Jason Winters

Donna Winters

* Mother

Jeremy Winters

* Older Brother

**Jason Winters** is a character role-played by DynamiteRaveGG.

## General

Jason Winters was born in Vallejo on December 11th, 1965. He just moved to Los Santos recently after getting accepted to the Los Santos University to study Automotive Engineering.

## Backstory

Jason Winters was born in Vallejo, California at the Queen of the Valley Hospital. His mother, Donna, was married previously when she had Jason, but left due to a toxic environment and a history of cheating. She met Justin Winters and remarried, changing Jason's last name from Moretti to Winters. He has an older brother named Jeremy, who is three years older than him, and is currently serving in the US Navy. He is from his step-father's previous marriage as well.

Raised in Vacaville, California, a small sleepy town known for the famous Nut Tree restaurant and the 'Onion Festival', Jason spent his childhood days watching cartoons on their black and white television, and running about town, spending time at the Nut Tree, and buying candy at the Food Fair shopping market. His step-father, Justin Winters, a descendent of founding father of Winters, California, Theodore Winters, owns Winters Autobody in town, and is known for a dependable mechanic, handy with a wrench. He had an up and down relationship with his step-father, whom he refers to as 'dad', since he was the only father he knew. While Jeremy was the golden child of the household, Jason tried his hardest to gain his father's approval, but constantly fell short due to his ADD and hyperactivity. Where Jeremy excelled in grades, Jason would find himself average at best due to his dyslexia. It was clear that if his father was to invest in either of them, it would be Jeremy.

Being a teenager at the tail end of the seventies and the start of the 80's, Jason got to witness a pair of culture shifts from the hippie Vietnam crowd to the more rougher blue collar denim. Disco was traded for rock music as he fell in love with bands such as Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith and Def Leppard, though he secretly listened to such pop bands like Banarama, The Bangles and his first crush on a young Annie Lennox from the Eurythmics. While he was not a model student in high school, Jason got himself trouble by ditching class, smoking weed and hot wiring cars, having learned the ins and outs from his step father while spending years at his side at the autoshop.

The police picked him up on a tip and his life came crashing down. It was revealed he was working for the Hells Angels and getting paid under the table for his services. His Aunt Verlinda had an addiction to coke and was peer pressured into persuading the young teenager into a life of crime. The fallout caused quite the rift which has never been able to heal in the Winters household.

Having been suspended for a year from school which prevented him from graduating on time, Jason was given an ultimatum by his step father: *"Get your shit together, or get the fuck out of my house."* He spent that entire year with his stepdad in his shop, working on every known type of car that you could find from Sacramento to San Francisco. This ignited his passion to follow his step father's footsteps and be a proper grease monkey. Even though things were tense, and his step father's anger turned to violence, he sponged all that he could learn from him.

Returning to school at Vanden High, he pulled together a respectable 3.2 GPA, mostly due to double dipping the auto shop class over the summer in which he aced it twice. With a couple of favors pulled from his family's good name, Jason was able to get accepted to Rocklin University to study Automotive Engineering. His goals are to graduate and land an internship with Ford or Chevrolet so that he can help design the future of automobiles. Unfortunately, whatever fragile relationship he had built with his step father was ruined and it was either be homeless or move 'far away' and don't come back. Even though his step father is paying for his tuition, the volume is loud enough to be heard: **You're no son of mine**.

## Life in Los Santos

After landing in Los Santos, Jason checked in with his university and secured his dorm room. Upon the first day, he landed a job driving a cab around the city through the Downtown Cab Company, hired on by Erin Love who took a chance on the young man. He has got chummy with Chance West at Benny's Autobody and plans to spend more time getting to know the crew, having fell in love with their rad shop and the employees that speak his language, that of fast cars.

Recently, Jason has been promoted to the Manager at Downtown Cab by Erin Love. At times, he has acted as interim-CEO for her when she has gone on vacation. He has made a positive name and reputation for himself as a reliable driver in Los Santos, and has kept his nose clean for the most part.

Jason has also taken on a second job at Premium Deluxe Motors, hired on by Rad, at the time the acting CEO. Since then, Jason has dedicated long hours to the showroom in the mornings, proving to be a capable and excitable salesman. With Rad having stepped down, and Gray Byrde having stepped up to fill her big shoes, Jason has been promoted several times to Associate Salesman, where he continues to provide excellent customer service to the citizens of Los Santos.

As of the end of August, Gray Byrde decided to step down as CEO of PDM and give the keys to the castle to Jason Winters. Now the youngest CEO in Los Santos, Jason promises to build PDM into becoming a social hub for vehicle enthusiasts, hire new staff, and promote those within that work hard to deliver an exceptional experience to their customers.

## Personality

Jason is an open and eager to please young man, who desperately hopes to fit in to this new chaotic city life. Being from a small town, he isn't jaded against the PD, and he tries to see the best in everyone. He tends to ramble when excited, and typically calls everyone 'bro' because he has a hard time remembering names and faces until he meets them a few times. He's living a sober life now of 2 and a half years and he doesn't plan on going back. Jason is also dyslexic and has a hard time reading and doing math. It's why he loves cars so much, because it's easier to do things with his hands.

## Juvenile Record

1982-1983 -

* Arrested for stealing cars and selling them.
	+ Was busted by undercover sting operation
* Minor possession of marijuana with intent to distribute

## Personal Relationships

* **Erin Love** - CEO of Downtown Cab Company. Big sister figure in Jay's life. Took a chance on him to give him his first job.
* **Chance West** - Benny's Employee. Big brother. Gives Jay insight into the city on how to make money and to help get involved in the community.
* **Johnny Rosetti** - "Business Man" Father Figure in Jay's life. Taught him how to use a gun. Looking out for Jay. Italian Heritage Society.
* **Louie Coronelli** - "Business Man" Partner of Johnny's. Italian Heritage Society. The other father figure.
* **Dr. Joseph Alexander** - Shrink at Pillbox. Jay trusts him to talk about personal/emotional stuff that he has going on.
* **Allister Humphreys** - New arrival in Los Santos. 'World famous Barista'. Jay and Allister quickly hit it off.
* **Hoot Landry** - One of Jay's closest friends that he considers 'normal'. They enjoy bowling together, driving in the cab and talking about conspiracy theories.
* **Nora Moss** - The owner of Mirror Park Tavern, Jason and Nora have a solid friendship.
* **Gray Byrde** - The new CEO of Premium Deluxe Motors, Jason looks up to him as a mentor and enjoys receiving feedback and guidance from him.