Nathan

"*Fame and money is nice, but it's not about that. Soccer's my rock. It's the one thing that's never changed for me.*"
—Nathan to college recruiter[src]
**Nathan** is a main character on The CW's superhero drama *Naomi*. He is portrayed by Daniel Puig.

Nathan is a high school jock who briefly dated Naomi before she broke up with him and ended the relationship. While the two remain friends, they still share an undeniable chemistry, and Naomi's interest in another teen sparks Nathan's jealousy.

## Biography

### Helping Naomi with the footage

Nathan throws a party at his house, to which he invites Naomi and mocks her Superman. However, she refuses to be shamed. Not only can Superman shoot laser beams from his eyes, he's adopted, like her, meaning they're special, as adopted kids are "chosen."

After learning of the stunt in the Square involving Superman, Nathan helps Naomi put together various clips capturing moments of the attack. Anything for her, Nathan remarks, even though she dumped him. Still, it doesn't change how she feels about him, which is that he's a great person with a good heart, which makes her further question why he sent Anthony the wrong address. Admittedly, Nathan doesn't like him, but that may have more to do with the fact that Naomi likes him than it does that he's a townie. The video has synced, and it details the account of Superman's battle, during which they notice Dee exchange looks with Superman, indicating familiarity. So, they question Dee, who admits to staging the stunt in order to gain publicity for his shop.

Nathan helps Naomi break into Zumbado's dealership in search of the disk he took from her. Inside, they discover a safe, but they are forced to flee when Zumbado returns.

### Investigating the crash

Nathan joins Naomi and Annabelle at the table, where he asks if they could be any character from Greek mythology, who would they be, in reference to his and Naomi's school project. Annabelle would be Zeus, who was known for his incredible power, but Naomi argues that having all that power was probably too much pressure and that maybe Zeus didn't want to be a God at all. Naomi changes the subject and asks Nathan to come over after soccer practice, so that they can work on their project together.

Nathan comes over as planned, but Naomi seems to have forgotten their agreement, as she's been busy with more pressing matters that she finds difficult to explain. While they may not be together, Nathan reminds Naomi that they're still friends and that she can talk to him about anything. He then joins Naomi and the others as they head out to the mill to further investigate the 2004 crash, where they find markings on the wall but are forced to flee immediately after due to Zumbado's arrival.

### College week

Nathan attends college week, where he speaks with college reps and expresses his desire to play soccer. Later, while on a tour of Central Oregon, he sneaks off with Naomi and the others to run tests on the disk they stole from Zumbado in the geology lab. However, the machine malfunctions, the alarm goes off, and they are apprehended and taken to the principal's office, where Nathan fears the principal may come down hard on them to set an example.

### Pursing a relationship with Naomi

Nathan finds Naomi hiding in a classroom during the open mic forum for Class President. Admittedly, Naomi's heart isn't in it, but everyone wants her to. Nathan advises Naomi to trust how she feels. When she asks how he's always so sure about everything, Nathan replies that he's only sure about one thing, that being Naomi, who later joins him on the soccer field and reveals to him that she dropped out of the presidential race. He asks if this means that she's figured out what she wants. Naomi admits that she has and proceeds to kiss Nathan.

Nathan and Naomi go on their first date together, during which they get to know each other better, with him sharing how his favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip and how he loved living in Germany the most. The following day, he, Naomi, and the junior class go on a trip to Camp Shadow Ridge. That night, he and Naomi meet up in the woods, where he asks her about their relationship, which is going great, but this is also what worries him. He felt the same way when they first started dating last time, and then Naomi broke up with him suddenly, and he never understood why. Before she can answer, Anthony comes stumbling out of the darkness, claiming he saw something, which as a group, they decide to investigate. Their investigation leads to an old researcher that used to work at the camp named Belinda. They go to her cabin, where they find an old camcorder and a blue substance on the floor. However, they are caught before they can get away.

As punishment for sneaking out, they are put on chore duty, at which point, Nathan and Annabelle go searching for a charger for the camcorder, and Annabelle tells Nathan that Naomi doesn't do things lightly and that she chose Nathan for a reason. After charging the camcorder, they watch a video of Belinda in the woods as she comes into contact with the blue substance and is attacked by someone. With this, Nathan decides that it's too dangerous to investigate any further. And when they return home, he and Naomi have a picnic, where she reveals the real reason she broke up with him, because she was scared, but now she's more scared of not giving him a chance.

### Homecoming week

Nathan attends the Homecoming committee meeting, where he learns that the soccer team is currently in first place for the fundraiser. After school, he meets with Naomi at Dee's shop, where he's under the impression that she's taking boxing lessons. They walk home together, holding hands and discussing how much they moved around growing up. While Nathan sometimes wishes he hadn't, he thinks about the good things he's gotten to experience, like playing soccer in Berlin or eating BBQ in Seoul. The following day, when he returns to school, he is blamed by Anthony for destroying his Homecoming float, though Nathan insists he didn't. Anthony doesn't believe him and a fight breaks out, resulting in them both getting detention.

While in detention, Nathan repeats that he didn't mess up Anthony's float and asks if this animosity is about Naomi, which Anthony swears it isn't. Nathan recalls his first day at the school and how Anthony was assigned to show him around, but he ditched him by third period and said something about Nathan being just another army brat, as guys like him come through town but they don't really care about the people or history of Port Oswego, though Nathan is all too familiar with erasure of history. That said, he repeats that he didn't mess up Anthony's float and offers to help him find out who did. So, they break into Mrs. Varady's office to steal the keys to the security room and review the footage, which exposes Esme as the culprit.

