Faulkner "Dude" Cooper

Name 	Faulkner Cooper
Nickname 	"Dude"
Was a champion surfer in high school.
Significant other 	Cheyenne Cooper (née Cotton) (wife)
Child(ren) 	Taylor Caroline Cooper (daughter)
Team Affiliation(s) 	SEAL of Protection
Also has appearances in SEAL of Protection: Legacy, Delta Force Heroes, and Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes
Core group of friends	Matthew "Wolf" & Caroline "Ice" Steel
Christopher "Abe" & Alabama Powers (children Tommy, Brinique, Davisa, and Kate)
Hunter "Cookie" & Fiona Knox
Sam "Mozart" & Summer Reed (children April and Sam Jr.)
Kason "Benny" & Jessyka Sawyer (children Sara, John, Callie, James, Matthew, and Jessie)
John "Tex" & Melody Keegan (children Akilah and Hope)
Other friends 	Patrick & Julie Hurt (child _)
Cooper Nelson
Slade "Cutter" Cuttsinger
SEAL of Protection: Legacy team
Keane "Ghost" Bryson
Penelope "Tiger" Turner
Other family 	[father, unnamed] & [mother, unnamed]
Career 	SEAL
==Summary==
==Biography==
===Early Life===
===Career===
Dude received his injury during his time with the team. Wolf remembered when Dude was almost blown up trying to secure a building. As their resident explosives expert, Dude found a booby trapped M14 mine duct taped to a door jamb during one of their missions. The mine was nicknamed "toe popper" because it was designed to main and slow down people entering a room, rather than kill them.
Dude had immediately recognized the type of mine and had moved to re-insert the safety clip to disarm bit, but something had gone wrong and the bomb went off. The mine did what it was intended to do; resulting in Dude losing parts of three of his fingers on his left hand. He had extensive scarring as well as missing parts of this hand as a consequence of being too close to the mine when it exploded. Protecting Caroline (2014), prologue
===Protecting Cheyenne (2015)===
==Characteristics==
* Mutters in his sleep 
* Before his injury, he had more of a "happy-go-lucky attitude" 
* "Even with his busted up hand and missing fingers, Dude was the best demolition expert he'd ever seen" Protecting Caroline (2014), chapter 17
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==Physical Description==
* While trying to disarm a bomb on a mission, Dude lost three fingers on his left hand. He is sensitive about the loss, and has experienced women rejecting him or refusing to touch his hand due to his injury. 
*Dark hair
*Dark eyes
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==Relationships==
===Romantic===
* Brittany
**When Alabama first meets the team at Aces Bar & Grill, Dude is on a date with someone named Brittany. Protecting Alabama (2014), chapter 10
*Cheyenne Cotton
** Taylor Cooper
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==Appearance(s)==
*Protecting Caroline (2014)
*Protecting Alabama (2014)
*Protecting Fiona (2014)
*Marrying Caroline (2015)
*Protecting Summer (2015)
*Protecting Cheyenne (2015) - main character
*Protecting Jessyka (2015)
*Protecting Julie (2015)
*Protecting Melody (2015)
*Protecting the Future (2016) - main character
*Rescuing Rayne (2016)
*Shelter for Elizabeth (2016)
*Rescuing Emily (2016) - mentioned (not by name)
*Protecting Alabama's Kids (2016)
*Shelter for Adeline (2017) - mentioned
*Marrying Emily (2017)
*Protecting Kiera (2017)
*Protecting Dakota (2017)
*A Moment in Time (2018) (story: "The Boardwalk")
*Securing Caite (2019)
*Securing Sidney (2019)
*Shelter for Koren (2019) - mentioned
*Shelter for Penelope (2019)
*Securing Kalee (2020)
*Another Moment in Time (2020) (story: "Caroline's Surprise")
*Securing Jane (2021) (not by name)
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Category:SEAL of Protection
Category:Characters
Category:US Navy