Spotlight Friday: Graham Parker, aka Medic (pt 2)

Tempted to say "Spotlight Saturday" but this is probably the only time this is going to happen. Unless I turn to panhandling or something.

Medic (con't):

The area where Medic grew up had another kid, Lea Woods, and her brother who often watched over the Parker kids and Lea at the same time. Medic and Lea had a pretty tight friendship back in the day, but then Medic joined the Squad (age 12) and Troy lost his mind (age 13) and things just kind of died off like they do. When Dean popped back in and started causing problems, Medic reached out to Lea to have someone who wasn't on the Squad to talk to. Medic was roughly 16/17 when he yanked on that friendship and clung to Lea.

Medic, in terms of relationships, is pretty bisexual. He used to date fellow teammate Lindee Rogers and, as is kind of obvious from the bits I've posted on, is head-over-heels in love with Dean (who is oblivious). There are other relationships, or attempts at them over the years, but those two are like magnets - they keep getting pulled back together.

Medic is a natural leader. He really is. Dump him in a situation and he usually assesses what's going on and then takes control. Which is why, really, it's interesting to see him dumped on the Alliance after "the Incident" and see him try and work as a supporting member and not the leader that he is. He's done it before while on the Squad (because Alena scared the crap out of him) but the current Alliance is such a disaster that it doesn't take long before Medic throws up his hands and demands the right to take over. And then he boots off a good percentage of the current Alliance team. Karma's team has stuck pretty closely to nineeight team members, but Medic's....keeps growing. He's got....twenty-one different members (not counting reserves) aside from himself. And I'm pretty sure that's going to keep getting bigger. One thing you can definitely say about Medic is that he has balls.

Except that he's afraid of things. Really kind of small things (that I more or less share with him). I know I wrote it somewhere, but I can't find it now, though. If I remember correctly, he's scared of spiders and snakes. He also really dislikes germs, which is kind of standard practice for a healer. But that is not why he almost never takes his gloves or costume off.

Oh! I forgot to mention that. Along with only going by his codename, the boy practically lives in his costume. The mask is a fifty-fifty shot of being on or off, depending on his mood (or how much in the way the silly thing is). Now, since the codename thing is really just Medic's way of not looking weak, one would assume the same of the costume thing. Not so. Honestly? He just likes it. It fits better than his actual clothes and it's very comfortable. Also, it marks him as a healer, which is something he can never get away from, so why shouldn't he make sure that everyone knows about it? It makes perfectly logic sense to him.

I think the last thing I could say on the topic of Medic is a little about Dean, who really starts as an obsession of Medic's (he wants to know who the hell this idiot is!!) and turns into his best friend and then his lover/partner. Yeah, they eventually end up as married as they possibly can without taking the plunge (because Dean refuses). They have a pretty tumultuous relationship, but they're both okay with that. Medic is the closest person, the most precious thing in Dean's entire life. Dean is, likewise, a very close person, and one of the more precious things in Medic's life. Medic has had more, is frankly spoiled in some senses, but Dean has only ever had nothing. They're a good fit, together, and because of who they are, how the Gods willed them to be, they're one coin, but two different sides, almost. They will always be there for each other, even when they should hate each other, because that's who they are.