Gabe Markson

**Gabriel Aaron "Gabe"** **Markson** is one of the main characters of *No Expectation of Returns*. He is in a relationship with childhood friend Stephen Petersen.

## Personal life

He was born in Toronto (Northern Toronto) in 1991 and grew up in Forest Hill. He was an honour roll student in high school in London, Ontario.

During his time in juniors, he had a girlfriend and was in a friends-with-benefits relationship with teammate Jake Lourdes.

He has been in a relationship with his childhood best friend, Stephen Petersen, since 2012. They have lived together in a house they rent in Shaughnessy, Vancouver. They got married after he won his second Stanley Cup with the Vancouver Canucks.

A few years before his retirement from hockey, he started a MBA in Business of Hockey at Athabasca University. When he retired, he got a position with the Vancouver Canucks in player development.

He's Jewish, but doesn't observe all holidays due to his hockey career. He does, however, attend a synagogue in Vancouver for high holidays, and he does have a seder for Rosh Hashanah, even if he doesn't believe in God.

## Playing career

He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the first round in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He stayed with his Juniors team, the London Knights, before being called up for good for the 2010/2011 season. He won the Cup with the Canucks in the 2011/2012 season, after defeating the Minnesota North Stars, the Golden Seals and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He also won a second cup.

He wore an A. In the 2018/2019 season he played in a line with Dmitry Kurmazov and Jared Matheson, after going through so many wingers the line was rumoured to be cursed.

He retired at 35.

## Physical appearance and personality

He has brown hair and brown eyes. He shaves regularly and has experimented with non-playoff facial hair (with little success). His style could be described as classic preppy. In the thicc scale, he is **Pretty big!!**.

In the Global 5-SLOAN Multidimensional Typing System he's a RCOAI and he's an INFJ. His love language is Acts of Service.

## Trivia

* He was a Pittsburgh Penguins fan growing up and a Leafs fan.
* His first sexual experience was with Stephen Petersen at the age of 14. After they get back together in their twenties, their sexual life is pretty adventurous.
* He plays similarly to Cody Hodgson.
* He likes literature and English.
* He reads Stephen's school books to understand and help him.
* He's in the "don’t expect them to get into fights and they are as terrible as you thought" category.
* In the "how the hockey expenses affected them financially" scale, he falls under "Hey, he wants to do it and we can afford it".
* He's pretty bad about sticking to his diet plan when it comes to sweets.
* He's the most reliable narrator of the whole verse, as well as the most functional character.
* He's a casual Jays fan.
* In the opinion poll held in 2016, he was voted an "A Good Egg" by 47 % of the fans.
* He played the cello in high school.
* In the Canadian bird debate, he would be in Team Loon.
* He loves latkes and brisket.
* In a Hogwarts AU, he would be a Ravenclaw.
* He's the Canucks' You Can Play Ambassador.
* He hates ketchup, unless it's on KD.
* Doesn’t cry at weddings and wouldn’t cry at his own.

## References

1. ↑ https://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/623722395931426816/joey-scouts-gabe-chin-up
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