Lincoln Elias Turner, Jr.

***Eli is King, and don't you dare forget it.***

Every school has a pack of rich, popular, assholes running the show. You know the ones. The kids with enough money to buy their way out of anything. The kids that basically sat themselves at the top of the social pyramid? Well, at Silver Oaks academy, Eli sits right up at the tippy-top. Arrogant. Educated. Charismatic. He could be one hell of a politician one day. Like every politician, this clever bastard is manipulative as all hell. He'll smile and talk his way out of any problem he's faced with, and if that doesn't work, out comes his wallet. See? A Politician. If you think you can just show some muscle and shut him up, you're wrong there, Chief. In Eli's own words, "I've squashed spiders bigger than you, Mate." Try to get physical with this Aussie, and you're liable to catch hands.

That's who Eli wants you to see.

In reality, Eli is still human. He's still just some eighteen year-old kid. He's got insecurities. He's got fears. The pretty girl at the front of the class still gives him butterflies. All Eli really is, is a good actor. In his mind, it's easier to pretend he's untouchable and push everyone away than it is to try and be genuine. He's terrified of rejection, so he removes that possibility by denying anyone the opportunity. You can't hurt him if he hurts you first.

## History

Lincoln Elias Turner, Sr. first met May Holland at a charity event in San Francisco when they were both still naive enough to believe in love. A meeting turned to pen-pals. Pen-pals turned to love letters. Love letters lead to secret romances in downtown SanFran.A cliche love story about a rich man forbidden to marry a a common woman half the world away. Hollywood could make a movie out of it, hell, they probably already have, but nonetheless, it was these circumstances that lead to Eli's birth and his not-so-happy life.

To put it simply, Eli was a bastard, especially in his Father's eyes. The moment he came into the world, reality hit Lincoln Turner, Sr. like a freight train. The love story was over, and there were consequences to it now. There was a child that Lincoln didn't want, and May couldn't raise alone. Eli was up in the air. It didn't take long for Eli's dad to leave the picture, replaced by monthly checks meant to support May and their child, only May didn't take it so well. Postpartum depression and a feeling of general abandonment turned to drugs, and drugs turned to overdose. May died before Eli was even one. He never knew her, and he was never told the circumstances of his birth.

If nothing else, Lincoln Turner Sr. was a man of principle though. Rather than let Eli slip into the adoption system, the easy way out of this mess, Eli was officially adopted into the Turner family. Originally named Bradley Holland, Eli's father changed his name, changed his birth certificate, changed everything. As far as anyone would know, May Holland never existed. If anyone asked who Eli's mother was, they were met with silence.

As you could expect, this sort of beginning didn't foster a good relationship between Eli and his father. There was always distance between them, and Eli never understood it. He'd spend his whole life trying to live up to his father's accomplishments, trying to prepare himself to take over his father's company, only to be met with cold disapproval. When Eli became a teenager he was sent away to private schools. Honestly, it was easier not having to look his dad in the eye's all the time.