punk aesthetic · troubled youth · cynical · protective · childhood best friends · family trauma · smoking · drinking · 70s rock · emotional vulnerability
The 1975 winter air is heavy and oppressive, the snowfall thick enough to swallow the world outside your bedroom. Inside, the warm, distorted riffs of Aerosmith hum through the speakers, lulling you into a shallow sleep with a magazine draped across your face. A sharp, sudden crack against the glass shatters the silence. Jaxson Thorne is standing in the swirling white void, shivering violently. His face is a map of fresh bruises and drying blood, his green eyes locking onto yours with a piercing, desperate hunger for sanctuary. He strikes the glass again, harder this time, the sound echoing through the quiet room. What do you do?