Armin Khan

thirty three years old. veterinarian. mount pleasant. vancouver native.

[arminxkhan]

ARMIN KHAM ; THE INTRODUCTION

NAME: Armin Khan

NICKNAME(S): N/A

AGE: Thirty-three

RESIDENTIAL AREA: Mount Pleasant

OCCUPATION: Veterinarian

LENGTH OF TIME IN VANCOUVER: Thirty-three years

CONNECTIONS SPREADSHEET & THREAD TRACKER & BIOGRAPHY

basics.

BIRTHDAY: September 2, 1989

PLACE OF BIRTH: Vancouver, BC, Candana

GENDER IDENTIFICATION: Cis Male (he/him)

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Engaged to @maya-talwar​

POSITIVE TRAITS: Talkative, Patient 

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Cowardly, Disorganized 

family.

MOTHER: Damaris Khan 

FATHER: Armando Khan

SIBLINGS: None

CHILDREN: None

PETS: Rosie, Golden Retriever (deceased) 

biography.

Armin is a Vancouver native. He was born and raised to Armando and Damaris Khan. He was raised by a large community of people early on in his life until he moved next door to Tali when he was about 6 years old. 

He has always been school oriented. He would have tutored others in high school. He has never been sports oriented and preferred to watch sports rather than participate in playing. 

Naturally sociable, he didn’t always go out of his way to make friends as he tended to be more on the shy side growing up, when he did have friends, he was very social with them and could be quite talkative even to someone he just met, even if he didn’t approach them first. 

His childhood best friend is Tali and he grew up living next door to her. They were inseparable and it was how he met both Nes and Matt as well. They also became a very close friend group with one another. 

Armin first confessed his love to Tali after she was injured in a hockey game. While not a serious injury, it was enough for Armin to blurt it out and the rest was history. 

He dated Tali through high school and they mutually ended their relationship due to her leaving for college. Eventually, their friendship came to an end too. It wasn’t by choice but they eventually just stopped talking. 

In his earlier years of veterinary medicine college, he met Maya, who he would propose to after a while of dating. They have currently been engaged for three years, though for the last two years Armin has been conflicted about his relationship with her.

Growing up, Armin had a Golden Retriever that he adored with his entire life. After she passed away he hadn’t been able to get another dog in fear he would think he was replacing her. 

Armin is the type of person that is friends with everyone, though he might only have a handful of very close friends. He is friendly and while not super outgoing, his kindness makes up for that. Armin is the person that pays for another’s coffee, or lets them get their groceries first. 

headcanons.

his favorite animal is dogs.  he really loves all animals, but dogs are his favorite

since losing his dog, rosie, he has not got another one, though he thinks about it often

his favorite sport to watch or attend in person is still hockey, though he has taken a liking to watching other sports on tv when he is at the bar having a drink

armin has always wanted a family and is super family oriented

giving back to the community is very important to armin and he does it in many ways

in addition to giving discounted services to those in need at the animal hospital, armin also volunteers at local animal shelters and food kitchens for those in need

wanted connections.

current fiancée that he met while in college. they have been engaged for three years now ( armin is likely going to break off the engagement at some point )

childhood best friends ( he was super social growing up, talkative and loved making new friends )

family friends ( while his family was just him and his parent’s, he would have plenty of found family. people who helped out his parent’s when they were first having armin, people who are still really close with the family )

veterinarian colleagues ( whether they went to school locally or not)

[arminxkhan]

sancmsayar​:

