Damien Baek
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Damien Baek - 백수빈 -
"I hold my red torch up high, and no, I'm not going to pass it up to anyone."
Known as Casey Shim's lawfully wedded husband, Casey's guardian angel, and much to Damien's dismay— Casey's 'Achilles' Heel'. Damien is chocked full of wits and despite his smaller stature, he can be extremely daring when having to face certain adversaries. Maybe to some people it might be just a trait that all members of the Beast-class share, but that's just one of the multiple facets of Damien's very spunky personality. Much like his own husband, Damien also greatly participates in civil affairs but pertaining to Beast-class members in his community, and in a more low profile kind of way. In a more public setting, Damien often seems to portray himself as a fiercely loyal househusband that loves to do interior designing, crochet, painting still lifes, and gardening. But in actuality, he is the founder of the Red Scale Organization, a nonprofit, Beast-class centered organization that aims to stop the cannibalization of his people through means of charity. Due to not liking having so much public attention set onto him however, this gives Damien the valid excuse to work right from home as he communicates with Juniper and the other members through the power of virtual video calls. He'll only step into the organization whenever it is absolutely necessary.
For the past couple of years, Damien has been doing a very good job of keeping his secret work life and family life completely seperate and parallel of each other. But that all was going to change in one single day on a cold November's morning. Because all that the pearl merman could genuinely remember was that his son, Hunter, was upstairs having his speech therapy session while he was sitting downstairs at the table having tea with two friends— a closer friend and one that he has fallen on the rocks with. They came over simply to apologize for all of their selfish actions that led to all these unfortunate events that have befallen between himself and Casey; while things were starting to become better in their personal relationship. He was about to forgive them fully but then...suddenly he remembered seeing all the ice that covered the flowers like a thin-sheeted blanket. The water in the moon pool also became an entirely solid block of ice and he was trapped inside said block. And that's— unfortunately all that he was able to remember from that day.
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Blood Consumption
Likes
- ❤️ Casey ❤️
- Crafting his own jewelry pieces and wearing them (tassel earrings and norigaes are his BIG favorites)
- His children, Hunter and Ace; and his sister, Jasmine
- Drawing and painting florals
- His backyard garden; gardening in general
- Listening to Casey sing and play the piano (when it comes to the piano he often dreams of it)
- His red fishpin
- Wearing giant hairbows
- Long dresses! (he likes clothes that appear flowy essentially)
- Ice skating
- Tending to small creatures (like birds, rabbits, fish, bugs, etc.)
- Anything pertaining to history of merfolk
Dislikes
- Getting far too much spotlight
- Casey's boss, Thane (in Damien's eyes that guy's a menace)
- The honest fact that he can digest blood for power
- The mysterious woman that attacked him and his son, and destroyed his garden
- Being called "Casey's Achilles' heel"
- Being left alone
- Snowstorms (ironically)
- Not getting the chance to spend quality time with Casey due to work-related reasons and needing to argue with Casey about it
- His own kind getting cannibalized
- Sour foods
- Using or hearing an excessive amount of swear words
Personality
(Fiercely) Noble
When a situation becomes serious or dire, Damien is always there to step up first and defend those that seem weaker or vulnerable, such as young children and Normals (a slang term for individuals with no identified ability of their own). He follows a very strict moral code, and he would more often than not take more hits instead of letting another person sacrifice themselves for his own sake.
Bubbly
Damien always is seen with a very cheerful expression. Much like his own husband Casey, he seems to become more lively and expressive when other guests or friends come to visit the pair. Damien likes to talk and share many stories, and he also attempts to make everyone feel part of the conversation in a creative way, including those that are much shyer (like Eko).
Witty
Damien is very smart but he often shows it in the form of passing, straightforwardly funny comments. He also seems to have created his own unique vocabulary to describe things that he's feeling (ie. 'Heyhey' to say 'hello' to friends, acquaintances, and family, 'Heyno' to people that gives him a bad feeling/doesn't like, 'My dear lord' when he's excited, surprised, or anxious). It's a habit that he's possessed all throughout his life and what gives him that quirkiness that people admire about him.
Anxious
Despite always appearing to look like he's got it all under control, sometimes Damien can be a very anxious person too. Especially in more recent times with the type of work Casey does for a living, plus Jun's temporary absence from his life, it's become a bit harder for Damien to self-regulate those emotions whenever they go haywire. He tends to bottle stuff up more and if pushed to a certain limit, he would become an explosive ball of emotions. It's a lot more prevalent when it concerns Casey's wellbeing or the idea of losing him to somebody else.
