#character:bios

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Name: Cassidy Bolton Gender pronouns: he/him Age: 32 Occupation: Server at Sunny’s Diner Hometown: Gaia Cove, Virginia Amount of time on the island: 32 years Face Claim: Richard Madden

Bio: (Triggers: Drugs, Addiction, Teen Pregnancy, Death Mention, Toxic Relationship )

Growing up in the Bolton family was a wonderful life, although not rich none of the children needed and/or wanted for anything.  The only exception might be wanting to explore the world, travel and see new places. 

Throughout his childhood, Cassidy outshone his siblings academically, musically and was assumed to be the Bolton kid that was college bound.  However, life has funny twists.  The girl next door Sophia stole his heart when they were just in diapers.  Growing up next-door, the two were inseparable and became playground boyfriend and girlfriend at a young age and eventually official boyfriend and girlfriend at thirteen.  Sophia and Cassidy planned to go to college and travel the world together.  Yet at the ripe age of fifteen the two paced the floor of his bedroom waiting for the results of the pregnancy test.  Several minutes later the stick turned pink and their plans of adventure went south.  Needless to say, both families were not thrilled at the prospect of their kids having kids.  However, each family was extremely supportive and did their best to help navigate them through the prospects of parenthood.

As Cassidy was supposed to become into the rite of passage of getting a driver’s license, he instead was becoming a father while his older brother was graduating high school and off doing his own adventures, Cassidy felt left behind and stuck.  Both Sophia and Cassidy quickly got jobs to support their baby son, while trying to finish their GED.  With sleepless nights and being so young the two fought constantly about bills, their son and everything under the sun.  Eventually a year after their son’s birth, the two called it quits and decided to split custody for their son’s sake.  Little did they know what the future would bring them?

After their breakup, Cassidy fell into a pattern of partying and dating several women at a time with little concern of any parties involved.  At least until he met Stella, who flipped his world upside down.  Everything about the woman enticed him; the two started a toxic relationship filled with cheating and drugs.  Eventually, this resulted in twins by the time he was nineteen.  With three kids to support before the age of twenty, Cassidy found jobs in the upscale restaurant business working as a server and pulling in high tips and working part-time at his family’s bar when he needed the extra cash flow. 

However, with his addiction issues it caused problems with his custody arrangement with Sophia and he started seeing less and less of his oldest son Aiden.  In fact, his drug issues started affecting more than just himself. It stretched to his siblings and his parents, he began stealing from work which caused him to lose his job at the upscale restaurant and eventually he got caught stealing from the family pub resulting in the lack of trust with his family and him.

For years, Cassidy would sober up for several months and then would fall off the wagon, always leaving his mother in fear of getting the phone call that her son died.  At the ripe age of twenty-six, he met Riley at a party.  The woman was younger, but she lured him in with her looks and the way she smiled at him.  Before he knew it, the two were together in the most intimate ways and he introduced her to the life of addiction, not thinking once how she would spiral into an addict with him.  Throughout the years, Cassidy and Riley maintained their rollercoaster relationship.  Anytime Cassidy felt alone or wanted to be with someone who understood him he always ended up at Riley’s despite the way they were toxic for one another..

At the age of twenty-eight, Riley informed him that she was pregnant.  It came as no shock, the two were wild and reckless, but the question to keep the child was on the table.  After much consideration, both agreed to move forward with having the child and getting their lives together.  Both started going to narcotics anonymous and began building a clean life together.  After Lily was born, things appeared to be going great.  However, that was all appearances.  Little did Cassidy know how badly Riley was struggling with sobriety and being a mother and months after Lily was born, he came home to a crying baby and no mother in sight.  For a while, he tried searching for her but she was off the radar.

Now, he still struggles with his disease but he goes to his meetings and leans on his family.  He has been sober for nearly three and a half years and is working as a server at the local The Diner.  Little does he know that Riley is about to re-enter his life to turn his life upside down once again.

