Alexander Grayson
"What defines us is how well we rise after falling"-
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Name: Alexander Amandine Grayson.
Nickname: Alex
Birth Date: 10/07/1994
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Back-end programmer and small-time website designer
Apartment Number: 1A
In Depth Appearance: Alex's face is pretty much the base template of how he is. He has short, dark-brown/blackish hair. He prefers to keep it short, as it requires less maintenance. Despite the very short hair, it still manages to look almost impossibly messy every day. He's currently experimenting with letting a small beard stand. While making sure he trims it every now and then. Though when it gets too thick, he'll be forced to put a razor to it.
His face is often described as sharp. Something his 'beard' often accents. His eyes are two big pools of darkness. With irises so black one has difficulties seeing his pupils. All this combined could have given him a harsh gaze. But the near-constant smile on his lips assures everyone that he is in fact a good person at heart.
he stands a total of 5'9" and is rather muscular and athletic built. Though he prefers to bury that under piles of baggy t-shirts, loose fitting pants and hoodies. His favorite attire. However, he is not without class. He owns a hand-made suit which he keeps safely away. Only to be taken out when he absolutely had to look official. When he takes on the suit he makes an almost perfect transition from baggy and casual to official and even wealthy.
Habits | Quirks | Oddities - Will hum/mouth/sing along with songs when she thinks he's alone
- Starts daydreaming easily (could even happen in the middle of a conversation)
- Likes to cook but will rarely ever eat what he made
- Loves to watch fire (not a pyromaniac though)
- Sloppy
Hobbies: - Writing
- Gaming
- Reading
- Running
- Karate
- Swimming
- Gossiping
- Biking
- (Trying to) Help others
- Cooking
- Drinking
Likes: - Exercising
- Cooking
- Money
- Loud music (Metal, EDM, even classical music)
- People trusting him
- Lightning
- Powerful wind
- Responsibility
- Romance
Dislikes: - People who cannot be trusted
- Arrogance
- Cold weather
- Getting wet because of rain
- Walking long distances
- Heavy irresponsible behavior
- Awkwardness
Fears: - Never finding someone he could share his life with
- Never becoming an author
- Never mounting up to much
Personality: ♦ Caring ♦ Stubborn ♦ Ambitious ♦ Self-destructive ♦
What is the first impression Alex gives most people? That he is a cheery idiot. He laughs bright and honest, but sometimes doesn't seem like the most clever person (people at his job think the exact opposite). Never the less he is honest, and often tries to be fun as possible. he'll help out of pure goodness. Which may initially look a little odd. But soon most new friends realize that Alex, beyond a doubt, is simply a good person. However, pushy people who constantly want him to do something or constantly cry for his help when it is actually unneeded will soon see that his goodness is not infinite. At work he is ambitious and hard working. A near model employee. Once he got a project he'll bite into it and never let go.
The goodness only increases when you get to know him. Alex loves cooking, but he'll never eat from it himself. Every week you'll find a bowl with chocolate mousse in the fridge or a cake on the table. He loves experimenting but he loves even more seeing the people enjoying what he made. It doesn't stop there. His door will forever be open if any friend ever wants to talk in full truth about something they're dealing with. The issues he talked with friends over a hot cup of chocolate milk often vary as far as confessing someone has a new crush to talking about the death of a grandfather. Alex will always be a listening ear, and if you want it, may even dare try to give council.
Now a great many people are pretty content with this arrangement. But some are not. Why is he so good? They ask. A fair question. One he won't answer in honest until you know him very well. For the longest time Alex had been an outcast. He was never bullied, but he simply had very few friends. Through goodness he hopes to be accepted by the people that he likes. Now one may try to press on. I mean, it makes all sense yes. But he is always smiling, always cheery, always ready to help. Doesn't he ever need help?
Ah and that is where his gray side appears. Alex will not allow anyone to help him. If he suffers, he must suffer alone. If he feels pain, only he may feel it. To him, talking about his own pains would seems fundamentally wrong. Once people realize this about him, they also often realize that they don't really know the young boy. He even keeps his birthday a secret and dodges any and all picture attempts. He'll be at parties, actively engaging and laughing. But once you check your phone for pictures, it will appear as if he has never been there.