(Mildly) Antidiluvian
Based on the household environment that Damien has grew up in, he seems to be more interested in vintage, very old-fashioned methods. He isn't very technologically savvy like his husband is, although he's earned some experiences with modern technology thanks to him. Otherwise, he still finds writing on a typewriter, journaling, and listening to vinyl records to be way more exciting. He's one of the few boys in the group that usually keeps his phone off of him, unless if he absolutely has a reason to use it more frequently— especially during the Nov. 28th Recovery Arc as it was his only line of commuication for speaking with his friends and Casey.
Over-critical
Ever since Casey had decided to go down the detective's path, Damien has unfortunately developed a very overly-critical side about the people that Casey has to work alongside with on a daily basis. With the exceptions of Levi and Eko, he doesn't exactly trust anyone that the redhead works with due to recent events. Thane, Casey's boss, always getting the short end of the stick with his brutal comments, as in his eyes, he sees Thane as a 'puppetmaster' trying to control Casey's every thought and move.
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Mu-young "Casey" Shim
[ ❤️ Husband! ❤️ ]
Boyfriends of five years, married for the next five and now nearing their sixth year of marriage! Damien's relationship with Casey has really tested the trials of time, through family hardships to troubling characters from their schooling days. Even though their relationship has always been loving, respectful, and civil for the last ten-eleven years; Damien's now gotten himself a new mental challenge to face in recent times. He's lately been feeling a bit of a disconnect due to the fact that Casey's colleagues and boss are always trying to find ways to spend time with his redhead. But he hopes that one day, Casey will eventually find some more time just for him and their family just like before.
Story Update (1): After the incident with Rob Gavan, Eko's now ex-boyfriend, Damien finally has reached his breaking point as he lets all of his feelings about everything out to Casey, after they came back home from Jun and Kiri's engagement party. For reassurance reasons, Damien asks Casey a genuine question about their relationship and where do they stand, in fear that he might potentially lose his husband to Eko since now they know about his true feelings for the redhead. Casey reassures Damien that this is not the case at all, things have been so stressful on his end related to work, and he genuinely had no idea about Eko's secret affections towards him either. Now that both of them had gotten their truths out, Casey and Damien apologize to each other and make love shortly after. This was weeks before the uninvited stranger would invade their house and leave Damien in such a critical condition, after he sacrificed himself to protect Hunter and Eko.
Story Update (2): After Damien's noble act, and Casey saving his family and Eko at the last possible second by murdering the intruder, Damien was sent straight to the hospital for immediate surgery; as he still has a fragment of an ice spear lodged in his abdomen. After a few terrifying hours of knowing that Damien's life could be at risk, he manages to miraculously survive the surgery. Casey, Jun, and the others come to visit Damien as he's resting, as Casey gives a very tearful and heartfelt confession that he felt like he was doing a lousy job at being Damien's husband. Casey finally begins to realize his own faults, realizing that he hasn't really been there to fully support Damien in his hardships, and also not making a bunch of memories together as a family like he promised at the time of their marriage. Damien eventually hears everything that Casey has been saying, as he happily accepts his apology. They share a very touching moment together, and Damien feels like he can truly be at peace knowing that Casey is finally going to spend more personal time with him. After almost three years of yearning for it.
Jun Liu
[ Bestie! 💚 ]
Damien has met Jun through Casey's best friend Kiri, during the early days before Damien himself would end up in a romantic relationship with Casey. Throughout the years, Damien has gotten himself extremely close to Jun, that he eventually started to see him as his older brother figure. He often comes to him for fashion advice, relationship advice, or a shoulder to cry on when he's overly stressing about something that he values. Both of them share the same morals and ways of life due to living in a more rural setting early in their lives; and the both of them are extremely proud of their own nationalities and their traditions. In Damien's eyes, Jun is somebody he can definitely count on to make his days less boring and more exciting; and he's one of the few people that he can have deep conversations with without feeling an ounce of shame. Jun also has been very quiet in recent years, so he often wonders about how the jade has been doing.
