Rage at me all you'd like, it's the condescending tone that gets to me.
Personality: To call him a wall flower in public is like stating up is indeed up. If there's a party or some large gathering, or more specifically if he's uncomfortable, he's near perfected the art of vanishing while in plain sight. Naturally Brook is more than just a back drop for someone else's life, but sometimes it's hard to tell. As it is, Brook is rather out of it, pretending to interact with others (what if's) rather than actually doing so. As far as he's concerned he's content watching rather than taking the chance and ruining what he's got. Perhaps it's a bit too cautious, but it's always easy to tell how much he trusts someone because of this. His friends, rather the real ones, get to see his more daring side simply because he trusts them not to bail on him if he goes a bit over the top. An odd quark of his, though it's hard to gain his trust and easy to lose it, he'd probably forgive someone for just about anything. However, though it's rare, when he does find something to draw the line at, he's stubborn to no end. Underneath all the careful tip-toeing he's a rather romantic gentalman with a love for quick wit and sarcasm.
Likes: Pasta, books, pain*, art, and video games
Dislikes: Crowds, drugs, being the center of attention
Fears: The dark and public humiliation
Basic History: He grew up being the 'good boy'. His older brother was the one always getting in trouble. Brook's brother, Richard, eventually screwed his life over landing himself in prison for murder with their parents disowning him. Since then he had gotten far too much attention for his already shy tendencies. The incident may not have affected him quite as much, after all his brother never really 'hung out' with him, but the news was dragged out until everyone knew all the bloody details. His parents had him in counselling since, to be sure there'd be no repeats, and for the longest time the teachers who had his brother secretly referred to him as the murderers little brother. It was only in high school that the hype seemed to have died leaving him with some semblance of piece. He's only had one girlfriend Rachel, but if you asked his best friend, Lisa, she'd say the girl is only using him. They pretty much would break-up monthly, Lisa refers to this as Rachel's period to which Brook only half heartily glares while he's wallowing in this month's temporary depression.
Other: *Brook is something of a masochist. Not strictly just physical pain, and he's certainly not aware of it, but there's very little explanation for why he kept getting back together with Rachel each time she decided to leave him, usually to go on some date with an upperclassman. Rachel never broke up with him gently either, usually adding it as a side note after he found out the hard way.
".... I'll just nod and pretend to know who you're talking about for now I guess..." Quite obviously he doesn't know any of them just yet.
Macallister O'harrison: "The name sounds Irish? Please say he's a red-head... No? Oh well."
Aspen Carter: "Pretty name I guess."
Marina Kearney: "Now that you mention it... nope still don't know any of them. Keep trying?"
Cyrus Greene: "Like the constellation? Ah, no- spelled a different way."
Belinda James: "Can't say I've actually known ANY one with that name."