WHITTMORE, gabriel rowan

[gabriel rowan whittmore]

I N T R O D U C T I O N , _____________________________________________

Gabriel Rowan Whittmore has been living and breathing the air of this Earth for nineteen interesting years. He was born on July 23rd and often gets called Gabe or Gabey by his close friends. Preferring to entangle himself in homosexual relationships, Gabriel has had more luck with one night stands than he has had with finding love. This young man is a sophomore in theatre studies, and resides in Berkeley.

P E R S O N A L I T Y,
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Gabriel is known for being several things, none of which involve the word kind. When asked for three adjectives to define the brunette, the most common heard are arrogant, conniving and seductive.

Gabriel is a man who is completely aware of his talent, and he isn't above showing it off to everyone around him. His ego is gigantic, it's a wonder he can fit into a room. He's got a little too much confidence in everything he does, knowing that whatever you're doing, he can do it so much better--and he's certainly got the talent to back it up. He's the guy your parents warned you about being friends with, the one that will, no matter what you mean to him, tell you exactly how awful you are at doing something.

Gabriel can't stand not getting his way. This boy is a planner. He makes lists and diagrams in order to get what he wants. He thinks things through to the point of becoming obsessed, and will stop at absolutely nothing to eliminate whatever is in his way, no matter who might get hurt in the process. This boy thrives under pressure, and can concoct an elaborate scheme in a matter of hours, followed by perfect execution.

Looks can be used to achieve everything. That is one sentence that Gabe lives by. He knows just how attractive he is and is not above breaking hearts in order to get what he wants. He's a bit of a man-whore and doesn't really care about it. Knowing that anyone would be lucky to get him, he never really bothers to think about the consequences his cold actions might have.

Though his name may carry several negative connotations, Gabriel has some decent traits as well. Gabe is a very fierce person, not taking shit from anyone. He also never lets his friends take shit from anyone. He'll defend you until ears fall off if someone talks about you behind your back. He's been known to get into a few fights over little things, but you can count on him to have your back.

Gabe is an honest person, he doesn't lie. He'll tell you if you're wearing the ugliest outfit known to man or if your voice sounds like children being hacked at with a cheese grater. This might be viewed as a negative trait, but Gabriel doesn't see it that way. The world needs honest people and he's determined to tell you what he really thinks.

Alright, alright, if you dig down deep enough, as much as he hates to admit it, Gabriel has an inch of a good side. If you've been friends for awhile, Gabriel will show you he cares. He might joke around and tease, but you need to understand, he has a fear of letting people get too close. He'll show you what you mean to him in his own messed up way.

Of course, along with all the positive, must come more negative.
Rudeness is something Gabriel has aplenty. The brunette would rather shoot himself in the face than be proven wrong. He's blunt, which offends most people. Don't ask for his opinion on something if you don't want to hear the worst possible answer you could imagine.

Saying that Gabriel is a touch conceited would be an under exaggeration. He spends most of his time admiring himself and complimenting himself. He knows he is superior to those around him and constantly asks the question, 'why do I bother?'. Chances are, he won't listen to you when you're speaking if you bore him, which more often than not, you will.

Being so gorgeous, Gabey considers himself to be quite the man-whore. This boy loves himself some one night stands. He loathes commitment and because of this, he tends to push people away, opting instead for passionate affairs. If he meets someone else, you might not even find out about it because he's so concerned with having no attachment.

Likes
• talking
• being admired
• looking good
• men
• sex
• lust
• winning
• belts / being hit with

Dislikes
• acne
• toast
• losing
• being compared to people (he's obviously better, no matter who they are.)
• love
• listening
• liars
• thunder
• his father
• smokers

Gabriel fears that he's going to end up alone, which is something of a contradiction to the way he acts. He fears rejection, which is why he's always the one pursuing other bodies. He's afraid that eventually, people will realise that he's not that great a guy and no one will want him. But that's a secret, got it?

