(STEPHEN AMELL, HE/HIM, CISMALE) careful , ARCHIBALD MAYCROFT has arrived to the city of dreams!! they look THIRTY-FIVE years old and word on the street is they are from BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS and currently reside in TRIBECA. They are currently living life in the city as a CEO. one thing they never want anyone to find out is HIS COMPANY IS USED FREQUENTLY TO HIDE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. too bad nothing remains a secret for long even in the city of dreams. some people say they are SELF-SACRIFICING, but i think they are LOYAL.
tw . death, abuse, sexual assault, assault, suicide, mentions of hanging, sexual content, mentions of drinking/drugs, and toxic relationships.
archie’s about page is HERE. ( most of the triggers are here including: depression, abuse, suicide, and violence )
brief notes;
born october 23, 1987 in potomac, maryland.
the only family he was ever close to was his grandmother & blames his grandfather for her death amongst other things.
is responsible for orchestrating the deaths of his grandfather, brother in-law, and step-father. these are only the familial deaths he is responsible for as his network of influence has led him to get rid of countless others for the sake of business.
was forced to clean up his mother’s suicide - she killed herself out of spite towards his younger sister for ‘stealing her baby boy’s attention from her’ and told betrice ‘this is your fault’ before hanging herself - after his younger sister called him sobbing since their father was nowhere to be found and told archie ‘it wasn’t his responsibility to tend to that woman’s needs’ before hanging up. his grandmother helped but archie never forgave his father.
was sexually assaulted by his step-father early in life which led to his step-father being the first killed (it was set up to look like an accident) and generally defensive of those he takes a liking to or cares about sometimes with violent methods.
his ex-fiance amaya langston was sleeping with his father and had a manic breakdown during their rehearsal dinner resulting in her stabbing him with a carving knife. this nearly resulted in his death and only by his grandmother’s intervention was amaya sent to jail and not ‘dealt with’ by the family.
his current on and off fling rowan reed seduced him in the wake of amaya’s attack and introduced him to the concept of underground fighting often degrading and mocking him if he didn’t win fights. more than a few times he’s been left bleeding and worn out by rowan simply because the man found someone ‘a little tougher’ to spend his time on.
was in love with thomas hadley, a college classmate he met in the same class as his current best friend after he’d run away from the family to live a normal life. never got to tell thomas how he felt despite the two of them spending time together frequently as thomas was killed in a car accident in the following spring before graduation. he nearly killed himself out of grief but found out the accident was orchestrated by his grandfather as a means to force him back home to take over the family business.
he did take over the family business that fall but it came at a cost he isn’t aware that his grandfather inflicted to ensure archie would never run back to the life he’d built on his own.
he killed his grandfather the following year and made sure his father never would receive a penny more from the family. partly for his own personal vendetta and mostly in retaliation for the abuse his younger sister and mother suffered.
gave up his dream of being a fashion designer even though he found some brief success at it. sometimes he is still wistful and has a box of old sketches in his grandmother’s old house he is currently renovating to remove the modernization his grandfather did to tear out any trace of his grandmother.
generally dislikes most of his family save for his great-aunt margaret who shares his disdain towards his father and his mother’s side of the family.
prefers seclusion and quiet and travels only when his partner is unable to make the meetings. works mostly from home.
is a surprisingly good cook and enjoys gardening.
personality;
for the most part he is the picture of perfect manners doing his best to help those that need it with a smile on his face. in truth he has a vicious temper and anger he constantly has to keep in check and will very rarely show.
one of his methods of ‘venting’ is underground fighting under the name ares because he finds it particularly amusing. he’s put more than a few men into the hospital as a result of lashing out and refusing to back down. this surfaces more often when he is conducting his nighttime business.
has a sense of humor and a love of classics, frequently making references and quotes. typically though he’ll read you stories and stroke your hair as a kind of love language and views stories as an intimate exchange. if ever he asks it’s typically a genuine interest.
generally he could and has slept with anyone but romantically, he’s extremely guarded and rarely allows anyone back to his home much less for one night stands. he has a fairly dominant personality and has spent some time off and on in the kink community. doesn’t get the chance to express it often but it’s just another thing he vents through his fights.
drinks his ‘respects women’ juice every morning and has been known to intervene on a woman’s behalf if it looks like help is needed. likes to blame his grandmother and great-aunt for the lessons in manners and will frequently go out of his way to help.
while he might’ve dabbled in his youth with drugs, typically he sticks to straight bourbon and cigarettes or cigars for his vices. of course he knows it might kill him one day but he’s morbid enough to joke he might not make it that long.
casual banter is nice for him but give him an inch and he’ll spend the next hour just to get your life secrets.
wanted connection;
friends with benefits?
unrequited love (maybe archie is the clueless one)
someone to get him to open up
maybe someone from his youth? could be an enemy or a friend!
someone that is just as feral and guarded as him to have chemistry with and conflicting feelings for while struggling to maintain the balance of his work and his ‘work’. someone to really make him willing to take a match and set fire to his entire empire.
