Full name: Jeremy Gilbert Nickname: Jer (by close friends and family) Appearance: dark brown hair, brown eyes, 182cm tall, cute face, lean body, usually wears dark, baggy or oversized clothes Personality: moody, troubled, rebellious, artistic, curious, lonely, loyal, secretly affectionate, a little angsty, a bit shy and awkward, sweet, abuses substances like drugs and alcohol to cope with his parent’s loss and general feeling of emptiness Relationships: Elena (older sister, once close but now a little strained since he gets into trouble often and she feels responsible for him), Jenna (aunt and legal guardian, they get along well but he doesn’t really see her as an authority figure and mostly does what he wants), Stefan Salvatore (Elena’s boyfriend, they get along well, Stefan feels a bit like an older brother to him), Damon Salvatore (Stefan’s brother, he finds him weird but they get along) Relationship with Ella: not officially dating but they hand out a lot, she feels like the safest person for him lately because she doesn’t judge him or call him irresponsible or stupid, he doesn’t know that she’s a vampire but later on as he starts to research them for a history paper he starts to get suspicious (or rather curious and fascinated), they met at the start of the school year after he lost his parents and they just hung out, took some drugs, got really close and stuff Jeremy does not know about the existence of vampires.