#adambio

[honeykeats]

F U L L   N A M E   …   adam stephen mcgill A L I A S E S   …   mr mcgill A G E   …   twenty-nine B I R T H D A T E   …   august 3rd G E N D E R   …   cismale O R I E N T A T I O N   …   bisexual

growing up on a farm instilled a serious moral code and work ethic into adam. he helps raise his two younger sisters, lily and jane, while his parents work away to keep their property. adam almost always has music in his ears and grease on his hands. he often takes jobs helping around other properties in the area. 

[epoxiimise]

BASICS.

NAME. Adam Macdonald AGE. 21 BLOOD STATUS. Muggle POSITION. Confused FACECLAIM. Jake Abel

DETAILS.

As the oldest Macdonald child, Adam had responsibilities. Mary, his younger sister by barely a year, made things easier - together, they helped their siblings with whatever they needed, even as children. Their parents, while clearly very much in love, did not know how to raise a family. And, by the time they discovered Mary was a freaking witch with magic and everything, money was tight. They were happy to see her be accepted to a magical school where everything had to be pretty and easy - she had warm clothes and food. Adam, however, was not happy to watch her go. They’d been in it together and, upon boarding that train, it felt like she’d left him. They tried to stay in touch, but who had the damn time to write letters when he was trying to get after-school jobs as a teenager and make sure their heat stayed on? 

The older he got, the more disillusioned he became with magic. Mary couldn’t use it outside of school but, once she graduated and never came back, the anger about this thing that he didn’t have grew even more. Magic could fix all their problems - couldn’t it? When they were struggling with food and money and other basic needs, Adam would think about how Mary could just fix it all if she cared about them enough to come home. To Adam, the magical world was a piece of shit if they were fine just leaving Muggles to rot into non-existence when they could obviously fix the things people needed.

He tries to keep the family afloat, but John has been getting into too many fights at school, while Sarah kisses too many boys and will probably wind up pregnant soon enough. Having dropped out of Sixth Form himself, finding work is hard, but he manages. Even without Mary, since she went off towards her magical paradise without the rest of them. If he finds himself in those back-alley clubs where men grind against other men, his family doesn’t have to know. Unfortunately, he winds up in bed with a man named Antonin Dolohov. Adam has known he was gay for a long time now, though he choses not to share it much, and Antonin is good looking enough and a nice shag. When Antonin turns up not only to be a wizard, but also gets very aggressive upon discovering the connection between Adam and Mary, Adam bolts and boards a train to London. He rings his family to let them know he won’t be gone for long, but just has some unfinished business to take care of. For the first time in years, he’s back in the same town as his sister and this unstable stalker dude keeps following him. Maybe it’s time to reconnect…

ADAM IS A SECONDARY CHARACTER.

[tfcrp]

THIS IS YOUR GAME

Name: Adam Radford Age: Twenty Class Year: Sophomore Position: Defensive Dealer, #26 Hometown: Montville, New Jersey

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

Adam had always had a bronze—never quite silver—spoon in his mouth and an entourage on his arm. He was brought into a small fortune and something that resembled charm, between his father’s construction company, underground night clubs, and alumni Exy status due to his reign on the University of Texas team, Adam had a life laid out for him before he even took his first breath. The second his birth was announced the Radfords scrambled through their contracts to make sure everything was in order. I got another one for you, his father told his old coach at Texas. Luckily for them, Adam was more than happy to comply. With his father’s looks and name, Adam barely knew that he was a person of his own. He was a copy of his father, a man strong and powerful that Adam modeled himself after without ever being asked, the arrogance and disergard for others appearing so well-respected on his father he had no issue taking it up himself. 

As soon as grade school started Adam was thrust into the world of Exy. His father’s we ll cultivated connections in their area immediately placed him on the best team for his age group, and his father even went as far to weasel his way into an assistant coaching position, always making sure Adam was playing to the best of his ability and that the resources offered to him were nothing short of first-rate. If it weren’t for Exy, the relationship between Adam and his father would likely have been nearly non-existent, his father rarely spent time off the court at home. The excuses of business meetings and long distance trips were almost discreet, except after awhile it seemed that Adam Senior didn’t care about who knew of his indiscretions, and it wasn’t long before even the younger Adam knew what was going on. The way his mother reacted, the way she brushed it off as if it were as common as going to the store to get milk, led Adam to believe that cheating was just a part of married life. They seemed to live in the perfect world of the 1960s, where men ruled all with the wave of their hand, and Adam smiled upon it. And so, with the elephant shoved in the closet, they carried out their lives, Adam shining brightly on and off the court and his dad cleaning up any of his messes along the way, ensuring his future held nothing but bright prospects. 

Blair Academy had been watching Adam since he first stepped on the court, Adam Sr. promising them they wouldn’t want to miss a thing, and it seemed he was right. Blair Academy was best known for its high school sports teams, and its Exy team was no exception to that. So while the rest of his teammates continued on as Broncos, Adam would be changing his black and gold jersey for a blue and white one. Despite it being a boarding school, five days a week his mother drove him to Pennsylvania to drop him off and pick him up again, a sacrifice they deemed well worth their while—Adam couldn’t get the extra training with his father that he needed if he didn’t come home, because despite his father yet again managing a coaching spot, team practices weren’t enough.

