#i also drew something yesterday! and i rlly like the expression i gave her but i was Also feeling sad while making it

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a new song i've been enjoying recently is deep red by movements!!

[malakvis-blog]

( ben barnes, 32, cismale, he/him ) — wait, is that who i think it is? that’s MALAKAI REED. i’ve heard they’re the BUSINESSMAN / HITMAN living in 507. according to google, they’re originally from BOSTON, USA but they moved into sunrise towers around TWELVE YEARS ago. their facebook says they’re CHARISMATIC & VENTURESOME, however, i’m sure they’ve got a HEDONISTIC & IMPULSIVE side to them as well.

hi wow hello!! i’m caitlyn, 23, she/her, cst timezone. and honestly?? i am in fucking AWE of every single one of you ?!!!!!! from the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking interest in this rp & for being as encouraging and positive as you have been. words cannot express how grateful i am for each and every single one of you ?!!! whenever this idea came to me and chey, i don't think we every expected it to take off like it has & the out pour of love and support we got yesterday was absolutely incredible. i could go on and on for hours about how much i seriously do appreciate it, but i'd turn into an emotional lil bitch and ain't nobody got time for that so moving on !!

i’m here 2 introduce this absolute trash prince ( who's highly based off of billy russo from the punisher, i can't even lie but like... billy russo meets frank castle, if ya feel me ) to ya’ll because i am notorious for playing trash characters… guess that makes me trash too ?? who knows, anyways, i’ve got a basic ass list of plots up right HERE & a wanted connections tag HERE !! if ya’ll wanna peep those and then maybe come plot w me?? now time to cue me being an extra heaux bc there's a lil bit of everything about mal under the cut

( tw: mentions of guns, weapons, murder, blood, drugs & alcohol. )

PAST

grew up in boston, being tossed around from foster home to foster home because his father vanished right after his sister was born and his mother, well, she's a piece of work & cared more about drugs than she did her own children so the state took them from her.

both of the siblings were tossed from family to family, usually only staying in one household for a few months, the longest time was almost a year and so on.

this caused malakai to become EXTREMELY protective of his sister, meaning that if the foster parents had any other children living with them, they ended up hating mal because of how much he protected her and stood up for her.

that continued up until he was like 14 ?? up until a family finally adopted him, which kinda made him feel really, really torn ?! he was happy to get out of the foster care system and finally stay with one family, but they didn't adopt his sister which not only shattered his heart, but pissed him off. cue the first time he realized he had anger issues !!

said anger issues caused him to become a pretty problematic & bratty child, never listening to his new parents, not doing as he was told & so on.

however, this only lasted a year due to the fact both of his parents were ex-military. they let him grieve and act how he wanted to for that long and one day, his father sat him down and set him straight, telling him that if he didn't act right, he'd get grounded, that he wouldn't be allowed to play games or watch tv, the usual parenting stuff.

this of course, shocked mal because his mother ?? didn't give a shit and let him do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted so the threat wasn't taken lightly and he basically started acting like an angel child, great grades included.

and as the years went by, he could feel the connection grow between him and his adoptive parents, something he never had before, so he held onto it as hard as he possibly could. and his parents took note of it and became even more hands on than they were before as they realized that interacting with him caused his eyes to light up in ways they hadn't seen before.

however, due to their military pasts, the ways they 'bonded' with mal weren't so... conventional. his father constantly taking him to the gun range so that he could teach malakai the ins and outs of guns.. for safety reasons, of course.

and one day, while they were there, his father told him it was his turn and handed over his pistol to mal.. low & behold, malakai landed four head shots & five heart shots to the target with ease and his father was beyond impressed.

but what his father didn't know was that gave mal a taste of power, something that ended up consuming him from a rlly young age. but he kept it locked away, knowing that he'd get lectured for feeling that way because his parents taught him better.

things continued like that for years, his father taking him to the range and "graduating" malakai on gun sizes, up until they got to a sniper, a gun that his father knew would kick back so hard it'd knock kai on his ass, but mal wanted to try it and his father wasn't one to say no.

