Jeremy King

Appearance
Jeremy is the shortest amongst his group mates, standing in about 5'5 foot tall, and has an overall petite and lanky build. He has fluffy lush green hair with longer front bangs that he occasionally likes to braid whenever he can, and occasionally sweeps his hair completely back so that the stray hair locks stick out in every direction. He has pale white skin and dark golden colored eyes with flickers of dark maple orange that is all highlighted by his hanging eyelids and the deep dark eye bags caused due to his insomnia. Although he is lanky, he is described to be a bit more fit due to carrying heavy boxes frequently whenever he's forced to help around his parent's hobby shop. His father is from England and his mother is from Ireland, making him ethnically white.

His winter uniform consists of a standard white button up shirt, a dark royal purple jacket with checkered patterns on their sleeve cuffs and collars, and black pants. He also wears the school's optional royal purple beret hat with his uniform. He also distinctly wears the normally female worn small bows instead of the longer male ties, contrasting JB who wears the typically male worn ties. During summer he no longer uses his jacket or beret and replaces it with a dark violet vest, and with his sleeves rolled up.

Even though he has no specific preference in fashion or any kind of styles, he absolutely refuses to wear anything too bright that might stand out. His parents, mainly his mother, chooses his clothes for him whenever they're out shopping. They attempt to pick out anything they might think kids his age find trendy or "cool", but usually end up making their son's wardrobe extremely dorky. He doesn't mind this.

Some of the outfits you can see him in during dates reflect this. One of his outfits are a long sleeved yellow shirt, with a grey half buttoned puffer vest, a dark golden and dark grey striped scarf, and yellow pants. His store uniform is a dark brown turtle neck with rolled up sleeves, black pants, and a long bright green neon vest that is decorated with smiley pins. Another outfit is a baggy oversized dark navy blue T-Shirt with an oddly shaped neckline worn over a loose full sleeved dark scarlet shirt, and a pre-ripped faded jeans patched up with rectangular strips of red, white, and black. He also matches it with a black watch on his left wrist. His third outfit is of a dark velvet green jean jacket that's unzipped from the top with the sleeves rolled up and the collar popped up, topped over a dark roasted gold turtle neck, and light grey jeans. He also wears a dark brown button up shirt with a single dull green stripe across it, the buttons slightly undone from the top, and the sleeves rolled up. It's paired with yellow pants that are held together with a makeshift cloth that acts as a belt. Jeremy also wore a muted green jean vest over an oversized grey T-Shirt with lighter muted green lines around the sleeves and collar, and light blue pants with patches along with a bright yellow belt. Another outfit of his is when he wore a dull grey jean vest connected to a white hood over an argyle pattern sweater that is a mix of dark green and light and dark blues, and black sleeves. He wears black jeans with this as well.

During the school field trip, he wears a light baby blue oversized button up dress shirt with star and cloud patterns that's partially tucked into his white sweat pants, and a bright yellow blanket that droops around his shoulders to cover him completely. For a swimsuit during the pool date events, he wears a large loose fitting light purple button up T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the grey collar lines that go as far as to reveal his collar bone and a bit of his chest, and dark brown pants. JB remarks thathe looked like an eggplant, much to his confusion. In the prom event, his mom forced him to wears a bright green checkered button up shirt with a dark blue velvet vest on top, and a white cloth like tie around the collar. It's paired with a bright yellow belt that matched his eyes and very dark brown pants.

Personality
Jeremy is described as a mopey defeatist with a pension for sighing and even saying “sigh” out loud. His apathetic attitude towards things lead to a lot of people taking advantage of this point to force him to do almost anything for them whenever they want something out of him. He's known as a pushover for this fact, like when he didn't speak up for himself when a student who made him trip on accident, or during a school group project where he did Shiloh's workload for him instead. His stoic expression and lack of enthusiasm for anything at all means that he is a major “downer” to the other cliques, resulting in him being placed into a group of insufferable students as no one else wants him in their after school groups. No matter what the topic is, Jeremy withdraws from the conversation unless he feels the need to point out how nonsensical or illogical something is. Despite his negative views of things and how he doesn’t want to do anything, he’s by far the most observant and intelligent boy in the group. He can accurately pin point another person’s mindsets and insecurities, use his wit to secretly get what he wants, and scores the extremely high in the school after Nate as he can be found lurking in the library.

