Claret Hedley

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Claret is a major character in Evergreen Sauce.

## About

Claret is a 20 year old, born on August 31, 2001. His pronouns are He/Him and he is gay. He was created and illustrated by Ness.

## Appearance

Claret has dirty blonde hair that goes to his chin. When clean, his hair is a bit wavy, and his hair is very messy. He has sharp green eyes. His hair is longer in the back.

He usually wears simple and casual clothes, as to not stand out in public. He prefers clothes that are comfortable over clothes that are stylish. Typically his attire consists of sweaters, jackets, button ups, and simple tee shirts. He likes to wear wallet chains because they are shiny and he is stupid so he is attracted to shiny things.

Claret's hair is currently dyed sage green on the underside.

## Personality

Claret is introverted, and often dislikes socializing. He can come off as annoying or arrogant, and has little care for others' opinions on him. Contrasting this, he often has feelings of worthlessness and feeling like he has no purpose. He finds himself relying on others a lot, emphasizing these feelings. Claret has a hard time showing affection to others, out of fear of being looked down upon for being affectionate and soft. When he feels down, he looks for forms of escapism such as playing videogames, or mindlessly partaking in other hobbies. He has a fondness for humor, and doesn't censor it either. Claret often says things that don't make sense to others just for a reaction.

## Powers

Claret and his twin brother Semi share the same powers, wielding extremely powerful hemokinesis. Their blood cells reproduce faster than a normal person, and they can freely manipulate their blood. In turn, this ability gives Claret a very low pain tolerance, so he rarely uses his powers, because they put him in immense pain and discomfort. He is very vulnerable to bleeding, and always bleeds an inhuman amount. He tends to get bad nosebleeds when he's in pain or experiencing intense emotion, and in some cases, when he's that upset, he cries his own blood. The source of his power is linked back to his grandmother being a supernatural investigator, especially dealing with curses and supernatural powers.

## Background

As a child, Claret was very obviously the least favorite brother. His only brother, Semi, was quiet and more well-behaved. Claret was often neglected and berated by his parent, due to his misbehavior and identifying as gay. This only fueled his rebellion more, causing him to mistreat his twin brother quite often, even when Semi tried his best to comfort and be a good brother to Claret. Despite this, Semi was always seen at Claret's side, being very attached to him. Claret has always struggled with his identity, doubting his worth frequently because of the homophobia he experienced from his parents.

His middle school and high school life were pretty rough, as he was accepted into a group of older students for friends. This lead to gang behavior, only solidifying Claret's violent and irrational temperament. This lead to his meeting Alex, and getting into drugs, to keep up with his older peers. While he was in high school, he met Rho, who was timid, and frankly helpless. Claret quickly befriended him, which soon turned into a romantic affection. His relationship with Rhodon was likely built on pity, and Claret wanting to feel like a hero to him. His own self worth struggles were probably projected onto Rho in a lot of ways. Their relationship wasn't exactly healthy, as Claret frequently used Rho for money. He would spend this money on the two of them, for gifts and drugs. This behavior led to their violent breaking up, as Claret had nearly killed Rho in an intoxicated rage one night in the summer before 11th grade. In reaction to this incident, Claret cut his hair short, and ran away from home. He disposed of almost all of his belongings, and the very few he kept, he took with him into the night. He ran away to a junkyard about an hour drive from home.

At age 17, Claret was living in a broken down van in the junkyard, where he became closer to Alex and Violet, and their other friends. Alex was his drug dealer at this time, and would frequently visit him. After about a year of living homeless in the junkyard, he was taken in by Junhyung, in his house. They quickly grew closer and entered a romantic relationship, which lasted about a year. In this year, the two of them impulsively got eloped, which also ended when they broke off their relationship. Claret regrets almost everything from this year, as this relationship had essentially "brainwashed" him. Claret had little regard during this time for his actual friends, and was sexually manipulated multiple times. After they ended their relationship, Junhyung gave the house to Claret, who gave the house to Semi and Violet. Claret went back to the junkyard where he had previously lived. At age 20, and now homeless, Claret spent a lot of time online, where he proceeded to meet an anonymous online but local user, named 'Ro\_Ze7'. After talking for about a month, Claret believed he had developed feelings for this user, and asked to meet him in real life- who ended up being Rho, who was anonymously manipulating Claret. Rho had been waiting for a chance to get back at Claret for the high school incident. He had essentially kidnapped Claret, intoxicating and manipulating him into staying with Rho, claiming he could give Claret anything he wanted. After about two weeks of being stuck in Rho's house, where he'd been sexually and verbally abused, Claret managed to escape by using his powers. This incident caused Violet to allow Claret to move in, so he could recover and stay safe in an actual house.

