Barry Benson/Relationships

== Relationships ==
Family	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Hubcap Jones - Father
Barrys biological father and lead singer of the band Love Fist. Hubcap was one of the very first people Barry met during his first days in the city. Hubcap did his best to attempt to introduce Barry to the world of house robberies and other basic crime, despite most of his info being wrong or outdated. After meeting each other Barry would show his support for Hubcap by frequently attending his concerts. In later months when Hubcap expressed an interest in getting into crime, Barry took him on a Fleeca bank heist. A DNA test later confirmed that Hubcap was indeed Barrys biological dad, having slept with his mother Mary Benson once 30 years ago at a Love Fist concert. Hubcap has expressed sadness about not being around for Barrys childhood as he didn't know he existed, but has attempted to make up for lost time by being a very present and caring dad to his son now. Hubcap later became closer to the club and even became a hangaround for a time, he has a lot of pride in his sons leadership abilities after witnessing them up close and is always incredibly supportive towards him. 
Although Hubcaps time as a hangaround did not work out and he eventually went on to join Lost MC, he and his son remain close and enjoy meeting up for a chat occasionally. Barry and his dad were temporarily separated for 5 years when Barry was deported but they luckily ran into each other nearly immediately upon Barrys return to the city and have reconnected.	
Friends	
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table" style="width: 100%"	Collin McKinley - Best Friend
Collin is not only Barrys best friend, he is also his oldest friend in the city and was Barry's VP in his club, the BBMC. Barry is affectionately still to this day known as 'Bawwwy' to Collin and the two share an extremely similar sense of humor, often laughing over dumb jokes, doing silly voices together or messing about in their old man personas, 'Pistachio' and 'Giuseppe' while getting up to hijinks. Collin has always said he has a massive soft spot for Barry and considers him his closest person in the city other than his partner Nancy. 
Barry met Collin very early into his time in the city, and was the one who taught Collin how to sell oxy. Collin was Barrys first hangaround in the club and they quickly got close, spending a lot of time together during the formation of the club in the early months. Collin demonstrated an incredible amount of loyalty and protectiveness towards Barry and two created a strong friendship, Collin often enjoying ruffling Barrys feathers by teasing him, flirting with him and poking a little fun at him in an affectionate way. Following the shooting of Barrys son by several club members, Collin included, their friendship became very strained for a while and Barry became distant and closed off from Collin for quite some time. This caused Collin a lot of sadness and he began to drink heavily from the guilt of hurting his best friend. Barry eventually proved his point to Collin when he helped create a similar situation around Collins (now estranged) daughter Cleo that ended in her being shot. Now understanding what it was like to be in his best friends shoes, Collin and Barry finally confronted their issues head on and apologized to each other for their respective parts in each incident, vowing they'd never do anything like that to each other again. After this their friendship got back on track and they became very close again like before. The bonds of their friendship were proven a 100 times over a few months later when they made the decision to shoot their former PM, Irwin Dundee, in the wake of his kidnap of Barry and his ongoing deal with Norman Bones. The two of them deemed him too great of a risk to their club and club members and decided together to take him out, both shooting at the same time. Barry and Collin leaned on each other heavily through this traumatic event and were there for each other and the club in the difficult aftermath.
When Barry made the decision to step up to PM a month later he asked for Collins opinion and Collin assured him that Barry was the PM the club needed and deserved. He told Barry that while Dundee ruled with fear, Barry lead with respect and let him know he'd support him every step of the way. During this difficult time Barry struggled with his mental heath, a fact Collin noticed. Barry actually opened to Collin quite a bit during this period, admitting to Collin about his trust issues in the wake of Dundees betrayal, his fears of Dundee killing him when he returned and even his dissociative amnesia. Barry even rang Collin a few times in the wake of these episodes and Collin came to pick him up and check in on him. During this period, while drunk, Collin went looking for Barrys sister Andi Jones with an AK due to thinking she had something to do with his girlfriend going missing. Although nothing happened, Barry was extremely upset for a while and it did temporarily shake his trust in Collin, a fact he was very aware of. Collin vowed to stop drinking because of this and eventually made amends Andi and won back Barrys trust, Collin being the only person outside of his family to be shown the location of Barrys secret safe house, a gesture that touched Collin and let him know things were fixed between them. Upon Dundees return Collin and Barry agreed to be a united front once more, Barry making Collin his VP so they could take care of the club together and block any attempts from Dundee to make poor decisions as a returning HC member. The final straw in Barry and Dundees relationship was when Dundee revealed to Barry that he had nearly ocean dumped and killed Collin while he was injured and unconscious. Barry was not able to overlook this and went to Collin about it, both of them deciding they were done and were going to let him burn himself out of the club. The day Dundee was voted out, Barry trusted Collin with the news that his son was back in the city, making him the only person Barry shared this knowledge with, a secret Collin has kept. Collin still maintains that Barry will always be Soft boy Bawwy to him no matter how much he changes.
Collin and Barry have unfortunately not seen each other in 5 years due to Barrys deportation, but Barry is hopeful he will see him again one day soon.	
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