<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Jason Sullivan<strong></strong></strong></span></div><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/4f/Tumblr_mcmsyzlYPT1r3x1tzo4_400.png)</div><br/><strong>Age:</strong>24<br/><strong>Height:</strong>6'3"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>207<br/><strong>Hair:</strong>Dark Brown<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Light Brown<br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>RACING ABILITY</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Awareness:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Reflexes:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Handling:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Drifting:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Composure:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Daredevilry:</strong></td><td>█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>Current Occupation:</strong>Various and frequently changing - like almost monthly, sometimes even weekly. Former Military, USMC.<br/><br/><strong>Hobbies outside of racing:</strong><br/>To be completely honest - its mostly been just drinking and fighting lately (he enjoys working with small electronics and playing the electric guitar - but hasn't picked either up in a while.) He is fairly sociable though, so he spends a lot of his off time participating with others in their favorite hobbies. He is also a bit of a fitness fiend - due to his past in the military. It's a stress reliever, and it keeps him out of trouble and from spending too much time dwelling on the past.<br/><br/><strong>Appearance/Style:</strong><br/>He usually dresses fairly well. Every morning and evening it's athletic clothes - despite the majority of the military life that's washed away since he got out, working out often has stuck. Days he doesn't get to excercise he is usually abnormally irritable, though seldom - if ever - takes out his frustrations on others. During the majority of the day he usually wears loose fitting (but not baggy) clothing. It's comfortable and practical and fits his personality. He doesn't usually wear anything totally eye-catching like jewelry, bright colors, or exotic designs - but he doesn't dress totally plain either. Simply put: he dresses to fit the occasion, but not to stand out in it.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/>Generally he's very laid back and easy going. He's a gentle giant, and usually puts everyone else's interests before his own - particularly Star's. Occasionally he gets caught up re-living parts of his traumatic past, which he immediately attempts to silence with alcohol. More often than not, this tactic pays off and he relaxes and just goes with the flow, too intoxicated to notice anything but the present. Every once in a while though it backfires and it leads him into more serious depression or fighting. Those events aren't very common though, and even less common are his PTSD episodes. They get triggered randomly, it could be a word, a phrase, a sound, a sight - anything really that forms a direct link with his war experiences. The most devastating are the flashbacks of losing Chase - often causing him to get lost from reality for an hour or more. The others usually only last a moment, and sometimes go unnoticed by those around him.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong><br/>Jason grew up with his best friend Chase, whose mom was never really around. They did everything together. They went to school together, they played together, they fought together, they basically figured out life together. Jason didn't really have any close friends besides Chase, because he didn't really need any. The two didn't spend every moment together, but the times that they did were always meaningful and memorable.<br/>After graduating high-school they both went immediately into the work-force, as Chase struggled to provide for his broken family. Jason tried to help out when he could, but eventually Chase determined that he was going to join the Marines. He'd send his money home to his sister, since everything else would be provided for him - and he'd eventually get to go to college someday. Jason was sharp when it came to electronics - just naturally gifted at figuring them out - but he didn't have the drive to both work and go to school full-time. So naturally joining the Marines with Chase sounded like the perfect plan to pursue his dream.<br/>Both the young men were in the same unit together and deployed overseas to conflicts in the middle east multiple times during their four-year stint. On their last deployment, however, Chase didn't survive. Jason harbored much guilt and unwarranted responsibility for the death of his best friend. The traumatic experience also caused him to suffer from acute PTSD. He managed to finish his enlistment with an honorable discharge; but he never took advantage of the benefits it provided with the GI Bill for college. Instead he took on dead-end jobs, usually getting fired after several months - either from suffering a flashback or just slipping back into drinking or fighting that led to DUI's, long-hospital stays, and other events that caused him to simply miss too many work days to be worth keeping around.