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[center][h2][color=#4169E1][b]Axel Maddox[/b][/color][/h2][/center]

Location: dorm -> 155° Cafe
Interaction: Gareth Maddox(phone), Jamie [@smarty0114]


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[color=#4169E1]“You can’t do it.”[/color] Axel grit his teeth through his words [color=#4169E1]“You can’t keep me here [i]for another fucking term![/i]”[/color]

If Axel’s grip on the phone was any stronger, it would snap in half. This obviously meant it was time for the monthly call with his brother- and it was going about as well as it always did.

[i]”God, not this talk again.”[/i] He heard Gareth’s exaspherated sigh from the other end of the line, which onlt pissed him off more [i]”We can talk all day about what I can and cannot do, it doesn’t change anything. You’re staying at OIC, that’s final”[/i]

[color=#4169E1]“Fuck you, I am.”[/color] With a scoff, Axel paced around his room, stomping on the hardwood floor as if the boards were his brother’s dumb face [color=#4169E1]“This is bullshit, you can’t keep me here against my will, like I’m your ugly pet hamster. It’s fuckin’- abuse!”[/color]

[i]“Fucking spare me, Axel.”[/i]

[color=#4169E1]“You know how easy it’s gonna be to get them to kick me out?”[/color] It wasn’t the first time he’d made this threat, and something made him feel like it would not be the last [color=#4169E1]“Some destruction of school property, and boom, that’s it, easy peasy. I’ll be back home, breaking your property instead, you actual psychopath.”[/color]

[i]“Fine, go ahead then. Get expelled. I guess that means you don’t want your inheritance anymore, right?”[/i]

Axel could feel his jaw tightening. Fucker. Threats went both ways in the Maddox family interactions.

[i]“You know the deal. No degree, no trust fund. Dad made it crystal clear in the tiny letters.”[/i] He could hear the smug, satisfied smile on his brother’s face on the other end of the line [i]“What’ll you be doing after your expulsion, with your great set of skills? Get a job? You’re gonna flip patties at McDonalds, Axel?”[/i]

[color=#4169E1]“Eat shit.”[/color]

[i]“Gladly. You’re gonna make me some to prepare to serve under Ronald?”[/i] Another sigh- it’s like he does it on purpose [i]“This is what’s best for you. Everything I’m doing is for-“[/i]

[color=#4169E1]“Yeah, yeah, great fuckin’ talk, like always, Gareth.”[/color] Axel cut him off, not being able to stomach anymore lies that were bound to come out of his brother’s mouth [color=#4169E1]“Have a good time cheating on your girlfriend, you leech. Don't call again.”[/color]

[i]”Ax-“[/i]

Hanging up on Gareth was always cathartic, but this time, it did little to make Axel feel better. Gareth had done it, he had placed the cheese down and trapped Axel like he was the world’s dumbest, angriest rat. And this place was the word’s dumbest, most pretentious mousetrap. He wanted to scream.

[color=#4169E1][center][b][i]“FUCK!”[/i][/b][/center][/color]

He screamed.

There was no point in fighting it. If there’s one thing Axel was, it was realistic, and he knew damn well he wouldn’t last a day out there without money. He hated it here, but he also hated it home. 

The phone in his hand buzzed, and Axel’s expression immediately turned into a scolw, expecting to see Gareth’s contact on the screen again, bothering him, since bothering is the only thing he knows how to do.

[i]“@jamiethegreat: im bored what are you doing”[/i]

Well, maybe some things were better here.

Going back and forth with Callaghan for a while, he decided to go meet him at the café. It’s not like he had anything better to do, other than sit here and feel miserable for himself. One more second letting his anger marinate and he'd give into the cliche of putting a hole in the wall.

He put something decent on, and headed out for the 155. Axel raised an eyebrow as he walked, seeing an unordinarily big group of people around a bulletin board of all things. And were some of them…looking at him?

No, no, fuck that. He didn’t know, and he didn’t care. If it’s important, Callaghan will tell him. Axel ignored the board, and the looks, put on his headphones and moved on with his life.

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Stepping into the café, he gave the place a quick look around. He spotted that Mimsy girl with Vaupel- whose presence Callaghan couldn’t be happy about. Axel had no problem with her, but he did find their little rivalry pretty amusing. Jamie clearly did not.

Speaking of which, there he was, sitting and looking like the nervous wreck he usually was. Axel almost smiled, making his way to sit across from him.

[color=#4169E1]“You better not have gotten me anything shitty, Callaghan.”[/color] He leaned back on the chair, eyeing the boy across from him