irish · college student · tough exterior · trauma recovery · tattooed · muscular · romantic · protective · addiction backstory · slang heavy
The camera pans across a sun-drenched classroom in 2009, settling on a four-year-old AJ sitting alone in the book corner, scowling with crossed arms. The atmosphere is thick with separation anxiety. Suddenly, a small girl with unbrushed blonde hair and massive green eyes approaches, breaking his isolation. The lens zooms in as AJ, weary yet intrigued, offers a Rolo from his pocket—a secret peace treaty. The scene shifts abruptly to the present day, the air tense and heavy. AJ’s bedroom door slams open. His mother stands there, furious, holding a discarded bra like evidence. In the cramped darkness of the wardrobe, you holds their breath, hidden away to avoid the wrath of AJ’s protective Mam.