Post by Dr. Sean Neville on Sept 29, 2019 19:50:17 GMT -5
Sean in his own words is an “aging, psychic psychiatrist.” In no particular order of traits, he is kind, intelligent, liberal, opinionated, a good listener, and doing his best to age gracefully. He has a full fifty years of experience with psychic powers under his belt, and soon to be thirty years as a psychiatrist at Hammel; he likes to think he’s seen it all, both through life experience and in the minds of others. As of the end of this most recent school year, he has donned the mantle of Acting Headmaster, and will continue in that capacity until the Board of Trustees finds a permanent replacement, which he hopes occurs sooner rather than later.
Sean and I are open to plots and threads across the spectrum of relationships. He is a fixture both at Hammel and in Pilot Ridge, between the past three decades in his official capacity and his six years as a student back before the Internet, cable television, or the end of the Vietnam War. You can find him at Hammel during the school day, and around town running errands or with his husband on weekends. In the nice weather before the first snow, he can be found often at the lake on his sailboat.
Family: Sean is married to Pilot Ridge's recently elected mayor, Joshua Bernstein and happily monogamous. Although his parents passed away years ago, and his sister Kathleen and he are estranged, he has one nephew, Ryan, whom he adores. Ryan is married and hopes to start family planning soon, which will make Sean a Grunkle. Beyond that, he is an uncle of sorts to Josh's five nieces and nephews, one of whom attended Hammel and graduated not too long ago. Sean has some extended family: cousins and persons once or multiple times removed whom he also rarely sees.
Friends: Sean can be nauseatingly friendly and calming to be around, so it’s no surprise that he has quite a few of these, and is always looking for more. Sean welcomes friends of all ages, so long as you’re old enough to be in a bar: locals, coworkers, old students, origins don’t matter to him, so long as you can stand his company, and if you can bake, he will love you forever. Some of his hobbies outside of Hammel include sailing, visiting pubs and restaurants, community activities, watching baseball, wood-working and knitting, and volunteering in different capacities. He is always available to offer advice or to serve as a sympathetic ear, and he takes some pleasure in serving as a matchmaker when he can. Please be his friend. Volunteer buddies. Other GB men. Sailing buddies. Yankee fans in New England. People who can hold their liquor and/or have a sweet tooth.
Current friends: Glenn Traupel, Orlando Pareja
Lovers: As stated above, Sean is married and happily monogamous. They have been together for eight years this go around, after being together for several years during their school years and then breaking up for a few decades, falling into complicated patters. However, both prior to dating Josh and then between their Break Up and their Make Up, Sean enjoyed being in relationships and was frequently searching for that one person with whom he could settle down. He is bisexual and had relationships with partners of all genders. If you are interested either in working out past dating history, or an unrequited crush, I'm open to this. He prides himself on remaining friends with as many of his exes as possible.
Spouse: Joshua Bernstein
Students/Patients/Protégés: Sean has been working at Hammel for the past thirty years, and so he’s seen wave after wave of students come and go. He’s assigned to work with the students who have require psychological or emotional support, and students can either come of their own free will, or be sent to him for evaluation or sessions. Students in the latter category tend to be more resentful, although he’s won over quite a few by simply exhibiting patience and proficiency at his job. Having benefited in ways he can’t express from his own mentor, he tries to pay it forward to others. Any student who needs an Uncle-like figure is welcome to call on Sean to fill that role. Additionally, he had accumulated a few other hats over the years, which include delivering the annual sexual education seminar, also known as "The Talk"; serving as the faculty advisor to both the Peer Mediators and the Student Activities Council, serving as the low level disciplinarian and as a makeshift guidance counselor, and now, he is working as the Headmaster.
Don't be intimidated, he is the same person that he has always been.
In particular, he is interested in taking under his wing any struggling psychic students, or anyone in need of a father figure.
Outside of Hammel, he volunteers at the LGBT Youth Center.
Present Proteges: Irving Coley, Jr.
Co-Workers: If you work at Hammel, you've run into Sean either at staff meetings or in the lounge. And if you attended Hammel at any point in the past thirty years before working here, chances are you've been in his office before, at least once. He’s very friendly to his co-workers, and he tries to provide a sympathetic ear or helpful advice to anyone in need. They make friends easily. He also often brings baked goods from home to leave in the staff lounge, and he always refills the coffee pot when popping in.
Enemies: Although he’s friendly and relatively easygoing, there are people who simply aren’t going to like him: for his mannerisms, for his opinions or politics, or for being a meta-human, particularly a psychic one. He’s learned over the years that mental powers can set others ill-at-ease. Now that he is the face of Hammel, he might come across as even more intimidating, and as the mayor's spouse, his mere existence is politicized. Additionally, he can be meddlesome and this has the potential for both hilarity and one-sided (or mutual) frustration. Also, he is uncomfortable with animals, and I think it would be hilarious for a dog owner and their pet to take a liking to him, but always have the dog in his presence.
Neighbors: Sean lives in the Lakeview neighborhood in a large house at the end of a cul-de-sac. He is always happy to babysit for neighborhood children, and he decks out the house for Halloween, priding himself on giving some of the best candy. He used to decorate for Christmas as well but now they have aggressive Hanukkah decorations, blue and white and silver everywhere. Sometimes he jogs early in the morning or after returning home from Hammel, and he can be counted on to let you borrow a cup of sugar in a pinch. I enjoy shenanigans and minor chaos, so we can have your cat run away and take up residence in his garage, or a power outage that takes out half the block, pranks by neighborhood children, or that one caroling group that starts before Thanksgiving and continues until Valentine's Day.
All other plots are welcome. I’m always up for plotting and posting. Regarding posts, I try to reply quickly, and I do not believe in matching rules or word counts.
