BOYD CONNORS. 29. Downtown. Mechanic. Father. Brother.
I’m hungry and hollow and just want something to call my own. I couldn’t make you love me and I’m tired of pulling teeth.
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Summary: Single father with an 8 year old daughter. Soft, sad boy with repressed rage issues who was maybe destined for greater, but sacrificed everything for his family.
Boyd was born and raised in Providence Peak; he’s the oldest of four, and his family always struggled to make ends meet — even more so when their father abandoned them to start a new life with his mistress.
Boyd was 10 when his father left, and despite being still being so young himself, his mother really relied on him to help keep them afloat. That meant stepping up as a father figure to his younger siblings and doing what he could do bring in extra money. He started working under the table at his uncle’s mechanic shop when he was 12, and got an official after-school job there when he was 15. He would have dropped out of school to work there full time, but his mom and uncle refused, saying he was too smart and deserved to go to college and get a “real” job that could bring in serious money.
He went to Providence University and majored in business. He got himself a serious girlfriend, and everything seemed to be going perfectly until she got pregnant in the middle of his junior year. It was pretty overwhelming to think about becoming a parent so young, but he always knew he wanted to be a father and he only had one more year of school, so he figured they could swing it.
Nine months later, his daughter Matilda was born, and Boyd was over the moon. But his girlfriend, it seemed, as not, and she ran away in the middle of the night a couple weeks later, leaving Boyd to take care of their child alone. He was forced to drop out of school and got a job full-time at his uncle’s mechanic shop to support them. He rented a shitty two bedroom apartment with his best friend to help save on costs.
At his core, Boyd is a survivor. He has major abandonment issues because of his father and Mattie’s mother, but he buries any emotions he feels don’t help him survive. He wants to be loved, but fears being left, which results in him often seeking comfort in the arms of a one-night stand or casual hookup. He would do anything to protect those he loves, but sometimes struggles to express how much they mean to him.













