Alfie

you live then you D I E babe it's life in the FAST way so why stop NOW ?

[alfiecabrera]

ridiculousyoungicarus​:

“I’m doing homework.” Zander said, as if that was a valid reason for his reaction. At least Alfie didn’t seem offended by it, because he didn’t need another one of his cousin’s soccer balls to the nose. “Please don’t.” Immediately at the suggestion of Alfie trying to help, he starts putting his coursework away - his eyes narrowing at his cousin as he tries to gauge what trouble the boy was trying to stir up this time. “I didn’t get any roses, I got Ches some lilies from a local florist.” It wasn’t a complete lie, he hadn’t gotten roses - just a singular rose, and he didn’t want to discuss it. “Unless you mean the ones I got as gifts, because Jack spoiled me. I’m framing the message.” He smirks. So maybe he found Jack getting him mean gifts a bit too amusing, but how else was he supposed to react?

 “Ah.” Alfie nodded in understanding before a huge grin broke out on his face. “Luckily you have an absolute ray of SUNSHINE that’s more than willing to help. Spoler alert: it’s me!” The moment Zander shut his offer for help down, he threw his hands up and whined in offense. “That was so rude! I’m smart! I COULD help!” Not that he particularly wanted to in that exact moment. His nose scrunched up at the mention of Ches and he made sure he made his most disgust face, though he at least had the decency to not start talking shit. “Oh, come on, ZANDY! Don’t tell me your Valentine’s was actually that boring! Wait - what did Jack get you? Do I want to know?” Alfie’s eyebrows scrunched up. “I got some entertaining roses myself but most importantly, I have a brilliant idea to help get your mind off things. What do you say I set you up with someone, huh? Sounds great, right?”

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jlevih04​:

Jökull was happy when he saw who his partner for the night was. “ well i dont completely agree, i bet we could figure something fun out to do to prank someone” he chuckled “ i mean, we do have 3 hands now. “ he told Alfie “ lets go through the booths yeah, im starving. OHhhhh a chocolate fountain? there is one of those here? dude what are we doing still standing here?” he asked looking around trying to see if he could spot how to get to the chocolate fountain

 Alfie barked out a laugh. “Okay, TRUE. Three hands is better than just two. As soon as we figure out how to coordinate like this I propose we create some elaborate scheme and prank some poor souls.” Though he was more than happy that him and Jökull seemed to be on the same WAVELENGTH regarding the food and the interesting stuff that lurked in the different booths. “I think it was in that one oooover-” he lifted their joined hands to point to a booth not too far from them “-there. Or something like that.” Alfie sighed happily as he started heading for it. “I’m so happy I go to a rich school sometimes. Yeah, SURE, it’s full of spoiled brats but... I think the chocolate fountain makes up for it.”

[ridiculousyoungicarus]

Alfie ( @alfiecabrera​ )

Zander tries not to groan when he sees his cousin approaching him in the common room. Did he have to come over to pester him while he was trying to do homework? Still, he shuts the book as he glances over to Alfie. “Should I just skip to the point and ask you what an up-dog is, or are you looking for something else today?” He was still pretty sure he wasn’t Alfie’s favorite cousin after the posters he’d put up despite his intentions never being to hurt Balo. Still, maybe he should count his blessing that Alfie still even spoke to him after that, and he takes a breath. “I’m sorry. Homework’s really stressing me out. That was uncalled for. How’s your day going?”

[alfiecabrera]

 Alfie pursed his lips at the way he was GREETED by his cousin, crossing his arms in front of his chest after he took a seat. “Someone’s in a particularly cheery mood today,” he drawled, not actually offended by his reaction. Things had been pretty fucking shitty for Zander - and, sure, a good bunch of it WAS his own fault - so the hostility was sort of warranted. Though, Alfie was certain his new and brilliant idea would cheer him up. “What are you working on? Could I help?” With the question out of the way, he leaned a bit closer, a devilish grin on his lips. “My day’s been good. BUT, I actually have a question to ask you. No, it has nothing to do with up-dog.” He paused a few seconds for dramatics, before continuing, “What roses did you get for Valentine’s?”

[alfiecabrera]

Alfie,

I know this hasn’t been a good year, but when times get tough, never forget: you’re an asshole, and it’s about time karma kicked in. Happy Valentine’s!

-Anonymous

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Dear Alfie,

Have I ever told you that you’re remarkably similar to my zygomaticus muscle? You make me smile too! Happy Valentine’s Day to the best cousin in the entire world! I love you, so so so so much, Alfie!

