My Rider <3

His eyes are a dark shade of brown, so dark that in some lights they can look like black pits in his face. It's a feature he proudly shares with his mother and a few of his siblings, and are something that he's gotten complimented on a few times. His naturally brunet hair is something he also shares with his mother, a shade similar shade to an ash brown. Now, though, his hair is long with shaved sides, the top more than long enough to tie back if he needs his hands, and is a bright shade of pink, courtesy of his little brother, an aspiring hair stylist. Of course, Kieran is such a good big brother that he'd let his brother practice on his hair, as had a few of his friends.

The jewelry the man wears is often courtesy of one of his siblings, too. The eldest sister of the bunch, a year younger than him, has an online store making jewelry. Naturally, her brother bought some and absolutely rocks it. The gold crystal-looking earrings he wears are courtesy of her, as is the skull choker and the two necklaces, one of a rainbow and the other an aqua crystal-looking appendage. The crystal necklaces he bought with his closest group of friends, each getting their own color and matching it.

If Kieran doesn't know you, he doesn't care about your opinion. It's the first major thing anyone gets to know about him; the only people whose opinions actually matter to him are his friends and family. You could say the most heinous insult about him directly to his face and he'd laugh or brush it off, but it's when your insults turn towards his friends and family that he really pays attention to them.

He's been told more than once that, because of how laid-back he generally is, having his entire, undivided attention can be unnerving. Like a switch being flipped in his brain, he very, very suddenly cares when things are about those he cares for. He believes without a sliver of a doubt that he would kill and die for those he loves, and he's proven himself by repeatedly getting into fights with those bullying his siblings in school.

Kieran is a "go with the flow" kinda guy, playful and cheeky with those he cares for and chilled out with everyone else, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have goals. In fact, at times, he can seem extremely goal-driven. When he has a goal and he knows it's attainable, he pushes and pushes and pushes until he gets where he wants to be, until he knows he's succeeded, because he knows he can. He enjoys succeeding, I mean, who doesn't? But he enjoys succeeding and he enjoys kowing he did that. This can, at times, lead to him avoiding asking for help even when he needs it.

At times, he can be extremely blunt. With people he doesn't like or if he simply needs to get his point across, Kiercan can just say what he wants or needs to say and feels little reason not to. Sure, he knows some people benefit from having things sugarcoated, but he's never enjoyed it when things are gentled towards him and he tends to just fall back on being blunt to get his point across.

They were on their own for a while. He got a part-time job as soon as he could to help with money and looked after his siblings as much as he could, he even agreed to change schools to make things easier. At his new school, he met the best friends he'd ever had in his life. Alexius, Magnus, Thomas, Rylie and Kenan. Truly, they became his family away from his family, his home away from home. Sure, they got into trouble every now and then, and sure, they hung out more themselves then with their bigger group of friends, but Kieran loved them all.

He finally had people around that had his back when he would go up against his younger siblings' bullies, he had people that were in his corner, he had people he could share his soul with. So, of course, when they showed up at his front door and asked for a place to stay, who were he and Kenina to turn them away? Now, it's almost as if the boys live with them, and none of his family really regret it.

Did they get into more trouble together? Of course. Was it fun? Yes, absolutely. Against the law? Perhaps, but he was finally enjoying himself, and he managed to keep a close bond with his family throughout. His mother met Jakob, his now step-father, when he was 15, and the man had accepted them all, even his friends, with open arms.