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Couples Counselling & Therapy Toronto, Individual therapy

Couples therapy Toronto - I specialize in providing couples Counselling and Therapy in Ontario, Toronto. Couples therapy, family therapy, individual therapy, and psychotherapy are all provided by AV-Therapy.

Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families

We all want to be carried away by love, yet there are moments when we feel as though our emotions have pulled the rug out from under us, leaving us defenceless and alone.

Do you ever had the feeling that you could be someone else but you can't quite put your finger on who that is? Someone free from fear, guilt, and anxiety? Someone who is aware of their destination and knows they are in charge of their feelings and actions rather than the other way around? You know this feeling can be trusted, but you just can't put your hands on it.

A conversation with another individual can occasionally generate this special environment where your voice can be fully heard.

I approach my work from a client-centered perspective, where your opinions, sentiments, voice, and independence are given priority. Additionally, I've had training in CBT and somatic techniques, and I use this knowledge to assist you in identifying the pertinent questions to ask yourself, experiencing life to the fullest, and taking steps towards your goals.

Together, we will decide which techniques to use: emphasising emotions and their significance, imaginative experiential techniques, paying attention to ideas and behaviour, or using body sensations to develop resiliency and get over trauma. I would be delighted to respond to your inquiries, talk over your objectives, and determine how I may support you in achieving them. Please get in touch with me whenever you'd like to arrange a free phone call.

I'm Arkady. Hello.

I'm a licenced psychotherapist who helps my clients deal with interpersonal conflict and disconnection as well as feelings of being stuck and overburdened by anxiety and stress.

I practised law in a very hectic and demanding setting for many years. I didn't want to do it, but I was stuck and unsure of what to do. I sought to philosophy and art for the answers, but I ultimately discovered them in psychotherapy, which incorporates both.

My training in psychotherapy not only offered me the chance to pursue a career I love, but it also helped me connect with others, feel secure and hopeful, and understand that my life has purpose.

I want to share this experience with you, support you as you face your pain and worries, and hlp you feel confident in who you are.

My qualifications and certifications are:

A master's degree in counselling psychology and psychotherapy is a good start (Moscow State University of Psychology and Education)

Licensed psychologist (College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario)

Licensed Therapist Who Is Emotionally Focused (in progress)

A participant in the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals

I also have extensive training in the following areas:

Working with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people

Anti-oppressive work

Cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT)

Somatic symptoms

Cognitive-affective treatment

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dealing with grief and loss

Click here:- https://avtherapy.ca/

Contact us:

Phone: (647)955-9987

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

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Couples Therapy: Relationship Counselling Toronto Expert

Discover dedicated couples counselling Toronto experts for personalized support. Book a session to nurture your relationship with our skilled counsellors.

In the bustling city of Toronto, where the pace of life can often be relentless, maintaining healthy relationships can be a challenge. Relationship issues are an inevitable part of life, and they can arise due to various factors such as communication breakdown, conflicts, infidelity, or simply the natural evolution of a partnership. When faced with these challenges, couples counselling emerges as a powerful tool to help couples navigate the complexities of their relationship and find a path towards healing and growth.

At Life Pathways Psychotherapy, we specialize in providing couples counselling services tailored to address the unique needs and dynamics of each relationship. Our experienced therapists offer a supportive and nonjudgmental environment where couples can openly discuss their concerns, explore underlying issues, and learn effective communication and conflict resolution skills.

Whether you’re struggling with trust issues, intimacy issues, or facing a major life transition, our goal is to help you rebuild trust, deepen connection, and strengthen your relationship bond. With compassionate guidance and evidence-based interventions, we empower couples to overcome obstacles, foster understanding, and create a more fulfilling partnership.

Exploring Couples Counselling:

Couples counselling, also referred to as couples therapy or marriage therapy, is a specialized form of psychotherapy aimed at addressing the distinct challenges experienced by partners. This therapeutic approach offers a safe and nurturing space where couples can openly delve into their thoughts, emotions, and relationship dynamics, all under the expert guidance of a trained professional therapist.

The Benefits of Couples Counselling:

1. Enhanced Communication: Effective communication forms the foundation of a strong relationship. Couples counselling teaches partners new communication strategies, enabling them to express their emotions and needs more clearly. Improved communication fosters deeper understanding and connection between partners.

2. Conflict Resolution Skills: Conflict is inevitable in any relationship, but how it’s managed makes a difference. Couples counselling equips partners with techniques to handle disagreements constructively, leading to decreased resentment and a more harmonious relationship.

3. Rebuilding Trust: Betrayal or breaches of trust can be devastating to a relationship. In relationship counselling therapy, partners have a safe space to address feelings, work through issues, and rebuild trust. Therapists facilitate honest dialogue and guide couples toward understanding and forgiveness.

4. Strengthening Intimacy: Over time, intimacy may fade in a relationship. Couples counselling explores emotional and physical needs, reigniting passion and deepening connection. By addressing underlying issues and facilitating open discussions, therapists help partners re-establish intimacy.

5. Navigating Life Transitions: Major life changes like marriage, parenthood, or career shifts can strain relationships. Couples counselling provides support during these transitions, helping couples adapt and grow together.

If you and your partner are ready to take the first step towards a healthier and happier relationship, contact Life Pathways Psychotherapy today. Let us help you navigate the journey of love and partnership with confidence and resilience.

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Couples therapy, or marriage counseling, is a form of psychotherapy that helps partners improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen their relationship. A licensed therapist facilitates sessions to address issues such as communication breakdowns, trust issues, and intimacy concerns. Couples therapy provides a supportive environment for couples to explore and work through challenges, ultimately promoting a healthier and more fulfilling relationship. For additional details regarding our comprehensive Couples Therapy Near Me services, please don't hesitate to contact us at 888 350-2323.

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Website : https://www.headwaymentalhealth.com/

Address : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Headway Mental Health by Joshua Dvorkin helps people, groups, and businesses D-STRESS, raise resilience, increase productivity, and fail forward without the fear of being judged by others.

Services:

Individual Psychotherapy:

The goals of the field of psychotherapy include strengthening the mind, enlarging the capacity of the conscious mind, enabling a person to use their full mental potential, bringing contentment and inner happiness to each individual, bringing concentration and an increased willpower to each individual, and developing self-confidence, tolerance, and clear thinking.

