STAFFORD, gabe

[gabe stafford]

GABRIELANDREWSTAFFORD
my back to a closing door and my eyes to the seasons that roll out underneath my heels

lovely conjunctions and phrases
PLAYS ON A FEW WORDS YOU NEVER MEANT

full name: gabriel andrew stafford
alias/nicknames: he goes by gabe. or gabey, or gabey boy.
gender: male
age: sixteen
birth date: october 15
hometown: belfast, ireland
heritage: muggleborn, as far as he knows, though he might be half, since he's not sure who his father is.
house and year: ravenclaw 6th year
wand information: ash, 10 1/2 inches, leprechaun hair, picky. as in, you have to do everything just so or the spell won't come out right.
other magical devices: ----

it's never quite that innocent
SO TAKE IT BACK ALL THE WORDS YOU SAID

distinguishing features: most people notice his blue eyes quite frequently. others notice his personality, as it is rather unusual. his rather shy, sweet quality tends to stick with people.

appearance overview: gabe was never a big kid. he stands at 5'10", not horribly tall, though not short, either. he weighs in at about 195 pounds. as i said, not a big kid. in fact, some say that he's too skinny, but it's not exactly his fault. you see his mom is a bit of a toothpick. but that's completely beside the point. anyway, he's a pretty athletic kid, though built more for speed than strength and brawn. he is quite the little speed demon and can probably beat anyone in a foot race.

as far as his face, it's one that tends to stick with people, mostly because of his shock of blond hair and incredibly blue eyes. but most blue eyes are incredible, right? anyway. he doesn't think he's anything particularly special, but he's a fairly handsome kid, with an oval face and blue, almond shaped eyes. nothing else about his face really sticks out but he just has a genuinely sweet look about him.

as far as style, he's a simple boy. give him jeans and at tee-shirt any day, along with a pair of tennis shoes or boots, and he's a happy camper. nothing outlandish or particularly noticeable.

portrayed by: lucas till <3

there's a burning inside of my soul
WE ALL WANT MORE THAN JUST A SIMPLE LIFE

likes:
- rain
- grass
- running
- his mother
- night time
- star gazing

dislikes:
- his dad (whoever, wherever, he is)
- spinach (particularly cooked)
- cats (he's allergic)
- snow
- rude people
- loud people

strengths:
- stable and steady -- gabey boy is the sort who stands as everyone else's rock. he's not prone to anxiety or panic, and is usually the one to stay calm, even in stressful situations when everyone else is racing around like chickens with their heads cut off. it seems like he's always the one his friends turn to when things get stressful or they feel like they're losing control. it seems like he always has pretty sound advice about everything and tends to help people get a better outlook.
- protective -- gabe is also the rather protective sort. it probably comes from taking care of his mom so much. it's not like he's ridiculously over protective or anything. just the quiet sort of protective, the sort who's always watching his friends' backs, even when they're not really thinking about him. for all his shyness it seems like he always manages to muster up the courage to stand up for his friends if people start tearing them down.
- chaste -- for all it's a funny thing to hear in today's world, gabey is particularly chaste. he can't even imagine touching a girl in a way that is anything but modest, and he's always very sweet and polite and gentlemanly to women. well, he is all the time, but particularly to the ladies.

weaknesses:
- shy -- gabe is almost ridiculously shy. he gets tongue tied and stutters in front of pretty girls and he has to swallow a huge lump in his throat any time a teacher calls on him in class. one of his worst fears is having to get up in front of a crowd and do something, anything.
- un-confrontational -- gabe really, really hates confrontation and arguments. he does his best to avoid them and will back down from someone else in a heartbeat if it looks like things are escalating, or even if they aren't. he'll let the other person win even if he knows he's right and the other person is dead wrong. he just can't argue with people. ever. unless they're going to kill themselves, or something. and then he'll argue. but as you can see, it has to be pretty drastic.
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skills:
- running -- he's always been the fastest kid in the neighborhood
- guitar -- gabe is actually pretty musical. he's superb on the guitar and his voice isn't half bad, either.
- soda-pop guzzling -- gabe could guzzle a can or bottle of pop faster than anyone he's met.


goals: gabe's not really sure what he wants to do after he gets out of Hogwarts. He's not sure what he wants for a career, not sure what he wants to do, is pretty much happy to just coast along. Whatever happens along his path will do well.

fears:
- letting people down -- yes, it's a fear. most people just don't like it, but gabe is flat out scared of it. he's terrified he'll let someone down someday when they really need him.
- losing someone he loves -- gabe is also terrified of losing people he loves. he's not sure how he'd get through life without his loved ones.
- being played -- gabe knows he's pretty naive, and he's actually really scared some girl might take advantage of that and break his poor little old heart...

patronus: gabe's patronous takes the form of a dog, generally some sort of Shepherd looking dog. Most people assume because of his loyalty and sweet temperament.

personality overview: In truth, Gabey really is a bit like a dog. He's the sort of fellow who's perfectly content and even happy to go along with what his friends are doing. He stays out of the way for the most part and isn't usually in on the crazy-ness, but he watches and laughs when everyone else gets in trouble. Although he's forever bailing them out again and getting their asses out of trouble. He's also extremely loyal, a bit like a guard dog. He's the sort of person whom you can give your heart to and know that it's in safe hands because he'll handle it like it's the most valuable thing he's ever touched and also the most breakable. That's not to say he tiptoes around people or anything. In fact, he can be pretty harsh when he needs to be, when he needs to get through to someone. He's the quiet down to earth one who tends to be on the outside looking in but whom everyone counts on when they need help, just because he's the rock solid dependable sort.

everyone's scared somebody knows
WE HOLD IT INSIDE, YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT GOES

immediate family: Gwendolin (Gwenny) Stafford
Jackson Kempt (sort of step-father)
Evangeline (Evvy) Stafford-Kempt

pets: --

history:
Gabe is actually the product of a rape. Gwenny STafford was only 18 when she was raped in a back alley on her way home from her job as a waitress. It was a cold night and the man took her down when she cut down a back alley as a shortcut to her apartment. Of course, the man had to get her with child. She has no idea who the man was, so for all Gabe knows, he may well be half blood, as opposed to fully muggle born. The man might have been a wizard. No one's sure.

When Gwenny realized the man had gotten her with child, she panicked, at first, and ran to her mother. The old woman didn't believe a word of Gwen's story and told her she never wanted to see her daughter again, such was her shame, and kicked her out the door. Gwen next when to one of her best friends, who told her she could live with him for a while and that she just needed to chill out and think things over. And think she did. She knew from the beginning that she wanted to keep the child, no matter what. She picked up a second job to bring in a little extra cash, and moved in permanently with her friend, Jackson. Gabe grew up knowing Jackson as his father, although his mother was always upfront with him about the situation, and, as soon as she felt he could understand, she told him the whole story of his birth.

Gabe never minded. It was just how things were, so there wasn't any point in fighting it, or depressing himself over it, so he just went on with his life. That was always his way. Just go on with dogged determination. From the beginning he was extremely protective of his mother. He did whatever he could to help her out, and when Evvy was born when he was 7, he became almost instant baby sitter, extremely protective of his baby sister.

When he was 11, he got his letter from Hogwarts and was, of course, ecstatic, although apprehensive, too, of course, being the shy, quiet kid he was, and still is. Still, that certainly didn't over ride his excitement. And off he went to Platform 9 3/4 on the first of September. He fit right in with the crowd, soon finding his little niche in the world, and so his Hogwarts career began. And nothing particularly exciting has happened since then. Everything is just the same old same old...well, as much as it ever is in the wizarding world. ;]

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