Noah Mayer, born the 20th of October, 1989, is a young intern at WOAK television and a student at Oakdale University. A military brat, Noah spent most of his life moving from military bases with his father, Colonel Winston Mayer.

He has a strained relationship with his father, who wants to 'make a man' out of him and have him join the military like the rest of the men in his family.

Noah moves to Oakdale from his most recent home outside Branson, Missouri to pursue an internship at WOAK television. He becomes friends with fellow interns Maddie Coleman and Luke Snyder. Noah and Maddie sleep together while working on a project on location in Branson. Luke comes out to Noah shortly after finding Noah and Maddie in bed together to prove that he doesn't have feelings for Maddie. Having previously had a crush on his straight best friend, Luke fights his feelings of attraction towards Noah. Noah and Maddie start dating, and Luke soon admits to Noah that he has romantic feelings for him, which, for a time, seems to ease some of the tension in their relationship.

Luke and Noah share a close moment after a swim in the Snyder pond, but are interrupted by the arrival of Maddie. Seeking to affirm his relationship with Maddie, Noah convinced her to think about going to Oakdale University in the fall with him, instead of pursuing her dream of attending Wesleyan. This revelation once again strains Luke and Noah's friendship. Luke thinks he felt something between he and Noah at the pond, but Noah continues to claim he is straight and loves Maddie.

Noah's father shows up in Oakdale to check up on his son, whom he was sure was lying about having a girlfriend. Meeting Maddie, the Colonel asks Maddie and Noah to lunch so he could get to know Maddie better. Losing track of time, Noah has to hurriedly prepare for the lunch. Luke helps the rushed Noah adjust his neck tie, and in their moment of closeness, Noah kisses Luke. After being interrupted by a phone call from his father questioning his tardiness, Noah tells Luke that he was just joking to lighten the mood between them, and then runs to meet his father and girlfriend. Again, seeking to affirm his relationship with Maddie, who has decided to attend Oakdale University, Noah asks her to move in together.

Noah returns to WOAK after lunch and admits to Luke that he had kissed Luke because he had wanted to, and that he had meant it, but that it couldn't happen again. Noah as much as admits that he is gay, but can't live life as a gay man because his father would never accept him, saying that while being gay is fine for Luke, it is not acceptable for him. Luke and Noah begin an off and on fight about Noah's hidden identity.
Maddie's brother Henry Coleman and Colonel Mayer discuss Noah and Maddie's plans to live together, and aspects of the conversation led Henry to believe that Winston feared that Luke and Noah might have something more than friendship going on. Henry tells Maddie of the colonel's apparent concerns. Maddie insists that Noah is straight, but later, experiencing doubt, she asks Luke if anything is going on. Having lied to his good friend several times, Luke finally decides he can't lie any more and replies that he can't answer the question. While she wants to discuss her suspicions with Noah, she needs time alone, leading Noah to confront Luke when his girlfriend won't talk to him. Noah angrily accuses Luke of ruining his life, before once again seeking out Maddie.

Maddie gets Noah to admit that he's attracted to Luke. While not angry about Noah's feelings for Luke, Maddie is hurt and mad that Noah had used her to prove his manhood to his father. Not yet willing to give up on his chance at a traditional life, Noah urges Maddie to put his revelation behind them, but she says she can't, and doesn't want to continue their relationship. Noah meets his father for dinner and tells him of his break-up with Maddie. Luke's mom, Lily, after being threatened by Noah's father to keep her son away from Noah, goes to WOAK to find Luke. Instead, she finds Noah, and tries to offer him advice and reassurance. Noah makes it clear that what might have worked for Luke wouldn't work for him, given his father.

Noah makes a last ditch effort to convince Maddie to take him back, claiming that he loves her. She then tells him that she hopes they can be friends again some day and tells him he'd be lucky to have a relationship with Luke, if he'd just let himself.
Noah calls Luke to WOAK, and lets Luke know that he's realized that it is over for him and Maddie. Noah then finally acknowledges that he's gay to Luke and the two discuss how he is going to tell his father.

\Noah's father decides to leave town, mistakenly believing Noah and Maddie are back together. Noah and Luke run into each other at WOAK, and share a jovial and friendly conversation about Noah's newfound comfort with himself. After thanking Luke for his help, the two share their second kiss. They are interrupted by Colonel Mayer, who hadn't yet left town.