He also enjoys the reactions out of people whenever he reveals that he tricked them with a lie he made up as his sense of humor derives from a well built up joke that pays off in the end. This is displayed when during the dates in the botanical garden, Jeremy makes up a story to JB about how he accidentally destroyed his parents garden plants via over watering when she wanted to know more about his past, and when he accurately describes Everett’s insecurities and habits to misdirect JB into thinking it was his own hidden struggles. This is shown yet again when he tricks JB into thinking he has hiccups after he made Everett furious as a last resort to help him be rid of his own hiccups. Or when he got Everett to agree to become Lucas’s friend to avoid having to do the same as well and no longer be on the same boat as him. He can be seen smirking or giving his usual snide side grins whenever he does this.

He also has germaphobia and has a hard stance against anyone touching him or anything he deems as disgusting. He regularly disinfects his room in his free time whenever he cleans up, and carries around a bottle of sanitizer with him at all times. In a random moment in the game, you can see him grumble and be visibly irritated as he scrubs sanitizer on his arm because a student accidentally sneezed next to him. Or when he brings his own blanket to avoid using hotel blankets that he views as disgusting and even knew the statistics of the germs in them.

He is also known for disliking overtly sweet and kind people because he feels guilty over being a jerk to them over a more awful personality which allows him to relax and be himself without that sense of discomfort. Which is ironic seeing as how that preference is exactly how his parents are, who he vocally displays his distaste for them whenever they are brought up or whenever he’s around them. This is due to their overly supportive and optimistic view of their own son, who they want to be happier, even if it means forcing him to.

Backstory
He used to be an extremely aggressive and snappy person who was not afraid of starting a fight. Insults were never in shortage with him, and he would resort to any kind of odhominem attacks on people. He would often insult people’s eyebrows the most, as that is what he mocked when he first met Pran, his now best friend, and even Cove Holden, another character from GB Patch’s other popular game. His loud and screeching anger eventually dulled down over the years starting at middle school, before he eventually turned into his more quiet mopey self now. His current self has admitted to not being fond of his past personality and even called his past self stupid for being an embarrassing nuisance.

Jeremy used to attend public schools which he has been bullied in as he grew up, and only transferred to a boarding school with Pran after his grandparents offered to pay for his tuition as well in order to encourage Pran to agree to attending as well. Jeremy was the first to suggest this idea discretely in order to spend time away from his parents who lived next to the school with their hobby shop nearby, and have his own dorm. His parents only agreed since it was close to where they were and they could still see him.

Family
His father is from England and his mother is from Ireland, making him ethnically white. He has family from his mother’s side in Ireland, though he was still born and raised as an only child in America. His parents, Jackson and Jennifer King, met in university, and his father was cripplingly shy and unable to interact with people as he was too scared to before he met his future wife. She was more extroverted and headstrong, which allowed him to come out of his shell a little more, but Jeremy views him as being unable to do anything without his mom. Jeremy also states that she is usually the instigator and has the ideas that involves her attempts to make her son happy, which his father joins in on. She is the go getter and outspoken one in the relationship, which is shown whenever she scolds Jeremy for speaking poorly of his father by calling out his full name, and shuts him down. She is also the one who fishes out Jeremy’s torn up confessions letter in his trash, which she and her husband tape back together and send to JB, much to his shock and annoyance.

Friendships
His only close and proclaimed best friend is Pran. He met Pran when he was hired to be his babysitter on accident due to Pran having a taller than normal height which made the Kings assume he was a teenager when in fact, he was the same age as their son. Jeremy was less than happy about this as he instantly recognized him from the local community center classes they both attended, stating that it was not easy to forget someone with white hair and ugly thick black eyebrows when Pran attempted to be oblivious to their connection. Jeremy kept this secret from his parents when he learned that Pran needed the money just for a few months, but his employment extended for years as they got closer. Both he and Jeremy sat together outside on the backyard during lunch or snack breaks in the community center due their mutual distaste for human interaction and how Pran didn't feel like Jeremy wanted something out of him as he didn't try to talk to him. They used to tell each other everything, but as both their personalities grew to be more introverted and cynical, they now just enjoy each other’s company in silence as they do their own separate activities, and can still tell what the other is thinking without words. During the type game, both of them called out each other's preferences and types without hesitation. Both of them view each other as family and Pran often attends all of his family gatherings and bonding times during the holidays. They even bake together.

