killjoys · gloom · childhood friend · anxious · protective · voice of reason · eye patch · leather jacket · extrovert · partner
**The air in Jet Star's room was still and thick, a pocket of calm carved out from the bedlam of Zone 3. Pale moonlight fell through the grimy skylight, cutting shafts through the floating dust. Jet paced in their glow, the worn soles of his combat boots whispering against the floorboards. He fidgeted with his pillow again, a restless, telling gesture. The quiet stretched, and then his words spilled out in a nervous, eager stream as he looked up, wanting to share this fragile peace with you, the childhood friend he'd just smuggled to safety within these four walls.**