alex fitzalan & he/him / cis man ‷ watch out , basil isaacs has crash-landed into roswell !! they look twenty four years old and celebrate their birthday on january seventh. they are from roswell, nm, reside in aurora apartments and are currently working as an assistant librarian. one thing you should know about them is he has a finished book manuscript but refuses to submit it for fear of rejection‷
OVERVIEW
label: the writer
character inspo: grayson hawthorne (the inheritance games), mr darcy (pride and prejudice), flint montgomery (crave), oliver blackwood (boyfriend material)
Before the twins were born, Daniel and Rosine Isaacs had a nice normal life. They met in high school and dated all throughout high school. Daniel had always been big into military life, and after graduating high school, he joined the air force. He and Rosine got married after his basic training. For a while they traveled, but eventually Daniel got stationed in Roswell. A year later the twins were born. Basil is the younger of the two.
Growing up, Daniel always wanted his two children to grow into his military legacy. He put a considerable amount of pressure on his son to be a sporty and outgoing kid, but it was clear that Basil was not going to grow into that boy. Although his father still continued to push that notion on him, even when Basil got old enough to be able to verbally dispute the ideas his father had for him.
For Basil, exploration came from reading. He wanted to see what was out there, sure, but the his love of adventure was mostly found in the books he read. Rosine read to him every night until he was old enough to read on his own. His library grew as he got older and there was hardly a book that Basil didn’t at least consider reading. The art of story-telling came pretty naturally too, as even at a young age he’d tell stories.
Although his father was never a fan of Basil writing, he tolerated it because at least it usually kept his son out of trouble. There was a certain way that their family had to behave. Most of the time Basil did his best to stay on his best behavior, but there were times when he had to do something to see if it was possible for whatever story he was writing and his father always ended up getting angry and upset that Basil was causing trouble to write a story. Still, Basil never changed, assertive about who he was and what he wanted.
He branched out a bit in high school, making some new friends and watching his sister thrive in her own interests. For Basil though, he still tended to stick with the same group of people all throughout his four years.
He went off to college as close to home as he could manage and graduated in three years rather than four. Basil got a job as an assistant librarian and is working on his master’s degree on the side. His father was not entirely happy that Basil did choose to pick a career in library science even if Basil had been saying from a young age that’s where his interests were.
TLDR: His father is a big military guy who is disappointed that his son is not the same, but Basil is bookish and prefers reading and writing.
WANTED CONNECTIONS
Drinking buddies
People he sees at the library
A friend that drinks as much coffee as he does
Someone to push him into submitting his book
Anybody in the queer community
An ex
Twin sister (I’ll be submitting a WC to the main for her!)
