Dakota Williams

Korianna Zikyen

## Personality

Dakota's definitely changed over time. Holding a more hyperactive personality when he was younger, Dakota's more calmed down now. He still has that easily excited demeanor everyone loved about him. He's kind to the kids and teenagers he works with and has a good relationship with his friends and family, excluding his parents.

## Relationships

### Marcus Williams

Dakota's husband. Meeting under odd circumstances, the two got together after about five months of knowing each other.

### Hayden Thompson

Dakota's brother in-law. Dakota saw him as a little brother from the moment they met after Marcus's accident.

### Allison Moore

Dakota's best friend. The two met while attending the same private school that they didn't want to be at. They would often sneak out to hang out with Jen and Marcus.

### Jen Cortez

Dakota's friend. She would let him and Allison smoke behind her store with her and Marcus in his teenage years. The group no longer does this, but they are still close.

## Style

Dakota's always been a long sleeve and layers type of guy, often wearing button ups under sweaters, or t-shirts over turtlenecks. He had large aray of the same clothes when he was younger, having to fit his school uniform. Dakota would often buy clothes that also fit into uniform, leaving him with alot of black and maroon. Nowadays he wears more blues and greys.

## History

* Dakota was born to two top rank university graduates. While he was still well taken care of, the two weren't exactly emotionally present during his formative years.
* Dakota started high school at 14, attending a private school.
* Dakota would pick up a smoking habit to deal with stress.
* Dakota would meet Allison while attending, the two sharing a similiar hatred for the school.
* Dakota and Allison would often meet up different spots at night after sneaking out.
* The two would meet Marcus and Jen on a particular night that they had decided to smoke behind the store they worked at. The two did the same thing, so who were they to stop them.
* At 16, Dakota would start dating a then 18 year old Marcus not too long after meeting.
* The night of Marcus's accident, Dakota would sit in the emergency room with Hayden that night, ignoring his parents texts and calls.
* Dakota would never tell his parents what he was up to, having claimed in music lessons ran late.
* Dakota would move in with Marcus when he turned 18 to get out of his parents house. He would start working on stopping smoking at this time.
* Dakota would later confess to his parents what he was doing throughout his teenage years when his parents found where he had moved.
* Marcus would propose to Dakota when they were 21 and 19.
* The two would get married a year later.
* Dakota would help Marcus and Hayden plan his and Mike's wedding.

## Notes

* Dakota knows piano and violin, primarily violin.
* Dakota no longer smokes, having quit when he moved in with Marcus knowing it made him uncomfortable after the accident.
* Dakota used to spend Friday nights ironing his clothes.
* Dakota's parents would often go out of town, leaving him by himself on weekends.
* While Dakota grew up more than financially stable, he was no longer being supported after revealing what he had been doing his teenage years and leaving home.
* Despite their strained relationship, Dakota's parents still try to contact him, to which Dakota refuses.