PARRISH, Brett Damien

[brett damien parrish]

BRETT DAMIEN PARRISH

FULL NAME: Brett Damien Parrish.
NICKNAMES: None
AGE: Thirty-Five
GENDER: Male
SEXUALITY: Straight.
STATUS: Single.
GROUP: Citizen.
GRADE: N/A.
MAJOR: N/A.
JOB OCCUPATION: Crisis Negotiator for the FBI.

HAIR: Light brown, but it looks blonde some of the time, too. It usually rather messy, though short and kind of floppy most of the time since he puts off hair cuts..
EYES: Blue.
SCARS/BIRTHMARKS: One on his wrist from a dog bite when he was a kid.
TATTOOS: None.
PIERCINGS: None.
PLAY-BY: Dan Stevens

LIKES: Black shirts, spaghetti, blue ballpoint pens, card games, chocolate cake, running, leather jackets, mango smoothies, coming home after a case, recipe books, cooking, snowboarding, boxing, winter, knitwear, goofing off with his sisters, movie trivia, big dogs, strong coffee, Star Wars, co-op video games.
DISLIKES: Being placed on hold, when cases end badly, crumbs on his keyboard, salty fries, shaving, annoying voices, cartoons, the rise in gun violence, bruises, salmon pink, fickle women, working on the holidays, being called in when he’s on a date, forgetting the take the trash out, lavender, sleepless nights.
FEARS: Someone he loves getting shot, Kermit the Frog, being held responsible for a case going sour.
SECRETS: His fear for Kermit the Frog came from a Muppet induced nightmare when he was ten. He was never able to remember quite was happened, but that frog gave him the shivers ever since, and Brett hasn’t been able to stick around ever since.
PERSONALITY: Brett is a confident man who is also very persuasive. It’s necessary for his career really, along with keeping a calm head in a crisis. He’s a loyal guy, who believes in family above most things, though he always seems to put his career first using the excuse that people need him to be there. He’s an active guy who keeps fit and takes the kind of short breaks that keep him moving rather than relaxing on a sandy beach somewhere. He’s hardworking and dedicated, and Brett had always been the type of reliable guy people can turn to when they need someone. It sometimes means he finds himself wondering what he gets out of a friendship when he’s always doing things for someone else with nothing in return, but he’s the type of guy who never asks for things in return and isn’t harsh enough to burn bridges unless he’s been totally fucked over by another. He’ll jut grumble about being used or let down and then go back to doing it all over again. He’s trained to keep his temper well in check and usually remains very focussed, but Brett isn’t one to let anyone hurt the people he loves the most. He’s kind of alpha about those people, and isn’t afraid to protect those closest to him, or stand up for them should they need him too. As for love, he’s been unfortunate in that he’s not found anyone who can tolerate his job. It keeps him away a lot, and interrupts his life quite a bit, but Brett does try to be romantic in the city. It’s just that he can’t pause the rest of the world for one night no matter how much he wishes he could.

MOTHER: Lydia Parrish, 56.
FATHER: James Parrish, 57.
SIBLINGS: Naomi Cartier, 33
Mallory Parrish, 31
Utah Maisie Parrish, 22.
OTHERS: N/A.
PETS: Kane, Great Dane, three
HOMETOWN: LA, California.
HISTORY: Brett was the first born – and the only son – born to Lydia and James Parrish. As such he kind of clung to his dad as much as he could, given that he needed the escape from the women. James worked away a lot with his position in the FBI, but when he was home Brett wanted him all to himself. Brett idolised his dad and wanted to be just like him. He used to run around playing him when he was away and he’d miss him when he was gone again. James and Lydia instilled a sense of loyalty and goodness in all of their children and it never wavered in any of them. They grew up good and strong and the type of children parents could be proud of.

Brett was always protective of his sisters. For the longest time that just meant Naomi and Mallory. No one could hurt his sisters without facing the big brother and it became a common warning in the locality to pretty much run the hell away and stay away unless you wanted Brett to slam you into a locker and make you beg for forgiveness in front of the whole school. He might have ended up in trouble once or twice, but it was hard for his parents to be mad at him when he was defending his sisters. As for himself, he made good grades and played on the lacrosse team in high school. He wanted to go onto college to study psychology and then head to Quantico to follow in his father’s footsteps. Nothing could deter him, not his parents and not teachers talking to him about other options or what else he might be good at in the world.

He went to UCLA for school, taking the psychology programme there. He was at school in his junior year when his dad called him to come home. That was when he was introduced to his new sister; Utah. She had a different name then, but it was quickly amended and Brett wasted no time in welcoming her to the family, though he had joked awkwardly that they couldn’t have brought home a boy to balance out the numbers. It had all been a pretty shocking story, but like his other sisters, no one was allowed to hurt Utah without him stepping in. If needs be, he’d drive home from school to see her and make sure everything was alright, or deal with any problems she was having. No one was going to upset her, and he did all that he could to help her. Mallory and Naomi were big enough to take care of a lot of their own problems themselves now and rarely turned to him for help, so he kind of missed being the big brother again. Utah offered him a second chance at that without probably realising that she did so.

It killed him a bit when he graduated and had to go to Quantico for the academy. It was his dream and all, but he was on the other side of the country to his family and it wasn’t like he could just get up and go to them if they needed him. He had to make do with calls and arranged trips when he could manage it, which wasn’t as often as he liked. Sometimes he even had to cancel them in order to focus on his training for the FBI. It was terrible, but it would be worth it one day. And when he graduated from the academy and everyone came to celebrate with him, he knew it had been the best choice all around.

Brett started off as a field agent until he got some more experience under his belt. He worked with the BSU for three years and then one case saw him fall in awe of the tactical operations and their response. He ended up applying for the Crisis Negotiation branch of the Critical Incident Response Group and undergoing the training for that role. His degree in psychology helped him tremendously and he passed with flying colours. He awaited a position and soon found himself being relocated to New York. Although the team operated from headquarters at Quantico, they had field operatives just about everywhere so that they could have a good response time and be there when needed. Brett moved to the city not long before his parents relocated with Utah, and he wasn’t about to hide his pleasure at that. He had missed them, and there were times when a phone call wasn’t enough. He couldn’t talk about work like some people, but he was used to that with his dad, and with his sister, but there were still times when he needed more than a long distance chat.

Life wasn’t always simple though. His job was what he dreamt it would be if not always with a happy ending, but it took a toll on other things, too. He lost friends because he couldn’t always make social plans, and girlfriends had a habit of getting fed up with being second to whichever crisis pulled Brett out of bed or away from their date. He couldn’t make excuses and he couldn’t blame them either. He made it clear when he started dating someone what his job entailed and when it fell apart he took it. At least he had his family, no matter what. Now that the distance was closed again, he could reconnect with Utah and go back to being the big brother who would protect her through anything – if she needed him to be; which he secretly hoped she did.

YOUR ALIAS: Kim.
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WHERE YOU FOUND US: UNDER THE GLOW CLOUD
SAMPLE:

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[kim]