Name: Jacob Gawain Hartness
Nickname: Jake, J. Hart
Age: 17
Birthday: February 14
Sign: Aquarius
Gemstone: Amethyst
Blood Type: B+
Fav. Food: beef jerky, Monster energy drinks, Mountain Dew, Nutella
Hated Food: Tomatoes
School: Hillworth Grammar School
Hobbies: Guitar playing: Jacob was five years old when his father bought him is very first acoustic guitar and he has been obsessed with playing ever since he got it. He went through six months of lessons at the local music store until he finally mastered the instrument. At first, he would play simple songs, especially the typical little kid songs like 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. As he got older though, his dad started buying him books of sheet music to songs by country artists. By the time he was ten years old, he could play 'Amarillo By Morning' without any hang up. It wasn't until he was fourteen that his dad finally bought him his now prized electric guitar and an amplifier. Around the same time, his taste in music started to switch from the country style that his father preferred to the rock style that Jacob now adores. He eventually started going online and downloading the chords to many of his favorite songs. It wasn't until he was sixteen that he started writing his own music and started performing, mostly at his school. Now he works at the same store where he learned to play, helping others learn as he did, and playing occasional gigs.
Shopping/People Watching: When he's not working and the urge to play isn't there, Jake prefers to hang out at the mall. He likes to people watch and go into stores to see what they have. He'll spend a lot of time in Hot Topic, Spencer's, and whatever entertainment store they have in there just browsing.
Crafting: Not that he would let anyone catch him doing it, but Jacob likes to sneak some of his mother's crafting supplies down to his room. His favorite thing to make is dream catchers. He has an elaborate one that he made for himself hanging over his bed, though if asked about it, he would say he brought it home from one of his trips to visit his family on the reservation.
e.g. Virtues: (+) Affectionate: Due to being raised in an affectionate family, Jacob, too, has become a very affectionate person. He always makes sure to hug his mom goodbye and will even give her a kiss on the cheek. He will even hug his baby sister, even when she gets on his nerves (though that may be just to bug her more). He play wrestles with his little brother and when he walks him to school or back home, he'll keep one arm tossed around his shoulders. It is very rare that the members of his family don't receive at least one show of affection from him all day; typically it is only when he's sick that he doesn't do it, mostly so he doesn't get them sick in return. When he meets someone that is not as affectionate as him, when he notices, he will back off and tone it down to a level that is comfortable for the other person.
Towards his close friends, he behaves the same way as he would with family as he regards his close friends as members of his family. Touches to the shoulder, an arm thrown over shoulders, hugs, kisses to the cheek are all forms of affection someone close to Jake could expect from him. He is a little less affectionate with those he’s not as close to but still considers a friend. Forms of affection that he uses with those he isn’t as close to would mostly be pats on the back or handshakes. He doesn’t always remember birthdays but when he does, or gets reminded, he will try to do something special for them either by gifting them a cheap muffin or sweet he picked up at a local convenience store or by getting them a gift of something that he knows the person likes or has been wanting for a while.
When someone shies away at his attempts at affection he does take it personally and it takes a shot at his self-confidence. After all, he’s just trying to show that he cares as much as he can. Depending on if he wants to actually befriend the person or not, he will back off and try to work up to getting them used to his shows of affection. If he doesn’t want the person around as a friend or such, he won’t bother and see trying to get them used to it as a waste of his time. Even though he will back off, sometimes his arrogant nature takes over, especially if he’s talking up someone he has an interest in getting with, and he will come across as too pushy and end up scaring them off. The most extreme situation would involve him being too affectionate with someone and getting slapped with a restraining order.
(+) Confident: Jacob is very confident in himself and his aspirations. When he wants something bad enough, he knows he'll get it and knows how to work the situation to make it happen He's seen the way the girls (and some of the guys) that come into his work place look at him and knows that with a few words, any of them would be coming back with him. His confidence in what he can do helps when it comes to his job. The store's holding a contest to see who can sell the most One Direction posters? No problem for him, he'll step up to the challenge. When his confidence is broken, he'll keep himself down in his room, playing his guitar, until the feeling dissipates and he's back to normal.