Colonel Mayer briefly disowns his son, but soon tells Maddie that he will not lose Noah. Noah confronts his father, telling him that he's happy with who he is. Winston soon apologizes for the way he had treated Noah, and while he drops some hints that he thinks Noah could return to being straight, he agrees to let that go, and asks Noah to spend some father/son time with him. He also asks Noah to help him make amends with the Snyders. During dinner, Luke reveals that Colonel Mayer had invited him to join Noah and his dad on their fishing trip.

On the fishing trip, while Noah is running an errand, Colonel Mayer reveals his true colors, and tries to shoot Luke. Following a struggle, Luke is knocked down a hill. Following the timely arrival of Luke's parents and Noah, the colonel runs off.


Noah accompanies Luke and the Snyders to the hospital, but is clearly in shock. He leaves with local police, to answer questions about his father. At the police station, he is informed that his father had killed his mother, Charlene Wilson, and had shot another man whom he was framing for the crime. He returns to the hospital in time to discover that Luke can't feel his legs and is convinced Luke will blame him for what happened.

Devastated and feeling alone, Noah begins drinking. Maddie finds him, and takes him home with her. In a drunken stupor, Noah kisses Maddie, wishing he had never come out. She tries to convince him it was for the best, but he leaves.

Noah is finally convinced that he should visit Luke at the hospital. When Luke awakes, Noah offers to leave, but Luke asks him to stay. After discovering Luke doesn't hate him, Noah gets Luke to admit that he wants Noah to be his boyfriend, and makes Luke promise to do everything he can to recover from his injuries.

Both young men go through bouts of depression, but with support from Noah, Luke continues his physical therapy. During a confrontation with Noah's father just before he is taken to prison, Luke stands and professes his love for Noah. Noah is unable to respond in kind, but tells Luke he doesn't want him to take it back. With continued support from Noah, Luke regains the use of his legs in time to stand up and walk in front of his family at Christmas Eve dinner, and that night Noah gives Luke a card expressing his feelings for him, signing it "Love, Noah". Luke once again professes his love for Noah, this time directly to him, and the two kiss under the mistletoe.

Noah asks Luke to move in together, but Luke begins to feel they might be moving too quickly. After Noah acknowledges that he's lonely and Luke is now his only family, Luke invites Noah to live with him and his family permanently at Snyder Farm, an invitation which Noah accepts.

Noah quickly becomes a source of support for Luke and his family after Luke's mother overdoses on drugs, and Luke's father is arrested for a murder he didn't commit.

Noah is sought out by Ameera Ali Aziz, a young woman from Iraq who had known Colonel Mayer. She claims that the Colonel was like a father to her. He had been in a romantic relationship with her mother, and after Ameera and her mother faced scorn because of their connection to him, he provided for them and protected them. Noah quickly befriends Ameera, and she claims that he is like a brother to her. Along with Luke, they go to visit Colonel Mayer in prison, but en route they are attacked by a pair of bigots. Noah is briefly hospitalized, but is also committed to helping Ameera stay in the United States.

Upon learning that Ameera will be sent back to Iraq, Noah decides he will marry Ameera to help her stay in the United States until she is able to gain her citizenship, but only with Luke's blessing. Luke asks is Noah loves him, and Noah, finally able to say the words, tells Luke that he loves him more than Luke will ever know. Luke and Noah tell Luke's parents of Noah's plan to wed Ameera, and Holden and Lily agree to help. With Luke as his best man, and most of the Snyder family there for support, Noah marries Ameera. Still, when Luke mentions that he hopes to one day see their names together on a marriage certificate, Noah promises they will.

Complications arise when Ameera falls for Noah. Luke and Noah devise a plan to have Casey Hughes pretend to be Luke's boyfriend. Eventually Casey tires of this when realizing that the feelings he has for Ameera are not reciprocated. Ameera is eventually kidnapped by the escaped Winston. Luke and Noah go to New York to rescue her, which ends in Winston's alleged death and Ameera leaving for California, accepting that she will not win Noah's love.

Noah goes through another bout of depression over how things have ended, (his father's death and Ameera believing she must leave) which results in Noah and Luke breaking up. They eventually find their way back to each other.

