"Iβd been doing everything to please everyone else and some imaginary me."
-Jolene Stockman
Cool Kids - Echosmith || Everybody Loves You - Charlotte Lawrence || Ways to Go - Grouplove || I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers
Jeremy Atticus Quill
|{Nickname}|
Jem { Friends & Family } Prez { Classmates }
|{Age}|
Seventeen
|{Birth Date}|
October 2nd
|{Zodiac Sign}|
Libra
|{Gender}|
Cis Male
|{Sexual Orientation}|
Heterosexual
|{Relationship Status}|
Single & Not Sexually Active
|{Classification}|
Senior
|{Hometown}|
Birmingham, AL { Moved to NYC when he was 12 }
|{Role}|
Class President
β His Mom's Cooking β Living in the City β SciFi Novels/Movies/Shows β Card Games β Being Liked β Being Class President β Corny Jokes/Puns β Barbecue β Sweet Tea { "Does that make me a stereotype?" } β Central Park β Bicycling β Saturday Night Live β Stand Up Comedy { His favorites are Bill Burr, Joe Rogan, and John Mulaney } β Podcasts β History β
|{Dislikes}|
β His Southern Accent β Unsweet Tea β Taking the Subway β Indian Food β Asparagus β Being Disliked β Being the Subject of Gossip β Having to Be Careful for his Step-Dad β Pain β Skateboards β Strong Smelling Perfumes/Cologne β Bowties β Being an Only Child β Scarves β Losing β Bullies β Cats β Pigeons β Tense Situations β Buzzcuts β Being Alone
|{Habits}|
β’ When he's sleepy or caught off guard, his Southern accent will slip in a little bit β’ Shoves his hands in his pockets to keep himself from gesturing too much when he is getting nervous β’ Clears his throat a lot when asked questions he doesn't know the answer to β’ Almost never says no to an invitation or a request for help β’ Tends to overextend himself with work β’
|{Hobbies}|
β’ A big fan of anything SciFi, one of Jem's favorite activities by himself is to marathon shows like Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Stargate, etc. β’ Helping with his Step-Dad's political campaign {Not always willingly, though} β’ Bicycling around the city β’ Playing Card Games β’ Listening to Podcasts while hanging out in Central Park β’ Going to Comedy Clubs/Shows β’
|{Fears}|
β Being Rejected/Shunned by his peers β People Finding Out About his Biological Father β Disappointing his Step-Dad β Being Caught in a Scandal β Bees/Wasps {He is very allergic}
|{Secrets}|
Jem's birth dad was a drug addict who abandoned the family when Jem was three and overdosed when he was seven years old || In order to get As in all of his classes, Jem has occasionally paid smarter students to write papers/projects for him || He doesn't let on to people how terrified of being isolated he is, or how this sometimes leads to anxiety attacks
|{Personality}|
When new students transfer to Spence, regardless of what year they are, Jem is often the one chosen to give them the grand tour and help them find their group during the first week or two. It's quite clear to anyone who knows the young man that this isn't just part of his job as Class President- he's chosen for it because he is so good at getting along with people in the beginning. Perhaps something he learned from his step-dad, Jem is known for being the guy who wants to try and make everyone happy all the time, even when that is an impossible task. He makes a point to know the name of everyone in school, and while he may not be close friends with everyone he says hello to everyone he sees in the halls, from the queen bee to the trembling freshman. Jem has this deepset need for everyone to like him, and this leads him to constantly over-extend himself. He wants to be at every party, every volunteer event, every everything, even if that means having zero time left for himself. Jem has a really hard time saying no when people ask him for help, and to be honest this isn't because of some altruistic bone. It's because he's terrified of being disliked, and turning someone down might make them dislike him.
His need for everyone to like him leads him to have many acquaintances, but he only has a few close friends. It can be difficult to make time for the people who matter, after all, when you are constantly trying to please the ones that really don't. Jem acts the way he does because he's insecure. He was bullied a bit when he first moved to New York, and honestly growing up abandoned by a father who chose drugs over his kid didn't help his self-esteem much either. He is terrified of being shunned by everyone or looked down on, so much of his energy is dedicated to trying to make sure this never happens. Once you get him to chill out a little bit, however, you'll see someone with a load off of their shoulders. Around his closest friends, Jem is a joker who loves only the corniest of jokes. He seems to be constantly laughing or smiling, and is a really genuinely fun and cheerful person when he isn't letting his insecurity get the better of him.
Unfortunately, his insecurity also leads him to worry too much about appearances. He is on his guard a lot when around school, trying his damnedest not to slip and let everything he's worked for tumble down. Jem has high expectations for himself and if he doesn't meet them, he suffers from some fairly bad anxiety that he refuses to confide in anyone about, even his closest friends and family. He doesn't want people to think he's weird or hysterical, and definitely doesn't want his step-dad to think he's some kind of liability. He's a smart kid, and at heart a good kid. He just makes mistakes when he misunderstands what other people want from him. He will do the stupidest things to avoid being seen as weird or lame, because he's afraid of being alone.
Once Jem and his mom moved in with his mom's parents, things got better. Michelle attended a culinary school, as she had always been a phenomenal cook and dreamed of one day opening her own restaurant. Jem attended school and lived fairly happily, although occasionally kids would whisper cruel things that they'd heard from their parents. Every few months, however, his dad would show up at his school and Jem would have to watch his father get dragged off by security, a terrible sight for a young kid to see. On one occasion, when Jem was seven years old, Atticus tried to kidnap him from school. Jem was mad at his mom for taking away some toy or another the night before, and was more easily lured away than he should have been. Atticus brought him back to a filthy apartment that gave way to the fact that his drug habits had not changed one bit. Jem fell asleep on Atticus's bed while Atticus took the couch. The next morning, Jem woke up to the smell of something vile. He found his dad dead on the couch- he had overdosed in the night. Jem ran to get help, but it was far too late. After that, his mother kept a very close eye on him, worried that he might have been traumatized by what he had seen.
In fact, he suppressed most of the memory of it. He remembers going out to ice cream with his dad, but thinks that afterwards he went home, and that it wasn't until days later that he got the call that his dad had died. His mom was all too willing to encourage his false memory. Meanwhile, his mom had been working as a chef at a very popular restaurant in Birmingham. That is where she met Anderson Quill, Jem's step-dad. He had asked to meet the chef, and upon seeing a beautiful young woman immediately asked her on a date. Even once Anderson had to return to New York, he came down to see her regularly. Their courtship went on for two years before Anderson proposed. At 12 years old, Jem was moved from Alabama to New York Cty. Anderson was a politician, a member of the New York State Senate, as well as the second son of a very old and wealth family. It was a new life that Jem had trouble adjusting to, truth be told. He was teased at his school for his slow, southern accent and nervous disposition. After spending middle school like that, Jem begged to be sent to a different school for high school. And once at Spence, he reinvented himself. Jem studied magazines to find out how to dress nicely, but not like he tried too hard, got a better haircut, and trained himself to hide the thick southern drawl. And it clearly worked, given his current position as Class President. These days, his mom owns a very nice restaurant in Manhattan (his step-dad helped fund the opening of it, but it's been successful in its own right since), and he spends at least one or two weekends a month at publicity events with Anderson and his mom. Anderson is nice, and his mother seems happy, so Jem is satisfied with where he's at. Except when he has those little anxiety attacks that he hasn't told anyone about, or panics that everyone will think he's a fraud and shun him.
|{Face Claim}|
Tyler Posey
|{Dialogue Color Code}|
#00A563
|{Writer}|
SuperfluousBuns
