Matthews, Charles

[charles michael matthews]

CHARLES MICHAEL MATTHEWS

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WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT,

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name » charles michael matthews
nicknames » chuck
age & date of birth » Fall, 24
gender » male
sexual orientation » heterosexual
occupation » High school english teacher, assistant football coach
events » dressage
play by » Thore Scholermann

WE'LL BE SAFE AND SOUND,

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likes » english, writing, football, dog sledding, beach volleyball
dislikes » bad grammar, poor writers, soccer, his birth mother, unteachable students
personality » Chuck was born in a less than favorable situation. His mother was unsure of who his father was, and was an alcoholic and a drug addict. She would regularly have parties at her house and there wouldn't be a person there who wasn't drunk or high aside from Chuck. Because of this, he had to learn to fend for himself at a very young age. He was always mature about it, and he never complained, despite being told regularly by his mother that she loved her drugs and alcohol more than him. Of course, he did take it to heart, but he hid that pain down inside of him and never said anything about it. Despite popular belief that pain caused quite a bit of anger in him as he got older. What kind of mother would tell her son that?

When he was adopted by his mother's boyfriend he couldn't have been happier. At that point, he decided that he was going to be just like the man who had saved him from the hell that was life alone with his mom. Of course, he was only five, and the fact that the man he now called his dad was a policeman definitely influenced that decision. It carried on though. As Chuck got older, he stayed true to it, and became exceptionally patient and forgiving, and developed a very well rounded personality. He isn't the most outgoing person on the planet, but he's definitely not shy.

WE'LL TAKE CONTROL OF THE WORLD,

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appearance » Chuck is not the tallest guy in the world, coming in at 6'1" but he is definitely built like an athlete. He has light brown hair which often gets sun bleached to a sort of dirty blonde in the summer just from the amount of time he spends out doors. He is usually casually dressed, but of course is often seen sporting at least a nice button down shirt when he is at the school.
family » Haley Matthews (mother)
Sebastian Kiings (father)
Charlie Parker (adopted father)
Alanna Parker (adopted mother)
Jamie Colburn (half brother)
Lucas Parker (half brother)
Melody Matthews (half sister)
Thomas Parker (half brother)
others of importance » n/a

LIKE IT'S ALL WE HAVE TO HOLD ON TO,

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medical history » He is mildly symptomatic for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which was discovered his senior year of college and caused him to be benched for the latter half of the season.
criminal history » n/a
life history » Hayley was a hardcore drug addict as well as an alcoholic before during and after she was pregnant with Chuck. Even after he was born she didn't seem to care to change, and for the most part Chuck's life was fairly miserable. For the first five years of his life he was told that drugs and alcohol were worth more to his mother than he was, and although it hurt he just bottled it up and endured the emotional torture that she put him through. Needless to say, he spent most nights awake listening to the party downstairs, or listening for his mother to come home. He didn't live in a good part of town, but was regularly left home alone for hours, and sometimes a full day or two, while his mom was off getting drunk and stoned with her "friends." It was a miracle he didn't starve or get kidnapped during those first five years.

When he turned 5, he was adopted by his mom's new boyfriend who also happened to be a policeman. Unlike all of Hayley's other boyfriends, this one was actually nice to him, and Chuck never saw him even so much as handling drugs or alcohol. Charlie made all the difference in Chuck's life, and at that point, he stopped caring about who his biological dad was. He had hoped for five years that maybe his biological dad would find him and take him away... but Charlie was better than that. He not only stopped Chuck's life from being a living hell, he also started turning his mom around for the better too. At 6, Charlie and Hayley had a baby girl, who of course Chuck was completely devoted to. When Charlie was working, Chuck would look after her almost like any teenage babysitter would, but with more affection. Mimicking everything Charlie did, Chuck developed a love of people younger than him, even at such a young age.

Shortly after Melody was born, Charlie and Haley split and she essentially disappeared, essentially abandoning her two children. Not terribly long after that Charlie started dating a young woman with a son two years older than Chuck. Jamie was not your typical kid, but he and Chuck got on well enough. Two years later Jamie's mom and Charlie found out that she was going to have a baby and shortly after discovered that she had cancer. She managed to carry the baby to term, but he was born with cancer, which he'd developed in the womb from her. They both fought the cancer and the baby, Lucas went into remission when he was four, and a year later so did Peyton. Seeing his baby brother and Peyton go through cancer treatment and such was a very sobering situation, even for someone as young as him.

When he reached high school, he was one of those jocks. He'd played football since he was old enough to do so, and so entering high school he was definitely one of those cool guys. Freshman year he was the quarterback of the JV team and backup QB for the Varsity team. Sophomore year he was straight varsity, and when the main QB was injured, naturally Chuck took his place, and held that position all through the rest of high school while still managing to pull off straight A's in all of his classes. When he was 16, Peyton's cancer returned and in a very short time, despite the best efforts of the doctors and the best treatments money could buy, she succumbed to it and passed away. At that point, Jamie pushed the whole family so far away that it seemed at times that they might never see him again.

After graduating, Chuck went to college to get a teaching degree with a minor in English, and played college football during that time too. His grades weren't quite as perfect in college as they were in high school, but he had a lot more to worry about now than he did then. He was the starting QB sophomore year, and throughout the entirety of his four years in college. He graduated college at 23 and got a teaching job in California. He quickly discovered, though, that California was not the place for him and started looking for a new job. When he found out that Lucas's cancer had returned, he decided that he should move to Addison and get a job there to be with him... after all, the only other family in Addison was Jamie, and he had a feeling Jamie wasn't exactly going to be the supportive one to be there no matter what. He got a job at Addison High as the English teacher, and assistant coach for the football team, and wasted no time in moving there.

AND WE'LL BE A DREAM,

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your name » Bilbo
age » 111
roleplaying experience» since the dawn of time

DO YOU REMEMBER THE NIGHTS,

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show name » Like A Boss
barn name » Boss
gender » Stallion
breed » Hanoverian
height » 16.3h
age » 9
color » liver chestnut
discipline » Dressage
personality » Boss is a very talented horse with a good mind and a willingness to learn. He is, however, a nine year old stallion, and he can be a bit of a handfull if he's not being worked regularly. Anyone can ride him, but he can be quite a workout.
owned by » Chuck
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WE DROVE AROUND CRAZY IN LOVE?

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