cautious • good-natured • shy

__Born and raised for the first half of his life in a sleepy rural town, Reuben was mostly sheltered from the world, which suited his shy personality just fine. He never liked speaking to anyone outside his family and spent most of his childhood sticking close to his big brother as they roamed around town, climbing trees, playing down by the river, and having fun outdoors. So when their father, seemingly out of nowhere, decided to move the family to New York City his world was turned upside-down. It crushed him to leave home, though he was too afraid to stand up to him and admit it and simply went along with it. These days he spends most of his time in their apartment, reading or watching TV, never liking to leave home for long out of fear of all those "scary" people and all the noise in the big city. And since Gabriel left for Vietnam he has never felt more alone.

__Simply saying he's "shy" is an understatment, he cannot deal with speaking to strangers at all without feeling extreme anxiety, and because of this he has mostly been homeschooled by his mother. Though he is completely fluent in Spanish and English he usually defaults to speaking Spanish, and when he's nervous he seems to "forget" how to express himeslf in English. He hates confrontation and is often too afraid to speak up when he's upset, though at the same time he's also prone to throwing temper tantrums or crying/screaming when he bottles his emotions up for too long. Aside from all this he is generally a very sweet little kid, but is just too timid to let many people get close to him. His clothes tend to be a little baggy on him because he will often wear his brother's hand-me-downs, and his hair is usually messy and wild since he doesn't bother to comb it unless reminded to do so.