#« introduction » koren hahm

[soliloquivm]

⸻ HAN JISUNG. HE + HIM / have you ever heard of BLOW by JACKSON WANG, well, it describes KOREN HAHM to a tee! the TWENTY FIVE year old, and A BARTENDER AT CLOUD NINE was spotted browsing through the stalls at portobello road market last sunday, do you know them? would you say HE is more UNSTEADY or more RESOURCEFUL instead? anyway, they remind me of the loud thumping of music from the dj , the feeling of adventure creeping in your heart and the quiet place in the darkness, maybe you’ll bump into them soon!

tw : death , ptsd

time in notting hill : 1 year birthplace : las vegas , nevada , us ( moved around constantly ) sexuality : bisexual relationship status : single

koren hahm grew up in a military family that moved around from state to state , country to country throughout his more formative years as his father served in the army . while this assisted in offering a more than standard outlook on the world , he learned to pick up on things quickly . he’d never had a set group of friends growing up , but he often formed relationships with those that he met and easily became popular everywhere he went due to his extroverted personality and secret desire for people to like him .

unfortunately , over the summer before starting high school on base in italy , his father was killed overseas . angry , hurt and with only his sister and mother to be there for him , he made the decision to take on some sort of mantle as the so called ‘ head of the household ‘ when they returned to his mother’s hometown in the suburbs of new york . he took care of everything that he could from his younger sister , the cooking and cleaning and helping his mother so that she could maintain a steady job and financially support their family . the moment he was of age , he started to work as a busboy at the local bar , cleaning after closing .

inner turmoil aside , koren maintained the boisterous personality once he started at the new school , forming a close group of friends and would often skip classes to smoke , drink or mess around off campus , but deep down , he always knew what he wanted to do upon graduation - join the military just like his father . at first , his mother didn’t approve when koren handed her the paperwork to start basic training early , but he pushed and prodded until eventually , she caved . koren excelled in boot camp , and once he began his active service , he was swiftly shipped off to the very country his father died in . it didn’t take long for him to rise through the ranks of the army , the need for people to like him carrying over into his training , although his often dismissive attitude would get him into trouble . all that need to be liked also brought on the more reckless side , willing to do just about anything , and not caring for the consequences .

the war took it’s toll on him , after time however , and while koren did everything in his power to mask this , it had been an IED that eventually led him to the decision to not re-enlist . returning home to the suburbs of new york and not wanting to display what became obvious as signs of PTSD around his mother and sister , koren used his military savings to leave the country and purchase a modest home in the nottingham , london , and started working at cloud nine ( as a bartender this time ) to pay the bills .

MORE INFORMATION : ⤀ koren doesn't exactly live a quiet life . since returning home , he's turned to more reckless behavior such as drinking , fighting and making it a point to make friends with all the wrong kinds of people .

⤀ knowing the risk he could be , however , he did begin going to therapy for his PTSD and still goes to weekly group meetings with other veterans .

⤀ koren has a tendency to come off as an asshole more so now than he ever did prior to leaving the military . he's blunt and sarcastic , but also maintains the softer side of him , though that is only shown to those that he would call his close friends -- and even they aren't immune to his behavior , though that doesn't mean he wouldn't do everything in his power to help them in need .

⤀ he wears his father's dog tags every day , his own are locked away in a safe .

⤀ while one side of him may appear aggressive , koren is an avid acoustic guitar player and songwriter , and will go to a small coffee shop to play his music on occasion , but this is another secret he has never shared with anyone , even his closest friends .