Russ Callaghan

**Russell "Russ" Callaghan** is a supporting character in Ice Breaker and the male protagonist from Wildfire. He is the love interest of Aurora Roberts.

## Biography

Russ is a freshman in the UCMH and plays as a goalie for the Maple Hills Titans. He is the reason for the actions of the Maple Hills book, because he had a fling with a girl from the rival university. The rivals thought, that he impregnated the girl and because of this destroyed Maple Hills Titans's ice rink, making both ice hockey team and figure skating team share one rink.

## Personality

He's shy, determined and good souled. He meets Aurora on their last night before summer break and they end up having a one night stand. This was very out of character for him. Since Russ's actions in the first book caused chaos in both hockey and figure skating team (although not on purpose), he felt guilty about this fact and that is one of the reason why he chose to work away from Maple Hills for the summer.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Father

Russ cannot stand his father and has a terrible relationship with him. The reason for this is because Mr. Callaghan is a gambler and has been verbally abusive to Russ on numerous occasions, especially when Russ refuses to lend him money. At the end of the book however, they manage to put aside their difference since his father promised to go to rehabilitation for his gambling addiction.

#### Mother

Russ has a better relationship with his mother, but he still sometimes behaves cold with her, because she does not want to leave her husband and tolerates his bad antics. However at the end of the book, she threatened to leave Russ's father if he does not go to rehabilitation, thus making Mr. Callaghan make a try to shape up.

#### Ethan Callaghan

Ethan is Russ's bigger brother. He is a musician and has a band, which is the reason why he is away from home most of the time. They don't get along well with Russ, since Russ accuses him of being away and Ethan sometimes acts too bossy with his little brother. Despite this, they love each other.

### Romances

#### UCLA girl

Russ had a fling with a girl from Maple Hills's rival University of Los Angeles. He thought they could start a relationship but this girl had a boyfriend (unbeknown fact for Russ). This girl got pregnant and Russ was thought to be the father (this fact was proven false).

#### Aurora Roberts

Aurora is Russ' wife. They first met at a party, and had a passionate one-night stand. After they meet again at the camp, Russ acts too distant with her, making her very sad. He apologized for this to her and started behaving better, eventually developing feelings for Aurora.

### Friends

#### Jaiden Johal

Jaiden is Russ' best friend. They have a very brotherly relationship. Jaiden is the guy who told Russ to show his feelings to Aurora.

#### Anastasia Allen

Before the meeting between hockey and the figure skating team, she did not have a good opinion of him due to his upper mentioned actions which caused chaos. During the meeting, they spoke a bit and her opinion of him improved. One night, Anastasia was harassed by some guys in a bar, but Russ scared away the punks. They spoke about their lifes after this incident and Russ even confessed to her about the problems with his father. That's where they befriended and Anastasia even invented his nickname *Muffin.*

#### Henry Turner

Henry is Russ' friend and roommate. Though Russ is not as close as him as he is with Jaiden, they still get along very well and Russ shares some secrets with him.

#### Alexander "Xander" Smith

Xander is Russ's roommate in the summer camp. They get along very well and Russ is appreciative of the fact that Xander does not ask anything about Russ's past life.

#### Nathan Hawkins

Nathan was Russ's captain in his freshman year and the latter respected him. Nathan was the first person to whom Russ confessed his fling with the UCLA girl which was the reason for the destruction of the hockey team's rink. Nathan handled the situation well and didn't tell his teammates about this incident.