CHARACTER INFORMATION
face claim: David Castañeda
full name: Dexter Alejandro Lawrence
nickname(s): Dex
pronouns & gender: he/him, cis man
sexuality: heterosexual
birth date: December 1st, 1989
birth place: New Jersey
time in town: 11 years
housing: rural countryside
occupation: bricklayer and electrician
family: siblings (Spencer, Hazel and Elena), child (11 years old) baby mama/girlfriend
personality: Dex is a carefree spirit through and through. Always the class clown and ready to make people laugh, especially his family members with whom he shows little to no seriousness most of the times to, especially during the hard times, but compensates this with loyalty and protection. He tries to live as easily as possible although sometimes gets carried away by his emotions, which he feels too deeply so it tends to get him into difficult situations or ends up making rushed decisions. Dex also lives to be on the spotlight, he is one to break into dancing in the supermarket and embarrass whoever is with him at the moment. Something that he does take seriously is work as his adoptive parents taught him the value of hard work.
BACKGROUND / BIO
Dexter was born in New Jersey to a single, teenage mom, his parents were in a relations until the moment, Adriana, his mother, got pregnant and then he pretended as if they were never together. Still, giving him in adoption was not on the plans. Her family didn't have money to spare, but tried to make things work so Adriana could finish school while Dexter's grandmother looked after him during these hours but after two years one monthly wedge that came from Dex's grandfather was not enough, and his grandma had to find one, too and leaving the almost two-year-old baby under the watch of other relatives or a nanny were neither an option and with a broken heart, Adriana had to give up her rights up. She loved the baby since she found out about him, in spite of what her boyfriend said about her afterwards and she wanted a better life for him than the one she could give him.
Dex grew up having no recollection of his biological family, the only thing that made her real was the story that his adoptive parents gave him when they explained his origins, when some kid pointed out in a hurtful way how he and his brother were adopted. As a kid he understood the reason his mother gave him into adoption, having no resentment in his innocent heart, however, the older he got, the more he let people's words about him and his family get him, leading him to get into troubles in spite of his easy going nature; it wasn't until later on that he was finally able to "kill them with kindness".
When he turned eighteen, Dex decided he was ready to get in touch with his biological mother, finding out she was married, had two children and was happy. Adrianna explained her life back then and how she never stopped thinking of him. Dex was somewhat satisfied to get some answers of his origins and promised Adrianna to stay in touch. Still to this day, they text and he visits her a once or twice a year but it never occurred to him to leave Connecticut, where he always felt at home.
School was never his forte, rather, Dex preferred manual work and from his teenage years he knew he wanted to work on building, ending up working as a bricklayer and electrician after taking courses at the community College. What was not on Dex's plans, were becoming a father at 19; what was supposed to be a summer fling in Merrock when he visited his grandparents, turned into the girl telling him she was pregnant by a phone call. He knew he wouldn't be like his biological father and stepped to the occasion, promising her he'd be with her in whatever decision she made and finally, they became parents, resulting in Dex moving permanently to Merrock to be closer to his new family and watch his child grow.
Dexter is now a little bit of a manchild, carefree and fun-loving. He doesn't mind showing himself as a goofy person if that makes someone smile.
