[center]Name: Raymond Hale
Age: Thirty-five
Nick Name: Ray
Written Appearance: Ray stands at six feet, four inches and has a well-toned and tanned body. His eyes are a darker hazel color and he has dark, chocolate brown color which he usually slicks back. His jaw is strong and looks a bit square-ish. When he smiles broadly, he has light wrinkles around his mouth. Usually, Ray has his brow furrowed and keeps a poker face. In the presence of his husband, though, he usually looks much more cheerful and happy. For clothing, he usually wears long sleeved shirts or t-shirts and jeans.
How They Feel About Being Parents: Being an employee for California's DCFS, Ray is a bit apprehensive about being a father. He's seen some pretty rough shit and he's seen enough abused kids to make him extremely paranoid about being a father. Ray does enjoy the presence of children and he has a half sister of twelve years who he's always felt close to. Because of his husband, though, he has stayed strong and determined to pull through with their surrogate's pregnancy and raise this kid to the best of his ability.
How They Interact With Other Parents: To most people, Ray appears cold and calculating. He doesn't really like socializing, afraid he'll become too close to a person and then learn they are against him being gay. He takes any anti-gay remarks very seriously and acts a bit aggressive and protective, too. Once he's warmed up to someone though, he turns out to be sweet and actually good-humored.
How They Got Pregnant: Because he is in a gay relationship, Ray and his husband had to find a surrogate. For a few months, they had been searching tirelessly until Johannah finally responded to them, willing to give birth to their child.
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