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jeremy.

open starter outside Lieberman & Jacobs Law

It was well after closing when Jeremy finally started to make his way out of the office. He sent his secretary home long ago and his partner left when they normally closed at five. It was now almost nine as the man turned off the lights and locked everything up before stepping outside to lock the main door. After he did, he turned to head to his car when he bumped into someone on the sidewalk and held their arm so they wouldn’t fall. “Whoa, there.” He said with a smile. “I’m sorry. Didn’t see you there. You okay?”

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     TO SAY THAT HAYDEN HAD AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP with technology would be unfair, especially when he makes a living off of being online, but he might benefit from watching where he’s going instead of keeping his eyes glued to his phone when he’s walking outside, lest he risk getting into an unsightly accident. thankfully, years of gaming has done wonders for his reflexes and he manages to stay on his feet when he bumps into jeremy. “oh hey, j,” hayden says distractedly, eyes still on his phone. “actually, it’s perfect you’re here. you’re a lawyer, right?” stupid question - in the six years he’s been here and has known jeremy, he’s never mistaken him for anything other than a lawyer. but he needs to open the conversation somehow. “you think i can pick your brain for a sec?”

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emre.

starter for @haydenfm​ location: the baker’s dozen 

Seda was at the counter picking out donuts as he stood off to the side with Hayden, “Alright, if you really want me on your thingy,” Emre wasn’t all that well versed in what Hayden did. He didn’t understand it like his daughter did, “we can set up a time,” he told the other, “I’d be happy to be a guest on your stream,” Emre paused as he let out a small laugh, “did I even say that right? For someone who gets involved in a lot of things,” due to the nature of his career, “I swear this stuff goes right over my head at times.”

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     "WELL, I MEAN, YEAH — it’s not like i keep a rolodex of private investigators at my disposal.” maybe his father does, what with all the enemies he probably has. “besides, josh says you’re the best in the game. and i bet her friends’ll think it’s dope that her dad’s gonna be on youtube.” he grins, glancing at seda who happily pays for her donut with her father’s money. “and we won’t be streaming live, so we can do takes, obviously. my editor’s gonna be in charge of how she pieces it together, but it’s really just a vlog. you know what a vlog is, yeah?” he says it jokingly; the guy can’t be that old, and yet he acts like he wasn’t even born this century. maybe parenthood makes people age twenty years. “anyway, we can’t work on your open cases because, well, you’re a private investigator.” he huffs in amusement. “so we’re gonna be partnering up with this subscription-based game called hunt a killer, who’s like, one of my biggest sponsors and this is really just gonna be a long ad.”

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Richard Madden as Leo West in Ibiza (2018)

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HAYDEN KENNEDY ASHFORD

30. he/him. cis man. obnoxious gemini. dj, twitch streamer, nightclub owner.

trigger warnings: death, drugs, illness.

hayden has a twin sister and three older siblings and they were all born and raised in southampton, england.

his mother, camila boucher is a french-british former model, businesswoman, and socialite whose family owned northstar enterprises* while his father, alexander ashford, was from a lower-middle class family in scotland. he had a more rags-to-riches story and built his company, ashford media corportation** from the ground up.

hayden has adhd and dyslexia, which has caused major problems for him growing up. he’d gotten suspended and kicked out of a number of schools, reasons which include setting fire to his books on campus grounds and bringing weed and pills and knives and other sharp objects to school until finally, in 2006, his parents allowed him to live with his father in america to attend a public high school in new york.

he did visit his mother and stepfather, jack, in southampton every year still. in fact, he might’ve only been going just for his stepfather, who was a musician and had been a huge influence on hayden’s passion for music. while hayden had always been a musical child, it was jack who had really mentored and supported him in finding his own style.

it was money and talent (but mostly money) that had gotten hayden into juilliard despite his unflatering school records. it was much easier for him to read music than words and so against all odds, he eventually obtained his bachelor of music in cello with a minor in jazz studies.

started experimenting with electronic music in juilliard and began posting his own remixes of pop songs on soundcloud under the name ak6969. his remixes had become something of a viral hit on the internet, even reaching meme status in recent years after some tiktok users had dug up his old stuff.

the internet had always been his second home. apart from his soundcloud, he also used to post videos on youtube and had garnered a fair amount of attention for how he would ‘electronify’ classical music. that, along with the goofy, chaotic persona he presented online, had him creating the ‘Mister A’ character sketches (think filthy frank) and later, streaming. it’s worth noting that each type of content he posted (music, vlogging, gaming) would be under a different account that he personally did not link to each other but was known among his viewers. in 2014, he signed a contract with twitch to be a partner and to exclusively stream on their platform.

apart from streaming, hayden turned to spinning in nightclubs, of which there was no shortage in new york, to make extra income. he has been doing gigs since 2010.

moved to bridgeport, maine with his then-boyfriend, fellow streamer, casey, (who was a native of bridgeport) in 2016 where they purchased a beach house along the coast. they’ve been together for five years when casey was diagnosed with a terminal illness in late 2017. the pair had already talked about getting married beforehand, but it was receiving this news that had pushed them to hold a small, quiet ceremony with friends and family in may of 2018. casey’s health had gone through a rapid decline and unfortunately, in december of that same year, passed away.

in the wake of casey’s passing, hayden had returned to his old drug habits in high school and college as a form of self-medicating his grief. he was working nonstop at VYZE (of which he is part-owner), streaming, and producing new music all while high on pills and cocaine.

released his first album, Re:Verbs in december 2021 which he describes as not the culmination of his grief, but only the beginning of catharsis.

voluntarily entered an in-patient drug rehabilitation facility immediately after his album’s release, also taking a three-month hiatus from streaming. he checked out very recently in march.

TIMELINE

february 2006, age 16 - move to america (new york)

may 2008, age 18 - graduate high school & enter juilliard

october 2010, age 21 - ak6969 goes viral & start dj gigs

january 2011, age 21 - birth of ‘mister a’ character

may 2012, age 22 - graduate from juilliard

july 2015, age 26 - goes live on youtube under the moniker Doctor Oxford, or sometimes just ‘Doc Ox’ or simply ‘The Doc’

july 2016, age 27 - signs contract with twitch

october 2016, age 27 - move to bridgeport, maine

june 2017, age 27 – signs on as new business partner to transfer of ownership of vyze nightclub

may 2018, age 28 - got married

december 2018, age 28 - casey’s death

december 2021, age 32 - release first album

january 2022 - enter rehab

march 2022 - check out from rehab

PLOT & CONNECTION IDEAS

his siblings’ family: significant others, children, in-laws, what have you!

co-owner of vyze!

casey’s family and friends. maybe some of them like hayden, maybe some don’t? either way, bring the pain! i would especially like to connect with someone who’s casey’s best friend in the whole world so they’d both have someone to share the grief with.

artists he’s collaborated with. like, graphic artists or fellow musicians!

regulars at vyze.

a regular viewer of hayden streams!

someone who works for ashford media.

*a chain of resorts, restaurants, yacht clubs and condominiums based in southampton, england with branches in france and spain. **a media conglomerate originally headquartered in london and later moved to new york city in 2002. it is now one of the most popular international media outlets in the us, having expanded recently to digital content and film production.

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There’s something illiberal about the way infants are thrust into the hands of people who have no idea what they’re doing, who can only experiment.

Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone (via quotespile)

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Richard Madden as Leo West Ibiza (2018)

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I'm also curious! Am I gonna love it, hate it? Either way, it's an adventure.