[penned by Stef, 25+ , her/she, est] muse for @nightrestrp
[ can yaman, male, him/he ] - was that derin kaplan i saw by the lighthouse today? i heard that the thirty three year old who has been in nightrest for his whole life and works as the c.o.o for kaplan inc. has a reputation of being ambitious, but also hardheaded. they reside in stoughton estates & people in town usually associate them with suits on the daily, always being on the go, never having time for anything. let’s hope the killer doesn’t go after them next.
Name: Derin Kaplan Age: 33 years old Gender: Male him/he Orientation: Pansexual DOB: August 12 Ethnicity: White (Turkey) Height: 6′1″ Body: Tall and built Hair: Long brown hair Eyes: Brown Definable Marks/Tats: Tattoo of an eagle over a compass heading N/W on left side of chest
Season Two Details/Updates
Has more relaxing time so he’s been spending most of his time getting back out and being social. Reconciling with old friends, and making new ones alike.
Personality
Derin is a fierce workaholic. Everything that he does is done with purpose and intent. He puts family above all else, and loves them to the end of the world. He is very charismatic, and can be cocky when speaking to the ladies or any male he deems ‘interesting’ or ‘bangable’. He had a hard time building relationships because he doesn’t give himself the time to truly get to know people. His entire life has always been structured so trying new things or doing things out of the blue sometimes terrifies him.
Character Intro
Derin had always knows that he was meant to follow in his father’s footsteps. His father made sure to let him know constantly how excited it had been to have him as the first born. A son. Someone whom he would be proud to pass the family business onto and continue the legacy that they had set. However, Derin wanted to do it all at his own time. He would study hard, go to the best college in the nation, and work his way up the family company starting as a mere intern while he studied. This was not something that his father had specifically wanted, but it was the only way that Derin would go along with him.
He didn’t allow himself too much time for messing around with the other kids in town. He had a really strong group of friends with whom he felt comfortable to be himself with, but mostly he just had acquaintances. Another big topic in his family had always been children. His parents had tried the best that they could to get him to marry one of the airheaded spoiled girls of their business partners but Derin wanted none of it. He wasn’t even sure if he wanted kids himself, but knowing well how that conversation would go with his family he never expressed his distaste.
Part of his agreement with his father was that he would be leaving the family home and go off to live his life on his own. He wanted to gain a better understanding of the world, and those around him so that in return he would know how to properly and more effetely advance his family’s company. He wanted real life experience, and felt like he would never get that if most of his life he spent it in the mansion that his parents called home. So upon leaving high school, and later on college, he got himself an apartment out in Low Point where he was able to explore life on a completely different level. He no longer had daddy’s money to help him get by, but had to struggle with odd jobs here and there that did not take time away from his education and set of goals.
Despite having taken so long to get to where he is today, Derin felt more appreciative of it all. He was now able to talk to his father man to man, and never feel like he owed the family anything that he had. That he had worked through nights of eating nothing but ramen, so that he could look his father in the eye as an equal and not an extension of him. Now that he has everything he could ever want he bought himself a beautiful mansion up in Stoughton Estates and is simply living life.
Family
Dilara Kaplan [cousins]
Belkis Kaplan [cousins]
Feyza Kaplan [cousins]
Deepest Connections [this is not everyone but i’ll keep filling as I plot]
Christina Simone [bestfriend/sugar baby] - The two met around two years ago, and ever since have always been in each other’s lives. Derin found her to be so easy to talk to and to be with without feeling like he had to pretend to be someone that he isn’t. She seemed to accept him just for him, and that made him love her very quickly. The two have an arrangement that is uncommon for others around them, but they understand it and that’s all that really matters. They are both free to do as they please with whom they please, without the need to reassure the other or mind their feelings.
Junho Rhee [childhood friends] - Derin has always looked up to him. Junho being a couple of years older than Derin, he was someone that Derin learned a lot from. Someone who Derin believed to be going through the same struggle of having to live up to their family’s expectations of what the eldest child should be, so as he watched Junho become the best at everything he did, Derin took inspiration from him and followed in his footsteps. Even though Derin doesn’t ever say so, he believes that he owes his success in part to Junho’s friendship.
Hana Rhee [ex-girlfriend/first love] - Derin liked her from the moment he’d first seen her. It took a good couple of years of stolen glances and stolen kisses before they officially dated when he was 20 years old. The two lasted three years, but it all ended due to his inability to commit. He was way too focused on studying and learning everything he could to take over his family’s business, and along the way he neglected their love. He wanted to be with her, but couldn’t bring himself to get distracted from his mission. His family would come above all else, and that included her. So when they broke up, he stopped coming around. Stopped looking for her, and simply disappeared from her life.
Julia Davis [close friend] - Derin hasn’t kept many friends over the years due to his way or working. Never having enough time for anything or anyone, but there have been a couple who get through those barriers and Julia has always been one of them. The two share a love of books and it always seems to bring them back together one way or another. She is one of his only true female friends that he has.
Connections Wanted
Ex-girlfriend(s) - these would have been short relationships where he’d spurge them designer bags, clothes, maybe a nice vacation out of the states but never lasted more than a few months.
FWB and flights - he’s a man of many bodies. lol male or female alike
Drinking buddies
Close Friends - mans is in need of them for real for real
Childhood Friends
Enemies??
Anything and everything
PINTEREST | CONNECTIONS SHEET
