The Lawson Fuentes
Characters for BOTB - Axel's Family
Manuel Fuentes - Axel's dad
Suzanne Lawson - Axel's mom
Axel Lawson Fuentes - drummer for Adelaide Anarchists
Raelyn Lawson Fuentes - Axel's older sister
Manuel Fuentes was born in America to a Mexican Nicaraguense family in 1961 and moved to Miami in his teen years. His older brother Maximilio raised him the most since his parents were absent and neglectful. Manuel found himself to a life of crime and rejecting the government. In his 20's, Manuel got interested in street racing, driving a Ford Mustang LX 5.0 (fox body) and his dream car being a Buick GNX. He got married to Suzanne Lawson in 1987, two years after their daughter Raelyn was born in Miami, Florida. Their marriage would go well for the first year before getting rocky and tense arguments would lead to Suzanne conceiving Axel five years later as a last ditch effort to saving the marriage. It would work but only for 8 years, with Manuel being arrested in 1999 and deported from Australia to Miami. He would be filed for divorce and would remain in prison for 4 years before being released in 2003 and living in the same trailer park as his brother. He has a distant relationship with his daughter and gets along with Axel, who visits his dad every 4 years.
Suzanne Lawson, born in 1962 in Mt. Gambier, Australia, grew up in a middle-class Australian household. She studied abroad as a nurse and that's where she ended up meeting Manuel. The two would marry and have children before bitterly divorcing on bad terms after Manuel's arrest in 1999. She would remarry to a 36 year old tech employee named Ashwin Lochan a year later and continue to raise Axel and Raelyn till 2006, where 15 year old Axel, fed up with his mother's alcoholism and abuse, would retaliate and run away to live with his bandmate Kyle Johns in Adelaide. Suzanne remains bitter and indulged in her bad coping mechanisms.
Raelyn Lawson Fuentes, born 1985 in Miami, Florida, grew up in Mt. Gambier - witnessing from an early age her parents turmoil until her baby brother was born. Sparking jealousy over how Axel being born was what mended her parent's marriage, she resented him and saw Axel as a "Twerp" / "Idiot baby brother" during her 20s and would only grow out of that mindset once Axel turned 24. When it comes to the abuse the two endure from their mom, Raelyn treats it as "survival of the fittest" and ends up dipping from the house as soon as she turned 18, only occasionally returning when her living plans don't fall through properly. She currently studies in business and is a total diva.
Axel Lawson Fuentes, born in Mt. Gambier, Australia in 1991, is the drummer for Adelaide Anarchists. Growing up, he had a decent relationship with his parents until he turned 8, where his mom would grow bitter due to the divorce and he'd be limited from visiting his father due to Manuel's predicament. He would be frequently bullied in school and at home would only be further pestered by his mother and his step father would remain a bystander to the harassment. He felt wounded by his sisters resentment as well, mocking her frequently to cope with how lonely he felt being the main one targeted by his mother's abuse. He would resort to drumming at the age of 11 and would pick it up well, landing the position as the drummer for Adelaide Anarchists and soon would run away at 15 from home to live with his best friend and band mate, Kyle Johns.
(Bonus note: Axel's mom is bitter and frequently compares him to his father based off similar appearances.)
