Alexander Eknes—Alex for short—is the main character of Something Between Us and Confessions Between Us. His struggles with depression are prevalent in the books, as well as his relationship with Andreas Lister and his past with Glenn Kildal.

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Biography
Physical appearance
Personality
Curriculum Vitae
Relationships

Biography

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Before the Between Us series

Alex grew up with two older siblings, Kamilla and Leo. Their parents are neglectful, as well as abusive towards each other. They’re also abusive towards their children if they happen to get in the way of their fights.

In the Between Us series

Something Between Us and Confessions Between Us is told from Alex’s point of view and the books chronicle his meeting with Andreas, their growing relationship, as well as his past and present feelings for Glenn.

Physical appearance

Alex is described as tall, but shorter than Andreas and Glenn and Peter. He’s slender and scrawny, way too thin. He could benefit from gaining some weight and muscles.

His hair is black, straight and coarse. His eyes are blue, in particular azure. His arms are full of self-inflicted scars. He started cutting when he was 14 years old.

He dresses in T-shirts, loose-fitting jumpers and jeans; everything from H&M, the cheapest store in town. He also wears worn Converse trainers.

Personality

Alex has absolutely no confidence. This is not helped by his depression, which generally makes him have a negative outlook on life. This changed slightly when he met Andreas and fell in love, but he’s still struggling with depression. He has sought help as of the end of book 1 and is awaiting an appointment with the DPC.

He is modest, sympathetic (as shown when he worried about Glenn even though Glenn’s been an arse to him), loving, caring and intelligent.

Likes

school and studying
reading books (fantasy and science fiction)
writing fiction

Dislikes

his parents
conflict

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Vikanes High School (2016-present) – General Studies
Vikanes Middle School (2013-2016)
Vikanes Elementary School (2006-2013)

Career

Right Price (2016-present) – part-time

Relationships

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Familial

Alex’s parents are neglectful and abusive towards all three of their children.

His older sister, Kamilla, was a good sister until she ran off and they never heard from her again.

The only family Alex is close to is his older brother, Leo. While Leo lives five hours away, Alex goes to visit him every weekend he’s off work. They spend every holiday together, as long as Alex doesn’t have to work.

Andreas is Alex’s cousin who lives in Oslo. Alex hasn’t seen him since he was twelve, but they now are in contact through Messenger.

Friendships

Alex met Ben when he went home with Andreas. They gradually grew closer and now have a casual friendship.

Sarah was initially the girlfriend of Andreas’s best friend, but Alex and her got closer during the events of Confessions Between Us and they are now good friends.

Adrian is Alex’s coworker. Though they never talked much, Alex enjoyed working with him. After it turns out that Adrian is Andreas’s cousin, they start talking more at work and forge a fledgling friendship.

Alex doesn’t know Peter well; he’s just Andreas’s best friend who keeps in the background.

Relationships

For the first six months of 2018, Alex had a sexual relationship with an unnamed co-worker. He moved away to university in the summer of 2018, however, and Alex never heard from him again.

As a sort of rebound to Glenn, he started having sex with a co-worker, Kim. That didn’t end well either as Kim decided he was straight anyway.

In July 2018, Alex had a short, two-week fling with Glenn. It didn’t end well and they haven’t spoken since.

Andreas is Alex’s boyfriend.

Full name	Alexander Eknes
Aliases	Alex
Gender	male
Age	18 _{(in SBU and CBU)}
Birthdate	March 3
Zodiac	Pisces
Sexuality	gay

Appearance

Hair colour	black
Eye colour	azure
Height	n/a

Family

Parents	Georg Eknes
	Eva Eknes
Siblings	Kamilla Eknes
	Leonardo Eknes
Extended family	Mary Fagerbekk†
	Johan Fagerbekk
	Andreas Fagerbekk

Relationships

Romances	Andreas Lister
	Glenn Kildal _(ex-fling)
Best friends	Ben Lister
	Sarah Lieberg
Other friends	Adrian Reiseth
	Peter Nylund Vold

Miscellaneous

Residence	The Lister House, Vikanes, Norway
	The Eknes house, Vikanes, Norway _(former)
Occupation	Student at Vikanes High

Books

Main character	Something Between Us
	Confessions Between Us
Appears in	n/a

Patreon bonus scenes

Main character	All scenes
Appears in	All scenes