SOFTERANIMALS

potential triggers: mentions of war and the military as well as ptsd. possible mentions or descriptions of injuries or medical topics/settings, as walker is a medic.

STATS

THE BASICS

full name. walker lucas schaeffer.
aka. doc.
age. late 20s.
gender & pronouns. cis male. he / him.
orientation. biromantic / bisexual.
species. human.
occupation. army veteran, previous combat medic. currently works at the stone engine garage and volunteers at a local clinic.
residence. ajo, arizona.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

hair. brown.
eyes. blue.
build. athletic.
scars. scattered with various scars from being a reckless kid and acquired from, later, being on active battlefields.
tattoos. a medical caduceus on his ankle. others to be decided but rest assured he's got a few.
piercings. one, a ring in his left ear.
etc. scruff or a short beard.
face claim(s). thomas doherty.

PERSONALITY

positive traits. loving. dedicated. manages stress well (other than the times where he doesn't). caring. patient.
negative traits. became a bit of a loner, after the army (although he's found a good community, now), and can still be very gruff and anti-social. weird about commitment.
likes. healing and helping people. using his hands. his bike. the medusas. the quiet.
dislikes. not having something to do. feeling stuck.

MEDICAL RECORD

mental. suffers from ptsd from his time in the military, as well as depression and severe burnout.
physical. healthy.
phobias. can be triggered by especially loud noises (though the roar of his bike is soothing) or particularly stressful emergency environments (which his still present desire to heal doesn't help).
eyesight. good.
drug use. smokes occasionally, tobacco and weed.
alcohol use. moderate.
diet. healthy, but can go hours without eating when busy or stressed.

BACKGROUND

birth place. cleveland, ohio.
ethnicity. caucasian.
parents. russell & isla shaeffer.
siblings. an older sister, june.
children. none.
pets. none. hasn't had the chance, being either in the military or on the road. likes the club's dogs, though.
education. high school education. army basic training and specialized medical training.
notable skills. medical care, emergency and triage care. motorcycle riding and repair. firearm training.
languages. english.
abilities. n/a

BIOGRAPHY

RELATIONS

born into a military family, walker was introduced to the culture, the lifestyle, from birth. his dad's stints at bases or time deployed were what walker had leaned to be normal, so it was no real surprise when he enlisted after high school. always wanting to help, he trained to be a combat medic, healing people in the field, the people he saw as heroes, taking care of them, making sure everyone around him could get home.

that starry-eyed dream of his came to an end after a few years, though, with walker leaving the military after one too many gunshots in his ears, patients lost, moments where he just didn't know what to do. leaving it left him, like a lot of people, without much of a sense of self, so after his discharge, he did the first thing he thought of: got a bike and hit the road to try to fix that, to find himself again.

this led him to ajo, arizona, where he joined a local motorcycle club, the medusas, as their tail gunner, their medic. it's given him the freedom that he's needed to rediscover the parts of him he had long since lost, and help people along the way.

tbd.

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