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Vitals

Name: Jason Styles

Nickname: Jay, Pops (by Maddy)

Age: 37

Birthday: November 30, 1970

Job: Owns Cafe Atlantique

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Status: Single

Religion: Jewish

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: Teenage knee injury that still flares up from time to time.

Allergies: Peanuts

Smokes: Yes

Drinks: Yes

Appearance:

Height: 5’9’’

Weight: 170 lbs

Build: Muscular

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Complexion: A little tanned

Glasses: Sometimes for fun (he collects glasses)

Scars: None

Tattoos/Piercings: A star of David on his right shoulder blade and “Tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun” on his left forearm (Beatles Lyrics)

Usually wears: Jeans and t-shirt. He likes to keep it very simple. He never needs to dress up for work so he is rarely out of his comfortable clothes.

Never wears: Ties. Loafers. Even when he has to get dressed up for an occasion, he tries as hard as possible to not wear these two things.

Wearing today:

History

Jason has lived in Pleasant Port his whole life and has been the owner of Cafe Atlantique for 15 years now. He is an only child who gets along very well with his parents. His parents have moved to Florida as people of their age have started doing. He tries to go visit them every year and likes to feel like he’s taking care of them. In high school he was popular and into sports. He loved soccer and was good enough to play in college. He was being scouted by all sorts of schools but at the end of his senior year, he hurt his knee badly. He decided against going to school and by some stroke of luck, with really good timing, came into ownership of the Cafe Atlantique. His parents helped him with the money which is why he has helped them out as they’ve gotten older.

He loves the restaurant and is always trying to think of fun new things to do with it. Every year he likes to make a big change. He has made many of his friends through running the Café and met Emily there. Many people do not realize how much money the café brings in for Jason. He wouldn’t classify himself as rich, but he definitely does not have a problem making a living. It shows up in things like his choice of car to drive.

Personality

Jason is a steady personality. It takes a lot to rock him. He reads people well and this helps him in making friends easily. He doesn’t get close to people very quickly or very often. He has a lot of surface friendships but it takes more than a little bit of trying to develop a real connected friendship with Jason. Along with this, he doesn’t fall into love quickly either. He is very deliberate. Everything about him is typically though out and rational. He lets emotions come through but does not allow them to take over.

Once he develops friendships, it takes a lot for him to give up on them. He truly believes in peoples abilities and is always very supportive of friends, no matter what they're going through in their lives. He is keen to remember who has helped him out in his life and is very thankful to them. He feels indebted to people and will do as much he can to pay them back for how they have helped him. This is why he has taken such great care of his parents. It also leads him to be a generally caring boss at Cafe Atlantique because he appreciates the work put in by his employees.

He tries to be very flexible for the needs of those he cares about. He is not one who will let himself be walked on but he is relatively good at reading people and when he sees a genuine need, he tries to use his resources to help them out. Over the years that he has owned the Cafe, he has done relatively well for himself. He tries to play down how much money he has and isn't too flashy with it. His biggest purchase has been his car.

Jason loves children. He doesn't feel any rush to settle down, get married and have a kid but he knows in the back of his head that he really wants to have children. It is not something he talks about but there is even a visible softening when he is interacting with children.

Living Situation

Adress: 15 Boardwalk, appartment 3C

He moved there after he moved out of Emily's house.

Lives in town since: Grew up in Pleasant Port and never moved away and does not want to.

Transportation

BMW 550i

About Love Life

Status: Single

Crush: Changes all the time

First Kiss: A high school girlfriend

Longest relationship: With Emily Gray for 5 years

Ever had a broken heart: Yes

If you want to win his heart, you have to be: Good natured and compassionate

3 things he can't stand in women: Neediness, refusal to see other perspectives, being pessimistic

Does he believe in love at first sight? No

Virgin? No

When did he lose his virginity? At 18 to a girl he dated in high school.

For Jason, love is: Complicated

Family

Aside from his parents who live in Florida, Jason has no family.

