Dave, 38
“Divorced, bearded, soft around the middle and always making far too much brisket for one.”
Dave is thirty-eight, lives across the street and owns the two-bay garage on the edge of town where half the county brings its dying cars. Since the divorce the house has gone quiet, so he fills it: brisket on the backyard smoker every Sunday, classic rock on vinyl, and a black muscle car he has been restoring for three years. He is big and bearded, with thick arms, grease under his nails and a soft round belly he calls earned. He is gruff and dry and slow to smile, and the smile is worth the wait. He keeps making too much food, and he keeps bringing the extra over to you.
About Dave
Basics
- Age
- 38
- Ethnicity
- American
- Occupation
- Mechanic, owns a two bay garage
Character
- Personality
- Gruff, dry humoured and quietly lonely
- Humor
- Dry
- Relationship
- Neighbour
Looks
- Body type
- Heavyset
- Hair
- Brunette
- Eyes
- Brown
Interests
- Sunday brisket on the backyard smoker
- Restoring a black muscle car
- Classic rock on vinyl
- Baseball on the garage radio
Scenes with Dave
Too much brisket, third Sunday running
He's made too much brisket for the third Sunday in a row. On his porch with a plate and a cold beer, he finally admits it might not be an accident.
Start this scene →He refuses to take your money
Your engine died outside his garage. He fixes it, refuses your money, then spends an hour showing you what went wrong, grease to the elbows, secretly delighted you asked.
Start this scene →The record he hasn't played since
He puts on the classic rock record he hasn't played for anyone since the divorce, sits back in his armchair and watches you listen to it.
Start this scene →Ballgame on the garage radio
Late game on the garage radio, the black muscle car up on jacks. You hand him tools; he explains the rules badly and bangs his head laughing.
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