Corey Waterhouse
From USS Takeda Shingen
 Corey Waterhouse | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Human |
| Height: | 5'8" |
| Weight: | 140lbs |
| Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Position: | Flight Control |
| Born: | May 14th, 2347 Oakland, Earth |
| Parents: | Jasper Waterhouse Evelyn Waterhouse |
| Siblings: | Lydia Waterhouse Fiona Waterhouse |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Blood Type: | A+ |
Corey is a dirty blond haired, bright blue eyed, tan skinned Human who is currently serving aboard the USS Monitor. He has a natural fascination with how things work, making things work, and fixing things that are broken, so everyone who knows him is surprised that he is a pilot instead of an engineer. He did minor in astronautical engineering in the Academy, claiming that double majoring would have cut into too much of his free time. In light of this, and his many other talents, his fellow cadets gave him the call sign "da Vinci".
He is an outgoing and friendly guy, flirting with most anyone who he interacts with. Some people find him intense, as when he is interested in someone or something, he dives in head first and pursues it full on. His best friend is Jack and when the two aren't posted quadrants apart, they can often be found getting into trouble together.
Corey considers himself to be omnisexual, as gender and species rarely factor into what he finds attractive. He is offended by open relationships, insisting that if one can not commit to one person in particular, they should either commit to a polyamorous relationship or not bother committing to anyone at all, as he feels just having sex with whoever you want on the side defeats the purpose of a relationship.
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Childhood
Corey was a shy and solitary child. He mostly hid in his room with his books, to avoiding the heckling of his older sisters. It wasn't until middle school, when he met Jack, that he started turning into the outgoing person he is as an adult.
His reading focused on geniuses of the past and present, his favorite by far being Leonardo da Vinci. When his father could coax him away from the books and out of his room, it was usually for building projects, either improving their house or recreating this invention or that experiment of one of Corey's heroes. Elementary school science projects usually were the fruits of these bouts of father and son bonding. As time went on, Corey's room soon became full of the finished and unfinished results of these collaborations. As he got older, he did more and more without his father's help, and soon progressed into creating his own designs or tearing apart the cast offs of the family in order to better understand how they worked. It was when he started dissecting the family pets that had died of his sisters' negligence that his mother stepped in and laid out ground rules before she convinced his father to find him workspace of his own.
He met Jack when he was hiding away with his books on his lunch break in middle school. Instead of sitting in the library as usual, he decided that the weather was nice and he'd sit outside to read instead. He thought he'd found a quiet spot no one used, but not long after he'd settled in, along came a pair of boys a year older and rowdy. They had their school lunches in hand, and were talking loudly of pranks they intended to play on teachers and classmates alike. When Corey noticed them, he started to gather his stuff, intending to vacate the spot, but he wasn't quick enough. The largest soon had him in a headlock and was interrogating him on why he was using their lunch spot. Corey was left absolutely speechless, which only seemed to encourage their torture until Jack was passing by. Seeing the pair picking on a boy who was easily half their size, Jack rushed in demanding they let him go. They did, but the pair turned towards Jack with the very clear intention of kicking his ass. Corey smartly gathered everything into his bag, but when he saw Jack had every intention of fighting them, he found himself rooted to the spot to watch in a morbid fascination. Much to Corey's surprise, Jack actually won the fight, though he came out of it with a black eye. He warned the bullies that they were not to lay another hand on his new friend and walked over to Corey. Draping an arm around Corey as he guided him away from the bullies, he proceeded to introduce himself and invite Corey over after school. Corey was in awe of his guardian angel, and could do little more than nod and mumble his name when prompted.
The two were inseparable after that, spending afternoons after school together at one house or the other. Corey's parents were delighted he'd found a friend, Jack's mother was more skeptical until she found Corey helping Jack with his homework and Jack's grades rising as a result of it. Time spent not helping Jack with homework often involved Corey showing him all the stuff he had created on his own and with the help of his father, or Jack dragging Corey out for this sport or that hike. As this went on, Corey found himself with less time for his experiments, and his workspace gradually turned into a clubhouse. He also found himself going to school functions where he'd previously avoided them, and slowly making more friends as Jack introduced him around.
It wasn't until high school that he realized that girls, and even some boys, found him cute. His first date was a double date with Jack and a pair of twins, to an Andorian concert. Jack found himself bored with the concert, his date Rose was enthralled, where Corey and his date Jasmine found the concert to be good make out music. At the all night diner after the concert was over, Jack accused Corey and Jasmine of not paying any attention, only to find himself left out in the middle of a three way discussion about the concert between the twins and Corey.
Finding himself overwhelmed with attention from girls and boys alike, Corey elected not to commit to any person in particular, and soon developed a bit of a reputation. Jack did get a little jealous that his best friend was getting all the attention, but usually was kept placated as he was always Corey's focus and Corey happily set him up on dates aplenty. All this attention had Corey deep in thought on the topic of relationships, and in these deep state of analysis, he soon came to realize he'd been crushing on Jack since the first day they met. As it was clear that Jack was only interested in the women-folk, Corey quietly swallowed his interest and made the best of his friendship with Jack.
Starfleet
Growing up, Corey never gave much thought as to what he wanted to do once he had grown up. However, it was clear that Jack was destined for Starfleet from the moment Corey met him, and so he eventually decided to follow his best friend into the fleet. When he told his parents, they assumed he was going to be an engineer, but he insisted he was going to follow Jack into the flight training. He couldn't resist the lure of engineering though, and elected to minor in astronautical engineering to scratch that particular itch. His counselors, instructors and even friends tried to encourage him to at least double major, but the social creature he had turned into because of meeting Jack wanted more play time than that would leave him.