sure enough, it knocked malakai on his ass, but to his father's surprise, he'd still hit the target dead center. which should have raised some sort of red flag for his father, but it didn't.

after they'd gone through every gun imaginable, malakai asked his mother if he could be taught how to fight.. or well, fight properly. so she taught him self defense, with and without weapons, how to hurt people and hell, how to kill a target if it ever got to be a bad situation that there was no other way out of. what she didn't know was that those skill she'd just taught her son would come in handy not four years later.

fast forward those four years, mal had just turned eighteen & was waiting in the car for his father, who was in the convience store getting him the chips he'd asked for not an hour beforehand. mal had been so busy playing a game on his phone that he didn't pay attention to the three masked people walk into the store right after his father. hell, the only thing that drew him back into reality was the all too familiar sound of a gunshot. followed by another, and another, and another.

the rest of that eventful night played in slow-motion as he watched the people flee the scene, as he ripped himself off of the seat he was sitting in, his eyes never leaving the counter, where he'd last seen his father standing as he began to pay for the things mal had asked for, but his father was no where to be seen. something that hit mal in the chest like a ton of bricks, but the scene inside would only make it worse.

the sight of the cashier and his father laying lifeless on the floor wasn't something he had been prepared to see, and as he curled up on the floor, his father's head in his lap.. a phrase his mother told him when they were training flooded his mind 'we don't hurt who we have to, but we hurt those who hurt us or other people, got it?' and that was the day he promised himself that no matter what, the people who took his father away from him would pay.

but he knew he couldn't do anything, not yet at least.. the case was still extremely hot and all of the weapons in their house were registered to either his father or his mother and could easily be traced back to him.

so he began teaching himself how to hack into security systems and in turn, finding the answers he needed when it came to his father's murder.

the group that'd done it was stupid, sloppy even. some gang that'd just made it's way into boston and had been looking for a quick dollar. which they'd made, sure, but their worst nightmare was yet to come.

he watched their activity through cameras, monitored phone calls, emails, everything that had to do with this group and waited for the perfect opportunity to strike. that opportunity came in the form of a 'usual' run for them. aka them exchanging drugs for a bunch of weapons with another small gang.

unarmed, and unaware that malakai had been watching their every move for months, they got the surprise of a lifetime as each and every single one of them hit the ground faster than they could turn around to see who was putting them in their graves. but he didn't just take out the gang responsible for his father's death.. he took out everyone.. covered it all up by making it look like it was gang on gang crime and walked away with only minor bruises and abrasions.. oh, and a shit ton of unregistered guns.

that feeling of power and justice that rushed through malakai was met with mixed emotions. a part of him felt guilty and a part of him felt proud that he'd given his father the justice the police never could.

but he knew that couldn't be his life, knew it would be far too dangerous for his mother, so he continued focusing on school and ended up getting accepted into harvard, where he took classes on all things business, but by the time he was ready to graduate, he didn't want to move back to boston. there was too much pain there, too much grief.

so he used some of the money his father had left behind to move himself out to los angeles, the city of opportunities. both legal... and well, not so legal.

that's where he got a taste of true freedom and damn, he loved every single second of it. but he was smart, too. began investing in businesses all across la, even buying some out from underneath the previous owners, rebuilding them to become million dollar businesses.

and with that money, came the hedonistic streak that continues to follow malakai around, he spent money on booze, drugs, women, guns, cars, clothes, a penthouse and whatever the hell else he wanted.

and things stayed like that for a while, until he saw an article about a gang with an all too familiar name. the same gang that'd been in boston had people in la too.. and that caused his anger issues to rise once more and before long, he was tracking them again.

and sure enough, they were planning the biggest drug run of their lives and he found that as the perfect opportunity to do what he thought was right. but what malakai didn't know was that the fbi had been on their tales far longer than he had, and had also learned about this run.

