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Did anyone ask for a more fleshed out angsty backstory for the resident nerd? No? Oh well

Freddie wasn't kidding when he said he was a genius. His biological parents, who are (were? I know but you don't) NASA scientists were smart, but not great family members. Their rigorous work ethic pushed them away from their families, so neither has seen or heard from their family in 10 years. Thus, leading to Freddie's extended family not even knowing he existed.

As a baby, and as soon as it was deemed safe by the hospital to expose him to a less controlled environment, he was in a baby backpack while his parents worked in their lab. When he was a little bigger, he was sat in the back of their private lab in a baby pen with wooden blocks painted with the periodic table. His parents didn't starve him, and payed a little attention to him, but it's safe to say they didn't interact with him as much as they should. At 4, he was finally allowed to work with his parents in tamer experiments, which truly set off his love for chemistry. Unfortunately, some time within the next two years his parents left on a space mission, effectively abandoning their son. Freddie fell into a bad depression, since they were his main source of human interaction, since they never took him anywhere but work. Freddie was shuttled into a foster center (he stayed at his school, thankfully) and spent most of his time in a ball either in a corner when he wasn't allowed to be in bed. He was mute for a very long time. This was the only time when his work suffered - he did the bare minimum to not be kicked out and had no side projects. Finally, he settled in with a couple who accommodated his smarts by pushing for a prestigious magnet middle school, and who could also deal with his aloofness. It took a lot of love, effort and time from his foster parents to get him to talk again.