step one: preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit
→ when he was five years old, his mom separated from his father.
→ when he was seven, both of his parents remarried. his baby sister was born to his father shortly after, and his baby brother was born shortly after that to his mother, giving him two step siblings from either parents.
→ step mother dies from cancer, father never remarries after the fact.
→ at the age of ten, ryker gets burnt by a boiling of water by dropping it. breaks his big toe and gets bad burns on his left foot.
→ at the age of sixteen, his dreams of playing varsity baseball are shattered when he tore his acl and mcl. never got corrective surgery so he can't play anymore.
step two: butter cake pan thoroughly
→ ryker has an active mind, therefore he worries a lot. pacing is something he does quite naturally. moving around when he's nervous, anxious, worried, or angry is something that often helps calm his nerves.
→ smoking; one of the biggest habits that he hasn't been able to shake thus far. then again, he's pretty terrible at breaking habits as it is, and smoking is the most addictive thing he's gotten his hands on. so far, anyhow.
→ finger biting is something ryker has done since he was little. he tried stopping when he was younger - or rather, his step mother tried stopping him with hot sauce, but it never worked.
→ ryker has been and always will be a procrastinator. he likes to save things for the last minute before getting them done. this, however, doesn't make him as unproductive as one might think. he still manages to get (most) of his work done on time. usually.
→ this last habit is one that gets ryker into lots of trouble. he's always in the mindset that he just has to add his two cents in, whether it's a conversation he's involved with or a conversation between two complete strangers.
step three: stir cake mix until smooth
→ bad weather, despite whatever it may be, is always a favorite of ryker. not necessarily because he gets to miss work (or void all plans he was going to make that day, anyways), but because what better atmosphere produces a place perfect to brood than a dark bedroom with torrential downpour outside? exactly.
→ pie. pie, pie, pie, pie, pie. in fact, that goes for all types of food. there was never a quicker way to a man's heart before ryker discovered all of the sweet little things in life. cake, strudels, apples, cherries, pies, cupcakes; the list could really go on and on and on. his absolute favorite, however, would have to definitely be blueberry pie.
→ this like is hard to describe, but to put it simply, ryker finds that he can easily enjoy the little, innocent, pure things in life. he's the type of guy that has a hell of a presence when you first meet him, and he
will get into fights more often than not, but he still has an appreciation for small, quiet things. things you wouldn't necessarily expect a guy like him to pay any mind to.
→ another thing ryker would be lost without would be work. as crazy as it may seem, and as much as he might whine and complain about it, he honestly enjoys a good days worth of work. work gets him out of the house, otherwise he probably never would.
→ movies. it may take a long time for one of them to capture ryker's attention, but even with that being said, he thoroughly enjoys movie marathons and watching television more than anything else.
step four: pour batter into cake pan
→ basically, if you wave anything extremely hot (including a frying pan, fire, etc.), ryker will cringe and shy away as much as possible. this especially includes boiling water. he refuses to cook because of this.
→ commitment - one of the most common fears in today's young people. growing up, all ryker ever saw was his parent's love life fall apart time and time again. he doesn't want something like that.
→ so, this may not seem entirely manly, but... second to boiling water and fire, ryker is deathly afraid of clowns. he's never gone to a circus or county fair because of this fear alone.
→ what's scarier than a two ton death machine? in ryker's eyes, only two things. ryker fears car accidents, and tries to avoid driving cars altogether. he hasn't lost anyone to a car accident yet, but that doesn't mean he can't be apprehensive.
→ cancer. he's seen plenty of family members die from it, and the last thing he wants is for something as devastating as that happening to him, or anyone he loves for that matter.
step five: allow to bake for ten months
→ josephine taylor -
"well, she's my baby sister. well, step sister. but i still love her to absolute death. she's fifteen right now, but we're still really close. and surprisingly enough, she's my love therapist. only i have to make things pg-13 for her."→ avery taylor -
"can't say i'm that close to avery. he's my little step brother. he's cool i guess. he's sixteen years old, so one year older than jojo. i'll take him out to a baseball game every now and then but that's about it."→ stefan albright -
"stefan is my absolute best friend. i have no idea where i'd be without him, i kid you not. he's gotten me through thick and thin. we've been friends since the second grade, if that says anything."→ sydney sorenson -
"and sydney would be my ex girlfriend. senior homecoming date. yeah, our relationship was a real disaster. more so than any of my other relationships. we really aren't on the best of terms right now."→ angelina jolie -
"well... she's hot, okay? don't judge me. she's been masturbating material for a very very long time for me. and that's all i have to say about it."step six: take out of oven, let cool
→ selfish → fearful → non-commitment → angry → irrational step seven: enjoy
→ ryker may be hard to get along with at first, and it really takes a hardy person to stick around with him, but that's okay, because he can turn out to be a good friend in the end. he may be a little selfish, and he can come across as an angry, irrational prick, but some people that know him like to believe that that's just his spiny exterior.
