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Nathan Young || Misfits || Reserved 2/?

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Character Notes:
History:

Not much is known about Nathan’s early childhood save for the fact that his father abandoned his mother. He had very little contact with his father except for visits that Nathan remembers as poor excuses in a string of failed attempts that his father continually makes. A story Nathan tells is that when he was 8 years old, for his birthday, his father took him to Ikea. But his dad ended up buying so much stuff that he couldn’t fit in the car and his dad had to leave him at the giant store for three hours. While Nathan was there, a known pedophile found him and fed him lunch and his dad returned right after he was finishing his ice cream. Whether or not this story is actually true (his father seemed confused when Nathan brought it up) Nathan seems to have a stream of memories that are anything but pleasant, or fond.

Much of Nathan’s adolescence was most likely scattered full of problems, fights, and arguments with people. Part way through the first season it’s revealed as to exactly how Nathan got himself to be a young offender, but in the timeline of events, it obviusly occurred before the show took place.

While bowling with friends, Nathan decided to delve into the bar of snacks, labelled Pick ‘n Mix, that he undoubtedly had to pay for. The owner caught him and said he had to pay and Nathan, being Nathan, refused to do so. Instead of going along with the charges, he tormented the owner of the bowling alley. The owner called the police as well as Nathan’s dad. While they waited, Nathan even went so far as to staple the man’s hand, basically sealing the deal as to whether or not he got into massive amounts of trouble.

Season 1: During community service, Nathan meets a small group of teens - Kelly, Simon, Curtis, Alisha, and Gary. They seem to get along well enough for teenagers (which you can hardly call getting along), but early on in their community service, a storm starts up. Giant chunks of hail fall from the sky and lightening strikes behind them, and everyone goes running. But all it takes is a second and they’re all flung through the air after being electrocuted. Time seems to slow, and this is exactly when each one of them is given a power. Numerous people all across the city are also given a power during this storm but the teens don’t find out until later.

Upon returning home, Nathan finds that his mother has changed the locks to their house. No matter how much he pleads, his mother refuses to let him in. After phoning everyone he knows, he ends up moving into the community center and begins sleeping on a cot, embarrassed and frustrated by the fact that he’s now, lamely, homeless.

Their parole office, Tony, is also given a power -- to, in essence, “hulk out”. During the evening, he goes into a fit of rage, during which, he kills Gary. The next day, the teens find him and end up being hunted down by their parole officer as well. During this fight, Curtis’ power shows itself (time travel) and he saves Kelly. They find that the only way to stop him is to kill him, which they end up doing. They bury both Tony and Gary under a bridge.

One of the next mornings during community service, as the teens are picking up trash, they find a man lying naked on the ground. After a bit of poking, he leaps up and runs off, and Nathan realizes that it’s his mothers newest boyfriend, Jeremy.

Nathan tries to convince his mother of what he saw, but she refuses to believe him, stating that he’s lied numerous times before. The next thing their forced to do for community service is attend a dance at a home for the elderly. There, Nathan meets and begins to fall for a young woman, Ruth, who says she’s also volunteering. He brings her to the community center and they hang out (aka get drunk and smoke pot.) While they’re walking around outside, Nathan spots Jeremy running past and he goes after him, borrowing Ruth’s phone. Moments later, Jeremy lunges, naked and licking at Nathan’s face before he runs off again. Nathan acquires a blurry picture of his ass, which he uses to once again try to convince his mother of Jeremy’s oddity. Much to his surprise, he finds out that his mother already knows about it.