In his junior year, his mother decided she had had enough. The divorce was a mess, property and businesses being split—but, more than that, Adam was concerned about his living situation. While he was stuck in Montville with his mom, his dad moved further upstate to Rockaway to be closer to the school. Adam was furious, he hated his mother for ending it over something that wasn’t new to anyone in any way, something that had been so normal to them by then. It seemed to him like she just got bored, and that adultery was just a good enough excuse to call it quits. Beyond that, being closer to his school was only practical. To him, it seemed that she was keeping him to be petty, and Adam didn’t like being a part of her revenge plot.

So when she wouldn’t let him live with his dad, he decided to take matters into his own hands. While he was used to hearing the word no, it had always came with a timer, never meaning anything more than not now. And so he started raising hell in attempt to push the timer to a ding! Stealing from her liquor cabinet, breaking dishes, smashing holes in the wall, and name-calling reached an all time high. Within a matter of months, teachers were grudgingly overlooking his behavior, Adam’s dad along with his other coaches talking them inot giving him far too many chances, excusing it as another teenager rebelling to a divorce. Adam Sr. was anything but thrilled at his reputation being tarnished for the sake of his son’s temper tantrums, but Adam knew that he had a cause. And they had other benefits, too: he was number 1 on the court and within his new found group, his friends and teammates turning to him when a decision had to be made despite the scorn he received from his elders. He was always a spoiled child and his fits and tantrums had always existed, but he learned then just how powerful they could be: rebellion and anger were like lights to moths, everyone wanted to be near them, to watch them flicker in the dark—and so Adam ran with it.

Eventually, his mother caved. She couldn’t take it anymore and so she called his father, begging him to take their son off her hands. Apparently, Adam Sr. put up a fight, not willing to deal with any more of Adam’s crap than he already did at the school and so, for the sake of her son, she pretended she never called her ex-husband in the first place. It almost worked, too, but eventually Adam got to talking to his father about it and it was then that he realized the truth, hearing from his father’s own careless mouth that he didn’t want him, that Adam was becoming more trouble than he was worth. By this point, Adam had already accepted his full ride Exy scholarship to the University of Texas—following in the footsteps of a man who no longer wanted him.

SEIZE IT WITH EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT

Adam was enraged, and he decided he was quitting Exy as a protest against his father—but that only lasted a day before his father’s equally enraged phone call met him on the other line. The conversation didn’t go particularly well but, in the end, Adam couldn’t abandon his life’s work. That didn’t stop him from being an asshole, though. He took to skipping classes, spitting on classroom floors, picking fights with his teammates, getting yellow carded every game, and when referees started kicking him off the court, Texas decided they had had enough as well. Without his dad there, no one could argue his case to protect him. While they told him he would still be allowed to attend school there if he could get his academic act together, Exy and his scholarship were no longer an option and without Exy, he wouldn’t have his father’s money to continue—and by that point, Adam didn’t care, anyway.

Adam’s father wasn’t going to just give up that easily, though, and quickly a phone call informed Adam that he had another option: Palmetto State. It felt like a joke, that Adam had become such a problem that the Foxes were his last option, and that he’d become enough of a charity case that they would even take him to begin with. It was a punishment, and everyone who ever knew Adam knew it, the wake up call that was supposed to get him back onto the path he was born on, boot camp and rehab all in one. Grudgingly, he went to meet with Wymack and, obviously, something in that meeting went well because he next day an announcement was made: that former University of Texas Longhorn Adam Radford would be signing with the Palmetto State Foxes.

ADAM RADFORD is portrayed by MAX IRONS and is CLOSED

[thefoxholecourtrp]

THIS IS YOUR GAME

Name: Adam Radford Age: Twenty Class Year: Sophomore Position: Defensive Dealer, #26 Hometown: Montville, New Jersey

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

Adam had always had a bronze—never quite silver—spoon in his mouth and an entourage on his arm. He was brought into a small fortune and something that resembled charm, between his father’s construction company, underground night clubs, and alumni Exy status due to his reign on the University of Texas team, Adam had a life laid out for him before he even took his first breath. The second it was announced that they were having a son, the Radfords scrambled through their contacts to make sure everything was in order. I got another one for you, his father told his old coach at Texas. And, luckily for them, Adam was more than happy to comply. With his father’s looks and name Adam barely knew that he was a person of his own. He was a copy of his father, a man so strong and powerful that Adam followed him without ever having to be asked, and the arrogance and disregard for others that appeared so well-respected on his father he had no issue picking up for himself.

