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since i’m starting to post hcs about the passenger, here’s a little intro to the characters!
the main character is randy bradley!! he’s a very quiet, neurotic, and scared man. he’s around 19-22 years old. he’s bullied by people at work and has an overprotective mother who doesn’t leave him alone. he has trauma from his past, especially from an incident in school, that shapes him into who he is. (a gif of him is underneath this)
the second main character is benson! he’s randy’s coworker at the restaurant ‘burgers burgers burgers.’ he’s somewhere between his mid-20s and late-30s (some people say he’s older, some say he’s younger.) he lives with his mom who he has a strained relationship with. he is quite an angry man due to his past and tries to gain some control back in life by taking out his feelings on others. he truly cares for randy but shows it in a very fucked up way. (a gif of him is underneath this)
this is the two of them together!!
randy constantly asks questions to the point that benson has to genuinely tell him to be quiet from time to time.
he used to do it when they worked with one another. he’d ask if he was doing things right, if he could have help with a task, if he could swap places with someone. now that him and benson are on the run together, it’s only gotten worse.
his memory is horrible, especially when he’s anxious, so he says the same things over and over, meaning that benson has to answer him over and over.
when they stop at motels, randy asks if they’ll call the police, if they have bed bugs, and if they’re safe. when they park at gas stations to sleep, he barely rests because he’s constantly wondering if they’ll get towed or get asked to leave. when they’re on the road and randy starts worrying about dumb things, benson just turns up the radio.
listen… he loves randy, he truly does, but he cannot deal with nonstop concern. one time he got mad and compared randy to randy’s mom with her constant honing and panicking. safe to say, they didn’t speak for the rest of the day until benson apologized.
you hold it, you hold it, you let it go