Diego Fischer

[Full name] Diego Russell (Original name: Diego Fischer)
[Nicknames]
[Preferred name] Diego
[Age] 23
[Gender] Male
[Pronouns] He/him
[Romantic/Sexual orientation] Queer/questioning (later discovers he is pansexual/panromantic)

[Ethnicity] German/Spanish
[Nationality] American
[Place of birth] Dortmund, Germany
[Date of birth] 24th November
[Occupation] Barista & Stripper
[Face claim] Aron Piper
[Backup face claim] n/a (sorry but i love him so much)
[Body mods] Left ear piercing
[Clothing style] He is all about his graphic tee's, other than that, it is like he is allergic to shirts because the man is always shirtless

[Personality traits] Independent. Charming. Shameless. Competitive. Private. Sarcastic.
[In-depth personality]
Diego is known to be very independent and hates asking for help from other people; he would rather see himself fail alone than succeed with people's help. He is confident in his enough own abilities that he prefers to do things on his own. People often find him very reliable as he just seems so self-assured and on top of things. He is known to be a very friendly and easy to talk to person. He just has that energy that people cannot help but be drawn to. He is that one friend who always down for a dare, no matter how wacky or ridiculous or dangerous it may be; he just does it without a second thought.

Diego always wants to be at the top of his game, more specifically for sports as that is what he got his scholarship for. To him, anything less than number one is just not good enough and he holds himself to really high standards. This is why, at times, it seems as if he is competing with his own friends. Diego likes to keep his private life, private. There are just certain things going on in his life that he doesn't want people to know, for instance: that he is adopted or that he is a stripper. Although Diego is a nice person, when he is close with you, he can be very snarky and sarcastic but not because he doesn't like you; in fact its the complete opposite, he behaves this way with people he is comfortable around and not just anyone.

[Background]
Diego Russell, born Diego Fischer, was born in Dortmund, Germany. He was adopted when he was two years old by a man called Spencer Russell as his parents were deemed unfit to parent; his parents were raging alcoholics. Spencer raised Diego in Germany for 9 years and in that time his brother Karl was adopted from his abusive parents. This was when their father made the decision to move them all to his home country, America. He made this decision as he realised that the boys only had negative memories associated with the country and they needed a change of environment.

They moved to America when Diego was 12 years old. The new environment was daunting yet exciting for the boys and they quickly got settled. They enrolled in a new school and got accustomed to the values and traditions of the US. Although he had been learning English in Germany for four years, he was not yet fluent. He could get by and understand what people were saying but there were certain words here and there that he would mix up or mispronounce so his father hired him a tutor. When he first started going to his tutoring lessons, meeting him was the first time he had ever questioned his sexuality. He felt all weird inside when he was around him or he complimented his work.

He was considered cute by many, not only because of his looks but also because of his reserved and shy nature. This was soon to change. He started hanging out with a group of friends who really brought him out of his shell. Gone was the quiet, shy boy who could not look people in the eyes; now there was this loud and lowkey cocky guy who knew he could have anyone he wanted. Diego was always very big on sports and especially enjoyed athletics, tennis and football. He joined the schools respective teams and quickly showed amazing ability in these sports. He became one of the star athletes in their school.

When Diego was aged 16, his father, Spencer, was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). This diagnosis came after months of telling his father to go to the doctor as he had recently developed a tremor in his hand which was ongoing. None of them really understood the gravity of the situation or how bad the diagnosis was. This was until a couple of months later when his father would begin to forget the names of the most obvious items. Furthermore, he would get frequently distracted by the most random things and there was even a time when he drove them to the shopping centre and when they arrived, he forgot to exit the car and just sat there. This began to make both Diego and Karl worry as they had never seen their father like this before.

This worrying behaviour prompted Diego to do his own research on the condition and what he found was devastating. He found out that the condition only gets worse as it is a degenerative disease. Soon enough, their father was laid off work as he was deemed too mentally incompetent to come to work. So now their father was unemployed, Diego had no job and Karl was too young to work. They were living way above their means. Taking their father out became a challenge because he often acted inappropriately in public, starting fights with people, flirting with random women, walking off randomly and even stealing. He and his brother often had to go around apologising to people for their fathers behaviour. Their life became going to school and hoping and praying that when they come back, their dad hadn't walked off to God knows where. This was a genuine worry as he had done this on more than one occasion, one of the times he went out in winter without a jacket or shoes on. His father's mental capacity was rapidly deteriorating before his very eyes and there was nothing that he could do.

