"Hey Darby, you about done down there? We're shutting down the park for today, we gotta do some maintenance" Darby Reznor looked up from the bowl area in the skate park to see the park owner known as Big Joey waving down at him.

 "Yeah yeah, I'm done I'll get out" Darby says as he gets off his skateboard and climbs out of the bowl "I was just enjoying a session here for what may be the last time"

 "Oh yeah, you have to go play hockey for that big league soon don't you?" Big Joey smiled as they walked to the exit "hey remember everyone here when you make it big"

 "Yeah I'll definitely remember you Joey" Darby smiled "and Brittany the barista. Hopefully I'll forget about all the freaking Starbucks in this city"

 "Well Seattle was the birthplace of Starbucks so ir is hard to get away from it buddy"

 "Yeah yeah I know" Darby says as he headed to his car "anyways if I don't see you later, thanks for keeping this place alive and we'll"

 "Hey it's my skate park so I better do that" Joey chuckles as he waves goodbye "hopefully I'll see you later, but if not, thanks for always paying your tab and being one of the better sisters in this city that isn't a pro" Darby smiles a bit as he drove away from the park back to his Mom's house, taking a quick look at the picture of him as a kid with his mom on his dashboard while he was waiting for a red light.

 So who is Darby Reznor? Well, he was born to Martha Reznor and a father he never knew. Martha doesn't know much about him, only telling Darby that he has his father's eyes. For the most part, Martha had worked at a lawyers office in order to support her and Darby, leaving Darby with a babysitter most of the time. It was one of these babysitters known as Greg Cobb who introduced Darby to both hockey and skateboarding. With hockey, Jeff would often take Darby to various hockey events throughout Seattle and parts of Oregon, making Darby fall in love with the sport. As for skateboarding, when he was a kid Darby saw Jeff skate and tried to replicate it. One scraped knee later, Jeff decided to give Darby actual lessons on how to skate, having seen potential in the frustrated but creative kid. 

 One other hobby Darby has is drawing, as he likes to draw various punk and metal logos ever since he was a teenager. This eventually led to him getting a few tattoos when he was 16, freaking Martha out a bit. The good news with Martha is that she had always been open-minded with Darby's hobbies, though she did tell him that the tattoos were almost too much. As you can imagine, Jeff often hung out with punk rock types, but they did know to mind their manners when it came to Martha, if only because she cooked the best food in the neighborhood. Darby started to play hockey originally as a goalie when he was a high schooler, but was later put at Left Wing where he had a lot more success.

 Darby became a good goal scorer, but was also definitely up to fight if the situation called for it. During this time, the skate park closest to his house was at risk of being bought out and changed into a swimming pool area, so he tried his best to campaign around the school to keep it around as it was. This did get him into a fight one day with a few bullies who hated punk type kids like him, and the punching style he got from hockey helped him fight them off with nothing more than a bloody nose. Luckily it was around this time that Big Joey, a local skate pro, decided to buy the park himself from the previous owner and renovate it, keeping the place open for the local skate scene.

 Darby had a few opportunities to sign with a skating brand, but by that point he has found out that hockey was going to be his true destination because he was that good at it. He stuck with hockey, and helped his school win state a few times before playing hockey for the University of Washington, winning All-american in his final year of eligibility. After that he jumped at the opportunity to go into the SMJHL draft, wanting both an opportunity to show how good he can be and get a better life for both him and his family.

 Going back to him in his car, he pulled into his house in the suburbs of Seattle, yawning a bit as he headed into his house, making sure to check his phone.

 "Welcome home" Martha smiled "how many scouting trips do you have to schedule today?"

 "Only a couple so far mom" Darby smiled as he went to go eat the dinner she made.

Should have thrown his mother thru a table.