Eldest child of the Sheppard family, Sterling is actually quite difficult to make out at first. His motives are generally unknown, and aside from his mother and sister, he doesn’t allow many people to get to know the ‘real’ him. Can oftentimes be extremely distant, stoic, and rather brash, however, once the walls break down, he’s pretty much a joy to be around.

Sterling, unlike his sister, prefers to be in the background. His relationship with Jessa gives him the label of being a player, considering how quickly they both are to go on a romantic break and see other people. He finds himself growing further apart from his longtime girlfriend, but refuses to let anyone aside from Emelyn know how he actually feels.

At a young age, he’s taken priority of keeping his family ever since his mother divorced his father. He can be rather overprotective of those he cares about, however, since he’s lived on his own, he’s a bit more lax than that.

Generally the kind of guy to make jokes with a straight face and be the only one to not get them

Sterling is 23 years old at the beginning of the series.