<div class="floatleft">(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x401/callmecapone/Setting%20and%20RP/article-2217762-157F7C5F000005DC-127_634x823.jpg?1490487255041&amp;1490487257213&amp;1490487258722)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Gavin Brightman<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>48<br/><br/><strong>Marital Status:</strong>Widower; Formerly married to Denise Brightman<br/><br/><strong>Career:</strong>Hollywood and television screen writer<br/><br/><strong>Sexual Preferences:</strong>Heterosexual; Not a proper Dom, but with more Dominant tendencies. He prefers younger women not because they're prettier, but because they have fewer demands and tend to shut the Hell up a lot easier than the older ones.<br/><br/><strong>Secret Fetishes:</strong>Hair-pulling, spanking, choking; humiliating talk (referring to his partner as a "slut" or "whore"); occasional belt usage; generally releases his frustrations with life in the bed.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong>Gavin was once one of the most handsome men in Hollywood. However, he has still failed to get over the loss of his wife Denise, to the point that he continues to wear his wedding ring. His hair is often unkempt, rings under his eyes, and a five o' clock shadow. He rarely wears suits, though really most of what he has been wearing is robes, t-shirts and boxers. When he leaves the house he often has a button down shirt and khakis. He very much has "dad bod" despite he and Denise never having had children of their own. Muscles that haven't been used in a while, a bit more of a belly, and Christ, even his chest hairs are grey. However, the arrival of Terry and his new film script project have both begun encouraging him -- albeit slowly -- to improve on his appearance.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Curt and distracted with most. He's a no-nonsense fellow without time for niceties, which means he fails to make a positive impression on anyone. It doesn't help that he's originally from the East Coast, where every other word was "fuck" and the people you cussed out the most violently were your best friends in the world. He had some friends he spoke with constantly when he was getting better script offers, but once his wife passed away he descended hard enough fast enough that his friends were forced to move on. Drinks often and smokes, though Denise's rule was always no smoking in the house. So he continues to smoke on the porch outside, leaving the interior smoke free. While Terry isn't his own flesh and blood, he still has a lot of love for the boy. Enough that he didn't have one objection to the idea of Terry moving in with him.<br/><br/><strong>Connections and Relationships:</strong><br/>Uncle to Terry Hunter (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=264761.msg13074475#msg13074475).<br/>Occasional drinking buddy of Greg Eames (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=264761.msg13069464#msg13069464)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">A timeline for Gavin's presence within Towering Pines</div><div class="spoiler_body">- Been living at Towering Pines for almost 20 years. Moved in when he began getting several Hollywood writing projects. No Oscars won, but nominated a couple of times and got some lesser awards.<br/>- Married 17 years ago to Denise Brightman, an African American publicist. The two never had children of their own.<br/>- Denise passed away due to cancer 7 years ago. Gavin took it hard, drinking heavily and seeking other indulgences of escape. Unable to make deadlines or hand in passable scripts, he soon got fewer projects until, for a while, he was doing writing for a shit television show.<br/>- Re-established contact with Terry two years ago, and while it has been slow-going, he has slowly been improving over time, handing in more and better script work.<br/>- Was never fond of the usual suburban politics before, but he and his wife were quite polite and simply kept their opinions to themselves, allowing them to be perceived as friendly. Since her passing, Gavin has had no tolerance for bullshit and is not above telling someone to stuff it.<br/>- He has had sexual relations with women in the community, but in a more self-loathing/self-destructive nature. No strings attached, no flirtation, no nothing, just that indulgent escape from reality.</div></div>