From "Interest Check" with Vena Sera

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[b]Name:[/b] Derek Prince
[b]Age:[/b] 21
[b]Personality:[/b] Derek is a shy, ambivert guy that can't really handle a big group of people, but loves to hang out with friends. Once Derek finds something interesting, whether it be something to do with academics or gardening, he puts all his energy in it, sometimes forgetting about the world around him. Derek was always worried about the fact that sometimes he might leave his girlfriend a little lonely and has a bit of insecurity that his friends find him boring.

[b]History:[/b] Derek's upbringing was a bit of a weird one. Both his parents were teachers: his father a history college professor while his mother was a physics high school teacher, so most of his life was centered around academics. His father's work including working at the research center in the college, so sometimes he would bring home some almost completely destroyed statue that would crumble with one touch or he would go on long trips. His father was the kind of guy that could never sit down, always wanting to understand the people from a time before him. Derek's mother on the other hand always put a heavy amount of expectations on him when it came to his studies. Wanting Derek to follow in her footsteps and devout his life to math and sciences, he wasn't allowed to spend his childhood years playing sports or tag unless it was for some kind of science experiment. He became a mathlete under his mother's heavy watch and won plenty of trophies and prizes for his all his schools.

In high school, life became that much more stressful. Usually school was the place he could unwind and play around with his friends, but with his mom working there as well and had all the other teachers as spies, Derek's friend count quickly dwindled. The fact that all his life was about was studying continued to stress him out until he physically looked like the embodiment of a tooth pick, all skin and bones. Finally his dad decided to bring him on one of his excursions to another country to get him away from his hovering mother. It was no problem for him to be out of school, his mother had forced him through so many lessons that he was able to pass all the tests to skip right through all his classes and gain early graduation. The two of them went around Europe where Derek was able to get out of his shell. While Derek had never been sporty because of all this, he loved to stay outside and go to the beach. The boy took to gardening and lived at the next year or two making great acquaintances in Italy. During this year, the boy had grown up into someone huge, standing at a good 6'3" and a half.

Once about a year had rolled around and Derek had a nice tan, he moved back to America with a few buddies of his deciding to go as exchange students. It was just that, while the boy could be extroverted at times, without his Dad to watch over him, he didn't feel as secure about his life and the choices he made anymore. Derek stopped being sociable anymore and instead devoted all his time outside of school to gardening or going out every once and a while with friends. It was during one of these times that his French friend introduced Derek to Nicole and he acted rather sociable that night to impress her. Afterwards, he reverted back to his old self stuck in his garden, but Nicole didn't seem to care about that in they soon fell in love. Although Derek was a little shy around Nicole's friends, he was able to have a great time with them in a small group.

That was when everyone found out about her tumor. Ice fell over his heart and he did his best to start looking into medicine and other things, any way to find something that would cure her. After Nicole became bedridden, Derek basically almost moved into her hospital room, always trying to spend time with her and research at the same time. He went through his bouts of crying and anguish with her before she fell into a coma. Those days he wouldn't sleep, wouldn't eat, putting everything he could into finding something to help her... until he realized she was brain dead and never coming back. He despaired and put everything into his labs at the college, refusing to see anyone or do anything. Derek did his best to keep up his garden because she had complemented it so much, even put in a huge amount of her favorite flowers to remember her by once she had gone into her coma. A small incling of him knew that she wouldn't survive it.

[b]Fears:[/b] He's too afraid of loving anyone again like he loved Nicole and tries his best not to care too much for anything at the risking of losing it.

[b]Appearance:[/b] Derek stands at a rather tall 6'4", with blonde hair and blue eyes. While he is very tall, he doesn't have much muscle to be heard of.