Jeremy thinks that his low social ladder and position in the school would bring Pran down, so he had told him to avoid speaking to him in front of other students. This is why no one was aware that they both were friends, let alone best friends, and it was only revealed to the jerk squad.

Lucas is his self proclaimed "platonic soulmate", much to Jeremy's dismay and clear disapproval over those statements. He used to attend the same public school as Jeremy years ago, and still tirelessly persists after him. Jeremy has threatened to call the campus security on one of Lucas's visits to him.

He can also begrudgingly become JB's friend in his friendship route end and she promised to keep contact with him even after graduation.

Enemies
His most common and well known enemy in the jerk squad is Everett Gray, who is his complete opposite. They became enemies when Everett kept picking on him and making fun of him for being an introverted "nerd" and for his appearance, going as far as to call him a "clown boy" even during the game. This is due to Everett's shallow distaste for pasty white skin and says that it looks awful, thus his choice in that insult. Jeremy also disliked his tendencies for caring about trivial matters such as how he was perceived by everyone around him or whether or not he was not following trends to appear cooler. It extended to when Pran eventually transferred into SSB, Jeremy's poor view and dislike for Everett was enough for his best friend to take Everett off to the side one day to tell him that he wants nothing to do with him anymore. This incident is what caused the long term feud as it had hurt Everett's feelings but the duo was more than pleased that he was no longer around.

His enemy clique, is the Populars, which Everett is a part of as well. Missy is also a character who is a well liked cheerleader in the school that JB can interact with who dispises Jeremy for the same shallow reasons as Everett and she hates how he's a "wet blanket" who brings the mood down. She noticeably treats the rest of the group mates except Jeremy well and is only interested in the other boys.

Jeremy also visibly dislikes Shiloh for his shameless habitual lying tendencies and how he tries to impress and gain the approval of everyone around him. He exhibits this when in an event where the group had spiraled into a chaotic spur of the moment act of imitating/mocking each other, he chose to impersonate Shiloh and called out how he has no dignity whenever he tries to impress/flirt with JB regardless of what route or relationship she is in. He also dislikes his excessive fake kindness and sugary laced words.

Romance
If you go on dates with him, it would involve a lot of pushing and work on the female protagonist's side as she is the one who engages all their interactions. As JB works in his parents hobby shop with him, she learns new things about him as he is steadily worn down by her presence. She forces him to partake in their dates despite his confusion as to why she would want to hang around him when he knows she can find a better guy to be with.

Although he can be extremely thoughtful and cynical with these observations and breaking down people’s intentions, he absolutely cannot comprehend or make sense of anyone finding him attractive or wishing to be near him. He has an extremely low self esteem and a poor view of himself in terms of appearance and personality. It’s not something he struggles with emotionally as it’s seen as more of a logical matter of fact than anything else. So when he is actively romanced or becomes JB’s official boyfriend, he can’t make sense of it and attempts to dissuade her by asking her to leave him alone or to tell him what he can do to make her not like him. It goes so far as to him encouraging and actively telling JB to go on dates with Shiloh when they bump into him at the amusement park, making Pran look appealing so that she goes to him instead, or for her to look at other men at the pool date. She never conceded to these attempts and requests, which flustered and embarrassed him further that she choose him over any other man she could clearly have. The Devs have stated that he does not believe in monogamy and if she choose to date other people while still being in a relationship with him, he would not stop her, but he himself won’t date other people, thus making him only okay with a V shaped polyamory relationship. In his own logic, she can do better than him and won’t stop her if she wants more.

He is also one of the few boyfriends in the game who canonically does not allow JB to kiss him at all, and only allows her to occasionally hold his hand after she asked him to, which he conceded in only after she promised to wash her hands in front of him for two minutes. The same happens when she resisted dipping her hand into the love tunnel water so that they could hold hands on the way back to school, and during graduation. The most physical contact he’s allowed her is one begrudging hug during the end of prom. In the future when they have a long term relationship, he would be more comfortable with physical contact. The writers have however said that he would still have cat like responses to hugs by squirming around, making grumbly squeaks, and he would still be embarrassed and shy over any kinds of kisses regardless of how long their relationship lasted. She teasingly remarks that he’s a pushover and will do almost anything you ask him to as long as you don’t come off too strong or if the request triggers his germaphobia like kissing him.

