Liam Thompson (37) matthew mcconcaughey
relationships: Sarah Carter (partner), Luke Connoghan (uncle), Sophie Connoghan, Adam Cassidy (cousins)
Liam grew up in Alabama with his mother.
His parents had both grown up in Boston and their families had been friends.
His mother and father had a bad relationship and he was a drinker.
He would spend all of his money on alcohol and abuse his wife when he came home.
Mrs. Thompson would never divorce him, though. She was an Irish Catholic and did not believe in it.
When Liam was born, he would also turn his attentions to him.
And that’s when Mrs. Thompson had had enough. It was an accident and so the coroner’s report states, but Mrs. Thompson made the push that sent her husband tumbling down the stairs.
She left her home after that: she was haunted by her sins and could not stand to be in that house any longer, so she packed up her things and her baby and moved down south.
Liam was young and has no memories of his life in Boston.
He grew up with little - his mother never made much working as a waitress in a small town diner - but he was happy.
And he was smart and when he got a good scholarship to a school up in Massachusetts, and he met his Uncle Connoghan
He didn’t have much interaction with his Connoghan relatives through school: he’d spend the holidays with them, of course, but he worked and took on a heavy load of coursework.
It wasn’t until after he graduated and started to pursue a career in the justice system that he realized what kind of a business his Uncle really had and the sort of power he had over people in this city.
His Uncle demanded that Liam work for him, which included helping to cover up murders his men committed under his orders.
Liam was resisted at first, but he quickly learned that it’s better for everyone involved if you cooperate with Connoghan.
Liam is a damn good detective though.
He writes down everything and will keep track of even the little things. It’s the little details, he says, that tell you what happened.
He keeps to himself most of the time. Work is everything.
He doesn’t have very good people skills and his frankness often comes off as being rude and pessimistic.
He does like his partner, even if they don’t get on well since he has had to threaten her into following Connoghan’s orders.
He doesn’t bother to explain himself or his feelings to people, which is often why he rubs even the best of people the wrong way.
He doesn’t really care that much, however, he’s never had many friends and is just as happy by himself in his room full of true crime books and drinking a beer at the bar in a corner alone.
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