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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 (𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕃𝕦𝕣𝕜𝕤 𝕀𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨) - 𝕃𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕖

Another character introduction post for What Lurks In The Hollow, this time for Liam Steele.

If you like this, pls reblog! 💕

🎞️About/General Info🎞️

Liam Steele is one of the most well-known teenagers in Vinethorn Grove, infamous - and feared - for his fiery personality and tendencies to withdraw himself emotionally from the world, which makes people assume he just doesn't care. Which isn't true. With a knack for getting into trouble, especially fist fights with other teens, Liam has long since been labeled a local 'bully' or troublemaker - but that couldn't be further from the actual truth. Liam only gets into fights with the actual bullies of the town, whenever said bullies pick on him, his girlfriend or anyone else. But the sheer strenght and explosiveness with which he deals with such other kids gives outsiders the wrong impression most of the time. Tired of trying to prove himself otherwise, Liam has quietly accepted the rumors and given up in trying to 'clear his reputation', and chosen to just live in his own little world with his girlfriend (Savvy), his music, and his car, pretending not to care about what anyone else thinks of him. But deep down, a lost, but kind, part of him still wants to be accepted and still wants to make more friends - even though his anger and his difficulty blending in have made him a pariah to most, so many other teens don't even get close enough to truly get to know him. Despite all of that, he has a good heart and a loyal personality that will strongly stand beside anyone who proves themselves a true friend worthy of their time.

🎞️ More Info 🎞️

Pronouns - He/Him Age - 17 Appearance - Liam is somewhere between average height and tall, especially for a teenager, and is quite athletic and muscular while still being thin. He has long, volumous blond hair that is quite curly, and which he usually keeps loose and wild, a lot of his style reflects his love for vintage rock and roll. He has dark grey eyes and his favorite clothes include a distressed denim vest, simple jeans and band T-shirts, occasionally opting for a long-sleeve denim jacket or a comfy coat, as well as worn out red ankle converse shoes or occasionally simple boots. He always wears the DIY charm bracelet that his girlfriend, Savvy, gave him - it has both sentimental value to him and doubles a fidget toy for when he gets anxious.

Personality Types:

📸Enneagram: 8w7

📸MBTI: INFJ

Occupation: Student (currently on school break), Rock 'n Roll Enthusiast, Local Troublemaker, Paranormal Investigator (begrudgingly)

Place of Birth: Vinethorn Grove

Orientation: Straight

🎞️ Personal Life 🎞️

Family:

Nicholas Steele - Uncle, Legal Guardian

Status: Alive Age: 28-29 Occupations: Businessman/Business owner Relationship: Good, the only 'parent' figure Liam truly had ever since he was 7 (but Nicholas is far more of a lax older brother figure/best friend kind of guy than someone serious or fully prepared to raise a kid, though he does try his best and is honestly great)

Stephanie Steele - Mother

Status: Alive Age: 44 Occupations: Magazine Editor, Band Groupie Relationship: Bad (practically abandoned Liam with her brother - Nicholas - when she first had the chance, claiming she needed time to focus solely on her career while grieving her mother's death. She claimed she would come back for him, but never did, and now lives a successful life in the capital, having practically forgotten her son exists)

Debora Steele - Grandmother

Status: Deceased (died half a year before his mother ditched him) Age: 61 Cause of Death: Cancer Occupations: Former stay at home mother, widow and heiress (of the family business) Relationship: Good, but short lived

Unnamed Father

Best Friends/Allies:

Savvanah 'Savvy' Hahn:

Status: Alive Age: 17 Occupations: Student (currently on school break), Arcade Enthusiast, Local Troublemaker, Paranormal Investigator Relationship: Amazing! (She's his girlfriend and best friend - and they have been besties since childhood)

Amy Millihan:

Status: Alive Age: 16 Occupation: Student (currently on school break), Paranormal Investigator & Enthusiast Relationship: Good

Zach Taylors:

Status: Alive Age: 16 Occupation: Homeless runaway, works part time jobs at a few local businesses that don't ask too many questions Relationship: Good

Kevin “Kev” Micheal Harrison

Status: Undead Age: 17 Cause and Time of Death: Bashed to death with a baseball bat, sometime after the Harvest Fair of 1984 Occupation: Student (formerly), Bully (formerly), Haunting Apparition (currently), Vengeful Spirit (currently) Relationship: Good but mostly complicated. Kev serves as Liam's ghostly mentor from the beyond and is at times a friendly ally to the group despite being dead, but also serves as a terrifying cautionary tale of the fate Liam might face if he doesn't stop trying to do everything all alone or if he insists on pushing everyone away.

🎞️ Likes & Dislikes 🎞️

Hobbies/Interests:

Listening to retro rock 'n roll, or even new rock music - he doesn't like heavy/screamo metal though, preferring the more lyrical genres - and is obsessed with anything related to that style of music.

Playing arcade games with Savvy almost all day long

Driving around town on his 60s Ford Mustang his uncle gave him for his sixteenth' birthday, of course with rock music blasting from the speakers

Eating shepherd's pie

Chilling out on the couch with a fuzzy blanket, soft socks and his favorite pajamas while watching comedy sitcoms.

