[hider=Deshawn Marcus][centre][hr] [hr] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180830/4c2f44f7efbe23306a7381d5222c688e.png[/img] [hr] [hr] [img]https://data.whicdn.com/images/144045288/original.gif[/img] [hr] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180830/ae86729556e5b9483f2cb57df34e8452.png[/img] [hr] [color=silver][b]Name:[/b][/color] Deshawn Devon Marcus [color=silver][b]Nickname:[/b][/color] Dee [color=silver][b]Age:[/b][/color] 18 [color=silver][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male [color=silver][b]Sexuality:[/b][/color] Heterosexual [color=silver][b]Relationship Status:[/b][/color] Single (Open) [hr] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180830/22959d6bb573b9e0e012652028cbca0e.png[/img] [hr] [color=silver][b]In-Depth Appearance:[/b][/color] Deshawn is a big guy. Standing 6’2 and built like a mountain at around 220lb, Dee looks like he was moulded from clay to be an athlete. He has a fantastic physique which he owes to quite an extreme workout routine. He is classically handsome with a strong jawline, bright smile and short dark hair that compliments his light chocolate skin perfectly. He does not have any tattoos and pretty much has the standard childhood scars bar a large on on his left arm. As far as style is concerned, Dee likes to keep things simple. When not in his workout gear of joggers and a tank top, he can be found in a good pair of timberlands, jeans. a printed tee and usually either a nice hoodie or his varsity jacket. When the situation requires it, Deshawn knows how to rock a suit and when off out to the club, a button down looks great on him. [hr] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180830/df263ec489d0f90d43c358a9d8508801.png[/img] [hr] [color=silver][b]Habits:[/b][/color] Fidgets with his fingers Not speaking when he really should Playing with his ears [color=silver][b]Hobbies:[/b][/color] Football Going to the Gym Gaming Hiking Making Short Films [color=silver][b]Likes:[/b][/color] Sports (Football & Boxing Specifically) Hiking Retro Wave Music Working Out Single Player Gaming Animals Girls Documentaries [color=silver][b]Dislikes:[/b][/color] Medical Professionals Unnecessary Talking Drugs Intolerance Carrots [color=silver][b]Secrets:[/b][/color] Dee came up hard and has an entire portion of his life he hasn’t disclosed to anyone. Why was he even in Brooklyn? Where did his scar come from? Why does he have such a damn hypnotic smile? [color=silver][b]Fears:[/b][/color] Deshawns biggest fear is going back to Baltimore and falling back into the game. He wants to make something of himself but he’s terrified of failure. He also, quite irrationally afraid of hospitals, needles and medical professionals. [hr] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/180830/0ffeba7a113214d1d933db66e62fd3c3.png[/img] [hr] [color=silver][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Generally speaking, Deshawn Marcus isn’t much of a talker. Most would agree that he’s pretty kind and sweet natured but it is the early hardships in his life that truly shaped Dee’s personality. He is tough, cynical and brutally honest and seems to be burdened by a somewhat compulsive need to save people, a factor that often results in both admiration and annoyance because he can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Deshawn much prefers his own company a lot of time and enjoys disappearing for a run or a hike for hours at a time just to clear his head. In spite of this need for independence, Dee is very empathetic and understanding of other people and has no qualms with working with a partner or group as shown by his time on the football team. He is somewhat shy and finds it hard to properly allow his emotions to be seen other people. When it comes to women, Deshawn is often seen as the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks that they want to save, the fact he had an award winning smile doesn’t help matters. However despite the attention he received, Dee is a one woman man and when he does fall for a girl he becomes very protective and will do anything to see her happy. Deshawn’s temper his volatile