As soon as grade school started Adam was thrust into the world of Exy, his father’s well sought out connections in their area immediately placing him on the best team for his age group. His father even went so far as to weasel his way into assistant coaching positions, always making sure Adam was playing to the best of his ability and that the resources offered to him were nothing short of first-rate. If it weren’t for Exy, the relationship between Adam and his father would likely have been nearing non-existent, for his father rarely spent time off the court at home. The excuses of business meetings and long distance trips were almost discreet, if not for the fact that Adam Sr. didn’t seem to care about who knew of his indiscretions—and it wasn’t long before even the young Adam knew what was going on. The way his mother reacted, the way she brushed it off as if it were as common as going to the store to get milk, led Adam to believe that cheating were just a part of married life. And so he carried on living in that world, as if it were still the perfect world of the 60s where men ruled all with the wave of their hand. With that elephant shoved in the closet, they carried out their lives, Adam moving throughout his years shining brightly on and off the court with his dad cleaning up any of his messes along the way, ensuring his future held nothing but bright prospects.

Blair Academy had been watching Adam since he first stepped on the court, Adam Sr. promising them they wouldn’t want to miss a thing—and it seemed he was right. Blair Academy was best known for it’s sports teams, with Exy no exception, and so while the rest of his teammates continued on to to be high school Broncos, Adam would be trading in his black and gold jersey for a blue and white one. Despite it being a boarding school, five days a week his mother drove him there to drop him off and again to pick him up, a sacrifice they deemed well worth the while. Adam couldn’t get the extra training with his father that he needed if he didn’t come home and despite his father yet again managing to secure one of four assistant coaching positions, team practices weren’t enough.

In his junior year, it seemed his mother had finally decided she had had enough of dealing with his father. The divorce was a mess, property and businesses being split—but, more than that, Adam was concerned about his living situation. While he was stuck in Montville with his mom, his dad moved further upstate to Rockaway to be closer to the school. Adam was furious, he hated his mother for ending it over something that wasn’t new to anyone, something that seemed so normal to him—like she had just gotten bored, and that adultery was just a good enough excuse to call it quits, and to blame his father for it. Beyond that, being closer to school was practical. She was keeping him to be petty and Adam didn’t quite like being a part of her revenge plot. 

So, when she wouldn’t let him live with his dad, he decided to take matters into his own hands. While he was used to hearing the word no it always came with a timer, never meaning anything more than not now. He started raising hell, in hopes that it would make the timer count down faster: stealing from her liquor cabinet, breaking dishes, smashing holes in the wall, and name-calling reached an all time high. Within a matter of months, teachers were grudgingly overlooking his behavior, Adam’s dad along with his other coaches talking them into giving him far too many chances, excusing it as another teenager rebelling against a divorce. Adam Sr. was anything but thrilled at his reputation being tarnished for the sake of his son’s temper tantrums but Adam knew there was a cause. And he discovered that they had other benefits: he was number 1 on the court and within his new found group, and suddenly his friends and teammates were turning to him when a decision had to be made despite the scorn he received from his elders. He was always a spoiled child and the fits and tantrums had always existed, but he learned then just how powerful they were. Rebellion and anger were lights to moths, everyone wanted to be near them, to watch them flicker in the dark—and so Adam ran with it.

Eventually, his mother caved. She couldn’t take it anymore and so she called his father, begging him to take their son off her hands. Apparently, Adam Sr. put up a fight, not willing to deal with any more of Adam’s moods and rebellion than he already did, and so for the sake of her son she pretended she never called her ex-husband in the first place. It almost worked, too, but eventually Adam found out the hard way, hearing it from his father’s own mouth. But by that point, Adam had already accepted his full ride Exy scholarship to the University of Texas—continuing the legacy of a man who no longer wanted him, who thought he was more trouble than he was worth. 

SEIZE IT WITH EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT

Adam was enraged, and he decided that he was quitting Exy as a protest against his father—but that only lasted a day before his father’s equally enraged phone call met him on the other line. The conversation didn’t go particularly well, but in the end Adam was persuaded that he couldn’t abandon his life’s work. That didn’t stop him from being an asshole, though, and his bad behavior only grew in intensity. But it seemed that the light he thought he found could easily catch fire. He took to skipping classes, spitting on classroom floors, picking fights with his teammates, getting yellow carded every game—and when referees started kicking him off the court, Texas decided that they had had enough of him as well. Without his dad there, no one could argue his case to protect him. While they told him he would still be allowed to attend school there, given that he could get his academic act together, Exy and his scholarship were no longer an option and, without Exy, he was sure not to have his father’s support for tuition.

Adam’s father wasn’t going to just give up that easily, though, and quickly a phone call informed Adam that he had another option: Palmetto State. It felt like a joke that Adam had become such a problem that the Foxes was now his only option, but also that he was enough of a charity case that they would even take him to begin with. It was a punishment, and everyone who ever knew Adam knew it, the wake up call that was supposed to get him back onto the path he was born on, boot camp and rehab all in one. Grudgingly, he went to meet with Wymack and, obviously, something in they meeting went well because he next day an announcement: former University of Texas Longhorn Adam Radford would be joining the Palmetto State Foxes.

ADAM RADFORD is portrayed by MAX IRONS and is TAKEN