~

“Oh yeah? I loved banked up stories,” she grinned as they began walking towards the Thai restaurant that she loved. While the streets were lit up with holiday lights already beginning one month in advance to Christmas, she could not pay attention to any of that once Armin began his story. “A puppy? Aww..” she truly adored animals of any kind but puppies in particular held a very special spot in her heart. she listened as he spoke about how excited the puppy was and how she knocked over the treat jar which had her laughing as well. “That is the cutest, oh my gosh. What was her name?” She laughed before nodding along with his statement about the puppy perhaps being part Labrador too. “Listen–that is too cute and you’re not helping my whole mission of not adopting a pet yet. These stories you tell me every day just make it more and more likely for me to one day head down to the shelter, maybe dragging you with me–before I adopt a pet,” she chuckled softly knowing that per her persona–most would associate her to be a cat lady but she had a slightly stronger affection for the canines of the world. “Alright that’s work life–what about personal?” She asked as she held the door open for him, the two of them getting seated instantly. Sanem shrugged off her jacket keeping it on her chair before she clasped her hands and leaned forward. “I want to hear all the good details–how are things going?”

“Mhm, a puppy.” He knew Sanem would appreciate a story about a puppy. “She was the cutest thing,” it made him want a puppy himself, another companion to keep in the house. It was an idea he had been toying with for quite some time but this time - he would have to bring it up to Tali. Things between them were moving at a comfortable pace but if he wanted her in his life as long as he knew that he did, he wanted to make sure she was okay with a puppy or a dog. Or whatever he fell in love with at the shelter - or them. He’d want to go with her. “Her name was Gracie Lou,” he told Sanem with a smile, “I know I’m not helping, kind of the point,” he said, nudging her gently with his elbow. “You know I’d accompany you in a heartbeat down to the shelter.” He told her with a smile resting on his lips. “Personal life,” he nodded his head, thanking her for holding the door open before making their way to a table. Once seated, he smiled brighter at Sanem, “Yeah, things are going good.” He told her, “We’ve been hanging out a bit, I think she’s realizing she’s anything but a rebound for me.” Though they all knew that but Armin hadn’t wanted to push her in a direction she wasn’t comfortable with. “It’s - it’s right with her.” 

[arminxkhan]

sancmsayar​:

~

Sanem heard him before she saw him and smiled at the sight of him escorting an older lady, presumably his last patient of the day out the door before returning inside. “Definitely good with me,” she chuckled before her gaze swept downwards towards his scrubs, “I wouldn’t want you to be dressed like that in a restaurant anyways,” she chuckled before gesturing for him to go ahead while she scrolled through her phone. When he emerged once more, she stood up and nodded with a bright smile as she led him out of the clinic and into the street. “So–what’s new with you? Any good patient stories?” Armin usually knew that Sanem had a bit of a bleeding heart when it came to animals which meant that any time she asked for stories–they were meant to be feel good ones that could make one happy, not anything negative and so she hoped he kept that in mind when he gave her one for the day.

Meeting Sanem in the lobby, he nodded his head. “You know I’ve been banking up my good stories for when I saw you next.” He told the woman as they stepped onto the streets from the clinic. Armin walked alongside her, knowing what a bleeding heard that she had when it came to the animals. It was something that he liked about her. “I had a new patient come in, a puppy, mixed breed,” he started off telling Sanem as they walked, “she was so excited, jumping all around and I went to give her a treat, turned around for a second and she knocked the entire treat jar over!” Armin laughed, “the excitement that came from this puppy was nothing like I’ve seen before, I’d be convinced she’s part lab,” he teased, knowing what chow-hounds the breed could be. “I’ve never seen a dog vibrate with such happiness before,” he laughed again, “it was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.”

[arminxkhan]

talitadr​:

—

There’d been a big part of her that was scared that after his engagement ended, Armin coming back to her was a rebound. He’d be lonely, uncertain about his future, and as much as Tali had wanted to collect him in her arms and fall back into what they’d left behind as teenagers, she couldn’t be that person. She wanted that magic, and she wanted it with him, and the more time they spent together the more she realized that those fears were irrelevant. They’d fallen back into it so easily and she’d never been happier. “I just like to make sure you feel like you have a say.” She teased, finishing off the egg roll and grabbing the other fortune cookie. “Because we’re getting ice cream after this. Maybe milkshakes. Which one sounds better to you?” 

