Ryan Stocks

Ryan Stocks is the long-lost-son of Charity Dingle and her rapist Mark Bails; however he was adopted by Irene Stocks, the midwife who delivered him. Due to his traumatic birth, Ryan has cerebral palsy.
He is also the half-brother of Debbie, Noah and Moses Dingle, as well as Luke and Molly Bails, and the adoptive brother of Josh Stocks and Johnny Woodfield. Ryan is currently in a relationship with Gail Loman, who is the mother of his son Oscar.
==Biography==
===1990-2018: Conception, birth and early life===
Fourteen-year-old Charity Dingle discovered she was pregnant for the second time whilst being kept prisoner by police officer Mark Bails who was sexually abusing her and pimping her out to his mates. Charity couldn't stand the thought of having another child after being forced to give away her first-born, Debbie. She tried to end the pregnancy by drinking copious amounts of alcohol to cause a miscarriage, but when she felt her unborn child kick, Charity realised she had to stop drinking and escape Bails' clutches for the sake of her and her baby.
After escaping Bails, Charity crashed with a friend, and soon afterwards she went into premature labour. Charity delivered a baby boy but he didn't cry when he was born and Charity was told to prepare for the worst. Charity couldn't bear watching her son die in front of her so she fled the hospital, unaware the doctors managed to revive her son and he was named Ryan by hospital staff. Since the birth of her son, Charity had always assumed he had died and never spoke of him.
In October 1991, the baby was adopted by the midwife who delivered him, Irene Stocks, who raised Ryan and her older son Josh along with her husband. At some point, Irene's husband died and she started depending more on Ryan as Josh rarely visited. 
===2018-2019: Arrival in Emmerdale and reuniting with Charity===
In June 2018, Ryan got back into contact with Charity with Irene's blessing, after Charity found out he had survived through the police while looking for evidence to prosecute Bails with. Charity eventually told Ryan the entire story of what had happened and Ryan decided he couldn't see Charity anymore, upon discovering his father is a perverted cop. Ryan later changed his mind but a voicemail from a drunk and emotional Charity upset him, and he decided against seeing Charity. Shortly after, a DNA test on Ryan and Bails found that Bails was in fact Ryan's father.
In July 2018, Ryan decided to give Charity another chance but was left disappointed upon discovering that she hadn't told her family about him yet. He ended up befriending Ross Barton in The Woolpack and the pair decided to go back to his place to drink and talk. Ross agreed to set Ryan up on a date but accidentally butt-dialled Dawn Taylor. After making an insensitive comment, Ryan went after Dawn and the pair began hitting it off. Irene, who was upset at Charity for letting Ryan wander off with someone else, soon arrived at the scene. After Ryan noticed how badly Irene was affected by him spending time with Charity he informed her that for his mother's sake, he was going to keep contact with her to a minimal, disappointing Charity. However, Ryan surprised Charity the next day by waiting at the bar for her. Ryan expressed his disappointment that Charity had continued to keep him secret but Charity interrupted and told him that she would tell her family the next day. However, she soon felt forced to call it off because she feared her daughter, Debbie, couldn't handle it as she had enough to worry about already. 
On 29th August Bails went to see Ryan to tell him his side of the story, insisting Charity was lying and telling Ryan that he wanted a relationship with him. Irene then immediately called Charity who came around and told Bails to leave. However, Ryan insisted on hearing him out, telling Charity that listening to what he had to say doesn’t mean that he would to believe him. Once left alone, Bails told him that Charity was just confused and rewriting the past. The next day, Ryan went to see Charity in the pub but he got upset as she was out with her younger sons, Noah and Moses and wouldn't answer his calls. He then got drunk and started kicking off at his extended family who had gathered in the pub and still had no idea of who he was. Then Charity walked in and as everybody questioned who he was, she was forced to reveal that he's her son. Eventually, Ryan and Debbie bonded and everyone got on well with Ryan except Noah who told Ryan he wanted nothing to do with him as he was just a reminder of what his father did to Charity. 
Charity asked Ryan not to come to the trial against Bails as she didn't want him to hear all the gory details around his conception. Seeing how distressed Charity was about the court case, Ryan tried to persuade Bails to change his plea to guilty. He refused, revealing that he only tried to get him on side so it would look good in court and didn't actually care about him at all. When Bails started getting violent, demanding he got Charity to drop the allegations, Ryan picked up a piece of wood to attack him with and Bails fell to the ground. This was seen by Cain Dingle who applauded Ryan for standing up to Bails. The next day, Ryan came around to the Woolpack where he found Noah by himself as Charity had gone to court. They bond as Noah finally warmed up to Ryan and the two show up in court together to support their mum. 
In late December 2018, Ryan is approached by Harriet Finch asking if Ryan knows where Dawn is, as she's heard they are friends. Dawn had disappeared and they are worried she's gone back to her old life, taking drugs. Ryan helps Harriet find Dawn by using his phone and then driving up to her residence. Harriet tells Ryan to stay in the car but if she's not out in 10 minutes to call the police. Dawn's pimp refuses to let Harriet in and she threatens to call the police when Dawn stumbles into the hallway and collapses. Harriet manages to get Dawn out of there and Harriet convinces Ryan to go see Charity. He arrives at the pub to an upset Charity as he had missed Charity's birthday party. Charity is upset as this would have been her first birthday with Ryan and the following day when he tells her and Irene he was with Dawn they are both worried Dawn is using him. Dawn tells Ryan that she really appreciates him and plants a kiss on his cheek. 
