#43

aj clawson.

[aj-clawson]

tony-donahue​:

It never failed anytime AJ stepped into a place, he managed to draw the attention from all around him.  The words that first came out of his friend’s mouth made him chuckle as he shook his head as he ordered another beer for himself.  When his friend showed up next to him, he leaned over with a crooked smile.  “Well, if you want I can request them to sing Cotton Eye Joe and you and I can really show this town a thing or two,” he responded giving his friend a wink and leaning over to lightly nudge him with his elbow.

AJ recognized his friend’s voice first. He turned with a smile on his face and looked at Tony. “Damn Tony, look at you dressing up. Who knew you had anything other than loose t shirts and ripped jeans.” AJ laughed. “Or me one of those, too.” He said when Tony asked for a beer. AJ was late and everyone was drinking already so he had some catching up to do. “You say that as a joke, but you know I kill it at those little line dances.” A couple drunk nights at the country bar with Tony made him an expert. “How’s it going, man?”

[aj-clawson]

ameliaxwoods​:

Knowing well that AJ was going to arrive fashionably late, Amelia had made herself known and talked with friends until he arrived. Seeing her handsome and very sexy date arrive, she excused herself from the conversation she was having and made her way over. “It’s about time you showed up, handsome,” she greeted with a smirk, leaning over and pressing her lips against his cheek as her fingers slid down his arm. “I won’t be surprised if a country band does decide to show but the people here know how to throw a party and I’m impressed,” she admitted with a chuckle.

AJ smiled as the breath taking Amelia approached him. He even leaned over so she could kiss his cheek more easily. “Forget about the band.” He waved off his previous words and thoughts, because she looked too stunning to focus on anything else. “Damn, shawty. I knew you were hot but I didn’t know you were going to look like that.” He picked her hand up and spun her around to get a good look at her dress. “Look at you. Where’s the paparazzi?” 

[aj-clawson]

who: open @asteriastarters​ when: evening where: fireman’s ball

“I didn’t dress up and come here looking this nice for no one to notice, damn.” AJ was late to the charity ball, but he rolled in with style. He handed one of the volunteers a check with a hefty contribution to the charities and greeted a couple of people with a smile before he walked to the bar and ordered himself a cuba libre. Everyone was dressed better than he ever saw them, they were smiling and dancing, happy as can be to celebrate the local fire department who had been through a lot for small town first respondents. “I was expected a country band, but I’m pleasantly surprised.” He said to the person next to him. 

[aj-clawson]

aurorajuniperwaters​:

“Here kitty, kitty, kittimitts, I’ve got some treaties for you.” Somehow cat treats managed to be in all of her jean pockets but they always managed to come in handy, especially at a time like this. The universe had led her specifically to this very moment of which she was extremely aware of. Rori got as close as she could to the kitty without scary it further into it’s cavern before placing some treats out for the kitty to find and follow her. If nothing else the kitty had to be hungry. And now it was time for her to settle in and wait patiently for the kitty to make its way towards the treats. Rori was confident she could outlast the little ones hunger, in fact, she’d stay as long as she needed to. “Here kitty kitty, you got a home now and special place to land. Here kitty kitty. Don’t be scared” She whispered along.

“Are you...” AJ looked around to make sure he wasn’t the only one witnessing it, but he was. He wanted to laugh at everything happening even more when he saw the determined look on the woman’s face. “Trying to steal Mrs. Perkins cat?” He hadn’t asked to literally run into the situation on his morning job, but he wasn’t complaining. He knelt down below where the cat was burrowing itself and held out his hand. “Bells.” He called the cat by its name and turned to the woman. His eyes landed on the treats. “Give me one of those, I bet I can get it out of there.” 

[aj-clawson]

grayson-walker​:

who: @asteriastarters​ where: downtown

It was a huge change. Moving from New York, a big city to a small town in North Carolina was almost a shock. While he had always thought that small towns were charming, Grayson never realized how little people and how little things were actually in a place like this. It had it’s charms. The coffee shop was adorable the people were kind and everything around here had their own unique looks and unique ways of being but it still surprised him at the utter difference there was between here and his home. Grayson had found out about his brother and where he lived only days ago and now he was here. It’d been a stupid idea to come here without a plan but Grayson thought an adventure would be due for him. Especially after things happening back home, getting away from it would be good for him. So now, standing here in the middle of the sidewalk, Grayson found himself admiring the beauty of downtown. Yes, it as kind of dead because of the winter but he was impressed with how everything looked. He walked forward and bumped right into someone, blinking. “Oh, sorry.” He smiled at them, “Just being a tourist, I’m sorry about that.” He admitted with a smile.