“Mm, you do a pretty good job of that. You have for our entire lives,” he chuckled, unable to help the shake of his head that came as the thoughts flooded his head about their childhood, their teenage years. Armin had always thought he would end up with Talita. There was not a doubt in his mind when he was a young teenager and when they didn’t stay in touch during college, Armin was certain all hope was lost. And that’s when he fell in love with Maya, he thought he had moved on, only to find out that had been far from the case. His heart was never capable of not loving Tali. Falling so easily back into their old habits, Armin knew that as much as he had hurt Maya, Talita was the right person for him. “Hmm,” he hummed at the thought, tipping his head to the side in thought. “Milkshakes. A big ole chocolate milkshake. Or one of those festive ones. You think they have those out now? Maybe a side of fries to dip in them?” He wiggled his brows teasingly.

[arminxkhan]

logan8bentley​:

“Not at all” he had to do his normal joke. But he was having a good time it was nice to have a small place he worked at. He had a good time so far and was enjoying working with his few friend. It wasn’t going to be forever for him but he was happy with the now. “Same here, I have not in years and if I do it’s normally to drunk to remember when it’s my turn “ he joked with a laugh. “It’s nice and this is fun and easy for everyone so it works” he looked around seeing everyone was having a good time for sure. “It can work with your office my old… job well not the prison I dont think the PBR could fit… in here” he looked around a moment laughing. 

Armin laughed with the man’s joke, enjoying the other’s sense of humor. He couldn’t imagine not being able to take jokes and participate in joyous laughter throughout the day. “Yeah, that’s always the hard part, remembering when it’s your turn,” especially after the cheap pitchers of beer went down like water for most of the evening. “It’s good to get to hang out with everyone and not think about work,” it was needed, to boost moral every now and then. Armin laughed again, nodding his head, “Yeah, might be a bit of a tight fit, huh?” 

[arminxkhan]

sancmsayar​:

status: closed for @arminxkhan​​ location: halo animal hospital

Sanem strolled into the hospital around closing time and was glad to see that the waiting room was mostly empty before she texted the doctor she was there to see that she was here. She didn’t mind waiting really, and ended up pulling out a magazine from her own bag and flipped through it. She had plans to meet up with Armin for a dinner to catch up since she’d been insanely busy for the last couple of days since they’d met up during the week of Halloween and honestly Sanem missed her friend and so she’d asked to meet him for dinner and figured with her meeting him here, they could go to her favourite Thai food place in Kitslano instead of one of their normal haunts in Mount Pleasant. 

With the end of the evening coming, Armin’s patient list dwindled. As his phone pinged in his pocket, he reached to look at it, seeing it was Sanem. He smiled at the thought of his friend waiting in the lobby for him as he finished up with his last patient. “It was nice to see you too, Mrs. Montgomery,” he say goodbye to the older woman as he walked her out of the front door of the animal hospital. “Hey,” he turned to Sanem with a smile, “I just have to change and then we can be ready to go.” He said, gesturing to his scrubs, preferring to wear them in case there was any messes that got on him. Holding up a finger, he headed into the back to grab his bag and change into the normal wear clothes, “Okay, Thai food?” He raised a brow, stepping back into the lobby as he bid the receptionist goodbye as she was finishing up last minute paperwork. 

[arminxkhan]

starter for @logan8bentley​ location: star lanes bowling alley 

“You havin’ fun?” Armin said as he went over to Logan with a beer in his hand. Bowling with the staff at Halo Animal Hospital had become a quarterly tradition for them all. They closed shop down early for the day and headed down to the bowling alley for food and drinks for the rest of the evening. It was something that Armin enjoyed, though not particularly good at bowling himself. “I’m not good at bowling,” he admitted to Logan, but if the man had been watching at all, he would have seen that, “but it’s still fun to get out of the office for a while.” 

