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[color=CD9E1A][h2]Mr. Pete Fairfield, 39[/h2][/color][/center]

[color=CD9E1A][h2]Urbane Coiffeur[/h2][/color][sub]Pete is the only barber in town, and a damn good one at that, known to the menfolk of Probity as a nonthreatening, well-manicured wisp of a man. When he comes to the saloon he sits at a candlelit booth instead of the bar, and instead of whiskey, Pete takes gin. He is best described as soft-spoken and sensitive, taking interest in things like poetry, music, theater, and other artistic pursuits. He smokes light cigarettes, and due to a longstanding fear of germs, wears a tight pair of leather gloves almost constantly. His barbershop, [i]Pete's Place[/i], has mirrors lined with blonde centerfolds and end tables stacked with old issues of playboy, with a radio set to the town's smooth jazz station. He performs house calls for ornery children and housewives who don't want to be seen getting their hair cut in a garish men's barbershop decorated with prints of straw-haired bimbos, and can cut women's hair just as well as men's. Despite being the owner of a traditionally masculine space covered with winking women in nightgowns, Pete's fashionable manner of dress, profession, soft features, and being rarely seen with his wife leave most assuming the obvious about him. He was nicknamed "Peter-Puffer-Pete" in high school, a name that has followed him well into adulthood.[/sub]

[right][color=CD9E1A][h2]Sneaking Lecher[/h2][/color][sub]While half of the men in town assume Pete to be a Godless queer, nothing could be further from the truth. Pete has a healthy fear of his own fiery damnation, and is what Mexicans would refer to as a "Sancho" -- A man who waits for another man to go to work before sneaking into his house, making love to his wife, watching his TV, and drinking his beer. Though he garners very little respect from the men of Probity as a hairdresser, it is a well-kept secret among many bored housewives, save for Pete's own wife, that Pete has everything that could be desired from a backdoor man; He is handsome, discrete, efficient, and [i]equipped[/i]. Furthermore, the few times he [i]has[/i] been caught, he has already prepared the alibi of dropping by for a scheduled haircutting appointment. Pete views the rest of the town with disdain, looking down on the men for their ignorance and outright loathing the women for using [i]him[/i] to break their sacred vow.[/sub][/right]

[hr][center][h3][color=Plum]Jenna Fairfield[/color] - [color=CD9E1A]Wife[/color][/h3]
[sub]The marriage between Pete and Jenna is about as cold and WASP-y as they get -- Pete proposed in his early twenties to break things off with a clingy ex-girlfriend and finally put an end to rumors about his sexuality, and Jenna accepted because he's reasonably cute. The ex took a hike when she learned of Pete's engagement, but the jokes seemed to stay. Aside from their few, genuinely tender moments of quietly hating their neighbors and having conversations about their days over Jenna's weekly bedroom haircuts, the two are relatively cold. Jenna despises the stain placed on her reputation and public persona by Pete's adultery, and Pete resents her cigarettes, child germs, and the burden of caring for her mother. Speaking of her mother, Pete is essentially the barrier between her and the grave. His naturally doting personality -- and deep-seated need to care for invalid women given to him by his mother -- have unwittingly foiled several of his wife's attempts on her life.[/sub]

[h3]Veronica "Ronnie" Fairfield - [color=CD9E1A]Deceased Mother[/color][/h3]
[sub]Veronica Mancuso was born in New York City, where she would foster girlhood dreams of acting with indulgence in the city's bohemian poetry and theater scenes. She would go on to star in a few low budget films and off-Broadway productions, eventually moving to Probity when her career as an actress failed to take off. It was here she would meet Patrick Fairfield, spending a decade with him and her newfound wealth before he was done in by a lifetime of smoking when Petey was just ten. For ten years after, the adolescent Pete would care for his grieving, sick mother before she was taken by lung cancer as well. Aside from giving Pete an odd servant complex, his mother imbued a love of art and fear of germs in him.[/sub]

[h3]Vera Baker - [color=CD9E1A]Mother-In-Law[/color][/h3]
[sub]Pete's marriage to Jenna came with one stipulation, and that was her mother moving in. Pete is not especially close to his mother in law, and is still probably closer to her than Jenna.[/sub][/center]