born between two young parents, father leaving before he was even born (out of wedlock)
mother had hardships for her choice of wanting to carry the child to term, but did so and raised Reynaud while living at home with her parents
had a rather normal life as far as he knew, curious and playful as a young boy would be. and rather cheerful despite his always frowning grandparents. occasionally getting into trouble as many boys did but nothing more then a skinned knee or scratch
mother married when 8 to slightly older and successful male, wedding going through fully when he was 9. step-father more then happy to take a spot in the prebuilt family and treated reynaud as his own son. they moved into his larger house after, leaving behind the grandparents to never be seen again.

mother still settling in as a wife, but reynaud grows older and wants more freedom away from watching eyes. allowed out and starts helping with shopping and errands so parents can rest and relax more.
gets a job a a courier at 11 for a business near their house, mostly delivering letters to a small area but occasionally got packages for rush delivery to certain people. is a rather steady paying job and sticks to it until he started working in a precinct he'd deliver to often.
at 13, officially started working there as errands boy/server. most of his days filled with making coffee or treats, or running stacks of letters and paperwork between the sections of the building. life is always active, with all sorts of being being held over night or longer depending on their crimes. sparked his love for investigating and his curiosity for finding answers in the unknown.
at 16 he met his future 'wife', sweet as can be and often would come by the police office with treats (worked at a near by bakery that would give their extra to the police station for keeping them safe, only gentle briber) and came to adore them so. they hit it off quickly, and started spending more time with one another every moment they could.

married in early winter, right before reynaud's 17th birthday. though they discussed staying in the area, they both wanted to move to a bigger city and get away. they agreed on brooklyn and once married and their goodbyes said (mostly reynaud saying goodbye to his family as elma had none) they moved with very little possession wise.
they settled in nicely, making friends with a few neighbors but often kept to themselves mostly. Elma becoming a house wife for the most part who would sell her cooking for some extra money.
Rey got a new job, this time as a PI (still 17). a mostly boring job but still exciting to him in it's own way
great depression was taking its toll though, money sometimes being tight but ends were always met and they took time out of their day to spend with one another to enjoy each other's company
edward is kill when rey is 21, wearing on them more as rey blames himself and wonders if he could have stopped it. though elma assures him he did what he could, it's still haunts him until eventually he tried to let it go and move on with life. work is slow and he starts taking up odd jobs to make ends meet, more tired then before but doing his best
Elma started becoming more secretive towards the end, as if hiding something from rey. though rey asked if anything was wrong and if there was anything he could do to help if so, he was never given an answer and could only hope it wasn't anything serious being kept from him.
elma left suddenly, leaving rey in the house alone

doing his best to survive, often falling into patterns to keep himself waking up every morning and going through the motions. he becomes more reserved and constantly wonders where elma ran off to, be it with another lover or because of the secret they kept to themselves.
rey tells himself it's not a terrible life, but is far from a life he desires to be in long term.

 
Then one morning, while out for coffee, Reynaud hears a explosion and two gunshots in the distance. He runs off to investigate, wondering what could be happening in the early hours of the day. 

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