Ezra Larkin

## Relationships

### Family

Marisa Larkin (mother), Halen Larkin (father), Etta Larkin (older sister), Callum Larkin (younger brother), Priscilla Larkin (younger sister), Archer Larkin (younger brother), Xavier Larkin (paternal grandfather)

## Biography

**Ezra Xavier Larkin** is the second oldest child and oldest son of the Larkin family, one of the most well-known families of the gifted world. He was born when his oldest sister, Etta Larkin was four-years-old, and when he was two, his first younger sibling, Callum Larkin was born. His final two, and youngest siblings, Priscilla Larkin and Archer Larkin were born when he was four, and eight respectively. He always got along wonderfully with his siblings, being very protective of them from a young age, due to his position as the oldest male.

### Childhood

#### *Development*

Ezra began developing his ability at the age of two, first noticed by Marisa Larkin and Halen Larkin, when he began to set off minor pyrokinetic accidents, such as creating small fires unintentionally. It was expected that he'd be some sort of violent or aggravating gift, as the Larkin family has historically had more villainous gifts. After Etta had developed a few years before, being a Phusid, but one with a botanical gift, Ezra quickly became the pride of the Larkin family, something that caused Ezra's protectiveness of his sister to begin early, believing she deserved just as much recognition as he did, believing her gift was just as impressive as his.

#### *Growing Up*

As stated before, Ezra was quick to parent his siblings when he needed too, as their parents were absent often. He and Etta often took that role from a young age. He loved his siblings all very much, being close with all of them especially his sisters, as he was awfully protective over Etta and Priscilla. The Larkin children all struggled growing up due to their parents, but Ezra ended up getting a lot of the fire, because while he was the golden child, he was often made to feel like a failure as means to push him and further his ability and his rage.

While Ezra wasn't beaten, his parents both berated him often for things out of his control, such as not meeting goals fast enough, or simply not obeying constantly and perfectly, by both his parents. He had become totally complacent by his late teens, becoming who his parents believed to be the perfect child by age seventeen. He was fifteen when he realized he might be gay, noticing the way he looked at Etta's longterm boyfriend, Jensen Hargreaves, as well as other men in his life, quickly determined to shut it away, and never let it come to light. While he knew it wouldn't have been an issue with his younger siblings, he was expected, as the pride and joy of his family, to have a child and continue his own blood.

Before he was scouted, in his late teens, Ezra had began to grow defiant, exhausted with the expectations put on him, something that created more of a rift between him and his parents, After long being the perfect, obedient, powerful child, he set his sight on his own ability and happiness, becoming confrontational and angry, determined to get out and help his siblings, strengthened by his Militia scouting.

### Adulthood

#### *Militia*

At age seventeen, Ezra was scouted for the Neverenders Militia, due to his family name, as well as his talent with his common ability type of fire. He was hesitant at first, worried about what it would mean for Callum and Archer, as the next boys in the family, quite young at the time, at ages fifteen and nine respectively. After some convincing, Etta had gotten him to agree to it, since Jensen had been scouted a few years before, and while he understood that they were likely to marry, he still had some childish crushing feelings for him, that he was still attempting to repress.

He had a hard time at first, being very homesick and calling his siblings every night. He was often struck by bouts of anxiety, especially early on. While he had always been introverted, the new environment, combined with only knowing one person had sent Ezra into a truly miserable spiral. Jensen had began talking to him not long after he was scouted, so he would at least have somebody to talk too, with Jensen introducing him to Rhiannon Kane, a friend of his who was scouted at the same time. They had soon become sort of a trio amongst the Militia, Rhiannon and Jensen showing Ezra the ropes and helping him become more comfortable with his position, as well as his power.

The scouting of Dylan Stoke was quite jarring to Ezra, as people are typically scouted as minors, making Dylan's entrance, as somebody around his age, quite odd. He reacted coldly towards him in the start, as Ezra had never been too partial to new people in his life, hating how they would mess up his typical routine. Ezra stayed away from him at first, continuing his life as he had before, unless forced too through group work, something that still left itself tense at first. It wasn't until a major fight with Dmitri Stepanov, triggered by a comment made about Etta that drove Ezra to punch him, Dmitri using his gift to control Ezra's limbs briefly, when Ezra was punished for instigating. He was demoted to patrol for a month, where he often had to work with Dylan, as many new Militia members of Dylan's class often were put on patrol. This was the thing that began to deepen their relationship, as the time spent on patrols left a lot of time for the two to talk and work through their differences.

