they happen. ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ |