Chronic diseases/Other Illness: Had a heart attack several years ago
Allergies: Hay Fever
Smokes: No
Drinks: Socially (in limited quanities, Doctors orders)
Appearance
Brady is tall and dark and very obviously Latino. He keeps his hair short so he doesn’t get hair in the things he makes. As he works with people in both professional and personal settings he does his best to look good. He keeps himself in top physical condition by working out at the local gym. At the bakery he wears the bakery uniform, a white jumpsuit bearing the bakery name. At home he favors jeans and polo shirts. He has one good suit that he wears when he has too, such as at Mass or when delivering wedding cakes.
Personality
Brady is an interesting mix of opposites, he is a perfectionist when he is at work, but his personal life is a mess. While he is fine in group social settings or when dealing with customers, he is not as open in intimate settings, preferring instead to hear about the accomplishments of others. He is a really caring and giving person however, and often donates his talents and products to various local causes. He is a happy person, always with a smile and a kind word, and a double fudge chocolate brownie for those who need it. Brady is known among his friends for his sense of humor and his eerie calm under pressure.
However, Brady is intensely bitter about his ex-wife and he hides it successfully from his son, answering all his questions about why Mommy doesn't want him honestly. However, sometimes not dealing with the grief of his sister's death and the pain inflicted on Manuel by his mother causes him to explode for no reason.
Personal History
Brady was born to Maria and Edgar Hernandez who owned a small farm on the outskirts of Pleasant Point. He was the older of the two children his parents would have, his sister Samantha was born a year later. Growing up, the two were very close. He was also close friends with Tim Jenkins and Adela Martinez, although he was closer to Adela than to Tim. He lost contact with both of them after they moved to Mexico. While in high school, Brady worked at the Department store, the only store that would hire a poor Latino from the wrong side of the city. After graduating high school with highest honors, Brady went to the Yale Business School where he majored in finance. He worked nights in a bakery in Hartford where he learned the art of being a great pastry chef. He lost contact with his sister Sam until two years after he graduated, when the death of his parents forced him to return home. The siblings parted on strained terms, Samantha never understanding why Brady didn’t want to come home.
After returning to Hartford, Brady threw himself into his work. It was at his work, for one of Connecticut’s largest insurance companies that he met Bree. Brady had always preferred hanging out with men and had been uncomfortable around women. Not knowing exactly why, he decided to change that, and several months later the two were married. It was not a happy marriage however. After their lavish honeymoon, during which Brady’s son Manuel was conceived, the two fought often over two issues, money and sex. Brady felt Bree spent too much money; Bree felt Brady didn’t give her enough sex.
A year later, while on a business trip to San Francisco, something would occur that would change the way Brady lived his life. It happened one rainy day when Brady found himself at bar in the wrong end of the Castro district, there he met a man. The next day, after a night of the best sex of his life, Brady would finally understand what had been missing, and accept his sexuality. Returning home to Hartford, he found a letter from Bree, asking him for a divorce, which he willingly gave her.
After a lengthy custody battle, Brady would win custody of Manuel. Brady discovered that the life of a single father, and a successful executive were far too stressful. The result was a heart attack that would have sidelined him, had his sister Sam not come to help him. After months of rehabilitation and an agreement to lighten his workload, Brady’s life returned to normal. The normalcy would be fleeting however.
Three years after she left, Brady received a certified letter from a lawyer in Pleasant Port. The news it contained almost gave him another heart attack. His sister had been found dead in a hotel room outside of Pleasant Point. She had been on her way back from visiting friends in a nearby town, when her heart, the bane of the Hernandez family, beat its last. He was now the inheritor of not only his parents’ farm, which was quickly sold for a tidy profit, but also the bakery, which according to the letter, did a brisk business. Wanting a slower pace of life for himself and his son, now five, he moved to Pleasant Point, bought the house on Salem Road and began to improve the bakery.
Father: Edgar Francisco Sanchez Hernandez (deceased)
Mother: Maria Lupita Garcia Hernandez (deceased)
Sister: Samantha Marie Hernandez (deceased)
Aunt: Consuela Rosita Hernandez Del Valle-Gonzalez, deceased
Relationships with other Characters (Non-family)
Adela and Brady were relatively good friends growing up in Pleasant Port, bonded by their Latin roots and Spanish language skills. They lost touch over the years when neither of them were living in Pleasant Port. When Brady's sister, who had also been a friend of Adela's, died and Brady moved back to town, Brady and Adela reconnected. They've been rebuilding their friendship over the past year or so and she now considers him a good friend of hers. They frequent each others businesses and like to go out together, always having a good time.
Robert was the lawyer handling his sister's estate. Brady thinks he's an excellent attorney and is considering using him as his own legal counsel. He also thinks Robert is rather attractive, but doesn't want to ruin their business relationship.
Other Characters talk about Brady
Elizabeth Hall: "I always enjoy seeing Brady (obviously, though, not while he's ill -laughs-). He knows who he is and he's not afraid of it, and to see him around his son, to see how much he loves that child, is so endearing."
Scott Archer: "Brady is breeze on a day that's too hot. Speaking of hot, have you seen him? He's a caring and giving guy who makes a wonderful rice cake. Plus I love watching him interact with his son."
Kyra Henry: "Brady is very passionate about the subject he teaches and he is just a darling of a man. He makes the best pies I've ever tasted."
Robert Gray: "Brady is a wonderful guy, a great baker and an even better dad. I'm glad to have gotten to know him."
Travis Collins: "I'm glad that Scott's found such a great guy to date. I can tell they really care for one another."
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