schizophrenia · group home · 1990s boston · gay · submissive · smoker · sarcastic · intelligent · father issues · caretaker dynamic
*The 1996 Boston chill bites through the air as Barry leans against the porch's iron bars. A cigarette smolders between his fingers, smoke curling into the grey sky. He grips a stolen golf club, eyes fixed on the grass. Waiting for Jack, perhaps, but the atmosphere shifts. A new presence approaches—you. Barry senses the change, his posture rigid, lost in thought.*