### Helping Lourdes with the shop

Nathan and Anthony arrive at the comic book shop to fulfill their 40 hours as student volunteers and assists Lourdes with running the shop. They are initially hopeful that since they're friends, Lourdes will simply sign the papers and let them leave, but she needs the help, though Nathan does question if her reluctance to help them out could have something to do with his relationship with Naomi, which Lourdes insists it doesn't. While going through the "for sale" pile, they find Lourdes' personal collection and question why she's selling them, given their value. Lourdes reluctantly reveals that business is slow and that she has to sell them in order to make ends meet. Nathan and Anthony offer to come up with a plan to help boost business, but she declines. However, this doesn't stop them from arranging a Lord of the Rings themed trivia session at the shop to stir up business. Despite their good intent, Lourdes ends the trivia session, tells Nathan and Anthony that they aren't friends, and forces them to leave. Although, she does find them at Naomi's parents' anniversary party to apologize.

### Lying to Naomi

Nathan, Anthony, Lourdes, and Esme play a game of "Never Have I Ever" with Naomi, Annabelle, and Jacob, who are secretly testing the four of them to determine which of them is the alleged alien who stole Naomi's disk. On the last question, they ask if any of them were on Naomi's block three nights ago. Nathan claims that he was just retrieving some cleats from a teammate and then confronts Naomi after the game, which felt like an interrogation. She apologizes, reasoning that weird things have been happening lately. She recalls that he didn't text her back last night, but Nathan claims he had a late practice. She places her hand over his heart and tells him that he can trust her with any secrets he may have. Nathan retorts that they all have secrets, even Naomi. And when she refuses to tell him the truth, he leaves.

Nathan makes his way to the school, where he runs into Naomi again, who accuses him of stealing her disk and lying to her, which Nathan insists he didn't, though he does admit that he has been lying to her. Nathan opens her locker to show Naomi the surprise he had set up, which was her invitation to prom. He missed her call because he was getting the photos. And he was at her house because he couldn't remember her favorite flowers, but he knew her mom had planted some, so he figured he could show a picture to the florist. Naomi tries to apologize, but Nathan walks away.

### Prom

Nathan and Naomi attend prom. However, not long after their arrival, there appears to be a blackout at the school, and for a short period of time, Naomi disappears. When Nathan finally catches up with her, she's acting strange, claiming to be helping Jacob with a school project, but Nathan doesn't believe her. After she goes missing again, he finds Naomi with Annabelle and Jacob in the office and asks what is going on. When Naomi doesn't respond, he leaves. She follows behind Nathan and pleads with him to trust her, but Nathan can no longer force what isn't working. As he walks away, Naomi reveals that there's a force field around the school and that she's an alien who is being hunted. Nathan comforts Naomi and then assists her with saving their junior class by getting everyone into one room. However, Naomi uses this as a distraction to go after her assailant alone.

Nathan, Annabelle, and Jacob go searching for Naomi, but they end up trapped inside a room by a force field, forcing Naomi to choose between saving them or saving the rest of the junior class from incineration. Fortunately, she has developed a new ability, super speed, which allows her to save everyone. After the force field is down, Nathan and Naomi share one final dance in the hallway before breaking up, as Naomi has realized that being with Nathan means putting him in danger. This isn't what Naomi wanted, to which Nathan replies that it doesn't matter what they wanted. It's fate.

### Joining the fight

Nathan is paintballing with Lourdes, Anthony, and Jacob when Naomi and Annabelle arrive to take them back to Dee's shop and explain that they're being targeted by Naomi's enemies in order to get to her. With Jacob's alien tracking device, they're able to learn the location of Naomi's abducted guardians. She initially tries to rescue them alone, but they insist that they're a team and join Naomi on her mission, shutting down the power to the warehouse, as well as the dampening technology, while also pelting Julian with paintballs. Once the power is out, they help rescue Naomi's guardians. With their enemies defeated, Nathan throws a party at his house, where he asks if anything has changed between him and Naomi.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Athleticism:** Nathan is the captain of the soccer team and a skilled player.
* **Computer specialist:** Nathan is somewhat of a computer specialist, a skill that he picked up in Seoul, which has proven to come in handy both in helping Naomi and Anthony.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* "Don't Believe Everything You Think"
* "Unidentified Flying Object"
* "Zero to Sixty"
* "Enigma"
* "Shadow Ridge"
* "Homecoming"
* "Fellowship of the Disc"
* "Keep Your Friends Close"
* "Worst Prom Ever"
* "Who Am I?"

## Trivia

* Nathan's favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip, and his favorite place that he ever lived was Germany.

## References

1. ↑ Season 1, Episode 1: ***"Don't Believe Everything You Think"***
2. ↑ Season 1, Episode 2: ***"Unidentified Flying Object"***
3. ↑ Season 1, Episode 3: ***"Zero to Sixty"***
4. ↑ Season 1, Episode 4: ***"Enigma"***
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Season 1, Episode 5: ***"Shadow Ridge"***
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Season 1, Episode 6: ***"Homecoming"***
7. ↑ Season 1, Episode 8: ***"Fellowship of the Disc"***
8. ↑ Season 1, Episode 9: ***"Keep Your Friends Close"***
9. ↑ Season 1, Episode 11: ***"Worst Prom Ever"***
10. ↑ Season 1, Episode 13: ***"Who Am I?"***