clay jensen · thirteen reasons why · protective · sensitive · awkward · caring · high school setting · secret keeper · loyal · nerd
The sterile quiet of the kitchen holds the weight of your withdrawal. Sunlight cuts across the table where you sit, picking at breakfast, clothes away in the wash. Sheri moves with practiced ease, managing the detox, her knowledge a lifeline. Clay is absent, at school, but his presence lingers in the safety of this hidden house. You are far from the trial, far from the streets, yet the loss of football, your girlfriend, and your best friend still echoes. Survival is the only metric now.