Group Therapy:

Group therapy helps individuals develop communication skills and socialization skills, and allows clients to learn how to express their issues and accept criticism from others. Group therapy allows individuals to develop self-awareness by listening to others with similar issues, which normalizes difficulties and prevents feelings of isolation and provides validation from peers.

The D-STRESS Productivity Framework:

Do you handle stress poorly? Is your reaction to stress killing your productivity and enjoyment of work and life? Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to learn the D-STRESS productivity framework to control your stress response in just 12-short weeks, so you can raise your resilience, reduce your stress, be relaxed, focused and on fire to achieve your goals, in almost any situation.

About me:

I am a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) (Qualifying), I also hold a Master's of Psychology from Adler Graduate Professional School in Toronto, Ontario. I help individuals, groups, and businesses achieve results. These transformations will help you learn to live your best life possible.

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/headway.mental.health/

Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-dvorkin-headwayhelps/

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Relax, I’m From The Future

A conversation with writer-director Luke Higgingson

Relax, I’m From The Future was a surprise fav of mine at last year’s Fantasia Fest, and it’s finally getting a theatrical release! The movie is a punk rock sci-fi comedy with a lot of wit and even more heart starring Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords, Our Flag Means Death) and Gabrielle Graham (Possessor, Twenties) as an unlikely duo trying, sort of, not really, to save the world. I got a chance to speak with writer-director Luke Higginson a few weeks ago about all the work that went into his debut feature. Read our (lightly edited for clarity) conversation below!

Tell me, how do you describe this movie to other people?

It’s very much my attempt to work through my anxieties about the future and the state of the world in a way that might bring me some comfort without eliminating the very real cynicism I have about it. [My short film in 2013] started as a simple joke idea — the idea of an unprepared timetraveler — and then when people sort of liked that film more than I expected, I thought about how I would make that meaningful enough to expand it. And as I noodled on that, Trump got elected, and Covid happened, a lot of terrible things happened… It really became a source of therapy for me to write this ridiculous film and pump my anxieties into it. That’s really where I found what the film was about.

There is an incredible dynamic between Rhys and Gabrielle — how did you work your story with them?

Gabriel Graham was the first person that I knew I wanted to cast [as Holly]. I saw Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, and she had such presence, but I didn’t know if she was funny, so I watched Twenties… it was clear she had comic chops.

For Casper [Rhys Darby’s character], you have to be on board with following him even when he does some questionable things. And also, he’s on screen for so much of the movie that it had to be someone with real energy, especially in a script that’s mostly people talking to each other. There weren’t a lot of people that I felt fit that. Then when his name was floated, it was immediately like omg holy shit that would be amazing! My producers at Wango films are phenomenally gifted at getting scripts in hands. I spent a couple of days building up a dossier of arguments for why he should do the film. And when we got on the call and he was just like “Hey, so I just wanted to meet ya and make sure you were ok with me doing this movie”, I was blown away. He had this tiny little window where we could get him for 15 shooting days and he agreed to come up [to Hamilton, Ontario] and do it. I’m still pinching myself about that, it was amazing.

In terms of working with them, because of that window of time, there was no time for rehearsal. There was barely time for Rhys to learn his lines. I got one hour of Rhys and Gabby in a room together before the first day of shooting… Something clicked, it was like Oh it’s Casper and Holly, they’re hanging out!

The scene in the playground — where the two of them are sharing a bottle of booze and talking — was incredibly cold, absurdly cold. And they were both very underdressed for that weather. They were both improving and bouncing off of each other. That was the scene where I felt like ah there’s something special between these two in particular. It was cool, it was really special, both of them are just amazing.

Wait, the shooting schedule was only 15 days?

We had Rhys for 15 days, and we shot for 18 days, but Rhys is in almost all of the movie.

How did the music in the movie play into writing your story and how did you manage to clear all those songs?

I knew a ton of people in the Toronto indie-rock punk scene and I always knew that if I ever got to make a movie, I knew all these great songs that no one knows. I listened to a lot of that stuff writing the film — Holly being part of the punk scene was very important to the character. I gave [Gabrielle] a playlist of a bunch of 70s CBGB stuff, she watched a documentary on Poly Styrene. That really embodied the vibe of the music. I wanted it to be all Toronto music on the soundtrack, it’s basically a split between songs from bands that I played with or went to see back in the day and bands that are still operating right now. The big coup was getting Pup involved, which was really exciting. They didn’t have to say yes at all, but they really were big fans of Rhys and [because of Covid] I think they were a little itchy to get on stage in front of a bunch of people. We got to use a few of their songs, as well as Metz and Bad Waitress and a couple of other great bands.

In terms of the licensing side what I didn’t expect as a problem was that many of those bands no longer exist and never had any kind of official existence in terms of paper work or legality, so I perhaps foolishly did not see that coming as a problem. Anagram, Sailboats Are White, Lunchmeat — all great bands that I love, but [licensing their songs] was a trickier thing than I thought it was gonna be.

What are some of the challenges or joys that you encountered in the editing room, putting this thing together?

The editing process was long, longer than I expected. My baby was 6 months old when we started shooting, which was a real challenge for me and my wife. I literally edited the film with my baby next to me, so it took a while. But really, it was about matching the film to Rhys’s rhythm. When we [cast] Rhys, who’s one of the best improvisers comedically in the world, I knew that [for the edit] I was gonna want both sides of the conversations he has with Gabby. So any time that Rhys is talking to another person, there’s two cameras going at the same time and that really allowed us to use the little moments of inspiration and improvisation. If Rhys gives you a piece of gold, you know that you have it covered. That was big, I think both in the shooting and in the editing.

Time travel can be a tricky narrative device! How did you build the rules of this universe?

I knew right off the bat that I was neither capable nor interested in doing something scientifically “accurate”, but you also don’t want the audience to feel like you don’t give a shit. It has to feel like there’s an internal consistency. So my guiding principle was that rules of time travel are going to be what serves the humour and the story, and then once I have those things, to make sure it’s internally consistent. It actively subverts what I felt was the most common tropes — like in Terminator, you have to be naked to travel through time, in my movie you have to have no skin showing of any kind. In most time travel movies you can go back and forth, in mine you can only go back. When drafting it out, I went with the ideas that I found funny, then once I had the beats, I worked very hard to make sure it was internally consistent within that.