There are a few times when Jake isn't as confident as he'd like to make himself appear. Being shot down or something not going his way (or how he thought it would) breaks his confidence. As well as with a failure or mistake, he retreats into himself and spends his time with his guitar in his lap as he uses the emotions as an outlet to create music. The creation of something new helps him to slowly come back to being his normal, confident self. When he finds himself in a situation that he can’t fix and needs to just give up, the music outlet no longer works and it takes someone close to him (typically his mother or a close friend) to talk him out of it and bring him back around. His confidence brings trouble when he believes he knows what’s best for a group or person. It happened quite a few times when he was in school and at least once when he was involved with the band. It cost the band their drummer one summer before the band completely unraveled and was one of many reasons that the leader of the band grew to hate him.
(+) Friendly: Friendly is how he presents himself to everyone, especially those he just meets for the first time or doesn’t know. It’s not until people get close to him that they get to see his arrogance and confidence. It comes in handy at his job quite a bit but it also extends to his personal life. Need to find the latest cd from your favorite band? He'll lead you there and dig through the racks to find it for you. Need help learning the new chord on your guitar? He'll pull one down and walk you through the steps. With the piercings and such not too many are drawn to him, feeling more cautious than anything, until he starts interacting with them. For those that actually stick it out and deal with all facets of his personality and become his close friends he will do anything for them. For a stranger, however, he would extend common courtesy to them and be welcoming. Just like with his shows of affection, he could occasionally break personal boundaries and would have to be warned so he would know to back off.
The only way he won't act friendly to someone is if they manage to tick him off. Mess with his family? Make fun of his heritage? It's over. Put him down for what he does with his time or how he looks? Get out, he doesn't want anything to do with you.
Due to the piercings and growing and dying his hair, sometimes he gets people harassing him, believing him to be a slacker, and not good for much of anything. Since he was bullied as a kid, he hates it now and will go after people that harass him (or his family/friends) now. It depends on the offense and who it is from on how quick he will develop a grudge and how long he will hold it. If it’s a small offense and one of his siblings, he’s pretty willing to let it go quickly. If it’s a large offense (like he found himself in with his ex) then he will hold tight to a quickly formed grudge and there is not thing as second chances in his mind. For him a breach of trust or loyalty will trigger him to hold a grudge as those two things broke him the most in his past and he will not let anyone have a second chance after that unless they fight extremely hard and refuse to back down for that chance.
(+) Loyal: Jacob is completely and totally loyal to those who manage to get in close enough to claim a piece of his heart. To those that get close enough, he is there when ever they need him and will being willing to fight for them if needed. Sadly, Jacob keeps his heart closed off due to a bad break up that occurred when he was sixteen years old that involved his girlfriend and a band mate and the destruction of the band. Both the girl and his band mate were a year older than him and enjoyed playing with him while he struggled to come into himself and his sexuality. They ended up shattering his heart and causing Jacob to swear off anyone outside of his circle from getting too close to him.
However, despite having his heart closed off to romantic feelings, he will accept familial and friendship bonds. Right now his loyalty is to his family and the small group of friends he has. He has respect for anyone who isn’t scared of him and will put him in his place. Anyone who’s willing to work to get in has his trust and loyalty and thus a place in his heart. After all if he was completely closed off, he wouldn’t be affectionate to anyone around him. Once they’ve managed to get through, he would go to the end of the earth for them and he would take the chance again.
Once he were to take that chance, if someone were to break his heart, then yes he would hold a grudge against them mostly because for someone to break his heart, they would have had to put in the work to get into his heart in the first place. It would destroy him that he took the chance only to get hurt again and it would close him off even more.
Flaws: (-) Promiscuous: Just because he doesn't seek a steady relationship, doesn't mean he doesn't seek companionship when he has an itch that needs scratching. He refuses to have any involvement past a one night stand. Thankfully, Jacob is smart enough to never go into a one night stand without the aid of protection and to get himself checked out on a regular basis at the local clinic to make sure he remains clean. Though his parents wish he wouldn't continue his life style, his mother understands that her little boy just doesn't want to be hurt again.
