Lucas Hay

Lucas Michael Stephen Hay is the son of Amy Barnes and Ste Hay, as well as the half-brother of Leah Barnes (by Amy) and Hannah Hay-O'Connor (by Ste).
==Biography==
===2008-2009: Conception and birth===
Amy discovered that she was pregnant in July 2008 after her partner Ste Hay forced her to take a test when she claimed to be pregnant to avoid being attacked by him. Ste continued to physically abuse Amy even after the test returned a positive result, so Amy managed to gain the courage to leave him. She later got engaged to Josh Ashworth, who planned to raise the baby with Amy. Lucas was born four days late, on the kitchen floor of 1 Oakdale Drive - just like his sister Leah - in April 2009. However, she struggled with the baby and left him with her father Mike as she stayed with her grandmother for a few months.
Josh returned a few days later, refusing Ste access to Lucas. Abi was able to convince Mike to give Ste another chance with Leah and Lucas, saving the situation when Mike and his daughter Sarah caught him drinking. After Lucas returned to Mike's care, Abi helped Ste kidnap him, with Mike forced to get along with Ste to be able to continue seeing Lucas. Unbeknownst to Ste, Abi became attached to Lucas, having lost her own son to SIDS. She and her husband Daniel began carrying out their plan to take Lucas from Ste by making him appear as an unfit father by drugging him.
Abi and Daniel met with couple John and Sandy Bentley, who were prepared to adopt Lucas. Daniel began attempting to convince Ste to allow the adoption to proceed. However, Ste's friend Natty realised what was happening and informed Ste, resulting in Daniel being arrested and Abi going on the run with Lucas. Ste was able to track Abi down but ultimately decided to return Lucas to Mike.
===2009 to present: Life in Hollyoaks===
Amy returned to the village in October 2009 for Sarah's funeral. However, Amy greatly struggled to cope with Sarah's death and initially avoided both Leah and Lucas, eventually coming around. In November 2010, Il Gnosh exploded whilst Amy was babysitting at the flat above, having taken Leah and Lucas with her. Steph Roach managed to save the trio, although Steph perished in the fire and Amy was left seriously injured. In April 2011, Amy, Leah, Lucas and her new partner Lee Hunter began appearing in several commercials. She prepared to take the kids when Lee made plans to leave for New York later in the year, but Lee convinced her to remain in the village. In August 2012, Lucas left the village with Amy, making occasional visits to Ste until March 2013 when Amy refused to let the kids near Ste's partner Brendan Brady.
Amy brought the kids back to the village in October 2013 as Ste stood tried for the murder of Pauline Hay. After Pauline's death was ruled assisted suicide, Amy allowed Ste to see Leah and Lucas again. In April 2016, Ste - addicted to crystal meth - kidnapped Leah and Lucas and attempted to flee the village, but was arrested. Later in the year, Amy allowed Ste to see Leah and Lucas more often, before breaking the news that she had planned to apply for full custody to allow her and the kids to America with her new partner Ryan Knight. When Ste took the news badly, Ryan refused to let him see Leah and Lucas. However, Amy was murdered in March 2017.
Lucas struggled with Amy's death, with Leah covering for him as he repeatedly wet his bed. After Ste was charged with Amy's murder, Mike returned to the village and had Leah and Lucas live with him. Ste was found not guilty and Ryan was later revealed as Amy's killer, going on the run. Meanwhile, Leah and Lucas returned to Ryan until he went on the run for Amy's murder, then living with Ste. Ryan followed Ste, his partner Harry Thompson, Leah and Lucas on a camping trip, but died after falling into a river during a fight with Harry. When Ste joined a far right extremist organisation, Leah and Lucas remained with their aunt Leela Lomax when Ste moved out. After Ste left the group, he returned home.
After the time jump in 2024, it is revealed that Lucas had been put into Young Offenders for assaulting JJ Osborne after he found out that he had been sexually assaulting his own sister (and his friend) Frankie.
==Appendices==
===Residences===
===Employment history===
==Background Information==
*Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, actor William Hall did not appear for the entirety of 2020.
*Lucas was aged up by one year in 2024, being referenced as 16 in April 2024.
==Introduction Sequence==
*2015: Lucas jumps with Leah behind Ste, who zips up his jacket.
*2015-2016: Lucas and Leah still jump behind Ste, but he does not zip his jacket, and instead he just stands in front of a carnival themed series of lights.
*2016-2019: Lucas rides and carousel with Leah and Ste.
*2019-2022: Lucas has a water-balloon fight with Leah and Ste against Peri and Leela on Oakdale Drive.
*2022: Lucas runs across The Cunningham Grande Bazaar.
*2023: Lucas runs past Dillon in front of the bus stop.
*2024: Lucas and Dillon look at each other romantically inside The Dog in the Pond.
==Quotes==
==See Also==
*List of appearances
*Barnes family
*Hay family
==Gallery==
Lucas Hay promo.jpg|Promotional image
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