Name: Nick Dawson (A-K-A Nick Ryan)

Age: 26

Appearance: [hider=Nick] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Nathan_Fillion_as_Joey.png[/IMG] [/hider].

Job: Radio Personality

Relation to friends: An old friend of Jason's from college

Bio: Nick was born in Arlington, Virginia, He was the youngest of three children; Nick has two other older sisters (33 & 31). Nick's father Robert worked for the C-I-A but never told anyone about it. Nick just assumed that Robert worked in a business office, because every morning he would go to work with a copy of the "Washington Post " under his arm and a brief case in hand. Nick would every once in a while ask his dad about his job and Robert would shrug his shoulders and say, "Just another Government Drone son." His mother Suzanne also worked in the Government in the I-R-S. Nick had a good life in DC until one of his father's operations went terribly wrong, and he was killed in action.

Suzanne raised the children alone and they all loved one another, but she knew that Nick would always yearn for his father, so there were times he was jealous of his sisters.He never had the close relationship that his sisters had with Robert, because Robert died when Nick was still under the age of 10 so there is a void in Nick's life. Nick and his sisters have worked through their issues and have a good relationship now. Nick went off to college where he met and became very close friends with Jason Hunt and Holden Bishop. The three of them got into the usual college hi-jinx and so on, but there was nothing that they wouldn't do for one another. These two guys were the brothers that Nick always wanted and never had and would take a bullet for either one of them.

When Nick graduated college with his degree in communications moved back to Virginia and with his mom for a few years. He got a job at smooth jazz station which he hated, but it gave him experience and Nick was very good at his job. He adopted the name of Nick Ryan (his first and middle name) because while Nick Ryan is outgoing and very jovial to the outside world inside Nick Dawson cherishes his privacy, and doesn't talk about his job much or let his "radio voice" be heard too often away from the station.

Then came the day that Jason called him up and asked him to move to Miami. Nick at first was hesitant because he wanted to make sure his mom was okay, and Miami was a major market Nick wasn't sure he could find a job there. His mom knew that moving to Miami would be a great thing for Nick and encouraged him to send his air-check tape to 95.5 WXQR a classic rock station. Nick loved the music and his mom said she could see him do well there. Nick sent his tape and two weeks later there was an opening in the mid-day Monday-Friday for him. Nick couldn't believe it he was not only moving in with some of his best friends but he was working in a field he loved. [hider=secret] The station owner was having IRS issues and Suzanne made the IRS issues disappear in exchange for Nick getting a job, but Nick doesn't know this.[/hider]
 
Personality: Nick is very outgoing loves a good laugh and very loyal to his friends. A very quick wit and a sarcastic streak but isn't cruel about it, and knows when to turn off "on-air personality" and when to just be still with his friends. However the first thing Nick does when he gets home from his 9-3 job is goes into his room and just enjoys silence, because working in a major market and having to be "on" all the time takes a lot out of him. Nick will do anything for his roommates and considers them family. He is very exacting in the sense that the field he works in calls for him to be on time and everything to be just so. Not as OCD as Holden but still he likes things just so. 

He doesn't talk about his father much, but it hurts him so badly. 

Relationship?: Wait and see :cool

Other: Loves the music of Bruce Springsteen, frequent "Daily Show" viewer, has a huge collection of "Batman" comics, is a sci-fi geek, loves murder mysteries, and enjoys working out.