( 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙲𝚁𝙰𝚆𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙳 + 𝙲𝙸𝚂 𝙼𝙰𝙽 ) — have you seen 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝙸𝙰𝙽 𝙰𝙻𝙳𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽 ? this 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚁𝚃𝚈-𝚃𝚆𝙾 year old is a 𝙽𝙾𝚅𝙴𝙻𝙸𝚂𝚃 who resides in 𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙷𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙰𝙽 . 𝙷𝙴 has been living in nyc for 𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙸𝚁𝙴 𝙻𝙸𝙵𝙴 , and is known to be 𝚂𝙰𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙸𝙽𝙴 & 𝙿𝙴𝚁𝙲𝙴𝙿𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 , but can also be 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝚄𝙻𝚂𝙸𝚅𝙴 & 𝙵𝙾𝙾𝙻𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙳𝚈 if you cross them. people tend to associate them with 𝙹𝙾𝚄𝚁𝙽𝙰𝙻𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃𝚂 , 𝙳𝚁𝙰𝚆𝙸𝙽𝙶𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚁𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 & 𝙳𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙲𝙾𝙵𝙵𝙴𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝚃 .
––– 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 .
𝙵𝚄𝙻𝙻 𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙴 julian francis laurent-alderson
𝙽𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙽𝙰𝙼𝙴(𝚂) jules
𝙰𝙶𝙴 thirty-two
𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷 july 5th
𝚉𝙾𝙳𝙸𝙰𝙲 𝚂𝙸𝙶𝙽 cancer
𝙿𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷 new york city , new york
𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙴𝚁 cis male
𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙽𝙾𝚄𝙽𝚂 he / him
𝚂𝙴𝚇𝚄𝙰𝙻 𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 bisexual
𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙲 𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 biromantic
𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙰𝙶𝙴(𝚂) 𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙽 english , french and others picked up during travels
𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 new york city , new york
––– 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 .
( neglect tw , cheating tw , drugs tw )
—— 𝙾𝙽 𝙹𝚄𝙻𝚈 𝟻𝚃𝙷 , 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟾 , julian francis laurent-alderson was born in new york city , new york , and grew up in a dysfunctional family . his mother , clarissa laurent , was a renowned painter , museum curator , and heiress to an old money & private banking fortune while his father , alexander alderson , was a hotshot lawyer turned politician from a long dynasty of lobbyists , lawyers , politicians , and business executives . it was a story as old as capitalism ; two affluent families consolidating their fortunes through marriage to gain more power and influence . both clarissa and alexander knew the profits of their relationship — and love was never supposed to be part of it . it was a marriage solely for mutual gain and practical purposes .
—— still , they thought that having a child would make their marriage more authentic , that raising a child together would make what they have more than what it was . but as expected , neither clarissa nor alexander were fit to raise a child — never even saw it as a priority that should be place above their business and personal interests . the responsibility to be julian’s caretakers were placed on a revolving door of nannies and tutors who were more focused on rearing him to meet alexander and clarissa’s expectations of how a heir should be , which resulted to a lack of an affectionate and consistent parenting during childhood .
—— they maintained the portrait of a perfect family for alexander’s political campaigns and clarissa’s socialite circles — only ever involving their heir for photo ops and to parade him around as their beautiful , picture perfect child . but despite the emotional neglect he suffered from his very own parents , julian still grew up to be a well-behaved , intelligent child . he found solace in literature , history , music and art — he read about greek adventures and wished he could be saved by the same heroes , he learned about the lives of people he wished he was , and tried to find a deeper meaning in art and music in a desperate search for the meaning of his own pain and experiences .
—— as he continued to read books and learned how to listen to his own and other people’s emotions , julian discovered his own affinity for writing stories . he began to write poetry , short stories , essays , and journals of his own everyday experiences — developing his talents throughout the years . he frequented bookstores and libraries , choosing to spend his time surrounded by the things he loved rather than feel the emptiness of his home .
—— nonetheless , there was always a part of himself that yearned for his parents’ love and attention . he entered writing competitions , won trophies and received praise from his peers and teachers — but still , they were not enough for alexander and clarissa to finally look at him and say they were proud of him . clarissa had always been apathetic , concerned with her own art and vanity , while alexander did not like how julian strayed away from the path they clearly paved for him to become the typical alderson in the political or business world . so came julian’s other attempts to get their attention .
