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who: @roxienextdoor where: lotties nye

This was supposed to be a good opportunity to hang out with his friends again and see if any other familiar faces appeared in the crowd. At least that's what Max thought until he saw Roxanne and immediately dipped behind a corner to catch his breath. He still remembered the last time he saw her and she still looked just as beautiful as she did then. The boy didn't know what to say just that he wanted to talk to her, that he missed the sound of her voice so he brushed back his hair in an attempt to fix the mop and stepped back out. Max ignored the shaking in his hand by shoving it into his pocket as he strode up to her, trying to keep his cool instead of coming off like a goof. "R-Roxanne?" His voice went up an octave more than he intended so Max coughed it back down to his normal tone. "I just can't believe you're here. Merry New Year!" The boy paused, mentally slapping himself for sounding illiterate. "How uh, how are you?"

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Nico Hiraga for Behind The Blinds

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ᴍᴀx ɢᴏᴏꜰ ;; ₜₕₑ gₒₒfᵢₑₛₜ ₒf gₒₒbₑᵣₛ

Bisexual ⋆ He/Him ⋆ Twenty-Five ⋆ Werewolf

Powers ;; Shapeshifting, Tracking, Supersmell

Occupation ;; Freelance Photographer & Part-Time Stockboy at Put Your Records On

♫ Currently Playing ♫ ;; Japanese Posters by Rebounder

☀ Sagittarius ☾ Leo ↑ Virgo 

Growing up as a Goof came with a unique set of problems. Unluckily for him, Max was born into a family of werewolves. He felt like a freak from the first second he knew what it was to be insecure. It was hard to meet anyone who understood, mostly keeping to himself as a child. After his mother passed when he was young it was just Max and his father who always meant well but didn’t have the best of luck. He was already considered unpopular but having his father show up with lunchbox and a handwritten note taped to it wasn’t helping anything. It only got worse as he grew up, recalling a party his own father attended while he was in college that left him absolutely humiliated. On top of being a boy that turned into a doglike creature during a full moon he had a father that had absolutely no idea what his son needed but he had the best intentions. Max tried to not be too hard on him but knew he could lash out sometimes. Their relationship was strained for most of Max's childhood due to the fact he was a werewolf and his father was just a human. It wasn't until he'd grown into his own skin that he started understanding his father more clearly.

After graduating college he realized he had absolutely no idea what he wanted to do with his life. He didn’t have much that he felt like he was good at or any big passions in the world. Max felt lost. All his life he’d only known how to be a Goof, everything else never fell into place the way he’d hoped. He'd never gone off to see the world or made his mark, instead he stayed on the Isle. His dad was here, his friends were here, but someone had been missing since high school. Roxanne was the girl who escaped the Isle to become something bigger all the while he'd stayed back and gotten a degree he had no idea what to do with. What they had growing up was something he'd searched for since but no one ever comparing to his first real love. It was a typical case of right person, wrong time, and he's spent the following years trying to fill her space in his life. Now that he's finished college everyone asks Max what his plan is but he doesn't quite know. Right now he's been focusing on his skating, his photography, and figuring out what he wants to do. One thing he knows for certain is he wants to become a lot more than a Goof.

His dream is to be able to do photography full time but Max knows that isn't a sustainable future right now. What he wants to do with his time is begin taking pictures of those who are magical in all their truth, then creating an exhibition to show the rest of the world they're not that different after all. Max has quietly become more involved with fighting for the rights of those like him all over the Isle, having met quite a few over the years.

While his relationship was his father was strained, Max has grown closer to him in adulthood. In fact, he really wants nothing more than to make his family proud and hopes his mother is smiling down at him.

Smoking weed is one of his favorite pastimes. He first discovered how useful it was for him in college, it helping him from transforming against his will and with his generalized anxiety. His friend Bobby has been his dealer ever since.

Only his closest friends know about the fact he's a werewolf, it not being something he likes to advertise. While he isn't ashamed of what he is anymore with the way things are going on the Isle Max would rather be safe than sorry, not trusting just anyone with the information.

Tbd.