Oly Stegg

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Oly, and his twin sister Magi, were born in France. At the age of 4, both twins were scouted for magazine spreads in children's fashion, which delighted their parents, and helped them to begin a sizeable savings account for the both of them. They continued modeling until the age of 7, when their father's job forced them to relocate to the U.S. The language barrier was of no difficulty as they grew up bilingual (French and English).  Though smart and well off, Oly (age 9) got into an altercation with another boy who didn't appreciate Oly's admission of a crush on him, and due to the fight, Oly slowly lost the ability to see in his right eye. The damage from the fight still haunts him medically, as he is afraid to have the eye completely removed when it is still technically trying to heal itself. The result is that he must annually have his eye operated on to remove the scar tissue that continues to build around the vein and orbital socket (which he undergoes gladly so that he can still move his eye like normal).

After the fight, Magi and Oly were immediately taken from public school and their mother taught them via homeschooling. It was a hard thing to adjust to, seeing as both he and his sister had grown up in social situations and were easily trusting of people. Oly slowly closed in on himself, unsure of how to talk to people and relate to them when he'd been beaten for his character traits. His parents and sister were his only support, and he was happy for a while, until his father was diagnosed with cancer, and slowly began to die. At 12, his father passed away, leaving him with an even bigger doubt of himself and his life.  When he turned 18, he began smoking as a fixation for his anxiety, unfortunately it didn't help and only made him more unhappy to think that he was slowly killing himself.  He began looking for distractions and settled on photography, as it was something that had intrigued him as a child model. he gave up smoking in favor of dum-dum lollipops, and is usually out and about with a journal and camera.

When Oly turned 20, he and his twin, and mother moved to Louisiana. Oly applied for any and every art college he could find, hoping to earn a degree in Photography. There he met Jace- a shy closed off boy who intrigued him to no end. Though Jace was reserved, and stand-offish at times, Oly continued to spend time with him, and finally earned his trust as a friend. The pair grew closer and closer without having realized it until Oly was faced with one of his previous bullies, and subjected to more ridicule. When the bully turned on Jace for his appearence, Oly confronted him, earning him a broken nose, and a day in jail.

Luckily for Oly, this would be the point at which Jace would come around, and realize that maybe Oly was more than a friend. Oly being as dense as one can be, admitted to Jace's step-sister that he may have feelings for Jace, but was worried in case she was jealous (as he assumed Isabell was Jace's girlfriend and not his sister) Upon realization that Oly might have a chance, he became a spluttering mess in front of Jace.

Through some miracle (and a ton of worrying on Oly's part) he finally confesses to Jace, and they begin dating happily. Despite only having dated for about a year, life has never looked better for Oly, until his grandparents pass away, and he and his family must return to France to help with funeral prepartions. Oly invites Jace along, knowing how much Jace would love to see the world, and quickly devises a way to propose to him. Jace accepts, and they are married on March 11th, 2017.