H I S T O R Y ,
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Gabriel was born into a wealthy family, a family that seemingly had everything. Cynthia Whittmore was quite the looker, and Chase Whittmore wasn't such a bad catch either. This successful couple was bound to create equally successful children. However, due to some complications, Gabriel would be the only child they would have, the others dying before birth.
Growing up in a family of doctors, while comfortable, wasn't especially happy for Gabe. The boy was brought up by nanny after nanny, constantly getting the foreign women fired for their apparent incompetence. As he got older, Gabriel's parents became more involved with communities, participating in doctors without borders programs, and donating money to hospitals in undeveloped countries. To the outside world, Cynthia and Chase were heroes. But to the young boy with sad blue eyes, they were frauds, doing acts of kindness only to advance themselves in society. When Gabriel was ten, he walked in on his father engaged in a sexual act with a woman that was not his mother. In the short seconds that his father looked at him before the boy closed the door, tears in his eyes, Gabe saw something he'd known all along. That everything was just for show, and no one could be trusted.
Shortly after the 'event', Chase left the Whittmores to pursue a life with Bambi, the blond woman with knockers the size of watermelons. He moved to Texas, where he had two children with the boned mother impostor, causing Gabriel's mother to spiral downward into a pit of alcohol abuse and depression.
When he was fourteen, Gabriel discovered and acknowledged his keen interest in watching his fellow male classmates shower after gym class. He suspected it was something he'd always known, having not enjoyed the company of females that seemed to flock to his side. When he was seventeen, his mother had a mental breakdown, and Gabriel had to make the tough decision of putting her in a residence where they could take better care of her. Not quite at the legal age to be on his own, Gabriel didn't notify anyone that he was living alone. He paid for the bills quietly, using money his parents had set aside for emergencies. Quickly though, the cash dwindled, his mother out of work due to her condition. Gabriel picked up an after school job working at the local community center. One night, as he was mopping the floors, he overheard the theatre department rehearsing for a play. He began to sit in on the class, during his breaks, and eventually took to the profession. He worked hard to save a lot of his money. Over that Summer, Gabriel took three different acting classes, and somehow managed to get himself noticed by a local agent. Sounds like a success story, doesn't it? Though Gabriel became better at what he did, his resentment and bitter emotions toward his father grew, punctuated by the man's attempts to reconnect with his only son. Gabe's hatred for his mother also grew, hatred for the way that she let herself go after Chase left. When he was eighteen, his mother was released from Pine View, just on time to see her son attend Yale for something he'd become good at. In order to pay for his tuition, she sold the house and switched for a small rented apartment near the school. Gabriel still works nights, in order to help his mother pay for his school, as her nursing paycheck can't cover it all.

P U P P E T E E R ,
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Why hello there, you can call me Jack, as that's the name my mother lovingly gave me. I'm 19 years old, but will be turning twenty in April, and I'm dreading it. I don't play anyone else here, but perhaps I'll change that. If you want to contact me, you can PM me or send me and IM on AIM; itsjackbby

R P S A M P L E ,
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As he sat in the corner of his closet, Gabe had never hated himself more. How could he have let himself slip like that? How could he have shown Silas a weakness. He never showed weakness to anyone, let alone admit that he had any. Gabriel Whittmore believed that when you showed weakness, it allowed people to have power over you. And that was not something the boy wanted. But he couldn't help it. As soon as he had heard the thunder, he panicked.

Gabe wished that he had a good excuse, something like; when he was a child he was hit by lightning, or his parents abandoned him during a storm, or thunder reminded him of the sound of his father being shot. But really, it was just a childhood fear he had never outgrown.

Gabe's parents were both doctors and as a child, they traveled quite frequently—participating in such things as doctors without borders, and building hospitals in Cambodia—often leaving Gabriel behind with whatever nanny they could find. Gabe had spent many nights huddled under his bed, with the covers drawn tight around him, his screams going unheard because Stella had the news on too loud again. No one had ever tried to comfort him, no one had ever told him that he was going to be okay.

So, as silly as it sounds, he never grew out of it. Sure, he tried, but he found it too hard. So what did he do? He hid and stuck his fingers in his ears whenever a storm passed by.
Sometimes he'd wake up in the morning under his bed, having fallen asleep during the night. He'd get up, brush himself off and pretend like it never happened. And most days he could, because no one knew. He had never told his parents and neither had Stella, Consuela or Consuella, or Jackie, or Ted—again, because they didn't know.

Gabriel couldn't figure out why he had done this in front of Silas. He knew that the boy would probably point and laugh at him for being such a pussy. All he knew was that right then, the only thing that really mattered to him was getting through this storm.

“Gabriel?” he heard a voice calling.
“Yeah?” he mumbled, tears starting to run down his face, his nose becoming slightly snotty like a five year old. Sticking his fingers in his ears, Gabriel prayed that this would be over any minute.

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[-- KELLEY]