โบ ( rudy pankow & cis male ) according to the schoolโs records, knox drury is a 22-YEAR-OLD seniorย studying political science, and heย lives over in moriarty. he is a gemini, so that must be why others describe himย as dignified, humorous, cowardly and naive. when i see him, iโm reminded of walking into class an hour late with sunglasses on, the feeling of anticipation as you wait for a firework to fully blossom, the sound of party music leaking through the walls of a bathroom.ย ( gibby, 20, they/them, est. ) โ
hello everyone !! so i wonโt even lie to u guys, i am NERVOUS and itโs literally only bc this is the first group iโve joined in so long like dfdhkjsfjad the last group i was in was almost a year ago but i ended up having to leave due to personal reasons and didnโt get to write so like !!! idk iโm excited !! anyways w that in mind, pls bARE with me bc i have like one (1) braincell and i forgot how to write intros. anyways enough of me rambling, lemme give you knox !!
also this is a bad intro pls dont judge me im trying 2 like. rewrite what i had b4 the storm took it out n like, i lost the braincell
basics.ย
full name: knox hale drury.
nicknames: drury.
age: twenty two.
gender and pronouns: cis male and he/him
sexual & romantic orientations: bisexual, biromantic, femme leaning.
major: political science.
housing: moriarty.
backstory.
triggers: implied bullying, police and incarceration ( dw i didnโt make him jj 2.0 ).
nobody gets to pick their beginnings. itโs something that people tell knox all the time, hell, itโs plastered in every stupid coming of age movie, book, film, everything heโs ever seen. you donโt pick who your born into, you donโt pick who you get to be. and to an extent, he does think that this is true but he canโt help but wonder if maybe, if people could pick, if theyโd pick differently. because he knows he certainly would pick differently.
itโs not that he even came from a bad home - hell no, he had the most loving family ever. his mother was a saint, a warm sensation bubbling up in his chest when he thinks about her warm cookies or the way she tried to still tuck him in even as a teenager. his father had his flaws, we all do, but he was a good and honest man. hardworking, he showed knox what that stupid american dream is that everyone likes to preach about.ย
no, it had nothing to do with them but rather the overall opinion on him and his family. see, the druryโs werenโt well liked - they were seen as lowlives and as shady, the kind of people who youโd only go to if you wanted to get stabbed in the back. generations of druryโs fit this narrative but no, his father was determined to change that. and so was he, even if nobody around him seemed to want to give him a chance.ย
knox would go throughout school with this name attached to him like a dagger to his throat - whisperings in the hallway of,ย โoh, my mom said the drury boy might be steal things if you let him over,โ and other random, rude remarks. of course, the people that get close to him know better - they see him for who he really is.
that person is knox. heโs a golden light, often more selfless than the rich pricks who run that small town. heโd give his jacket or umbrella to people even if they didnโt ask if it just so happened to be raining outside, and despite the fact that his family didnโt have a lot, heโd still go out of his way to try to give when he could.ย
he eventually graduated high school - one of the top people in his class due to his fatherโs encouragement, and after a lot of debate, settled on attending haddon university - miles away from that sweet, small little hometown he knew, but a fresh start where he didnโt have to work for anything. he could just go in being him, with nobody attaching a new narrative to him. it was what he wanted, what he dreamed of.
and he loved it. his first semester there was memorable as he found himself surrounded by new friends and people he even considered family. back home, however, things were slipping.
the drury family was never rich, ever by any means, but business was low. nobody wanted to go there, fearing that his father was just as shady as his grandfather. as things got worse, his father had to resort to other needs - stealing, lying about taxes, and doing everything he could to try to make it by.ย
it finally caught up to him when knox came home for spring break - red and blue lights flashing outside as loud noises went on throughout the house, until finally someone swung knoxโs door open and briefly blinded him with a flashlight, demanding to know where his father was. by the time knox got a grasp on the situation, his father was being rushed off in the back of a cop car.ย
he plead guilty almost immediately and for the next few months, knox did school from home to stay with his mother. it was then that he switched his major from what had initially been just a vague, business degree to political science in hopes of going into law after getting that degree - a way of changing things, of helping people so they never got to that point.ย
for now though, heโs gone back to haddonโs campus where he studyโs away and occasionally finds himself slipping and partying, glasses always covering his eyes as he slinks back class, getting almost nO sleep every night.