What was screening your film at Fantasia like?

It was incredible, I can’t say enough good things about Fantasia. I wanna shout out programmer Carolyn Mauricette, who saw a very rough cut of the film without any of the sound mix or special effects. She saw it, she got it, she connected to it. It just meant so much, that phase of the editing process, you’re very emotionally fragile, you have no idea if you’ve made something that works or not, and that was such a vote of confidence.

What are you hoping people take away from this?

I am genuinely very excited for people to see Rhys do this. I feel like he uses some muscles that you don’t get to see him use normally, he’s such a star. And I think Gabriel Graham is incredibly slept on, like she’s a successful actor but I think way more people should know her. I’m gonna sit in on a bunch of screenings — I never need to watch the movie again, but I do love watching the audience watch it, and there are some moments in the back third of the movie that I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of hearing an audience react to.

I didn’t even ask you about Julian Richings!

He’s incredible! I got him [cast as Percy] by recording a video begging him to be in the movie because he’s a legend! I first saw him in Hard Core Logo when I was a teenager, he’s so captivating. So ya, I recorded a shameless message and sent it to him, and luckily he is the sweetest man in the world, just the easiest person in the world to work with — I can’t say enough nice things about him.

I think this movie has a lot for a lot of different crowds of people — you got the gays, you got the nerds, you got the horror fans -

Those are all my people! Those are my favourite type of people!

I’m excited for people to see it!

Me too!

Source: Bad Critic

[gushuwa]

Hello everyone, I am: alive. And in Toronto! Can you imagine? What a life.

I’m sitting on the bed of the airbnb thinking I need to buy groceries and makeup remover. It’s raining outside, but not too much. I’ve landed on Monday at 20.30 (sorry, 8.30pm) after 15 hours with a layover in the US, where there were “do not bring your firearms inside” signs and it was hilarious and terrifying at the same time. In Toronto’s airport I went through immigration (two excruciating hours because what if they don’t like me) and claimed my baggage (two high pressure minutes because what if they lost it), then my boss and his wife picked me up to eat noodles and bring me to the airbnb. The place is nice, very sexy shower, quiet roommates, very close to work. By the way, today’s my first day at the school and I can’t wait to receive my uniform sweater. I didn’t start yesterday because I went around to get a new SIM card, create a bank account and get my SIN number. I also bought nail polish for the first time and later that night I made a big crazy mess.

This whole thing cannot describe how weird it is, I’m swinging from wonder to panic to wonder to panic to “it’s finally happening” to “it’s ok, breathe, don’t cry in public” to “this place is awesome” to “I need a human to talk to”.

Housing is a big question mark, prices are bonkers and for now my income isn’t much. My boss is super chill, he says it’ll increase in a couple of months so I shouldn’t worry. How can I explain to him that I worry constantly? I should work on this in therapy, when I’ll be able to afford it.

Lastly, sorry for disappearing, I had so much on my mind I couldn’t do anything more than staying with my loved ones and checking that everything was right for my departure. I’ve missed you and I’m sorry I’ve missed your posts and adventures. I can’t wait to catch up with you 💛 I love you so much

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Since your first game came out 10 years ago when the scope of LGBT media for youth was much worse, what do you think has changed between now and then and what sets Longstory 2 apart from new media which has come out since?

CW: Discussions of homophobia/transphobia in media, mention of conversion therapy law, tropes

This a great question, let's take a look. To put this in a wider context on LGBT rights in general...

Picture it: Sicily... I mean... Toronto, 2014!

While global human rights don't revolve around Canada, (ed note: Although historically Canada has led the way in developing policy based around enshrining human right into law) that's where we're based. Canada was only 10 years out from same-sex marriage being recognized across the country--the States, in comparison, only received the court ruling that would make it legal in June 2015. Sadly, Canada wouldn't make a conversion therapy illegal under the law for another seven years. It'd be another 2 years for "gender identity and expression" to be added as protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act, not like that explicitly protects trans folks, but it's something. So that's an overview of where we were at on the ground, at least.

In the world of games, things were..... Not like that. A couple of big inspirations for LongStory were Life is Strange, which was released throughout 2015, and The Last of Us, especially the "Left Behind" DLC, which was released in 2014. Keep in mind that all of these inspirations, however beautifully written, were penned by straight guys--and that both games either do or can kill off at least one of their queer characters, see: bury your gays trope.

That was the name of the game (in games) at the time: Players occasionally could enjoy decently written LGBT characters, but they were often killed off, for punishment or pathos.

Maybe that heady mix of a country that was rabidly expanding it's understanding of what human conditions and experiences were protected rights, juxtaposed against a games industry that was (and remains) reluctant to expand the definition of who plays games and can be represented in games is what led us to care so deeply about LongStory. The fact is at the time of it's creation many of us were experiencing the joy of seeing our own lives changed by shifting tides of acceptance in families, at school and at work.

Since then, there's been a massive shift in media across the board, including games, turning toward "own voices" stories; creators can tell stories outside their own experiences, but if they do it should be well researched and hopefully include a (properly paid and credited) cultural consultant and/or sensitivity readers. Or admit when you got it wrong, at the very least.

LongStory came onto the scene as we began to see this shift. That and we responded to our players' needs. The game was originally supposed to be about a girl, the original feminine-presenting avatar, but when early players asked if they could be a boy, it was an obvious decision to make a masculine-presenting avatar an option. One of our claims to fame is that we were one of the earlier adopters of pronoun selection as well, including gender neutral pronouns, which also isn't attached to gender presentation (ie. feminine presentation = she/her, masculine = he/him). Now a lot of games (but certainly not all) have gotten better at different iterations of gender presentation instead of just a binary of GIRL/BOY.

The upside to this shift is that now young people are kind of "spoiled for choice", which is a very good thing. Games, movies, TV, books, comics, in media of all kinds for all ages it's often odd when there's not a queer or gender diverse character. Funny how diverse real life is, huh? Our media should reflect that.

