"Some secrets need to be told. And these are often the hardest to tell."
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Callum Watson
Nicknames:
Cal
Age:
18
Gender:
Male
Sexuality:
Closeted homosexual
- Rock music
- Listening to his music loudly
- Freedom
- Tea
- Mints
- Driving
- Salty things
- Sour things
- Coffee
Dislikes
- Sour things
- Cheap coffee
- Feeling trapped
- People crying in front of him
- Church
- People using religion to defend their ignorance
- Homophobia
- Hip-hop
- Keeping secrets
Talents
- Lying: God knows, he's told enough.
- Intelligent: His good grades are part of the reason he remains in good favour with his parents.
- Athletic: Being forced into sports as a kid worked out in his favour, really.
Weaknesses
- Emotions: Callum sometimes struggles to express his own emotions and often cannot deal with other people expressing theirs.
- Easily Stressed: Callum gets overwhelmed easily and ends up getting stressed.
- Secretive: He doesn't particularly like sharing things about himself.
Fears
He's terrified of being outed without his permission- as bad as it would be coming out to his parents in person, he knows it would be much, much worse if they found out from anyone else.
He's also quite claustrophobic.
However, beneath this, he's not as cool as he seems. The constant anxiety of having his parents find out about his sexuality has left him anxious about just about everything. A test that he should be able to ace without any study has him panicking and pouring over his books for hours, terrified of failure. He has been known to have panic attacks before big baseball games or races. He can't handle these emotions and they just make him feel worse about himself, trapping him in a vicious loop. He knows that he needs to tell someone, but the thought of that makes him panicky again and he can't. He knows that his friends would support him but he just can't.
When Arthur found out that one of Callum's friends was bisexual, he went on a rant and told Mary what he'd do if his son was gay. He didn't know, but Callum overheard this. It confirmed to Callum that he couldn't come out while he was still living with his parents. It was after that that Callum's problems with anxiety started. They were mild at first, but steadily got worse the less he spoke about his various problems.
He's currently crushing on one of his friends, which is complicating the whole matter even further.
Face Claim:
Aaron Johnson
Hexcode:
#064700