Victor Swift

Victor Swift is the only child of Preston Swift, adopted at the age of 1 by the business magnate.

Victor was abandoned by his mother soon after his birth, being left outside a care home. He never knew much of the care system, only having some very vague memories of the care home. He was adopted at the age of 1 by Preston and raised in London, learning to be independent from a young age as his father would often be working late.

Encouraged by his father to remain fit and healthy, Victor was always a toned man, becoming quite muscular in his mid-teens (and quite the heartthrob around his school). He was picked up by a modelling agency who got him work in modelling jobs from when he was 16 onwards.

During school, Victor pursued the one thing that he truly enjoyed - music. By the age of 18, he could play piano, guitar, saxophone, and some basic rhythms on the drum. He studied music in college, along with English and mathematics (at his father's insistence), and would compose music in his spare time. He uploaded some of his better tracks online, producing two instrumental EPs that did quite well.

When his modelling agency got wind of his music, they told him to start producing songs with lyrics, offering to help him source a record deal if he had a decent portfolio. So Victor produced his first sung EP (with minimal singing, focusing more on instrumental choruses). This EP managed to land him a record deal for once he finished his college, as well as performing quite well, gaining him several thousand new followers.

Victor's big break came a few years later. One of his songs had gone viral, becoming a social media craze that won him a lot of new followers. Jumping on the hype behind him, Victor and his team decided to enter Eurovision 2004. His song did incredibly well, and was tipped as a potential winner when it was entered. He won the first round of heats, with second highest jury vote and highest public vote.

However, for the second heat, Victor decided to embrace his bisexuality, and wore a far more revealing outfit. This was a hit with the public, doubling his public vote from the previous round, but the jury disliked the change. After citing that the performance did not fall in line with the UK's values for Eurovision, being too sexually explicit (which was a stretch), they scored him bottom. Victor came second overall, so did not go to Eurovision. This caused quite the scandal, leading to many new people discovering him. The year after, Victor released his debut album, which performed incredibly. It's lead single went number one, and the album itself peaked at number four, staying in the top 40 for 14 weeks.

After his success, a world tour, and another EP, Victor took a break from his music career to focus on his modelling. It was in this time that he adopted his three children - Zachary, Selena, and Imogen Swift. These triplets were put up for adoption after their mother died in childbirth, their father dying of cancer just a few months before they were born. Victor was initially considering adopting just Zachary, but when he heard he was one of three and they would be split up, never to see each other again, he immediately decided to adopt all three children. With his father's help and his own flexible work schedule, Victor was able to make himself a constant part of his children's lives, and they thrived on his attention.

During his modelling career, Victor became the face of a new menswear brand, and was forced to work with Soloman Tarrant for the first time. Initially, they hated each other, Soloman believed Victor's success was undeserved, born out of a gimmick for Eurovision. Meanwhile, Victor found Soloman to be rude and uncooperative when they were meant to be shooting together. Their hatred was so palpable that it was affecting the photoshoots. At first, Victor tried to campaign for Soloman to be let go, but the brand refused, telling them to work out their differences or they'll both be given the boot.

Victor extended the first olive branch to Soloman, inviting him around for a weekend retreat on the Isle of Wight in the winter, where he and his father owned a small vacation cottage. Whilst in the cottage, there was a power cut, so Victor and Soloman had to go out to town and source firewood, eventually having to lug several bags of coal and wood back to the cottage in the cold rain, to keep the house warm. Whilst they worked, Victor's attitude to Soloman softened, respecting his work ethic, and Soloman's opinion of Victor began to improve as he noticed Victor was more than just a sexed-up singer. Victor and Soloman began to grow a friendship, which was obvious from their next photoshoot.

As time passed on, Victor and Soloman continued working together, until they went on a trip to New York for a collaboration between their brand and another. When both were quite drunk, they'd admitted their attraction to one another and slept together. When they woke up, they released what had happened, and decided to continue pursuing a relationship, which is still going strong, ten-year later. Both agreeing that marriage isn't a priority for them, they got engaged after six years and have been happy in that since, agreeing that they'll get married when it feels right for them. Soloman still maintains his apartment in London, whilst Victor's moved out to the Norfolk countryside, but the two live together almost always, unless work commitments require them to be apart.