Calvin Valentine

Calvin Valentine was the son of Diane and Leo Valentine, the brother of Sonny and Sasha Valentine, and the half-brother of Danny and Lauren Valentine. He was also the father of Kathleen-Angel McQueen, who was born five months following Calvin's death.
== Biography ==
=== 1984-2006: Life Before Hollyoaks ===
Calvin was born in July 1984 to Diane and Leo Valentine. He was the couple's first-born son after Diane suffered a miscarriage in 1982, and she was in labour for 36 hours. His younger brother Sonny was born in 1989, and his sister Sasha in 1991. However, unknown to the Valentines, Leo had been having a long affair with Valerie Holden, who gave birth to son Danny a month after Sonny's birth, and daughter Lauren on New Year's Eve 1992. Leo later. left Diane and his family for Val and the kids.
=== 2006: Arrival ===
Calvin moved into 2 Oakdale Drive with his family in July 2006, days before graduating from police college. The family immediately had troubles with Mel and Sophie Burton as their mother, the house's previous owner, hadn't told them about the move. Merely two days later, Calvin was called out to a hit-and-run on his first day as a constable and learned that Diane was the victim. She died in hospital and Jake Dean confessed to her accident.
Calvin is shocked but soon pleased when his estranged father, Leo Valentine arrives after hearing of the death of Diane to help out Calvin and in an attempt to get to know Calvin and Sonny and Sasha again despite Calvin's pleas to leave he eventually warms to Leo being around and warns him not to ever hurt Sonny or Sasha and if he puts one foot wrong his out the door. Calvin is left furious when he finds out Jake has been seeking solace in Sasha this causes Calvin to attack Jake a day before his trail for Diane's death. The next day Calvin along with his family are heartbroken that Jake is only giving a three-month suspended sentence. 
Months after the death of his mother and Jake's trail, Calvin settles in Hollyoaks and becomes a full time police officer. His duty if care is tested by September 2006 when Calvin along with a good few residents of Hollyoaks are held hostage by escaped convict, Sam Owen in The Dog in the Pond. Calvin smashes a glass on Sam's head who is holding a lighter after pouring gas all over this causes Sam to drop the lighter and The Dog to explode. Calvin decides to save Jake who is trapped upstairs despite Jake being the one who killed his mother two months prior however the explosion still resulted in five people's deaths causing devastating effects in the village.
=== 2007: Relationship with Louise Summers & Feud with Warren Fox ===
Calvin after months of clear feelings between the two eventually starts a relationship with Louise Summers this prompts Calvin to have a number of run-ins with Warren Fox who is after Louise and hates the fact his a cop. Calvin does his best to ignore Warren's remarks each time they meet and even fights back in exchange of words despite Louise's pleas to ignore Warren. Calvin cannot resist rubbing Warren's face in it but after Calvin and Louise's relationship comes to a sticky patch unknown to Calvin, Louise sleeps with Warren and turns to Warren when her estranged husband Sean Kennedy returns and she has an abortion when falling pregnant which could of possibly been Calvin's child. 
Calvin eventually snaps at Warren after Warren goads him in April 2007 causing the two men to fight with Calvin coming out on top. Louise is left disgusted by Calvin who stooped to Warren's level to prove a point after Calvin and Louise rekindle however Warren gleefully tells Calvin that he allowed him to act in such a manner as he would figure they would be even after he slept with Louise this devastates Calvin who confronts Louise and all come out about the abortion Calvin is left furious and throws out Louise.
After it all being linked back to Clare Devine stirring everything up. Calvin was a suspect in the Who Pushed Clare Devine? storyline in June 2007 the attacker was eventually revealed to be Justin Burton who heard Clare bad mouth his deceased sisters.
=== 2007-2008: Other Family & Relationship to Carmel McQueen ===
By September 2007, Calvin is shocked to discover that he has a long lost brother and sister. Danny and Lauren Valentine after its discovered that Leo had a further two children with, Valerie Holden, the women who Leo had an affair with and left Diane for. At first Calvin is shocked but comes to the senses and decides to get too know his estrange brother and sister. 
Calvin after moving on from Louise eventually starts to develop feelings for Carmel McQueen and the two eventually start a relationship and he helps Carmel in becoming a cop eventually the two of them get engaged and announce it to their respective families who are happy for them even though they have had a number of fall outs before this point. 
=== 2008-2009: Warren's Manipulation ===
After months and months of Calvin along with his family of helping Sasha come off drugs as she started to take heroin along with Fletch. Calvin eventually finds out that drug dealer Nige Foster is the one selling Sasha the drugs wanting to take matters into his own hands Calvin enlists the help of Warren to confront Nige a fight breaks out which leads to Calvin being stabbed and Nige hit over the head with a blunt object by Calvin. Warren tells Calvin that Nige is dead and Calvin is left guilt ridden and seemingly isn't all that bothered about his wedding to Carmel which is due to happen. 
The Loft is led into a drugs raid by Calvin's boss Mark Gascoyne. Calvin does find Warren's drugs but as a favour for Warren keeping quite and help getting rid of Nige's body Calvin stashed them. Calvin turns up to his wedding late but eventually marries Carmel and they go on their honeymoon. When he returns Mark still has it in for Warren and thus enlists Calvin to attack Warren with a baseball bat which Calvin does nearly killing Warren in the process but Calvin calls an ambulance and Warren gets his revealed by beating up Mark.
