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[16 Dec 2010|06:49pm] |
Connor Aiden Madison was born on December 1, 1986 to his single mother, a stage actress who dabbled in screenwork from time to time. Her pregnancy and his birth had been completely unplanned, but from the very beginning, the boy was showered with love and attention from the adults in his life. His mother had more of a 'firm' hand with him than others had - she was the disciplinarian, the strict one, and the one who worked him a little harder. But, in return, a good bit of trust was built up between them. His mother's best friend (who happened to be his father, but THAT relationship didn't particularly come together for a few years), however, preferred talking things out and being a lot gentler with it. Both methods worked with him and he grew to be a fairly well-rounded boy. His father was an active part of his life as he grew up and helped raise him and his older half-sister, Brianna.
From a young age he was, not surprisingly, in love with and invested in the arts. His mother enrolled him in piano lessons as soon as he was old enough (something that would have happened had he taken an interest or not, mind you) and he took well to them. Connor was a natural with music and couldn't have enjoyed learning it more. He was a very active child in general, always wanting to ruin around, play, and was curious about the world around him, so he never lacked questions to ask or games to play. As he grew older, he picked up other instruments as well, namely the guitar. Of course. He didn't become quite the performers his parents were, but he was a decently talented singer and had enough acting skills to get by - not that he was making a life goal to use them, mind you, but when your parents both won Tony Awards and were nominated for numerous others? You kind of have a lot to live up to and he figured he may as well pretend and try his hardest to be 'good' at the very least.
Growing up around theater people meant being around people who were more open than the average person when it came to just about anything. As a young boy, he was showered with love and affection not only from his family (his mom's side, anyway - the side that didn't think he was some demon bastard child or something), but their friends as well. He was always being hugged and kissed on and taught that being physical with someone was a good thing. As a result, he became the same way - very touchy, very in tune with his emotions, and between that and his mother's more liberal beliefs rubbing off on him, he accepted his sexuality fairly easily. When he was in his freshmen year of high school, he realized that he didn't just crush on girls (which he had in the past. Numerous times.) The young boy found himself very attracted to a male classmate. Initially, he brushed it off and ignored it, but when another crush popped up a year later - when he was happily with a girlfriend, thank you so much - he opted to talk to his parents about it. With their help, he came to the realization that, yes, he genuinely liked both boys and girls. While it took him a little while to accept it, he eventually did and has been happier for it ever since. He's not entirely open about it and doesn't shout it from the rooftops, because he sees no point in people knowing when it's none of their business. However, he doesn't hide it either, nor is he ashamed of it. Simply put: It's his and his potential partner's business. Anybody who needs to know (his family/friends), he's come out to already.
Connor is, in general, a shy, reserved, and fairly sensitive sort of person. Despite a love of performing, he's not too keen on attention and people giving him too much of it. He's not awkward and manages to deal well with it (he can be downright charming and ridiculous when he wants to be), but he'd much rather someone else be put in the middle of it all than him. He's a bit of a hopeless romantic and total gentlemen as well - he was raised on all sorts of classics, after all: classic movies, classic literature, classic stageworks and has been influenced by them. Not to mention his parents wouldn't stand for anything less than his being a proper gentleman. He's not the most comfortable with his appearance because he's short and thinks he's kind of awkward looking and doesn't understand why girls (or guys) seem to think he's cute. Connor is, admittedly and openly, rather nerdy/geeky about things, but he wears it well.
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