Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 12:55:01 GMT -5
REESE MORGAN WEBB
FULL NAME: Reese Morgan Webb.
NICKNAMES: None
AGE: Twenty
GENDER: Male.
SEXUALITY: Straight.
STATUS: Single.
GROUP: Student.
GRADE: Junior.
MAJOR: Chemistry.
JOB OCCUPATION: Broadway Box Office.
HAIR: brown, straight and usually left to grow into a shaggy style until his parents talk him into cutting it for important occasions.
EYES: Green.
SCARS/BIRTHMARKS: One long one on his left forearm from a fall with a knife when he was in his early teens.
TATTOOS: his sister’s initials behind his ear.
PIERCINGS: If any.
PLAY-BY: Justin Chatwin
LIKES: butterscotch, explosions, hats, blondes, his truck, cats, loud music, pretending to be a mad scientist, beer from a bottle, fire, black coffee, Guitar Hero, Lord of The Rings, mixing cocktails, annoying his sister (in a loving way), baseball, acting geeky, playing it cool, old comedy shows from the 70’s, confusing people with his knowledge of science, the colour green, coconuts, Star Wars marathons.
DISLIKES: banoffee, when his parents poke their noses in, trying to force Rhi out of the house, shopping, cleaning, falling behind on assignments, failing people, making a mess, the scar on his arm, fighting with Rhi, the smell of petrol, sand in his shoes and pockets, public restrooms, cemeteries, eyes being too close together, lobster, wearing a watch.
FEARS: losing Rhi, feet being near his face, drowning.
SECRETS: He’s been diagnosed with Becker Muscular Dystophy (BMD) at the age of eighteen but has hidden his condition from his family for two years.
PERSONALITY: PROUD Reese doesn’t like having to ask people for help and he hates admitting his weaknesses. This is one of the reasons why he has yet to tell his family about BMD, because he doesn’t want to admit to them, especially Rhi, that one day he will need her help. In his eyes, he’s the big brother who should be looking after her, never the other way around.
INTELLIGENT He’s always been a bit of a science geek, which is why he’s majoring in chemistry. In school, he was smarter than most of his class, but he keeps very modest about it, only really showing it to his peers in class and his sister, when he wants to tease her a little.
CARING He will do anything for his sister and that is why he won’t tell her about BMD. She’s still young and he’s still playing the protective big brother and he doesn’t want to burden her at such a young age. Her and those who he cares about always come before everything else in his life, regardless of who or where they are in the world.
CALM Reese always keeps a cool head about him, mainly for the times he’s had to bail Rhi out of trouble or mediate between his younger sister and the parents that even he doesn’t get along too well with. Quick on his feet too, he’s almost perfect at finding a logical and calm solution to a situation, even when people are screaming at him or threatening to throw a punch.
PYROMANIAC Well, not quite, but Reese does have a small obsession with fire and chemical explosions. Always has done and the trick got him suspended from high school one time when he almost blew up a science lab by combining chemicals too volatile to be mixed. Some things never change though and even if it’s just tossing a lighter in his hand, he loves the flames.
STRONG He won’t really let anything hold him back or define who he really is. So, he works hard no matter what people say and he has a stubborn determination to prove people wrong, no matter how small or difficult a feat it may be for him.
PLAYFUL especially around Rhi. Reese has always had a childish side to him but most of that faded when he grew older, however there are still times when he’ll act like a big kid. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, it’s when things are inappropriate for such behaviour and then he ends up upsetting people without actually intending to do so.
MOTHER: Katarina Elyn Webb (Maddock) & 40.
FATHER: Gavin Dylan Webb & 41.
SIBLINGS: Rhiannon Kaelyn Webb, 18.
OTHERS: Nathan Maddock & 36; Uncle (mother's brother).
PETS: None; the kind of pets he likes are what Rhiannon hates!
HOMETOWN: Manhattan, New York.
HISTORY: Reese Morgan Webb was born in the spring time, twenty years ago, the oldest child to Gavin and Katarina. Life really became bearable though after the birth of his sister Rhiannon, because finally he had someone to play with other than Uncle Nate who would try to entertain the toddler as much as he could, but sometimes, Reese needed another child to understand his games. Their parents, thanks to the socialite lifestyle they led, were often away from the children and so Reese formed a close bond with his sister; something that stuck with them through everything. He was always the calmer, older brother who was chasing after Rhi to stop her from landing herself in any trouble.
Reese was always intelligent. At school he made good grades and developed a love for science, which in turn developed into a love for flames and big explosions and he would often try and encourage Rhi to include such things in her sketches as they grew older together. Chemistry became his passion and blowing things up and watching their reactions was something that he never found boring, no matter how many times he saw or did them. As he grew into a gangly teenager, Reese’s co-ordination became more difficult and he would be tripping over anything and everything, sometimes just even falling over when he was standing totally still. His Uncle Nate used to laugh at his clumsiness whilst his parents remained oblivious to it all up until the day, at age fourteen, when he slashed the outside of his arm when he was making a sandwich for himself and Rhi. Reese had tumbled, but instead of letting go of the knife, had held it tighter, accidentally catching his left forearm with it, leaving him with eight stitches and a permanent, nasty looking scar. He hated gym class and running always put him in agony with cramps, but the coach just encouraged him to keep it up, constantly saying that it would get better, but it never did. Reese wasn’t lazy, he just didn’t run places and he only enjoyed sports if he was watching them. Again, his oblivious parents didn’t even notice when Reese began skipping a few gym classes here and there and Uncle Nate, respectfully, tried to understand his nephew’s opinion, but still disapproved of him cutting class.
At eighteen, Reese started college in New York, majoring in chemistry. His clumsiness seemed to worsen though and it was only after another nasty fall down some stairs that doctors began to appear concerned about the young man’s condition. They began to run tests and just before his nineteenth birthday, he was called in to speak to a specialist who confirmed that Reese had Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) and he was shocked that it hadn’t been noticed sooner, but Reese explained that everything was just put down to clumsiness and overlooked as nothing important, because he’d never seriously injured himself. However, the disease meant that the muscles in the lower half of his body would continue to weaken for the rest of his life, one day resulting in him being wheelchair bound, as well as potentially causing many more conditions within the rest of his body. The condition was inherited, but where from was unknown as no one else seemed to suffer from anything like this, though Reese strongly suspected it was from his mother after a brief and biased few hours looking online for more information.
He didn’t tell his family though, not even Rhi when he moved into her SoHo apartment with her. He was too proud to admit to it, even when doctors decided that before he turned twenty two, he’d need a cane to assist with his walking, despite the help of the steroids they were putting him on. Reese, to this day, refuses to ask for help and his ‘clumsiness’ is still the excuse he uses and when he takes a bad turn when he’s out, he blames the heat, or cramp for the problem. He knows he has to tell Rhi and Nate soon, but he doesn’t want to appear to be a burden to them as things progressively worsen over the next ten years.
For now, he goes to college, does what he can at work (luckily the box office usually doesn’t require much movement) and tries to act like there’s nothing wrong with him.
YOUR ALIAS: Ash.
RULE WORDS: New York never sleeps.
WHERE YOU FOUND US: Behind Kim's ear.
SAMPLE:Addy lays claims to this.