We're finally seeing the cracks in the monolithic presumed straight, white, cisgender man audience. It is our genuine hope that the success of LongStory, which honestly comes down to folks continuing to care about the game and ask us these great questions, has had an impact on the growth of the industry and it's increasing inclusion and representation, however imperfect that may sometimes be.

Speaking of imperfection. I was just having a conversation yesterday about the toxic individualist (and, I think, deeply capitalist) idea that when someone else receives, I lose. Now when bigots, fascists and creepy evangelicals see diversity in the media, be it LGBTQ and/or BIPOC representation and/or disabled or non-neurotypical representation it gets labeled as "woke", which is bad because: ?????? I think that comes from a place of believing that when one person wins somebody else has to be losing out. That's not how life works--but it is how capitalism works! Capitalism has made us all so afraid that there is not enough to around, not enough love, or stories, or hero narratives. When the opposite is true, people have an abundance of love and creativity to share, but again, capitalism is sort of based on this idea of scarcity... yeah, it's how to keep people isolated.

All this to say, there is a new generation of people, afraid of the beautiful exuberance and diversity of life wriggling their way into positions of power, or lobbying and manipulating the systems and people in them to get anti-trans laws on the books, or look for ways to roll back protections on hard fought basic human rights it's taken generations of LGBTQ folks to achieve. More often than not it's just a shameless power grab scapegoating historically marginalized communities. Lots of that. So we're still here, still working on our games, still saying the same things with renewed enthusiasm.

LongStory starts from a place of empathy, which is something that's unfortunately needed now more than ever. We want everyone, but especially young people, to look at a world as it should be, which is diverse and open to exploration, where they can make mistakes but still be surrounded by love and compassion. I think that's what sets LongStory apart from a lot of media and makes it really special.

-MJ (and Miriam)

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9, 20 🥰

Hi!! Thank you for sending an ask 🥰

9. Best month for you this year?

June was pretty good! Went to 3 concerts, work was pretty quiet, attended a family wedding, was talking to a guy (did not work out lol), and started making progress in physical therapy again. Saw my bsf who lives in another state!

April was also pretty great! Went to Ireland with my bsfs, started to get comfortable at my new job, took my baby cousin to a hockey game.

20. What’s something you learned this year?

Hmm. I’ve learnt a lot of stuff with my new job. That’s been a crazy learning curve, but nothing that I think tumblr in general would find super interesting.

Oh! I learnt this week that my grandpa played on the hockey team at University of Toronto! I did not know he ever played at all but it does make a lot of sense considering where he grew up.

I also learned that I’m a couple of writing a novel length piece of fiction which was really cool 😁

End of year asks

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Couples Therapy: Couples Counselling Toronto Expert

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First of all, in Toronto, a busy city where life moves at an often-intense speed, keeping up good relationships can be difficult. Relationship problems are an unavoidable aspect of life and can be brought on by a number of things, including poor communication, arguments, adultery, or even just a partnership’s organic development. Couples counselling proves to be an effective tool in assisting couples in navigating the complexities of their relationship and determining a course for growth and healing when faced with these obstacles.

Understanding Couples Counselling:

Couples counselling, sometimes referred to as marriage therapy or couples therapy, is a type of psychotherapy created to address the particular difficulties that couples have. Under the supervision of a qualified professional therapist, partners can examine their thoughts, feelings, and worries in a safe and encouraging setting.

The Advantages of Couples Therapy: 1. Better Communication: The foundation of a strong relationship is effective communication. Through the development of new communication skills, couples counselling enables partners to more effectively express their needs, feelings, and concerns. A greater understanding and connection between partners are fostered by learning to talk honestly and openly.

2. Resolving Conflict: Any relationship will inevitably experience conflict. But the state of a couple’s relationship as a whole is determined by how they resolve disagreements. Couples counselling gives couples tools for resolving conflict, enabling them to negotiate conflicts amicably and come up with win-win solutions. As a result, there is less bitterness, rage, and irritation, which promotes harmony in the partnership.

3. Rebuilding Trust: Relationships can suffer greatly from infidelity or other trust violations. Couples counselling offers a secure environment where partners may communicate their emotions, process betrayal, and reestablish trust. Therapists can assist couples in comprehending the root reasons for the breach and laying the groundwork for forgiveness and trust by facilitating open communication and providing guided treatments.

4. Strengthening closeness: In a relationship, the initial spark of closeness may fade with time. Counselling for couples can help them reconnect, explore their emotional and physical needs, and rekindle their passion. Therapists can assist partners in re-establishing a satisfying and intimate relationship by addressing underlying issues and encouraging candid conversations about intimacy.

5. Handling Transitions: Relationship stress can arise from life transitions, including marriage, parenthood, job changes, or migration. Couples counselling helps couples successfully handle transitions and adjust to new circumstances together by providing advice and support during these trying times.

Psychotherapy at Life Pathways can be helpful!

[oceanlue]

Chairle: hay guys what's up

y/n: just writing up this file

Auron : me too

Charlie: oh I came to ask about something

y/n/auron:?

Charlie: I was reading an article about how our first draft of a book is always s&%×, And I heard that Ernest Hemingway said that, and I kind of wanted to know what he was talking about or what his life story was, so I came to ask you guys instead of the internet cuz you guys make things fun.....

y/n: well you came to the right place

y/n: okay guys sit back and relax while I tell you the life-long Journey of Ernest Miller Hemingway in about 3 minutes

Auron: 3 min huh....ok I'm intrigued let's see you try to pull this one off...rook.

Y/n : Born in Chicago in 1899. Son of a physician and a musician. Reasonably uneventful childhood. Decided to study journalism. Enlisted with the Red Cross during World War 1. Got blown up in Milan and spent 6 months in hospital with severe shrapnel wounds in both legs. Fell in love with a nurse. They decided to get married. He came home to prepare. She stayed there and ditched him for an Italian soldier, which initiated a lifelong pattern of him rejecting women before they had a chance to reject him. (Take note,alphonse.)

(Everyone laughed)

Y/n : Got a job as a foreign correspondent. Fell in love with his roommate’s sister, married her and moved to Paris. They hung out with Gertrude Stein. They kicked it with Pablo Picasso. He started writing in earnest, no pun intended. Moved to Toronto, had a kid, moved back to Paris. Published a couple of books.