at best; he can go from calm and happy one minute to enraged and outright violent the next. He is prone to solving problems with his fists rather than with his head and is seemingly always involved in fights even if said fights don’t really have anything to do with him. The streets of West Baltimore are a dangerous place for a child to grow up, Deshawn is the perfect advocate for that. [color=silver][b]Hometown:[/b][/color] Baltimore, Maryland [color=silver][b]Background:[/b][/color] When you are born and raised in a place that has in the past been named Bodymore, Murderland your trajectory through life is pretty much mapped out for you from the start. Deshawn Marcus was brought into this world on a cold winter's eve in West Baltimore. His old man was well known enforcer for one of the heavier gang sets and also worked as a longshoreman on the dying docks. Dee didn’t really have a lot of fond memories of those early formative years. He doesn’t really remember his mother, only that she wasn’t around anymore and that his father was someone you did not mess around with. The few good memories of when he was a child pretty much centred on trips to the zoo and the makeshift forest of his imagination. As soon as his old man deemed he was old enough, Deshawn was on the corner, selling drugs. The life of a corner boy was pretty much his entire existence if not for the fact that he was one hell of a football player. He was allowed to play for his high school as long as he earned a good chunk of money slinging for his dad. Thanks to an early growth spurt and the workout he got every other night running from the police, Dee got real big real quick and damn, the boy could play. Towards the end of his junior year, Deshawn’s father had a group of his friends over for a party, Dee on this particular day was in the house acting like a waiter for the Baltimore drug kingpins. It didn’t take long for things to take a turn, the house was firebombed and shot up. Deshawn and his father survived but only just. After the assault, social services finally decided to step him and took Dee from his father, who didn’t really put up that much of a fight to keep his first born son. At such an advanced age, it would be a miracle if anyone wanted to remove Deshawn from the system and give him a home. Either luckily or un-luckily for him an uncle he didn’t know existed decided to take him in and soon enough the hard streets of West Baltimore had become the hard streets of Brooklyn. Uncle Denzel was just as strong willed as his old man but he was on the straight, former army, current school teacher the environment was good for Dee. Almost immediately he was recruited for the football team but Deshawn made it a priority not to fall into the jock stereotype. After a year in Brooklyn, Dee had pretty much established himself as a gentle giant, don’t fuck with him and he won’t fuck with you. You need a hand, he’ll be the first at your door. Still, an air of despondency hangs over him like a cloud. A troubled past could put a stop to a bright future and that terrifies him. [color=silver][b]Miscellaneous:[/b][/color] FC - Jordan Calloway Color - Silver[/centre][/hider] [hider=DeShawn’s Relationships][center][color=#8b8b8b][h1]Deshawn Marcus[/h1][/color] [img]https://em.wattpad.com/270aa3fe0fa2949333020a3e1f84916d26b266bf/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f6957666c347949334973735a4b773d3d2d3537303431353634382e313532626133393964633564373361373437373333363434313932362e676966?s=fit&w=720&h=720[/img] [color=#c23023]⚜[/color] Acquaintances || [color=#000000]☯[/color] Neutral || [color=#008800]☮[/color] Friends || [color=#0055ff]♫[/color] Best Friends || [color=#800800]♥[/color] Love Interest || [color=#ff6363]⚤[/color] Boyfriend/Girlfriend || [color=#000000]☠[/color] Enemies[/center][hr] [hr][hr] [color=#ded16a][b]K ɪ ᴍ ʙ ᴇ ʀ ʟ ʏ . C ʜ ᴏ[/b][/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Adorable little ball of fun”[/i][/color] Dee is quite friendly with Kim and they generally have a nice relationship. [color=#A24C2C][b]B ʀ ᴀ ᴅ ʟ ᴇ ʏ . C ᴏ ᴘ ᴘ ᴇ ʀ ʙ ᴜ ʀ ɴ[/b][/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i]”The