FULL NAME : Dr. Quentin Parker James ALIAS : Tin, Tin-Tin, Quinn. AGE : 44 DATE OF BIRTH : December 19, 1980 RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Divorced, dating Julieta Alvarez HOMETOWN : Kismet Harbor, OR, USA TIME IN KISMET HARBOR : Since 1980. RESIDENCE : Cresthill Meadows. FACECLAIM : Jake Gyllenhaal trigger warning: death, addiction, drug use.
EDUCATION : University of Pittsburgh. OCCUPATION :Orthopedic Surgeon/ Prosthetist GENDER : Cis-Male PRONOUNS : He/Him SEXUALITY : Straight. HAIR COLOUR : Dark Brown EYE COLOUR : Blue HEIGHT : 6′0″ BUILD : Athletic ACCENT : American LANGUAGES : English, Spanish. TATTOOS : None SCENT: BOSS The Scent Absolute ZODIAC : Sagittarius LOVE LANGUAGE : Physical touch, words of affirmation. CLOTHING : Sweaters and pantaloons in winter. Shirts and blouses with pantaloons in summer. He wears blouses under his work uniform. HAIR STYLE + BEARD: ( x )
CONDITIONS : Recovered addict ALLERGIES : Pollen. EATING HABITS : Quentin values a healthy diet with variety. Mexican cuisine is his favourite. EXERCISE HABITS : low-intensity interval training, boxing. SLEEPING HABITS : Quentin sleeps from 10PM til 5 am on weekdays. He’s more varied in his sleeping pattern when he’s off work and the kids are off school. ADDICTIONS : painkillers DRUG USE : Fentanyl and barbiturates. (not actively) ALCOHOL USE : none.
POSITIVE TRAITS : Adaptable, humorous, curious. NEGATIVE TRAITS : short-tempered, blunt, sarcastic. PHOBIAS : lilapsophobia (fear of storms and tornadoes), phasmophobia (fear of the supernatural) FEARS : Relapsing, losing his children, losing his father and/or siblings. HOBBIES : Boxing, hiking, camping. HABITS : smoking, doesn’t drink enough water, double checks. USUAL DEMEANOUR : Affable.
FATHER : Dale James MOTHER : Susan James † SIBLINGS : Wesley James, Bridget James. PARTNERS : Summer Cassidy (divorced), Julieta Alvarez (dating) CHILDREN : Sadie and Lucas. PETS : none.
BIOGRAPHY
Quentin just about wasn’t born with a bow, an early Christmas present for expecting parents. A cold December day with snow covering the pavement outside the hospital. He was a spirited child, the kind that struck terror into a parent’s heart every time he asked why, and wanted to do what the grown-ups were doing. As adorable as he might be as a little boy, just as terrible his tantrums were, something that would be a thread throughout his entire life. Whenever something went wrong, or he felt trapped he would lash out. Behavioural issues was something that was often stamped on his school reviews. Therapy sessions were becoming the new normal for Quentin, learning to cope with his anger issues.
He set most of his tantrums aside when his baby brother was born when he was eight years old, taking the role of older brother very seriously. He would keep his mother company whenever she was tending with the baby, making his homework in her bed, sometimes even getting to feed him with the bottle. The same was when Bridget was born and Quentin was older, taking up more responsibilities and helping around the house. Yet his parents always made sure he was a kid, going outside to play.
High school was a learning ground, a place to further explore himself and who he wanted to be in life. He had a bright and humorous personality, making a lot of friends but two friends in particular he spent a lot of his free time with, Callum and Harry. The two were often goofing around, but Quentin did not let that ruin his education. He had a clear idea of what he wanted to do, mostly thanks to Callum, whose situation inspired him. He also had extra motivation to get good grades and go to a good college because of the promised graduation trip his father had promised him when he graduated: backpacking through the states and meeting great landmarks, learning more about their country.
The trip however was the last of his worries when his parents divorced at the age of 16. His mother's cheating hit Quentin hard, as he had always adored the woman and the ground she walked on. The sixteen year old felt like he had to choose sides in the divorce, and he chose his father's side. With his father gaining custody over all three children, Quentin grew into the responsible role, taking care of his siblings when his father was still at work, making sure to cook dinner when his father could not. It took him a long time to forgive his mother, despite her attempts to reconcile. By the time his university acceptance letter got in, Quentin decided to take a gap year to help his father around the house, informing the university of his decision. With the prospect he could reapply whenever, Quentin found himself taking time with his family, even going on that backpacking trip with his father, making sure Wesley and Bridget were being responsibly looked after.
University was a fresh start in more than one way. He thrived during his medical studies and also rekindled a relationship with his mother. As the semesters passed however, Quentin began to notice discrepancies in his mother's stories and ways of acting. When he visited without a heads-up one day, his suspicions were proven to be right. He discovered his mother had developed a serious alcohol addiction which she had been trying to hide from her ex-husband and children. Quentin told her to sober up before it was too late or he would tell his father, knowing that that would mean she would no longer be trusted with her children. She promised she would, yet Quentin had his doubts.
Because of this, he tried to keep his residency as close as he could, and was offered a spot at the hospital in Kismet Harbor, making it his goal to in the future become a prosthetist and help people on their new path of recovery and way of life. He hadn’t expected however that through his time as a resident, he fell in love. It was a simple introduction, Wesley dragging him over to a certain blonde and there was an instant connection between the two. She had aspirations like him and they both understood that they would have shared focuses each, leaving less room for miscommunication in their newfound relationship, one that ended up being tested on one fateful evening. Quentin had been driving back with Callum and Harry from a high school reunion at a location outside of town when Harry lost control of the vehicle. Quentin remembers flashes, Callum’s groaning in the backseat, Harry silent on the hood of the car while he couldn’t move himself, his muscles cramping up entirely, pain shooting throughout his body. His recovery was nowhere near as painful as having to bury his friend, blaming the seasonal weather that caused the car to slip over the ice, but admittedly would have swapped places with Harry, knowing that he wouldn’t have left behind a wife and son. The pain Quentin found himself in made him more irritable, more on edge, and when he discovered his mother had not kept her promise to him, he delivered on his word and told his father about his mother's drinking problem, which resulted in Dale keeping his sons and daughter away from their mother. Quentin had hoped that this would cause her to wake up and go to rehab, instead a few months later, he was woken by his father who told him his mother had passed away.
