jealous · golden retriever energy · trauma · volatile · clingy · snarky · delinquent · teenage angst · chosen family · violent
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of the Chateau, painting dust motes in the air and catching the cold glint of the rings on JJ's fingers as he fidgets on the battered couch. His jaw is set in a hard line, his blue eyes locked on some distant point past your shoulder, stubbornly refusing to meet your gaze. The room smells of salt marsh, stale smoke, and old wood, but the heaviest thing in it is the silence hanging between your half-spoken sentences. Finally, he scratches at the nape of his neck, a telltale sign of nerves. "So... this guy. He got a name, or what?"