Dancing with Savvy in his living room or garage

Playing videogames in his old game console at home

Winning a street fight against a bully or against anyone who is generally a jerk

Watching nature documentaries

Enjoying a garden party in the summer and swimming on the lake or in the small rivers for hours

Making macramé bracelets and necklaces, because he loves the texture and finds it a calming hobby

Being accepted for who he is and not misguidedly judged for who people think he is

Taking polaroid pictures of himself, his bulldogs or his friends

Going to music concerts

Trying to learn how to play the guitar and figuring out how to write music

Additional Favorites: (Extra List Here)

Music: Rock 'n Roll (especially vintage/retro rock, from the 80s, but also quite a lot of more recent songs, along with 2000s rock)

Person (his 'comfort people'): Savvy, his uncle (who is the closest thing he has to a parent or sibling even though they don't always see eye to eye, he knows he can count on him)

Candy: Sour Lollipops and Licorice

Place: 1. his room, 2. the gazebo by the lake, 3. the arcade

Fictional Creature: Giant Sea Serpent, Kraken

Scent: The smell of candy stores, leather car seats, fancy cologne

General Dislikes/Hates:

Bullies and people who try to make others feel bad about themselves, people who hurt others gratuitously or those who make fun of other people.

Irresponsible adults who don't consider the consequences of their actions

People who don't like rock and roll

Anyone who annoys Savvy or any of his friends

His mother - she may have been in a 'bad place' when she left him with her brother but she did essentially abandon him when he needed her the most, and then never even looked back once after she got her 'dream life'.

Murderers and psychopaths who get off on hurting others

People who try to scratch or dent his car, reckless drivers

Gossipmongers and people who spread lies about others

Anyone who doesn't like dogs

The smell of stale water or anything that smells like a bog, he also hates the smell of mold

A very specific set of textures that make his skin crawl and which he cannot stand to touch or be around for a long time, especially certain kinds of clothes.

People who scream at each other for no reason

Overly violent horror movies

Cold coffee or any kind of coffee without sugar

Feeling sleepy for no reason or being confused after a heavy nap

Overconfident policemen and corrupt officers, as well as any arbitrary authority figure

Changing his schedule or people who purposefully get in the way of his plans for the day, those get him irked out really fast

🎞️ Playlist: 🎞️

Cherry Pie - Warrant

Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit

overwhelmed - Royal & The Serpent

Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Welcome To The Jungle - Guns 'n Roses

Teen Idle - Marina and The Diamonds

Boy In The Bubble - Alec Benjamin

What Lurks In The Hollow Taglist (-/+): @ray-writes-n-shit, @sarandipitywrites @smol-feralgremlin, @kaylinalexanderbooks,

@diabolical-blue @oh-no-another-idea

@cakeinthevoid, @clairelsonao3, @sleepy-night-child

@thepeculiarbird

@the-golden-comet, @urnumber1star, @ominous-feychild, @anyablackwood, @amaiguri, @finickyfelix

@lyutenw, @elshells, @thelovelymachinery,

@bookwormclover, @an-indecisive-nerd, @the-letterbox-archives

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

OC Ask Meme

I wanted to write my own OC ask questions and here they are! Feel free to use them.

🔴 Red- What is a trait your OC has that those around them don't see very often? Is it seen by a rare few or completely overlooked?

🟠 Orange- What is a trait your OC hides about themself from others? Do they refuse to acknowledge it or begrudgingly accept it?

🟡 Yellow- What is something your OC wants but knows they can never have? How does it feel to never get this specific desire?

🟢 Green- What is considered a weakness in your OC that is actually a strength? What is a strength in your character that can be twisted into a weakness?

🔵 Blue- How would your OC spend a single day of interrupted peace? Where would they go or who would they be with?

🟣 Purple- What is something that your OC could not live without? What keeps them grounded in the worst of times?

⚪️ White- When was a moment in your OC's life that they felt the most vulnerable and exposed? Were they alone or surrounded?

⚫️ Black- When was a moment in your OC's life that they felt the most in control and secure? Was it gained through negative or positive means?

🎱 8 Ball- What situation was your OC lucky to escape from or get out of? What or who helped them unexpectedly?

🔮 Crystal Ball- What kind of future does your OC want to have? What would they do to make it real?

🪩 Disco Ball- What was an achievement that your OC felt worthy of celebrating? Was it a personal victory or a big impact on everyone around them?

⚽️ Soccer Ball- Who is someone that your OC believes in and roots for? Are they private about their admiration or do they make it well known?

Writing Share Tag!

Thanks for the tag, @kaylinalexanderbooks!!! I'll go with a scene from the Ch.1 of Scrapyard Boys, Adahm's POV.

Sinew and bone crunched under his fist as it connected to the soldier's face throwing the man across the room, nose split, blood coating the floor making it slick. Adahm chuckled, shaking his fist off the impact and watching the man crush the furniture behind him - he could hear the others, footsteps stomping on the stairs just outside, guns cocking. But he didn't rush - oh, no, no, no.

Adahm took his time.