Claret grew very close to Violet in this time, before Semi had abruptly passed away- deeply affecting the two. Claret's mental state very rapidly declined, causing him to frequently lash out at Violet, meanwhile the two still were extremely close. The two of them are very physically affectionate, and sometimes sleep in the same bed because Claret has to sleep on the couch. After Semi's death, Claret started working at the local flower store, where he still works. At work, one day, he met his current boyfriend, Mitchel. He's doing well currently, being in a stable relationship with his boyfriend, and being close with Violet and the newly revived Semi.

Claret is pretty active in the city's main group chat.

## Relationships

###### Junhyung Lee

* Claret's ex-husband, who is 2 years older than him. They are no longer close. They went through a lot in the short time they were together, and had multiple rough encounters in their relationship. They divorced sometime in mid-November, and have not been in contact since.

###### Violet Dietrich

* Claret's best friend, who he shares a house with. They've known each other since high school. They sometimes quarrel, but they always make up. They are extremely close, especially physically, frequently sleeping together and expressing physical affection. Claret likes to cook for her. He's confessed to finding her scary to talk to in the past, but this applies to a lot of people, and is probably just his own issue.

###### Semi Hedley

* Claret's twin brother. They are not identical. As a child, he had a resentment for Semi for being the favorite child, but over time, they've grown far closer, and live together with Violet currently. They have very contrasting personalities.

###### Rhodon McCalvey

* Claret's ex-boyfriend. They dated for 6 months, in high school. They were very close then, until Claret nearly killed Rho in an accident, and he ran away.

###### Mitchel Terran

* Claret's current boyfriend, who he met at work. They are fairly close, though Claret finds himself still being scared to talk to him.

###### Zach Miller

* They flip-flop from being friends and disliking each other, but Zach is a co-worker of Claret's, also having met previously through Violet and Alex. They fight a lot, due to both of them having irrational and outspoken personalities, but Claret does often give Zach good advice, and the two of them relate to each other a lot. Violet and Zach having a rough relationship has somewhat affected Claret's opinion on Zach.

###### Alex King

* Alex and Claret's relationship is somewhat convoluted, as Claret disagrees with almost all of Alex's behavior, especially towards his friends, but sees their good intentions. She expressed an extreme dislike for he and Junhyung's relationship, which he understands now, but still dislikes the way she goes about life and treating people. Claret doesn't know about Alex using she & they pronouns, so only uses she.

###### Dia

* Claret barely knows Dia, and only knows them through Zach. He thinks they're weird, but has a generally positive opinion on them. He frequently accidentally uses she/her pronouns on Dia, but doesn't intentionally misgender them.

###### Pootis

* Claret and Violet's dog. He loves Pootis.

###### Mitchell Meyers

* Claret considers Mitch to be a friend of his, despite having met her through Semi. They get along somewhat well, though Mitch does tend to put him in his place when he's acting ridiculous. The two of them have similar senses of humor.

## Trivia

* Claret has a scar on his neck from a fatal run-in with Rho.
* His favorite foods are wafer snacks and spaghetti.
* He is considerably bad at cooking, and prefers microwave dinners over his own food. He's getting better, though.
* Claret has been known to mix up the terms "sleeping with" and "sleeping in the same bed"- and has accidentally caused a lot of people to think he and Violet have actually slept together...
* Claret claims to prefer sleeping on the couch over sleeping on a bed, but it's unknown whether or not that's actually true.
* Claret likes to cross-dress.
* His favorite song is "My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars" by Mitski.
* He stands at 5'7, shorter than both Violet and Semi, but the same height as Zach. He is very upset by this.
* Claret has a nose piercing.
* Claret used to have a Twitter account, which has since been lost. He's made a new one since then. The username is "@spaghetals"
* Claret has been hit by a car by Alex before. Violet was there to witness this.
* He's an ISTP.