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dependent blog for cypressfm featuring:

leonardo "leo" brooks. 22. ggt social chair. charlie gillespie. intro.

[w4nnabeez]

who  :  quinn  +  anyone   [  open  ]  where  :  founders  green when  :  monday  —  welcome  fair 

quinn  had  been  assigned  to  the  freshman  welcome  committee  this  year  as  repayment  for  last  semester’s  mysteriously  missing  philanthropy  hours,  which  sounded  awful  until  you  realized  it  mostly  meant  standing  by  a  folding  table  in  the  sun  and  pointing  vaguely  while  saying  things  like,  go  foxes!  she  was  stationed  near  the  quad  with  a  clipboard  she  hadn’t  looked  at  once,  doing  her  best  impression  of  someone  who  knew  where  things  were.  “okay,  so  orientation  check  in  is  …  over  there?”  she  said,  pointing  confidently  in  a  direction  that  immediately  made  her  second  guess  herself.  “unless  that’s  the  dining  hall.  um.  they  kind  of  all  look  the  same  at  first.  you’ll  get  it  soon  enough.”  she  flashed  an  encouraging  smile  just  as  her  phone  buzzed  in  her  pocket,  the  vibration  startling  her  enough  to  make  her  jump.  she  glanced  down  long  enough  to  read  REMINDER:  philanthropy  hours  are  being  monitored  this  semester  before  groaning  and  shoving  it  back  where  it  came  from.  “love  that  for  me,”  quinn  muttered,  straightening  up  as  a  somewhat  familiar  face  drifted  closer.  “hi!  welcome  to  cgu!”  she  chirped,  nearly  tripping  over  her  own  feet  as  she  adjusted  the  lanyard.  “what  are  you  looking  for?  dorms?  advising?  your  sense  of  purpose?  because  i  can  definitely  help  with  …  one  of  those.  maybe.”

[legacism]

the fair was busy, which was a good thing, but there was a lot of faces and noise, and leo was just going with the crowd, which basically was the reason why he ended up where he was.

"i would've been happy if they had someone like you when i got here. i think the person who welcomed me asked if i knew where i was which was like valid, but they could've been a little nicer about it," he shrugged, at this point he was used to that. sometimes he just kind of had a blank stare. "but how do i find my sense of purpose? is that something you can teach?"

[we44sy]

who: cecelia wentworth & muse

when: august 20th, around noon

where: welcome fair

cecelia  takes  exactly  ten  seconds  to  herself,  retreating  just  enough  to  stand  near  the  back of the zbz booth,  where  she  can  see  everything  without  being  seen  too  closely.   the  booths  blur  into  a  careful  grid  of  color  and  ambition;  voices  overlapping,  laughter  rising  and  falling,  hands  exchanging  flyers  and  promises.   she  tracks  it  all  instinctively  -  who  lingers,  who  leads,  who  follows.   her  phone  buzzes  in  her  hand  with  updates  she’d  already  predicted:  a  headcount  adjustment,  a  reminder  about  schedules,  a  note  about  a  girl  who  tried  too  hard  to  catch  the  attention  of  zbz's  sisters.   none  of  it  surprises  her.   it  never  does.   she  is  mid-reply  when  she  senses  someone  hovering  close  enough  to  intrude,  hesitant  enough  to  wait  for  permission.   cecelia  lifts  her  gaze  slowly,  assessing  in  a  single  glance  before  offering  a  small,  measured  smile.   “  if  you’re  going  to  ask  something,  ”   she  says,  voice  calm  and  unhurried.   “  now’s  the  window.  ”   brown hues drop to phone screen again, silently letting the person know she means it.   “  i  only  have  one.  ”

[legacism]

one second leo was walking around with a bunch of papers that he was supposed to hand out, the next he was standing a little too close to the zbz booth, distracted by a shiny thing.

he straightened as cece spoke, like he had just been called on in class and had let his guard down for a minute, not paying attention.

"oh, yeah. sorry. hi," he said quickly, soft grin flashing as he lifted a hand in a half-wave, half-apology. "i didn't mean to, uh, just chill here, i promise. i was wondering if you knew where they moved the extra chairs? admin told us one thing, student life told us another, and now i'm pretty sure the truth is somewhere in between. and i swear that's my only question. i respect a limited window," he said before pausing, but of course he always fucking rambled on, "okay, technically that was like two sentences, but one topic so it should still count."