When any of his partners get clingy, he tries his best to ignore them. Especially those that get clingy when he’s made it clear that he isn’t looking for anything more than one night. One way he goes about it is by not giving them his cell phone number so he doesn’t have to avoid answering it. Depending on where he picks up his partners, he won’t even give them his full name just in case they are going to be clingy.
He does make a point to avoid those that he is close to; he doesn’t want to do anything to damage those relationships. Most others don’t like this trait of his and some have tried to talk him out of it but he persists. After all, he thinks he won’t get hurt by being this way. Deep down, on the rare occasion, it does cross his mind to give it up but the part of him that remembers his past relationship doesn’t want to go through another horrible break up again. He loves himself a challenge so I think his ideal person to bring back would be someone who challenged him and made HIM work for it instead however he typically goes for the shy type that will easily give in to him. As for being turned down, if the person is 100% at no, then he’ll move on, however, if there’s a hint that he could get them to change their mind, he’ll step up to the challenge.
(-) Arrogant: Occasionally the confidence that Jake has in himself leads to arrogance. The praise he gets when he goes to play his shows and from his boss will sometimes get to his head and he will start thinking that he is better than anyone else. However, he knows better than to act like this at home because his mother and father will set him straight the second he attempts to mouth off to them.
When his arrogance kicks in he loves to talk a big game: talk up himself and his skills as much as he can. He is willing to take more risks and sometimes at the expense of others to prove himself as the best. It would get him detention when he was in school and got him punched in the face more than once. Now it gets him reported to his boss and threats of suspension and being written up for his attitude. It mostly comes along when he’s being pushed and when his self-confidence is extremely high. Sometimes he comes on too strong and it has cost him more than one partner for it though it’s then that he just moves on to the next person to catch his interest.
(-) Flirty: Along with his friendly behavior comes his flirtatiousness. More often than not, if he's helping someone that he notices and takes an interest in, he starts turning on the charm. Doesn't matter if they're male or female, if he's interested, they'll know within seconds. The downside to this is that it makes it hard for him to keep a serious relationship because sometimes he just doesn't know when to stop.
Depending on the interest of the person he’s flirting, he will determine how much of his charm to turn on. If he can tell that it’s not working and the person isn’t too interested, he won’t turn the charm on too much and if they start taking offense, he will back off. However, if he can tell that he’s getting to them then he will turn it on full stop. When he starts flirting, he makes the situation and focus all about them and not very much about himself. It does end up hurting him when he’s trying to do something else because he ends up distracted and puts all of his focus on the person instead. It typically ends with him getting called out on it and brought back to reality. Most of the time, coupled with his affectionate nature, it comes on more impulsive than anything.
When a misunderstanding happens, on his end, he will back off and will apologize for the misunderstanding and will not mess with them again if he sees them again. Most people shake their heads at him when they see it and will try to stop him if it’s been happening too often.
(-) Tactless: Another trait that Jacob has is a lack of tact, or the ability to watch his mouth. More often than not he'll blurt out whatever happens to be on his mind, no matter what it is. This ends up hurting peoples feelings or getting understood the wrong way. The only good side to this is that he says what's on his mind and what he is truly feeling instead of bottling it up inside him to fester.
Sometimes Jacob is aware of the words that are coming out of his mouth (typically when he starts flirting, he’ll share the first compliment that comes in his mind to start it off even if it’s not the most appropriate thing to start off with) and sometimes he’s not (a lot of words that spew from his mouth when he’s being confident and arrogant come from this). He’s a quick talker/thinker but he also feels that he has every right to express how he feels through words and not sugarcoat it. If he does end up hurting someone that he’s close to then he will apologize to them, though by now his family and close friends are used to it. Those that he isn’t close to or strangers make think of him as cruel and….well tactless…because of the words that come out of his mouth. He doesn’t see it as something that needs to be worked on because, again, it’s better for him to speak the truth about how he feels and sees things than to lie or sugarcoat it.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Brown, round, slightly narrow shaped
Hair: side cut in the front with a green tint to the tips of the long side, long down his back, again green along the tipsFace: Heart shaped face, strong jaw line
Clothes: Uniform in rumpled condition at school, typically tee shirts with fishnet underneath and black jeans hanging loose on his hips outside of school
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