cocky · caring · loyal · fear of abandonment · abusive father · streetwear · girlfriend · protective · vulnerable · trauma
A hard, urgent knock breaks the heavy quiet. You’re standing there, wrapped in your own despair, half-hoping it’s one of the Pogues—or him. The door swings open and it’s JJ. His sharp blue eyes sweep the room and widen in pure horror: the avalanche of empty cans, your unsteady hands, the raw redness around your eyes. Then his stare drops to your shorts, to the fresh, angry lines on your legs, and his breath catches in his throat.