INTRODUCING...
( stephen bentley santos ) is a ( twenty-three ) year old, ( cis man & he/him ), who prefers to go by ( bentley ). they were born on ( july 7th ) making them a ( cancer ). currently they live in coast city and have lived there for ( five years ), they also work at ( the beach / country club ) as a ( surf instructor / server ). most people would describe them as ( considerate, resourceful ) & ( imprudent, negative ), but they are best summed up as ( the crestfallen ). you might recognize them as ( evan mock ), or from their aesthetic; ( surfboards, band t-shirts, worn converse & vans ).
BASIC STATS.
full name: stephen bentley santos.
nickname(s): steve ( family ), bentley / ben / benny ( friends. )
date of birth / age: july 7th, 1997 / 23.
place of birth: wainaku, hi.
gender & pronouns: cis man & he/him.
orientation: bisexual & biromantic.
spoken languages: fluent english, basic spanish.
education: high school.
occupation: surf instructor & server at the country club.
relationship status: in a relationship with veronica york.
FAMILY STATS.
father: samuel santos.
mother: louise bentley-santos.
siblings: none.
children: none.
pets: none.
social class: middle class.
PHYSICAL STATS.
hair color / length: currently pink / very short.
eye color: brown.
height: 5′11″ ( 180cm. )
build: slim.
noticeable scars: left eyebrow after a surf accident. long scar along his right knee after a car accident.
tattoos: small map of hawaii islands on right bicep.
MISCELLANEOUS.
mbti: enfp.
hogwarts house: hufflepuff.
moral alignment: chaotic good.
HABITS & HEALTH.
drug usage: smokes marijuana when feeling anxious or when the pain in his knee is too much.
alcohol usage: minimal / a beer here and there with dinner.
addictions: used to be addicted to pain killers, has been sober for a year.
diet: cooks most of his meals and tries to make them healthy.
allergies: peanuts.
phobias: becoming an addict again.
mental disorders: anxiety. depression.
HEADCANONS.
the santos family lived a relatively quiet life in hawaii - they owned a restaurant loved by locals and tourists alike, they lived in a small house with a view of the beach and they had no issues with anybody. that’s why it was difficult for them to upend their lives and move from hawaii to california after louise’s father fell sick.
death tw / while los angeles was a short drive away from the beach, it was still different. it was nothing like waking up to the sounds of the waves. ten year old stephen hated california. he missed hawaii. he missed the beach, the quiet, and their restaurant. but his grandfather was sick and getting sicker by the day. stephen ended up hating california even more when his grandfather died a year later.
stephen - who now only answered to bentley, his middle name and his grandfather’s last name - began surfing again to take his mind off of things. while out in the water, it was easy to ignore the fact that he was in california and not home. he spent more and more time surfing, becoming competitive as he got older.
car accident tw, injuries tw / it’d only been hours since he’d graduated high school when he and his best friend got into a car accident. they were on their way to celebrate at a friend’s beach house when a drunk driver t-boned their car. while he had some internal bleeding, cracked ribs and a concussion, it was his knee that took the brunt of it. he was about to go pro, he was about to do what he’d wanted to do all his life and it was taken away from him in an instant.
physical therapy was absolutely hell, especially when he saw the looks the nurses gave him - he knew they doubted he’d even walk again without help. he hated it there until he met a girl around his age whose dream had also been shot. they were different, too different, but they fell in love as they got to know one another.
drug addiction tw / as much as he loved veronica, he couldn’t stop himself from popping pill after pill to dull the pain in his knee. he became the worst version of himself and still, she stuck around, helping him through it. it’s been a year since he pulled himself out of that dark hole and he never wants to go back. he can handle the pain better now. pills aren’t worth it when he has so much to lose.
he’s bought a ring and plans to propose to veronica soon... he just needs to find the perfect place and moment. he knows he’s been acting off lately, but it’s only because he’s so nervous. he just wants to show her that he’s serious about them.
POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS.
surfing buddies and/or someone who took surfing lessons from him.
best friend.
co-workers.
la locals - high school classmates.
good influence.
bad influence.
stoner buddy - makes sure he only smokes weed and never does anything harder than that.
