Bruce

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Name: Bruce Redwood.
Gender: Male.
Age: 31.
Height: 5’9 / 175.26 cm.
Species: Tomoyoki.
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Personality:

Bruce is a gruff, blunt, glass-half-empty sort of man. He wants to mind his business, and by god, you’ll mind yours too if you know what’s good for you. Raised as the youngest sibling to two sisters in a rather poor household, Bruce always put the wants and needs of his mother and his sisters before himself, feeling the pressure to be the “rock“ for his family. He grew up repressing his own emotions for the sake of those around him, and because he believed that any expression of his feelings at all was a sign of weakness, and that he wasn’t “strong enough“. Because of this, Bruce is unable to properly express himself to this day, and he is deeply uncomfortable with any vulnerability at all, whether it be expressing it or being shown it. When seeking comfort, Bruce is the wrong one to speak to, because if he doesn’t know you well you’ll simply get an “I’m sorry? What the fuck do you want me to do about it?”

Deep down, Bruce is extremely scared of his own inability to relate with others. He has an intense fear of dying alone, and he’s terrified of those he loves realizing he’s no good, or not worth their time, and abandoning him. He feels as if he deserves it for being so mean, but it doesn’t make it hurt any less. He’s absolutely scrambling in a world that he’s not adjusted to, since he’s spent so much time in an environment where being top dog, no matter what, earns you respect. Starved for affection, incredibly lonely, and not particularly fond of himself, Bruce is just a mess.
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General facts/trivia:

♡ Bruce joined the military at age 18, to have any hope of paying for higher education, as well as to run from himself and his internal conflict over being different from others. He went into the marines, and was discharged at age 28 with a purple heart, as he was hit with landmine shrapnel in active duty.

♡ His right eye is made of glass. It’s a prosthetic, and not real at all. He owns only one other one, which is an 8 ball patterned one he bought as a joke, and never wears.

♡ He lives in an apartment close to the house of one of his sisters. She is a single mother to a boy about 12, and Bruce looks after him often, and cares for him deeply like a father figure. He’s got a funny way of showing it, though.

♡ Bruce is not fond of speaking of his private life to anyone, especially to strangers. He’s the type of man to reply “why do you care?” When a cashier asks him how he’s doing.

♡ When Bruce finally does manage to express things like sadness, he has a total meltdown. He has no idea what to do with his non-anger feelings, so he tends to just freak out over them.

♡ When Bruce is genuinely happy, his tail will wag. He’s violently embarrassed of it.

♡ Because Bruce has spent so much of his life following orders, he’s not particularly sure what to do in his free time. He doesn’t really have any hobbies, simply because he never had time for them.

♡ He works as a security guard at a hotel.