Love always, Balo

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Dear barbarian,

I hope you learn how to walk on two feet instead of four this year.

Much love,

Your superior 

[alfiecabrera]

Closed for: @jlevih04​

When: Chained for love; Luxor’s charity event

 Looking at the board of the pairings, Alfie was honestly SURPISED by his sheer luck. He’d gotten a person whose company he enjoyed last time and now again. It was weird, especially for such a rotten school but he was thankful. “I suppose pranks would be hard to pull off with only one arm free,” he pointed out, grinning at Jökull as they got their hands cuffed. “Should we go through the BOOTHS? I think I saw a chocolate fountain and I’d be lying if I say I don’t want to get my hands on it ASAP.”

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ceciantez​:

“Woah woah woah, speak for yourself. I may still be broke, but my hoe days are over.” Although she may have agreed when she had first started school, and some of her overtly wealthy peers managed to rub her the wrong way Ceci quickly discovered she hated rich and poor people alike. “Anyways, at this point I’m convinced it doesn’t matter who or what tax bracket your family is in, they just want to torture us all.” 

 Alfie laughed. “Are you BRAGGING about transcending the hoe life? I’ll have you know, it’s still very much fun. Until some anonymous fuckers try to murder us.” He hummed, pushing around the egss on his plate with clear disinterest. He didn’t seem to have much of an apetite after the fire from the night before. “Yeah, I guess. But at least the Circle had the balls to ADMIT it, these ones are trying to make it seem like they do have a reasonable goal, just horrible ways of achieving them. Which is all a big lie, naturally.” 

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dawndp​:

Dawn was sitting next to Alfie as they ate lunch, figuring she’d spend lunch with him for his birthday. Her treat. As he complained, she empathized with him. It did suck, surely, but frankly enough she was fine. She got out of there pretty quickly. It was almost as if it hadn’t happened for her. “How can I help to make the rest of your day be even better? I can’t have you be grump on your birthday.” 

 “This,” Alfie started, eyes narrowing as he pointed at her, “is a TRICK question if I’ve ever seen one.” There was no real malice in his word as he was simply teasing and was genuinely thankful that she’d gone out of her way to spend time with him. “I know what I want to say, you know what I want to say and we both know it’s going to be a no again.” He waved a fry around to articulate his point a little better. “So we can just save my dick the PAIN of being rejected. Again.”

[alfiecabrera]

itshaddiecruz​:

“sweetheart” she repeats with a soft laugh, so badly wanting to correct him, but her brain moved a lot quicker than her mouth currently, so all she got out was, “i’m not sweetheart, i’m haddie” giggling once more, before listening closely to his proposition, “oh okay” she agrees, “theirtwo little girls from the shining, they’re inside with my mom”

 Alfie CHUCKLED as well, nodding his head. “Okay, Haddie. Though, you sure look like a sweetheart to me.” He smiled at her, hopefully in a reassuring manner but as she explained, his eyebrows went up in surprise and he whistled. “You really are really high right now.” He furrowed his eyebrows, looking around. It was pretty late and he couldn’t just LEAVE her alone, plus he had a family to avoid. “How’s your thanksgiving going so far? Aside from the drugs?”

[dawndp]

@alfiecabrera​

Caroline always enjoyed making conversation with others and her attempt to make conversation with one of the people who were serving appetizers did not go well. They simply smiled politely at her and walked away. It was an odd interaction, almost like they weren’t allowed to make conversation with the guests, which made sense. She figured that talking to the parents could get the workers in trouble but she still found the environment to be a bit stiff. She searched the room to find Elijah and spotted him before telling him about her experience, the both of them agreeing with one another and chuckling about it to themselves. They then wondered if this was a normal thing even when the parents weren’t around and so she called over the closest student which happened to be Alfie. 

“Excuse me, young man.” The use of the words young man caused a chuckle to escape her husband’s lip and she questioned why she was speaking so formally, holding back a laugh herself. “Are the staff and workers around here usually so stiff? Or is it just like that because of family weekend?” She asked curiously.

[alfiecabrera]

 Alfie was watching his family from a SAFE distance, keeping tabs on them as they chatted up one of his friends, though she didn’t seem to mind them, thank fuck. He must have gotten lost in thought because the sudden feminine voice startled him and he blinked at the woman. She and the man behind her must have been the SMILIEST people he’d met all day which was kind of weird. “Uuuh, no they do talk to us. It’s just kind of really polite and brief and awkward. They probably have more work now or they’ve been instructed like that, I dunno.”