In one attempt to bridge the gap between her and Jeremy while taking his phobia into consideration, she suggests showering together in swimsuits as an evening ideal couple activity, and he immediately became mortified with embarrassment as his face flushed red. He completely refused the offer and JB instead opted to tease him before leaving him to nap in peace. During the prom event, he reveals to JB that when his parents discovered that he had a girlfriend and that he was going to attend prom with her, they were shocked before bursting into tears as they tried to resist the urge to hug him but continued to pry out answers from him. He locked himself in his room in order to wait out the emotional excitement his parents exuded, but when he stepped out, they took a picture of him and dragged him into a kitchen to have a special feast they made for him along with a congratulatory cake.

Despite not wanting to admit it, he does find JB attractive and pleasant to be around with. He may complain and make smart ass comments about certain things, but his awkward bashfulness prevents him from expressing how much he appreciates the effort she puts in him. He's far more open with JB than anyone besides Pran in the group and will tell her things about his life that he refused to reveal to the other group mates and Lynn. He has to date someone who forces him to be happy regardless of what he says, and likes it that it's with someone like JB who is just as insufferable as him. If she was an overtly sweet and kind girl, he wouldn't be able to stand being around them. JB accepts him for who he is and doesn't try to force him to change for her.

During graduation, she suggested that he should marry her or at least move in with him as he was dreading over having to live with his parents for a long time before attending college. He was completely caught off guard and fumbled for an answer as he was seriously considering her offer in order to avoid his parents he deems insufferable. They walk to graduation, hand in hand.

In his confession ending, JB received a torn up letter that was tapped together and mailed by his parents to her, and it was written as a confession letter to her. Completely overjoyed and excited, JB ran to search for the boy herself, and upon revealing the letter he thought he disposed of, he is immediately embarrassed and bashful of this revelation. With his reddened face, he mulls over his carelessness and oversight for not realizing that it is in his mother's character to dig through his trash can, to which JB agrees is a stupid move on his part, but she accepts his letter. When she declared him as her new boyfriend, he attempted to backtrack by saying that he threw that letter away for a reason as he is not cut out for a relationship with her, but she remains stubbornly set on making him her official boyfriend and she tells him to simply give up already. He conceded with a sigh and smile.