The emotional pain enhanced his physical pain, and before he knew it, Quentin had more dependent on the painkillers he'd received for his shoulder and back injury, even if that was the last thing he intended to do. He couldn’t function without the painkillers and realised he had hit a new low when he had been tempted to stealing medication from the hospital’s pharmacy. It was then that he confided in Summer who told him they could wait it out, not wanting to risk his career. Cold turkey. He remembered every moment of it, agonisingly counting the hours. It took him a while after, at least a month before he was ready to come clean to his father, not wanting to keep secrets from him. From that moment on, he would never let anyone down again.
He went on the straight and narrow, working his shifts, passing his tests and eventually he married the girl. It wasn’t an easy decision, but helping her in her path to success, he agreed into moving along with her to Los Angeles as soon as he could find a place to further his career. Everything went as they should. He had no difficulties reaching his attending years and eventually become a full fledged doctor. He had everything he thought he always wanted. He had the job, he had the wife and he had the kids. With Sadie and Lucas born, his world got a whole lot richer. Yet the more his life became successful, so it did for his wife. And it didn’t take much longer before she had to sacrifice shared family time. The more popular an actress she became, the more she started missing out on school functions, birthday parties, recitals and soccer matches. They argued whenever she was home and sober, a flaw he ignored so he did not make his own issues hers. When the paparazzi started bothering them at their home, Quentin lost it. They ended up at the children’s schools and daycare, as well as his job. As extroverted as he was, he valued his privacy. He hated having his picture taken, even in a personal or professional setting. When Summer’s assistant failed to communicate his latest message to her, he decided having to wait up for her was the only thing to do and try to talk things out that this could no longer work, not with it impeding their children’s daily life. When she came home drunk from one of her parties, it was the last drop.
He wasn’t someone to give ultimatums, and instead he confronted Summer with the fact he had four tickets to Kismet Harbor, where he was going to raise the children in peace and quiet, and that she could come along if that was what she wanted. He packed up suitcases of clothes, arranging a moving company for a few important belongings to ship to Oregon. With a broken heart, Quentin boarded the plane with his two children, leaving his wife behind in Los Angeles, with that ending their marriage. Divorce papers sent soon after.
Settling in Kismet Harbor again came easier to the two youngsters while Quentin struggled. He was offered a position at the local hospital through his old mentor, yet found his thoughts to be with Summer all the time. She hadn’t objected with him wanting the children to be with him throughout the year, having them go to Los Angeles every other year during the summer and Christmas, with Summer coming the other times. It was even more confusing when him and Summer had unfinished business and ending up in bed together. It would always end up with her leaving back for Los Angeles soon after. At some point, he made the decision to move on, getting back into the dating pool, but mostly focusing on raising his two children, making sure they had everything they needed in life and from him, functioning as both a father and a mother, which still had its challenges. But he’d be damned if he wouldn’t try his hardest.
When Summer made the move to Kismet Harbor, Quentin had hope that this meant they could rekindle their relationship as well as the relationship between mother and daughter. For a while it seemed to work. They got along great, had a fun time together and even spoke of moving to somewhere they could both live and be happy. When however Quentin learned she had used being back with her family as an opportunity to get good press, even tipping off the paparazzi. Quentin saw red, letting Summer try and explain her way out of things before permanently ending things between them with the threat that if he saw a paparazzi photo of her playing the good mother, he would take further steps. Luckily it didn't get that far and the children got to keep seeing their mother. Quentin stayed true to his word however that him and Summer were done and moved on, entering a relationship on Christmas day which seems to flourish as time went by, even having her support and company after he broke his leg during a storm that raged through the city. Quentin is recovering without the use of painkillers, having to make use of a cane while looking at surgical options to improve his leg so that he can make fully use of it yet again.
TIMELINE
1980 – born december 19 1988 – Wesley is born 1992 – Bridget is born. 1996 – Quentin's parents divorce 1998 – Graduated high school. 1998-2000 – Quentin takes a gap year. 2001 – started at university of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. 2005 – graduated university. 2005 – Had an accident with Callum and Harold, his childhood friends. Harold died. 2006 - Quentin's mother passes away due to alcohol abuse 2006 – met Summer 2006 – Relapsed from pain medications given to him for his injuries. Ended cold turkey with Summer’s help. 2008 – moved to LA with Summer. 2008 – started working at LA General. 2009 – married Summer 2009 – birth of Sadie 2012 – birth of Luke 2013 – Quentin left for KH to support Callum after his wife’s disappearance. 2017 – Quentin and Summer divorced 2017 – moved to Kismet Harbor 2017 – started working at Kismet Harbor hospital as an orthopedic surgeon and prosthetist. 2023 – Sadie starts high school 2023 - started rekindling a relationship with Summer, but broke up within the month 2023 - started dating Julieta at Christmas day.
Relationships:
1994-1997 (OPEN) 1998 (Senior year) (Adriana Vazquez-Hatcher) 1998-2000 (OPEN) 2001-2003 (university) (OPEN) 2005-2017 (Summer Cassidy) 2019-2023 (OPEN) 2023-present (Julieta Alvarez)