study.
so i need u to know right now... knox is baby, FDSHJDFSHAJK
like heโs not by any means like heโs kinda a gross dude like, absolutely randomly burps n is like lol oops n shit, very little manners, will grab clothes off of the floor to put them on kind of man BUT LIKE as a whole ?? he means very well FDSJFAHJ heโs very gentle and will sit there and admire flowers on a bush and then get mad if u pick one bc ur hurting it like. heโs baby.
he also is very loyal to the ppl heโs friends w tbh like. damn he will never leave ur side
that also makes him kinda... super, actually, naive. you see, while knox is incredibly loyal, he often finds himself ignoring signs of toxicity for the sake of preserving a friendship - he fights for people who wonโt fight for him, he lets people back in too easily, he just. he sees the good in everyone, even if there isnโt any good.
regardless, heโs not easy to just... manipulate to an extent. while heโll fall for you being innocent, you canโt ever try to make him think heโs something heโs not - he knows his intentions and he knows theyโre usually pure and heโs not gonna fold for anyone if it comes down to him or them.ย
bt like again heโs baby
like i dont think he ever gets mad but damn when he does its probs scary as shit like bc he nEVER gets mad !!! hes like. a golden retriever ig
if u cannot tell im trying really hard not to make him too much like jj bc i realize that might be a big thing ppl do n i dont think jj is baby bt like. knox? knox is baby DSFHJKFDHKJย
heโs just. idk. heโs very protective and cares about his friends a lot and will walk you home even if you went to HIS place and like is always ready to give you a jacket if itโs raining and heโs just lowkey a big, kinda dumb at times, teddy bear and i think thatโs valid tyvmย
wanted connections.
friends. โ please. knox will lOVE ur muses just let him be their friend tyvm plus heโs a bit of a social butterfly now and i think heโd honestly have a lot of friends.
best friend. โ iโm gonna keep this to one muse bc idk i think itโd be really cute if knox got to have his own like, ride or die where they care abt him as much as he cares about them and theyโre always there for each other and like !!! thatโs cute !!! also found family trope bc i think that is.. again, kyoot, ty
frienemies. โ so these are always like, super fun to plot out and i think thereโs a lot to work w here... like give me ppl who are happy that knox is loyal and would defend them but would push knox to the side n not do the same for him... also friendships where knox fucked up ?? where knox, despite his goodness, couldnโt keep his mouth shut and revealed a secret to their friend group bc u see he can kinda be a gossip fsjfdaskj. idk thereโs a lot u can do n iโd love to brainstorm!
enemies. โ pls. like. we can brainstorm this too so i dont just ramble but pLEASE?? please.
flings. โ honestly romantic ships are not the point of rps but romantic flings and stuff can be really fun to plot and i love getting soft about them so like ?? idk dude lets fling it up n have muses date for two weeks n then break up like thats swexi, dramatic, 10/10
exes. โ i mean this is kind of like flings but i have an idea... give me an ex of knoxโs who really was like. everything knox wanted. hell, the two had a really good relationship - they were in love and etc etc gushy details but they ended up breaking up bc they just. they werenโt meant to be! as sad as it is like it was as simple as that! and then the angst comes in after they break up bc god they still love each other so much but they just arenโt meant to be and they see them with other people and oh it just hurts but like, bonus points if they manage to become good friends even after this !! (sidenote, idk i wouldnโt want this to be a full ship tht gets back together bc idk i think thereโs a bittersweetness in stuff like this n its just. like. its ok !!! idk !!! )
roommates. โ and they were roomates- fdshjkfdsahjk
other things. โ honestly these are half assed plots but iโm down for anything !!! iโm still fleshing out knox a lil too bc i really did make him on the spot so pls bare w me :)