Ryan and Dawn plan to go on a date but Charity, still not trusting Dawn, decides to take matters into her own hands and orders Dawn to stay away from Ryan, giving her some cash for a taxi. Ryan later learns Dawn used the money to buy heroin and had an overdose. He disowns Charity for what she's done but after talking to Dawn in the hospital she encourages him to give her another chance. After Dawn gets discharged she tells Ryan she wants to put off them getting together until she gets clean. 
On 18th February 2019, Dawn decides to give her relationship with Ryan another shot and she asks him out on a date. Ryan gets jealous as Dawn keeps looking over at a guy by the bar and they go back to her place. She tells him she likes him and they kiss but she gets uneasy when he starts taking her jacket off. Ryan gets upset, wondering why she doesn't want to have sex with him and offers to pay her for sex, resulting in Dawn furiously throwing him out, saying he wasn't the person she thought he was. Ryan tries to apologize for his behaviour but Dawn won't have it. The next day, Ryan's old friend Gail visits him at the pub. Charity is delighted when she seems to take an interest in him but Ryan has his heart set on Dawn. Ryan and Dawn soon enough make amends and start hanging out again. However, in July, Ryan tells Dawn they're better off as friends, much to her disappointment.
On 9th July 2019, Ryan goes into business with Matty Barton after he asks him for help creating a website for his new business idea of doing things up and selling it on. He asks Ryan to help him with the online side of his new business and Ryan creates a website for Matty's Tat.
===2020-2021: Feud with Graham Foster===
In January 2020, Ryan got a job for Kim Tate, working with making the Hawkford Outdoor Pursuits centre more adapted to people with disabilities. Whilst working there he found out Kim's ex-husband Graham Foster was secretly transferring money from Kim's account into his own. Ryan confronted him but he reassured him he was just taking what he was legally owed in the divorce and agreed to give Ryan a 10% cut as he was keeping a promise to Joe Tate to look after Joe's, as well as Ryan's, little brother Noah and thus make sure a cut of the money went to him. A few days later when Graham wanted Ryan to transfer a large amount at the same time Ryan thought it was too risky and refused. However, Graham threatened him until he made the transfer anyway and ten locked him in a shed to keep him from telling Kim. After Charity found him and rescued him, he confessed the whole truth to her and she was furious. Charity and Ryan took out their revenge by stealing the cash from his car but they worried when the following day they found out that Graham had been found dead. 
Ryan struggled with keeping what he and Charity did secret and in February 2020, he revealed the truth to Graham's girlfriend Rhona Goskirk, believing the information could help prove Kim, who almost everyone was convinced was the killer, had a motive to want Graham dead. Charity and Ryan feared they would end up in prison if Rhona told the police what they had done but Rhona took pity on them and instead told the police she'd found the money and Graham's belonging, leaving Ryan and Charity out of it. In the end it turned out Kim was innocent and the real cuprite was Rhona's ex-husband and rapist Pierce Harris.
===2022 to present: Owner of the Woolpack===
In January 2022, Ryan got a call from Josh, saying that Irene had suddenly passed away after suffering from problems with her heart for a while and Ryan felt guilty as he has been ignoring her calls for the last few days. Ryan called Charity for support but when she didn't pick up, Ryan was comforted by his roommate Mackenzie Boyd. Ryan got upset when an unknowing Charity was acting dismissive towards her but they eventually made up after Charity learned what had happened and supported him. In February, Ryan inherited some money from Irene which he used to help Charity to buy back her old pub, The Woolpack when it was up for auction, making him the new co-owner.
Ryan and Charity had the Woolpack refurbished with added accessibility features. They had their grand re-opening on 10th March 2022.
==Residences==
Address 	Duration
Leeds 	Until 14th May 2021
Tall Trees Cottage	14th May 2021 to 11th October 2024
The Woolpack 	11th October to present
==Quotes==
"Oh my god" (first line, to Charity Dingle)
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"I'm Ryan, your son." (to Charity, revealing that he's her son)
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"Oi! Don't walk away from me." (to DI Bails, before attacking him with a piece of wood)
==Background information==
*Ryan was portrayed by Florence Spencer in flashback scenes in Episode 8162 (29th May 2018) which was also his first appearance.
==Gallery==
Baby Ryan.png|Young Irene Stocks with baby Ryan
Charity and Ryan first meeting.png|Ryan and Charity Dingle's first meeting
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Episode 8211.8212.png|Ryan befriends Ross Barton
Bails-Charity-Ryan.png|Ryan is visited by Mark Bails but Charity Dingle intervenes
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Episode 8245.png|Charity Dingle tells her family that Ryan is her son
Ryan attacks Bails.jpg|Ryan attacks Mark Bails with a piece of wood
Ryan and Dawn.png|Ryan and Dawn Taylor
Episode 8386.png|Dawn opens up to Ryan about her son
Episode 8396.png|Ryan offers to pay Dawn Taylor for sex
Episode 8397.jpg|Gail kisses Ryan
Ryan-Stocks-put-in-a-shed-by-Graham-Foster-2272662.jpg|Ryan is locked in a shed by Graham Foster
==See also==
*Full list of appearances
Category:Emmerdale characters
Category:Current characters
Category:Characters played by different actors
Category:Dingle family
Category:1990 births
Category:2018 debuts
Category:Hawksford Outdoor Pursuits employees
Category:Pub landlords
Category:Woolpack licensees
Category:Residents of Tall Trees Cottage
Category:Residents of The Woolpack