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DAMIEN. 36. BISEXUAL. PROFESSOR.

[dcmienmcwilliams]

✦ OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN, CISMALE, HE/HIM ✦ DAMIEN MCWILLIAMS the THIRTY-SIX year old has been in Manchester for 2 MONTHS. The BUSINESS MARKETING PROFESSOR AT MANCHESTER is said to be FORGIVING but also DISTRUSTING but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves. ✦ KENZ, 26, CST, THEY/THEM ✦

hey o! i’m kenz and this is a brand new muse for me but i love oliver’s face???? so i had to find a way to make him a character lol - anyway, i’m so excited to be here and can’t wait to write with y’all ( i gotta do dishes first but we’ll ignore it for the time being ) so anyway, here is a little background on damien and i hope you all will like writing w him 🥺

the basics:

name: damien mcwilliams

age: thirty-six

sexuality: bisexual

occupation: business marketing professor at uom

from: cork, ireland

bio:

damien was born and raised in cork, his family was nothing more than a few common folk that lived in the area, his dad farmed, mother worked at home as a stay at home mom.

damien went to university for business, wanting to know all the craziness that went behind it - not to mention, it got him a lot of money if he played his cards right and worked for the right people.

his 20s were a blur, lots of partying, studying and falling in love with people in uni, but surprisingly enough damien managed to graduate along side his bride to be.

college sweethearts were married a year after getting out of university, damien was living his absolute best life. everything was going perfect, his job, his home, his marriage. it was as if he won the lottery.

but with good business means promotions and promoting a man in business, damien was traveling all over the world representing his company until he reached the highest possible promotion one could get. he was making great money, enough to fly anywhere and do anything that he wanted to do - you know, if he could get the time to do it.

given that he was away more than he was at home, his wife started seeking comfort and attention from another man. his brother, gerald. and when the man was gone for a month on business and came back home he was met with a very pregnant wife and divorce papers.

his mental health started to decline, he went into a depression and that of course started effecting his work performance, leading him to be demoted time and time again until he was just asked to leave.

he moved away from cork, figuring that if he cashed out his 401k and savings, he could find anywhere to go that was in the place he once considered home.

he moved to manchester to start new, even landing a job in the university to teach about the marketing side of business. now he’s looking for a roommate and a fresh start, the only question is, will he allow himself to be happy once again?

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Do you regret letting Harvey move in?

Whilst he’s certainly a handful and a half, I don’t. It’s nice to have someone that’s at home and doesn’t mind spending time with you. Even if they do throw a controller into an expensive tv, but you know, we all have our flaws.

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becca or harvey?

Well, neither. Becca broke my heart, Harvey broke my tv. They’re both awful choices if you ask me.

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have you heard, Becca is seeing other people

Well, we’re both consenting adults so I mean, good for her? I’m not gonna sit and pout about it, I’ve fucked other people too, haha. 

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13, 16, 18, 27 and 20

best accomplishment?

i’d like to say my best accomplishment is not lashing out at harvey for being well, harvey.

do they have children? have they before?

i don’t have children, i wanted children though. i really never wanted anything more than a kid. maybe one day, i’m still youngish. 

do they have tattoos or piercings? 

nah, though i’m kind of wanting a tattoo, no clue what i’d get though. maybe a clown.

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are you in love with anyone?

I wouldn’t say in love. I still have love for someone, if that makes sense.

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do you see a future for you and becca?

i honestly don’t know how to answer this. i’d like to say that there’s something there for us, but really, i don’t know if there could be an us again because we can hardly go through the grocery store together without being awkward. and then there’s the fact that you know, her son is my nephew. it would be kind of fucked if i was a duncle, wouldn’t it?

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greatest regret?

i think we all know it’s gonna be letting my marriage fall apart, so.

