Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2021 0:59:09 GMT -7
FOR: JOHN ELLIOT CLARK
APPLICATION: alohomorax0.proboards.com/thread/10109/oconnor-jack-draig
NAME: Gus* [open]
GENDER: Cis male
AGE: 44
SCHOOLING: Former Gryffindor
POTENTIAL FACES/FEATURES: Misha Collins, but mostly open to any face that would pass as being 40-50 years old.
REQUIRED DETAILS: Must be a former Gryffindor who was a roommate of Jack's.
PREFERRED: I'd like to see him employed as a Healer, but open to other career paths
OPEN: I'm pretty easy with most things however
OTHER DETAILS: Meet Gus* (*open to name change), somebody who has a very... interesting history with Jack , to say the least. These two boys met at Hogwarts and for seven years, they shared a dormitory. They weren't exactly friends, more so just roommates who put up with each other because there was no other choice.
It wasn't until their seventh year (post-war) that they developed more than an acquaintance. Gus was very aware of the effects the war had on Jack, picking up on the fact that he was waking up in cold sweats, if he managed to sleep; and noticing the avoidance Jack had towards certain places, i.e. the dungeons where he'd been tortured, and the Muggle Studies classroom. He all but shoved Jack into Madam Pomfrey and he was the one that, essentially, forced Jack to start seeking help.
The two men fell out of touch until one day, they reunited in a bar. They spoke for some time and Gus, who'd just finished a Healer traineeship, realised that Jack wasn't doing much of anything with his life. He was the one to help Jack decide what to do with his life, and from there on, the two of them stayed in touch. At first, it started with drinks at a bar until one night, whilst stumbling back to Jack's apartment, Jack kissed him out of the blue. Gus knew already that he was gay, but Jack had never so much as hinted that he liked boys. It was a shock, to say the least, but the two kept seeing one enough and things... progressed.
At age 26, Gus and Jack had been in a long-term relationship for four years. They shared an apartment together, as well as a dog named Daisy, and Gus was looking at rings. He wanted to propose, even though it wasn't legal in the UK yet. He decided not to propose after Jack's sister was attacked and subsequently disappeared, choosing to delay his plans in favour of helping the other man cope through his loss. After three months, Gus was starting to think maybe now was a good time. Maybe it would cheer Jack up.
Gus organised everything. He had the ring in his jean pocket, he'd ordered the pizza, bought the six pack and waited for Jack to get home from his parents place. But then things went topsy-turvy - in the middle of dinner, Jack told him that he was leaving. Just... picking up and going the next morning, heading straight for the US because his 'research' showed that might be where Maggie had disappeared to.
Gus was hurt, and they had a massive fight that night. He didn't tell Jack about proposing, shoved the ring in the back of the drawer instead. Jack was gone the next morning and even though Gus tried to keep in touch, the efforts on Jack's behalf... weren't frequent enough. Eventually, he broke it off. Enough was enough. Gus went on with his life.
If you've gotten through that so far, then please know that I'm super open for changes to their little love story that ended in disaster and I actually have a few plans for current plot ideas that I'd be keen to discuss. Gus would be 100% yours though, and I'd love to see where you'd take him outside of Jack and his relationship, giving it's been 18 years (give or take) since they saw one another. Please feel free to shoot through a PM on discord if you're interested in taking him up.
Private Discussion Required: Yes
If Yes, Contact: @bree
