character name: julian delgado age: 36 gender identification: cis male ( he/him ) residential area: iron hill occupation: pediatrician two positive traits: compassionate, adventurous two negative traits: stubborn, blunt length of time in iron river: forever, born and raised ( moved away at age 18 and stayed gone until like 18 months ago ) faceclaim: michael trevino
tw: parent death
no one expected julian delgado to be a pediatrician. growing up in the iron hill area of iron river, he was known for putting his nose where it didn't belong. he was the youngest of five siblings, and he was definitely the black sheep of the family. everyone else was sure of their path in life from a young age, while julian jumped around from thing to thing. he was smart, athletic, but nothing stood out as his shining quality. it's the age old saying, a jack of all trades is a master of none. while never directly classified as the family disappointment, it was clear in his high school and college years that the title fit. his siblings had accolade after accolade, and julian was just… there.
cue college. after a childhood and adolescence filled with floating from interest to interest, julian wanted to get away. he needed to go somewhere where he wasn't the youngest delgado, where he wasn't the family disappointment, and college was his answer. he applied to out of state schools exclusively, and ended up at the university of florida as an undeclared major ( no surprises there ). that was where julian found his own. he thrived as a frat boy, greek life took over everything, and then one chaotic frat party later… julian was saving a girl from alcohol poisoning and found that pre-med calling. everyone was sure it was just another one of julian's whims. that fact? that made him try harder than ever to succeed.
determined to show that it wasn't just a whim and that he could, in fact, make it in something, julian pulled himself together. he declared himself pre-med, he graduated near the top of his class, and then it was med school. three years after that, and julian delgado was doctor julian delgado, board certified pediatrician. he established himself at a practice in florida, he didn't think he'd ever see iron river again for longer than a visit… but then everything changed. his father had died when he was in his residency, and three years later, his mother passed.
julian was thirty four when he got the phone call, he was broken up about it… but he returned home for the funeral, and that was when he learned the fact that changed his life. the black sheep had inherited the house. his parents hadn't always agreed on much when it came to their youngest, but he had ended up inheriting their far too large for just him iron hill home. it was a lot on julian's plate that he didn't expect, but it was there. he ended up moving home and getting a job at the local children's clinic, and while his intentions were to flip the house and sell it to someone who could appreciate it more? he's starting to like putting his roots down again more than expected. he kind of likes proving everyone wrong.