Secret Ideas for Characters
They are in active addiction.
They overcame addiction but no one knows they were addicted to begin with.
Someone at home is abusing / assaulting them.
A co-worker is abusing / assaulting them.
A friend is abusing / assaulting them.
A teacher or boss is abusing / assaulting them.
Their actual friends are secret because of how others might perceive that character for hanging around them.
They cheated on a major final exam.
They escaped a major legal sentence by paying off the judge beforehand.
They bought a really expensive item just to feel cool.
They have a partner / lover.
They are cheating on said partner / lover with someone the lover knows.
They are cheating on said partner / lover with a total stranger.
They've paid for illicit services.
They don't feel remorse or guilt for their actions.
They don't feel happiness.
They don't experience romantic attraction.
They don't experience sexual attraction.
They have no real desire for friendships or external relationships.
They hate everyone and prefer solitude.
They enjoy committing crimes.
They are just as obsessed with the popular boy band as everyone else.
They're searching for a new parent to curb their parental issues.
They'd kill the person who loves them most.
They enjoy the most abhorrent music anyone has ever heard.
Their workplace / school is safer than their home.
They killed and misdiagnosed people on purpose while working as a medical professional.
They've been in an on-and-off relationship for over a few years.
They are the reason their (family member) is dead.
They've poisoned someone and got away with it.
They got intimate with someone to climb up the job ranks.
There is intimate footage of them on the internet.
They've served as or are actively a government spy in another nation.
They've assaulted / abused someone and experienced remorse.
They've assaulted / abused someone and have no remorse.
Their friends are actively bullying them but they don't realize it.
Their co-workers are actively bullying them but they don't realize it.
Their family is actively bullying them but they don't realize it.
They've failed a student on purpose because of bias.
They've yelled at or hit a student before.
They've attempted to seduce a police officer.
They successfully seduced a police officer.
They used to work dirty, societally unacceptable jobs just to make ends meet.
They grew up poor but are now rich.
They grew up rich but are now poor.
They do graffiti and their tag is all over the city.
They are very mentally unsound.
They are very physically unwell.
They are no longer religious but must present as such to others.
They identify with a different gender but must present themselves as cisgender to others.
They identify with a different sexuality but must present themselves as heterosexual to others.
They regularly "steal" library books and forget to pay the library fees.
They're their grandmother.
They're their grandfather.
They are actually not alive and never have been.
They came from another world but adapted well to the current one.
They frequently move homes and change their identities wherever they go.
They've faked their own death and gotten away with it.
They're a member of a secret elite society.
They have discriminatory beliefs that they hide well.
They have magical powers that are a gift.
They have magical powers that are a curse.
They met their biological parents and regret it.
They hate their adoptive parents.
They've had an abortion at a young age.
They almost didn't survive the birth of their child.
They are adopted and they knew the whole time.
They are adopted but still have no idea.
They have tattoos in inappropriate places.
They were a throwaway (a kid thrown out of their home).
They ran away once but were caught and forced to return home.
They used to be in an obscure band.
Their children are all adopted and they haven't told them.
Their children are all adopted and they know.
They've inherited a genetic condition just like the rest of the family but have presented no symptoms.
They threw away or damaged the family heirloom.
They abandoned everyone who ever loved them.
They enjoy dangerous hobbies such as blood art but know people would freak out if they shared about it.
A friend is stealing their finances and income.
A family member is stealing their finances and income.
A lover is stealing their finances and income.
They are trapped in an abusive marriage.
They are in an abusive relationship.
They tend to ignore red flags when dating.
They come from royalty and refuse to associate with their relatives.
They saw their child die in front of them.
They don't experience empathy.
They are actually homeless and living in their car.
They follow extreme diets to try to lose weight.
They overeat religiously to try to gain weight.
Their coping mechanism is substances.
They can't function without caffeine.
They're superstitious and actively investigating if their home is haunted or not.
