HARPER, kade owen {COMPLETE}

[KADE OWEN HARPER]

KADE OWEN HARPER

- - -you're a million ways to be cruel - - -[/center]

ALIAS

Kade, Harper, Kay (not if he can help it)

AGE

19.

HERITAGE

Scotland.

CLASSIFICATION

Human.

ORIGIN

Buffalo, NY.

SEXUALITY

Straight.

MAJOR/MINOR

-Not attending the university-

OCCUPATION

Unemployed- looking.

- - - tomorrow is a day away - - -

PLAY BY

Travis Caldwell.

HAIR COLOR/STYLE

Kade has thick, dark brown-almost black- hair that he allows to grow longer in the front. As for styling, he usually sticks to letting it sweep across his forehead, or spiking it at the front alone.

EYE COLOR

Kade's eyes really depend on the light- a mixture of pale greens and vibrant blues under thick dark brows.

BODY TYPE

He's not a free runner. He's not a jock. But he can kick in a door and take a fall if he needs to. Thin and a little gaunt, Kade is made up of mostly wiry muscle. He is around 6'1.

FACIAL FEATURES

He has a fairly smooth jawline, but doesn't lack that masculine edge. His nose is fairly narrow and straight, and he has a sweet smile that makes it hard to picture him as any kind of criminal or bad-ass. He's got a bit of scruff going on, but clean-shaven or not, he still passes as a guy who looks like he can survive without mommy and daddy's help.

CLOTHING STYLE

Style? What is that? Kade will spend as little time as possible clothes shopping, if he can help it. Throw on a hoodie or a jacket over a t-shirt and jeans, and he's good to go. He has the typical guy's closet, mostly black and gray articles to go with anything blue denim. For formal wear he has two or three dress shirts, and a pair of black pants that he saves for job interviews- though he never has much luck.

- - - and yesterday was gone too fast - - -

LIKES

• Having things to call his own.
• Cooking for others.
• Proving himself.
• Providing for others he cares about.

DISLIKES

• Being spoken down to.
• Obsessing over what could have been.
• Sleepless nights.
• Being reminded where he came from.

ADVANTAGES

strengths, personality only, at least four.
Optimist - Okay, relatively an optimist. He's not all 'wooo let's go, we can accomplish anything' kind of guy, he just has a lot to make up for, and he has hope that his goals can be achieved.
Determined - As much as he likes down-time, he's a pretty hard worker- he knows the value of focus.
Creative - He has a certain flair of imagination- he likes good visual representation when it comes to his work. It all has to be just right.
Fair - He makes assumptions, just like anyone else, but he's learned to remember to think objectively about a lot of things.

DISADVANTAGES

weaknesses, personality only, at least four.
Sensitive - Extremely sensitive- he takes a lot of what people say the wrong way, and though it fuels his desire to improve, in the wrong situation he can get a bit out of hand.
Self-control - Sometimes he has it, other times he doesn't. It really depends on the relationship he has with someone. Offend him right down to the core, and he seems to forget that the past is the past.
Obsessive - An aspect of himself he really wishes he could change. Little things stick in his mind, and he tends to get a bit crazy trying to fix what's gone wrong.
Awkward - Everyone's a little awkward, but Kade can be a bit inappropriate, or overreact at the worst of times.

PERSONALITY

He comes across as a bit timid, or meek on first impression. But there's so much more to him. He has the potential to be a leader, but when he's unsure, and feeling particularly defensive or sensitive, he's likely to be reserved. He's only demonstrative with people he's really close with.

He's really a nice guy- he treats a girl well, though it can take some time for him to reach a certain level a seriousness with his relationships. His past has helped to shape how he treats other people- he was given second chances, and tries to do the same, even when it must be done grudgingly. He's fairly easy to make friends with, as long as whoever he meets doesn't mind his slight reservation, or quiet first impression.

In the worst case, when he simply cannot get along with someone, he can take his reactions a bit far. Just keep pushing him and he can expose quite a temper, though it isn't likely to happen with his inner circle. He doesn't want this imaged of himself, however- he's spent too long being on the wrong track, and he's ready to pull his life together.

- - - you wonder what the future will bring - - -

MOTHER

Lucy Harper.

FATHER

Unknown.

SIBLINGS

None that he knows of.

PET

if they live in an apartment, they probably can't have whatever or how many animal(s) they want, remember.

WEALTH STATUS

Personal- very low income. Family-low income.

HISTORY

How long can you keep a secret?

A really long time, if you're Lucy Harper. She was a bit of a wayward girl- she had parents who provided for her her entire life, and when the time came to step up on her own, she failed. Her parents would have payed for her to attend university, but she didn't want to go, hooked as she was with that teenage rebellious spirit. Her life was a near constant stream of changing jobs, and steadily downward spiraling homes and opportunities. Yet the further she went into poverty, and the more her family was inadvertently pushed away, the more she came to learn. She was friendly, street smart, and as she grew older and had no one else to lean on, she lived with her regrets. Everyone has to grow up at some point, and for Lucy, the final nail in the coffin was meeting a man.

Neither of them shared their backgrounds- it was an 'in the now' sort of deal. Both had the impression that it wasn't destined to last, and though Lucy was more mature than she had been when she left home, nothing prepared her to end up pregnant just two months into the affair. Almost gradually, her lover drifted away, and with that, Lucy decided not to share that she was going to have a baby. Now she had a nine month deadline to try and become the single-mother she had to be.

Maybe it was the lack of a fatherly role-model, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but life with Kade was never easy. He was frequently in trouble at school, and it eventually translated into falling in with the wrong group. It wasn't like he was doing hardcore cocaine or something, but Lucy was never quite satisfied that she was providing him with the kind of upbringing he would need to distance himself from the life she led when she was younger. He would go above and beyond the usual teenage misdemeanors, and was even caught trespassing by the police on one occasion- though to anyone 'in the know' this wasn't the first time he should have been caught. At the time regret for all of the bad things he had done would be the furthest thing from his mind, but these things have a way of coming back to haunt you.

Despite all of his questions, Lucy never shared much information with Kade about his father until he was much older, but the prolonged waiting only pushed him further away. It wasn't until he was nearing his 18th birthday, wildly out of Lucy's control, that she felt it was time to tell him the truth. He had a choice- clean up, leave behind this past, and find out who he was, or continue this downward spiral, drink himself or worse, into the ground, and go to jail for some offense he was bound to commit that would eventually be too much for the authorities to overlook.

It took some time, but just like Lucy, he got back on track. He had only a name to go on- Mike Brass- since Lucy had long ago lost touch with the man. Where he lived, what he did was up to Kade to find out. So, with much reluctance on the part of his mother, he moved out to the place where he had made a start on tracking the past down- Seattle.

- - - as you worry about the sins of your past - - -

OOC ALIAS

Brass.

OTHER CHARACTERS

Jonathan Brass, Paul Brass, Wesley Bennett, Holly Rivers, and Annalise Hull.