Cassidy is played by Amber

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Name: Leopold“Leo” Dawson Gender pronouns: he/him Age: 34 Occupation: Unemployed Hometown: Gaia Cove, Virginia Amount of time on the island: Born and raised, moved to New York at 18 and came back when he was 33 Face Claim: Dan Stevens

Bio:  (Triggers: homophobia, physical abuse, emotional abuse )

Born in the small coastal town of Gaia Cove, Leonardo grew up in a family of seven being born number four out of the bunch.  The Dawson family is well known throughout the town, being original settlers centuries prior. Throughout his childhood, he was extremely close to his siblings even though he felt like an outsider.  At a young age, Leo knew he was different when he started to realize he was attracted to males and preferred what many would deem “feminine” things such as nail polish, crossdressing, etc.  Although his family had always been open minded about things, he kept much of this hidden throughout his early years. During high school, he played baseball and was quite the player until he tore the cartilage in his elbow.  He also was active in the school drama club and could be found starring in a few shows for the town.  Throughout his high school years, he did date a female to keep up appearances and after graduation broke things off with her using the excuse they were going separate ways. Right after high school, Leo fled to New York and soon enough he found his people.  Things were different up in the city that never sleeps.  Life was in the fast lane and he found himself in love with the Big Apple.   In New York, he attended New York University where he got a double degree in English and creative writing. After college, he received a job with a fashion magazine where he would write numerous pieces on the latest fashions, the dos and don’ts in relationships, how to spice up your sex life, etc. Leo also wrote a small book series surrounding a gay character that made it on the top best sellers list. 

Around the age of twenty-five, Leo met this man named Hector who had him under his spell.  Leo was completely and totally in love with the man.  At first, things were amazing between them the first year or so, however there was a shift and Hector became controlling over Leo.  To the point where Leo stopped visiting his family.  Most of the abuse was emotional, but there were occasions where physical altercations did happen. It was not until he was thirty-three that he decided to leave Hector and ended up back home in the comforts of his family and friends. 

Currently he is unemployed and living off his royalty checks and has been drifting around the last year with no path of certainty.

Leonardo is played by Amber

[gaia-cove]

Name: Cole Einstein Gender pronouns: he/him Age: 33 Occupation: Coast Guard Member Hometown: Bridgetown, Maine Amount of time on the island: 18 years Face Claim: Michael Vlamis

Bio: 

From a ‘wealthy’ family of tradesmen located along the east coat of North America within Maine specifically. He was raised along side his brother, barely a year apart they were near like twins. His brother excelled well in his own area; hosting, social life, academics were second compared to his skill, blending into society and the higher class of the population. Well Cole was a prodigy; at a young age he had a talent in studies and even dipped into musical tendencies just to have the boost for appearances. His parents thrived in the perfect child, sure his brother was special in his own way, adding diversity to their family. 

Cole’s talents in books to etiquette  and athletics were great and a true ‘Einstein’. The family earned a reputation for producing the intelligent, beautiful and perfect kids. Between that and the business the elder Einsteins wanted to expand their name so they moved to Gaia Cove, attempting something different from the pace between. Cole was just sixteen while his brother was prepping for his finally year of school, thrown into the area the two adjusted as they could.

Cole happened to discover a love for the sea in the time he had left in high school. It wasn't as his father would have liked but he saw the wonder of the water during a fishing trip with a friend’s family and there was little to change his mind. However he applied for college at first thinking it was the proper thing, going for marine biology. His time there spent between books and bed how he managed to meet a woman who reminded him of the water is a real miracle. When they got married it happened suddenly and too quickly to allow them to fully enjoy the time and it ended before it had a real chance. Despite the closure of the chapter they still are on good terms. He owes the change of his life to her; signing into the coast guard shortly after he started his third year of college. Years later his parents still hold a minor grudge over his choice in careers but his rank and dedication earned him respect among peers. Spending a few years traveling he made his way back to the shores of Gaia with a fresh title and ready-go attitude for life he had only as a child.

Cole is played by Minn