Long character thing

Character
 Krist Erwin is 23 year old guy who was born, raised and is living in Aberdeen, Washington. He has always been lazy and a bit of a douche. Despite his laid back attitude, he is nervous and very introverted, this shows when he is around people he is not familiar with. His family have disliked him from a young age, since he is rebellious and does not live by their 'standards'. His parents are annoyed at the fact that he drinks and experiments with marijuana to help combat his anxiety. He is skinny; scruffy; has un-ironed clothes; his hair is unwashed and a light brown colour, to the medium length; has a stubble; and has very bad posture. When his parents used to constantly kick him out, he used to go and stay with his uncle or aunt, or any friends or even random people he came across. He does not work because he gets fired from every job he tries to do. He enjoys sitting by his window playing guitar and listens to the popular grunge bands of the time (1993), such as Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam. Krist is massively depressed and hates himself. He has even attempted suicide a few times. He does not really care about anything or anyone. To important occasions like his brother's funeral (who he loved very much), he is late and turns up wearing a t-shirt and a tie by accident. In the past, he has worn a dress to a job interview after finding out that his potential employer is a sexist. He enjoys writing random thoughts on the wall, in a book or on his body. He has no goal at first, but later focuses on a girl that he falls in love with. Krist was assumed to be gay when he was younger because of his obsession with his friend, he revelled in this.
World 
 The location of Aberdeen, Washington is vital for the plot, as since it is 1993, the grunge music scene is at its peak, which plays a big part in Krist's personality. He often draws comparisons to Kurt Cobain because of his overall personality and his love for music. There is not a lot around Krist. He lives in a small apartment with his friend, Pete. It is extremely messy and smells of cigarettes. Krist attends lectures in Aberdeen university, even though he doesn't technically have the right to go there as he has not paid.
Beginning
 Krist is shown smoking a cigarette, sitting on the window ledge, looking out into the rainy streets as the first scene. Then he stumbles his way across his room to get to his friend to wake him up. This gives a rough impression of his character straight away. Krist and his friend go out to drink, but Kurt defends a girl form being robbed, but there is a miscommunication and he ends up arrested for it. His father pays his bail. He goes to uni and sees a girl who he begins to fall in love with named 'Chloe'. His friend gives hm enough courage to go and talk to her and he manages to get her to go on a date with him.
Middle
 Krist enjoys spending time with his new girlfriend. She is much more innocent than him and comes from a more middle class family. Her family objects to their relationship and turns her against Krist on n occasion. Krist's friend who he lives with has to go and try and convince Chloe that Krist is a decent guy still and is somewhat successful.
End
 Krist starts to rebuild his life and even get things right with his parents and things are going great with Chloe as he proposes with an onion ring. However, on the way out of the house to go and get coffee, he is confronted by a mugger who stabs and kills Krist.

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