Jessie: oh wow

Y/n : Cheated on his wife, got divorced, married the other woman. Converted to Catholicism. Cut his head open after pulling on a cord thinking he was flushing a toilet and instead, ripped a skylight from the roof and smashed it onto his face! Moved to Kansas City, had another kid, his dad committed suicide. He shot a lot of bears for some reason. Had a car accident, had another kid. Went to Africa to kill some wild animals and got dysentery.

(Karma!)

Y/n : Published another book. Moved to Cuba. SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEG WHILST AIMING AT A SHARK! Cheated on his wife, got divorced, married the other woman. Published “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, sold half a million copies in a couple of months and got nominated for a Pulitzer prize. Cheated on his wife, got divorced, married the other woman.

Seth : oof

Y/n : Became the self appointed leader of a band of village militia outside of Paris and was subsequently brought up on charges for contravening the Geneva Convention, AND GOT AWAY WITH IT LIKE A &%$#*&^ CHAMPION! Got pneumonia, moved back to Cuba and spent most of his spare time on his boat, tracking Nazi U-Boats with a machine gun and a pile of hand grenades! (I AM NOT MAKING THIS #$%& UP.)

Faust: .........0_0

Trish: ...*looks at auron* so when you gona ask her on a date

Auron: *spits out coffee* TRISH

Y/n : Had a few more car accidents, three more concussions, GOT CLAWED WHILE PLAYING WITH A LION. Got depressed, drank, got fat, published a couple more books. Went back to Africa to shoot some more wild animals and barely survived two separate plane crashes in the space of 24 hours; winding up with a fractured skull, internal bleeding, cracked spine, ruptured liver, first degree burns, and a paralyzed sphincter muscle.

Finn : that's not good

Y/n : (Karma!) Won a Nobel Prize. Had a file opened on him by J. Edgar Hoover, left a bunch of shit in a safe in Cuba, and moved to Idaho, paranoid that the feds were following him WHICH THEY WERE BECAUSE HE SPENT MOST OF THE 1940S WORKING FOR THE KGB. (AGAIN, NOT MAKING THIS SHIT UP.) Suffered from hepatitis, nephritis, hypertension, hemochromatosis, anemia, and impotence. (Karma!) Got committed.

Auron:.....hmm

Y/n : Received way too much electroconvulsive therapy and came out all f^%$#* up, started hinting at suicide. So immediately got recommitted. Received another couple of months’ worth of electroconvulsive therapy, got released, put both barrels of his favorite 12 gauge shotgun into his mouth and blew his fucking head off! 

WHAT A GUY!

Charlie:.....well I be damned

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[chaoticrebels]

Name: Ryker Kaiden Phoenix

Nickname: Ry

Alias: The Bad Boy

Birthday: April 1

Age: 21+

Sexuality: Bisexual, Biromantic

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Species: Human

Powers: None

Occupation: Video Game Designer, Gamer, Comic Book Artist

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 165 lbs

Eye Color: Green

Hair color: Brunette

Piercings: None

Tattoos: A few

Scars: None

Faceclaim: Hero-Fiennes Tiffin

Biography

After a long and difficult labor, one that was beginning to look very grim for the mother and the baby, Mateo and Noelani Phoenix welcomed a beautiful baby boy named Ryker Kaiden Phoenix on April 1st in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After the doctors ran a few tests on the newborn, it turned out everything was fine and he was healthy baby. Honestly he was the most precious thing in the world and they couldn’t ask for more, they were completely happy and everything was perfect according to them. And then something went horribly wrong with Noelani, which they had to rush Mateo out of the room. It took hours for the doctors to fix the problem, they lost her a couple of times but they got her back and saved her life. The only thing was that Noelani couldn’t have anymore kids due to the complications, both of them was disappointed for a bit but at least they had Ryker and they were all okay, so they were grateful for their blessings they’ve received. Over the next few days they spent in the hospital, their family would drop in to see their newest member. Once they were finally able to leave the hospital and go home, they threw a welcoming party for Ryker. All their friends and family had shown up, it was one of the happiest times in their lives.

Ryker was the light of his parents life, especially since he was their one and only. Their world revolved around him, they did everything to make sure he was happy and healthy. They loved him more than anything in the universe and he loved them more than the universe, they were a happy little family and they promised nothing was ever gonna change. However when Ryker was two tragedy struck; one night when his father was away looking for a house in Boise since they would be moving there soon, their house was broken into. The stranger ended up being his mother’s ex boyfriend who had turned out to be stalking her, he claimed that Ryker was his biological kid and that they were going to be a family. When his mother kept protesting with the strange male and trying to get him to safety, the man killed her right in front of Ryker. After that he quickly took the kid and disappeared to Vancouver, Canada.

For the next few years, Ryker had been living with the stranger who he assumed was his father. The male would say some weird things that the child was to young to understand, mostly about the things he’s done in the past or what he wanted for the future. Ryker would just continue about his day as nothing was wrong, after the confessions the male would make he would ask Ryker if he loved him and of course Ryker didn’t know any better and says of course I love you daddy. The kid was happy for most parts, except when he was having nightmares of his mother being shot. Ry was four when he was finally reunited with his biological father, the strange was caught and arrested after someone recognized him while they were shopping. At first it was hard to adjust to the fact the stranger wasn’t his father, that Mateo was. He would cry for hours on end that he wanted his daddy and he wanted to go home, it broke his father’s heart and he was sure it broke his mother’s heart as well. But eventually he accepted that this was the truth, with a little help from therapy.

When Ryker was five, his father had moved them to Boise, Idaho. He couldn’t stand being in Canada anymore, too many bad memories lately. Plus he had already brought a house in Boise when he discovered his worst nightmare, he was about to sell it when he had gotten the news his baby boy was alive and had been found. After that news there was no way he was gonna sell it, he was gonna take his kid and flee to it once he was able to. At first Ry was unsure of the move but eventually he came to accept it, he still had to attend some therapy for the trauma he suffered but he was getting better. He missed his mother a lot though but he was glad he got to be with his real father again, his father and the rest of his family members would tell him stories of his mother so he’d remember her but it still wasn’t the same.