Twirling his dagger for a moment, he slowly crept closer to the fallen merc, stepping over the dismembered body of his previous victim. The man didn't look so menacing now that he was scrambling back, limbs flaying over the broken chips of wood that once were the hotel's bedside table. "N-no, no! Please," The merc begged, his back hitting the wall - the gun in his hand clicked pathetically, no bullets left to shoot, "Look. We…we can settle on somethin'! I'll leave, you can get all the m-money from the bounty, 5 million dollars, all yours." He saw the man smile anxiously, trying to bargain, "Y-you don't have to kill me!"

Adahm didn't stop, his boots breaking the shattered bits of glass on the floor as he continued to stalk closer, his face unreadable except for his emotionless smile. The soldier had nowhere to go, his stupid decision to come after them had sealed that fate. He could still hear the other soldiers getting closer and closer as he crouched over this one, tracing the side of the man's cheekbone with his dagger, a feather-like touch.

"I don't want the money," Adahm said, voice a honeyed, but almost disembodied whisper, tilting his own head as the man flinched away from the tip of his knife, "That's not the issue. It never was. The problem is that you and your crew are looking for someone who doesn't belong to you. I know you work for the labs - I know they paid you to take my brother from me, didn't they? To cut him up, chop him up like a little guinea pig for Vhoss' studies."

The merc shuddered, shaking his head vehemently while the words fell dead on his lips, scrambling to try and deny the question, but the truth was undeniable. Adahm scoffed, his eyes scanning the man's struggle almost pityingly, before his grip on his knife tightened, "See? There you have it. And you know that I just can't let that happen," The young man's voice was a bitter chuckle, leveling his knife for the man's neck, almost sounding disappointed, "You never should've come after him."

Before the merc could react, Adahm plunged the dagger into the man's throat, silencing his pleas as he twisted the blade up into his skull, before stabbing the limp body again, again and again. Once he was satisfied, he leaned forward onto the blade, catching his breath in ragged gasps before he ripped the knife off the man's shredded chest and stumbled into his feet.

His ears twitched towards the sounds - the soldiers were in the hallway now, almost behind him. He ran a bloodstained hand through his long strands of hair, pushing it out of his face as he turned to the door, standing behind it like a haunted house animatronic. and started counting.

1 second. The men moved closer, their movements calculated - he could hear the clinking of their rifles against kevlar suits that wouldn't save them now - he chuckled. 2 seconds - they stopped somewhere down the hallway, their captain barking orders, and Adahm's smile widened, revealing bloodied fangs, his thin mouth a snake's maw. 3 seconds - and as they moved into the room, his shrill, snake like hiss was the last thing any of those mercenaries would ever hear as he pounced in for the kill.

Tagging (gently): @sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @smol-feralgremlin, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart, @ray-writes-n-shit

@the-golden-comet, @writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid

@lassiesandiego, @thepeculiarbird, @clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams

@differentnighttale

@wyked-ao3 and OPEN TAG

Taglist for Scrapyard Boys below the cut 🧪

Scrapyard Boys Taglist (-/+): @ray-writes-n-shit, @sarandipitywrites, @lassiesandiego, @smol-feralgremlin, @kaylinalexanderbooks,

@diabolical-blue @oh-no-another-idea

@cakeinthevoid, @clairelsonao3,

@thepeculiarbird

@the-golden-comet, @urnumber1star, @ominous-feychild, @anyablackwood, @amaiguri, @lyutenw @finickyfelix

@thecomfywriter, @the-letterbox-archives, @differentnighttale @wyked-ao3

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

🍃- Describe this oc in one word

For anyone you’d like :)

Thanks for the ask, @mk-writes-stuff!!!!

Let's go with some of the cast from What Lurks In The Hollow, Scrapyard Boys and Threads of Fate for this one!

What Lurks In The Hollow

Amy - Curiosity

Zach - Vibes

Dylan - Antisocial

Christine - Chaos

Indie - Laid-back

Conner - Cowboy

Charlie - Unsupervised

Maeve - Vintage

Erin - Loner

Savvy - Arcade

Liam - Rockstar

Hayden - Enthusiasm

Scrapyard Boys

Valen - Angry

Saoirse - Runaway

Luke - Protector

Riley - Genius

Josh - Boogeyman

Damon - Confusion

Adahm - Unhinged

Rhys & Gwyn - Trouble

Adrien - Feral

Keilly - Mother-hen

Heidi - Excited

Jax - Inventor

Sasha - Biker

Taylen - Cosmic

Threads of Fate

Elias - Kooky

Hester - (Overly) Determined

Amos - Theatrical

Marius - Lurking

Trisha - Questionable

Pip - Creative

Saskia & Zella - Eerie

Mira - Wild

You know what fancy feature I want on my fridge? Not a damn a screen, but a fucking nightmode button that only turns on a very dim light when I open the door.

I want to get my 3am handful of shredded cheddar cheese without experiencing the power of the sun.

you gotta understand that when I call my OCs "my little man" or "my little guys," I'm imagining this

they are two sauce packets tall and yelling at me for putting them in situations