HARTLEY, ALEC GRANT

[Alec Grant Hartley]

* Alec Grant Hartley !

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PB: aiden grimshaw
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name;; Alec Grant Hartley
nickname/s;; Lex
age;; 18
sexuality;; Gay
race;; Human
affiliation;; Unknowing
Likes;;

• Music
  
• Being in his 'comfort zone'
  
• Singing
  
• Writing music
  
• Sewing and modifying clothes
  

Dislikes;;

• His parents
  
• Being touched
  
• Being quiet
  
• Himself
  
• Meaningless music
  

Fears;;

• His father
  
• Life in general. Nearly everything frightens him.
  

Goals;;

• To move away from Converse.
  
• To write songs for a living.
  

Anything else;;

• Alec self harms, as a result of his father abusing him when he was younger.
  

You should know that you're just a temporary fix
This isn't a routine with you it don't mean that much to me

appearance;; Alec stands at 5''10, a pretty average height for a man of his age. Although he technically hasn't stopped maturing yet, he will not grow to any more than 6 foot altogether. His features are dark and handsome, his face as if it has been chiseled from stone. He usually sports some stubble, because he can never be bothered to shave. His dark brown hair matches his dark hazel-brown eyes, which are always alert. Most of Alec's clothes are hand-me-downs from his grandfather, hence a lot of over-sized jumpers and shirts, but that works to his advantage as it hides his body and any injuries that he has inflicted upon himself. He is good at sewing (and has to be, since his family are poor as dirt), so usually his trousers are a size or two too big originally, yet he manages to get them down to a presentable length. His body is pretty decent in the fact that he is slim, yet it is decorated with faded scars. This is on two particular areas on his body; his arms and his thighs. His lower arms have faded scars from a considerable time ago, yet his newer ones are more focused on his upper arm, over his biceps and underarm, so nobody can see them.

personality;;

NERVOUS: When he was 9 years old, Alec's father, as a way of releasing his anger regarding his divorce with Alec's mother, began abusing the child. At first it was just simple words or phrases, ones that made little Alec cry in his bed at night, or walk the long way home from school after his father would forget to pick him up, just so he would put it off for another twenty minutes. However, this eventually progressed in to an abuse that was more physical. His father shut Alec's fingers in his bedroom door on purpose after the boy was home late from school once, which resulted in 7 of his 8 fingers breaking. Aside from the excessive slapping, punching and pinching, his father also threw him down the stairs on two occasions, the second time breaking one of Alec's ribs and wrist. Although the abuse stopped briskly after Alec's mother found out what his father was doing to him, the damage had already been done; he's now a nervous wreck, that will flinch away from anything physical. All it takes is for someone to touch him to have a sick feeling pulse through him.

UNTRUSTING: During the time of abuse, Alec's mother had no idea what was going on; during the day, he spent most of his time at school and then with a babysitter, his mother usually coming home after he went to bed. She had to work hard doing shitty jobs (being a cleaner, working at a diner, behind a bar, the list is endless). Alec was far too scared to say anything, and he developed serious trust issues. This was understandable, seeing as his mother was supposed to protect him and just know. Even after she found out, the damage had been done. Now, Alec very very very rarely trusts people, as he feels everyone is out there for themselves.

ISOLATED: After he began to isolate himself from others, Alec grew in to a very nervous and skittish kid, and this was carried with him all the way through his teenage years too. He is nearly always nervous, and social situations make him feel awkward and weird. He can't even be in a large crowd, because otherwise he'll have a panic attack due to feeling over-stretched and as if everyone is going to harm him.

family;; Saskia Maria Grant, mother, 43
Keith Tobias Herzing, father, 47

history;; Alec used to be a normal boy, who had a normal family and a very normal home life. That was, until he turned 9. But, we're getting ahead of ourselves here. Saskia and Keith had little baby Alec on the 17th March 1994, and it was a home birth due to the fact that they couldn't possibly afford to go to a hospital for it. Everything ran smoothly in the family, and they functioned like any normal family would. That was, until Saskia decided on the 4th February 2003, to leave Keith and request a divorce after not being happy in the relationship any longer. Keith had recently lost his job at the car business he was working at, and showed no intention of getting another job, becoming a total deadbeat. After he left (begrudgingly), he got a small apartment a couple of towns along, and got the deal that Alec would spend his weekends with his father. It was at this time that his mother began to juggle 3 jobs to keep their house and Alec afloat, meaning he would rarely see his mother.

This was when the abuse started. To begin with, it was small phrases or names. Alec was the closest think that Keith could get to Saskia, and so he took his anger and heartbreak out on the poor child. This eventually became worse (as noted above in the personality traits section. I wont repeat it ^^). Saskia found out about the bruises after the baby sitter noted her concern to her. Before that, Alecs injuries had been chalked up to a young boys clumsiness, like most are at that age. Keith had said the broken fingers were from him falling off of his bike, and the broken rib was from falling down the stairs. Saskia had believed him.

After this, Keith lost all rights to see Alec, and the two have never seen each other since. However, Alec still gets nightmares and hot sweats about his father, and also suffers from mild panic attacks that happen on a weekly basis. Triggers can range from seeing an old picture of his father (which Saskia has tried to hide but Alec still sometimes finds the odd one), to seeing a loving father play with his kids at the park.

Alec had to drop out of high school due to his anxiety; he was failing all of his subjects anyways, apart from music. He had grown quite apt at guitar (even though, after his fingers were broken, they don't work anywhere near as well as most peoples), and began writing his own music (that only he has and ever will see). He is also a brilliant singer, yet only ever sings in front of himself and himself only. He doesn't have a job, due to his anxiety. Due to how shit he thinks his life is, he began self harming; Alec absolutely hates himself, as he feels that nobody will ever love him, not even himself, and all he is truly good for is being abused and being a nothing. Alec believes he is broken beyond repair.

You're just a filler in the space that happened to be free
How dare you think you'd get away with trying to play me

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