Luke's first crush comes back into the picture, resulting in another divide between Luke and Noah. They eventually break up due to Noah's inability to lie about Luke's cheating and so Luke begins to drink. Although Noah cares very deeply about Luke he tries to keep his distance and Luke is comforted by Brian Wheatly, the head of his foundation, who goes so far as to kiss him.

During Christmas, Luke and Noah get back together and kiss on a park bench. Luke then spots Maddie Coleman, Noah's ex-girlfriend, around town and begins to become jealous. Noah reaffirms his love for Luke and tells him that he does not need to worry about Maddie.

Noah plans for New Year's Eve to be the first time he and Luke make love. However when Maddie comes in crying over the state of her relationship with Casey Hughes, Noah goes off to comfort her. Luke sees this and, still jealous of Noah and Maddie's previous relationship, gets drunk and kisses Brian. Noah sees this and misunderstands the situation. Luke had previously told him about Brian hitting on him. Thinking Brian is once again hitting on Luke, Noah punches Brian. Noah takes Luke home, where Luke, feeling guilty about Noah blaming himself for the situation, admits that it was he who kissed Brian. Noah storms off angry at Luke.

Finally on January 12, 2009, after efforts from Casey, Jade, and Lucinda to get Noah and Luke to reconcile, they meet on the street. In the middle of a heated argument, Noah all of a sudden kisses Luke, who responds enthusiastically. They eventually end up back at Luke's house, where they finally consummate their relationship.

Despite reuniting with Noah, Luke still lacks direction in his life. After Luke's friend Reg dies of a drug overdose at Casey's birthday party, Luke and Noah look into the circumstances around his death. Luke is determined to bring someone to justice in connection with what he believes to be Reg's murder. Noah is supportive, but Luke's investigative techniques border on out of control. Eventually, Luke and Noah discover who was behind the drugs that killed Reg, and they're able to put the case behind them.
When Luke and Noah are discriminated against in their apartment search because of their sexual orientation, they decide, along with Lily in her new role as foundation director, to use the resources of the Luke Snyder Foundation to fight for equal housing rights for the LGBT community, and for gay rights in general. Lily, Holden, Brian and Noah are thrilled to see Luke back on track. However, outside a foundation rally, Luke is the victim of a hit and run. He is brought to the hospital, and it is revealed that his biological father Damian is the one who brought him in.
Damian claims to have returned in order to make amends with Luke, but Luke wants nothing to do with Damian, and makes that clear to Noah and his parents. Strange things start happening to Luke's family, and to the foundation, and Luke suspects it's a plot by Damian to undermine the foundation. At the same time, twins Zac and Zoe Finn arrive in Oakdale and sign on to volunteer on behalf of the foundation. Luke takes them on and keeps them on, despite their odd behavior, and Noah's urgings to keep the twins at arms length.
After several minor arguments about the twins, Luke doesn't see or hear from Noah for a week, until he finally calls him and says that he has gone on a school trip to Lisbon. In actual fact the twins have kidnapped him, and have him tied up in a secret location, where they reveal to him that they aren't really twins but lovers, and want Luke's money. Meanwhile, Damian suspects that a branch of the Grimaldi family are involved with the strange things happening at the foundation and decides to go to Malta to check some things out, and when he hears from Lily that Noah is in Lisbon, he decides to stop there on the way back to convince him to come home.
When Damian returns, he reveals that Noah wasn't in Lisbon, and Luke starts to panic as he also received a text from Noah that didn't sound like him. After receiving the text with Noah's location on it Luke's runs after his boyfriend, only to find Zac and Zoe holding Noah captive. They tie Luke up too and he is shocked to find out the truth about them. Zac and Zoe demand money from Lily and Holden to have Luke and Noah back, but Damian hatches a plan with Lily, when he suspects Luke and Noah's captive to be a Grimaldi relative. However, their rescue attempt goes wrong, and Holden asks Lily not to get involved anymore, and to let the police do their work.
Noah and Luke are rescued by Damian and Luke and Damian are working on a relationship now.
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Parents

• Winston Mayer (father)
• Charlene Wilson AKA Cheri Love (mother/deceased)

Played By

• Jake Silbermann (2007 - present)

*Biography revised from Wikipedia.org