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15-20

what is their vice? (wrath, greed, pride, lust, gluttony, sloth, envy)

if i had to say any of these it’s probably my pride, it’s always been my vice. 

what would their hogwarts house be?

uh, ravenclaw maybe. 

did they graduate high school? if so did they attend college?

obviously. i graduated from both at the top of my class. i didn’t go just to fuck off.

when was their first real relationship? how’d it go?

the first real relationship i was in was with becca. it was... it was perfect for awhile, then it wasn’t. and i hate that every day of my life. but we live, and learn, even if the outcome of it all is shit.

have they ever broken someones heart? has someone broken theirs?

i don’t know if i broke her heart, but i know that she broke mine. 

have they ever been married? are they married?

yeah, i was. but that went down the shitter real quick, didn’t it?

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[mancgossip]

Good choices if I do say so myself, let's go for more! 1. Cleanliest, 2. Loudest, 3. Most likely to cheer you up, 4. Best smile, 5. Most likely to be your BFF, 6. Most likely to become a mother/father first.

1. i’m gonna have to go with @kimberlyjaneroberts for that one, she lives with three messy boys, so i’m sure she’s always cleaning up after them.

2. @jasperhqs for sure, he plays drums in a band, loudly. i’m sure he’s always bothering neighbours with his noise. 

3. i think @montaguc could actually be a sweetie if he tried, he could cheer you up. but it’d be behind closed doors, he gotta be a tough guy IRL. 

4. @jrmyphil, has a very charming smile, i’m here for it tbh. 

5. isn’t obvious?! @ofceliza, she’s a real sweetheart and i reckon she’d make a great best-friend, just think about the nandos discount?! 

6. @dcmienmcwilliams....if only his wife hadn’t cheated on him and had his brother’s baby, YIKES. 

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montaguc​:

“i’m sorry! i figured i should tell you now rather than y’know, let you wake up two hours later and i’ve fucked off out because i can’t be arsed to sit around not being able to watch telly bored out of my mind.” harvey shrugged, figuring it made sense really to why he needed to wake damien up. “no! i didn’t mean to let go. i was just waving it around and then it slipped out of my hand, straight into the screen.” the man explained, and it was the truth… sort of. it wasn’t so much of a slip as it was he just let go by accident. “it was an accident! i’m sorry!” harvey whined, “although i never walk in on you in the bathroom on accident. that’s always on purpose because i have things to do too.” he shrugged. “we both know i have anger problems! i’m just a boy from a broken home and i don’t know how to channel my emotions, damien.” harvey gave the other the puppy eyes again, though he was just trying to say whatever he could to somehow get out of this and if it meant being a guilt-tripping little shit then so be it. “would a blowie make up for it? i can do that.”

“right, a slip.” damien repeated and let out a heavy sigh. “yeah, and now you ain’t got a tv at all to watch until you come up with the money to get it. so what’re you gonna do now? annoy the piss outta me?” more than he already was anyway, damien was just irritated due to lack of sleep and now, he was trying to process his thoughts and wrap them around the fact harvey had actually broken something he spent good money on. something they both used all the time and now it was just... ruined. “you do know we ain’t in prison anymore, which means we ain’t gotta share the showers or bathroom. you do gotta wait your turn you lil shit.” he said and then took it upon himself to sit on the sofa as harvey continued to come up with reasons the controller flew out of his hand. “oh do not even use that excuse on me right now!” he said and looked up from the sofa in harvey’s direction. “i got a divorce, had a woman cheat on me and have a baby with my brother, and then moved here with the kid. i like to think that if anyone is pissed enough to throw a controller it’d be me, but have i? no.” damien said in a matter of fact tone of voice. hearing the offer, damien laughed and shook his head. “honestly, i couldn’t even think straight enough to get it up right now. and i have to go back to work in like 20 minutes so, better not.” he said and sighed. “i’m sending you links to tvs when i get there too, and you can start saving up now. and it’s gonna be even better than the one you accidentally destroyed.”

