Due to the small town, Fortmount residents are very familiar with each other and almost always attend the same school. Since elementary, Bethany Wagner was in love with him. Although they knew of each other, they rarely spoke until he gained a romantic interest in Daisy Peterson. During this time, Peterson was struggling with her own sexual identity and was experimenting with Whittaker, unknown to Wagner. Outwardly, Wagner had supported the two but silently mourned the idea. When Peterson called the courtship off, Whittaker had taken a romantic interest in Wagner.

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Before graduation, Peterson had mysteriously disappeared and a state-wide search was undertaken to find her with no avail. This had weighed on Wagner for many years and started to distance herself from Whittaker but he persisted and patiently waited for her to come around. Five years after her disappearance, Wagner and Whittaker eloped and moved to California to be near Priscilla Lambert and Spears. Spears was his Best Man. Together, Wagner and Whittaker had two sons. He and his family did not survive the events of Mutant 5.