[faintlyscandalous]

open starter | welcome  fair

the gamma gamma tau table is, generously, an organized disaster. a crooked banner flaps in the breeze, someone’s speaker is blasting music a little too loud for admin comfort, and there’s a suspicious amount of candy being handed out with zero explanation. somehow, miraculously, no one from student life is hovering. a small victory lucas chalks up to a handful of vague promises, a lot of charm, and the strategic use of the word community. he’s posted up at the front like it’s second nature, sleeves pushed up, grin easy, leaning across the table as if every person who stops by is already halfway to being a brother. he’s in his element. cracking jokes, nudging his brothers when they get too feral, hyping up gamma gamma tau like it’s the best accidental decision anyone could make. a group of freshmen guys wander off laughing, freshly wowed by stories that are probably exaggerated but spiritually accurate. lucas watches them go with a satisfied nod, then catches someone else’s eye lingering nearby. without missing a beat, he lifts a hand and gives a casual wave: the kind that says yeah, you’re welcome here without actually saying it. confident, playful, impossible to miss. “hey,” he calls out, already turning his body toward them, eyebrows lifting like he’s letting them in on a secret. “don’t be shy. we’re friendly. mostly.” the music swells behind him, laughter breaks out at the table, and for the length of the welcome fair, gamma gamma tau looks exactly like what it is: loud, messy, magnetic, and somehow held together by lucas callahan standing at the center, selling chaos like it’s home.

[legacism]

leo had sprinted across the quad to grab his metal water bottle where he thought he had left it. turns out, it was in his backpack the whole time. but he wanted to grab it before the fair started, or else he'd forget. and with the promise of the fact that he'll be right back, he virtually was. however, he almost slipped as he came to a stop back at the table, lucky that he didn't knock anything or anyone down.

after he caught his breath, he gave lucas a nod. "we're definitely friendly, dude," at least friendly enough to keep recruiting members for every class. "i told a few freshmen in the cafeteria on the pizza line to come stop by and that joining will help 'em even after they graduate and they looked at me like i had five heads so i mentioned that we have free candy here," he wondered if they'd even stop by, "crazy that that's what draws the crowd." candy was definitely what lured him. "you think we're gonna have a good turn out?" he didn't want to admit that he was nervous, especially now that this was the year that he was in charge of something, but getting pledges was the main goal, and getting people to the table was the only way to do that.

[legacism]

𓂂  𓇼˚｡  •   (  charlie gillespie  ,  cis man  ,  he/him  )  ───  was  that  leonardo  brooks  i  just  saw  sprinting  across  the  quad  ?  weird  —  the  himbo  didn’t  leave  behind  their  usual  trail  of  always losing his backpack, bringing back socks with flip flops, and making friends wherever he goes ,  …  according  to  their  student  file,  they’re  a  twenty two  year  old  senior  who’s  been  studying  communications  ever  since  they  moved  from  charleston.  as  the  social chair  of  gamma gamma tau ,  leo,  is  known  for  being  loyal,  but  anyone  who’s  spent  a  few  late  nights  listening  to  them  blast  stairway to heaven  by  led zepplin,  around  railside  skateboard,   knows  just  how  impulsive  they  can  get  as  the  semester  drags  on.  this  year,  they’ve  been  oddly  obsessed  with  skateboarding,  typical  for  a  sagittarius  sign,  but  still  —  every  time  i  see  them  on  mtv,  all  i  can  think  about  is  that  hair tie that his niece gave him  they’re  always  carrying  around.  

BULLET POINTS:

born and raised in charleston, south carolina, charlie was an easy going kid, never developing middle child syndrome. he's still easy going, just a dude that goes with the flow. he never really excelled in school, but he liked going to school because he's an extrovert at heart and likes hanging with people.

he didn't know what he was going to major in, and didn't declare a major until he absolutely had to. he chose communications because he felt like it was the most flexible major and he could do anything with it. he still doesn't know what he wants to do with it.

he definitely wasn't appointed to social chair because of how organized he is or anything, it was probably because he's enthusiastic about everything and has made connections with people by being his fun extroverted idiot self.

usually wears socks with sandals or flip flops and usually those socks don't match.

terrified of graduating and disappointing his family. but he assumes he'll figure it out. eventually.

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

EVERYTHING

exes

skateboarding buddies

fwbs?

someone from another frat that he lowkey beefs with

study buddy (aka he probably tries to distract them and isn't the best studying buddy)

MORE TO BE ADDED

[sophia-becketts]

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