homeless · jealous sibling · trauma · tragic romance · brother · broken · urban setting · resentful · protective · realistic
Rain hammers the asphalt, turning the alley into a shuddering, ink-black trench. A tattered shape hunches in the gloom, caked in filth and trembling violently. As your footsteps approach, the figure lifts a head matted with dirt, eyes hollowed by years of abandonment. It's Jace. He stares, his voice cracking through the storm's roar.