Terry Coleridge

Terry Coleridge, a character in the Ship of Dreams series, is a professional baseball player and one of your prospective suitors. He is first seen in Chapter 3.

Appearance
Terry has short slicked brown hair, brown eyes, and light skin. He wears a brown stripped suit with a matching vest and a crimson handkerchief, a crimson and brown patterned tie, and a white shirt. He is noted to be tall and athletic.

Personality
Terry is easygoing and laid-back, with a relaxed and casual demeanor and a good-natured sense of humor. He's friendly with the lower-class stokers if they were invited to join the croquet match, and he's unbothered by the idea of losing a game. He enjoys your company much more once the two of you can drop pretenses and be honest with each other, and he's empathetic to your inability to freely pursue your romantic interest due to the expectations of society.

Background
He's a professional baseball player from a rich New England family. It can be inferred that his family may be new money, similar to yours, since he doesn't stand on ceremony and is uncomfortable wearing a suit during leisure activities.

Ship of Dreams

 * Chapter 3: Afternoon Delight
 * Chapter 6: A Delicate Dance
 * Chapter 7: Beneath the Surface
 * Chapter 15: May I Have This Dance?

Your Character
Terry is friendly with you as soon as you meet, although you notice he seems less interested in you than the other suitors are. In Chapter 6, he takes the risk of revealing his homosexuality to you, and is greatly relieved when you respond with sympathy and a promise of discretion. If Theo is female, you confide your own homosexuality in return, which comes as no surprise to Terry, and the two of you briefly commiserate over society's narrow idea of what constitutes a valid relationship.

Terry is aware that your relationship with Theo must be kept secret, either because of Theo's gender, his/her low social class, or both of those things together. Since Terry must also keep his romance a secret, he suggests the two of you fake a courtship as cover for both of you to spend time with your true love interests. You agree, and the two of you quickly become friends.

However, in Chapter 7 Philippe's growing interest in you brings Terry under greater scrutiny by association. After you and Theo narrowly prevent Philippe from discovering Terry's secret, he sadly ends your arrangement due to the risk to him and Will. Though you regret losing your cover story to spend time with Theo, you assure Terry there are no hard feelings, and he wishes you and Theo all the luck in the world.

Theo
Theo meets Terry if you invite him/her to join your croquet game in Chapter 3. He notices your interest in Theo at that point, and if Theo is female, he also notices the interest seems mutual.

If Theo didn't play croquet, he/she and Terry become aware of each other in Chapter 6 when you act as Terry's date to a dance. Terry carries your message to Theo suggesting he/she join the band so you can sneak some time together. When you explain Terry's deal to Theo, he/she is grateful to Terry for providing the chance to spend time with you. If Theo is female, she realizes Terry's relationship with Will as soon as she sees them together. She admits that although she's never been a big baseball fan, she might start cheering for Terry.

Regardless of Theo's gender, he/she sees Terry and Will kissing in Chapter 7, approves of their obvious happiness together, and immediately moves to protect them from being discovered by Philippe. When Terry regretfully ends the false courtship between you, Theo admits this makes it more difficult for him/her to spend time with you, but understands Terry's reasoning and thanks him for the help he was able to provide.

Will
Terry and Will are in love despite Terry's awareness that his family would never approve. Given their statements about Will's evening jacket being given to him years ago by Terry, they have clearly been together for some time. They are casually physical with each other in public, such as when they dance close to each other, or when Terry straightens Will's lapels, but they are restricted by the need to keep their interactions reasonably platonic. You feel sympathy for the two men and can ask Theo to help create a distraction that allows them a moment alone. If you choose to fake a stumble, Terry is able to sneak a kiss on Will's hand. If you get all the other dancers to join you in a jig, Terry mouths a thank-you from across the room and pulls Will aside to kiss him on the cheek.

During your "date" with Terry at the pool, you distract your suitors by pitting them against each other in a race so you can grab a few moments with Theo, and Terry eagerly takes the chance to show off for Will. You and Theo later see the two men kissing outside the Turkish baths, but they are nearly caught by one of your suitors and Terry decides he must stop pretending to court you in order to protect his relationship with Will.

Trivia

 * His character model resembles Stephen Pritchard from The Unexpected Heiress.