Name: Sage Acker
Gender: Male
Pronouns:He/Him
Sexuality: Gay
Age: 20
D.O.B: March 15th
Appearance:
Messy black hair that falls over his eyes & down past his shoulder blades (he uses it to kinda hide behind & often has it up in a bun revealing the undercut beneath the long hair), golden amber eyes, Somewhat short (5'2''), olive skin, lots of scars but the most obvious one is across his right cheek, slim and light build (but powereful; he has the body type of peak athletic performace despite being smaller), Although he's slim he's still muscular (more refined than bulky), gives off an air of power and/or menace, has a low voice that is quiet and scratchy, he normally wears some form of black jeans and a tshirt (with a hoodie if it's cooler temperatures) rather than a lab coat like most of the other scientists
Scars:
He has plenty of them. One on his right cheek, one across his chest, an abundance of scars on his back and legs from his father's belt, and other smaller ones scattered across his body
Piercings - He has lots of pericings. A small silver lip ring on the center of his lower lip, black and silver chain/arrow looking things on his right ear, and plenty of other small silver earrings to fill in the rest of the holes if he feels like it
Jewelry:
The only jewelry besides his piercings he wears is his dog tags from his time in the marines
Tattoos:
He has plenty of these too. Dragon wings on his shoulder blades, a skull made of smoke on his right forearm, and a viking rune behind his left ear (it stands for courage in battle). He also has two solid bands around his right bicep area (a tradition of his ancestors, one for his younger sister who's now dead and another for his best friend in the army, who died in combat in the same battle he was injured in).
Other:
He has a prosthetic arm/hand (his left), a result of a land mine his truck hit while he was in the army. It took his arm off halfway down his forearm. The prostetic was made to look real, and functions like a normal hand, so not many people notice the difference, especially when he wears long sleeves (which is most of the time, he keeps it well hidden)
Personality:
Hot-headed (he often gets hurt or in trouble because of it), he's very untrusting so he doesn't like to accept help, he gets flashbacks (mostly from his father and stepmother, who he doesn't get along with & the war he was a part of) from his past which affects him greatly in a very negative way. He often comes across as rude/cold/crude (he does have a nasty tongue on him lol), but in reality he's just afraid of getting hurt again by people who were supposed to be there to support him. Once you've earned his loyalty though, there's nothing he won't do for you. He is extremely loyal, to a fault, and has continued bad relationships in the past for too long because of it.
Likes:
Art (painting/drawing), music/singing, nature, anything physical (helps get his mind off of the war and of his past), science (because of the military he never was able to go to college, but since this is a shady business and he does a lot of research they hired him)
Dislikes:
Loud noises (Because PTSD), crowds, people who think they're better than everyone else
Relationship Status: Single
Crush: None at the moment
Exes:
Amy Harper: He dated Amy for a while in high school, and stayed with her even though she treated him terribly becasue he felt like he had to stay. He only escaped her when he went into the marines and she soon enough found some other victim once he was out of the picture.
Familial Relations/Family tree:
Bruce Acker: His father, alive
Victoria Acker: Stepmother, Alive
Emma Acker: Mother, Deceased
Elizabeth (Liz) Acker: Younger sister, Deceased
Backstory:
Sage grew up in a happy, very wealthy household. It stayed this way until he was around nine, when his mother died. His father grieved after that, becoming angrier and angrier no matter what Sage did. That made his life bad enough for years. Then his father married Victoria. She moved in, and took a liking to Sage right away (and not in a good way). This made life even worse, and no matter what sage did he couldn't escape. he tried everything, and even now has a smoke in his hand pretty often, a habit he never could get rid of. He started drinking too, soemthing that followed him up through his life.
The moment he turned of age, he joined the marines, and spent two years fighting in the Middle East. One day, during a battle, he was wounded by a land mine and lost his arm as well as his only friend at the time. He was sent home then, and he pretends to still act like he was back when life was ok....just some rich kid. No one knew him well enough to notice how much he'd changed in the past few years. Hopefully, the new lab he found a job at provided a space where he could be safe and wouldn't remind him of the war. It was certainly a nice and quiet space where he could put his mind to good use.
*Theme Song(s):
Train Wreck by James Arthur
Labour (idk who made it lol)
Other:
He makes sure he is always armed, a habit of being in a war. He had his conceal to carry, as well as a knife he's had for years on him at all times. He also has picked up the bad habit of chewing on his lips and nails when nervous, to the point of bleeding (he got the lip ring so he could play with that rather than tear his lips up but it only works so well). He does his best to hide that he's changed, and no one really notices anything's wrong (at least, not yet).
Moderate Temperatures and Overcast
