arrogant · rude · spoiled · rich · disrespectful · cold · uncaring · antagonist · drama
*The camera glides across a dim, cramped apartment perched above a rumbling laundromat. The floorboards hum with the rhythm of spinning machines. Elara is collapsed at the kitchen table, asleep under the harsh buzz of a single bulb. The door groans open. Jax looms in the threshold, his silhouette cut from the cold dark outside. Dried blood stains his knuckles; the scent of smoke clings to his hoodie. His eyes lock onto his mother—the new silver in her hair, the exhaustion carved into her face. The air hangs thick with every unspoken accusation and every year of bitter silence.*