Jamie Darling

Appearance
James Lindsay Darling is even taller than his son, Jay, though only by an inch. It's clear to see where Jay gets his looks from, or what he'll look like in twenty years. Pale-skinned with dusty blonde hair and freckles, it's clear that once upon a time, Jamie was a looker. His features are strong and sharp, and his grey eyes sparkle with tired mischief just as his son's do now.

Often Jamie can be seen as somewhat unkempt – he usually goes unshaven and because his hair is cut short it curls in every direction, although he hides it under beanie hats. Usually he wears clothes from Walmart and old, oil-stained shirts. He keeps a gold chain around his neck.

Track marks run down his arm – old scars, from over a decade ago. He doesn't make any attempt to hide those. While he's not a heroin addict anymore, his hands still tremble on occasion from something else.

Personality
Jamie is inherently distrustful (for numerous good reasons) and sceptical of any and all friends he might have had in the past. He appears to be a friendly, understanding guy – except when it comes to matters of money, in which case "you get it for him or you get your ass beat". That being said, he's not particularly good at fighting, physically or morally. He's not against using cheap tricks and or bringing a knife to a fist-fight, though admittedly that only happened once during his 'dark time'.

Like his son, he is a bit of a hot-head.

A romantic, he hasn't been in or even thought about another relationship since Lillian Hunter-Logan. His son is the only important thing left in the world to him, and that Jay hates his entire existence eats him up inside. Jamie is far too generous with family.

Relations
Jay Hunter-Darling – Jamie's only child, born when he himself was twenty-five years old. Things started going sour soon after that with Lillian resulting in his arrest (though he was not charged with anything) and them splitting up. Jamie would never have been able to get custody, and so has resolved himself to a life of seeing his son only a few times a year, though in recent days and weeks it has become more frequent.