She introduced him to the BDSM lifestyle, which he credits with teaching him how to control his emotions and channel his anger into positive outlets. When he was fifteen years old, he took a landscaping job for his mother's friend Elena Lincoln.Įlena seduced him, and he ended up losing his virginity to her. He hated all of the therapists that he was forced to meet with, because none of them were helping him. This was a turning point for Christian: until Mia, Christian did not speak, and was wary of his adoptive older brother Elliot Grey.Īs an adolescent, Christian had violent mood swings that often got him into fights, and he secretly drank and was addicted to alcohol. The Greys moved to Seattle at some point during Christian's childhood, and Mia Grey was adopted shortly thereafter.

She and her husband, Carrick Grey, adopted Christian into their family, but while they were waiting for the adoption paperwork to go through, he lived with a foster family for several months, which included a ten year old Jack Hyde. Grace Trevelyan Grey was the emergency room doctor on staff when the traumatized Christian was brought to the hospital by the police. When he was four years old, his mother overdosed and died he was alone with her corpse for four days before they were discovered by police.Ĭhristian continues to have nightmares of his childhood even well into adulthood, and often calls his biological mother 'the crack whore.' Dr. Her pimp was extremely abusive to both her and Christian, often beating Cristian with a belt, hitting and kicking him, or putting out his cigarettes on his skin, leaving terrible scars and burn marks. His biological mother, Ella, was addicted to drugs and worked as a prostitute. However, he has a 'hidden life': heĬhristian was born in the city of Detroit. To the outside world, he appears to be a handsome and attractive young man in the business world. Christian Trevelyan Grey is the male protagonist of the trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey.

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