Damian Evans (Kaputt AU)

## Damian Evans

**Damian Evans** (born February 26, 2000) is an American bachelors student of Criminal Justice at the NYU School of Law. He is the only son of the well-known and successful lawyer Richard Evans as well as chief editor Elizabeth Massett-Evans.

## Biography

**Damian Evans** was born to Richard Evans and Elizabeth Massett-Evans. Growing up very sheltered and privileged as the child of a lawyer and a chief editor, he was always very oblivious to the harsh world outside of his bubble. This shows on his unshakable optimism and charisma. He never had trouble making friends and was always at the centre of attention. As a smart kid he succeeded in everything and had no trouble getting through school. The older he got, the more he rebelled against the paternalism of his father who always tried to compensate for the lack of care from Damian's mother. After she finally left for good to fulfill her dreams, Damian fully spiraled, questioning everything that was happening in his life. He refused to go to college or get a job, which finally led to him leaving America for a year to travel around the world.

After a year full of parties, affairs and adventures he returned but was not any smarter than before. He had no purpose, no dreams of what to do with his life. His father grew annoyed with his antics quickly, as he thought the year alone would teach his son to be responsible and ultimately an adult. After a heated argument, Damian wanted to refute Richard's claims and prove to him that he could be self-sufficient, which resulted in several temporary jobs. He worked in hotels, restaurants, cafés and retail but quickly grew frustrated and quit each job after a short while. His father, in an attempt to teach Damian the ways of the real world, arranged an internship at his law firm for his son. To the surprise of everyone, he was incredibly sufficient and dutiful. Damian on the other hand grew more and more frustrated to be under the supervision of his father once again. The only good thing that he remembers of his time there is his growing interest in being a lawyer himself. After a while Damian proclaimed to his father that he wanted to study law. Before he could get into real law studies he took several other courses to broaden his field. Damian quickly realised that he once again was under the influence of his father, as he not only paid his college tuition but also his salary. In another attempt to be more independent Damian quit his job at his father's firm and started his journey once again.

One day, through several coincidences, he ended up in the bar of an old friend of his: Morgan Amandus. Morgan and Damian grew up together, as Richard was the lawyer of Tobin Amandus and felt sorry for his kid who seemed to be a loner. Over time Damian and Morgan grew apart and went on with their respective lives. Once Damian set foot in the Nowhere Bar though, he felt as if he finally arrived at the destination he has always been seeking. He practically begged Morgan to let him work there, but was met with a rather dismissive reaction. Feeling sorry for Damian's feeble attempts to convince him, Morgan agreed to give him a job if his father would agree. Excited he told Richard all about his new job as a bartender but was once again met with disapproval. His father even seemed scared but seeing the desperation in his son's eyes led to him calling Morgan himself to discuss the circumstances of Damian's job. After a long talk, they agreed to let Damian work as a bartender, but with no involvement in any other "business". Since then he is the main bartender of the Nowhere Bar and is almost famous for his incredibly good sense of Mixology. Of course, Damian soon realised that behind closed doors there was more to the Nowhere Bar and the Amandus family than first expected. Still, he never regretted his decision.

Years later he met Janus, the new boyfriend of Morgan, who shook up his life. The two seemed completely different with Janus being rather introverted and quiet but quickly grew to be best friends. Damian has mixed emotions towards him fluctuating between friendship and love, which Janus often seems to reciprocate. Their relationship is incredibly intricate, which leads to multiple problems for Damian. Not only is he scared of angering Morgan, who is incredibly jealous, but also of losing Janus one day. This fear almost came true, when Gregory McKinley attempted to kill not only Janus but Damian as well.

Damian was tricked into believing that Janus was in trouble and came rushing to his defense when Gregory ambushed him and hit a bottle over his head which resulted in Damian tumbling down a flight of stairs. After being unconscious for a couple of minutes, Damian against all odds, woke up again and witnessed Janus fighting off Gregory. With adrenaline pumping through him, he took a shard of glass from the bottle he was attacked with, got up and killed Gregory from behind. After that, he broke down once again. On the brink of death, he confessed his feelings for Janus and made peace with dying. Janus rushed him to a hospital, ultimately saving his life.

## Appearance:

Damian is a young, slender man above average height with brown, curly hair and blue eyes. He has a beauty mark under his right eye. Due to his work in the bar, his studies and his irregular sleeping schedule he often seems tired. In general, he has a rather cheerful attitude and often wears a smile on his face seemingly unbothered by stress.

Damian wears casual clothes like sweatshirts, t-shirts or pullovers which he pairs with jeans most of the time. For work, he is also the most casual dresser often only wearing a dress shirt or a normal one.

## Trivia

* Whilst Janus is constantly speculated to be autistic, Damian is said to have ADHD. Unlike Janus, however, he has been officially diagnosed as neurotypical in the past. His imbalance of attention might result from growing up in the age of social media and the constant fight over attention spans. Nevertheless, based on the ongoing accusations and speculations of others regarding their conditions, Janus and him (half-)jokingly refer to each other as "autistic lobster" and "ADHD-squirrel". In general, Damian is the only one who is allowed to crack jokes about Janus' alleged neurodivergency without any repercussions.
* Out of all characters, Damian is the only person who has been given nicknames by Janus. He is also the only person Janus calls by his nicknames, whereas he refers to Morgan using pet names.
* Damian and Janus share a playlist on Spotify which is cluttered with meme-y content amongst depressing, but upbeat songs about the inevitable approach of the apocalypse.
* While Janus is fond of music of the 80ies, Damian seems to have a soft spot for music of the 70ies.
* Opposed to any other AU, Kaputt is the only AU in which Damian would have probably been the better and healthier partner choice for Janus, even though they are still pretty incompatible in a lot of departments.
* Presumedly, if Damian had kept all of the the origami he has been given by Janus in the past, he would currently be the proud owner of 17 crane origami in total.
* Damian’s name was inspired by Richard’s interest in Greek mythology and his mother’s fondness of Damian Lewis in Robinson Crusoe. Though Richard wanted to name him Damiano, they settled with the modern version, Damian.
* Out of the Seven Deadly Sins, Damian embodies The Sin of Pride which is also the only one to be interpreted with an almost tolerable and virtuos side.