Asteria was a good place to live. AJ wasn’t sure if it would be his forever home, but he liked living there for now. He had enough instability and movement to last a lifetime. AJ was heading back to his car when someone bumped into him. There were so few people in all of Asteria that literally running into someone wasn’t an everyday situation. He turned to the guy and held his hand out to his shoulder to steady him. “A tourist in Asteria?” AJ looked at the guy. He was taking in everything from his outfit to his demeanor. “Tell me why I don’t buy that?” He chuckled. It was hard to catch AJ in a bad mood and harder when he had a great cup of coffee from the local shop in his hands to start the day. 

[aj-clawson]

brooke--tyler​:

@aj-clawson​

It was her turn to cook dinner for the firehouse so Brooke was wandering around Juli’s Grocery with a shopping list in hand. She grabbed a couple packs of soda cans first then headed into the spices and seasonings section. There she paused for a long moment, looking between the shelves and her list several times. On one such movement she noticed another figure coming down the aisle with a cart. “Why are there so many different types? Is pink salt actually any better? Do you know? I’ve never been able to figure it out.”

AJ wasn’t a health nut by any means, but he enjoyed keeping fit and staying in shape was a large part of what helped him keep his job. After practice that day he realized he didn’t have much food left in his pantry so he grabbed his jacket and headed down to the local grocery store. “Alright, look here.” AJ turned both salt bottles over to the ingredients list and took a step sideways to be closer to the woman so she could see better. “If you read everything here, they’re exactly the same.” The serious look on his face broke into a smile and he looked at her with a chuckle on the verge of spilling over. AJ flipped one of the salts in the air, caught it in his hand and put it back on the shelf before he turned and gave her the other. “You’re saving a couple cents on this one.”

[aj-clawson]

camillexrodriguez​:

Camille couldn’t help but smile at the good mood radiating from the male sitting in front of her, her eyes glanced down towards his hand before putting out her own hand, taking his and giving it a firm like shake. “Camille,” she chuckled softly, pulling her hand away after a moment, putting both of her hands around her cup of coffee, pressing her lips together at his question. “Truthfully, I could go all day about forensic science,” she teased. “But I’ll spare you those gruesome details and we can play twenty-questions or something… Make this cup of coffee a little more interesting,”

“Strong handshake.” AJ admired with one of his famous smiles. He sat back and took a drink from his coffee cup before he decided to set it down to show her he was in no rush if she wasn’t. The truth was that he was, AJ’s life was always on a schedule he needed to follow to go big but he wanted to prove that he could live in the moment too. He nodded to tell her that she got herself a deal. “What’s a beautiful woman like you doing with gruesome details?” He raised his eyebrows and shook his head. “Nevermind, don’t answer that. I would like to retract the question and ask a different one. Do you come here every morning and are we making this a regular thing? You see, the and made it one question.” 

[aj-clawson]

camillexrodriguez​:

Camille slowly sat down in the seat when he told her it was half alright, although, a little part of her wasn’t sure where he was going with it but the smile on his face brought her some ease. She settled in the chair. She laughed with a little bit of relief behind it as she shook her head. “Honestly, I could talk for hours so if I have the chance to actually talk and get to know someone over a cup of coffee, that’s the option I’m going to choose.”

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AJ watched in amusement as the emotions move across the woman’s face. All in all, AJ was an easy going man and tried to be in a good mood most of the time. He didn’t require much to stay entertained and “Alright, I see you. I’m AJ.” He reached forward to shake her hand. “What’s your preffered topic of conversation?” The early morning conversation was a bit odd, but it made him chuckle. He knew her from around town. It was hard not to know who everyone was, but in the four years he lived in Asteria, AJ never had a proper conversation with the woman. 

