Nick Parker

Mr. Nicholas Andrew Parker was the husband of Marge Parker, and Ugo's maternal grandfather.

Birth
Nick was born on the 5th of March, 1928, to Rose and Robert Parker. He has a younger brother named Howard, who was born in September 1938.

Early Life
Nick was a very outspoken man, and as a child, his strong attitude impressed many. His future wife, Marge, was wooed by his charm. At the age of 8, he witnessed his first death as he saw Marge's head mistress, Miss Struthers, fall from a bell tower to her death.

Nick did not go to the same school as his wife, he went to Fatal Boarding School, he left in 1943 after the war had begun to escalate in Fatal City. His father had left for war and later left his wife, living separately from her for remainder of his life.

Marriage
Nick proposed to Marge on her birthday in 1948. He later married her on the 18th of April, Nick's mother approved of the marriage and was delighted. His father was apathetic, and admitted he turned up "to see Howard" and "to get some of the grub."

Career
After Oakdale recovered from the war, the Greengrocer's was empty as the Greengrocer died in the war, Nick took over as the Greengrocer and enjoyed it. He later retired in 2002 after suffering a heart attack.

Harald
When Crystal fell in love with Harald, Nick was appalled, as was Marge. He made his feelings clear to Crystal that Harald was a bad influence and would only lead to trouble, Crystal ignored this. When Marge's grandmother's ring went missing, this was the final straw. After the fight between Marge and Harald, Crystal and Harald eloped to Canada, leaving Nick and Marge heartbroken. Crystal later returned in 1979 to leave her infant son Ugo at their doorstep, this horrified Nick and Marge, they vowed to forget Crystal ever existed.

Howard Parker
Howard is Nick's only brother, Nick was 10 when Howard was born in 1938, Nick doted on his younger brother and was left in a depression when Howard went to live with his father after their parents separated. Howard married a woman called Lois in 1962 and had a son called Ronald (1964-1992). Ronald later became a serial killer, killing his wife and children. He later killed himself, as Lois would later do in November 2014. This left Howard depressed, but he took comfort in Nick's emotional support.

Nick Parker Jr.
Nick was happy with his son's relatively normal life but was uspet when Junior refused to speak to the rest of the family. Junior and his wife Anais never had children. Anais died in a car crash in 2016, Nick blamed himself for her death and never got over it.

Charlie Parker
Charlie was the apple of his father's eye, where he went wrong with Shaun, he thought he could make right with Charlie, the opportunity never came, Charlie disappeared in 1987 after a mascot at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza kidnapped Charlie. Nick and his wife searched for him for decades, but to no provail, Charlie was declared dead in 2014. Nick later found peace after Charlie's remains were discovered in 2020 and laid to rest in 2021.

Before EEOH
Nick's paternal grandparents had died before the war from natural causes, his mother's parents, Albert and Apricot Hargreaves, were still alive, Albert died in 1959 from a stroke and Apricot died in 1964 from bowel cancer. Nick’s mother died in 1985 from liver cancer. Nick's father died in Marge and Nick's living room from a stroke in 1993 a week before his 91st birthday.

Nick and Marge took Crystal in after her parents could no longer take care of her. Crystal believed for some time that Nick and Marge were her parents but eventually realised they weren't. After Charlie went missing in 1987, Nick and Marge were desperately trying to find him. They never found a single lead.

After his father in law died in 1990, Nick supported his wife. His mother in law died in 2000 from Alzheimer's disease, Nick felt no remorse for her, after she treated her children so horribly in their early years.

To make matters worse, Crystal's younger son Kian was causing trouble, Shaun was still missing after his episode, and Flora's husband had been murdered by an unknown assailant. Life seemed to be going downhill, Amy turned up at Nick and Marge's door after she had been kicked out by her parents. Nick and Marge gladly took her in.

EEOH
Things had calmed down for everyone by 2014. Ugo was married happily with 5 children and Amy was now a successful scientist, living in her own house. Things did not improve for Crystal, though, in 2011, Kian allegedly raped Ugo's wife Chloe and she got pregnant with her daughter Ugoette Tucker. Marge banished Kian and Crystal to Canada and that was the last they had heard from them.

Things began going downhill again pretty fast, in October 2014, Flora was robbed by what she assumed was the person who murdered her husband. In December 2014, Flora suffered the same fate as her husband, she was found in her flat by Marge.

Amy's house had also burned down, so she moved back in with Marge and Nick, the aging couple had their own issues, their son Charlie was declared dead, Nick's health took a slight plunge after this.

After EEOH (2015-2019)
In 2015, Amy was still living with Nick and Marge, and it was clear that Nick was becoming unwell.

In September 2015, a helicopter crashed into Ugo's house, killing two of his children and Marge's niece, Agnes. This was a devastating blow for Marge and having more people staying at the house was putting a strain on Nick. Doris offered to help but they refused, they met halfway by letting Doris take Amy in.

Nick was unfortunately struck by a car in July 2015, and remained in a coma until October. He suffered extensive injuries and his mobility was permanently impaired.

A malignant tumour was discovered in September 2016 on Nick's bowels. He had surgery to remove it and was luckily deemed cancer-free after the operation. This close brush with his potential death led him to become more considerate and mellow as time went on.

Marge suffered a minor heart attack in January 2017 and needed a stent to be fitted. Nick coincidentally suffered the same issue in April of that year, requiring the same procedure. Marge later went for an operation to remove a benign tumour on her oesophagus and recovered well.

Widowhood and Death
At some point after midnight on August 30th, 2021, Marge suffered a massive heart attack while watching TV. Nick rushed to attempt CPR while on the phone with the ambulance services, but his attempts and the paramedics' subsequent attempts failed. The coroner came to the conclusion that she had died at 00:15, which meant she had tragically died before Nick had even reached her.

Her death left a huge void in Nick's life. It's uncertain as to what motivated him to go on after losing his life partner of 73 years, although it could be inferred that his motivation is to live out the remainder of his life "for her" as she had always explicitly stated that she would want him to "carry on as best he could" after her death. Nicholas passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 4th, 2021. He was discovered by his son Nick Jr after he didn't get up in the morning at his usual time (8 AM). The cause of death was revealed to be a heart attack. He was later laid to rest alongside his wife and son Charlie in Evergreen Hill Cemetery.