[arminxkhan]

starter for @nesrinadem​ location: mamie’s bbq 

“I told you I’d take you out for barbecue this week.” Armin grinned as he slid into a booth across from Nesrin. “I’ve also been craving this for who knows how long,” he told her, his fingers grabbing a menu from the table. “What are you in the mood for? I’m thinking the messier the better.” His eyes moved across the menu, though for as long as he and the restaurant had been around, one would think he would have it memorized it by now. “We can even split things if you want to get more than one thing, I’m never opposed to that.” 

[arminxkhan]

starter for @mattsullivan​ location: city brew pub 

“Hey man,” Armin said as he approached the other. “sorry I’m late, one of the technicians had to leave early today so I was finishing up by myself.” He looked up at the screens above the bar, “Game going well?” Armin hadn’t had a chance to catch any of the highlights of the hockey game, but he figured Matt might have seen some of it. “Need another beer?” He asked as he settled into the seat next to him, making eye contact with the bartender and giving a smile to note that he was in need of service. Spay and neuter clinics were no joke for the veterinarian. 

[arminxkhan]

talitadr​:

WHO: @arminxkhan WHERE: Holy Chow, Gastown

The meal had been more than pleasant, though time with Armin always was, and all that was left was a dumpling, an eggroll, and their fortune cookies. “Okay so, I’ll let you pick your fortune cookie if you you let me have the eggroll… and half the dumpling.” She grinned, already reaching for the plates and pulling them towards her. “Might even let you pick where we go after this for dessert. As long as I have full veto powers, of course.” Her grin grew wider as she picked up the eggroll and took a bite, waiting to hear his answer while she chewed.

Spending time with Talita had been more than the man could ever ask for. After the end of his engagement, he wasn’t sure how things would pan out for him. He wasn’t a man that could predict the future. “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” he laughed, watching as she already reached for the plates. The last thing he was going to say was no, but he had to at least give her a hard time about it. Holding up his hands in a mock surrender, Armin grinned at her, “Alright, I pick this one,” he reached for the fortune cookie to his left, “and full veto powers?” Armin shook his head at Tali, “Don’t you get those all the time anyway, I don’t even know why you have to make sure,” he teased her back in return. 

[arminxkhan]

logan8bentley​:

He did love the holidays with his family and normally did spend the last few months of the years with them. On the family farm or his own ranch with all of them. The farm decorated up and everyone in town coming around he loved it.  But being here he wasn’t sure if he could make it down to see them this year. “Not till I  find that brother of mine” he let out a breath as he shook his head. “He’s an idiot running off after everything” his friend knew what Logan’s younger brother did. Getting into trouble that ended up in him in prison.  He smiled with a grin he was excited.  “I wouldn’t get you on like I ride but easy one that kids ride” he teased with a wink.  “The bulls are so smart man you have no idea ones that will be sweet till it’s in shoot then wild trying to get you off it’s back and soon as the buzzer hits they stop and will walk off back into the back pins” he smiled. People did tend to think what he did wasn’t nice. But all the animals were cared for well, and wouldn’t do what they did if they didn’t want too.

Armin nodded his head, having heard what the man’s brother had done. “I understand that,” as much as someone with no siblings could. The closest he had to that feeling were friends that he grew up with that were close as siblings but he knew at the end of the day that it was not the same. “Okay, that sounds way more up my alley,” he admitted with a laugh, shaking his head. “I think I could handle the same speed as the kids take on,” though part of him wondered if he could, as kids were rather daredevilish at times. “Yeah?” He raised a brow as Logan talked more about it, “I haven’t worked closely with bulls, but yeah,” he nodded his head, “a lot of people don’t give the animals credit for how smart they are. They don’t expect it.” 

[arminxkhan]

gabrielacortes​:

—

“My coping does help but I don’t think people would agree if I were to tell them.” And she had, a few strangers here and there. Many had said the same thing which was that it was more like patching a hole in a water pipe. It might hold for a little bit but the leak would still be there at the end of the day, slowly getting bigger and bigger. “Do you have a way that you cope and does it help you?”

