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Ava was born and raised in Hartsville, South Carolina. The small town, where everyone knew everyone and nobody got away with nothing especially when your father was the police chief and your mother was an elementary school teacher - that was Ava's life in a nutshell. Her mother always wanted her to follow in her footsteps and having two older brothers and being the baby of the Dawson clan. It wasn't news to the family when Ava decided to follow in her father's footsteps and get into the criminal game. After high school, Ava enrolled at the police academy that Hartsville had to offer and a year later became the newest rookie for the Hartsville PD. A few years later and the female found herself in Washington, D.C. Growing up, Ava's father told her that all of her hardwork would pay off one day and that happened when she got the news that the Metropolitan Police Department wanted her on staff and as soon as possible. It's been a few months but she definitely doesn't regret the big move to Washington.

Tatum Anderson was born on November 4th, 1993. She is an emotional Scorpio and hasn’t had the best life. Things with her parents were never decent. Her father used to beat them when he would come home after a long day at work. When Tatum was 17 she found out her father was cheating on her mother and he paid her off to keep her quiet and she stayed quiet. She wasn’t getting in the middle but once she found out about this from her father she decided to move. It wasn’t like she was a child anymore. She was 17. She was six months shy of being 18. She could get away with moving on her own so she did. When she was 22 she became the secretary in the White House. Not for the president. But she does work in the White House. She loves it and finds it really interesting. Tatum is learning how to navigate her life with two kids as a single mother in Washington DC. She loves her hometown even though sometimes she gets the urge to move. She never has and doesn’t plan on going anywhere. 

upon his return to dc, cooper found his footing amongst dc’s political social circle on his own accord. he was finally achieving the life of perfection he'd so desperately craved. after serving on the campaign trail for senator zingerman, he’d found his niche as a campaign manager and continued to act as such to a short list of the capitol’s democratic leaders. although, he’s finding it a struggle to manage what happened to him overseas combined with a struggling social life due to an inability to withstand a positive work life balance and his ever growing desire to climb the political ladder. he’s determined to make something of himself if it kills him.

Tessa Brennan grew up in Chicago, IL to a mother and father who seemed happy at the time, and they were, except times changed later on. Her father was a Detective at the local Police Department, and her mother was a stay at home mother to her and her soon to be younger brothers. Her father soon turned abusive once her brothers were born, coming home drunk and taking it out on the children and his wife. Tessa never forgave him, but that didn't stop her from wanting to be a detective and blossom into the police community. So that's what she did -- she became a detective once she grew in Chicago, and she was a good one, too. Four years after she became a detective, Tessa was on an undercover operation, and she was kidnapped and taken hostage, she ended up being raped and kept hidden for days until she was found. She ended up pregnant, and then lost the baby shortly after due to stress; That was when she relocated to Washington D.C. -- she has been there for going on a few years now. 

Aurora West didn’t have the easiest life. When Daniel was four and she was one, their father murdered their mother along with twenty-three other women in various states. When imprisoned, they stayed with their maternal aunt for a couple of weeks before being sent to an orphanage. It didn’t take long for a married couple with a three-year-old daughter of their own to adopt both of them. Her childhood and teen years weren’t all that bad as she grew up with everything, yet even with adoptive wealthy parents and three siblings, it wasn’t always all sunshine and rainbows. Practically being a genius with a 170 IQ, she graduated two years early from high school and decided to take two gap years in order to attend college with her best friend, Jason. Unfortunately, the worst happened and he didn’t make it back to the U.S. for their first semester at MIT. The traumatizing incident that occurred in Bulgaria turned her life upside down and she was never the same again. Ever since that day, there’s a darkness in her that she can’t quite explain and has been afraid to explore further, yet that really wasn’t her choice to make as she slowly slipped more and more into that dark place without even realizing it. All that led to her joining the CIA for four years before resigning due to her pregnancy with her eldest child, choosing to live a safer life. Not able to stay in one place for too long because of several enemies she's made during her CIA days, she’s resided in various states throughout the last seven years. Today, she lives in Washington D.C. with her three children and her brother, while secretly working for the mayor as a vigilante for the district. As far as everyone knows she's self-employed, doing various types of freelance jobs.

Growing up in Sacramento was not always easy. Being the daughter of a cop was hard when it came to it. She was unable to keep a steady relationship due to her father always interfering which she understood. She hated that her twin had a bit more freedom compared to her. She could not wait to graduate HS and move to washington for college. Once that day came she only remained home in california for a week after graduation. Instantly she left for college and started her new life. She has met the love of her life although it was a bit scary at times and the two married. Her father does not approve of him after he ran his name and learned all of the things that Sadie hid from him. This was the start of a rocky time in Sadies life.

Regina was born into a life of wealth and power. At times she wants to escape this whole wretched world. It can be very suffocating and hard. Her mother is currently the U.S. Secretary of State. She was appointed Secretary of State by the President. After the death of her predecessor. Regina father is the FBI director. He also works with the Counter Terrorist Unit in Washington. His job usually involves helping prevent major terrorist attacks on the United States, saving both civilian lives and government administrations. Regina is constantly on the news starring in scandals because of her family. For these reasons she loves to act out and she is a little arsonist. She has a habit of playing with fire. She likes to light up things and watch them burn. She was sent to a elite academy for troubled wealthy kids. The academy is for horses and dancing. The place is called Starbuck Ranch. The school has two parts to it. Dancing and and also taking care of horses. Regina is very talented in dancing and riding.

Mason Scott was born on July 31st 1994 to Salvatore and Maria Scott. They were over the moon to finally be having a boy. The pregnancy was tough Maria had many complications and she had to be put on bed rest, this was a high risk pregnancy and if she did anything she could potentially lose the baby. That wasn't what Maria wanted to hear but she obeyed her doctors wishes and told all of her clients that she had to do all of their appointments over the phone as she was on bed rest. You see Maria was a therapist and she was one of the well known therapists in all of Chicago. Sal didn't really want her to work but he knew that she would do anything that she wanted to do. Being an ER doctor Sal was never home so he could never take care of her, so he had his daughter Marissa take care of her. Which she did, but she hated every minute of it. When Mason was born, Maria had a mental break down and she tried to kill herself. Sal immediately brought her to the ER and started doing tests on her but he was told that he needed to stop because he was too invested in this. His colleagues told him that Maria suffered from Bipolar Disorder and having Mason triggered it. All throughout his life Mason thought that he was going to become bipolar as well because the kids at school told him that it runs in the family and that he was crazy. Not liking what he was hearing he ran out of school and right to the hospital that his dad was working at. His coworkers knew him and they didn't think anything of it but what they didn't know is that he grabbed a scalpel and went into his fathers office and slit his wrists because he didn't want to be on the planet anymore. His dad had found him and brought him into one of the free rooms and again he started to run tests but his colleagues told him not to. They found out that he had Bipolar Disorder as well and his father and sister advised them that they were going to put him into a mental hospital. Mason kicked and screamed and he didn't want to go but he knew that he had to get better so he went. After a year in the hospital, he was released and since he was getting the school work from his sister he graduated that spring. He decided that he wanted to get the fuck out of Chicago and he aplied to college in Washington and got in. He uprooted his life and moved to Washington which is where he met his now wife, the two of them decided to stay in Washington in hopes to have a family one day.