Played by Ish

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Vitals

As far as appearances go, Micah is your regular goody-two shoes. While he’s tall, he’s also rather scrawny and lacking any sign of muscle. Similarly, he’s always had pale skin that burns easily in the sun. The one thing that he’s always cared about is his hair. Either light or dark brown, depending on the amount of gel in it, Micah takes very good care of his hair. Usually kept short, he obsessively sculpts it into numerous styles depending on his mood. He can spend hours fixing his hair making sure that every strand is in place.

Micah is also extremely fussy about his clothes. When he’s out he refuses to wear anything that is torn, stained, worn, faded or just plain old. He may be the only person to iron every single article of clothing he owns, but he finds it necessary to prevent wrinkles and form creases in the right places. While his look may be one that is seen on many 20-something males, on him it is polished to perfection.

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Pajamas	Dress
Micah Pajamas by psunshine	Micah by psunshine

Micah is a thoughtful guy who takes the pros and cons of almost every situation into consideration before he acts. He hates to do anything that could offend someone else and as a result is often edgy. He is able to be more relaxed around his friends and people he has known for a great period of time, but this is only because he’s become accustomed to them and doesn’t feel the need to worry as much. When around strangers or people he doesn’t really know, Micah can easily become highly agitated.

Micah has an addictive personality, on that has gotten into a great amount of trouble. He fears change and is well set in his ways, from simple things like how he starts off his day to how many pictures he has to take in the course of a day. There isn’t a day that passes when he doesn’t want to get high, but he suppresses these urges by focusing himself on other addictions; his art, photography, even something as simple as a good book or a movie marathon. While he has a good portfolio of his work, his obsession with perfection prevents him from considering any piece he has painted from being finished.

Following his car accident, there have been slight changes in Micah’s personality. While it has faded a bit with time and therapy, Micah is still plagued by pain caused by his injuries. He struggles between dealing with that and fearing a relapse in his substance abuse as the result of taking pain killers. As the result of the trauma he received to his brain, Micah struggles in what are to him simple things. His short term memory fails him more often than it used to and he often finds himself struggling to remember specific words. He is prone to headaches and dizziness and while he is frequently tired, he struggles in falling asleep. His dreams are haunted by fragmented memories of the accident and he usually wakes up in more pain than he was in when he went to sleep. Micah has difficulties in collecting his thoughts, often feeling as if he’s rather scatter-brained, and his is usually unable to stay focused on something for long periods of time, something which he has yet to fully come to terms with. His failures to do the things he could do before the accident and to be the person that he was causes him to be irritable. While he snaps on occasion, the realization of the hostility of his words and actions usually causes him to quickly calm down and apologize both for his actions and his failures profusely.

In addition to being unable to obtain his father’s approval, Micah was also unable to cope with his mother’s obsession for perfection. By the age of 14 Micah was drinking; stealing alcohol from the older members of his family at every opportunity. Soon after the drinking started he began experimenting with drugs. When he was sixteen, Micah tried cocaine for the first time. He was hooked instantly and while he still maintained the good boy image, keeping those he cared about ignorant of his activities, Micah began spending a large amount of his spare time under the influence of something. By the time he was in college, Micah was addicted to both cocaine and heroin and had a heavy dependency on alcohol.

This lifestyle took its toll on Micah, and while he was able to keep his secret his life did begin a downward spiral. After losing several jobs, Micah began selling drugs on the side to pay for his habit. At the end of his second year, he dropped out of college, to the great disappointment of his parents.

Micah’s world finally came crashing down on him when, one day two weeks before his 21st birthday, Micah overdosed on a mix of heroin and cocaine. His mother found him at the foot of the stairs, and as a result has spent a good amount of time refusing to believe the truth about the incident, choosing instead to claim that he just fell down the stairs. As soon as he recovered enough to be released from the hospital, Micah was sent to a ninety day rehab program. While he was gone, Micah’s parents claimed that he was visiting distant family in Europe, a lie that he was willing to go along with once he returned to Pleasant Port.

Micah will always claim that the hardest day of his life was the first day back in Pleasant Port after rehab. It was July and at the time he had wanted nothing more than to escape from his family and give into his craving for drugs. On his way to his drug dealer’s house, Micah ran into Cassie Davis. He got so caught up in trying to explain to her his sudden disappearance without actually explaining his disappearance, that Micah almost forgot about his desire to get high.

Slowly, Micah began to get his life together. He moved in with his sister for a time and got a job at the Photo Studio. Whenever he wanted to use, he threw himself into other activities as a distraction, focusing mostly on his photography and friends. In 2004, Cassie told him that she was looking to move out and Micah eagerly agreed to get a place with her and some other friends. Since his return to Pleasant Port, his relationship with his parents has been strained. They refuse to talk about his addiction, causing Micah to no longer believe that the relationship can be salvaged.

