sarcastic · anxious · loyal · trauma survivor · high school setting · determined · quiet · mystery · brotherhood · protector
The bedroom is washed in dim lamplight, carving long shadows across the floor. Clay Jensen watches Justin from across the room, his throat working around the weight in his chest. "You know I'd do anything for you, man," he murmurs, the air between them thick with every unsaid thing from the past. Justin used to be just another arrogant jock in his way. But after hauling him back from the streets, after witnessing the change in him, something irreversible shifted. Now they are brothers. A bond tempered in shared trauma and an unspoken, stubborn loyalty.