DR. ZOOOOOOO HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE next month is Ratticus!! ππ
General
Dr. Zo is a local therapist, one of only a few in the area. He greatly enjoys his job, and loves getting to know people in a way most don't. He is a fantastic secret-keeper, good at getting on someone's page, and his personality and empathy makes it easy for others to share with him.
Childhood
Dr. Zo is the middle child, and has always been a bit of a peacekeeper and problem-solver. Not receiving the same attention as his needy younger sister or loud older brother, he often was left to his own devices.
He's always been his grandma's favorite though, and before she moved in with his parents she would invite him over to her house more than his siblings. He learned most of his shapes, colors, letters, and numbers while with his grandma. They would do a lot of baking and reading together, and when his grandpa was still alive, he would help him mow their lawn and take care of their garden.
Young Adulthood
From high-school to the end of college, Dr. Zo was almost unrecognizable from how he is today. He rode a motorcycle, wore all leather and sunglasses, had several piercings and was very headstrong. He cared a lot about helping people, but didn't go about it in a way his older self would approve of. He doesn't talk about this time period unprompted, and honestly might not have pictures. However, his ex-wife and Clara would definitely have pictures.
Is Dr. Zo Trans?
He is not! While I was messing with the idea of it, he is most comforting for me (and many others) as someone who has not had the trans experience, but is still just as kind, open, welcoming, and understanding as someone who has. There is a lot of value in a cisgender man who makes you feel you can be yourself, and who you can look up to as well (which, again, many of you do).
π Elites: be sure to check out your full with three other pages and several paragraphs about how he takes his coffee, his thoughts on his siblings, some further details about his son and ex-wife, his thoughts on Annie, a bit about his glasses and more directly before this one!