[fancypost bgcolor=transparent; border: 0px solid white; width: 460px; text-align: justify; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; ]SAY HELLO TO NIXON JAMES ATTKINS, ALSO KNOWN AS NIX TO CLOSE FRIENDS. AROUND SCHOOL HE'S KNOWN AS THE ELUSIVE GOLDEN BOY, CONSIDERING MANY ASPECTS OF HIS ACTIONS AND PERSONALITY ARE CONTRADICTORY IN NATURE. HE KNOWS HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO LIKE HIM, BUT DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE MANY PEOPLE, TENDING TO STAY WITHIN A TIGHT GROUP OF FRIENDS. BECAUSE OF HIS CHARMING YET DISREGARDING NATURE, PEOPLE TEND TO ASSUME THAT HE THINKS HE'S BETTER THAN THEM, WHICH IS A SIMPLE MISINTERPRETATION OF HIS PERSONA.
— cisgender male, he/him pronouns
— nixon is homosexual, homoromantic, but has not explicitly stated this, nor does he feel the need to. in reality, he is probably fearful of explicitly stating that he is gay, because of the reaction he got earlier in life from his abusive father. he is open to relationships.
— nixon was born on November 2, and is seventeen years old, making him a junior at Badlands Prep and also a Scorpio. he works part-time at a local convenience store for extra cash, since he is at the school on scholarship.
— nixon starts of the varsity soccer team as a midfielder, and also plays on the varsity track and football team. he is also apart of NHS, or whatever academic achievement program the school offers. he knows that he has to do well to keep his scholarship at the academy.
— nixon is at Badlands Prep to, 1) get a better education, and 2) get away from the tense living situation with his father. he just needs breathing room.
— his mother died at childbirth, and nixon really doesn't keep in touch with any other member of his family, aside from when he has to return home for school breaks.
— Nixon, when first met, is a rather CHARMING character. He knows how to talk to people in a way that will either impress or satisfy them, though he is commonly rather UNINTERESTED in them as a person. This is because he just CRAVES ACCEPTANCE from others, not a relationship with them. As a result of this, Nixon is very CRITICAL towards himself and his surroundings, and tends to be very PROTECTIVE OF CLOSE FRIENDS. He often SHIFTS FOCUS AWAY FROM HIMSELF whenever people ask about how he's doing, his family, his hometown, etc. Additionally, he is very INVESTED IN THESE FEW CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS, though is often INSECURE of ruining them, either because of his STRUGGLES WITH ANGER ISSUES or other possible scenarios, though he tries to hides these feelings from others in an effort to AVOID BEING BURDENSOME.
— Nixon was born into a middle-class family in a suburban town, and his mother died in childbirth. His father, a mechanic, worked at his buddy's shop, and was therefore given leniency to drink excessively without getting fired. Nixon could be considered a golden boy, when overlooking some aspects of his personality, as he gets superb grades, starts on the school varsity football and soccer team, and participates in track as a dual-medalist long distance runner. However, the boy and his father rarely speak for over a few minutes, and there has always been tension surrounding the two. When Nixon's father found out that he was gay by spotting Nix with another boy, the father and son got into a physical altercation, but the situation was ignored by both of them afterwards. Nixon applied to Badlands Preparatory himself, and was awarded financial aid to the private academy, and had attended the school since sophomore year.
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