trials & tribulations

Carmen Flores. 26. 2nd year Gallagher Girl. MIT grad. Engineer.  

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rainafms​:

     “absolutely,” she says with a smile, offering her friend her arm. “barefoot or flats really is the choice we have to make. i feel like at this point in the evening, the floor might be stickier than it was at first. you know how many times i’ve seen someone drop a drink or spill it?” raina shakes her head as she pauses before continuing. “too many times.”

“You know someone did their thesis on the engineering of heels and how they can be made to be more comfortable,” Carmen rattled off. Of course she could relate anything back to science. “I hope they’re able to prove it and mass market them soon.”

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callum-donovan​:

“she’s enjoying herself. that’s all that matters to me,” he tells her, shrugging in nonchalance. “but she’s now off with faith somewhere, so i have a break.” pausing a moment, he offered his friend his hand. “care to dance instead?” he asked, a smile on his face. 

“I’m leading,” Carmen insisted with a smile as she took his offered hand because they both knew that that was for the best. He had two left feet and though spending all her time in the lab would make the fact surprising, Carmen had rhythm. “It’s going to be weird, not seeing you all the time,” she said as they started swaying. “I’ll miss you Kenobi.”

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joftw​:

       “ APPROVE OF WHAT ?   SPIES ? ”   she counters, with a snort.   “ i guess it is pretty sacrilegious in general. ”   you can tell gallagher isn’t a christian school.

“This place is a den of sin,” Carmen chuckled. Though she no longer wore the cross necklace that she had been given as a child, Gallagher still sometimes had her clutching at the invisible charm. “So, you excited about tomorrow?”

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calypsomarshall​:​

      Callie blinks as her friend comes up to her, a crease forming between her brows immediately at that phrase. As she listens, the crease disappears as her eyebrows raise and lips part slightly. “…Oh.” She wasn’t expecting that. “Well, I can’t say I won’t miss you terribly, but… If you think it’s best for you, do it.” She tries to reassure her, small comforting smile forming.

“I only just decided,” Carmen said as she reached out and grasped Calypso’s hand, hoping that her friend understood that she hadn’t kept anything from her. “Tobi wants to try and make a kickstarter so he can create a nonprofit to get prosthetics to people who really need them. And he wants to use my design.” The smile on her face and the spark in her eyes showed how Carmen felt about it. “And I want to help him. I’ll finish my PHD and get my doctorate and it just...feels right.” In a way that Gallagher no longer did.

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“I need to tell you something,” Carmen blurted out to Calypso. She had had more than one tequila filled drink and it was washing away her inhibitions. Plus she hated lying at her friends. “I’m leaving Gallagher. I’m gonna go back to MIT.”

@calypsomarshall​

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joftw​:

       “ LET’S SEE… whose outfit choice today do you think is the most ironic ? ”   jo asks, glancing around the ballroom in amusement.     @gallagherstart​

“Anyone here dressed as a saint or angel,” Carmen drawled out with a smirk as she sipped at her margarita. “I don’t think God would approve.”

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rainafms​:

OPEN STARTER // @gallagherstart​​

     “you think there is a shoe check in or something?” raina says, nose wrinkling as she shifts from foot to foot. “because my feet are killing me, i’m really close to just going back to my dorm to get flats.”

“Can I go with you?” Carmen asked her with a slight groan. She was missing her converse. It wasn’t like she had never worn heels before but there was a reason she stuck to shoes with better arch support. “Or maybe just barefoot.”

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callum-donovan​:

“you look beautiful,” cal said, tipping his head in carmen’s direction with an amused smile on his face. “i almost didn’t recognize you.” the smile shifted up into a grin, and he laughed despite himself. it was their last night together as classmates; he was going to use their time together wisely! as in, he was going to tease her all night. “having fun?” // @carmenxflores​

“I almost recognize myself,” she admitted with a light chuckle under her breath. The tight-fitting long metallic gown was far anything that she had ever worn before. But when at Gallagher right? “Yeah I am,” Carmen replied though her smile was a little sad. “You and Raina dancing the night away?”

[torontos-archive]

And how do you say promise me? Prométeme.

[carmenxflores]

ft Tobi

[hgedits]

The neighborhood waved and said, “Nina, be brave, and you’re gonna be fine”

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Carmen Flores + Closet

saints + sinners end of the year party

[viviansternwood]

Raven + the bike.

↳ requested by anonymous(es)

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parkerbrandt​:

The pros and cons list of leaving versus staying was stacked. There were plenty of reasons to leave, and plenty of reasons to stay. Part of him wanted to stay to keep an eye on his sisters (so what if they weren’t talking to him). Another part wanted to stay because he hadn’t personally been affected by the worst of it. Then another part of him had Cecilia’s voice in his head. Questioning what he’d actually do with this degree when it was all said and done. “Do you want to go into making gadgets for the spy world?” A big question, but one that he wanted to know.

“That wasn’t the plan,” Carmen responded. “I always thought I would build things that helped people. Do good for the world ya know?” Would building spy gadgets accomplish that? And she had always dreamed that through her work she would be able to encourage other women of color to go into STEM fields. “But President Sutton promised Gallagher would wipe out my student loans if I came and I couldn’t resist.”

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tingzhao​:

“oh, how are you liking it? i think the hardest part to learn is likely the written language.” that had been ting’s greatest hurdle when learning english, getting comfortable with the alphabet. “that is such an amazing idea, gallagher should turn that into an event.” her mind is already forming the idea in a more refined way, wondering if the baking club could team up with the ppc. “the best part about coming here for me has been learning about where other people are from, i had never left china before, so i have learned a lot.”

“Well it’s definitely a lot different than Spanish but I like that. And I kind of like the challenge the written part of it. Reminds me of code,” she said with a light chuckle. Carmen knew that her nerdness was really shining out. “I would love to go to Asia,” she replied with a slightly wistful sigh. “Before Berlin last summer I had only ever been to Mexico to see family.”

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zanecosh​:

“You won’t get sick - it’s just my tears.” You couldn’t catch something from someone’s tears .. right ? Except maybe regain life or something like in those cheesy movies where people got resurrected from their lovers tears. Zane liked that fantasy … just that Carmen didn’t need to be resurrected. “You’re completely fine.”

“Thank god,” she mumbled under her breath. Carmen was a person who liked things neat and organized and in a certain way and while she had tolerated the worms and their dirt she did not want dirty tissues everywhere. “What are you even watching?”

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favourite criminal minds moments: spencer bringing treats for penelope!

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musings ft @callum-donovan​

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zanecosh​:

Zane had kind of gotten over things, or at least so he thought. He accepted his face or more accepted the fact that he, himself, was the person who brought him into this and he therefor had to take accountability. That still didn’t mean that he sometime got lost in thought, even if this time he was crying about that one puppy video he saw on tiktok - accidentally dropping a snot covered tissue down the side of his bunk only to lean his head over the ledge to see if the person underneath had survived it. “SORRY that was mine.” / @carmenxflores​

Her desk was supposed to be a safe space; but evidently it was not safe from falling tissues. “Come on Zane,” she groaned as she swatted it away. Carmen hated germs; she knew too much about biology not to. “I don’t want to get sick before finals!”