At the age of six, his father started dating someone which he didn’t know what to think about it. A part of him was upset because of it but the other part of him was confused, he had so many questions. And even though his father answered each one of his questions, he was still confused but that was probably because he was still young. Especially to why his daddy was dating another daddy, but he just left it alone since his daddy looked happy. When he was seven they ended up selling the house in Boise to move to Washington to be closer to Asher, he didn’t mind it much since that meant he got to spend more time with Rhys, though he wasn’t the biggest fan of Phoenix. Shortly after they’ve moved to Seattle it didn’t take long for his father to get engaged to his boyfriend, it happened at the strike of midnight on New Years day so instead of a kiss, he got a marriage proposal. It didn’t take long after that for them to move in with Asher, Rhys, and Phoenix, it was hectic at first but they eventually got used to it and by the end of July, he officially had a stepfather, a stepbrother, and a stepsister.

After that he grew closer to Phoenix, but he was practically inseparable from Rhys. However when they weren’t with their friends, the three of them could always be seen together doing something. It was like that til Phoenix turned sixteen, then she started spending more time with her new best friends; Jasper and Leilani but mostly Jasper than with them. And when she couldn’t hang with them or with any other friend, she’d hang with them. Not that he minded it so much, he had Rhys and his other friends so he was fine with Nix ditching them. The boys just focused on either going hiking, camping, sailing, fishing, ice skating, swimming, or they focusing on gaming, comic books or going to the movies. Either way the boys where never bored with Phoenix around, they always found a way to entertain themselves. Even if it was just playing make believe.

When Ryker turned twelve, his father announced that Asher and him would be getting a divorced. He shouldn’t have been surprised to see it coming though, especially since they fought a lot now a days. The news left him devastated because that meant he’d being losing another parents and his siblings, most importantly his best friend. But Phoenix made him feel a bit better when she told them they’d still be about to be best friends and see each other, which was true it wasn’t as if they were leaving the state, were they? He asked his father about it and lucky the plan was for them to stay in Seattle, which made him feel a bit better since what Phoenix said was true. At least until he was thirteen and his father informed him that they were moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. That definitely devastated him once again because he was leaving Rhys and this time he didn’t know if he’d ever see him again, he definitely wasn’t a fan of his father right now but he stilled loved him no matter what.

Once Ry got settled into Salt Lake City, he spent most of his free time in his room either playing video games or reading comic books. He was still upset with his father for moving him away from his best friend, his father tried to get him to do other things, like go out and meet new friends but he refused. Once school started however he made quite a bit of friends, which made his father happy since now he wasn’t locked up in his room all the time. When he turned fourteen, his father started dating a woman named Adalyn. From the first moment Ryker met her, he didn’t like her because something felt extremely off about her. He voiced his concerns to his father but Mateo just told him to give her a chance, he was reluctant at first but he decided to give her a chance for him since his father’s happiness was all that matter to him.

By the age of fifteen, Ryker still didn’t like her. Especially since every time he was around her, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He started spending more time with his friends than he did at home when she was around, he was hoping that this relationship didn’t last long because surely it wasn’t just his mind messing with him. One night when he had gotten home, his father asked him how he felt if Adalyn moved in. He completely froze for a bit before he protested, he told his father that he felt uncomfortable around her. He said okay he understood that he wouldn’t ask her to move in, Ryker was relieved and he thought that was it. But a week later he woken up to find out she stayed the night, he simply groaned and went back to bed in hopes that it was just a bad dream. When he woke again and left his room to go get food, he was cornered in the hall way by Adalyn. He blinked in confusion before he tried to get passed her, however she wasn’t budging. She told him that his father left for the day and it was just her and him, that they needed to discuss this uncomfortable feeling he has around her. His eyes widened at her words, at the realization his father told her that he was uncomfortable around her. How could he do something like that to him, he told that to him in private. He had never felt more betrayed than he did right then and there, but if he knew it would make things so much worst from then on out, then he would have never had said anything from the beginning.

After that day, Ryker started rebelling pretty hard. Trying his hardest to not go home, especially after Adalyn moved in. He didn’t want to be in the same house as her, let alone the same room as her. He especially didn’t want to risk the chance of being left alone with her, he hated her guts even more now than before but he had to pretend to actually be okay with her for his father’s sake. A couple of months after he turned sixteen, his father proposed to Adalyn. He nearly died from a panic attack it brought on, his father was starting to become concerned about his current behavior and started questioning him about it but Adalyn told him that he was just being a normal teenager who didn’t want to share someone’s attention. Then she had the nerve to look at him as if she wanted him to agree, he felt completely sick but he agreed then stormed off. He ended up grounded after that and was forced to stay home, which meant he was alone for her for sometime which was a living hell.

On Dec 24th, his father officially married the witch and thus she became officially his new stepmother. Which she preferred him to call her mommy, and that lead him to attempt to ended his suffering on Dec 26th. Unfortunately he didn’t succeed, which only caused more problems at home. But he found a bit of sunshine after that when he started dating one of the sweetest girls he met, he was happy for most parts, hell he was happy enough to start designing his own comic books. He was content that he didn’t care his home life was a living mess, he just blocked everything else out. That was until everything fell apart six months after he turned seventeen, he was going to propose to his then girlfriend but it turned out she ended her life before he got the chance. It nearly killed him and it would have if his father didn’t surprise him with Rhys, the male was the one person he needed right now - well minus his biological mom but that wasn't gonna happen. The moment that they were alone, Ryker ended up breaking down and telling Rhys everything that has been going one since he moved away. If he was being honest, the male was the only person he trusted to fully open up to.

After that Ryker would always end up staying at Rhys dorm, it was as if he lived there and he practically did. But unfortunately since he was still a minor he was made to go home, it was miserable but he had became so numb to everything he was just pushing through on auto-pilot til he was about eighteen years old. Once he was eighteen, Ry officially moved in with Rhys and there was nothing his father could do about it. He still loved his father but his relationship with him wasn’t as strong as before, maybe one day he would work on fixing their bond but right then and there he couldn’t care to.

Eventually Ryker decided to go to college to become a video game designer, he enrolled and attended University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. While the brunette was at college, Rhys found them a place to live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Which surprised him because he’d thought the male would want to be close to his father and sister, but the other male made it clear that he wasn’t going to leave him alone til the bitch was gone for good. Ry definitely appreciated it, honestly Rhys was definitely the last good thing he had left in this world and he wasn’t about to let anything or anyone ruin that for him.

