Dean Wayland

xe/xem/xyr

Dean Wayland of eastern heritage, though through weird dominant genetics, xe has prominent freckles and bright ginger hair. Xe was raised in a small, one bedroom house by a caregiver/housekeeper hired by xyr parents. Xe never knew why they abandoned him, and could never get ahold of them to question their motives, but was cared for nevertheless.

Xe wouldn't even know his parents were both from eastern Land of Old, if it wasn't for xyr caregiver going out of her way to learn small bits of Xuinish, to pass it along to Dean. She said it would be the closest to xyr parents languages, and xe learned a bit, but never found use for it.

Dean is a painter, and always liked to experiment with either watercolor or oil painting, anything messy and easy to make big paintings with. While xe did not get much in terms of allowance, Nate's parents were always willing to chip in to buy art supplies.

Xe would drag Nate and Leo to beautiful places with rich sceneries, to both inspire them, and to have vivid references. Xe never felt like a boy, but never quite like a girl either. Xe tried, and it never felt right to be seen as a girl - except for one part. Xe liked when boys paid more attention to xem.

Xe never really told xyr caregiver, but both to xyr friends, and to everyone at school, xe demanded they use these new pronouns, and would not be referred to as boy. Xe did not quite care for the opinions of people who were closeminded, and was way better at throwing away and ignoring any bad wording - unlike Nate, who would be often discouraged from his own gender expression by this.

Dean worked on xyr craft tirelessly, and during late teenage years, would ask to paint all xyr friends, acquitances, anyone who was willing. Xe enjoyed the rich scenery as much as defining the faces, the bodies, the clothing. Talent was apparent, and it was no surprise that xe managed to get into best art university in Capital city.

After Leo started attending his mechatronics college, and would meet less and less with them, but instead would spend more time with his new friends, Dean and Nathan saw no other continuation of their friendship than romantic - it all came completely naturally. Nathan wrote daily to try to get published in local magazines, or publish small poems, while Dean travelled every day the 30 minute long train to school and back, and still had plenty of time to go out, meet new people, sometimes have fun.

Nathan didn't mind, and preferred for Dean to have sex with other people, as he found no joy in it, and would only do it occasionally to please Dean.

Dean would find steady work painting commissions, and would have xyr art shown in smaller galleries and showcases. Between the two artists, they didn't live quite comfortably, but went by, and found a small house in the outskirts of Wichbel, close enough for Dean to walk to the train station, but far enough to have beautiful nature in their backyard.

In xyr early 20s, Dean could afford bottom surgery, and pursued xyr transition.

Dean and Nathan were starting to fade, and weren't sure whether they were just used to their presence, or if they were content in the relationship. At some point, John Huds sought them out, to seek help with Leo's situation. They believed Nathan's asexuality would make him resistant to the myriad's calls, and John met up with Nate pretty often to try to see what's with Leo.

In the meantime, Dean felt in one way, abandoned, in other, freer to explore other people, to fuck around, and to experience new things. When John feels there is no reason to meet Leo in his new form anymore, and Nate spends spending time home again, he finds Dean is no longer interested, and he moves away.

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