redspiders (redspiders) wrote in avalon_ooc, |
Mark has really bad night terrors. Between the trauma and the addiction, Mark sleeps poorly and has vivid nightmares. The downside is that when he's depressed, he's also tired all the time, so it's all just a big mess.
His hands and his jaw. Mark has a bad habit of grinding his teeth if he's not otherwise distracted. His hands are expressive, but he has permanent nerve damage in his left arm that jacks up his dexterity in his hand.
Bitter atheist. His primary religious influence is his mother, who was raised in a conservative Mormon family in Salt Lake City, Utah and hasn't made a secret about how conflicted and uncomfortable she is, especially after she killed her father in self defense and was lambasted in court because he was well-respected in his religious community. She has a lot of fears about walking away from her religion (a lot of them the scary hellfire kinds of fear) and ended up passing some of that on to Mark. Sort of. He was old enough by the time she got him back from the state that he wasn't really "programmed" into it and just rejected the whole system of religion. He thinks it's all ridiculous and silly and a surrogate for real emotional support and blah blah blah. Don't get him started, it's not a fun conversation.
Mark's a really gentle soul these days, relationship-wise. He likes old school romance to an extent, but what he needs is a lot of safety and security -- which I guess is a nice way of saying that he needs someone who'll stay the fuck away from him when he needs them to stay the fuck away. Getting to a place where he can trust and accept frequent affection is a long process, but Jack stuck it out and is... basically perfect with him, let's be honest.
Mark and Jack have a very quiet sex life (usually on Thursdays), but their thing is this cute little superhero scenario where Jack comes home on costume and he and Mark mess around all like "oooh don't let my boyfriend know I'm screwing Silent Knight", then eventually Jack breaks character and goes "it's me, it's Jack, I'm Silent Knight".
Mark's a total cape chaser, is what I'm saying.