<br/>He was such a kind and caring guy, that his bosses were always reluctant to let him go - but had to make business decisions. Jason never took it personally. He always felt he deserved to be fired, he didn't feel like he deserved a good life anymore. In fact, he felt like he shouldn't even be alive. He always felt like Chase had taken the fall for him so many times, even ultimately with his life. When he's sober Jason usually commits all of his time to looking after Star, Chase's younger sister. He feels responsible for her, to be the big brother for her that Chase could no longer be. He wasn't controlling or annoying, but he obviously over-commits to her. Everybody knows it, but is too afraid to bring it up - it's beyond their realm of influence.<br/>Aside from that, Jason also has taken up underground street racing. Chase was obsessed with it, and although Jason had tried it in the past with him when they were younger - they never could afford to be competitive.<br/>Jason is a talented driver, but usually never participates out of his own joy. Mostly he does it in remembrance of Chase, and also to be more like him. Jason has seemed to lose his sense of self and appears to be wasting his life living another person's dreams instead of his own. It's begun to cause conflicts at times, and tension between himself and those around him... Honestly, others haven't brought it up yet because they feel pity for him, or they're afraid he might totally lose it and snap on them. Not that he'd ever intentionally harm any of them. Its the occasional acute flashbacks that cause him to temporarily lose his sense of reality and harm objects - and sometimes people - unintentionally. So far he's never hurt anyone close to him - and they still feel mostly safe when they're around him. Part of the reason for that is because he also very protective, and all of his close friends know his heart and how much he's willing to give up for them.<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/02/06/14/32/1999_subaru_impreza-pic-9694.jpeg)</div><br/><br/><strong>Current Situation:</strong><br/>Recently Jason and Star have started to get pretty serious about racing and have decided to pursue it with their close friends as a team. The whole group has agreed to rent a big house together and work their way to the top - even if it comes slowly at first. Everyone is chipping in for the rent on the house so they can utilize most of their funds for their hobbies - predominantly racing cars. The group is very close knit, almost more of a big family than anything else. They work together on the track, of course with some friendly competition among themselves.<br/><br/><strong>Car:</strong>1999 Subaru WRX STI<br/>Aside from the driver-seat being on the right side of the car - its pretty much a sleeper. He's spent most of his cash upgrading the electronic and computer systems (what he's most familiar with working on - and what he's the most talented at). It has several major components that are no longer stock - but it's still got a very long way to go. Jason ended up buying it from a friend he made while stationed at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan with the 1st Air Wing. The guy had just upgraded to a new Skyline and sold it to Jason for much less than it was worth (since he'd done a couple of mods himself already). He almost paid as much to ship it to the states as he did for the car, he only uses it for racing or emergencies - and drives a trashed 81 Kawasaki motorcycle for work and saving gas.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Relationships: (COMPLETE)</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Star Freyman</div><div class="spoiler_body">     During the last six months Jason has taken Star in under his wing - being the older brother that he feels he was responsible for her having lost. They have lived together in a small apartment as friends and almost siblings for several months before getting into the house with everyone else. Most of their hobbies and interests are different, besides racing - which they share because of Chase. That has been one way in which the two have gotten to connect a little and put aside the guilt from the past (or cover it up anyway). They enjoy talking about cars together and working on them together - when their schedules allow it. There is an odd tension between the two, and no one can really put their finger on what it is - whether it had to do with Chase or something more recent that the two haven't shared with the others.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Demi Etherson</div><div class="spoiler_body">     He met Demi at Star's place of employment, the ice cream parlor near the crew's house. He stopped in frequently to visit with Star on her breaks, and sometimes pick her up or drop her off - so Demi was someone he was quite familiar with. They hadn't really ever spent a ton of time talking together one on one though. She did bring up the idea of him taking her out for a drink one night, and he obviously wasn't going to turn that opportunity down. <br/>     Jason wasn't the kind of guy to really sleep around - but he had drank quite a bit that night and his inhibitions had fluttered away. It resulted in sort of a drunk quickie in the backseat of his Subaru - which he wasn't particularly proud of. Not that he didn't find her attractive - he did. He just wished he'd left a better impression on her, showing a bit more restraint, or at least leaving her with a good sexual experience to remember. Unfortunately he hadn't been able to do either. Thankfully she didn't seem like the type of girl that wasn't open to second chances. He would make sure not to disappoint her if he got another chance.