[aj-clawson]

camillexrodriguez​:

special delivery - @asteriastarters​

It was crowded in the small coffee cafe on the early Friday morning, probably because it was the only place with central heating that actually worked after the hurricane a few months back. She held her cup of coffee between her hands, thanking the warmth that was radiating from the cup and bringing her fingers back to life after being out in the crisp cold December morning. She glanced around the area, noticing an empty spot. She held a brown bag between her fingers with two chocolate chip muffins, hoping the person at the table would agree to taking a muffin for sharing the table. She walked over towards the table and moved to put the bag on the table. “How do you feel about chocolate chip muffins and company that knows when to keep their mouth shut so you can enjoy your morning cup of coffee?”

The team was having afternoon practice that day, but all that meant was that AJ had time in the morning to get a few things done first. In order to do anything, he needed a quick pick me up so he headed into the local coffee shop to grab something warm for the December weather. AJ liked to be present in anything he did so instead of getting the coffee to go and multitasking, he opted to sit down and enjoy some warmth. He glanced up from the ESPN app on his phone to see a brunette he recognized from around town, but hadn’t talked to get. “It sounds half alright.” He smiled at her and waited for her to sit down.”I would rather enjoy your muffin and get to know a familiar face, but we can do this in silence too.”

[asteria-rp-deactivated20210910]

character name: AJ Clawson age & birthday: 30, July 11th 1990 gender & pronouns: Cis Male & He/Him place of birth & time in Asteria: Raleigh, North Caroline and moved to Asteria four years ago. district: Rosewood Hills occupation: Pitcher for Williamsburg Panthers faceclaim: Michael B Jordan secret: Beat his foster father up so bad the man was sent to the hospital and was paralyzed.

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY

PAST

Growing up knowing that your own family never loved you is a lot for a kid. His first case worker told him that his mother loved him very much, but couldn’t take care of him so she did the most selfish thing a mother could do and gave him up in hopes that someone else would take better care of him. AJ doesn’t remember that, but he does remember his first foster parents telling him that the truth was that his mother didn’t want him. That she dropped him off in front of a fire station and the note she left behind only said A.J. He was left with nothing. Not even an entire name.

Not all of his foster homes were bad, but people wanted young kids most of the time. Most of the time it was because the couples wanted to adopt and avoid the usual long process that came with an adoption agency. He was never in those homes for very long. When they were bad, AJ would act out and make his presence there so bad that his social workers had no choice but to place him with different people. He moved from house to house in North Carolina until he landed in the Smith’s house.

He arrived when he was fourteen years old and the family made it clear from the beginning that he was a paycheck to them. They mostly ignored him at first so it wasn’t so bad but then the abuse started to happen. It was progressive, first mental, then emotional, followed by physical. It was horrible and he was so scared most days that he wasn’t sure if he was getting any sleep because his entire life was a nightmare. One day when he was almost seventeen, bigger, stronger, and quicker, AJ decided to end the abuse. He was used to staying after school for sports practice so it wasn’t out of the ordinary for him to get home late. He knew the man’s schedule and he met him halfway home. AJ was dressed in unidentifiable clothing when he jumped his foster father. He beat him so bad that the man was left paralyzed. No one knew it was AJ and they never would.

Soon after a miracle happened. AJ was almost aged out of the system when he was placed with the Clawson’s. They were a couple in their late forties who had never been able to have children of their own and has started taking older foster kids in out of the goodness of their hearts. They showed AJ what families were supposed to be like and for the first time ever, he had people who he loved and that loved him back.

PRESENT

The Clawson’s adopted AJ at the age of eighteen and they helped him get into school in Raleigh, North Carolina. They dedicated their time, passion, and love to helping him accomplish his goals. AJ had always loved baseball and became a D1 athlete at university. He was later signed to the city team in Raleigh, transferred to the team in Charlotte, and landed in Williamsburg four years ago. He moved to Asteria because the town had a charm that the bigger city didn’t. He loved it here and his love for the town is part of the reason why he has declined offers to transfer out of state to sign with a MLB team.

Wanted plots & Headcanons 

He takes his sport very seriously. If the truth behind his past came out, it could ruin his future.

AJ has been trying to decide what his initials will stand for.

He can be cocky, but is easy to talk to. Because of those things people would never expect the trauma he has had in his past.

Friends, teammates, etc.