Armin nodded his head, “People are going to judge, no matter what it is, especially if it’s not the same way that they cope.” He figured people with similar coping methods could understand and empathize but others might not be able to do the same. “Animals, honestly,” he admitted to her, “I’m a veterinarian so going to shelters and helping animals out is my coping mechanism.” He told the other, “I allows me to do some good when it feels like my own life is falling apart.” 

[arminxkhan]

sawyer-harris​:—

“You should totally let me buy you a drink.” Was it technically buying him one if it was an open bar and they were free? Maybe not, but she could order him one, and she’d even tip, which Sawyer thought counted. “It’s, like, the least I could do. For saving my life and all.” It was a joke…mostly, because honestly, the thought of losing and having to replace her phone did make Sawyer want to die, just a little. The backup process was just so annoying…

Armin chuckled, “Okay, yeah, sure,” he agreed, only because the man knew that they were technically free, outside of a tip. It seemed like a good repayment, for finding the device that was her life, after all. “I could go for a drink.” The man nodded his head as he began to head in that direction, “I’m Armin, by the way,” he said, not thinking they had been introduced before. 

[arminxkhan]

talitadr​:

—

“I couldn’t agree more. You should be running this show. You know what, we should hop off right now and find whoever is in charge to fill them in on your genius idea.” She mused, moving to stand up only to plop back onto the haybale with a soft chuckle. Tali had already faced the haunted house, surely the haunted hayride couldn’t be any worse? Besides, she had Armin with her. With him by her side she could do anything, she was sure of it. “You make me brave.” She admitted with a shy smile, head leaning down to rest against his shoulder. The closeness of their bodies felt right, everything about him felt right, and yet there was a nagging part of her that wouldn’t let her take the leap her heart so badly wanted to. “I know, I know!” She laughed once more. “I didn’t say it made sense, I’m just saying I know that’s what I would do. But I’ll be sure to keep myself planted, we don’t want you hurting yourself.” Grinning, she leaned up to press a light kiss to his cheek. Always her protector, and she loved him for it. “Mhm, imagined it. Made it up. I know you dream about me,” She teased, “Maybe you dreamed that, too.” Her own laughter leaving her lips, knowing she was talking nonsense as she remembered the conversation he was referring to and she had in fact, said those words. “My hero.” She sighed contently, her hand coming to rest over his on her knee and linking her fingers through him. “Though I think we have to pretend to not look scared. They always go after the people who look freaked out, so put your poker face on.”

“Oh, stop, I don’t know about that,” he laughed, shaking his head, though his heart stopped in his chest as she went to stand up, “Careful,” he warned, his other hand hovering toward her in case she did stand up on the moving hay ride. Her words brought a warm smile across his face as his heart skipped a few beats. He made her brave? He didn’t know how true that was but it sounded like the only thing in the world that was true when it came from Talita. “You make me brave.” He repeated back, which was also the truth. Had it not been for Talita, Armin would not have done a lot of things in his life. Sure, he did things on his own, he wasn’t giving her all of the credit, but they had done so much together in their lives that he would be a fool not to think so highly of her. His laugh echoed her own and he shook his head. “You are -” he paused, her lips pressing to his cheek and causing him to trail off. “Hey now,” he laughed, a flush coming to his cheeks. It’s not like she was wrong. Dreaming of Talita had been something Armin had been doing since he was a teenage boy, the dreams varying in manner, of course. “Mm, yeah, maybe you’re just dreaming that I dreamed that, huh?” He teased back, the nonsense leaving their lips causing him to laugh more. As her hand placed over his own, their fingers found a familiar linking. Armin’s gaze moved toward their hands before looking back up at her, “You’re right, we have to remain unphased,” though he knew that the first jump scare would certainly get to him. 

