forum "Fake" relationship one-on-one? (Closed)

Started December 26, 2018 by @rot-baby-rot!

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Uh, title says all, I guess? I'll add the real plot later if someone wants to join

I'll join! Title's intriguing!

Cool! Alright, so the plot is loosely based off this fanfic called "Dirty Laundry" I read years ago. It's basically where Character A, in order to get them off his back, tells his family he's bringing a boy home for the holidays. He convinces Character B to pretend to be his boyfriend until the holidays are over, which is when they can "break up." (In the fic, they make a deal that Character A will do B's laundry, which is where the title comes from). This, of course, doesn't go according to plan, and the two end up facing homophobia and a lot of bad memories. They end up developing romantic feelings for each other along the way until one of them screws up and the whole thing goes up in flames

I would be Character A in this situation

Cool!

Before we get into this, I have some ground rules

• Proper grammar
• No one-liners
• Your character can't be perfect. Give them flaws. Give them bad traits and good ones. Make them realistic
• Cursing is allowed but we'll take anything NSFW to PM
• I probably won't be on a lot but we should both try to avoid abandoning this for days at a time
• No racist/homophobic/sexist stuff (unless it's coming from a character)
• Don't take control of my character
• If there's something you don't like about the plot or if you want it to go in another direction, just tell me and we can talk about it
• There's gonna be a bunch of characters that aren't technically "main" characters (my character's family, for instance). I'll probably control the family but anyone else (like employees at stores or people on the street or just anyone they interact with) you can control (if you want, of course)

Okay, I'm good with all those.

(Cool. Here's the template; I'll post my character in a bit)

Template

Name:
Nickname:
Age (18-21):
Gender:
Sexuality:
Appearance:
Attire:
Personality:
Language(s) spoken:
Greatest fear:
Flaws:
Background:
Talents:
Hobbies:
Favorite word:
Other:

Name: Marcus Forlen
Nickname: Mercury
Age (18-21): 21
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Pansexual
Appearance: Skinny and tall, blue-gray eyes, silver hair, pale skin, lots of scars covering his body (the most visible one stretches from the end of his left eyebrow to around half-way down his face)
Attire: A navy blue sweater (jumper? They're called different things), skinny jeans, ratty converse, old band t-shirts
Personality: Marcus is basically the Older Sibling Friend™ of the group. He's warm, flirty, and slow to anger. He's often been described as dramatic by his friends and family.
Language(s) spoken: English
Greatest fear: Complete and total solitude
Flaws: He has little to no self-confidence and often shoulders his problems/issues alone. He trusts too easily and gives practically everyone the benefit of the doubt, which can end up getting him hurt
Background: When he was (around) six years old, he was dropped off at the doorstep of a hardened detective. He can only remember flashes, certain colors, smells, and items, from before that time. The detective, already a father of four, took in Mercury and gave him his name. Neither of them like to talk about Marcus' life before he showed up on their doorstep, which is why no one outside of family and close family friends knows
Talents: He loves playing the piano
Hobbies: Reading up on astronomy, stargazing, writing songs
Favorite word: Petrichor (what it smells like after it rains)
Other: His family started calling him Mercury because of his intense love for the stars

(I don't have male characters but we'll try!)
Name: Jay Cornell
Nickname: None
Age (18-21): 19
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
Appearance: Floofy brown hair with green tips that's always hanging in a fringe over his honey colored eyes with slightly tan skin.
Attire: (Except his glasses are real) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/cc/2d/a1cc2d780d7a506fb016c5282bf58a8c.jpg
Personality: Sketchbook/Book Shelf boy https://www.pinterest.com/pin/326370304241200423/
Language(s) spoken: French, Spanish, and English
Greatest fear: Isolation
Flaws: Would rather be dead than in a public place because of crushing social anxiety
Background: TBD
Talents: He's a really good artist and singer
Hobbies: Drawing and singing
Favorite word: Coffee
Other: Has a problem of biting his lip a lot which makes him seem way flirtier than he is

(No problem)

Marcus dropped his books on the library table, not particularly caring where they all landed. He buried his head in his hands and let out a groan. "I'm going to fucking die," he muttered. One of his friends at the table snorted.

Jay jolted up at the loud bang of books landing on a table and his eyes shot to a familiar stranger across the room. Jay had seen him before but couldn't remember his name. Mark? No, that wasn't it. Mike? Nope, not that either. Milk? Okay now Jay knew he was just tired. He shook his head and returned to his book.

"What'd you do this time?" Ailith, one of his best friends, asked. She didn't sound like she particularly cared. Marcus groaned again.

"You know how I have to go home for the holidays?" He asked, looking up. Ailith said nothing but his other friend, Cassian, nodded. Virgil, who sat to Cassian's left, just looked bored. "Okay, so, my mom was nagging me about getting a girlfriend, right? Well, I got kind of fed up, right?"

Virgil's eyes narrowed. "What did you do?"

"Well, I might've told her that I was bringing someone home. A boy. And um," his voice trailed off, "as you can see, I don't exactly have one." He looked at the two men at his table pleadingly. "Could one of you-"

"No. Absolutely not," Cassian interrupted. Marcus turned his gaze to Virgil.

"No!" Virgil had an expression of detached horror on his face. "Mercury, you've been on thin ice since the rabbit incident. I'm not going to date you."

Ailith looked extremely amused. "Just grab some kid and strike a deal. What about that one over there?" She pointed someone at another table. Jason, if Mercury remembered correctly. "Hey! Kid!" She yelled over at him.

"Ailith!" Mercury squawked, "shut up!"

"You wanna date this hunk of a man?"

Marcus' betrayed noises could barely be heard over Virgil's wild cackles.

"Jay. Jay. Jay!!" Megan shook took him by the shoulders and shook him. "What? What is it Megan?" "Someone's staring at you." "They do that." "Okay listen, I'm trying to get you a boyfriend here." "Wait it's a guy?! You didn't say that!" His head shot up, his honey colored eyes wide. His blonde matchmaker friend sighed. "No it's a space alien, yes it's a guy!"

Ailith walked over to Jay's table looking far too happy with herself. Cassian held Marcus down when he tried to go after her. She crossed her arms, standing over Jay and Megan almost threateningly. "Hey, kid, my friend needs a boyfriend. A fake one, mind you. He can pay you in horrible music taste and awkwardly intimate moments. You'll even get to meet the parents! You in?"

Who did this girl think she was? "Okay, first of all, my name isn't 'kid' it's Jay and second, I'm not gonna date anyone, pretend or not, without knowing them at all." Megan slapped him upside the head. "This could be your chance!" She hissed. "First off, ow! Second, I don't even know the guy's name!"

Ailith rolled her eyes. "Cassian!" She snapped in his direction. "Bring over our captive." Cassian hauled Mercury up and dragged him over. Virgil followed after them, still unable to keep a straight face. For a normally serious and sarcastic guy, he certainly did find this entire situation very funny. "This is Marcus Forlen."

"Shit, I'm sorry, just ignore her, I don't know why she's like this-" he babbled senselessly.

This only sent Virgil into another laughing fit and- was Cass blushing? Interesting.

"Mercury, this is your new victim. Oh, sorry, I meant boyfriend. His name's Jay."

Marcus! That was it. He couldn't think of it. He squinted at him. "Haven't I seen you before?" "You know him?!" "Not really. More like familiar strangers."