Raylon Lucas

**Raylon Lucas** is a side character in both the first and second season as well as mentioned throughout the series. He is the brother of Kira Lucas and the cousin of Lionel Lucas.

## Biographical Information

### Alias(es)

* R.K.
* Ray

### Age

* 25 (Season 1)
* 27 (Season 2)

### Occupation

* Insurance Sales Agent
* 911 Dispatcher (former)
* Store Cashier (former)
* Restaurant Chef (former)
* Landscaper (former)

## Relationships

### Familial

* Deiondre Lucas (father)
* Tamira Lucas (mother)
* Kira Lucas (sister)
* Tavon Lucas (uncle)
* Shandra Lucas (aunt)
	+ Bashar Lucas (cousin)
	+ Lionel Lucas (cousin)

## Biography

### Early life

Raylon was born to a set of parents who preferred partying a lot more than they did actually raising their son. It wasn't that they didn't love him; it was more so that they had him when they were young. A huge part of that time was Raylon being dropped off to his nana's house who lived down the road from his home cozied between others with it's old stoop. That was the good thing about living in the city, most places were a walk away including his family, so his parents never had to go far to drop him off or retrieve him. Once he could walk and reasonably go outside, it meant the same for him. It only took him up until he was 6 years old to be able to walk to and from his grandparents house. A year later was when his sister was born and it suddenly wasn't just him that his nana had to look after.

Which was something she did diligently until his sister was old enough to talk and started asking why their parents didn't love them. This had set off his nana but not at Kira; instead at their parents. Raylon had lingered around to hear something that he probably shouldn't have which was his nana losing her shit at his parents. Telling them that they had enough time acting like children and it was time to step up as parents to the kids. They couldn't keep living a life style of working to partying all night after they got off their shifts. Suddenly things had changed from that point where their grandmother was no longer looking after them consistently but their parents were filling the shoes.

When he turned 10, a year after his parents took after being full time parents, he had mentioned that his nana had promised to let him go to summer camp which to their dismay hadn't been a lie. This meant that Raylon got sent off to summer camp that he had wished for. Falling into the line of how the summer camp went, it provided to be a nice getaway. He got to escape from his parents and his nagging little sister. All of the activities that they had him do came with relative ease. It wasn't long before he was seen as a hero amongst the kids his age.

The following year was when he met Mason Blackmore. A new kid to the summer camp who was whispered about to be decently intelligent and good at anything he put his mind to. This was something Raylon didn't mind if it meant a little bit of a challenge. In almost every activity, the two found themselves neck and neck in it. There were events here or there where the other just barely won but mostly it was an even match. During one final face off that would take it for all of it, they still ended up even. Suddenly this kid from some suburban town was looking at him star struck. Raylon found it amusing and the two became best friends. They exchanged phone numbers to which they called at least once a week to talk about school work.

A new routine for him had opened up where he would go to his city school with the security guard that stood out front. He'd sit through the boring classes that seemed too easy to him while staring out the window. After school was when he would shoot some hoops with friends or toss around a football. When he got home, he would watch reruns of his favorite anime that had been recorded on his parents VHS. He would get a phone call from Mason which they would sit on the phone as they did homework and talked. After that, it was dinner time followed by laying down to sleep for the night.

It became wired into him and didn't change until he got to High School. Once he got there, he joined the basketball team and an anime club which was to everyone's surprise. Girls had started taking an interest in him where they would flirt with him while offering their phone numbers to him without him doing much swaying. The new routine consisted of boring class, basketball practice, anime club meeting once a week, go on a date or two, call Mason, go out for the night, and then find himself back in a bed. Usually it was his but sometimes it was some girls that he met. Summer camp was the usual routine except he struggled to turn off the flirtatious charm that he had picked up. This only became a problem during the summer before his Junior year when he met Thea Adame who was a young brunette with these big eyes that were solely focused on him.

At first he fed into it as a joke; flirted around with her and let her follow but it became increasingly clear that this wasn't a joke for her. She was seriously into him more than he knew what to do with. Being in a strong committed relationship had never really been his style as he was more of a love them and leave them type. It didn't help that his nana was getting sick so his parents needed help with money. Pulling Mason aside, he had a long conversation about next summer being his last summer. The two best friends agreed together that it would be the last for both of them. After the summer came to an end and he got Thea's number through Mason, he was unsure what to do. Once he got home he had decided to give her a call. During that phone call which had lasted rather long for him, he realized how into him she was and how into her he could become so he didn't call her again. Forcing himself to forget about the brunette the entire school year had been easy when you were so busy.

It was easy until of course it wasn't, when he was face to face with her again the following summer. Eyes wide and excited to see him even though he had ghosted her for the school year. This wasn't what he was used to as he had expected maybe a slap to the face or glares; not this wide eyed excitement to see him. Once again, she seemed to follow him around at the camp to which he found himself having fun. Of course Mason and him were still the unstoppable duo but it didn't hurt to have Thea and Bridget hang around as it seemed to boost both of their moods. When summer came to an end, it meant telling Thea that he wouldn't be returning next year. Seeing that look in her eyes had hurt more than he had expected so he promised to keep in contact. It wasn't something he had planned on promising but something that just came out. Never one to break a promise, he followed it up and once he got his new car he told her he was swinging into town. They went on an impromptu date to which things went really well while Raylon found himself enjoying her company more and more.

Dating had been on and off again for them because Thea was a little insecure. Combine that with the fact that neither of them really liked the distance but Thea was still in high school so there was nothing that could really be done. Raylon went on dates during the off times or ended up in different beds yet at the end of it, he found himself back with Thea. During her high school graduation was when he decided that things were going to change. He had just gotten his own apartment that he was holding down pretty well so he asked her to move in. It was the one last shot he'd give for them to work out and if she said no then that was all there was to it. When she agreed, he let out a breath that he wasn't aware he had been holding. The two moved in and their relationship started improving a lot more than it had been. There was one night when his girlfriend had seemed off but he was never able to place what. It wasn't long after moving in that he had heard news of his sisters pregnancy by a crying phone call as well as his father threatening to kick her out. He stormed down there and argued with his father until he saw the error of his ways before returning home the next day.

### Season 1

Once he had the money saved up, Raylon had purchased a ring and went to get Julius's approval for the proposal. During dinner out while celebrating her new job as a Middle School Teacher was when he popped the question. The surprise on her face had made it all worth it as she said yes. They began the planning of the wedding the following days while Thea seemed partially distracted. I

### Season 2

When the crimes came out that Mason had committed, Raylon cut off his friendship with the other male. The phone calls that they had continued had came to an end. Raylon stopped visiting him and stopped saying his hellos. Locking the other man out of his life had been a necessity of choices. Later on when news of Bentley returning, offering a strong person to stand against Bentley was all he could do. Never knowing the true horrors that the man caused but only that it had been pretty bad and had been directed towards both her cousins as well as their mother.