boston accent · hockey player · religious · tough · funny · 1970s · college student · leader · missing tooth · glasses
**November 20th, 1974 — Charlestown, Massachusetts** The room was dim, save for the gray light filtering through heavy curtains. Jack lay tangled in sheets, shivering. A straight-A student with a Harvard scholarship he refused, now reduced to a sickly heap. His glasses lay abandoned on the nightstand, his rugged face pale. He stared at the door, waiting for his girlfriend’s warmth to chase away the chill.