CHARACTER INFORMATION
face claim: Casey Deidrick
full name: Nathan Isaac Alexander
nickname(s): Nate
pronouns & gender: he/him, cis man
sexuality: straight
birth date: April 2, 1986
birth place: Merrock, Maine
time in town: his whole life
housing: Countryside
occupation: Physical therapist at White Heron Wellness
family: Livvy Hartman (wife), Darcy ‘Didi’ Alexander (cousin)
personality: If you ask Nate’s mother, she’d tell you that her son craved the spotlight. He was always very outgoing, witty, and loved to joke around. As he got older, and once his parents split, his demeanor changed, and he got quieter and very closed off. Now and then, he’ll tear that wall down and lets his true personality show.
BACKGROUND / BIO
Trigger warnings: cheating
Raised by a stay-at-home mother, Nate got the love and attention that he needed. His father, a tailor, would often request time off to spend at home or take the family on a short car ride around Merrock. To the world, the Alexander household looked like the perfect family. And for Nate, that’s how it felt to him. Being an only child meant that he got the attention from both parents. All was perfect until Nate and his mom went on a school field trip together and returned to catch his father cheating with his mistress.
Confused Nate had to watch his parents argue for hours about his father’s lies that ended with the couple announcing their divorce. Nate doesn’t remember much else about that night besides falling asleep to his parents arguing.
Adjusting to the divorce took a while. Nate carried the anger of his parents split throughout his middle school days by acting up in school and even flunked a few classes. All while his parents moved on. His father married his mistress and his mother married his father’s best friend. Nate went from a happy family to bouncing from one house to another, forced to listen to his parents complain about the other.
Nate tried to push through his high school years, getting into college once he could, and moved out immediately. He vowed to make something of his life. With his head in the books, Nate studied and went to school to become a physical therapist, something he was always interested in becoming. That was until he met Livvy. A co-worker. Someone he viewed as the competition. Between the small bickering the duo did, they eventually caved and began to hook up behind closed doors.
Eventually, the two came out publicly and began to date. Any anger or doubt Nate had about relationships faded with Livvy. It was easy with her and it was impossible to shake his feelings that he proposed to her and the two married within two years. And of course, with marriage, things could get a little tricky. Without realizing it, Nate’s issues and trauma were beginning to resurface, and instead of getting some counseling, he would pick arguments with his wife. The smallest things became a big problem. And while Nate didn’t want to result in splitting or separating from his wife, that’s where he found himself.
