shadow of the day (1)

[asher finnegan selwyn]

So, see that beautiful man? I need to do something with him because he's just kind of sitting around and I really want to get him more involved.

His name is Asher Selwyn and he is the youngest of the leading Irish family of Boston. He's twenty-three years old now and living in his perfect siblings' shadows has never been easy for him, but he's never openly complained. He knows that he cannot be the bloodthirsty mobster that Connor is. He knows that he cannot be the levelheaded, quick thinker that Lennox has turned out to be. And he knows that he cannot be as open and loving as his sister Kahlan is. He hasn't been able to find himself yet, and that's why when he was banished from the family for failing majorly on an important mission, he turned to law enforcement.

Now, Asher has managed to take an extended leave from the force, but he has not turned in his resignation papers yet. He sides with his family because it is blood above all, but he is an entirely confusing individual. He doesn't know what he wants and he feels increasingly left out as his family spins into wedding plans and baby plans and escort plans and the like.

And everything is going to come crashing down around him when he comes out of remission from the leukemia that he had when he was just a child.

This is hopefully where the young woman comes in. I'm not really sure how she knows him, whether she's part of the mob and she's blood thirsty and cold, or she's just the young woman he sees every morning at the diner he visits and she's as sweet as can be. That part is really up to you and I don't have a preference for a face claim or anything like that. But basically, I want her to be the one who figures out that Asher is not okay. He's going to go through a rough downward spiral once he discovers that he has cancer again and he's going to become heavily addicted to drugs, casting himself into solitude even from his family. They'll notice the change, obviously, but I'm not sure what each of them will do in a reaction to this. He won't want to tell them and he won't, because he doesn't want to look even weaker in Connor's eyes, or any different in Lennox's and Kahlan's eyes, so that's why it's really important for him to have an outside source.

She can be premade as long as she's not terribly older than him, or she can be new. It's really up to you. But eventually, I want her to find him while he's going through one of his episodes of weakness or whatever, and I want them to grow close because of his secret. I'm hoping that they'll eventually fall for one another even though he'll be completely stubborn about it, but it might be pretty sweet. So...

That's pretty much it. I haven't really thought out the finer details, but hopefully it will get someone's attention. Any takers? Please?

[ZACHARY MASON TURNER]

this is tempting. you know i was kidding bby about not wanting to have anything to do with him <3 we can talk ideas if you want?

[asher finnegan selwyn]

Sure, if you want. Don't feel pressured to or anything, really. :)

[PORTIA ELYSE IRVINE]

i pm you :)