Dancing Queen”[/i][/color] Dee and Bras have very little in common except a passion for working out but they maintain a good aquantence. [color=#7ea7d8][b]S ᴜ ɴ s ʜ ɪ ɴ ᴇ . H ᴏ ʟ ʟ ɪ ɴ ɢ s ᴡ ᴏ ʀ ᴛ ʜ[/b][/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Sugar...it’s a little complicated”[/i][/color] Dee is one of a few that knows of Sables troubles. He keeps it to himself on her request and tries to take care of her when he can. There is a lot more to this story. [color=#00a651][b]S ᴀ ᴍ ᴜ ᴇ ʟ . C ᴏ s ᴛ ɪ ɢ ᴀ ɴ [/b][/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i][/i][/color] ☯[color=#adff9f][b]M ᴏ ʟ ʟ ʏ . H ᴀ ʀ ᴛ ᴇ ʟ ʟ[/b][/color]☯ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”That girl, Toff. She’s pretty cool, very English”[/i][/color] Dee is friendly enough with Molly, hey can hold conversation and joke with one another. They met during football season but that’s pretty much been the limit of their interaction so far. ☯[color=#FFF200][b]K ᴀ ᴛ ɪ ᴇ . P ʀ ᴜ ᴇ ᴛ ᴛ[/b][/color]☯ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Weasley 1 or is she 2?”[/i][/color] Dee knows the twins in passing, Katie he’s seen around the softball pitch but only really knows her enough to say hi. ☯[color=#920092][b]M ᴀ ᴄ ᴋ ᴇ ɴ ᴢ ɪ ᴇ . P ʀ ᴜ ᴇ ᴛ ᴛ[/b][/color]☯ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”...wait, is she Weasley 2?”[/i][/color] Dee knows the twins in passing, Mackie he sees a little more due to her being a cheerleader. A friendly hello and how are you are the limits of their conversations. ♥[color=#B30A69][b]S ᴛ ᴇ ᴘ ʜ ᴀ ɴ ɪ ᴇ . C ʀ ᴏ s s[/b][/color]♥ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Lots of Spice makes everything nice”[/i][/color] Upon his arrival at Parker Cross, many girls got Dee’s attention, none more so than Spice. They danced around each other for a long while before they fell into bed together on prom night. The future will certainly be interesting. [color=#F58769][b]V ɪ ᴏ ʟ ᴇ ᴛ . K ᴀ ɴ ɢ[/b][/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i]'Character thoughts about relation.'[/i][/color] Brief description on relation here. ☯[color=#FFB374][b]B ʟ ᴀ ᴋ ᴇ . M ɪ ɴ[/b][/color]☯ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Tutor Shorty”[/i][/color] Dee does not have a particular close relationship with Blake beyond that of a tutor/tutee. Due to her friendship with Spice however, he does get the occasional invitation to game night. ☯[color=#E56A03][b]A ᴅ ᴅ ɪ s ᴏ ɴ . M ɪ ɴ[/b][/color]☯ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Tutor Shorty’s Brother”[/i][/color] Deshawn knows Addison in passing really from time spent with Spice and his sister Blake. For what it’s worth, Dee thinks he’s a bit of a goof. [color=#f7976a][b]J ᴇ ᴍ ɪ ᴍ ᴀ . F ᴀ ʀ ᴀ ᴅ ᴀ ʏ [/b][/color][color=#8b8b8b][i]'[/i][/color] [color=#7ea7d8] [b]R ɪ ᴄ ʜ ᴀ ʀ ᴅ . M ᴄ M ɪ ʟ ʟ ᴀ ɴ ɪ ɪ ɪ[/b] [/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i]'[/i][/color] {Symbol} [color=#fff79a][b]G ᴜ ᴀ ᴅ ᴇ ʟ ᴜ ᴘ ᴇ . I ɢ ʟ ᴇ s ɪ ᴀ s[/b][/color] {Symbol} [color=#8b8b8b][i]'Character thoughts about relation.'[/i][/color] Brief description on relation here. [color=#8b8b8b][b]D ᴇ s ʜ ᴀ ᴡ ɴ . M ᴀ ʀ ᴄ ᴜ s[/b][/color] [color=#8b8b8b][i]”I’m a badass”[/i][/color] Life hasn’t killed DeShawn yet and he has no plans for it to do so any time soon. {Symbol} [color=#0076a3][b]S ᴏ ɴ ɴ ʏ . E s ᴘ ᴏ s ɪ ᴛ ᴏ[/b][/color] {Symbol} [color=#8b8b8b][i]'Character thoughts about relation.'[/i][/color] Brief description on relation here. ♫[color=#FF4040][b]M ɪ s s ʏ . D ᴇ s ᴄ ʜ ᴀ ɪ ɴ[/b][/color] ♫ [color=#8b8b8b][i]”Girl is a freak. We close”[/i][/color] Missy and Dee bonded over a love of working out and have developed quite a strong bond of friendship and loyalty. They always have each other’s backs and always push each other to be better. {Symbol} [color=Coral][b]T ᴀ ᴇ . H ᴏ ʟ ʟ ɪ ɴ ɢ s ᴡ ᴏ ʀ ᴛ ʜ[/b][/color] {Symbol} [color=#8b8b8b][i]'Character thoughts about relation.'[/i][/color] Brief description on relation here. {Symbol} [color=#df1167][b]B ᴇ ʟ ɪ ɴ ᴅ ᴀ . S ᴄ ᴏ ᴛ ᴛ[/b][/color] {Symbol} [color=#8b8b8b][i]'Character thoughts about relation.'[/i][/color] Brief description on relation here.[/hider]