Story Update (1): Damien and Jun's relationship rekindled in late September 2018, as Casey decided to invite the jade and his boyfriend (now fiancé) Kiri to the airport so they could surprise Damien and also wait for Cherry and Levi to return from their trip to Germany. Damien was very elated to see Jun again after about the better part of a decade, and he spent a good portion of this surprise hangout catching up with Jun about each other's lives. At the time, Damien wasn't aware of the fact that Jun was hiding a few secrets from him since he kept most of his personal life quiet- which was a little unusual for his character. Jun only showed interests about marriage and starting a family, and he was a little envious of the fact that Damien experienced those things before he did.
Story Update (2): Around the time that Jun's engagement to Kiri has become very publicized, Damien has become one of the active participants in planning the engagement party for the two, alongside his husband, Casey. Because of the fact that Damien himself got more involved in the planning phase, these moments helped brought the two of them even closer that they started to talk more in text and FaceTime-style calls. Damien also starts to softly admit to Jun about some of his internal issues that he's been feeling towards Casey and people he's been hanging with at work. The only exception was that he genuinely liked Eko from the start; despite that the smaller male held so much from him. After the Nov. 28th attack at the Baek-Shim residency, Jun was the only person that knew about Damien's true feelings, and was also the first to speak up about them on Damien's behalf- after Casey's heartfelt confession about doing better for his love.
Kiri Phy
[ Hubby's Bestie! 🧡 ]
Among the many friends Casey has from their early high school days, Kiri was one of the few close friends Casey had that Damien warmed up to the fastest apart from Jun. Kiri was always so supportive, funny, warm, and honest— traits that Damien always desired for a deep friendship. Even though Damien doesn't have far too much in common with Kiri as he does with Jun, what they do have in common is that they're both so emotional for their partners and they scream at things that are very cute. Recently, Kiri has also been MIA from his life alongside Jun— Damien never questioned why, but he hopes that one day he and Casey can reunite with their best friends.
Story Update (1): Damien's interactions with Kiri started off as minimal during their first encounter after eight years of little to no contact; as Damien only got to spend quite a bit more time clinging to Jun after the surprise reunion at the airport when they came to see Levi and Cherry. That was when Kiri and Jun decided to finally come visit his and Casey's place, especially after learning about the news related to Jun and Kiri's engagement, that they started to finally interact a little bit more. Their interactions continued to remain brief and small, up until the entire situation with Robert Gavan at Kiri and Jun's engagement party took place. After finally getting the chance to boot Rob out of the party, Kiri was the one to check up on Damien and Jun and see how they were feeling after they made genuine but futile attempts to cheer Eko up. Kiri's actions in that moment helped Damien to get more comfortable around him again.
Story Update (2): Damien and Kiri's relationship continued to grow even stronger after the events that took place at the engagement party, as they started to text and FaceTime call each other more often. Days before Eko had returned to the friend group as he made apology gifts for all of them, Damien himself included. When Damien shows his genuine gratitude for Eko's actions and makes an emotional wish that he wants to be friends with everybody forever, Kiri was the first to react just as emotionally to Damien's wish, holding his hands and strongly beliving this will be the case for them all. After Damien's sacrifice which took place on November 28th, 2018, Damien survived the fight but his garden on the other hand was destroyed entirely. Kiri, alongside Jun and Eko became a central figure to do an entire garden restoration after it got destroyed in this important fight for survival; as he was the only person more than capable enough to micromanage the finances.
Eko Iker-Brion
[ Friends / Secret Ex-Rival ]
The first colleague of Casey's ever that Damien has met as a fully grown adult, and also seems to genuinely like him enough to consider him a friend. Because he seemed very sweet and sincere— especially towards his husband. Apart from Eko's obvious issues, Damien noticed that he and Eko have a little too much in common that it's almost uncanny at this point. But even then, he hasn't let that interfere with his growing friendship with the smaller male. That was until Eko's ex came out with the truth about Eko's feelings towards Casey, and their friendship after that moment has reached an abrupt standstill. Feelings were now being put to the test, as Damien now feels anxious about the thought about losing Casey to Eko someday.
Story Update (1): Damien met Eko for the very first time the day Casey decided to invite all the boys over, since the married couple wanted to break the news about having a new baby join their family in a few months time. Upon first impression Damien took a liking to Eko straight away, as he didn't seem to be rude, stuck-up, full of himself...most of the people that Casey worked with seemed to have that same personality type in his eyes, but he could tell from day one that Eko was different. Damien actually was the first one to really give Eko some extra attention during this first meeting, since everybody else including Jun were far too busy catching up with each other's lives. From right there and then, they started to bond slowly. But it wasn't until the engagement party planning phase that both parties started to warm up to each other, despite their uncanny similiarities.
