✦ MICHAEL B. JORDAN, CIS MAN, HE/HIM ✦ ELIJAH PIERCE the THIRTY- FIVE year old has been in the QZ for FOUR YEARS. The LOOK OUT is/are said to be DEDICATED and WORKAHOLIC but I guess we’ll find out for ourselves.
BIO: (tw: death mention )
Elijah was born and partially raised in Houston, Texas. He is the oldest of the Pierce children.
He was fifteen when the outbreak took place, and he can still remember the day it all went to shit for him and his family; it's a day that plagues his nightmares almost every night and deprives him of most of his sleep.
Him and his sister were separated from their parents only a year after the outbreak took place, taken by a group of raiders in hopes of being able to train them up to be part of their gang. Despite how often his younger sister tried to remind him of the warmth they once held in their lives, Elijah turned colder with every day they spent in training.
He adapted to the ways of his raider gang family more than his sister could and eventually it led to her running away from the camp. He couldn't' blame her, although he wished she would've at least informed him of what she had planned. After a month of being held captive by the people who at this point had practically raised him, having to convince them that he had no idea where his sister had gone, he eventually was deemed innocent of her 'wrong' doings.
One day they were getting ready to raid a town, they needed a new place to settle in, and it was on this day that Elijah's life changed forever. He was told the town was mostly made of middle-aged citizens who seemed clueless enough, and he went ahead with the mission with simply this knowledge. It wasn't until they were already inside with the place half ablaze that Elijah realized he had been lied to. Families were being torn apart, kids hiding in fear, elderly shoved to the ground, and it all gave him flashbacks of when it happened to his family. He helped as many as he could to escape that day and then left in the middle of the night in search of a new way of living.
He came across the Dallas QZ four years ago and has since been enjoying his more peaceful life. He hasn't told anyone of his past for fear of them wanting to kick him out or not trusting him anymore. Not that he could blame anyone for that reaction, he would probably have the same one had it been someone else in his shoes. At the moment, around the QZ, he is known as a hardworking individual who has a good sense of humor.
He likes to make people laugh as much as possible, enjoys his drinks at the bar as any other person in the QZ, and takes his job as one of the lookouts very seriously. While he is on the clock chances are you probably can't distract him much, unless you're someone working alongside him.
sexuality:
he is undecided what his sexuality is. he's never been truly interested in a guy, but he has been curious on what kissing one would be like. he hasn't taken that step because all of that is new to him and he is very nervous when it comes to it, if only because he has no idea what he's doing. when it comes to women, he can be either way. sometimes he is outgoing and other times he is a bit shy to approach them.
relationship status:
he's single, but he says he's married to his job.
connections:
ride or dies
drinking buddies:
casual hook-up:
enemies:
ex of sorts: ex fling, ex partner, ex friend, etc!