so whenever he took all of them out, making it look like one big car accident / explosion, the fbi was watching his every move. but they let it slide, the people watching him seeing potential they couldn't afford to put behind bars.

three days later, they sent him the video of that night, along with his id, his parents ids, and everything else in between with a message telling him to meet him at the specified location or they'd leak this to every police officer in the area.. so of course, he had to oblige. and to his surprise, he was greeted with badges who didn't want to arrest him, instead they wanted to give him further training, set him up with his own training facility to train other people like him to be as good as him and to hire him as their own personal hitman.

he wasn't going to go along with it, it seemed too easy.. but the six figure paycheck that was given to him as a 'welcoming' gift was rather hard to refuse and before he knew it, he was training with fbi agents, and months after that, he was the one training new recruits.

his training facility was off the grid, only bringing in fbi agents, police officers and so on and after they left that facility, they had the option of continuing on with their regular jobs, or to move into malakai's line of business. most chose the first option because it was the 'safest' of the two, but after a while, malakai had over twenty-seven people in his roster.. all of which would be there to back him up in any 'mission' he needed them to be & they also became a far more violent version of the secret service in a way.

fast forward to now & malakai is their go to guy when it comes to anything they can't be seen doing & he's making HELLA bank from it and the many, many businesses littered through LA that are now owned by him.

which of course, if anyone were to ask where his wealth came from, he claims its his businesses and investments.

PRESENT

now he continues to do whatever the fbi needs him to do, continues to buy businesses left and right, continues to train more and more potential employees at his training facility & does it all while keeping the stupid ass smirk he's known for plastered on his lips.

not to mention he's even more hedonisitc before and still drinks & does drugs on occasion... yike

however, even though he still drinks & does things he probably shouldn’t be doing, he doesn’t let that get in between him and his job. as he gets a high from his job that no drug has ever been able to match.

and as he’s getting older, he’s starting to realize that maybe a “normal” life isn’t the worst thing in the world.. however, the impulsive & well... kinda power-hungry side of him doesn’t allow himself to explore that feeling any further than that.

he’s extremely outgoing and is rarely actually in his penthouse but when he is... he's got someone over, a hook up, a business partner.. it doesn't matter... there's usually SOMEONE at his place.

is extremely into flaunting his wealth and can be seen driving numerous expensive af cars ( his bugatti is his fave, though ) & wearing thousands of dollars suit and whatnot.

hes..  not exactly opposed to meeting new people and actually has been trying to get to know the people he lives around…. many, many years too late. but, better late than never, right?

he’s basically always working, so nine times out of ten, he’s in a hurry or extremely tired from a long day but ?? is still 100% down to shoot the shit, drink, party, hook up, flirt... all of that.

can come of as a little stand-off-ish and it’s not because he doesn’t want to be where he’s at, it’s just due to the fact that he guards his feelings and keeps them locked away from everyone other than his mother ( and sister but he doesn't realize she's living in the same building yet whOOPS ) because he doesn’t want anyone to actually get to know him as he knows it's dangerous and tbh he knows he can't take losing someone he truly cares about again.

PERSONALITY

hides behind a wall of sarcasm, cockiness, anger and lust.

doesn’t really care to get to know people and had a tendency to push people away before they get too close to him. because he really… doesn’t want to get hurt again & doesn't want to put them @ risk.

wears glasses to read and mess w computers, but hates them a lot and probably won’t wear them if people are around.

wears a shit ton of suits???? but also wears tf out of jeans, v-necks, sweats, leather jackets and anything that makes him look like your typical fuckboi ?? it’s kinda his aesthetic.

is …. stubborn as hell and refuses to ask for help with anything.

his cars are literally his babies ??? like he ?? has a problem ??

a hotmess

loves halloween so much?? even though it’s his birthday?? he gets so hype for that holiday it’s unreal.

fluent in a lot of languages, picked them up so that he didn’t need translators at meetings and the likes.

lowkey worried that people will figure out that he’s actually v hurt inside because that’ll cause him to start having to deal with his feelings again, and he doesn’t wanna do that.