On New Year’s Eve, 2006, Micah confessed his love to Cassie and the two began dating. While Micah’s extremely nervous about the relationship – she’s the first woman he’s been with since sobering up and it’s the first real relationship he’s ever been in – he is extremely devoted to her and hopes to spend the rest of his life with her. At a party celebrating Cassie’s birthday Fletcher Montgomery flirted with her, going so far as to give Cassie a ring. Micah was really bothered by this, and in an attempt to not ruin the party simply left. While driving around town later that night, Micah got into a car accident with Robert Gray. While Robert walked away with only minor injuries Micah was seriously injured. He spent a couple weeks in the hospital and in the months to followed struggled to pull his life back together.

There were three major points in the 8 months that followed his accident that really helped in this. First was when Cassie kissed Fletcher after a night of pool and drinks. While Micah was upset, he blamed himself and his inability to take care of her and satisfy her more than he actually blamed her. Following the kiss, Micah struggled to be the guy that he had been before hand even more. The second event was when Micah finally convinced Cassie to move into a smaller place with him. The two moved out of their home on Oxford Drive and into an apartment on Farmer's Avenue. This smaller environment gave Micah less to try to look after in his desire to become himself again. While he still needs help and isn't able to make the elaborate meals that he cooked before the accident, in their apartment Micah is able to take care of most of the cleaning and regularly cook for him and Cassie. The final event was the birth of Dana Jenkins' twins. While his baby mode had been quickly curbed after his accident, the actual presence of the twins brought back the fever in full mode. As Uncle Micah, Micah was forced to focus not on himself and his own shortcomings, but rather on the twins.

On October 27, 2007, Micah bought an engagement ring for Cassie and asked her mother for permission to marry her. Linda was thrilled and quickly approved. However, before Micah could propose, he found out about his mother's death. He is devastated about it. Currently, he hates himself for all the times he blamed his mother for his problems and he hates his father for letting her die.

Micah Through the Ages

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Living Situation

Address: 1B 6 Farmer's Avenue
Lives With: Cassie Davis
Lives in town since: Birth

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Former Homes

11 Oxford Drive	With Cassie Davis, Farrah Covington, and Dana Jenkins	2004-July 2007
8 Farmer's Avenue	With Adina Lewis	2003-2004
14 Sunset Creek	With Jeffrey Lewis, Naomi Lewis and Adina Lewis	1982-2003

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Transportation

Job

Job: Works as a photographer at the Photo Studio. Tries to limit his time with customers to just photography, however as he's dealing with helping the running of it while Andrea Jenkins is out of town and Dana is on her maternity leave, he is forced to spend more time with his customers than he is comfortable with.

Schedule:

Monday	Off
Tuesday	8-5
Wednesday	Off
Thursday	8-5
Friday	Off
Saturday	8-5
Sunday	8-3

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Schedule

		Morning/Afternoon	Evening/Night
Sat	10/27	Work	Ring Shopping
Sun	10/28
Mon	10/29	Shopping with Cassie and the twins
Tues	10/30
Wed	10/31
Thurs	11/1
Fri	11/2

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You Can Find Him

Pancake House	Hillside Park
Photo Studio	Farmer's Market
Farmer's Park	A.A.
Bus Terminal	Pleasant Port Hospital

Stuff He Uses Daily

Cigarettes	Camera	Hair Products	Post-It Notes
Laptop	Coffee	iPod	Lighter

Micah has a hair complex
Micah’s favourite photographers are Thomas Barbey, David Lachapelle, Jane Fulton and Sophie Calle. He hopes to name his future children after them.
He can spend hours using Photoshop with his favourite photo of Cassie, only to decide that the unaltered shot was better.
The only time Micah swears is when he’s under the influence of Cassie. In addition to not using foul language, he prefers to use ‘phallus’ and ‘poontang’ in reference to sexual organs along with completely asexual euphemisms.
If he ever needs to leave a message for Cassie he leaves her a post-it notes. Usually, knowing her ability to ignore the first one, he’ll leave several, nagging at her to do a specific task. Since they began dating, he’s started writing notes that say things like “Gone to work, be home later. Love you” and leaving them on her forehead while she sleeps.
For awhile inability to do the same things that he was able to do before his accident led to him feeling like he wasn't Micah anymore, but rather someone inhabiting Micah's body.
He's gone completely baby crazy since the birth of Dana's twins. He's afraid to actually hold them because they're so small, but as long as they're not in his arms, he can spend hours playing with them and taking photos of them.
Usually, Micah likes to listen to a mix of adult contemporary, folk, indie, alternative rock, with a bit of country. But when he's stoned, he's all about the techno.

