Remember the time I didn’t do an intro on Gideon? Yeah, me neither.
Trigger Warnings for Drug Abuse, Injury, and Death.
It would be cruel to say Gideon’s childhood is easy to glaze over, near simple and a predictable life, but a happy one. He is the eldest of four children, was raised in a good community and loving home. He was closest to his younger brother, third child, teased his sisters without remorse but he had all of their backs when help was needed. He had some friends through high school, a few that he kept in touch while away at university and graduated a little early with a bachelor’s in software engineering with a specialization in game development.
A picture perfect life, with a fun and promising career on the horizon, yet as all must fall from their pedestal, and Gideon’s was a quick disaster. Recently returned home from an away internship-- his bags yet unpacked-- he was invited to lunch by his sister and her husband. Happily placed at a booth in the sun’s light, it should have been a picture perfect meal: they laughed, they talked, Gideon teased them, teased her husband harsher because no one was good enough for his sister, said their goodbyes and planned for a time they could go out again.
Instead at this little diner, placed at a “T” intersection, a driver travelling toward the diner didn’t stop, and crashed through the glass with their table being the first the vehicle encountered. His brother-in-law died en route to the hospital. His sister crashed during surgery. Gideon survived after crashing twice on the operating table, with two additional months of hospital bed rest.
The physical pain was brutal, and without coping to the emotional toll, it was easy to lose himself to any numbing relief. It was easy to attach to the Oxycondone the hospital administered in his recovery, and despite their instruction to limit the use, his increased.
Drugs are expensive, my dudes, and even as a fancy software engineer, Gideon burned through his savings quickly to dealers after doctor shopping through the “appropriate channels” failed. He even tried slipping money from his parents, but was caught in the attempt and the lie meant to cover it before he had the funds in hand. His mothers didn’t blame him, they were more than understanding of his situation and encouraged him to seek help.
That’s when he fled and arrived here at Safe Haven. Gideon believes he has reigned in his problem to a controllable degree, meant to cover the physical damage done to his leg in the collision that still pains him a year after the event. He presently sells completed assignments online to paying university students as a means to fund his addiction, to which he also takes Ritalin to hide the drowsy effects of the pain medications. Sadly, like any addiction, he will become tolerate and his habits with increase with more dependency. It’s only a matter of time.
More info to come later. Message me if you want to plot!
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