Post by killian aiden cavanaugh on May 17, 2013 16:58:10 GMT -8
| [atrb=style,width: 420px; background-color: efefef; background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/6jh1H.png); padding: 5px, bTable] KILLIAN A. CAVANAUGH 22 | HETEROSEXUAL | DOCK WORKER/MAFIA MEMBER | LOCAL | ALEX PETTYFER THE PERSONALITIES 1 - STRANGERS When interacting with everyday people, strangers, Killian can come off as quite the... odd sort of character. He's very distant but not unwilling to make conversation with people. He's actually very charming and smooth with his words. He knows how to compliment a woman and boost the ego of a man. He'll talk anyone up but if you pay close attention, he actually talks in circles. Repeats himself without actually using the same words over. He avoids speaking about personal things because he tends to avoid making a real connection with anyone. He's charming and memorable. With a face like his, he's pretty hard to forget. The tall, dark, and handsome part of him tends to draw people in like a moth to a flame. Strangers want to know more, but he doesn't allow them to get under the surface. At least not often. He has secrets that he needs to keep hidden but the person he's talking to would never know that because he can act so normal. Domestic. But there's always something off. A detachment to him that's hard to break. Every once in a while a lucky person will be able to break through his fake barriers though, and those people get to see the second side of him. 2 - FRIENDS This is the second layer to Killian's personality. This is what he's like around those he considers to be his friends. When he is with a group of guys or girls that he is close with, Killian can turn into quite the goofball. He's humorous and charming and has a light way of viewing life. Going outside to play sports or mess around in the lake are things he rather enjoys doing. He also likes to work with his hands and is almost always messing around with his motorcycle. Killian is a kind man and very vigilant when it comes to the people he cares most about. When he sees someone he loves is upset, he'll coax them into talking to him and he'll find a solution to the problem. Whether it be beating the shit out of someone or simply finding a way to distract said person. Killian is very protective and won't stand for anyone threatening or harming his friends because they are very much like his family. Those he allows to get close to him are few and far between so you have to be a special kind of person to get through his tough outer shell. He is a man involved in a lot of dangerous things so he doesn't like to bring outsiders in. He's afraid of what might happen to them because of him so he does his best to keep himself isolated while also acting kindly towards almost everyone. He's got a genuine heart of gold that would allow him to bend over backwards to make everyone happy, but because of the third part of his personality, he can't really let the kind, caring, and considerate part of him to show all that often. He can be friendly and generous, but he also has to appear threatening. He can't allow people walk all over him because that very well could mean the death of him. 3 - MAFIA The Irish Mafia is something bigger than himself. These men are supposed to be his family and he's supposed to work for the betterment of each and every one of his family members. The Cavanaugh's are an older family in the mafia, but since he is young, he has to work his way up to the top. Because of this, Killian is struggling to make sure the members know he isn't someone to be fucked with. He takes on a deadly sort of seriousness whenever he's around other members. Sinister and cold when he needs to be but always respectful. He gives higher ranks the respect they are owed but is sure to put those who are below him in their place. Killian takes his work seriously even though he hates it. He knows that if he fucks up, it could mean his life and the lives of those who are close to him. So he does what he's told but is careful to make it seem as if he's not a pushover. Killian works in dealing both drugs and illegal arms for the mafia. His clients all know that he isn't someone to be fucked with and if he isn't given his money, there will be a price to pay. By nature, Killian is not a violent person. He doesn't like to hurt people, but he will if he has to. He's been trained to kill and protect himself against rivals. He knows how to inflict the worst kind of pain. It's not something he's proud of but it's something he has to do, so he does it. It's either that or he dies. THE BACKSTORIES 1 - BEGINNING Killian was the first and only born to Declan and Carly Cavanaugh. He was prized possession. The heir to his parents throne. They both adored their young Irish son but in different ways. His mother cared for him as a babe. Cradled him and sang songs to him while he slept in his crib. She adored him as any mother would adore their child while his father continued to maintain a shady business that brought in a lot of profit but wasn't quite known by the locals around town. The Cavanaughs had always been an odd family in Brunswick. Quiet but polite and likable. Everyone knew about them and were on friendly speaking terms with both his parents, but there was something that kept them detached from the rest of the families. The only people his parents seemed to be buddied up were the other Irish families in town. This hadn't bothered Killian at first though. He was too young to realize he was in the middle of a serious Irish Mafia meeting while he was playing with toys in his mother's lap or quietly eating his food at the dinner table. In his eyes, he was just a normal child. He played with toy cars, played with the other kids in his school. Yes, he knew that some kids were afraid of him because of his parents and he wasn't allowed over certain children's houses, but he didn't know about the underlying secret. Not until he was older. Not until the middle part of his story began... 