Hair dye.

Whilst running away from the army and police across Europe, Tyson took the precaution of dying his hair to mask his appearance a little.

Tyson has rather sensitive skin so he took the safer route of using a natural, semi-permanent hair dye that washed out and needed refreshing after five days.

Originally he was only going to spend the time in Europe dying his hair a medium blond, which ended up being two months, but when he got back to Britain he continued doing it for another month; to be on the safe side.

Tyson has also repeatedly dyed his hair as a disguise on missions for Moriarty. To the current date, his hair has been dyed: 

• Light Brown - on three different occasions
• Light Brown, hints of Ginger - once
• Medium Blond - on seven different occasions
• Pastel Blue - on two different occasions
• 'Honey' Blond - on two different occasions
• Dark/Dirty Blond - on four different occasions
• Black - on three different occasions
• Light Ginger - on two different occasions

As soon as though missions were over Tyson washed out all of the hair dye to return his hair to it's natural colour. 

Though having his hair dyed helps Tyson looks less like his father, of whom he is the spitting image, Tyson prefers his hair to be his natural medium-dark brown [depending on how much light he'd exposed to].

Tyson's OCD impulses, habits, & ticks.

Tyson has low level OCD. He does his best not to follow through and comply with his impulses, in fear of his OCD taking over his life, but there are some that appear often.

• He has to put items back in his bag in the reverse of the order he took them out.
• He has to have the handle of his mug facing left when he isn’t holding it but others mugs can face any direction.
• He has to tie his left shoe laces first, even if it means untying his right.
• He has to use particular towels.
• When being handed a food and drink, Tyson will always take the cup in his right hand and the food in his left hand.
• When stepping off or out of a vehicle Tyson will always put his left leg out first, despite being right dominant for both hands and feet.
• When eating from a bowl he stirs clockwise twice, then takes a bite, then stirs anti-clockwise twice, then takes another bite.
• He always picked up the phone on an even number of rings.
• He always buttoned the second lowest button of his shirt, then the bottom button, before going up his shirt and buttoning up the rest, usually ignore in the very top - collar - button.
• He always taps the spine of a book twice before he opened it.
• When getting into a car he'll buckle his seatbelt, unbuckle it, then buckle it again.

Misc medical facts

From age four till five Tyson had weak ankles. It was almost guaranteed that if he ran he would twist or sprain at least one of his ankles. This was caused by a lack of calcium. Some medication and an ankle brace solved the problem almost completely, just as he was approaching his sixth birthday, but Tyson still twists his ankles easier than most do. Usually it’s his right ankle that gives out, but not always.

Up until his time in the army Tyson had perfect teeth, not a single cavity. He’s never lost an adult tooth, but during his time travelling across the desert - where water needed to be conserved and, at any rate, he was without a tooth brush for several months - he gained two cavities: one on the top left wisdom tooth and the other on a mid-bottom right molar. Since then both cavities have been filled in with white fillings that can’t be seen and Tyson has taken good care of his teeth. Tyson has all four of his wisdom teeth. The only one to cause him issues when growing in was the bottom right tooth, which needed to be ground down by the dentist to fit his mouth more comfortably.

Submission

Tyson has no issues with submitting, but he loathes being submissive.

To Tyson there is a world of difference between being submissive and submitting: submissive is a nature, submitting is a choice.

Tyson would rather follow orders by choice rather than it being his nature to submit, which he knows it is.

Languages

Tyson knows English, Latin, and Hebrew fluently. He can speak but not read German and read but not speak Hindi. He knows enough of French, Russian and Spanish to get by on missions but not enough to sound convincing or comfortable enough with the language to say that he knows it.

Lamentably, in Tyson's eyes, he can't say that he's fluent in Yiddish. He knows most of the words and several phrases that are common in Jewish communities, but he's never learnt the sentence structure for Yiddish.

Though Tyson learnt English and Hebrew at the same time, Hebrew came to Tyson far easier so he has always considered it his first language rather than English.

Fencing

Tyson was a good fencer in his teens.

A damn good fencer. Tyson’s brother and P.E. teacher can be quoted as repeatedly saying that Tyson “improved with the weather” when it came to sport, which was true. Tyson likes to relax and ‘conserve energy’, but he has shown himself to be talented in dancing [ballroom, classical, tap, and contemporary], cricket, and fencing.

Whilst Tyson was willing to go out and play cricket where people could see him, he kept fencing - like dancing - between himself, his tutor, his brother, and his father. When playing cricket a lot of the focus was on other players, were as in dance and in fencing more of the attention was on Tyson. This made him nervous and, therefore, unwilling to ‘perform’ outside of the classroom.

Tyson’s fencing tutor - who was also his Latin and Geography tutor - said that Tyson could have made a living out of fencing had he gotten over his nerves, Tyson never believed that.

Tyson would leap at the chance to fence again. His social anxieties mean that he’d never join a club to take up fencing, but if he got the chance to fence with some one he knew and trusted Tyson wouldn’t turn down the opportunity.

His talent with swords - mostly fencing swords, but he has dabbled with a fair amount of success with other swords - played a large role in him favouring knives over guns; after hand to hand combat (focusing on nerve, pressure, and vital points), obviously.

Stomach kisses

When in a playful mood Tyson loves to kiss his partner's stomach.

Tyson often finds it easier to be playful with women than with men, but this applies to both.

When in a playful mood Tyson will shift from cuddling/hugging (or just pounce on his partner) to remove their shirt so he can place kisses on their stomach.

Usually he’ll kiss just bellow the lowest ribs, where a lot of people are ticklish, as the point is to tickle. He won’t blow raspberries or anything similar, it’s just kissing.

Lots and lots and lots of tiny, light kisses.

The reason these kisses usually end are either that his partner starts laughing too much and bats him away, Tyson dissolves into giggles and rolls off of him/her, or the dogs [Lily, Bobby, or Jack (or Meg)] decided to join in the play.

Make up in the morning

One of Tyson's favourite things about dating a woman is doing her make-up.

Tyson knows how to do makeup, because he used to help Jasmine put hers on in the morning.

He finds it therapeutic to apply makeup to another person; not that he ever puts make up on himself for any other reasons than disguises on missions and/or to cover up wounds, usually from those missions but sometimes from clumsiness.

Tyson isn’t, and has never been, a morning person. He doesn’t like having to think until he has caffeine in his system, applying makeup isn’t something that requires too much concentration. Some parts do, but Tyson always leaves thought parts until last when he’s a little more awake.

He likes to feel helpful and applying makeup for another person makes him feel useful.