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GRAY

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HE/HIM

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TWENTY-FOUR

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JULY 16TH

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IRISIA

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PARALLAX

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LOW

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BISEXUAL

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HEIR

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Elizabeth's and Malcolm's marriage was a facade right from the beginning. The two were forced into marriage from their own parents who wished to expand their businesses with the help of the planned marriage. The two felt nothing for each other; in fact they hardly even tolerated one another even in their own home. To the public, the Winters were the perfect couple. They were all smiles, doting on one another frequently, and never spoke ill of each other. In their own home however, they lived on separate sides of the mansion and only ever ate dinner together once a week. So when the time came that an heir was needed, they turned to outside sources.
There was no way that the couple were actually going to be able to sleep together to create the child that would run both companies. That would be absolutely absurd. But with the help of a clinic, Elizabeth was able to choose a sperm donor that looked enough like her husband. A short nine months later and little Graham Winters was born. The little white-haired boy made both sides of the family happy and they were none the wiser that he wasn't actually Malcolm's son. One would think that Graham being her own son would give Elizabeth enough reason to love and want him.
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However, that was the complete opposite. As soon as he was brought home, he was handed off to one of the maids. Kathryn would be the one to raise him until his later years. From a young age Graham wanted nothing more than his parents approval. He never acted out and did everything that they asked of him. They wanted silence? He'd be in his room working on the homework that he needed to have completed. They wanted him to join a sport to become a "well-rounded" individual? He joined a fencing club. Everything he did was to please his parents in hopes that one day, he would actually see them smile at him and praise him for his successes.
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No matter what he tried, he couldn't get that. They would only ask him to try harder or do more. They placed him in the top schools for his age group and wanted him at the front of the class. Kathryn tried to get them more involved as well, but his parents only claimed to be too busy with the businesses. It wasn't until his teen years that things started to change. Graham had realized that being their perfect son wasn't getting him any kind of favors. So he began acting out. It started minimal. He asked for a guitar for Christmas. He had always wanted to play and had been writing songs from a young age. They agreed, buying him one in hopes that it would expands his horizons.
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But then their silent son became one who played the guitar instead. His nice clothes became more "punkish". His jeans ripped at the knees, his hair styled up instead of flat and tamed, and rock shirts. The last thing came at getting his lip pierced. His parents, astounded at this behavior, took away Graham's only saving grace by firing Kathryn. This took such a toll on the teen that he started holing himself away in his room. His grades begun slipping, until eventually he was pulled out of the prestigious school he was in and placed in one that wasn't as good. While there he begun to act like their perfect son. His old clothes came back and the lip ring was only allowed on while he was in his room.
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Around this time he began to get interested in dating. At first his parents would introduce him to girls from other companies. They were a planned marriage, so it was only right that Graham was one at all. But with his unwillingness to meet them, they decided to wait until he was a bit older so he could really understand. Instead they let him "mess around" in his school. It wasn't until he brought home another boy that they realized how wrong it was for them to do this. In order to take over the companies, Graham needed to be able to produce another heir. And him dating guys was completely out of the question. It was then that they forbade him from dating at all.
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More and more things started to get taken away from Graham until there really was nothing left for him to do except what his parents asked of him. After graduating high school, he begun taking college classes so that he could graduate with a degree in Business Management. It would be needed for him to take Winter Industries over. Around this time his parents began taking him to meeting so that he could get more involved. While the meeting were boring, they allowed him to pick up another habit. It didn't take long for the young man to get swept up in daydreams. And with how satisfied he felt with those, he began teaching himself how to lucid dream.
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Dreams became his only getaway from the lifestyle his parents were forcing upon him. In them he created worlds were his family was an actual family. Where his parents loved each other and loved him. In these dreams he could be himself. He wasn't expected to take over the company and he could choose his own path. Waking up from these dreams began to feel like a slap in the face. But still...he continued on with them since they brought him joy.
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Time moved on and Graham learned to just put up with the things that his parents would say and do. He went through college, now realizing that there was no reason to fight against what they wanted. He had been born to take over the company, and though he didn’t want it, he knew it had to happen. Little-by-little they got him more and more involved with it. He’d sit in on meeting, throw in ideas, everything, until eventually he started having to run the meetings. He has yet to fully take it over, his dad is still completely in charge, but he’s shaping out to be exactly what they want him to be.

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>>> TL;DR

there is nothing left to take, but i still try to reach. try to swallow it all down, yet i can't seem to breathe. just a single pill of mine, nothing else would suffice - i take it in, now i'm alive. my phone is set on lock, and i don't really care. there's a tangle and a knot that i cannot repair. i'm a tragedy, i'm ugly, i'm trying to hide. i say "hello", then wave "goodbye". see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honestly. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see it run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i still refuse to believe.



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>>> FRIENDSHIP

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.

>>> HATESHIP

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.

>>> LOVESHIP

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.

>>> WANTED

see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.