Bailey Blackwood

Bailey Blackwood is a time capsule of a man. Not that he is ancient in age, but because of his old fashion approach and the sense of wearing a tucked in plaid button up almost every day and cowboy hat and mannerisms to match. He knows how to square dance and ride horses because of being born and raised on a farm in Georgia. But with being in a newer and more progressive world, Bailey has evolved with having a love for old fashion cars and repairs the new ones as they come with age.

## Backstory

This little farm boy was born and raised in Lavonia, Georgia. There, he lived with his father and mother until the age of 9. His mother and father had all sorts of money troubles and that was due to his father, Al’s alcoholism. No one in the family liked being around him when the old man was drunk. It seemed like everything was everyone else’s fault and that they deserved to be punished. His mother got the worst of it, so he didn’t blame her when she left. But Bailey always wished she remembered to take him with her.

There were a couple years where Al was single, which made it the very some of the worst years for Bailey. He was beaten all the time and blamed for his mother’s disappearance. It got to a point where he was convinced his father killed his mother, but that accusation will never leave his lips.

When he turned 15, Al met someone. She was a rather nice woman- just like his mother. All seemed well for a while for the family up until his father was fired from his job for coming in drunk and mishandling the machinery. Bailey’s step mom was pregnant at that point, only half a year of the adults knowing one another, but what did the kid know? Nothing. Al dove into his alcoholism and abusive behavior in full force towards his son and his step mom never had the heart to fight back or try to reason with him because she knew very well that she would have only taken Bailey’s place.

All of the abusive encounters have caused Bailey to change as a person, and not in a good way. He bullied classmates, led girls on just for sex, and pranked his elders. One very specific prank in particular sent his math teacher to the emergency room with a broken arm. He was 17 and turning 18 soon, so he was on the fine line of facing some serious charges. The judge could see the potential in him though, and offered a community service route to shape up into a better young man.

That is where he met **Marnie Applewhite**, his future wife. And that woman is what made all the years wishing and hoping for something more worth it.

## Family/Friends

Bailey isn’t much one for making friends anymore. He used to be rather popular and made friends easily in high school, and had girls falling head over heels by the second. This really got to his head once he was handed that diploma. The outside world is very different in comparison, and the way to talk to people. Although he is a bit more of a family man these days, he is rather content with it. He loves his wife and children more than anything in the world.

And he supposes his brother-in-law **Simon Applewhite**. Well, he has to say that to put his wife’s mind at ease. These two seem to hash it out at almost every single family gathering and calling one another names! They fight over the smallest things to which makes the rest of the family believe they are no different than kids at recess.

## Headcanons

- Always has a bologna and cheese sandwich with chips for lunch

- Loves when his wife wears dresses with puffy sleeves, he thinks it makes her so adorable

- Loves old fashion cars and goes to car shows at least three times a year

- Bailey believes he knows he made it because he has full furniture sets, not just bits and pieces with similar colours. And a loveseat for him and his wife to smooch on.