Diego got a job as a barista to try and help out about the house, the pay was decent but it was nowhere near enough to pay for the things that needed paying for, nor to provide for all three of them. He worked this job for two years, accepting odd jobs here and there as well. When he was 20, on his way back home from doing a job for someone, he was approached by a man who likely worked at the strip club he was walking past. He started complimenting him telling him that he should join the club. At this point, Diego was still ignoring the man, until he mentioned the money he would be making. He got the mans number and after a few weeks of deliberation, he agreed.

Soon enough, in the day time, he was working as a barista and in the night time he was half naked dancing on a stage for everyone to see. At first he found it humiliating, dancing for all the men and women to ogle at but he soon pushed this feeling aside as it was making him more money than he made after a months work at the cafe. He quickly became one of the main eventers at the strip club and would be paid a lot for a show from him but one thing he refused to do is private room sessions because he knew that only meant one thing. However, all this was a small price to pay if it meant that he could provide for his family and give them the stuff they wanted and needed.

[Likes] Exercise. Sports. Parties. Cycling. Watching tennis. Board/Card games. Video games.
[Dislikes] His job. People making fun of his dad. Being underestimated. Nosiness. Bad hygiene.
[Hobbies] Jogging. Tennis. Football (soccer). Riding his bike.
[Fears] Losing people close to him. Not being able to provide for his family.
[Strengths] Hardworking. Resilient. Strong willed. Charming.
[Weaknesses] Refuses to ask for help. Prideful. Rude at times.

[Family]
Spencer Russell / adoptive father (52)
Karl Russell / adoptive brother (18)

[Okay with a love interest] Yeah~
[Love interest dynamic]
"Well this is awkward". Probably accidentally found out where he worked when they saw him leaving the place. At first, they figure that he paid for a service and he is almost willing to let them believe At first he denies it, but then realises that there is no point in doing that. He slowly begins to open up to them about his life. Him being able open up like this to someone is unusual for him and so he begins to feel a deep connection with the person.

"Why are we still doing this". On and off couple. Semi-open relationship. They break up every other week but then they always get back together. Have probably cheated on each other more times than they can count but they use the excuse that they are in an "open relationship". They have never made each other happy and so people always wonder why they have been together for so long.

"Enemies to lovers". They have never really seen eye to eye on things. This is because since they both excel in sports, they have always been pitted against each other so this has affected their views on each other. In reality, they have no reason to hate each other and no matter how much they say they hate each other, there has always been some sort of tension between the two. They soon confront and one thing leads to another and they are sucking each others faces off (hmm hmm 🤭 jkjk).

"Right person, wrong time". They both met around the time when his father passed away. Diego was not in the right headspace for a relationship so the dynamic was all off. He was very cold towards them and would isolate himself from them. Fast forward a considerable amount of time, they reconcile and he apologises for how he treated them, it takes time but they begin dating again and this time, it is not like the last time.

[Platonic dynamics]
"Ride or Die". They have known each other for and basically trust each other with their lives. They have the sort of relationship where they can laugh at each other and be rude to each other but in reality they both know that they would go to war for each other. There is no topic that is too uncomfortable to talk about that since they have known each other for too long and they literally talk about EVERYTHING. They are the only person that knows about Diego being a stripper.

"Your secret's safe with me". They are both stripper at the strip club and are basically in the same boat, only doing this work as a source of income. They have both made a pact not to tell anyone about what they do. They are quite close and sometimes hang out after their shifts.

"No strings attached". They started off as just friends but it soon developed into a friends with benefits relationship. They actually have a lot of chemistry and so people are often surprised to find out that they are not an actual couple. At parties, they are usually all over each other.

[Aesthetic] Night time. Night clubs. Alcohol. Money.
[Mental health /10] 5/10
[Mental/medical disorders/illnesses]
1. Peanut allergy

[Habits] Biting the inside of his cheek. Stretching his neck.
[Head cannons/scenes]
- father passes away from his FTD
- being told he has to do a private room session since he was specifically asked for by the customer and they are very rich
- getting angry at his brother, Karl for staying late without telling him
- his brother discovering what he does for a living and being disgusted and so he doesn't talk to Diego

[Extra] n/a.
[Playlist]
Stigma - V
Earfquake - Tyler, the Creator
I'm Okay - iKON
Airplane - iKON
Answer - Ateez
Treasure - Ateez
Love Riddim - Rotimi
End of the World - Epik High, GSoul
Kiss Me More - Doja Cat

[Quotes]
"I don't remember talking to you"
"I'm too hot to be mad at"

[Password] Sex Education. Elite (even though it is lowkey bad). Sherlock. Blackish. Euphoria.