2 - MIDDLE Killian knew more about his family secret when he was around ten. More things started to make sense to him as he listened in on the conversations of his father and his father's 'friends'. His mother still tried to shield his childhood innocence, but by the time he turned sixteen, it was all but lost. His father sat him down in his office and explained everything. Told him about the history of their family and how they'd been a respected family in the mafia for many generations and how he would soon have to carry on the name and fight his way to the top to earn a respectable title in the mafia. None of this made any sense to him at the time, but Killian knew he had no choice. This was something he'd been born into and it was his destiny to follow through with it. He had to learn the tricks of the trade to become a son his father could be proud of and a member to the mafia that everyone else could be glad to have around. So his training began. First it started off on a smaller scale. He learned how to use a gun, to defend himself should he ever get stuck in a dangerous situation. Only after he perfected the art of self defense and maintaining a stony appearance did he start doing jobs. Killian was a fast learner. A natural in the business. This made his father proud but her mother nervous. There were often nights she when his parents would have hushed arguments where his mother would make comments about not wanting to get her baby boy involved and then his father's chest would swell with pride as he talked about how well he was taking to everything. His son wouldn't screw up. He was too careful and calculated. Maintaining all three parts of his personality and both sides of his life was easy. What could possibly go wrong when Killian was taking to everything like a fish to water? It was a burden he didn't want to bare but he accepted it anyway because he realized that this was his calling in life. It was in his blood and he had no choice. But then everything took a turn for the chaotic because of a single girl. 3 - PRESENT Emelia Garland was her name and he'd met her through a group of friends on the beach on one hot summer day. His friends, being the obnoxious idiots they were, spotted the girl on the beach and beckoned her over. They were going out on all kinds of extreme to get her attention but she seemed to take a liking to Killian, the one who'd kept his distance, the most. He'd be lying if he said he hadn't liked her either. She was attractive, yes, but intelligent and interesting. There was something about her that just drew him to her and allowed him to forget about the cautions he normally took with other people. They hung out a few times after that but drifted apart only to be brought back together in high school. He was assigned to show her around the school and that rekindled the relationship he had with little Millie. After that the two of them just sort of became best friends. He'd go over her house or she'd come over to his. Two peas in a pod really, but he was careful to keep her separated from the dangerous parts of his life. The mafia in other words. And that worked for a good while. Things were normal with them and it was obvious to see that the pair were fond of one another. Maybe a little too fond. Killian adored her. Loved her even, but he could never love an outsider. Not openly. So though everyone else labeled them as a couple, Killian kept it strictly platonic up until recently when they both ended up getting drunk and the alcohol loosened them up, allowing them to display their true affection. That had been a bad idea because Emelia ended up trying to tell him of her feelings the morning after and he bolted. There was no way he could be with her. It wasn't possible. She was already too far in with him... it as dangerous enough for her already. He'd actually been surprised that things had gone unnoticed between the pair of them... but apparently things hadn't gone unnoticed. One of his friends who'd been on the beach with him the day he and Emelia met informed him that there was a planned attack going. They were planning to shut Emelia up because she was too close the mafia and posed a threat. If she knew too much and gave up their secret they would be screwed. Rationally, as a mafia member, he knew that this would be for the best but he didn't think rationally. His car sped down the streets leading up to her house and he kicked in the front door without thinking. The silencer on his gun kept the bullet quiet as he pulled the trigger, killing the man who had a gun pointed to his best friend and the only girl he ever cared about. Now he was in for it. They both were, but Killian refused to let either of them be killed. Since then he's had to deal with the pressure of the mafia on his shoulders while keeping an eye out for Emelia. That should have been easy but his killing someone for her and keeping secret tarnished their relationship. They are no longer best friends, only strangers who live together for the sake of her safety. Nothing more, nothing less. And it kills him, it really does. But how can he fix it? How can he justify the things he does? He can't. Simple as that and now she's stuck with him unless she's alright with dying. BEHIND THE MASK LEAH | SIXTEEN | EASTERN | n/a | BEAU/DANI/KARSON/NIXON/GIO/AUDREY/LAYLA/JORDAN  |