	Cassie’s Micah’s best friend. He’s known her since he was 17 and she’s the one person in his life who he'll tell anything. Micah's been in love with her since college, and the two recently started seeing each other. Even though they only just started dating, Micah believes that he’ll spend the rest of his life with her. Following his accident, Micah has decided that as soon as he is able to be the same person he was before the accident – or at least as close as possible – he plans to propose to her. He doesn’t remember it, but he told her this the first time she saw him when he was in the hospital. Micah is completely devoted to her, to the point that he sees her mistakes in the relationship (like when she kissed Fletcher) as a result of his inability to be the kind of boyfriend he thinks she deserves. Micah planned on proposing to Cassie the day he found out about his mother’s death; while the proposal has been pushed off, he now considers her to be his only remaining family.
	Jeffrey is Micah’s father. The two of them have a distant relationship as Micah doesn’t really know how to relate to his father. They talk as little as possible. Since his accident, Micah has had to turn to his father for financial support.
	Naomi is Micah’s mother. The two were really close when he was younger, but have grown distant as he’s gotten older. Micah turned to drugs as an inability to deal with his mother’s problems. After his accident, Naomi resumed dotting on her son, coming over to his home a couple times a week to cook and clean for him and his roommates. Once Micah was able to take care of himself again she backed off a bit. However, she insisted that the entire family got together for dinner once a week. On October 27, 2007, Naomi was murdered, devastating Micah. He blames his father for letting her die and he feels guilty for all the time that he was less than the perfect son.
	Adina and Micah have always gotten along. She’s the only person in Pleasant Port that he’s been able to talk to about his addiction, although he doesn’t really feel like she fully understands. He thinks she’ll do whatever she can to piss off their parents.
	Micah never knew his grandfather, Nicholas Lewis, as he passed away in 1975.
	Micah doesn't have much of a relationship with his grandmother, Vanessa Lewis. She dotted on her grandson when he was younger, but her Alzheimer's diagnosis curbed that. For less than a year she lived with Micah's family, but his father quickly decided that taking care of her was too difficult and moved her into a nursing home. She's still alive but she doesn't remember Micah so he rarely visits.
	Micah's aunt, Amber Marchai, lives in Belleville with her family. He sees her on the occasional holiday and gets periodic updates on her from his parents.
	Micah's aunt, Sara Allen, lives in Stanton Hills with her family. He sees her on the occasional holiday and gets periodic updates on her from his parents.

Character	Why they know each other?
	Travis and Micah used to play together when they were little kids. They fell apart in school, but now they work together. They’ve hung out a bit outside of work. Since his accident, Micah has begun to question Travis' friendship with Fletcher and worries that Travis might do something that would aid Fletcher in stealing Cassie.
	Micah and Dana are roommates and work together. Micah is a bit of a parent to Dana and because of everything that she’s been through, he worries about her. He thinks she's done well in dating Brian, but he worries that she's moving things too fast with him. Nevertheless, he is completely absorbed by her kids.
	Micah knows Brian through Dana. He thinks the guy is nice, although he worries that Brian is going to hurt Dana again.
	Micah's known Ben for most of his life. Micah kept him, along with most people in his life, at arms length throughout high school, but since then both boys have gotten their lives together and grown closer. Micah especially enjoys going shopping with the other man and greatly respects Ben's taste.

Character	Why they know each other?
	Micah’s seen Scott around the studio a few times and knows he’s friends with Travis. He doesn’t really know him, but thinks he’s a nice guy.
	Micah and Maddy know each other from parties, although he avoids contact because she scares him. He doesn't remember it, because he was stoned at the time, but they had sex when she was 14.
	Micah knows Nicolette as Travis’ mother. He thinks she’s nice, but finds it awkward to talk to her.
	Micah knows Riley mostly through Travis. If he wasn’t sure that Travis wouldn’t lie about it, he’d never believe that Riley and Travis were siblings.
	Linda is Cassie’s mother. The two get along extremely well, and Micah doesn’t really understand what Cassie’s problem with her – not that he would ever admit as much. His feelings towards her were altered when she dyed his hair black. Micah's sure that she didn't understand the importance of his hair, but he's still not sure how much he trusts her anymore.
	Micah has met Leon a few times, mostly through work. Usually, when they meet, Micah finds himself struggling to remember Leon's name.
	On the night of Cassie’s birthday party, Micah got into a car accident with Robert. The two have met a few times since the accident, occasions which always result in Micah trying his hardest to pretend like the accident hasn't affected him as much as it did.
	Micah knows Gus from A.A. Gus is a bit of roll model for Micah, and he knows that if he ever needs to talk to someone, he can talk to Gus. When he was attending A.A. regularly, Micah thought about asking Gus to be his sponsor.
	Micah knows Ashley through various sources; he thinks she's a nice girl, but a bit scary.
	Micah knows Tim mostly as Dana’s uncle. He doesn’t really know him, but he thinks he’s cool. Tim also lives in the same building as Micah’s sister, which is on the street that Micah works on. When he takes candid photos on his breaks at work, he’s occasionally taken them of Tim.
	Micah doesn’t really know Charlotte. They live on the same street and he’s seen her around, but the two have never actually talked. All Micah knows about her is limited to the very little that he’s learnt through Dana.
	Micah knows Adela through Dana; Dana used to work at her restaurant.