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Juliana Dang</div><div class="spoiler_body">     Jason gets along with 'Jules' mostly because she's so easy going and care-free. She's the one person that consistently manages to keep the man in good spirits despite the shadows that linger behind his eyes. She's a pleasant distraction from the daily grind of life, and she's always full of good advice. She's slowly been drawing Jason out of his traumatic past and helping him process the emotions - even though she doesn't yet know it, because they usually don't have any deep discussions together.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Blake Richardson</div><div class="spoiler_body">    Jason and Blake actually ended up meeting at a local gym. Being one of the few guys that doesn't go there to stare at himself in a mirror or shop for women like it's a meat market - the two actually hit it off fairly well. They started showing up at the same times and working out with each other at the gym - until eventually they just started their own work-outs together away from the gym (and the annoying crowds). Usually they both go running in the morning and then also have some other form of cross-fit, martial-arts, or other type of evening training session together - though occasionally their schedules get in the way. They seem to have great chemistry together, and one of their late-night sessions even escalated to a spur-of-the-moment fling, though neither has pursued it beyond that chance happening. <br/>     Jason was slightly surprised to see Blake become one of the house's residents, but then they had often talked about cars and racing during workouts together, and she had been good friends with Star. Despite now living only a hallway apart, the two have managed to maintain the same friendly relationship and work out together just as often, if not more. Blake is easy for him to relate to, as she is quite similar to Star - who he's very close to; but without the baggage of the past and the heavy weight of their traumatic link. </div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Adriano Guillermo</div><div class="spoiler_body">     Of the other three guys in the house, Jason has known Adriano the longest. Jason had worked with him in the past (one of the few jobs he didn't get fired from - he left for personal reasons that time, when he and Star moved in together and he was helping her deal with a few things. Jason and Adriano also both have very similar temperments - even though their personalities are pretty different. He's just a guy that Jason finds it easy to be around - they don't really ever get on each other's nerves. Of course, when everyone decided to move in together and people had to share rooms - Adriano was the natural choice for Jason.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Clint Shaw</div><div class="spoiler_body">     Clint gets a lot of respect from Jason for certain things. Mostly his work ethic and just how well he sticks to his guns. He's unshakable most of the time, and Jason admires that. He knows what he wants in life and he pursues it passionately. He's relatively shameless as well, never afraid of what people think - or at least that's how he appears to Jason. He likes working in the shop with Clint and sharing a few drinks, hearing his crazy stories from the past or getting deep into talking about football - which Jason is also a big fan of.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Marcellus Smith</div><div class="spoiler_body">     Before everyone moved in together, Jason and Marcellus had never really even met before. Despite that, Jason does have some sort of brotherly gravitation towards Marcellus - who is slightly older than him. It could also be that he's pretty care-free and light hearted. He's a bit of a shit talker, but so far that's all mostly been directed towards Clint - since the two have come to develop a kind of friendly rivalry. Marcellus is also a bit of a drinker, so they definitely have that going for them - as Jason indulges quite often. Sometimes the two also work out together - or three of them, if Blake is around.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mr. Muffles</div><div class="spoiler_body">     Jason has never been much of an pet owner - that's not to say that he doesn't enjoy animals. He's more of a dog person, but he's been open-minded with the Muff-man, and the two have gotten along just fine. Muffy likes to lay in the seat of Jason's car when he's working on it - so long as no one else is in the garage. That's mostly because Jason doesn't make a bunch of racket, and is usually working on things that are so much fun - lots of little colored strings that Mr. Muffles can swipe and pounce at - much to Jason's amusement or irritation (it's about a 50/50 split). </div></div>