#oc: david li norton

[oceanmanart]

my hlvrai oc created with @carbonatedsalt​! this is david li-norton and he’s joshua freemans other dad

[librius]

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oh god oh fuck yes okay so these are some of the hcs i made with @carbonatedsalt​ (under a readmore because i kinda went off oops)

gordons trans, hes been transitioning since maybe late elementary early middle school

he did track in high school for a little bit before starting to play baseball instead, and he was Good at it

he went Hard on studying too, he overcompensated a lot bc he was worried about the first point affecting things. instead it put him at the Top of his class

college gordon is still a Try Hard. he is The Nerd. hes also still pretty active tho, surprisingly, this is a Fit nerd

David Li. he is known colloquially as the Attractive David @ the school. he also has an undeniable crush on one Nerd. unfortunately said nerd is a bit of a social himbo

joshua freeman is the product of a group project turned one night stand, against all odds (testosterone, birth control, etc)

gordon was honestly more amazed by josh’s tenacity than anything and kept him, regardless of davids preferences

davids preference was... neutral? he didnt feel particular either way, and gordon was pretty dead set on like, Treating The Kid Like A Group Project. he’d do all the work because he could do it The Best and didn’t care about the other participants who Wouldn’t Do Anything

gordon also like, didnt broadcast that the other dad was david, but his friends definitely knew and were just kinda 😳😳😳 Attractive David??? made a move on nerd freeman????

gordon Did Not have a gender reveal party like some weird cis person. like. come on were better than that here.

when joshua actually Happened, david did show up! he was in the waiting room, but he was there. when he actually came to see gordon- who looked absolutely tired out of his mind and like he was going to pass out- and the kid, gordon just deadpans  "Finally, a group project that was worth my time"

gordon. is so so so in love with this kid. like he was neutral up until he saw him. like. thats Mine. What The Fuck.

david was by no means an absent father unlike gordon thought. like it was Definitely Weird for him, but he helped financially (the best a college kid can) and emotionally

at first gordon is weird about letting Anyone near joshua, postpartum anxiety shit, this includes david. eventually it lets up though

joshua as a whole like, rlly brings gordon and david together, like closer as people. gordon opens up and gets to know david, and david learns about gordon as a person and manages to distance him from like,, Idealized Crush Gordon

the two never get together again, but they end up as rlly rlly close friends, even when they graduate and gordon moves onto postgrad while david starts his own work

david is a general art major, and makes a living as a popular abstract artist, commonly commissioned and Well Off

gordons hard working attitude doesnt let up in post grad, even with an amazing amount of love and attention for josh

david is still active in joshuas life too, he always has been and will continue to be, he’s one of joshuas dads, but gordon is joshua’s Dad if that makes sense

david and gordon also like, regularly hang out and go out for drinks and stuff too. theyre each others oldest friends

when the black mesa incident occurred, with the resonance cascade, joshua was at school

when the school couldn’t contact gordon when joshua needed to go home, they called his emergency contact, notably David Li-Norton (he’s married now)

now joshuas used to sleepovers at david’s house, but this week is way longer than usual, and its Weird

 meanwhile, david and his currently unnamed art history husband, are hearing all this shit about black mesa, the military, an explosion, and david is Afraid

theyre actually... Preparing to tell joshua when david gets a phone call from the hospital

after the party, gordon just collapsed outside the building. it was tommy who actually went “uhhh fuck guys i dont think thats supposed to happen” and got him to the hospital

david, believe it or not, was his emergency contact. if you can willingly trust a guy with your kid, you can trust him with anything

david rushes to the hospital, pretty much In Shock when he sees gordon laying there

gordon doesnt notice him at first bc hes being so quiet, and when he does, he panics at first- raising his missing right arm- before realizing its david and loudly- hoarsely- exclaiming so

his first words to david are along the lines of “you gotta bring me new clothes, my shit got fucked. up.”

then gordon elaborates "They cut the sleeve off my shirt David. My favorite MIT shirt. David, they cut off my MIT shirt sleeve.” and hes slurring from the pain killers he’s on and he looks so so tired and david cant help but laugh and cry at the same time he’s so relieved

gordon seems to have a Habit of saying Weird Things to david in hospitals apparently

david is Pivotal in gordons recovery, taking care of joshua until gordon can walk again and actually take joshua home and everything and its just so so sweet

joshuas got three dads! soon to be four ;3c

[phoenix-artandstuff]

@librius​ I finally finished it!! Hope you like it :D

[librius]

fun facts 14 for david??

— OC QUESTIONS

Fun Facts 14: Do they believe in aliens? Ghosts? Reincarnation or something else?

aksdn ok so. consensus is david 100% believes in ghosts, but Refuses to believe in aliens. benrey and tommys alien antics are either always comedically Just Out Of View or written off as something else to the point that gordon absolutely loses his mind over it