His grades were strong through out his time in the Academy, but his participation in extra curricular activities was lax. This left him at a disadvantage when ranked against his classmates. He didn't break any records, never had the top grade in any particular class, but he got a reputation as being the guy everyone wanted in their group for projects, labs and team training exercises. He was also the person people sought out when they needed a little tutoring, or to catch up on any classes they missed for whatever reason. Those on academic probation in particular spoke of him as a god, hushed voices speaking of his ability to turn a person's grades around after only one study session.
Once he graduated, his postings were nothing of note, his Service Record was pretty average. He was promoted on about a standard pace, got along with his crewmates pretty normally, and didn't do anything to draw negative or positive attention to him outside of his reputation for being able to speak engineer without actually being one.
Hobbies
Engineering
Despite his choice to take flight training as his primary focus in the Academy, Corey is still fascinated by fixing things, creating things and tearing things apart to see how they work. His quarters are typically cluttered with a dozen or so projects in various states of finish, and outside of his bed and the floor, there is little uncluttered surface space to be found in his quarters.
Finished projects most of the time get gifted to someone who he thinks will appreciate them, or sent home to Mom and Dad who display the things in the house or his old workshop. He does keep a few of his favorites around for his own enjoyment, particularly some of the scale models he's created of some of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions.
Doctor Who
Corey picked up a love for this 20th Century TV show from his father, which has been a father and son bonding tradition in the Waterhouse family for generations. When the Waterhouse men get together, discussions about things ranging from Sonic Screwdrivers to which Doctor is the best to who was the best companion can easily occupy hours.
Corey's got a crush on Jack Harkness, who his friend Jack Figgins bears a striking resemblance to. Corey suspects that there might be family ties between Jack Figgins and John Barrowman, who played Jack Harkness in the show, but he has not had the chance to investigate this suspicion.
Karaoke
As a by product of spending so much time around Jack, and Jack enjoying singing so much, the two of them ended up at karaoke joints quite frequently. They became regulars at one called Mack the Knife. While Corey can not carry a tune in a bucket, what he lacks in actual skill, he more than makes up for in enthusiasm, a willingness to make a fool of himself, and his ability to keep up with the lyrics on songs he's never sung before, even though he's not on key.
Relationships
Jack Figgins
Jack was Corey's first friend, and he's also Corey's first and longest running crush. There is almost nothing Corey wouldn't do for Jack, and he does not expect anything in return from his friend. When the two are posted near each other, or have the chance to get together, they are nearly inseparable and often getting into much trouble. Corey has been there to watch out for Jack when his actions have left him in compromising situations, and he's also been there to egg Jack on in getting into those same sorts of situations.
Corey places value on his friendship with Jack over even his romantic relationships, and has on multiple occasions not pursued a girl he was interested in because Jack was also interested in her. After an incident with a house party, and Corey ending up with the girl Jack was interested in, Jack's been careful to declare interest early and often.
Diziara
He literally started hanging out with Diziara because she was the girl Jack was in lust over during their time at the Academy. At first, he paid her little more than polite attention since she seemed a little too shy and quiet to be of any interest, but one day halfway through their second year at the Academy, she suddenly changed. Where she'd been shy, suddenly she was sharp tongued, out spoken and intense. Corey fell in lust, hard. However, he'd already given Jack his word that she was his for the pursuit, so he kept a respectful distance. Diziara had other plans, and expressed interest in him while shunning Jack's attention.
Corey has made every effort over the years to be respectful of Jack's feelings for Diziara, and despite the sexual tension between Corey and Diziara, they have formed a close friendship. Despite his respect for Jack's interest in her, and her respect for his loyalty to his best friend, the two flirt something obscene. Even when their postings have put them at opposite ends of the universe, they have managed to stay in contact, exchanging stories of sexual conquests, comparing notes and teasing each other. The only time they have actually lost contact was the year Diziara was posted on Milliways, as the fleet attempts to pretend the station does not exist. This facade extends so far as to blocking communications with the station from most fleet systems without the correct security clearance or proximity to the station. The gap in communication this left was patched up when the Monitor picked her and her crew mates up from their mission on Andor, only to find not only Jack but also Corey, posted there.
Andrea Stevens
The first time Corey met Andy, he wasn't sure which gender she was. His first attempt to figure it out pretty much consisted of introducing himself to her, and asking if he could kiss her because he was unsure what her gender was. Even though he had insisted to Diziara only a moment before that it was a fool proof method, Andy still had him confused. The two continued to flirt the rest of the night anyways, with Andy eventually insisting that he could find out her gender when he took her home for sex, though Jack later spoiled the surprise by being confidant of her gender and being correct about it.
Andy has similar views on gender and sex as Corey, and the two have been frequent fuck buddies and good friends since that first meeting.
Lucas Spiegel
He has a serious crush on Spiegel, on account of the combination of dorky hotness and engineering crack genius. In light of Spiegel being very certain that he is only attracted to the women-folk, Corey has taken a polite and distant stance with him like he has maintained with Jack over the years. Despite the inability to follow through on the crush, Corey still tries to talk to and interact with Spiegel regularly in order to learn from Spiegel's well established engineering knowledge base and skill set.