[arminxkhan]

logan8bentley​:

Christmas was fun, always so great with how much you can do with it. That it looked great with all the amazing decorations and lights, trees and more. That you could have a great time with your family and friends, and the food was amazing too. He too had farm in in a city near him back in Texas when you go an cut down the tree it was amazing. “Very crazy but he best” he smiled “Like it’s such a thrill and rush even just sitting on them” he smiled for a moment. “They are and erven know your dogs and cats are cute, I do miss my farm animals” he chuckled a moment.  “I am excited to see how it is here, it wont be the same but  Iam sure it be fun” he smiled a moment as he looked around at the décor that was left still. “But I know people up in  Calgary if you ever do want to to go for a 8 second ride” he joked. 

“Yeah, it can be the best,” he nodded his head. Christmas was a time that he enjoyed, getting together with his family and friends. And this year, he would be able to spend the holiday with Talita, without the tangles of an engagement looming over him any longer. This year, he would be able to spend it with Talita as a man that loved her and could show her that he loved her. “Any thoughts of goin’ back to the farm life?” He questioned, not knowing much about the man’s past though he was working for him. “Really?” He wouldn’t have expected to find that so close to home, “I will have to keep that in mind pending any mid-life crises I might have,” he admitted with a laugh.

[arminxkhan]

sunshinelambert​:

She nodded “Oh it helps me a lot, I forgot all the time to buy food or make dinner so having a box of everything is great” she smiled “I have the ones you make and the frozen ones you just pop into the oven” both were great to her and helped her out. “Oh we do have the same great taste then” she laughed “So I am gonna make sure you make all of that for me”  she was only kidding she never ask for food like that. “Pasta is good, so bad for you yet so good” she held up her pumpkin and smiled “You are so gonna lose big boy” she joked.

“That makes a lot of sense,” he said with the nod of his head, “I might have to stock up on my frozen meals all the same,” he laughed softly, “Late nights at the clinic don’t always leave time for the store and I haven’t jumped on board having my groceries delivered but I really should.” He admitted with a small shrug of his shoulders. “Of course we do,” he grinned at her, “food was in no shortage of my family, it was how we showed love a lot of the time.” Armin found himself laughing once more as he shook his head at her. “You’re on, Lambert.” He teased, grabbing his pumpkin and some of the carving tools as he led the two of them toward a table. 

[arminxkhan]

sancmsayar​:

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“Don’t tell everyone else that,” Sanem told him with a grin before shrugging as she glanced around them at the event. Luckily there weren’t too many people around so no one would’ve overheard it. But for the most part–she’d just been teasing him anyways. People were allowed to think she was kind, for the most part it was true unless someone rubbed her the wrong way in which case she’d have a reaction. “Let’s be real Armin, for a second here…you proposed to Maya after probably thinking Talita was never coming back. It was a safety net for you. You may have believed she was good enough to have in your life in that manner but that was it.” She sighed softly, hating that she was saying these words about a woman she honestly didn’t have any ill feelings towards. “Hopefully Tali knows and realizes that there is no one in either of your lives that you could love more than you love one another,” she grinned at him before shrugging, “I don’t know why it would be scary. All the dreams you’ve had since you were young are basically coming true with this…I don’t get why it would be scary? Shouldn’t you actually be the happiest you’ve ever been instead?” 

As Sanem began to talk once more, being real, he knew that he was in for it. With Sanem, there was no barrier that would prevent them from being honest with one another. “You’re right.” He had fallen in love with Maya, knowing that Talita would never make a return. It had been years since he had even talked to the woman that he loved his entire life. “I thought it was right for me, but I should have known it wasn’t.” Armin had tried to tell himself that he could live a life without Talita in it, that he could love another as much as he loved her. It had been a lie, to himself and to Maya. He had spent the last several years hurting the both of them and that he had to take accountability for. “Yeah, you make a good point,” he nodded his head in response to her words. “I mean, I am happy, when I’m around her, it’s like things haven’t changed but,” he shrugged his shoulders, “it only works when she’s ready too. We’ve been too busy to sit down and have a conversation about it, but I want to.” He knew it was no excuse, “When I see her, I will. No matter what.”