—— it was a cliché , a story written thousands of times — a teenager rebelling against their parents’ wishes and getting involved with the bad crowd . but it was effective . the laurent-aldersons could not afford their name to be tarnished and when word of julian’s failing grades , absences , and use of illicit substances ( that they , too , use but knew how to be perfectly discreet about it ) , alexander and clarissa finally acknowledged their son . it didn’t matter to julian that the reaction he got was less than positive , only relieved that they finally saw him and he knew what it would take to get their attention again .
—— although his rebellious streak against his parents was somewhat short-lived , julian retained that thirst for the rush and adrenaline , the thrills and excitements of first times and following sudden impulses . exploring his sexuality , experimenting with drugs , meeting new people , doing things that made his heart race , fall in love once or twice — julian did it all , and he knew they would all be wonderful stories one day .
—— it was through his experiences that he realized that he didn’t really care anymore if he had his parents’ validation , decisions now made for himself rather than if it would impress or frustrate his parents . of course , college was an argument — julian always knew he wanted to be a writer while his parents wanted him to be capable of inheriting their legacies and businesses . and after sessions of fights and threats , they made a compromise for julian to pursue both — get his writing degree , then attend business school in his choice of country so he can have something to fall back on if his writing career didn’t work out . it was a win either way , a story he could write one day and a fresh environment for inspiration .
—— julian went to columbia university , graduating early after taking more than a full load of classes and attending summer and spring intersessions every year so that he could quickly focus on his writing career . sure , it was difficult and maybe , even failed some of his classes except for the important ones — but it was all worth it . and just before he graduated , he managed to publish a book titled sylvan dreams , a compilation of short stories he had written over the years starting from he was a teenager .
—— business school in paris was much more difficult , a struggle that needed the help of friends and tutors for him to push through but he made it . and to make it all better , julian fell in love with the city and living in such a place , maybe , he fell in love with a couple of people , too . he always managed to see the good in every situation , to see lessons in adversaries and sometimes , see pain just for what they were — pain . but whatever happened to him , julian didn’t want to regret any of it .
—— after he finished business school , julian began to travel around the rest of europe — falling in love with every city and every town . he never stayed in one place for too long , always on the move to see more of what the world had to offer as he wrote his books and sometimes , broke deals for his parents during his travels overseas . it was definitely all for the best as traveling prohibited himself from being too work-oriented and always being surrounded by different people meant new stories he could experiences and tell .
—— after years and years of temporary addresses and constant packing and unpacking , julian finally decided to come back to new york when his champagne-drunk mother told him about his father’s numerous affairs and how his father got someone pregnant and they had to pay the woman off to keep it a secret so that it wouldn’t ruin his campaign . it was a drunk confession , something his mother simply scoffed at and never mentioned again — but it was a story that he needed to learn more about , a lost sibling out there that he needed to find . under the guise of a novel he wanted to write , a book about a child given away for adoption and their sibling looking for them , julian began his research and interviewing people around new york that could fit the bill of his missing sibling .
––– 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 / 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
—— 𝚂𝚈𝙻𝚅𝙰𝙽 𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙼𝚂 ( open to anyone around the same age as him and grew up in new york ) — a compilation of short stories from his adolescence . this connections are for the friends he grew up and shared all his secrets with . and although they have all grown up to be different people and drifted apart in some ways throughout the years , they’re all still in each other’s teams and would never miss each other’s calls if they can help it .
—— 𝚂𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙽𝙴 ( open to m / f / nb , must be same age as julian ) — a book loosely based on his first love . they have known each other since childhood and it was this thing were they always joked that they were gonna marry each other since they were kids . they didn’t actually start dating until the later part of high school but it was just this cute romance , voted prom king and queen , everyone was envious of their relationship . but after high school , they probably had different plans and slowly fell out of in love with each other during college until they had to make a mutual decision to break up . maybe , some old lingering feelings because of being each other’s first love but maybe , some what could have been but overall , it was all for the best .
—— 𝚆𝙾𝚄𝙻𝙳𝙽'𝚃 𝙸𝚃 𝙱𝙴 𝙽𝙸𝙲𝙴 ? ( open to anyone ) — a book about two tourists who met in nice , france and fell in love . so , this is probably someone julian met while he was travelling throughout europe and they hit it off due to both being originally from new york . they probably spent a week together sightseeing , going to bars together , getting closer and intimate with each other . maybe , if given more time , they would have fallen in love each other but after that week , they had to move on with their lives . and now , imagine them bumping into each other again but in new york .
—— he probably has a couple more books but i can’t think of anything KFDSFKF so i’m definitely open to other connections if y’all have any ideas !!!