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montaguc​:

as damien bolted up, harvey widened his eyes, “i mean… i did smash the tv screen,” he admitted, gritting his teeth as the older man snapped out of bed to check on the incident. and yeah, it was a mess. but harvey of course had to point out, “did you go to bed in your jeans? damien, mate,” he shook his head, though quickly was holding his hands up as the man yelled at him. “i’m sorry! it was an accident, i swear to god!” he groaned, “i’ll save up to buy a new one! but… it might take a few months.” harvey scratched at the back of his neck, looking from the tv to damien’s face and back again.

“i didn’t sleep in them, i came here to take a nap but it looks like i ain’t gettin’ that today.” damien replied as he placed the palm of his hand on his forehead, looking at the scene and mess in front of him. “how the fuck do you mean to throw the controller in the air and then hit the fuckin’ tv, harvey?” he asked and looked over at the man. “an accident? an accident?! no, an accident is spillin’ milk on the counter and not cleaning it up. an accident is walking in on me in the bathroom. this? a shattered tv? that isn’t an accident!” he pointed out before looking at the tragedy in front of them once more. “i can’t believe you’ve done this. who just throws a fuckin’ controller when things ain’t goin’ their way?!” 

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montaguc​:

the man laid himself back, taking the spare pillow on the empty side of the bed, turning himself to look at the man with his best puppy dog eyes. “so… i was playing red dead, right? because y’know, that’s what i usually do when you’re marking and bein’ borin’,” harvey explained, “and then uh, well, my fuckin’ horse had a mind of it’s own and ran across some train tracks and fuckin’ died and i swear, i lost my shit because i was in the middle of somethin’ so important and i lost my rag a bit and i only meant to wave the controller in the air but i let go and it may or may not have smashed the tv screen.”

damien just had a feeling that what harvey had to tell him was going to piss him off, but rather than letting himself get mad right off the bat, instead, he laid there, half listening to what harvey was saying because his laziness was just overpowering him at the moment. but the second the man said that he smashed the tv with the controller, damien shot up in his bed and yelled out, “the fuck do you mean you may or may not have smashed the tv screen?!” pulling the blankets off himself to just reveal his jeans he’d fallen asleep in, damien stomped out to the living room and yelled out, “harvey, for fuck sake!” because of course, of course the one thing that damien had splurged on was now shattered into pieces.

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beccahqs​:

oh this was awkward, becca immediately wanted the ground to swallow her up, so she didn’t have to be in this situation. it could’ve been anyone else, why did it have to be him, she’d not seen damien since they’d hooked - up, that had ended in disaster. becca rolls her eyes in reply to his comment, “aw c’mon, it wasn’t that bad!” she says, trying to keep the conversation light, “covering it pads, would make it pretty impractical. thanks for the suggestion though”. 

“you nearly took my leg off!” damien fought back, but it was just in well fun. he wasn’t trying to make this any more awkward than it already was. after all, damien figured they’d be seeing a lot of each other now, so they just had to get used to it. “what’re you doin’ here?” he stopped and then laughed. “pretty stupid question innit?” but he was just trying to make conversation, really. after all, before becca became his girlfriend and wife, she’d been a friend too. “you wanna maybe shop together or somethin’? i’d hate to take my eyes off that stroller and gettin’ whacked in the leg again you know.”

[callaghvn]

“so, you know you said you weren’t gonna throw me out after the whole prison situation,” harvey said whilst barging into damien’s bedroom, not even certain if the man was awake yet or not. it was starting to become too much of a habit to just walk in on him without knocking and sitting on his bed without a care. “does this mean that if i did something kinda bad in the house, as in, maybe broke something, you won’t throw me out for that either because obvously the prison thing is way worse?” @dcmienmcwilliams​

[dcmienmcwilliams]

a nap, that’s literally all damien wanted whilst he was on break from the university. the night before had been a sleepless night, instead the man stayed up grading papers and answering concerned emails from his students before crawling into bed at the ripe hours of 4 in the morning before being up at 7. but it seemed as soon as he got to sleep, his door creaked open and in came harvey. the man groaned into his pillow hearing his voice and cracked an eye open to look at him. “that all depends on what the fuck you’ve broken.”