Once the brunette finished college and moved back to Utah, he started his career as a video game designer, as well as a comic book artist. Though after everything that’s gone done in his life, he isn’t the same person he was before. He has trust issues and he is closed off to most people, the person he is closest to is Rhys and he’d die to protect him. He'd die to protect anyone he has became super close to, however it will take a lot for him to trust someone enough to open up about his past. On his twenty first birthday, he made a special trip to Seattle, WA to get tattoos done by Rhys's older sister Phoenix. He ended up getting different tattoos for different reasons, but his first ever tattoo he had gotten done was dedicated to his mother.

[morosoro]

Anybody else’s brain have trouble viewing plans as things that will happen until you’re actually there doing whatever it is?

Maybe it’s just because most the plans I make don’t come to fruition. Maybe this is my subconscious preparing for what it thinks will be yet another inevitable disappointment… but this is happening.

I have a trip coming up. My boyfriend and I are going to be spending a couple days in Toronto to visit Canada’s Wonderland. We’re leaving in just a few days now, and even as I slowly get things ready to go, it doesn’t feel real. I’m not as excited as I feel like I should be.

It’s like there’s a voice in the back of my head whispering “It’s not going to happen. You’re not actually going to go.” And I know that it’s going to continue doing this until we’re climbing out of the Uber as the Leviathan rushes over our heads leaving our ears ringing with the sounds of screaming.

Idk man… it just sucks in a sense, because my boyfriend is bouncing off the walls in excitement, rattling off what rides he wants to go on, what foods he wants to try, and I just… can’t share in that excitement right now. It’s like watching a toddler get excited for something you know isn’t going to be a grand as they think it is except logically I know it is going to be a really great time.

*Sigh* I need therapy.

[twistedstxrs]

Name: Ryker Kaiden Phoenix

Nickname: Ry

Alias: The Bad Boy

Birthday: April 1

Age: 21+

Sexuality: Bisexual, Biromantic

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Species: Human

Powers: None

Occupation: Video Gamer Designer, Comic Book Artist

Height: 6'2"

Weight: 165 lbs

Eye Color: Green

Hair color: Brunette

Piercings: None

Tattoos: A few

Scars: None

Faceclaim: Hero-Fiennes Tiffin

Biography

After a long and difficult labor, one that was beginning to look very grim for the mother and the baby, Mateo and Noelani Phoenix welcomed a beautiful baby boy named Ryker Kaiden Phoenix on April 1st in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After the doctors ran a few tests on the newborn, it turned out everything was fine and he was healthy baby. Honestly he was the most precious thing in the world and they couldn’t ask for more, they were completely happy and everything was perfect according to them. And then something went horribly wrong with Noelani, which they had to rush Mateo out of the room. It took hours for the doctors to fix the problem, they lost her a couple of times but they got her back and saved her life. The only thing was that Noelani couldn’t have anymore kids due to the complications, both of them was disappointed for a bit but at least they had Ryker and they were all okay, so they were grateful for their blessings they’ve received. Over the next few days they spent in the hospital, their family would drop in to see their newest member. Once they were finally able to leave the hospital and go home, they threw a welcoming party for Ryker. All their friends and family had shown up, it was one of the happiest times in their lives.

Ryker was the light of his parents life, especially since he was their one and only. Their world revolved around him, they did everything to make sure he was happy and healthy. They loved him more than anything in the universe and he loved them more than the universe, they were a happy little family and they promised nothing was ever gonna change. However when Ryker was two tragedy struck; one night when his father was away looking for a house in Boise since they would be moving there soon, their house was broken into. The stranger ended up being his mother’s ex boyfriend who had turned out to be stalking her, he claimed that Ryker was his biological kid and that they were going to be a family. When his mother kept protesting with the strange male and trying to get him to safety, the man killed her right in front of Ryker. After that he quickly took the kid and disappeared to Vancouver, Canada.

For the next few years, Ryker had been living with the stranger who he assumed was his father. The male would say some weird things that the child was to young to understand, mostly about the things he’s done in the past or what he wanted for the future. Ryker would just continue about his day as nothing was wrong, after the confessions the male would make he would ask Ryker if he loved him and of course Ryker didn’t know any better and says of course I love you daddy. The kid was happy for most parts, except when he was having nightmares of his mother being shot. Ry was four when he was finally reunited with his biological father, the strange was caught and arrested after someone recognized him while they were shopping. At first it was hard to adjust to the fact the stranger wasn’t his father, that Mateo was. He would cry for hours on end that he wanted his daddy and he wanted to go home, it broke his father’s heart and he was sure it broke his mother’s heart as well. But eventually he accepted that this was the truth, with a little help from therapy.

When Ryker was five, his father had moved them to Boise, Idaho. He couldn’t stand being in Canada anymore, too many bad memories lately. Plus he had already brought a house in Boise when he discovered his worst nightmare, he was about to sell it when he had gotten the news his baby boy was alive and had been found. After that news there was no way he was gonna sell it, he was gonna take his kid and flee to it once he was able to. At first Ry was unsure of the move but eventually he came to accept it, he still had to attend some therapy for the trauma he suffered but he was getting better. He missed his mother a lot though but he was glad he got to be with his real father again, his father and the rest of his family members would tell him stories of his mother so he’d remember her but it still wasn’t the same.

At the age of six, his father started dating someone which he didn’t know what to think about it. A part of him was upset because of it but the other part of him was confused, he had so many questions. And even though his father answered each one of his questions, he was still confused but that was probably because he was still young. Especially to why his daddy was dating another daddy, but he just left it alone since his daddy looked happy. When he was seven they ended up selling the house in Boise to move to Washington to be closer to Asher, he didn’t mind it much since that meant he got to spend more time with Rhys, though he wasn’t the biggest fan of Phoenix. Shortly after they’ve moved to Seattle it didn’t take long for his father to get engaged to his boyfriend, it happened at the strike of midnight on New Years day so instead of a kiss, he got a marriage proposal. It didn’t take long after that for them to move in with Asher, Rhys, and Phoenix, it was hectic at first but they eventually got used to it and by the end of July, he officially had a stepfather, a stepbrother, and a stepsister.