A guilty Calvin finally confesses all to Carmel who ends their relationship. Calvin starts to deal drugs for Warren and eventually finds out that Warren was lying about Nige and that his sleeping with his sister Sasha as revenge for this Calvin decided to get Warren to confess to the murder of Sean Kennedy to which Warren does but Calvin gets more than what he bargained for when Warren also confesses to killing Louise on their wedding day. After Warren is arrested but due to Calvin dropping the wire in a puddle nothing is heard and eventually Calvin gets into a huge fight around the village with Warren but it's broken up by Sasha and Carmel. By the end of May 2009. Calvin leaves Warren at the hands of Clare who has returned to get revenge on Warren. A fire breaks out with Clare escaping and Warren supposedly being killed in the process. Calvin decides to take care of Spencer but finds it hard thus puts him in a care home. 
=== 2009-2011: Affair with Mercedes McQueen and Murder ===
After all the Warren and Spencer drama Calvin is no longer an officer of the law and finds it hard to bag himself a regular job eventually his approached by Ash Roy to fight for money Calvin agrees however refuses to go ahead with the fight when he finds out that his fighting, Ravi Roy, Ash's brother however after some persuasion Calvin agrees to fight but manages to come off worse. Calvin then briefly gets a job as a security guard bit quits after finding it hard to balance a job and family life with Spencer.
The Loft is being slowly rebuilt by Calvin and Spencer after the fire months prior and Calvin enlists the help of Malachy Fisher but things get a tad heated when Spencer fools around with the equipment and Malachy panics thinking Spencer could be in danger and in the process cuts himself. Calvin shouts at Spencer not to go near a cut Malachy due to his HIV this prompts Carmel to confront Calvin along with her sister and Malachy's wife Mercedes Fisher on why no one helped Malachy. Mercedes tells Calvin that they are going to be taken legal action over Malachy's accident and Calvin starts a brief relationship with Cheryl Brady the dispute between Calvin, Spencer, Mercedes and Malachy is eventually put to bed when Spencer gives them bar jobs. 
Calvin later finds out that all the local students are getting free alcohol and finds out that Spencer is the one who has been supplying them, Calvin finds out that Dave Colburn was the one who put Spencer up to it and in response punches him for taking advantage of Spencer being disabled. Calvin later has a heart to heart with Mercedes where the two miss each other but later tell one another that it was nothing and to move on from it but the two continue to flirt with one another as there is a clear attraction there between them. Spencer eventually sees them kiss but due to it being so near Christmas assumes that it was due to the mistletoe but when the two are later left along in The Loft office they eventually cave and sleep together. Unaware that they are caught by Malachy who leaves. 
Calvin kisses Cheryl who has split from her boyfriend, Gilly Roach and after Carmel decides to give Calvin another chance he calls off his affair with Mercedes leaving her angry and jealous. But after Carmel tells her that Calvin left Warren to die in the Loft fire, Mercedes tells this to Sasha who disowns Calvin as a result. And in the lead up to his death Calvin has a number of run ins with the likes of Kyle Ryder who is seen giving Carmel's cousin, Theresa a hard time of things this leads to Calvin having a one-night stand with Theresa. Calvin also tells his sister Sasha to tell the Police that their sisters, Lauren's boyfriend, Gaz Bennett attacked Sasha so that he can be sent away for it. He also upset Jake when he refused to give Jake back his job at the bar and the lead up to his wedding Calvin was receiving death threats from racists Des Townsend. Calvin then also briefly starts his affair with Mercedes again when he meets her at a hotel and the two sleep together and Mercedes tells Calvin she loves him this prompts Calvin to freak and retrieve a gun. 
Eventually Calvin's wedding day to Carmel arrives after months of affairs and betrayal. A number of confrontations happen involving Calvin. Calvin punches Zak Ramsey for his racist slurs as well as being confronted and punched himself by Malachy over the affair with Mercedes. Spencer eventually finds out that Calvin left Warren to die and Theresa shocks him by telling him that she's pregnant with his child. Calvin panics and tells Theresa she must get an abortion, Carmel overhears and Calvin tells her that Theresa is pregnant but does not admit that he is in fact the father. While Calvin has his first dance with Carmel after getting married a gun shot is heard and Calvin is seen to have been shot he dies in Carmel's arms and its revealed that Theresa is the one who kill Calvin when she grabbed a gun out of a bag and fired it at Calvin as revenge for Calvin telling her to get an abortion.
Calvin makes a ghostly return in February 2011 where he guides Carmel into moving on from him.
=== 2011-2020: Aftermath of Death ===
Calvin's death has caused many events to happen afterwards. The McQueen's set up Kyle Ryder as it was his gun that was used. Theresa then confessed to Warren Fox who actually escaped the fire that she killed Calvin. Warren caused Kyle look guilty when he enlists his men to help Kyle escape thanks to but when Brendan Brady poses as Warren thinking it was Warren who killed Calvin he directs Kyle into getting revenge hoping it will get a confession, Warren eventually ends up saving Theresa by shooting Kyle dead. 
Calvin's brother, Sonny returns who is now also a cop in January 2014 where its revealed his wanting justice for his brothers death until it leas to Sonny and Carmel's death of November of that year.
In 2021, 11 years after she murdered Calvin. Theresa expresses her regret to her cousin John Paul McQueen who is going through a difficult time in his relationship with George Kiss. 
== Rescue Count ==
=== Successful Rescues ===
#Jake Dean, 8th September 2006 - Rescued him from a fire at The Dog in the Pond.
#Louise Summers, 14th November 2007 - Rescued her from a fire at Evissa.
#Justin Burton, 29th May 2009 - Helps Justin escape from a fire at The Loft.
#Hannah Ashworth, 29th May 2009 - Helps Hannah escape from a fire at The Loft.
=== Failed Rescues ===
None
== Appendices ==
=== Residences ===
=== Employment History ===
== Background Information ==
== Quotes ==
== See Also ==
* List of appearances
* Valentine family
== Gallery ==
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