Mike Brouwer

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New York Islanders
Edmonton Oilers

**Michael James "Mike" Brouwer** is one of the main characters of *In Taking It Apart**/Thrown Off The Ice*, along with his boyfriend Liam Fitzgerald.

## Personal life

He is from Duluth, Minnesota, where his family still lives. His father, Pete Brouwer, abandoned him, his mother, Lori Patricia Muller, and his brother, Tom, when he was 12. They moved back with his mother's parents. He would have not been able to play hockey had it not been for them, who paid for it and drove him to games. He still has a very good relationship with his brother.

His father's brother got in touch with him after he had been in the league for a few years.

He played hockey until he retired at the end of the 2018 season due to a head injury. He hasn't watched a hockey game since, with the exception of 6 games in the Finals where Liam Fitzgerald won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings.

He's bisexual and he's in a long-term relationship with Liam Fitzgerald. They live together in Minnesota, where Liam still plays hockey. He was previously in a long-term relationship with a woman, Jess, who left him without telling him while he was on a road trip when they lived together in Milwaukee.

He has lingering complications of post-concussion syndrome, along with, eventually, Parkinson’s. Doctors also think it’s extremely likely he has CTE. Liam is his medical power of attorney.

## Playing career

He was drafted by the Nashville Predators and he played for the Milwaukee Admirals.

He signed a three-year contract with the New York Islanders in 2010. He signed a three-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers after the 2012-2013 season, which was later extended two more years in 2016.

He retired in 2018, after spending part of the 2017/2018 season on IR due to the consequences of multiple concussions, the last one incurred during a fight against Roman Novák of the Minnesota North Stars.

## Physical appearance and personality

He has hazel eyes and brown hair, before going grey. He's a total silver fox. He has a beard and he would have to shave three times a day otherwise. He has a moustache and his nose is big. He's a flannel-loving American and his style could be described as utility first. Looks like he could kill you and could actually kill you. In the thicc scale, he is **Big!!!!**.

He's a pretty taciturn guy in the room, due to his role and to the fact that he gets shuffled often. He's an ISTJ and in the Global 5-SLOAN Multidimensional Typing System, he would be a RCOEN. His love language is Acts of Service.

## Trivia

* He rooted for the North Stars as a kid.
* His play is similar to that of enforcers such as George Parros, Tom Sestito, Colton Orr or Shawn Thornton.
* He's in the "gets into fights and you know he’ll knock a man down" category of fighters.
* In the Canadian bird debate, he would be in Team Ineligible and ‘Who Gives a Fuck’. Nobody would ask him anyway.
* He knocked Roman Novák's teeth out during the last fight of his career, but they are friends now.
* He used to wear a chain, until he got metal burns after a fight.
* Liam wearing his clothes drives him completely crazy.
* He wears 9 for Gordie Howe.
* He likes Discovery and fishing.
* He likes reading, especially the likes of Clancy or Grisham.
* He's good at cooking.
* He's game for most of Liam's sex suggestions, but for role-play.
* He's very into Liam's ass.
* Hobby-wise, he's basically a cliché:  "Classic rock, football, golf, fishing, camping. Is practically a pool shark. Reads, but mostly suspense. Has an occasionally crippling addiction to home reno shows and Law & Order. Enjoys a good drink, and sometimes a bad one. Barbeques literally every second he can before it gets too cold." After retirement, he gets into curling and classical music. He also plays scrabble and is a total troll.
* If he were a dog, we would be an American bulldog.
* In a Hogwarts AU, he would be a Hufflepuff.
* His best subjects in school were English and History.
* He enjoys baseball and likes the Mets.
* He's a careful driver.
* When Liam gets injured, he builds a wall of pillows in the bed so that Liam doesn't injure himself further. He wakes up anyway with Liam cuddle up to him.
* He's bi, but he would still not fuck his own clone, because that's weird and gross.
* His favourite holiday is Thanksgiving.
* He thinks sharks are cool.
* Prior to the revised version for publication, he was traded to the Nashville Predators when he was 25.
* In the reaction to cold scale, he's "I am dressed appropriately for the weather."
* Doesn’t cry at weddings and wouldn’t cry at his own.

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