character profile | raleigh sterling

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Name/Nickname/Pronouns: Raleigh Langston Sterling, he/him. no real nicknames.
Magical Being Type: werewolf (born)/wolf shifter/whatever the fuck
Age: 32
Gender/Sexuality: cis dude, bi
Profession: kindergarten teacher

Family: Grey Sterling, spouse; Pari, orange tabby, 7 years old
Felicity Sterling, mother. Michael Sterling, father.
Laura Sterling-Copeland, sister (34). Autumn Sterling, sister (34). Noah Black, brother (29). Corin Sterling, brother (25). Sophia Sterling, sister (23).
Diana Copeland-Sterling, sister-in-law (Laura). Ben Sterling, brother-in-law (Autumn). Haley Black, sister-in-law.
Sarah Sterling, maternal grandmother. Jack Sterling, maternal grandfather. assorted niblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Important Relationships to Other Characters: has known Meredith Levine-Lowell for most of their lives and their younger brothers have been dating for awhile.
[others TBA]

Other Relevant Character Notes: found Pari on a trip into Hexham when he was just a tiny kitten; nobody claimed him, so Raleigh brought him home.

Appearance: white but tans easily, short brown hair + beard, brown eyes. about 6'4", broad-shouldered. wears sweaters a lot. (fc: Chris Salvatore)

Personality: extroverted and cuddly as hell. totally the mom friend. family-centered and really good with kids. loves cooking and the outdoors. Hexham is about the biggest city he ever wants to live in.

Backstory: raised in a matriarchal werewolf group headed by his maternal grandmother. grew up surrounded by aunts, uncles, & cousins as well as his 6 siblings. the family keeps bees, supplying honey to assorted businesses in town and keeping a regular stall at the farmers' market. it's still weird to him living "so far" away from his family, even though it's only about an hour driving. of his married siblings, Laura is the only other one who ended up with someone who wasn't a werewolf.

he met Grey while he was in not-Georgia visiting relatives and fell in love with them almost immediately. Grey moved to Hexham with him after being together for a year and they got married six months later. they've been married 5 years now and are thinking about having kids.

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