[alfiecabrera]

rob-ioane​:

Rob let Alfie give them a quick hug, letting out a bit of a sigh. They had had their fair share of disagreements with their mother, but they still wanted her to be there for the holiday, and it sucked that she wasn’t. “Not your fault, but thanks,” they said in response, offering Alfie a small smile. “Are you just inviting me in hopes that bringing a friend gets their attention off you?” they joked. “Embarrassing childhood stories may be just the thing I need this weekend, though.” 

 Alfie hummed quietly as an answer. SURE, it wasn’t his fault and he wasn’t quite aware of the situation but that didn’t stop him from wishing he could shake some sense into their parents. He placed his hand over his chest, playing it as if Rob’s words had wounded his soul. “Okay, WOW, first of all, has no one told you that it’s incredibly rude to expose people ulterior motives right off the bat? Second of all... I would never!” Though, it was admittedly a pretty good bonus. “Okay, that’s perfect because my parents LOVE company and I was around them too fucking much when I was young so they have too many stories.”

[itshaddiecruz]

haddie had unintentionally done something so stupid, and now she was sitting outside, trying to sober her mind, hearing what she thought were footsteps, “don’t tell my mom” she begins before bursting into a small fit of giggles to which she covers her mouth, “i’m so high right now” she confesses, the last time she agrees to eat special holiday brownies.  @luxorstarters​

[alfiecabrera]

 Alfie observed the girl with an amused expression and lifted brows. “Sweetheart, I don’t even KNOW who your mom is.” He took a seat next to her, biting on his lip to stop himself from laughing out loud. Curiousity and mischief clouded his better judgement as he drummed his fingers on his knee. “Okay, I won’t tell on you if you tell me where’d you get your stuff from. How’s THAT for a deal?”

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elliotgdi​:

Nathaniel couldn’t even bring himself to be mad at the harsh words since he knew they were likely more accurate than he cared to admit. Sure, there might have been a nicer way of saying it, but did that really matter? Was there any good way to say your kids don’t want to hear from you? His entire profession was about rewarding things and speaking in the most effective way to help people, yet he still couldn’t seem to find a right way of saying that. Any chances of being upset only further diminished when he caught sight of who spoke. He hadn’t seen or talked to him in what felt like a lifetime- and although he knew Elliot and Alfie were no longer together, Nathaniel always assumed it was a mutual split with little bad blood. Elliot would have told him if something had actually gone wrong right? At least back then, when they still were relatively close… Or had they always been this distant? Was Nathaniel just too blinded with giving all of his energy to help Alice to see his son clearly hurting too? The apologies thankfully brought Nathaniel out of his own head for a moment, and he just offered a gentle shake to his head. “No need, Alfie… I’m not taking offense.” He paused for a couple of seconds, hesitating if he wanted to ask…–it seemed as though his worry was getting the better of him and starting to cloud his judgement. “Has he… He hasn’t said anything to you, has he? I mean he just- he used to call almost every night… have you talked to him lately? Does he seem… okay?”

 “I was out of line,” he admit, awkwardly fiddling with his thumbs. He rarely CARED what parents thought of him but still, offending or saddening Nathaniel was not something he wanted or meant to do and yet, it was exactly what had happened. Alfie’s jaw dropped at the man’s question. Had Elliot not mentioned ANYTHING? His dad must have known they broke up, at least. Scrambling to regain some semblance of normalcy was more difficult than expected and he stammered a little until he managed to form actual words. “No, um he hasn’t said anything. He - uh, we don’t really talk anymore. At ALL.” He bit his lip, hesitating. “But he seems okay, if that helps. Happy. Plenty preoccupied with his... friends. And this school is kind of crazy, so, um... yeah.” 

[elliotgdi]

@luxorstarters​

“Every time I’m able to visit this academy, I’m always so blown away…” Nathaniel said in awe as he looked around. It still amazed him that the students were able to travel all over the world. “I mean if I was surrounded by such beauty and things to do and admire each direction I turned, I’d forget to call home, too.” He tried to play it off as a joke, but it wasn’t hard to hear the underlying loneliness and sorrow behind the very weak attempt of a smile. He couldn’t even seem to find Elliot- even after texting him to let him know he was there, thinking he just lost track of time.

