he is still a work in progress, but what i'm leaning towards is that back in high school he was kind of a goofy jock type. higher up on the high school food chain, but not a total douche and easily fit in with kids from other cliques. kind of a pothead. but basically, did whatever, kind of skated through school thanks to his jock status and road that train all the way to college. he went to college leaning heavily into sports and not really planning for anything more than being pro ~whatever (haven't picked a sport yet) - que the cliche injury that ended his career and he had to sort of shift gears and figure his shit out. he decided to focus on sports medicine and has been more serious about his education then BOOM...his dad got cancer. he has basically spent the last year in denial/rebelling against the idea of going back home but he's finally decided to come home and help lis.