Tommy Hagan Headcanons

## Casual

* He and Carol first hung out because they didn't have anyone to dance with during an early middle school dance and afterwards became inseparable (literally) throughout their school career

* Tommy's favorite time of year is Halloween

* The first thing he noticed about Billy was his Camaro

* He drives a Pontiac Firebird (1970-81) and blew his savings on the thing

* Tommy works in his aunts Garage as her apprentice, he dreams of one day working on NASCAR top models

* He's had a crush on Steve since middle school but never acted on it… in fact. He gets a lot of crushes he doesn't act on. Instead pushing especially these crushes farther away

* In his free time he likes to go for runs, play basketball or snooker, listen to music, hang out with his coworkers or Carol and traipse around Hawkins looking for trouble

* Tommy has a hidden artistic side he rarely delves into if at all, he enjoys spray painting but usually just uses his talents to vandalize Hawkins

* He has odd combination hair, parts are pin straight and other bits are curly and overall unruly. He can't do much with it so instead shoves far too much hair gel in it

* For the first two years of highschool Tommy was a part of the basketball team but flunked out later because he didn't like being told what to do and found it too serious

* Using a very crude form of stick n poke Tommy has several tiny- shitty- tattoos on his right arm Including Carol's name inside a heart

* When he gets bored, Tommy grows fidgety and will absolutely cause drama for his own entertainment

* He has a hierarchy of guys he would and wouldn't fight. He'd fight Steve or Ambrose but would be less inclined to fight someone like Billy or Eddie

* When he was seven he fell down into a ditch and split his head open, warranting his first and only surgery

## Angst/Sad

* Tommy is dyslexic. And due to the time period has never gotten any kind of help for it. He eventually learned that school wasn't for him and gave up on studying. Refusing to read or get involved in classes as he got older and more frustrated

* Since entering high school Tommy has grown quite the 'smoking' and drinking habit. Perhaps even a dependency on the stuff.

* Due to growing up with food insecurity Tommy will jump at the chance for free food without much thought

* The guy is terrified of dogs and dog-like animals. It's a deep seated fear from childhood.

* Tommy and Carol bullied Theodore, Robin, Jonathan and others relentlessly in middle and highschool

* Tommy's nickname for Theodore is Forest fairy, because he was found in the woods and is gay

* Tommy blamed the pumpkins going rotten on Theodore during s2. During middle school Tommy shoved Theo and the boy retaliated leaving a large bruise on Tommy's arm for over a month

## Family/Friends

* Tommy lived with his aunt throughout his childhood
* For as long as he can remember it's only been the two of them and occasionally rather large, scary dogs.

* He works with his Aunt in the garage, Aunt Mary was the first person who showed him it was okay to make fun of life and perhaps accidentally let him inherit her mean streak.

* Aunt Mary is his mothers youngest sister. Vera and Mary are not on speaking terms, she is also good friends with Reefer Rick.

* He doesn't know who his dad is and never met the guy, he has a strong feeling he is in prison

* His family is quite poor, which leads to an internal hatred of lower class living