Murphy has energy for days and it’s even worse when caffeine or other substances are in his system. It seems he is always on a speed faster than everyone else. He constantly feels like life is too short, often sacrificing sleep to spend time with friends, go to the shack or whatever else. He can go for hours and then some, never being one to enjoy complacency for long. He tends to talk at such speeds trying to keep up with his own thoughts. Murph has a habit of rambling, tripping over his own tongue and being unable to have enough time to filter his thoughts before they leave his mouth. He never regrets what he says though, because dishonesty isn’t really something he does.

There is no lack or sarcasm or uniqueness when it comes to Murphy. He is eccentric and the living definition of quirky. He’s one of those people known to dance to the beat of his own drum. Having a absence in the friend category most of his life, Murph has quickly learned how to not worry about other people’s thoughts of himself. Because of this, he does what he wants without hesitation based on what anyone might think of him. Everything he does is authentically himself, sprinkled with unfiltered sarcasm or humor. He has never been good at conversing with others, especially those whom aren’t used to his mannerisms. His personality has a mind of its own and not everyone can handle it.

One thing that can never be said about Murph is that he isn’t honest. He doesn’t have a dishonest bone in his body. When asked his opinion he gives his unfiltered truth. It can come off harsh and blunt, but he doesn’t see the purpose in sugar coating it. That isn’t to say his words don’t come with their own flavor and laced with sarcasm, because oh they do. It’s safe to say not to ask Murphy your opinion unless you’re prepared for the unfiltered truth. He may not be the type to tell someone their outfit is hideous blatantly because he never seeks out to hurt someone’s feelings, but once you ask him what he thinks, all bets are off.

But beneath all his layers, Murphy is a teddy bear. Sweet, sensitive and caring. Because of his tender heart and easiness to care for others, he tends to be protective of those he finds to be a good person. When or if he gets people close enough to him to be considered friends or lovers, he would love them fiercely and protect them as such. He is not a fighter, and does not pretend to be, but he’d still stand up for those worthy. Even though he is most confident that this would end in him losing the fight or potentially dying, in his mind it is worth it. He believes good people with a true heart are always worth fighting for, even if he knows it will be a losing battle.

Compared to most of his fellow classmates, Murphy’s life is uneventful and boring. That might explain why he finds way to embellish the world around him in every way possible. Between his eccentric style, extra personality and hunger for anything exciting, it’s not that surprising.

Any-who… Seamus Finnigan never found his person at Hogwarts. But, he was an interesting breed so he needed someone special that could handle him. And that was Regina. Surprisingly, she was a muggle and even more shockingly, she was hardly put out when she found out the truth about Seamus. Something about him causing too many fires on accident for a normal person. Sounds about right.

Then Murphy was in the picture. He didn’t have any siblings, so his attention whore self was fed with all the attention he could ever need. He, no doubt, was the perfect mesh of his parents with his mothers blunt honesty and outgoing nature, and his father’s ridiculous clumsy nature. Who knew that could be inherited? Well it was and came ten fold with Murphy.

Words could not express how happy Murph was the day he received his letter to Hogwarts. He never fit in with any of the kids his age growing up. Not that he particularly cared, but he was the type of person who craved friends and social connections. At least at a wizarding school, his freak flag could fly and someone would be down with it.