Caleb Elliot

Caleb Elliot was a Gryffindor at Hogwarts and works with dragons and other magical creatures. He's not very good with people. Even after he learned to accept himself, he never seemed to trust other people actually did as well.

(Note: Using feminine pronouns for Hogwarts-age Elliot, to match their gender identity at the time for clarity/consistency. He uses masculine pronouns currently.)

Gender Identity
Elliot identifies as a gay trans man. At Hogwarts, he was female-presenting and figuring out what gender meant to him. He experimented with gender by binding his chest and dressing up as male characters for Halloween.

He paid attention to me!
Michael Flint said a nice thing to Elliot once, so she decided to be in love with him. For whatever reason, though, he seemed unable or unwilling to view her romantically and kept her at arm's length, even while he hooked up with various other girls. Eventually, she friend-broke up with him, in early November, under advisement from a friend.

You're dating who what no
Somehow, Elliot fell into dating Evan Rosier. He wasn't as cruel to her as he tended to be toward others, and she was reeling from her seeming neverending crush on Michael Flint. Tipsy at New Year's, she found herself weirdly complimented when Evan told her she "wasn't much like a girl" so when he suggested they snog at midnight or thereabouts, and he was very cute, she agreed before she could stop herself. After a few more strangely motivating talks and snogging sessions, somehow, he ended up being a pretty good boyfriend, even if he didn't realize they were dating for the first few weeks. On Valentine's, he remembered to give her chocolate. They had easy conversations about life and, well, chocolate, where Evan seemed to let his guard down and Elliot felt able to just be. Evan's complete apathy about Elliot gave her a blank canvas to bounce ideas off of, such as "is it okay if I look like a boy?"

#Squad
Fred Weasley has been a consistent touchstone in Elliot's life, in a way he wasn't aware of until he came back male presenting and realized nothing about Fred's interactions with him changed. The constancy and validation he receives from Fred is invaluable.

Accounts

 * nocurvesplease, early Hogwarts age, portrayed by Leighton Meester
 * one_smallstep, later Hogwarts/young adult, portrayed by George Shelley
 * poo_shoveler, adult, portrayed by Matthew Gray Gubler