Story Update (2): On the day of the engagement party for Jun and Kiri, Damien has had the chance to meet Rob Gavan, Eko's boyfriend at the time. At first, Damien seemed to be one of the few boys in the group that didn't catch onto Rob's suspicious vibes, not realizing that he had an agenda to tear all of Eko's friendships apart. As the party progressed, Damien soon started to become more slowly aware of the situation between Eko and Rob. Eko didn't really have the heart to tell Damien that he was crushing so hard on his husband, but unfortunately, Rob did that favor for the smaller male instead. The news about Eko being in love with Casey scared Damien so much that he wasn't entirely the same around him since. He's been giving him a cold shoulder here and there. That was until the smaller male had chosen to make amends with Damien before his brave sacrifice. Their relationship as of current, is still going through the 'sorting out' phase.
Julian Candela
[ Really Nice Doctor ]
A very friendly Cardiologist that Damien had met by chance, as the others including Casey wanted to see how he was doing post-surgery. Damien hasn't known the man for too long, but he's one of the most talkative doctors that he had met in a long while. While Damien's body was still recovering from the incident, he's managed to discover that Julian is into very similar animes that he himself is into...and just recently, he's learned it from Casey and the others that Eko seems to enjoy the lilac doctor's company all the same. Would Julian end up being the exact key that Eko needed to move on from Casey and become his other half?
Levi Jr. Brennan
[ Hubby's Bestie #2 💓/ Beastly Bretheren~ ]
He's a little materialistic, obnoxious, and dresses in such a posh way. However, at least he's very sincere in his decisions when it concerns other people/their friends, plus he makes really funny jokes here and there. That's what Damien can appreciate about the shadow man, apart from the obvious fact that he's a fellow Beast-class member that usually fights with their teeth and claws when they switch to their other forms. Damien often sees Levi on a near weekly basis, since he always likes to follow Casey home from CRO just so he can make some silly memories with the couple. It often shows sometimes in the form of showing them weird recipes he found on the Internet.
Story Update (1): Damien's interactions with Levi are usually kept very brief, despite the fact that these two see each other often. That wasn't until the day of the engagement party for Jun and Kiri, where the shadow man also plays a major role in trying to make Rob forcefully stay away from Eko after Jun and Cherry got such terrible vibes out of Eko's partner. Once Damien started to become aware of the situation, he joined forces with Levi and the other boys in trying to lure Rob out of the party— until Casey puts a complete stop to it with Jun's help. Once that was taken care of, Levi was first to volunteer himself to watch over Hunter on Damien's behalf— as he tries to process everything that had just happened from that situation.
Cherry
[ Bestie #2! 💖 ]
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Thane Noctis
[ "Puppetmaster". ]
The bane to Damien's existance. Damien doesn't like the man or trusts him, not even a TINY bit. It's because of the way that Thane personally treats Casey on an entirely different scale in comparison to his other agents that work under him. Damien is more than self-aware that Thane's a good person that also wants to make a difference in this world much like his husband does; but he strongly wishes that he can do so in a more genuine way instead of borderline abusing Casey's own abilities...like some sort of weapon.
Hae-seong "Quinn" Holt-Shim
[ Brother-in-law!]
He is just like Casey except skinnier and ten times more quirky! Damien almost never has a bad day with Quinn whenever he chooses to come and visit the couple in his free time. Aside from his typical wild persona, Damien has gotten multiple chances to see the more loving and nurturing side to Quinn, especially when it comes to playing with his son Hunter, with his niece Cecelia, or with his girlfriend Eluna. But what Damien doesn't seem to be aware of at the moment, is that Quinn has recently developed a very resentful side— one that would soon run so deep especially since he's become aware of the one coworker (Eko) that has managed to hurt both Damien and Casey emotionally.
Eluna Shanti
[ Quinny's Girlfriend! 🦋 ]
She is Quinn's anchor, the other person apart from Casey that can keep this younger redhead grounded before he gets a little too hyperactive. Damien sometimes gets to see Eluna on special occasions, as she usually is an active participant at family gatherings and seasonal holidays. Damien likes Eluna a lot, especially because of the fact that she works at the botanical gardens he likes to frequently visit to make some donations, and they both have a majorly shared interest in butterflies.
Ever Aida
[ Bestie #3! 💛 ]
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Jiao "Nico" Liu
[ Joonie's Sister ✨ ]
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