To many, Jeremy Gilbert was known as a cold closed off teenager, . Besides his parents passing away and him having a very traumatic childhood , the main reason for this fearsome reputation was the image he’d carefully built over the years. And nearly everyone believed in this menacing facade… except for Ava Lockwood.

The truth was, Ava Lockwood didn’t see Jeremy as a monster because they had known each other for nearly their entire lives. They grew up as inseparable friends, often getting into mischief together. Ava Lockwoods parents AKA the Mayors of mystical falls were the closest of friends to Jeremy's parents before they passed away , which meant that Ava and Jeremy spent countless days playing in the shadowy corners of the Lockwood estate, sharing secrets and sneaking out for late-night adventures, the same as now as Jeremy has moved in with the Lockwood family as his parents passed so the Lockwood family invited him in

Though he’d never admit it to anyone else, Jeremy had a secret ‘soft spot’ for Ava. She was the only one who could make him smile on even the gloomiest of days. He knew, deep down, that Ava saw past the darkness in him, and that made her his one true confidant. Jeremy smokes alot and drinks alot unlike ava- they are very different people and ava looks after him