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Henry has got an old soul, and a youthful heart, and they rarely agree. Not with each other, and even less with Henry’s life as a man in his thirties._________________________________________________
Name: Henry May Stuart
Age: 30
Gender: Cisgendered ManHeight: 183 cm.
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Dark blonde.Occupation: Works at an animal shelter
Interests: Reading, swimming
Sexuality: Bisexual
Personality keywords: Kind, earnest, distrait, melancholic, emotional, reclused_________________________________________________
Henry has a few memories, from childhood, of feeling different than he does now. But from a very early age, he has had a feeling of ‘grey’ clouding his mind. It’s not a sadness or an anger, just a thick fog, dulling his emotions. At times in such a way, that it seems he can’t feel anything else than grey.
It has had it’s perks too. Henry has never been gripped with that anxiety-riddled insecurity, that is the driving force of most people’s adolescence. He has never really cared what others think of him, never been afraid to say what he feels. Not burdened with a big ego either. Henry grew in a quite religious household with many younger siblings, so it was easy to fall into the role of dutiful brother and son, instead of exploring a feeling of self. The cloud in Henry’s head has in other words aged him a lot. As an adult, he lives a quiet life, occupies himself with family, work, swimming and reading and not much else. Everything in his life seems to be standing still, like a clock that stopped working a long time ago, and is now just hanging there, collecting dust.
Of course there are things that have wakened Henry from his slumber throughout his life. As a teenager, he used to fall in love quite often, and that was never a dull feeling. He's always been a romantic. Always felt fulfilled in the act of total devotion, even if the person he was devoted to, was not the easiest person to be with. It was also in his teenage years, that he started struggling with a deep rooted sense of real frustration, instead of just feeling less. His 'rebel-phase' was more than just a bit of partying. He experimented with drugs, disappeared for entire weekends, and indulged in a romantic life that, in the eyes of a strongly religious household, could only be described as scandalous.
Though his behavior took a more reasonable form as he grew into adulthood, these episodes continued throughout his life: In periods ranging from a week to a couple of months, he becomes irritable and impulsive, and dives into self-destructive behavior: Drinking a lot, getting into arguments with friends as well as strangers, chasing one-night-stands. He has not only gotten one, but several horrible tattoos as a result of these bursts of irrationality. But at some point, he comes his senses, only to go through a period of shameful regret: In the long run, he prefers living a quite life, and believes it to be best for everyone, including himself.
There is a sort of slowness to Henry. He often gets lost in thought or can seem oddly remote from what is happening around him. Besides that, he comes off as a genuinely good guy. He is helpful and considerate, and often puts others need before his own, He does not consider his own feelings to be of great importance, and therefor can be bit of a people pleaser, at the cost of his own needs. Henry has a habit of being shamelessly honest, even if that means compromising his own composure completely. It’s as if he just cannot be bothered with the type of social codes, that are there to protect people’s pride. It doesn’t frighten him at all to vulnerable.
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