[alfiecabrera]

 “Nah, dude, it’s probably ‘cause your kids don’t WANT to hear from you,” Alfie said casually - though there was a definite note of annoyance in his voice - without even bothering to look up from his game to see who had spoken. It was why he chose to avoid his parents most of the time, after all, even if things weren’t as bad between them nowadays. Some wounds needed time to heal and Alfie needed space to actually BREATHE. It wasn’t until after his round ended a few seconds later that he raised his gaze. Instantly, his face blanched as he scrambled to sit up straighter, recognising the face and the voice from the few times he’d seen Nathaniel over facetime. “Oh fuck, oh shit!” Belatedly, he realised he probably should stop cursing although his brain had switched panic mode on and he had no idea what to do with himself. “I, I, I’m SORRY, that wasn’t-” what he meant? Except it was and that had been way too obvious. He shut his mouth, looking guiltily at the man. “I didn’t realise who I was talking to, sorry.”

[rob-ioane]

@luxorstarters​

“I’m not gonna lie,” Rob said bluntly, a frown crossing their face despite their best efforts. “It sucks to see everyone with their families when you know yours isn’t coming.” Their eyes followed several students who were with their families, lingering longer on the ones who obviously looked unhappy. “Like, even if you don’t get along, it’s still family.”

[alfiecabrera]

 Sympathy crossed over his features as he squeezed them in a quick side-hug. “I’m sorry, Robbie.” Suddenly, Alfie was thankful that he’d stopped himself before RANTING about how his parents had spent a ridiculous amount of time fretting over him and he’d barely managed to escape their clutches. “I hope you know you’re very much welcome to sit with my parents so they can annoy you, too. You’re going to get ALL the embarassing childhood stories, though, so you have to be prepared.”

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parkmin--seo​:

“I’m sorry that your morning started out so sh-crappy because of the new psychos in town, but would it make you feel any better if I told you that I got you a present?” Minnie practically sang the words as she joined Alfie at the table, placing a small box in front of him. “I’ll totally get it if you hate it, because it is kinda lame, but I tried.” She shrugged. “Excuse you, but I am not a broke… what you just said. Well, I’m not rich either, but whatever. I don’t think any of us should really have to suffer, though… I’m guessing you were there? I missed out… Not that I’m disappointed, because Halloween was enough excitement for me.” 

 His shoulders which were previously sagging with his mood, lifted up a little as Alfie, himself, perked up at the promsie of a PRESENT. “Shut up, Minnie Mouse,” he scolded her playfully as he excitedly reched for the little box. A laugh left his lips at the sight of th eboxing gloves before he squeezed her shoulder only to decide he had to bring her in for a hug. “It’s wonderful. I love it. Thank you so much! I can’t BELIEVE you even doubted I’d like it.” His friend had successfully managed to put a permanent smile on his face, Alfie’s mood turned all around all of a sudden. “You’re really determined not to swear this morning, huh? But yeah, I was. My jeans caught on fire for a second, even, but otherwise I’m fine. I should have stayed back, as well, though. This shit keeps getting more and MORE ridiculous.”

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reellykenzie​:

“Happy Birthday,” she stated, pushing a giant cookie over to him. “I didn’t have time to get you a cake or anything, so hopefully you will forgive me and enjoy the cookie instead.” She often tried to go all out for people’s birthdays, but with what went down last night, she didn’t have the ability to. “Well, I don’t know where I land on that scale. I mean, my mom and I don’t have much, but my grandma is rich and she pays for the school and stuff. So which side do I count as? No clue.”

 Alfie let out a GIDDY and bewildered sound, a grin growing on his face. “You made it for me?” He hadn’t expected to get many gifs aside from the ones his family had probably prepared for him so the cookie was a really pleasant surprise. “Thank you! You didn’t have to, Kenzie!” The boy held the cookie up, waving it around to PROVE his next point. “See, few rich people would do this. You’re too down to earth to be considered a part of those assholes. Welcome to the side of the broke hoes. We have one cookie and it’s MINE now. Sorry.”

[alfiecabrera]

@luxorstarters​

 “Can't believe I woke up with a headache and the taste of ashes in my moyth on my own fucking BIRTHDAY,” Alfie grumbled over his plate of lunch, which was technically his breakfast since he'd woken up pretty late. “I get that these fuckers don't like spoiled rich kids - believe me, I don't like them either - but why should the rest of us broke hoes SUFFER, as well?”