Meet Caseys Mono~Poly Dad: David MacTavish
Those who read my Tobias x Casey HC may be familiar with Casey's parents, Rose and David. Please note that their characters and their history will be quite different here.
Name: David MacTavish
Hometown: Born in Lancaster, PA moved to Philadelphia
Age: 65 upon his introduction in Chapter 5
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Business owner (Food industry)
Faceclaim: Ted Danson
Personality traits: Can be charming; friendly to those he doesn't know well, but his relationships with those in his inner circle are strained; can be emotionally distant; independent; resourceful; can be hypocritical; impulsive; can be narrow-minded. Traditional values, but doesn't live up to them.
Other facts:
David isn't all bad, but he isn't all good, either.
He was raised in a rural Lancaster family where his family owned a farm, but he moved to Philadelphia to live with an uncle and attend a better high school when he was a teen.
When his father died, he used part of his inheritance to open a gourmet food store in Philadelphia. In time, he expanded to other locations and sold some products through distribution.
He met Rose when she worked part-time at his store in Philadelphia. They had a passionate love, but her family did not approve because he wasn't Catholic. They eloped shortly thereafter.
He and Rose (Casey's Mom) had a short and tumultuous marriage. He was frequently unfaithful, and when Rose finally had enough, she left and filed for divorce. David didn't believe in divorce, so he contested it (and lost).
Their post-divorce period was more tumultuous than the marriage, and it was a long time before they could interact well - often due to David's actions - and Casey suffered terribly as a result. The effects still linger today.
David has had a string of other relationships since then; he also married once again but divorced two years later.
His relationship with Casey was always tumultuous, but it really became strained when she came out as bisexual in college. He was very toxic and threatened to stop paying her tuition until she reminded him the divorce decree said he had no choice. She never even told him she applied to med school and talked to him infrequently after that.
He does love Casey - and he loved Rose too - as much as he could love anyone. He's a very psychologically damaged man, but he refused to seek help, and it cost him his family.
He and Casey made tentative peace, and while she's not sure what the future holds, she hopes they'll be able to have some sort of a relationship.
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