Spotlight Friday: Graham Parker, aka Medic (pt 1)

Yes, I know. It's Thursday, not Friday. Granted, I thought Tuesday was Friday, for some reason, but whatever. I KNOW tomorrow is going to be a massive disaster for me (work, job interview (maybe), homework, cleaning, etc) so I figured I would do this NOW instead of tomorrow and just... yeah. Besides, it's Medic, and he is one of the two (three?) main characters of the book. So this is going to be LONG and detailed(ish) and deserves lots of personal attention.

Because while he's not my baby, he is definitely my darling. Dean is the baby. Medic is the darling. I love them both to a ridiculous level, which....well. Doesn't really show sometimes. ;) Okay, so I wasn't able to get this out yesterday because shit went down at work. Lots of bad shit. And this is getting done so late because I've had a very, very busy day. Not a good one, just busy. Very busy. Also the topper to a horrible week. With it being a horrible day. I give up

And, because I honestly can't concentrate, or think of much to tell, here's part 1. I'll get part 2 up ... when I have a brain. In the mean time, have some cold hard facts about Medic:

Name: Graham Riley Parker
Codename: Medic
Power: healing, eventual energy blasts
Team Affiliation: Squad, later Alliance

Graham does not go by Graham. He goes by Medic. That is THE most important thing to know about this boy. He heavily dislikes being called Graham (which is why Dean calls him Graham 90% of the time). The way he was raised probably has a lot to do with why he only goes by Medic, since his mother only goes by her codename and his dad's best friend (Scry) mostly only goes by his codename too. Okay, most of the adults who he spent the majority of his life with only go by their codenames. He was raised with the expectation that he was going to be on the Alliance and that he had to follow certain rules. To him, that meant codenames only. Going by your real name meant that you were weak and vulnerable to attacks, that people you cared about could die. Attacks like that haven't happened in years, since a couple years after the Restructuring, but some heroes still have that fear.

Medic also just doesn't like looking weak. (Yes, he's a fool. But he's a cute one.)

Medic has light gold eyes, light brown hair, is about 6 feet tall, and was born on March 21, 2017. Which makes him a Aries! He is pretty much a very accurate Aries too. And I'm not going to spout horoscope data at you, you can Google that yourself. ;) In terms of the Celtic tree astrology, Medic is an Alder tree. Which is also pretty much Medic. His personal gods are Asclepius and Apollo, mostly meaning he has shrines to both in the infirmary's little grotto at the Squad's Compound (and then a tiny little later tucked away in the real infirmary when he goes Alliance). Medic also has a tattoo on his hip, which he gets ... after the Massacre (lalalaaaaaa, not telling~~).

He had a very close relationship with his father, and even after Troy lost his shields, Medic continued to be the only one to visit the nursing home (for lack of a better word) and see his father. He's relatively close to his sister, Cassandra/Casey, but he's off with the Squad (living there) and she's at the stately Parker mansion on some random floating city I've yet to decide on, and they don't see each other that often. Medic has the least to do with his mother, Mimic, who really didn't want children in the first place. But we'll get to her eventually. Next month. Or the month after. Whenever it is that my friend has marked off as couple's month. Medic and Casey were raised by their dad, except when there was a mission, and then they were left to the tender mercies of nannies and household staff. All in all, the kids turned out pretty good. Interesting family dynamic, especially when it comes to Mimic and Medic interacting, but not much else. Not a lot of warmth or love or affection after Troy went to pieces.