| Personal History |
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Pre-Starfleet History: Growing up in the Princeton region of New Jersey, Michael wasn’t shown any affection by his parents, probably why he is such a cold and manipulative bastard by nature. Always shown the back of a hand or whatever device could be used to discipline him. He would even volunteer himself to take punishments for his younger siblings, because he knew it was causing them severe damage, especially his sister. Even if there was no reason, like he just happened to exist and that pissed his parents off.
He ran away from home at a very young age, at eleven oddly enough. He was the oldest of the kids, and always promised to take care of his brother and sister. He found a place to stay, with a friend he had known for some time. One thing he had done since he was a kid was to catalog his injuries, why? Because he knew his parents were doing it to his brothers and sisters, he had witnessed it. And it, to him, was entirely unacceptable.
He reported them and after spending many many days, weeks and months pushing the police, investigators and system as a whole, they were locked up for what happened. Michael, now seventeen, had custody of his sister and brothers, and has always taken care of them over himself. Working a part time job and graduating high school. He began a career with the Princeton, NJ police department and attended college at night, so he could have at least one degree. Done more so to show a good example for his brothers and sister, than for himself. Mike also became a Field Training Officer and Academy Instructor as well, teaching Defensive Tactics to rookies in the academy and supervising the training of a single officer as far as their on the road training is concerned, teaching them everything from traffic stops to paperwork and anything in between.
Michael married young, at age twenty-one, eventually becoming divorced at age thirty. He only married to set a good example for his brothers and sister, but he sees himself as a failure. He broke off the marriage, because he was doing it for others, not himself. He had known his preference for men since he was a kid, but he never told anyone, the main reason behind the failure of his marriage.
The hardest part for Michael, now thirty, was to tell his 25, 23 and 21 year old siblings about it. He didn’t care about his parents and what they thought of him, for obvious reasons. However, his siblings had a significant hesitation in accepting him as he was and they stopped talking for two years. But they have started to talk again and things are on the mend between the family, and they accept him as is, since he is the one who raised them after all. He is a good man, regardless of his preferences and they have learned that.
It seems the only people he cares about are his two brothers, sister and his son and daughter. He is still learning how to care for some outside of his family and is working on being a loving man to his boyfriend, Ryan. He has some reason to live however, not exactly as reckless as one may think he would be. He is looking for some stability in his life and has plans for the future, but he is missing parts necessary for that, time will tell where things may go.
Stubborn, proud, manipulative and strong, he will always be himself. He puts the needs and wants of others (who he cares about or has a duty to) over himself, sometimes to his detriment, but he does things his way always and to hell with those who don’t like it, or at least, that’s what he would tell them.
Starfleet history:
One would call him a young officer, but he is more than capable of handling his own as far as any situation goes. He chose to leave law enforcement, not because he hated it, but he wanted to see more and do more than he could in law enforcement. And he signed up for military service within Starfleet.
He always has excelled at anything he applied himself to, being borderline obsessive can have it’s perks, graduating top of his class from the academy.
His most renowned talent that people tend to know him by is his ability to fix shit after it has hit the fan. That, and you will never find any dust or disorganization in his quarters.
Other information:
Michael spends a significant portion of his time training, keeping himself ahead of the curve. Or playing video games by himself, he is not much of a social butterfly if you will. He also can’t cook, he has burned even such basic things as Ramen noodles and water.
He tends to be a bit on the clutzy side when offduty, this is just how he has been for a long time. But he often picks on himself for it and is known for being very hard on himself when it comes to matters of performance at any task.
Although he is old enough to settle down and does wish to, he must do it his own way.
He prefers to be by himself, finding social situations awkward to say the least.
He also has a certain distaste for fat and lazy people, disrespectful people, bullies, jerks, cocky people and those who challenge his authority, and has no problem voicing his objections. He enjoys knocking people down a peg or two, as long as he doesn’t feel strongly about them as a friend or something more.
Very protective of those close to him, he is the perfect dad, at least that is what others would say. He is very judgmental on himself and sees his family life as a failure. Loving, sincere and genuine with both of his young kids, as well as striving to be a role model to them. He always will make sure they are taken care of and will drop whatever he is doing to take care of them. A stark contrast to how he is the rest of the time, one may say he is not the same person if his kids are around. |
