THE SCAMANDER BOYS
Elliot or known as El to his friends is one of the Scamander boys. He is an intelligent young man, who is very outgoing and people smart, but he has a temper when it comes to protecting the people he cares about. He is the eldest of the children of a well-known surgeon. Newton, who prefers to be called Newt, is his younger brother. Newt is a bit more introverted and is socially awkward, but when animals is involved, he is the most well-spoken and charming guy I've met.
Elliot is busting his ass off in med school to become a medic. Newt is studying to become a vet. The brothers are only a year apart and take good care of each other. Neither would ever leave the other behind.
Newt is very animal friendly and does his best to bring awareness to certain issues regarding his beloved animal species. For the majority of his life, he has been trying to protect the marine life, mainly sharks and coral reefs. On land he has a love for furry cats and dogs. He is never scared of an animal. In situations where I am scared out of my mind over a spider or snake, he just looks at it all fascinated. Both El and I have talked about the possibility of Newt being on the autism spectrum, but neither of us has the heart to act on it. He functions just fine, a bit withheld with new things or people, but he is happy.
My lovely girlfriend and I are luckily both very good friends with El and Newt. We often hang out at the skate bowl when it's least crowded or spent hours binge watching movies while eating mountains of popcorn. Those nights in one of our rooms, with the light dimmed, bowls of snacks and blankets enough to choke on and a Marvel movie were the best.
As a lot of other young people around the age of 18/20, we talked about moving out of our parents houses, but neither one of us were ready mentally to live alone, so we made a pact. If possible, with study opportunities and job we would get a place together. The only real demand, apart from money, was that there had to be a bedroom for each of use. Even though Maya and I are in a relationship, we had agreed upon needing our own spaces too.
Elliot being his usual internet genius had looked up numerous house that "only" needed an update close to the areas we grew up in. I was stoked at the thought of being close to my family. My big sister, Lauren, had moved out a few years before and even thought she was close, she was still a bit farther away.
We had found the perfect house within our price range. It needed a good few repairs, but nothing we couldn't handle. Maya could take her bike to work. Newt had a scooter and El a motorbike. I usually got a ride from El to med school as we landed the same gig. Things were falling into the right places, until my world was turned upside down.