hi everyone, meet gavin! born in small town pennsylvania to two mennonite parents, gavin spent the majority of his life on a farm. with acres of land, he would help train the horses, feed the animals and would often help his mother work the farmer's market. for the most part he didn't grow up watching tv or playing video games and the majority of his time spent in his room would be listening to old jazz records that were handed down to him by his grand parents. most people find it hard to believe that he's the gentle small town boy persona he let's on, but that's who he is. dancing in classes since he was a toddler, he was always involved in theatre productions where he was from and he would perform for the fair talent shows. growing up with his best friend clarkgable, the two dated in secret from the early age of 14 until bram moved away to France towards the end of freshman year. for the most part his sexuality was kept a secret and the few girls he did date in high school were quick to figure it out. in senior year his ex girlfriend outed him out of anger and the rest of the year for him was complete hell. right after graduation, with the hopes of making it big, gavin moved to new york to study dance technique at tisch, while taking his teacher's license course. he's now a full fledged swing dance teacher, including west coast, east coast, jive, hustle, lindy hop and aerials and also works reception at the studio to make extra money. gavin is a classic kind of guy, he owns zoot suits, fedoras and drops 1920's lingo in regular conversation. he performs sometimes at speak easy style bar in the city and knows a few songs on the sax that's next to his bed. at times he can be rather naive and hates confrontation. regardless of living here so long there are aspects of the big city he still doesn't get. he recently got back together with his boyfriend clarkgable after regrettably cheating on his boyfriend at the time. they've only admitted it within the last week, but he couldn't be happier. martinis are his drink, he's still rather slow when it comes to pop culture and he has a runt black scottish fold kitten named panther that he loves to death. story lines are encouraged and welcome. people who take his swing dancing lessons, old art/dance/drama/musical theatre students from nyu that he formed a close group with, best friends, neighbors, an old roommate, an ex boyfriend for a specific line, a girl that had a crush on him when he first moved and is now like a sister, family, people who tease him for being a farm boy and if you can't figure something out, i'd be happy to help!