Ezra soon realized that he had never disliked Dylan in the first place, he simply had never put time into growing close with him. As the two share more about themselves with each other, Ezra is able to connect with him over their shared protectiveness of family, and even their hidden queer identities. This was about when Ezra had made his confession about his feelings for Jensen, something he had never told anybody about due to shame and disgust with himself. He is completely oblivious of his own feelings for Dylan developing, scared of the implication that he may not be interested in women and disappointing his family in the process as they develop, not fully realizing that they are even there until he finds himself thinking about Jensen less and Dylan more.

His confession was completely on accident, something that occurred due to him getting heavily intoxicated at the government ball, in which the Militia was in attendance. Ezra had been stressed that night, having very recently realized that he was gay, and not having talked it through with anyone yet, let alone his family. He had gotten very drunk, knowing he'd be seeing Etta that night, as she had went with Jensen, and he was scared of it coming out in some way, as well as just feeling bad for 'lying' to her in the first place. He had spent the majority of the night attached at Dylan's hip, until Dylan had noticed his anxiety and obvious intoxication, taking them onto a balcony where they could be alone, and Ezra could relax. It was there Ezra had asked Dylan if he could kiss him, something that drove him to ignore Dylan for the days after, being mortified by what he had done.

Later, when they had discussed it, it was found that Dylan had the same complex feelings as Ezra. This lead to the start of a relationship between them.

## Personality

Ezra had been quiet, yet strong-willed his entire life. From a young age, he spoke when spoken too and was coached to be respectful, yet bloodthirsty. As he grew older, his former conditioning to be silent began to fade, as he became determined to protect his siblings, not caring if it got in trouble. Ezra had always been selfless, especially when it came to those he loved, who he knew needed protecting, feeling as if he was responsible for all of his siblings, even Etta. He had a tendency to be cold to those he was unfamiliar with, until he grows closer, typically being slightly standoffish until he was comfortable.

## Relationships

### Family

#### *Etta Larkin*

Etta was the sibling that Ezra grew up closest with, due to their bond over being the oldest, and feeling as if they had to protect their younger siblings. She was the person who he often went too when he was feeling bad, as she always knew how to comfort him, and what he needed to hear, being older and wiser, and genuinely a kindhearted person who he always got along with.

#### *Callum Larkin*

Callum was the sibling that Ezra was the least close with, despite being the closest in age to him. Callum's personality was very similar to that of their father, making him naturally cold to everyone, even his family. Despite being the one treated the worst by their parents, Callum remained obedient and stoic for his entire childhood and as he grew older, something that troubled Ezra greatly due to how much he wanted to protect him.

#### *Priscilla Larkin*

Priscilla and Ezra didn't become close until after he left for Militia, with her beginning to idolize him not long after he left. Her ultimate goal was to be scouted, calling Ezra every night to talk about his day and their lives, even if Ezra tried to make certain that he never wanted her to have to live the life of Militia.

#### *Archer Larkin*

Archer, the youngest Larkin sibling, is the one that Ezra worked hardest to protect. While he loved all of his siblings, he wanted to do his best to keep cruelty far away from Archer, something that often didn't work. Archer joined calls between Priscilla and Ezra, usually happy to talk to his brother with Ezra constantly anxious about what would happen when he wasn't there to protect him, and Callum so vacant.

#### *Halen Larkin*

For most of his life, Ezra despised Halen Larkin. His father had made him feel inferior since his development, despite considering him the pride of the family. Ezra genuinely despised him, initially considering Militia as a way to get away from him, determined to stay far away from him, even if it didn't end up working due to Halen's continued determination to keep his son in his life.

#### *Marisa Larkin*

Marisa was similar to her husband, simply more stoic than cruel. While Ezra disliked her, similar to how he disliked his father, he didn't hate her as much, believing her to be a fellow victim to Halen's abuse. He still didn't get along with her, as he viewed her as complacent, someone who allowed his children to be abused in order to keep herself safe.

### Friends, Lovers, Etc

#### *Jensen Hargreaves*

Ezra had known Jensen since he had began dating Etta when he was 13-years-old, when Etta was seventeen and Jensen was sixteen. They weren't very close for many years, the extent of their relationship being an innocent crush that Ezra ignored and Jensen was oblivious too, until he was finally scouted for Militia, when Jensen was the only person he knew, with them becoming very close quickly, his feelings beginning to come back

## Trivia

* ***Favorites -***
	+ color: crimson
	+ food: shrimp tacos
	+ drink: black coffee
* Ezra has mild anger management issues, which worsen his fire
* He is 20-years-old during the main plot
* Ezra loves to draw, and is quite the talented artist, yet he doesn't practice outwardly since he views himself as aw warrior
* Ezra likes to read; his favorite author is Brandon Sanderson