william jackson harper | he/him | cismale | hey, you know harvey coleman? i’m pretty sure they’re 36 and have lived near here for 1 year. they spend most of their time at dr. harvey's clinic but also go to the fountain a lot. if you ask me, they can be reassuring, but also antsy at times. if you want to get on their good side, give them a coffee next time you see them! | kirby fully loaded
full name: harvey thomas coleman
age/d.o.b.: 36, november 14th 1985
gender/pronouns: cismale, he/him
sexuality: demisexual
height: 5′11″
+ traits: reassuring, kind, intelligent, patient
- traits: antsy, withheld, cautious, disconnected
hobbies: model building, plane watching, pilates
friends: sofia torres, roddy wright
"oh! i was just daydreaming about the circulatory system and forgot what i was trying to do.”
tw: anxiety, medical emergency, death
little harvey wasn’t always crippled by anxiety. in fact, the first few years of his life were wonderful. he was the second child born to mr. and mrs. coleman, following his sister patty and preceding his sister louise. they were pretty close - he got picked on by his older sister when they were growing up, but that wasn’t atypical at all for siblings their age.
it wasn’t until he reached elementary school that tragedy struck his family. harvey was seven when he got off the school bus to find his father face down on the floor of their living room. he was breathing, but barely. harvey called 911 and his mother, stuttering out that his dad needed help through his sobbing. unfortunately, by the time the paramedics got there, it was too late. mr. coleman had been taken by a very sudden stroke.
harvey developed horrible, crippling anxiety thereafter. there had been no way he could’ve known or expected this to happen, but he felt guilty nonetheless for not taking notice that his father was developing early warning signs. it also brought forth a new fear that he’d never experienced before. a near nonstop, impending sense of doom. he never knew when the last time he’d see his mother would be, his sisters, his distant family or his school friends. it launched him into a pretty constant state of terror that only worsened as he got older.
he was a very good student, very bright and very motivated to accomplish things in school, but the older he got, the worse he got at forming meaningful bonds with people - or making and maintaining friends. so while he excelled in his classes, he felt himself getting lonelier and lonelier. even his relationship with his family began to falter bit by bit too - not because he wanted to or because he loved them any less, but his own anxiety forced a wedge between him and his loved ones. it was a hard and lonesome life he’d forced himself into.
it took a few years, but harvey eventually came to the conclusion that he wanted to pursue a life in medicine. if he could help others be healthy, try to help anyone from suffering the same fate he and his family did with his father’s sudden death, he would. he hoped it might relieve some of the lingering guilt he’d never been able to shake off.
it worked a little bit, but the anxiety and guilt he picked up during that stage of his life was always going to be a part of him. talking about his dad is still really hard, and he’s a little over cautious about his loved one’s health and safety. he’s definitely too anxious to be overbearing, but he can’t help but to see the worse case scenario in every situation and live in utter fear of it. still, he found quickly that he adored his job as a doctor. helping others became his passion as soon as he’d set his mind to it.
after practicing in the city for a number of years, harvey accepted a job offer to open a clinic in the small little town of pelican city. he jumped at the opportunity. it was going to be much, much different, and he knew he definitely wouldn’t be making as much money as he had been before, but taking care of a select group of people, coming to know and care for them, watching out for them on a day-by-day basis, sounded like something he wanted to do. so he moved out to pelican town at the beginning of 2021, and he’s very happily planted his roots in his clinic and the teeny apartment that was situated above it.
