NAME: Christopher Decker GENDER: Male, he/him DATE OF BIRTH: February 12th, 1986 (32) PLACE OF BIRTH: Wilmington, North Carolina NEIGHBORHOOD: Wrightsville Beach OCCUPATION: Mechanic FACE CLAIM: Adam Driver
BIOGRAPHY
trigger warning: drug abuse
It had all started out very simply- Christopher Decker was born to a mother and a father in the town of Wilmington, NC. They didn’t have much money, but both of his parents earned enough from their meager teaching salaries to land them just above the poverty line. If you had spoken to his neighbors back in the day, they’d tell you that the Decker boy was a smart kid with a slight knack for wandering off. Had you asked his mother of a defining characteristic of her boy? Well, she’d tell you how creative her bright son was, whether he was running through backyards and over fences to get home, or taking massive detours through the parks before he reached school. It’s safe to say that Chris wasn’t, and has never been a boy who thought logically.
Unfortunately, when Chris turned thirteen, his life took a massive turn when his father decided to up and leave him and his mother. It was seemingly the worst thing that could possibly happen to the young and impressionable thirteen year old and Chris could not cope with the void he felt in his life after his father left. This led him to turn to various mind altering substances, such as pills, to help forget what it felt like to be sad. As a domino effect, he grew increasingly dependent on the mock effect of normalcy that the drugs provided, and in turn became less motivated by the things he probably should have been caring more about, like schoolwork, grades, and maintaining a social life.
The drugs completely changed who he became and what path he decided to follow in life, and it didn’t take long before he dropped out of high school after taking a vocational engineering class. He figured that he was content with his lifestyle and that pursuing a career as a mechanic wouldn’t be too horrible a thought. People did that for a living, right? And they made good money off of it, right? Those were his validations for rejecting a life of academia and instead vying for an option that didn’t require a drug test to succeed.
His lack of motivation in life disappointed both of his parents tremendously, including his father who he still kept in touch with. It was even more of a slap in the face when his father continually mocked and chastised Chris’ aspirations, usually after he bragged about his new life with his new family and perfect children. Though Chris was still twenty and living in his mother’s house, he tried his best not to let such things discourage him even though after every phone call, he couldn’t help but feel more than hurt by his father’s rejection.
Perhaps the total opposite, his mother always cared for and nurtured him since he was a little boy, never quite forgetting the child who made her pictures of flying planes and booming rocket ships every day. He would always be her little boy, and in this way she remained in denial about his drug abuse and could never find it within herself to force him to go to rehab, afraid he would resent her for the rest of his life. She was ecstatic however when he finally got a promotion and pay raise at the auto body shop where he worked and had saved up enough to buy his own place. Before he knew it, he was up and out of his mother’s house and on to bigger and better things: his own apartment. However, much to Chris own internal chagrin and his mother’s resignation, he didn’t give up his old ways and continuously begged her for money, stating that it was for rent when it was really for drugs. They both knew what he was doing – but again, and like all the times before, she never said,”No.”
Of course he didn’t know that his life would change yet again in the summer of 2017 when he met a special girl named Elise at the repair shop. They immediately bonded as she watched him fix the rotators on her pick-up truck, and talked about everything under the sun. The two became incredibly close and instantly, Chris fell for her. She was beautiful, she was kind, and most of all…she cared. They were together for months before Elise found out about his addictions and the moment she found the empty bottle and pills that cascaded the drawers of his apartment, the anger and the look on her face said it all; he needed to put an end to this. With her repeated promptings, she convinced him to check into rehab. Six months later, sober and ready to show her the new him, Chris was heartbroken to find out that she’d left; packed up all of her things and got out of Wilmington for good, without a word or explanation. His bright star in the night sky, his only true friend, the one person he’d allowed himself to get close too, was gone.
Now, a mere two months later, he has found himself in a place he never thought he’d be again— rock bottom. Without feeling as if he has someone to lean on, it’s becoming harder and harder for Chris to maintain his sobriety. And as the days go by, giving up is starting to seem like a much better option.
CHARACTER TRAITS
( + ) good humored, easygoing, modest ( - ) dependent, self-destructive, insecure