Now the obvious question to ask is simple: By default all humans suffer emotionally and mentally at some point. If he always laughs, then how does he deal with his own pains? The answer is simple: he doesn't. This is where his really dark side appears. Alex is self-destructive. When something seriously bothers him he will never go head-on at it. Instead he'll start exercising, fatiguing his body, staying up late, sleep less. Suddenly he'll be programming until 3 in the morning, only to wake up at 6 to continue 2 hours before going to work. Far from healthy behavior. But he will refuse any help anyone would ever offer. Except maybe right on the point when they find him broken (which inevitably always happens).
Now what about romance? He is a hopeless romantic. With hopeless I truly mean hopeless. He would appear not to realize if a girl has a crush on him even if she almost flat-out told him. But he's a cheery idiot, so obviously he doesn't realize it, right? Wrong. He understands certain sights far faster than you'd expect. He simply chooses not to engage on them. Acting like a fool is easier than to have the awkward conversation where he must deny a girl. One must ask then, what if he falls in love? Alex is a person who controls his own emotions extremely well, right until the point where he doesn't. Even love is slightly under control. Much like how he handles his own pains, he handles love. But he is hoping against all hope that one day he'll meet another girl that will make him say: maybe? (It is to be noted that once Alex would find someone he says 'maybe' or even 'yes' then he may turn out surprisingly romantic. But only if he knows that the feeling is returned)
D E F I N I N G M Y P A S T
What made Alex to the person he is now. To realize we must go back even before the boy's birth. His parents. Laura and Paul Greyson. Laura was a dutch secretary while Paul was an English surgeon. Especially his father had a very ambitious character. They lived in an upper-middle class house with plenty of room. Alex was born as the second out of 3 sons. His father and mother both were strong believers that their children should be given any chance of exercise they desired. Back in the day they agreed with every whim or wish, often resulting in driving them to several try-out exercises only to never return again. His two brothers were hopeless, he was not. He discovered Judo and why he was particulary gifted, he loved the discipline as well as the sport.
However, soon he realized that the freedom they received back home came at a cost. It was expected of them to not act like children when other people were around. During family meetings the three were nearly drilled in sitting still and not talking until talked to. In public too, they were expect maximum behavior. Such things became problematic when one enters the teenage years. Neither of them every threw a rebellious fit. Instead cropping up became the default way of dealing with things.
Let's continue to the point where he turned 16. Freedom stretched out further as he and his older brother were allowed to remain at home while his parents and little brother went abroad. Dutifully he tried to keep the house clean, but he swiftly learned that his older brother had not the same idea. He even ended up cooking simple recipes as his brother would rather just eat microwave food for 2 weeks. At the weekend of the first weekend, his brother suddenly arrived with a huge quantity of beer and proclaimed he'd throw a party that evening. Alex was less than amuzed. The next day his brother slept in till very late, so he left it to Alex to clean up. Alex, along the week started to become the true responsible one of the house. A task he thought suited him.
Now some years have passed and both grew up older and wiser. Alex, reaching blue belt but refusing to enter competition (for fear that he was not good enough), stopped Judo and started doing Karate. He also started studying Applied Computer science. Quickly he gained an internship. The resulting grades of the internship nearly shone with gold. His ambition had driven him to work long days and even work at back home at the evening, and it had paid off.
The passed summer came. What happened passed summer? One may ask. Alex will always answer with the same answer: a miracle and a curse. He met Julie. Julie was a quiet kind of girl. She kept to herself, even when her friends dragged her into the city. How he started talking to her he doesn't fully remember. He simply did. And they never stopped. From sun dawn to the depth of night they chatted and texted. Both knowing the quite obvious. But trying to evade the inevitable talk. It was at the end of august when she said the dreaded words:I'm not yet ready. His heart broke and shattered.
But the summer had ended, and it was time for Alex to get to work...
Extra: I love writing, much like Alex
Anything Else: He's not from the US! No, in fact he's from Holland, Europe. Close with the Belgian border.
This means he can speak both Dutch and English rather fluently. He has some trouble with french and speaks a tiny bit German.
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