Relationship with other characters

	When Gus moved to Pleasant Port in the end of middle school, Jason and he quickly became best friends. They shared a common interest in many sports and were on a lot of teams together. When Gus left for college and Jason stayed in PP, their relationship did change but it did not end. They kept in relatively constant contact in the years that Gus lived in LA and quickly fell back into the routine of being best friends when Gus moved back to town. Gus’s parents even enlisted Jason to go out to LA to help Gus get himself together and move back and get sober.
	Maddy is someone Jason inexplicably took a shine to immediately. He has come to know her through the cafe but he has developed a bit of a fatherly protection over her. He was the one who made the initial report of child abuse and he's always been protective of her. He felt like it was important to get her away from her mother and still feels some sense of guilt for the fact that in some ways, it's his fault she ended up living with her father. When she was old enough, he gave her work in the cafe, trying to give her as much time as possible away from home. He is one of the few constant older figures in Maddy's life and he tries to continue to be there for her, often the one who bails her out of jail when she gets in trouble. He knows that she has headed down some wrong paths but tries to keep an eye and make sure she doesn't go too far with her wild ways. He might not say it to many people but there are times he thinks of Maddy as like his own daughter.
	Emily and Jason were together for about 5 years. They were even engaged when they mutually decided it wasn't working anymore 3 years ago. They remained good friends until she moved out of town. They haven't been in touch much since she left but once they both get over things then he's hoping they'll talk again.
	Robert and Jason met when Emily and Jason started dating. It didn't take long for them to start getting along as the bonded over athletics. Even thought Emily and Jason are no longer together, they still get along well and Jason likes to consider Robert his friend.
	Jason and Gavin have developed a steady friendship over the years. Neither man is particularly talkative about feelings but have found themselves confiding in each other throughout the years. Gavin is the most consistent friend that Jason has had in his life and he truly values that. Jason considers Gavin a true friend and as a bonus, absolutely adores his daughter. Gavin has moved out of town but they're trying to keep in touch.
	As one of Gavin's best friends, Jason has come to know Julia over the years. They get along well and maintain a pleasant relationship. He can get protective of Gavin but has never had a bad relationship with Julia as a result.
	Jason met Amy initially as a customer of his through the Café. When she first started coming in, they didn’t interact a whole lot because she wasn’t too talkative but once she became a regular there, the two developed somewhat of a friendship. Jason finds her absolutely adorable.
	Jason met Cadissy one night when he was out taking pictures on the beach. He helped her out after the plunged full on into the freezing water without thinking much about the consequences. He was there to offer her a place to get warmed up and they very quickly developed a connection. He was pretty quickly attracted to her and they rather accidentally fell into making out that night. Jason and Cadissy had a thing that was undefined and fun for a while but as relationships do sometimes...the one between them fizzled.

Others talk about Jason

Brian Miller: "He's pretty cool...for a boss."

Emily Gray: "Jason, well what can I say? He's one of the best guys I know and I will love him forever."

August Henry: "He saved my life. Even if he hadn't I'd still love him as if he were my own brother."

Maddy Baker: "Jay's like a dad to me, but he doesn't hit me or do any of that other shit that my real dad did. He's the closest thing to family I got."

Scott Archer: "Whenever I meet a person who is so free with their feelings - like our shared love of strippers - it's a good day."

Robert Gray: "Jason likes to think he can whip me at tennis and basketball, but we both know better. As in, he can, but I pretend otherwise every chance I get. He's a great guy and friend."

Life

Activities: Running, cycling, soccer, basketball, swimming, sports in general, reading, traveling, photography

Likes: classic movies, the beach, lighthouses, cars, sports, traveling, beautiful women, kids, blues music, The Beatles

Dislikes: People who talk loudly on their cell phones in restaurants, overdone romantic comedies, abstract art

Favorite film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Favorite song: Please Love Me by BB King, She’s Leaving Home by The Beatles

Favorite quote: A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. – Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Favorite food: Cashew Chicken

Favorite color: Maroon

Favorite book: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Favorite actor/actress: Paul Newman

Celebrity used: Robert Downey Jr.