â TAYLOR ZAKHAR PEREZ, 23, CISMALE, HE/HIM ⥠welcome back to gallagher academy, CHRISTIAN TORRES! according to their records, theyâre a FIRST year, specializing in PROTECTION & ENFORCEMENT + DRIVERâS ED ; and they DID go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of (a slight haze of smoke surrounding him; watching silently from afar, observance hidden in dulled gazes; a dismissive shrug of his shoulders; setting 5+ alarms and ignoring them all). when itâs the (sagittarius)âs birthday on 12/19/1996, they always request their ENCHILADAS from the schoolâs chefs. looks like theyâre well on their way to graduation.
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Abandonment, murder (kinda) and mention of death
Name: Christian Marco Torres
Age: 23
Birthday: December 19th
Parents: Ricardo and Francisca Torres
Siblings: RaĂșl Torres
Zodiac: Sagittarius sun, Sagittarius rising, Aries moon
Sexual orientation: bisexual
Height: 6âČ1âł
Tattoos: He has nine tattoos (Pinterest board here): A feather on the side of his right wrist, date in roman numerals on his upper chest signifying the date his parents cut ties with him, mountain image on his upper chest, compass on his right forearm, arrow on his left forearm, the word temporary on the center of his chest, a heart beat/mountain mix right below the date, the words memento mori above his left elbow, a raven on his upper left arm.
Background
Everyone knows the Torres family. One of the prominent, big, and legacy spy families out there. Mexican-Americans Ricardo Torres and Francisca Castillo were married young, but their careers were always a priority. The relation between Sergio Torres (Vidaâs father) and Ricardo Torres? Brothers!
Christian and RaĂșl Torres were born in Houston, Texas and from a young age, their parents had drilled the importance of what they do into their two boysâ heads. Of course they had expected Christian and RaĂșl to follow in their footsteps, continue on the Torres legacy and make them proud.
Ricardo and Francisca were harsh and strict on their boys, setting tight training schedules and plans and expecting them to follow. This caused some sort of rift between Sergio and Ricardo given Sergioâs disapproval of how harsh Ricardo and his wife were on their boys. However, Christian and Vida had known each other growing up, but the cousins werenât given the chance to properly get close.
Both boys abided by their parents schedules; however, RaĂșl was practically born for this world, but Christian hated it ever since his parents explained to him what it is they do. He just knew he didnât fit in. Yet, he sucked it up and abided by everything their parents had set for them, because this was his life and he accepted it.
However, this difference between the brothers never got to them, they were always tight. RaĂșl always covered for him for him and always helped his brother. Even when Christian started taking an interest in cars and racing and had started sneaking out, RaĂșl would cover for him. Practically nothing got in the way of these brothers.
Then, spy prep happened. While Christian did well in his courses, his hatred for this world didnât subside and it only got worse as the school years went by and his patience grew thin.
He graduated and decided heâs had enough. Decided to tell his parents heâs quitting spy life. Unfortunately, Christian expected his parentsâ reaction: they were disappointed and enraged and a huge fight had ensued, even with RaĂșlâs interference, trying to mediate. A huge rift had occurred that day between Christian and his parents and it ended with his parents cutting ties and Christian packing his bags and leaving for a few years. However, his relationship with his brother was not ruined, and they had kept in touch during the time he was away.
This had made things worse between Sergio and Ricardo, ruining the brothersâ relationship fully. And given Sergioâs loving nature, he had made sure that Christian was alive and well during the time he was gone, without pressuring him to come back.
WARNING: ACCESSING TOP SECRET INFORMATION...
During the time on the road, Christian had traveled through states and eventually out of the USA and to Europe. During his whole time, to make money, he had participated in street races with groups of racers that had agreed to have him join their group wherever he was.
Christian was having the time of his life. No pressures, no responsibilities, traveling around and most importantly racing. But the fact that his parents had abandoned him just like that would forever be engraved in his heart, to the point he had gotten a tattoo of the date they had cut ties with him. A reminder.
Things changed drastically once again for the Torres in London, a few months after his 23rd birthday. He had won a race against a prominent racer gang leader, and had cost him so much money that the leader had immediately threatened Christian to end his life. Escaping was not a solution, because the gang leader would keep eye on him and follow him wherever he had gone.
Thatâs when Mr. Stewart, director of Caledonia Institute, walked in during the most opportune time, promising Christian he would save him from the gang leader because he had no other way to do so himself. He had even made the situation harder on Christian by lying to him and telling him that the gang leader was so well-known and he had the means of getting to and hurting his family in Houston as well. Â
Christianâs hands were tied. He had no time to consider a solution and too scared over his family (both his own and Vidaâs), he had agreed to Mr. Stewartâs help.
But Mr. Stewartâs help didnât come with nothing in return. He had instructed Christian to be his private eye in Gallagher and be his personal set of eyes and ears, keeping track of the all the other agents he had sent to Gallagher. He tells Christian of the double agents he had already sent to Gallagher, what their missions are and what his own worries are.
Mr. Stewart gave Christian a few months of refresher and rigorous trainings in secret, just enough to have him apply as a first year by August. None of the other Caledonia agents and Gallagher double agents are aware of him.
And with that, Christian Torres was back to the spy world, dreading and hating the role he had to play and the fact that after everything, he was back to a world he hated the most and gave up so much to leave in the first place.
PERSONALITY
Christian might give off a broody vibe, sometimes. The fact that he smokes and has a good number of tattoos doesnât help.
However, deep down heâs a really good guy. He has a short attention span; if a topic or an activity is not interesting enough he immediately moves onto something else. If heâs interested in the person and the conversation, heâs generally easy going and can carry a conversation. He canât do small talk.
Heâs 50% I donât care, 50% I donât know. After everything that has happened to him, he really has little care in the world left. The only thing he cares about (despite hating it) is his mission, because he owes Mr. Stewart big time. Memento mori is his motto in life. He thinks nothing is worth it as death is inevitable and nothing will matter at the end.
Boy is sarcastic, too. He doesnât mean it in an awful way, itâs just the way he is!
He also tends to be lazy a lot of times. But is aware that sometimes he needs to put in the effort (especially when it comes to his mission) and so he does.
TL;DR:
Vidaâs cousin (fathers are brothers), but theyâre not too close because of their fathersâ strenuous relationship. Hates the spy life and left after spy prep graduation after his parents cut ties with him for wanting to quit. He traveled the world for a few years, participating in street racing for money. Got into a huge mess with a prominent racer gang leader who threatened to kill him wherever he went. Enter Mr. Stewart of Caledonia who promises to save Christian. Short on time and hands tied (plus feared his family would get hurt by the gang leader as stated by Mr. Stewart of Caledonia) Christian and was forced to accept his help in return. Heâd become the personal set of eyes and ears for Mr. Stewart to keep track of the other double agentsâ (unbeknownst to them) progress in Gallagher. He basically dreads and hates having to do this, but knows he has to.