After that he grew closer to Phoenix, but he was practically inseparable from Rhys. However when they weren’t with their friends, the three of them could always be seen together doing something. It was like that til Phoenix turned sixteen, then she started spending more time with her new best friends; Jasper and Leilani but mostly Jasper than with them. And when she couldn’t hang with them or with any other friend, she’d hang with them. Not that he minded it so much, he had Rhys and his other friends so he was fine with Nix ditching them. The boys just focused on either going hiking, camping, sailing, fishing, ice skating, swimming, or they focusing on gaming, comic books or going to the movies. Either way the boys where never bored with Phoenix around, they always found a way to entertain themselves. Even if it was just playing make believe.

When Ryker turned twelve, his father announced that Asher and him would be getting a divorced. He shouldn’t have been surprised to see it coming though, especially since they fought a lot now a days. The news left him devastated because that meant he’d being losing another parents and his siblings, most importantly his best friend. But Phoenix made him feel a bit better when she told them they’d still be about to be best friends and see each other, which was true it wasn’t as if they were leaving the state, were they? He asked his father about it and lucky the plan was for them to stay in Seattle, which made him feel a bit better since what Phoenix said was true. At least until he was thirteen and his father informed him that they were moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. That definitely devastated him once again because he was leaving Rhys and this time he didn’t know if he’d ever see him again, he definitely wasn’t a fan of his father right now but he stilled loved him no matter what.

Once Ry got settled into Salt Lake City, he spent most of his free time in his room either playing video games or reading comic books. He was still upset with his father for moving him away from his best friend, his father tried to get him to do other things, like go out and meet new friends but he refused. Once school started however he made quite a bit of friends, which made his father happy since now he wasn’t locked up in his room all the time. When he turned fourteen, his father started dating a woman named Adalyn. From the first moment Ryker met her, he didn’t like her because something felt extremely off about her. He voiced his concerns to his father but Mateo just told him to give her a chance, he was reluctant at first but he decided to give her a chance for him since his father’s happiness was all that matter to him.

By the age of fifteen, Ryker still didn’t like her. Especially since every time he was around her, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He started spending more time with his friends than he did at home when she was around, he was hoping that this relationship didn’t last long because surely it wasn’t just his mind messing with him. One night when he had gotten home, his father asked him how he felt if Adalyn moved in. He completely froze for a bit before he protested, he told his father that he felt uncomfortable around her. He said okay he understood that he wouldn’t ask her to move in, Ryker was relieved and he thought that was it. But a week later he woken up to find out she stayed the night, he simply groaned and went back to bed in hopes that it was just a bad dream. When he woke again and left his room to go get food, he was cornered in the hall way by Adalyn. He blinked in confusion before he tried to get passed her, however she wasn’t budging. She told him that his father left for the day and it was just her and him, that they needed to discuss this uncomfortable feeling he has around her. His eyes widened at her words, at the realization his father told her that he was uncomfortable around her. How could he do something like that to him, he told that to him in private. He had never felt more betrayed than he did right then and there, but if he knew it would make things so much worst from then on out, then he would have never had said anything from the beginning.

After that day, Ryker started rebelling pretty hard. Trying his hardest to not go home, especially after Adalyn moved in. He didn’t want to be in the same house as her, let alone the same room as her. He especially didn’t want to risk the chance of being left alone with her, he hated her guts even more now than before but he had to pretend to actually be okay with her for his father’s sake. A couple of months after he turned sixteen, his father proposed to Adalyn. He nearly died from a panic attack it brought on, his father was starting to become concerned about his current behavior and started questioning him about it but Adalyn told him that he was just being a normal teenager who didn’t want to share someone’s attention. Then she had the nerve to look at him as if she wanted him to agree, he felt completely sick but he agreed then stormed off. He ended up grounded after that and was forced to stay home, which meant he was alone for her for sometime which was a living hell.

On Dec 24th, his father officially married the witch and thus she became officially his new stepmother. Which she preferred him to call her mommy, and that lead him to attempt to ended his suffering on Dec 26th. Unfortunately he didn’t succeed, which only caused more problems at home. But he found a bit of sunshine after that when he started dating one of the sweetest girls he met, he was happy for most parts, hell he was happy enough to start designing his own comic books. He was content that he didn’t care his home life was a living mess, he just blocked everything else out. That was until everything fell apart six months after he turned seventeen, he was going to propose to his then girlfriend but it turned out she ended her life before he got the chance. It nearly killed him and it would have if his father didn’t surprise him with Rhys, the male was the one person he needed right now - well minus his biological mom but that wasn't gonna happen. The moment that they were alone, Ryker ended up breaking down and telling Rhys everything that has been going one since he moved away. If he was being honest, the male was the only person he trusted to fully open up to.

After that Ryker would always end up staying at Rhys dorm, it was as if he lived there and he practically did. But unfortunately since he was still a minor he was made to go home, it was miserable but he had became so numb to everything he was just pushing through on auto-pilot til he was about eighteen years old. Once he was eighteen, Ry officially moved in with Rhys and there was nothing his father could do about it. He still loved his father but his relationship with him wasn’t as strong as before, maybe one day he would work on fixing their bond but right then and there he couldn’t care to.

Eventually Ryker decided to go to college to become a video game designer, he enrolled and attended University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. While the brunette was at college, Rhys found them a place to live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Which surprised him because he’d thought the male would want to be close to his father and sister, but the other male made it clear that he wasn’t going to leave him alone til the bitch was gone for good. Ry definitely appreciated it, honestly Rhys was definitely the last good thing he had left in this world and he wasn’t about to let anything or anyone ruin that for him.

Once the brunette finished college and moved back to Utah, he started his career as a video game designer, as well as a comic book artist. Though after everything that’s gone done in his life, he isn’t the same person he was before. He has trust issues and he is closed off to most people, the person he is closest to is Rhys and he’d die to protect him. He'd die to protect anyone he has became super close to, however it will take a lot for him to trust someone enough to open up about his past. On his twenty first birthday, he made a special trip to Seattle, WA to get tattoos done by Rhys's older sister Phoenix. He ended up getting different tattoos for different reasons, but his first ever tattoo he had gotten done was dedicated to his mother.