Character	Why they know each other?
	Micah has never met Gil however the man killed Micah’s mother.
	Micah hates Fletcher. He’s always been suspicious of Fletcher’s intentions towards Cassie and greatly dislikes how flirty the guy is. After Fletcher bought Cassie a ring for her birthday, Micah’s suspicions only grew worse. Even though he knows that it isn’t Fletcher’s fault that he left the party, Micah chooses to blame Fletcher for his accident. After Fletcher kissed Cassie in April, Micah's distrust of Fletcher has grown even more, to the point that Micah isn't comfortable with Cassie being around the other guy.

Character	Why they know each other?
	Micah knows Nick as Travis’ brother. When he was younger, they lived on the same street.
	Micah and Farrah have been roommates for 2 years. They’re friends, but you wouldn’t know it to look at them. Farrah knows exactly how to bug Micah and does what she can to piss him off. Micah, in exchange, is quick to rise to the challenge. The two don't talk as much since they stopped living together.
	Micah is a patient of Rosa’s.
	Micah’s hung out with Lucas a few times. They currently live on the same street.
	Darnell was Micah’s drug dealer. Micah usually goes out of his way to avoid any contact with him.
	Adam used to date Micah’s sister. Adam was also one of the ones on scene for Micah’s overdose. While the two are friendly when they run into each other, Micah finds it awkward and uncomfortable talking to Adam because the conversation always seems to surround either that moment of his life or his family.

Riley Collins: "Micah's a cutie. A complete and utter geek, but still a cutie."

Nicolette Collins: "I haven't seen him for a number of years, but if he's still anything like he was when I knew him, he's a sweet young man. Hopefully he's been keeping himself out of trouble."

Travis Collins: "He's a lot of fun to work with and hang out with. He gives me tips on photography and and helps me feel comfortable with myself. I'm sorry we lost contact when we were younger, but I'm glad we met back up."

Cassandra Davis: "Ah, where to start? When I first came to Pleasant Port, Micah was the reason I didn't end up hating the move so much. And now that I'm free to leave if I choose, he's the reason that I enjoy staying. He's a little obsessive compulsive, can drive anyone nuts with the point of a camera, and will openly make fun of someone's bad taste. But all of those things are what make me adore him to pieces."

Dana Jenkins: "Half the time I don't know why Micah puts up with me. I probably couldn't go a day without bugging him for advice or bumming a smoke. He really is a life saver when you need it."

Brian Miller: "I don't know him that well yet, but so far I know he's a great friend to Dana so that's definitely a good start."

Fletcher Montgomery: "I'm not even wasting my breath. He had better just make sure he treats Cassie right, because she deserves the best. If she doesn't get it, the creep will have me to answer to."

Likes: Watching Cassie sleeping, art and photography, order and cleanliness, a good movie, open spaces, a long cigarette break, being early, watching television, cooking, taking and editing photos of Cassie, spending all day in his bed with Cassie, his hair, napping
Dislikes: Long lectures, enclosed spaces, chaos and disorder, slobs, snobs, clowns, math, being the designated driver, religious lectures, 50’s sitcoms.

Favourite Song: “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” by Rufus Wainwright
Favourite Quote: “You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you don't even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don't even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in an instant. It happened to me.” - Kevin Kline in Life as a House
Favourite Food: Fettuccini Alfredo
Favourite Drink: Water
Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Single Malt Scotch
Favourite Colour: Red
Favourite Book: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Favourite Film: The United States of Leland
Favourite Actor/Actress: Jena Malone

Least Favourite Food: McDonalds French Fries
Least Favourite Colour: Purple

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His Secret

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