Backstory

Childhood

Dan Baker was born in the early 2000s as an early zoomer. Their mother, Debbie Baker was a single mother after their father had left her. But the small family was supported by Sean Parker, Dan’s godfather. Dan’s younger childhood was mostly uneventful, although they showed a big interest in making music due to them looking up to Sean and as they entered elementary school, they entered band class. They met a young girl named Daisy and became friends.However, Daisy had to move when they were both 11 years old. Dan was very sad about it and started to be more active online, posting snippets of music they produced and becoming friends with Spencer who then introduced them to her friend Condor, the two would voice call very regularly and chat a lot and grew close quickly.

Pre-Teen

As Dan slowly hit puberty, they started to become dysphoric, especially about body hair, their adams apple and crotch. They feel isolated and are scared to tell anyone they know in real life about these thoughts and instead ask their friends to refer to them with feminine pronouns which ends up not feeling right to them, so they force themselves into using masculine presentation and pronouns again.

Teenager/Current

When they turned 14 and entered High School, they met Daisy again who went to the same high school as them. They catch up and slowly rebuild their friendship and Daisy starts to catch feelings for them. They feel pressured into accepting the relationship moving forward as they don’t want to feel more out of place than they already do. The relationship wasn’t healthy, Dan was incapable of setting clear boundaries and Daisy kept pushing the limits and acting entitled. Things got even worse in their life as their mother got murdered in cold blood and they got adopted by Sean. Sean tried his best to be as much of a support as he could be to them, it was a very harsh time for both of them. Dan started to have feelings of depersonalization and struggled to perform the most basic things. They were afraid of going out in fear of anything bad happening to them and only went out to go to school and meet with Daisy in fear of ruining the relationship. They started to focus a lot more on music which helped them distract themselves. A their mind slowly cleared and as they found out about nonbinary identities, they gently asked their friends if they could use they/them for them, which feels right for them and helps them find more clarity in their identity. But that doesn’t help the fact that they are still unsure and confused about their sexuality, they have to be honest with Daisy about it. They meet up at her house and Dan tries to be as honest and gentle as they can with their feelings and how they think they might be queer, which Daisy mocks them for, resulting in an argument. The argument escalates more and more and turns into a fight, Dan can’t take it anymore and tells her that they are nonbinary. Daisy proceeds to violently mock them and be transphobic to their face which makes them snap. They tell her off, run home and fully quit contact. They arrive at their home, quite late, holding back tears. Sean is still awake, practicing guitar riffs. He sees that they are clearly upset and asks what's wrong which makes all their emotions overflow. They break down crying, explaining everything that happened and how ashamed they are of themselves. Sean is a bit overwhelmed but shows a lot of support, helping them calm down. Over the next couple of months they start to heal more, meeting up with their friends again and realizing that they are asexual. They approach Sean about the topic and how they are scared about how their environment would react to it. Sean admits to him struggling with romantic feelings and not feeling welcome either which makes both of them consider escaping.