Lucas Castillo Jones

Warning: This page contains major spoilers for future comic chapters.

Lucas Castillo Jones is the deuteragonist of the WildRide webcomic universe. He is one of the main characters and the paternal step-brother of Sky. Initially from a troubled family, he now works as a mercenary for hire under his boyfriend Scott with Lucas' abuse with drugs often causing tension in their relationship.

## Appearance

Lucas is a young man with a scrawny build due to his small appetite. He has brown hair and dark skin, with brownish-amber eyes. He has a small amount of facial hair and his hair is often greasy and unkempt due to lack of bathing. He is almost always wearing a black Nirvana T-shirt with their signature smiley-face logo on the front. This shirt is usually paired with dark green pants and black nike shoes.

He has noticeable scarring all over his body due to extensive self-mutilation and other encounters. He has an uncounted number of scars, the signature ones being under his left eye, arms and torso.

## Personality

Lucas is a rowdy individual, often under the influence of drugs. While initially more aloof than other characters, Lucas shows the capacity for a deeper understanding of other people despite his lack of care.

Lucas suffers from severe OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), and chronic anxiety and depression. His self-destructive behavior results in his heavy abuse of drugs which affects his ability to make decisions as well as making him a liability to those around him.

He has shown a remarkable level of patience in appropriate situations, being able to take care of others, in contrast to his inability to care for himself. He has shown paternal traits towards Sky, homeschooling him and fending off aggressors in the street. He also has genuine feelings towards his on-and-off boyfriend Scott despite their shaky relationship.

## Powers and Abilities

### Overall Skill Level:

Lucas is an able fighter, usually wielding a baseball bat to bludgeon enemies with. Despite his scrawny build, he has proven capable of fighting off aggressors while taking care of Sky during their time on the streets.

### Superhuman Healing:

Luke is part of a large percentage of superpowered individuals in the world. His exceptional ability to heal from any and every injury he experiences makes him essentially immortal, though he still experiences aging. He is also unable to heal organs if all organic matter has been destroyed or missing.

## History

### Warning: This area contains future spoilers for the character featured on this page.

Lucas grew up around a family that openly rejected trans individuals, further distancing him due to his gender dysmorphia. Luke often wore male clothing despite the protests of his family members. These issues caused him to develop chronic anxiety and depression as well as OCD. He usually avoided his home and turned to drugs as an escapism for his problems. This resulted in him meeting Sky who he took in under his wing at 16 years old. He eventually met a man named Paul who enabled his substance abuse even further, and would hire him for jobs and errands. Paul would also encourage him to steal clothing from neighborhoods for himself and Sky.

Years before the first chapter of the story, Lucas took a regular job from Paul. He drove through a bridge, stopping by the edge, attempting suicide. However, while he died from the fall, his powers activated and his healed from his injuries unscathed. He awoke an unknown amount of time later at a shore.

His family believed he had died and Lucas continued to work for Paul afterwards. During this time, he met Scott who began a relationship with him while hiring him for illegal work in exchange for Xanax. Paul had died sometime before this.

### New Life

While living on the streets, at some point he had met Scott in an alleyway behind a movie theater. The latter had been waiting for his girlfriend who had been arranged, which was unfortunate due to his closeted homosexuality. He had dropped a pack of cigarettes and Luke, picking it up, questioned if he would use the entire pack, hoping to snag it for himself. Scott feeling empathetic towards Lucas chose to share the cigarette pack with him. This eventually began the friendship between them that blossomed into romance.

Lucas eventually was found by his sister who confronted him about his trans identity, as well as his self-harming which he had developed as a coping mechanism alongside drugs and alcohol. He was then found by Scott who proposed that his sister believe that her sister had in fact died in order to cover up Lucas's survival as well as allowing him to assume his full identity as Luke unopposed by his family.

## Relationships

Jeremy "Sky" Wilson Felkense

Lucas acted as Sky's older step-brother due to Sky' parental neglect. Sky often had severe abandonment issues and would cling to Luke almost constantly. Their relationship would eventually take an unfortunate turn as he would overhear Lucas talk to Scott about his concerns surrounding his ability to care for him. Despite Sky's now indifferent and frequently aggressive attitude towards Lucas, he does genuinely care about him, even if he refuses to openly admit it.

Michael Alexander Camara Gutierrez

Upon meeting Michael, Lucas initially gets off bad footing with the boy. He is attacked and stabbed in the neck when Michael, not knowing who he is, attempts to defend Sky and himself. They later reconcile and Lucas adopts a brotherly role upon him. They have discussed topics that resonate with both of them, that being suicidal thoughts and depression; this brings them closer to one another in their connection.

Scott Rodrigo Garcia Decoste

Scott is Lucas' boyfriend, being one of his only love interests. Scott showed sympathy to Lucas upon seeing his living conditions when meeting him for the first time. They eventually turned from friends to romantic partners as time went on. Scott has shown an high amount of compassion and love towards Lucas despite his shortcomings. He has also been incredibly open about his feelings towards Luke and cares deeply for him, bailing him out of trouble often.

Despite this, their relationship eventually turns sour due to the nature of Lucas' drug abuse and Scott's use of his services for mercenary work. Because of this, they continue a unstable relationship, with Lucas showing some animosity towards Scott for manipulating him, and Scott carrying guilt and regret for how he treated the former.

## Trivia

- Lucas gets his nickname "Luke" from Luke Skywalker. He shares the name with Jeremy who takes from the last name.

- He owns 40+ pairs of the same Nirvana shirt because he doesn't know how to do laundry.

- Luke is Cuban.

- He dislikes Mexican and Cuban food, as well as spicy food.

- He doesn't know how to speak spanish.

- Luke plays the guitar proficiently.