"All I'm saying is that as excited I am to have an adult prom, we should have some sort of community dance next year." Navy smiled, eyes shifting to the other. She's sent @jj-hayes a text earlier that morning about meeting up at the park for their daughter's to play, and when the arrangements had been made she and Sadie filled their water bottles and drove over to the park. "I just can't get over how cute Sadie would be in a full length ball gown dress dancing with Bradley and honestly, the thought makes me kind of emotional." she laughed, wiping at her eye that a tear was threatening to escape from. "You'll have to ignore me I cry at everything these days."
LIKES: Blue skies, long walks along the coast, sweater weather, vanilla bean lattes.
DISLIKES: Loud noises, littered streets, entitled parents, red meat.
HOBBIES: Listening to medical podcasts, reading poetry, and playing the guitar.
QUIRKS: Refuses to wear his white coat.
PET PEEVES: Loud chewing.
portrayed by Ben Barnes; penned by Hope.
full biography / background
triggering / sensitive content warning: topics.
It all started in the summer of 1948, when Dr. Conrad Hayes and his wife, Betty-Jane Hayes, packed up their life in Boston and moved to Merrock, Maine. Dr. Hayes had just landed himself a job at the local hospital in town, and had not been sure at first if his wife would agree to the move. But Betty-Jane had always dreamed of having a small-town life, and felt that the move would be right for them as they were about to start their family.
Conrad and Betty-Jane settled down in Merrock and had four children. Ronald, the oldest, had followed in his father’s footsteps to become a doctor as well–an emergency physician, to be specific. He left home at eighteen to attend Harvard University–Conrad’s alma mater. There, he had met the woman who would eventually become the love of his life. Celia Dumont had moved to Boston with big city dreams of her own–to go to college, become a doctor, and fall in love. Thankfully, her dreams had all come true when she had met Ronald Hayes in her first year of medical school, and the rest was history.
Just like Conrad and Betty-Jane had left Boston to settle down in Merrock, their son Ronald had brought Celia to his hometown one summer in hopes that she would also want to raise their family there. Needless to say, Celia had fallen in love with this town from the moment she arrived. She made Merrock her home after agreeing that they would live there after they married.
Jefferson James “JJ” Hayes was born on August 20, 1981, the third generation Hayes to call Merrock his home. He was loved so dearly by his parents, his grandparents, and his three aunts. He could not have asked for a better family than the one he had.
JJ’s childhood had been one that could only be described as idyllic. Even though he had been raised within the walls of a hospital, loneliness had never been his well-known companion. As a toddler, he was adored by all of the nurses who worked at the hospital. They all knew him as Conrad’s grandson, or as Ronald and Celia’s son–either way, they saw him as one of their own, and passed him around from one to another whenever they were busy, keeping an eye on him. He never bothered them when they were working, though, often sitting behind the reception desk, and colouring. A well-behaved kid, they had called him. He felt right at home at the hospital, even then.
By the time JJ had started school, it had become clear that he was quite the studious kid. He excelled academically, whether it was the second-grade spelling bee or the fifth-grade science fair. He was winning prizes here and there and getting straight A’s in all of his classes. The Hayes family and the nurses could not be prouder.
He had also spent most of his time after school in the Pediatrics Ward, playing with the patients there, and keeping them company as they battled whatever illness had landed them in the hospital. While he could not entirely understand the struggles that were faced by the friends he had made, he wanted to help them feel better somehow. Not that he had ever thought about what he might want to do in the future–despite what his parents and his grandfather had done–but he saw it as a possibility. Helping children–little did he know.
But JJ’s childhood had not been entirely spent between the walls of the school and the hospital. His weekends were spent riding his bike around the town with his cousins and his friends. Riding from his parents’ house to his grandparents’ house, and then to each of his aunts’ houses. Playing basketball in the driveway and breaking several windows in the process. He had all of his cousins congregate in his bedroom when his parents had gifted him a stereo system. His childhood had been spent with lots of love and laughter.
JJ attended Boston University for his undergraduate degree in biology and medical school. After graduating, he completed his residency in pediatrics. He returned to Merrock and took up an attending pediatrician at Merrock Hospital Center.
After a newborn was safely surrendered while he was on shift, JJ became attached to her and eventually became her foster parent. Once the adoption was finalized, he left his position at Merrock Hospital Center and began working at the Medical Complex, as the hours would be more flexible for him while he was raising his daughter as a single father.
Merrock would like to welcome Jefferson Hayes (Ben Barnes), penned by Hope. Make sure your account is submitted in 48 hours, and take a look at our welcome brochure. Can't wait to see you around town! xx
OOC INFO: Hope (she/her), 27, EST.
face claim: ben barnes
full name: jefferson james hayes
nickname(s) / goes by: jj
pronouns & gender: he/him & cis man
birth date: august 20, 1981
birth place: merrock, maine
arrival to merrock: local, left in 1999 and returned in 2010
housing: suburbs
occupation: pediatrician
work place: the medical complex
family: Ronald Hayes (father), Celia Hayes (mother), Amelia Hayes (daughter)
