Post by Frederick Calderhead on Nov 14, 2023 2:52:10 GMT
FREDERICK AARON CALDERHEAD
This is Freddie Calderhead who is an Obliviator.
They are 21 years old, and look a bit like Joseph Quinn.
Played by ella.
The cool thing about being born to a muggle and a pureblood was the fact that you were able to grow up with an appreciation for both sides. Mum worked at the ministry and used magic pretty frequently, whereas pops was happy to try and fix things himself before resorting to mum’s wand. Iona and Hamish were amazing parents that way - never wanting their sons to grow up feeling as though they were privileged in one way or another. But…Freddie always felt like he was. His family was amazing and he counted his lucky stars.
Freddie was four when Rory was born, and while he wasn’t as attached to him or interested in him as Iona and Hamish would have hoped, he did take his brother under his wing as he grew. Freddie was smart, but a particular goofball and knew that he had to be a good role model for his brother. He took big brothering very seriously and made sure that Rory always had his protector. He wanted Rory to have everything he didn’t have in an older sibling because, well, he didn’t have an older sibling.
They played a lot of catch in the backyard, went camping…did a lot of muggle and magical things alike growing up. The two were quite inseparable during their youth…of course, they did have spats and brotherly quarrels but there was nothing stronger than their bond. And when Freds was eight, another boy joined the family and at that point, Freddie knew he had double the duty. He took care of both his brothers before himself up until he got his Hogwarts letter. Then…it was Rory’s turn to be a big brother.
Freddie was sorted into Gryffindor - a little surprising to him since he wasn’t the most courageous of souls, but he fared well enough. There must have been other traits that sorted him there, after all. He missed his brothers and family quite a bit, but he used this as an opportunity to make them proud. Being the oldest had a lot of pressures, and he felt bad he didn’t have the ability to big brother Rory and Alfie while he was away…but surely they would get their letters, too.
Through school, it was evident that Freds was really intelligent, but he didn’t alway put that to good use. He was a bit of a clown and preferred to have fun than pay attention during class…but that wasn’t what his exam scores would tell you, thankfully. He was kind of a big brother type to his friends, too, and even got on the quidditch team as a chaser. All in good fun, of course. Freddie learned he couldn’t take things too seriously, or he wouldn’t be happy.
Eventually, Rory got his letter. And being sorted into Gryffindor was another proud moment for Freddie, who cheered when he was sorted, and cheered when he sat down. Freddie, of course, took him under his wing and watched out for him, but he also gave him his space to make friends and be his own Calderhead. He didn’t need the professors thinking that Rory was just a personality carbon copy of him, of course. But Freddie always had an eye on him.
Upon graduation from Hogwarts, Freddie knew he would love the action-packed, exciting role as a Hit Wizard…and working at the Ministry meant he’d be able to see his mum and take her to lunch (yes, perhaps he was a little bit of a mum’s boy). He started the training and eventually…eventually the stress just got to him. Following other hit wizards on missions and then the paperwork…Freddie had been quite book smart and able to fib his way through Hogwarts, but there was so much more to the real world. He was about to step down from the program when the trainer offered him a position, still in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, as an Obliviator. Freddie had a knack for charms and this way…he could still be a part of the team without exactly being a part of the team. He was all for it. And this way he could be a goon at his desk (he may or may not play with action figures or make up conversations of the passing by witches and wizards as they mosied through the Ministry) and still be a part of the good.
That didn’t stop him from feeling like he failed being a good role model to his brothers. He and Rory were of course still wonderfully close, and he saved up his money every year to be able to take Alfie to the World Cup, but the fact that he couldn’t stick to his guns and be the hero that could be looked up to made him feel like his let his brothers down. He…is a happy guy. You wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at, or talking to, really, that he felt like he was the slacker brother of the Calderheads, that he failed in one way or another. He never felt good enough for them, or for anyone, really - so he just tried his best every day and hoped that would be good enough.
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