Trivia

 * Jeremy has a sweet tooth and enjoys baked sweets such as brownies, cakes, cookies, etc. to the point of following Everett for the chance of getting one.
 * He  however doesn’t eat the baked goods he and his parents make out of spite.
 * He hates the beach.
 * He hates the botanical garden due to the dirt and germs everywhere.
 * JB’s nickname for him is Jerebear.
 * His full name is Jeremy Marion King. His mom choose his middle name.
 * He was born on May 4th.
 * He prefers girls who are taller than him.
 * He can also become romantically and sexually attracted to non binary people in the future.
 * Between Nate and himself, he’s the better archer as he has done archery since he was younger out of curiosity.
 * He likes to braid his bangs, and is often seen fixing it whenever he can. He even braids it to the sides when he’s older.
 * He wants to pierce his bellybutton because he’s not bold enough to pierce a noticeable body part.
 * His favorite genre of music is Disco.
 * He prefers animated movies over realistic or live action films.
 * He enjoys books and some of his favorite are The Thousand Names, Forgotten Soldiers, The Aeronaughts Windlass, Theft of Swords series, and the Redwall series.
 * His favorite kinds of hugs are back hugs.
 * His favorite kisses are ones on the shoulder and collarbone areas.
 * He used to own a pet fish.
 * If he were to ever propose, he’d make the ring himself.
 * He’s extremely skilled in hand crafting items and repairing things.
 * He prefers useful and logical gifts such as socks or tool kits.
 * One of his most embarrassing memories is when he purposely threw his 12th birthday cake that his dad baked for him off the kitchen counter. He said that it was dumb and so was he.
 * His favorite item/accessory on JB is a large yellow or scarlet flower in her hair.
 * His favorite physical appearance of JB is her lower half, meaning her legs, hips, and ass. He’s too embarrassed to admit it, though.
 * His favorite thing about her personality is how she’s a “crazy bitch.” He likes how if she wills something to be true or wants something to happen, it eventually will go her way. He also likes how whenever she takes advantage of his pushover and apathetic tendencies, she doesn’t want to use him for her own benefit and wants to actually make it worth his while. He is even happy to be along for the ride but will not admit to it.
 * He’s one of the boyfriends that blushes the most out of everyone.
 * He majors in business in university.
 * Although he hates the hobby shop, he still helps his parents run it while operating an online store of his own.
 * Jeremy is the only boy who improves the least over the years, becoming snarkier, angrier, and more willing to pick fights/be more difficult.
 * Jeremy used to have a bowl cut.
 * He also needs to wear glasses, but prefers to switch to contacts instead.
 * Jeremy has a severe case of insomnia and can be seen sleeping under trees or in class due to this problem, and gave him dark circles.
 * He drools in his sleep sometimes.
 * His parents once set him up on a date with the daughter of someone they knew one time. It was awful and he refused to let them arrange dates or try to pair him up with anyone ever since.
 * He would want his wedding to be small and casual, with most things hand made. He would still let JB and his parents plan out and make all the decisions.
 * The wedding would be in a brown, yellow, orange, and cranberry red color scheme.
 * The ceremony will be outside and the reception indoors.
 * It would happen in fall, his favorite season.
 * If life were to give him lemons, he’d be forced to make lemon bars with his parents.
 * Despite mocking Cove by calling him a teenage squeaky toy, he has a habit of making uncomfortable noises or squeaky sounds himself whenever he’s given affection or is overwhelmed.
 * His first impression of JB was that she was loud, that she had a predatory look in her eyes as she seized all the guys as she walked in the room like she owned it, and that whatever she was seeking out, he hoped she found it in anyone other than him.
 * He has broken his fingers and toes from things falling on them or shutting closed on them.
 * He used to be bullied growing up.
 * Missy hates him the most out of every other jerk squad member because she doesn’t appreciate his downer attitude and how he’s a nerd.
 * He likes dark humor or jokes with a long term pay off in the end.
 * He enjoys having witty conversations with JB the most.
 * If he was placed in a zombie apocalypse, he would be surprisingly resilient and survive for a long time with his knowledge and resourcefulness.
 * If he and JB were to have kids, his preferred number of children would be one or two.
 * He’s the only jerk who does not improve overtime as an adult, and actually does down the lateral path. He no longer becomes the apathetic downer and instead replaces that void by becoming angrier/snappier, and being overall more difficult with his former youthful anger. He is no longer a pushover and instead is willing to put up more of a fight.
 * Jeremy has thicker than average eyelashes.
 * Pran believes that if he were to embrace his unique physical qualities, effeminate body, and androgynous traits by changing his style, he could be extremely popular in counter culture crowds he associates with.
 * Jeremy has the rarest and most unconventional hair and eye color pairings within their universe, but he dislikes it when people point it out since he deems it as something he has no control over, therefore is nothing special about him. Adrian, another character who works in a jewelry store, felt compelled to help Jeremy pick out accessories in order to bring out his uncommon traits as he felt drawn to his features.
 * Jeremy is the most popular boy in the game amongst fans.
 * He has made cameo appearances in GB Patch’s other game, Our Life: Beginnings and Always. He appeared in Step 2 as a small enemy to the protagonists of that game, the Step 3 DLC to reconcile with them but still be overall indifferent to everything, and the Step 4 wedding DLC when he is invited to attend the MC and Cove’s wedding.
 * Jeremy has a weak tolerance for spicy food.
 * If he were to get drunk, Jeremy is an angry drunk type who is more willing to get into verbal and physical fights.
 * Jeremy and JB’s first kiss would occur in college, in his apartment shower as a callback to that event where she tried to shower with him in high school which he firmly turned down. He initiates the kiss.
 * Their first time having sex would also have to take place in a bathtub after they had planned and scheduled a date for it. JB would be pleased about it afterwards and that would in turn make Jeremy happy.
 * Jeremy prefers vanilla kinds of sex.
 * Jeremy has inherited his mother’s hair color and his dad’s eye color.
 * He hates the hair and eye color orange, which his dad sadly has.