#john patterson

SO, Charlie was born in 1955, they were the quiet second child of Stella and Simon Deere, who weren't fond about having to raise another kid right after finally being done with their firstborn. When Charlie turned 3, that's when they started to leave Charlie at the Arizona Freddy Fazbender's.

Charlie was a really timid kid, not really knowing how to act around people. When nighttime came, they hid in the kitchen to sleep and avoid being found out by the manager at the Fazbender's, John Patterson. After around 2 weeks though, he noticed Charlie being a regular despite never seeing their parents, and unofficially adopts them. He does his best to raise them and provide for them when he can.

This is where Charlie's brother, Aaron, comes in! When he could, he would pick Charlie up from the Fazbender's and bring them back home. When Charlie was 3, he was 20, having moved out recently himself. He helps John provide for Charlie, but going through his own issues, isn't really there for Charlie besides picking them up and his monthly visits with them.

This leads us to The EventTM! If you're familiar with the Arizona location in Dayshift, you'll know that Dave YEETED Foxy off the side of the Grand Canyon. That still happens here with one addendum. John goes with. And as far as anyone knows, John died jumping into the canyon. He left all his belongings and trailer to Charlie. The trailer is where Charlie spends pretty much all of their time, either teaching themselves from the books John left behind or just. spiraling. The majority of their self destructive tendencies started around here, as Aaron started visiting less and less as well.

At 23, Charlie finally has enough and packs the trailer up to move. Aaron drives them to the airport where they head for Colorado. Why Colorado? They recall John talking about a colleague who worked there, and Charlie hopes they can meet them. In this time period they take up whittling, making little figures of people they know or knew. Also not so fun fact, Aaron driving Charlie to the airport is the last time he ever sees or hears from them :D

Moving swiftly on, here are Charlie's neighbors! Totally not just human Dialtown Oliver and Randy!! cough. Oliver runs the local cinema nearby and also is the owner of the building. Him being the friendly guy he is of course tried multiple times to catch Charlie as they leave their apartment on the rare occasion to say hi. It takes a few months but Oliver finally gets to meet them, and despite Charlie being lowkey just a straight ass to him is undeterred. Especially catching the glimpse of their mess of an apartment inside. Its been months and they haven't even unpacked...

Randy is Oliver's boyfriend and local homeless man. Charlie warms up to him the fastest, relating to the nature of his situation. Though that certainly doesn't stop them from being an ass until then. He's incredibly accident prone, so spends a lot of time either at the hospital or in Oliver's apartment healing from injuries.

Eventually they all kinda end up as a pseudo-family, taking care of each other and looking out for one another. Oliver helps both Randy and Charlie find odd jobs around the town to get cash, and in return Charlie helps Oliver on his tinkering projects that he has going on.

And finally, for the last thing for pre-working at Freddy's, you have how they got the job. Well, before that they tried to get a college degree but... it didn't work out. Between barely being able to afford going atop barely passing grades (They never had an official schooling after all), they dropped out after two years. After that, they started to look for a more steady job, finding a poster advertising an open position at the local Freddy's. They know the rumors, they know what happened to John, but they also feel draw to Freddy's. To an extent, it's all they've ever know. So they go to apply, and get the job. As a janitor, nothing crazy.

That wraps up the pre-working timeline! If you have any questions please please PLEASE either comment, reblog, or send an ask with the question!! There's a ton I skimmed over for the sake of this not being novel length and its still pretty novel length haha.