x
x
x
x
x
x
x
age: eighteen
sexuality: pansexual
birthday: december fifth (sagittarius)
occupation: laying low
hexcode: #000000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxamerican teenxx||xx robbersxx ||xx oakland
secrets:
moved to mountain brook to live with his aunt after both of his parents were arrested for various major crimes.
is a serial rulebreaker and trespasser
used to have a serious gambling addiction
✘ pigeons
✘ leather jackets
✘ ancient history
✘ formal events
✘ gambling
✘ adrenaline rushes
✘ silent films
✘ heights
✘ photography
✘ the big city
x
✘ bland foods
✘ his father
✘ the school system
✘ rules
✘ small town life
✘ guns
✘ rednecks
✘ herbal tea
✘ getting wet
✘ breaking promises
✘ incredible accuracy with
projectile weapons
✘ fantastic cheater
✘ knows a little bit of a lot of
languages, fluent in italianxxxx
✘ wide-open places
✘ being vulnerable
✘ forgetting - people, places, anything
✘ having no one
✘ the dark
we don't always say what we mean
appearance:
xxxmarley blends right into a big city, but sticks out in a small town.
xxxhe's shorter than average, wiry and slender. if he didn't dress so well, he could be mistaken for a street rat in new york city, but in mountain brook, he's more eccentric. he wears a lot of darker colors, and can almost always be spotted with his trademark leather jacket. he has dark, curly hair and soft brown eyes, accompanied by a smattering of freckles across his cheeks, nose, and forehead. marley has sharp features- a strong jawline, high cheekbones, upturned nose. when his guard is down, he's very expressive- his nose scrunches, a smile reaches from ear to ear, an eyebrow arches. but he's learned to keep it under wraps, and his poker face is spectacular.
xxxhe looks much more like his mother than his father. he has her full lips, strong eyebrows, and heart-shaped face- and though his eyes are his father's brown, they are warm and rich like hers. when crossed, though, the deep furrow of his brown and sudden coldness of those same warm eyes are strongly reminiscent of his father. he has a small scar under his right eye and dark circles usually frame them alongside thick, dark lashes. his skin is a soft olive tone, tanned in the summers with his freckles prominent.
personality:
xxxmarley is mercurial, cunning, ambitious. his father's power runs in the bloodline, and his mother's strategic intelligence is reflected in brooding eyes and fidgeting fingers. he is yet to fully grasp the control his parents have over their emotions, however, and is moodier and more likely to bend to his emotions or cater to a passing whim. he is curious, living on the edge and breaking rules with reckless abandon. harsh restrictions are not marley's cup of tea, and he fights back against oppressive authority as soon as he feels trapped. gaining his respect is a daunting task, but rewarding in the long run. gaining his trust, however, is next to impossible.
xxxmarley has no respect for any sort of law code but his own. he flies solo, relying on himself only. he's charming enough to get away with the whole 'i work alone' act, and he's outgoing enough to seem like a lovable rogue instead of an asshole.
xxxwhen marley turned thirteen, he got his first glimpse into what his dad and mom really did. he got into a scuffle at school, defending his pride, and one of his dad's men came to pick him up. he was led into a dark nightclub, through the lights and music, to a back room where deals were being made. it was a world he hadn't seen- yes, he knew that new york city had an underground market, but marley didn't realize just how tied to it he was.
xxxhis parents left town for a few months when he was fifteen. he got into petty crime, and the first bet he made was a rush of adrenaline that he couldn't shake for years. he got into more gritty gambling through his father's men, and it took his father's arrest and sentence to seventy years that finally put his priorities back in order. his mother moved back to new york and fired his governess, deciding that marley needed to be watched much more closely. they still weren't sure where the betrayal had come from, but the evidence pointed to someone close to his father- so marley became a suspect in a year-long case at age sixteen.
xxx it ended up being his mother. she'd caught him cheating and in a fit of rage, anonymously submitted evidence of her husband's crimes to the police. however, she'd caught herself in the crossfire, and the embezzlement and fraud from the mob's accounts got her landed in jail alongside him. marley moved to mountain brook with his aunt at age seventeen, cleared of most suspicion and ready to start fresh.
xxx as much as marley misses the skyscrapers and the pigeons, he's slowly adjusting to life in a small town. the recent murmurs of a murder have him on his toes- he already has a history of being tied up in crime, and if the suspicion lands back on him, it could be disastrous.
