Full Name: Alfred Peter Armstrong.
Nicknames:Â Alfie almost exclusively, won't answer to Alfred. Will allow Freddie but not Fred.
Pronouns and Gender:Â He/Him, cis man.
Birthday:Â December 27th, 1999.
Birth place:Â Merrock, Maine.
How long have they been in town?:Â His whole life.
Sexuality: Bisexual.
Housing: Historical Downtown.
Occupation:Â Animal Caretaker @ Animal Sanctuary year round, lifeguard @ the swimming beach seasonally.
Family:Â Alfred Armstrong Sr., Erika Armstrong, Jesse Armstrong.
BIO:
triggering / sensitive content: domestic violence, neglect, alcoholism.
As the second born son of Alfred Armstrong and Erika Armstrong, Alfie came kicking and screaming into the world to an idyllic family unit that was rounded out by his arrival. Or so it seemed. Behind tired smiles and repeated phrases about how lucky they felt, the truth of the Armstrongs home life was a much darker situation existing on a lower simmer that was destined to boil over.
As a child, it wasn't something he noticed easily. Alfie had no way of comprehending that sharing a name with his father wasn't because he was a cherished namesake but that he was given the name for the sake of it. The fierce protectiveness he experienced from his older brother Jesse always felt like something that older brothers just did and not a necessity to shield him from what went on behind the closed doors he lived in.
He knew that his father had a temper and he learned young that it worsened whenever he drank the bad-smelling glass bottles from the fridge that he was told he couldn't touch.
Slammed doors, raised voices and a deep sense of terror for his parents unpredictable mood swings became the norm to him. He managed to put up with it until his fifteenth birthday when the cycle that he knew would never be able to break felt like it was going to break him. With no real plan and even less real money, Alfie packed what little he could carry on his back and snuck out of the bedroom window of his childhood home for the last time.
Alone, adrift and with an awareness that he could never go home, Alfie did the only thing he could think to do at that age. He called in any and all goodwill he had with the friends he had since childhood. The next three years of his life was spent transiently, couch surfing and being a temporary guest in the homes of those same friends until he wore out his welcome and had to do the same over again.
Miraculously, he managed to finish high school on time and with grades that he was proud of even though they weren't stellar on paper. College had never appealed to him and he was unwilling to take on excessive debt for something he couldn't say for certain he would be able to stick with.
From the age of sixteen to twenty, he worked a number of odd jobs around town in order to make ends meet and do his best to get by. It wasn't until he was taken on as an animal caretaker at the animal sanctuary did he finally feel like he had figured out something he wanted to do rather than needed to do and he's been working there ever since.
PERSONALITY.
+ lively, confident, suave
- selfish, foolish, impatient
Fearless, loyal, street smart and resourceful. Those are the main reasons's and that he's managed to survive a number of curve balls thrown his way by life. To Alfie, his friends are the most important thing on earth to him because they became family to him after his failed him.Â
He sometimes has a bit of a temper, especially when scorned but he tries his best to keep that in check. He finds joy and an almost child-like fascination in the little things of life, he loves mischief and danger and above all else, adventure. He has a consistent habit of getting in over his head and having to scramble for how best to figure it out. Alfie gets a thrill from a good argument or a fight and isn't above grating on someone's nerves to achieve that. It may be childish but so is he at times.
FUN ADJACENT FACTS.
Has never met a 'No Entry' or 'Keep Out' sign that he didn't want to bypass.
Will occasionally indulge in some weed or molly but for the most part isn't a huge drug user.
Got certified as a lifeguard 2 years ago and now he works as a lifeguard seasonally @ the swimming beach.
Not the biggest fan of the burbs, too many childhood memories tied to growing up there with his family.
CURRENT CONNECTIONS.
tba.
SPECIFIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.
tba.
GENERIC WANTED CONNECTIONS.
connections wise heâs pretty much an open book right now, but some baseline ideas that can be springboarded off are:
friendly.
a best friend / ride or dies / close friends / childhood friends / pseudo-siblings / friends / drunk friends / new friends / former roommate / people who let him sofa surf in his teens and early 20s.
romantic
flirtationship / friends with benefits / one time hook ups / tinder matches / unrequited crush (can be either way) / exes from high school / exes on good terms.
antagonistic.
enemies / former (best) friends / exes on bad terms / frenemies / rivals / negative influence.
