Popyk, Alex

[Alex Mattias Popyk]

* alexander mattias popyk !

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PB: jeremy renner
But you'd save the best for last like I'm the one for you[/center]

name;; alexander mattias popyk
nickname/s;; alex, matti, popyk
age;; thirty-four
sexuality;; straight
race;; human
affiliation;; doesn’t believe in them yet
Likes;;

• Drums
  
• Hockey
  
• Rock/Alternative music
  
• Hunting
  
• Ski-dooing
  

Dislikes;;

• Women
  
• Humidity
  
• Temperature over 75F
  
• Chinese Food
  
• Moving
  

Fears;;

• Horses
  
• That the past is going to come and bite him in the ass
  

Goals;;

• Rebuild his life
  
• Prove to himself he’s not a bad guy
  

Anything else;;

• Spent time in and out of juvenile
  
• Was falsely accused for physical abuse
  
• 
  

You should know that you're just a temporary fix
This isn't a routine with you it don't mean that much to me

appearance;; Alex is a little bigger than your average guy, standing at 5’10 and weighing roughly 220lbs. He’s broad shouldered with a tapered torso and waist. He’s got a well-defined muscle tone but isn’t bulky with stressed veins looking like they’re about to pop out or burst. He’s got a strong jaw line that rounds nicely at his chin but gives him pretty prominent cheek bones. While his face can read like a blank slate, his eyes speak volumes and he has a hard time not expressing his emotions though his baby blues, intentionally or not. He keeps his styles simple with jeans and t-shirts or sweat pants and sweaters but always looks classy, keeping facial hair trim and his hair just long enough to give him a sexy bed head look.

personality;;
Alex is a good guy at heart but comes across as aloof at the best of times. He’s had it rough for the last few years and is doing his best to keep himself from falling back down the roads he’s travelled and survived through only sheer determination. He’s soft spoken and is often described as intimidating because he’s such a hard guy to read. Alex is a loyal guy that commits to his own goals set to his standards. He doesn’t trust easily, especially women. He does things on his terms and doesn’t change for anyone anymore.

He’s a hard worker and rarely gives himself a chance to relax in a conventional sense. Alex’s idea of relaxing is going for a long walk or practicing with his custom made compound bow in the confines of his home or backyard, or reading a good book. He doesn’t believe in the rumors surrounding Converse with the werewolves and has no qualms going out into the forests around the town at night in search of live target practice.
family;;
Meredith Nichols; Mother; Office administrator
Robert Nichols; Father; Construction foreman
history;; Alexander Mattias Popyk, born Dayton Benoit Nichols, has had an interesting life. The only child born to the working class couple in Granby, Colorado, he was considered a generally good kid who wouldn’t even think about doing something wrong. He was brought up on hockey and out-doors living, learning how to hunt and survive should something go wrong while out in the forests of Colorado. He was a friendly, out-going kid who did things because he enjoyed doing them not because he felt pressured to do them, for the most part.

He wasn’t the most studious boy in the world, often doodling or zoning out in classes but he did enough to pass his classes though was told if he tried he could do great things. Although he was never part of a “without” family, as most kids are, he wasn’t always content with what he had. In particular Alexander was a boy with tastes in expensive hockey, hunting and camping gear that even during a busy season, his parents couldn’t always afford. As he grew, his talents for stealth and light fingers caught the eyes of some older students who were impressed when they watched the twelve year old lift a wallet from his own father while attending a local fair. In exchange for not telling Robert about what his son could do, the group talked the boy into joining their little group and help them out. Now Alex was fully aware of the differences in right and wrong, and even had a decent idea of what the group was about (just because he didn’t have the best grades didn’t mean the kid was a moron) it wasn’t the promise of not ratting him out that convinced him to accept their offer as it was the thrill of it. The thrill and exhilaration of using skills he had and improving them and utilizing them in a new and interesting fashion.

Through most of high school Alex as able to keep his two lives (the less than studious, hard-working son of a construction foreman and the sneaking thief) separate so when he was busted for a break and enter at the age of fifteen, his parents nearly shot him with his own compact bow. When asked why he’d done it, he gave everyone same answer: it was exhilarating and the only reason he got caught was bad timing on his part. The next three years were strained in his home as his parents tried to discipline him in different ways which included curfews, heavy lectures, threats of being kicked out and two fights that ended in slammed doors between him and his dad. Despite it all, Alex’s behavior continued down the darker path.

Half way through his senior year, Alex dropped out of high school and left Granby for a larger city, briefly staying in Denver but settling in Aurora, Illinois. Here he picked up work under the name Alexander Popyk in construction. For the earlier part of his twenties, Alex stayed low under the radar working hard during the day and staying in his run down studio apartment most nights and keeping his skills sharp. While out with a few buddies from work, Alex met the one woman who would change his life.

Dana was a subtle beauty who knew exactly how to get what she wanted, when she wanted it and it didn’t take long for her to have Alex wrapped around her finger. For four years it was a battle of the sexes as Alex did everything he could to make Dana happy, which ultimately lead to Alex’s downfall. As a construction laborer he made decent enough money it wasn’t enough for her. Not wanting to lose what he considered to be the best thing to happen to him in a long time, he did the only other thing he could think of: resorted to his high school ways and thieving.

By the time he was twenty-nine, he’d acquired a list of charges ranging from simple pick pocketing, to break and enters and even a couple of non-armed robberies. After returning home from a particular job, Alex was greeted by a house party and a messed up Dana. In an attempt to calm her down, Alex found himself on the receiving end of a psychotic attack forcing him to physically restrain her that landed him in jail when a witness from the party claimed Alex had attacked Dana first.

That was the end of the line for him and for two years he stewed in county jail over the shit he’d gone through for Dana. Upon his release at thirty-one Alex left Illinois and travelled doing odd jobs under the table in four other states before finding himself in Converse, South Dakota at the ripe age of thirty-four.

You're just a filler in the space that happened to be free
How dare you think you'd get away with trying to play me

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