In short: A theology drop-out from Virginia who got kicked out of home when he came out as gay and is now living an easy-going and very promiscuous surfer dude existence in L.A.



Name: James (David Hernandez) Matthew
Age: 24
Birthday: July 25th
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Build: Fit, toned
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Nationality: American
Family: Elijah Matthew (father), Paula Matthew née Hernandez (mother), Anna Matthew (older sister) and Peter Matthew (younger brother)
Residence: Los Angeles
Occupation: Waiter, bartender, other odd jobs
Education: Has credits for half a bachelor in theology at Princeton University
Languages: English, Spanish, can translate from Hebrew as well as a bit of Koine Greek and Latin
Religion: Complicated Lutheran
Hobbies/interests: Just having a good time, which usually involves having a lot of sex, going to a lot of parties, surfing and attending small jazz gigs
History: Out of a prominent protestant Christian family in Richmond, Virginia, with a father who was a pastor and him being the oldest son, it was always just expected that James would follow in his footsteps. He grew up in what felt like a loving, caring environment, took pride in being a good boy, a quick study and for the first eighteen years of his life, he mostly just strived to become a pastor and carrying on the family tradition. Maybe find a nice girl at Princeton, get married, have children. However, James didn't find a nice girl at Princeton, what he found was Benjamin who turned his world upside down. The two fell in a passionate, wild love and spent a year, trying to figure out how to navigate their own sexuality in a very conservative environment. James came to the conclusion that he had to quit and come out, stop living a lie - whereas Benjamin decided to do the opposite, when he saw the resulting mess of James' family life. That is, not quit, not come out and not continue seeing James. Suddenly on his own, James moved back home briefly, only to try and pick things up, but especially his father was loudly disappointed in him and after a few months, the constant admonishments got too much. He packed his things again and moved to Los Angeles, deciding that until he knew what else to do with himself, he'd learn to surf and embrace all the things he had until now kept down. He moved into a small bedroom in an apartment owned by a couple of other young gay men, Noah and Oliver, both of them out of rich L.A. families, and soon ended up paying an unremarkable rent in turn for semi-regular sex with them, an arrangement that suited him fine.
Tidbits: His mother is Hispanic, from a Catholic family and met his father at university, moving from L.A. to Virginia to marry him after having converted to protestantism. They visited Los Angeles frequently while he grew up to see his grandparents who never held anything against their daughter. James only very rarely swears. Generally, he doesn't discuss religion, if he can avoid it. He has a large tattoo of the words "Proverbs 4:23" drawn in black ink along his ribs on the left side of his chest. James has an exceedingly nice singing voice, due to having sung in his church's choir since he was seven, but rarely sings unprompted, though he has a secret dream of singing in a band someday. He also plays the trumpet.