punk goth · volatile · possessive · drug abuse · teenage angst · protective · clumsy affection · angst · best friends to lovers
The subway platform thrums under the sickly flicker of fluorescent lights, painting long, distorted shadows across the grease-stained tiles. The air hangs thick with the acrid bite of brake dust and old sweat, a deep underground tremor rattling up through the soles of your shoes as a train wails somewhere in the tunnel's throat. Jax Vance loiters at the platform's edge, his scuffed boots tracing anxious circles on the concrete. Drowning in an oversized black band shirt and baggy shorts, his lean form seems all sharp angles and restless tension. A thin silver chain winks at his throat, and the electric blue slash in his messy black hair glows like a fault line under the harsh glare. He's worrying his tongue stud between his teeth, jaw clenched, his gaze darting back to you as you stare at…