is the biggest flirt you will ever meet?? like if he’s speaking 2 u… its usually flirty as hell unless it has 2 do w business or he’s just known u for centuries ?

will try to get everyone to go to bars n parties with him because that’s his life in a nutshell ??

hella nerd on the inside though like owns so many comic books, loves to play video games, read books, plays piano / gutair & all that jazz.

super, super intelligent. could probably work @ nasa but instead he decided to do what he does & he honestly... ain't complaining.

drinks..heavily..  like every night?? it’s a problem tbh.

he cares… god he cares so much about people and the world but he pretends to hate everything because it’s easier than letting people in.

full of horrible and cheesy pick up lines and jokes and frequently texts people said pick up lines and jokes.

owns a book that is full of nothing but blank pages and keeps it on his coffee table because he ‘relates’ to it.

is still a highkey hoe but he keeps it on the dl

speaking of….. might ( he is ) be a highkey dom yikES

super into fitness as it’s a way to keep him away from drinking every evening.

loves boxing so much and can be seen at the gym quite a bit.. also has bruised knuckles 24/7 because of it as it’s a way to take out his aggression and feelings out on a punching bag?? esp whenever he hasn't gotten a 'mission' in a while

actually super kind and caring once you’re able to see get past his wall?? which is really hard to do due to his job but if u do it he’ll cherish u.

is one of those people who’s instagram feed is nothing but pictures of his dogs, suits, cars & food.

has a bad habit of smoking whenever he’s stressed out, which is usually all of the time so he smokes…. more than he should

will also talk about his dogs more often than he talks about his life.

highkey into cuddling and all the cute shit like that but would literally never tell a soul because then they’d see that he isn’t such a hardass.

is a burnt cupcake who has really good intentions but has EXTREMELY horrible execution skills. ( and no i don't mean the violent kind bc he's actually v good @ that )

STATISTICS.

FULL NAME: malakai cassius reed.

NICKNAME(S): mal, kai, cass or cassie ( his adoptive dad called him that just to mess with him )

AGE: thirty-two.

DATE OF BIRTH: october 31st.

ZODIAC SIGN: scorpio.

PLACE OF BIRTH: boston, usa.

GENDER: cismale.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual.

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: bisexual.

RELIGION: n/a.

OCCUPATION: businessman / hitman.

LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english, french, spanish, welsh, russian, korean, japanese, italian, romanian, greek, gaelic and bulgarian.

ACCENT: american.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

FACE CLAIM: ben barnes.

HAIR COLOR: brown.

EYE COLOR: brown.

HEIGHT: 6′ 1″.

WEIGHT: 225 lbs.

BUILD: athletic.

PERSONALITY / TRAITS.

LABEL: the hedonist.

POSITIVE TRAITS: charismatic, venturesome, intelligent, outgoing.

NEGATIVE TRAITS: hedonistic, impulsive, cocky, flirtatious.

FEARS: claustrophobia.

HOBBIES: playing video games, reading books / comics, boxing, pool, going to sports events, soccer, football, going to the gym, playing guitar, playing piano, cooking, hiking, camping, fishing, golf.

QUIRKS: believes in karma, fights for animal rights, fights for gender equality, fights for human rights, fights for marriage equality, wears mismatched socks ( sometimes ), counts stairs, plays with fire, plays a musical instrument, boxes, enjoys nature, tells the truth / can be brutally honest, uses bad puns whenever possible.

FAMILY.

FATHER: charles william frey.

MOTHER: susana marie alcott.

ADOPTIVE FATHER: graham james reed.

ADOPTIVE MOTHER: isabel rose reed.

SIBLING(S): melody carlyle.

PET(S): two siberian huskies named balto and steele.

FINANCIAL STATUS: upper class.

TESTS.

MYERS-BRIGGS: estp-a

ENNEAGRAM: type 8 ( the challenger. )

MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful evil. ( the dominator. )

TEMPERAMENT: choleric.

HOGWARTS HOUSE: slytherin.