22, 27, and 31 from the hc meme for Eli?
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22. Do they have a fear they want to conquer, but haven’t yet?
Yes, several! He definitely wants to get over/get rid of his fears of failure, abandonment, and disappointment, but those are very, very, very slow-going, and he might not ever get over them entirely. More practically, though, he also has fears of drowning and being watched. Out of the two of them, the drowning is definitely one he wants to get over, and he isn’t entirely sure why he has it in the first place. The being watched one he finds useful, as it makes him sort of hypersensitive to that kind of thing.
27. What do they never, ever want to speak of, ever?
His anxiety and his pyromania. He just… pretends they don’t exist, and will constantly deny it if it is brought up subtly, i.e, “what happened to your hands/why are your hands bandaged up?”, “you look pretty nervous”, “stop jogging your leg”, etc., etc. However, if somebody actually confronts him about it, or if somebody he loves and trusts asks one of those questions, he will probably break down and talk about it, because he does want someone’s help, but God forbid he brings it up himself– he thinks it would be seen as weakness.
31. Do they have good fashion sense? Or do they just wear whatever?
Sort of both! He definitely likes to be more on the casual side and usually wears a hoodie, t-shirt, and Converse, sometimes with a beanie, as a teenager/in his early twenties, which starkly contrasts with the rest of the family, but, it’s comfortable, and he sort of wants to blend in, look normal, and not make himself appear too conspicuous. In his later twenties and later in his adult life, he’ll still like to look casual, but it’ll be more of a smart casual type thing; a nice coat, perhaps, or sometimes a jumper and scarf, maybe even collared shirts or boots. He does like to make sure he looks halfway presentable, but he doesn’t care as much as, say, his father or his uncle does.
