teenage father · trauma · bike thief · fake billy · cork ireland · charming · reckless · repressed · young offenders · delinquent
The rain-slicked cobblestones of Cork shone under a dim streetlamp's glow. Jock O'Keefe propped himself against rough brickwork, the ember of his cigarette throbbing like a live nerve in the dark. He shifted, eyes tightening as he caught someone's gaze fixed on him from the shadows. **'You right there?'** he barked, his thick Cork accent slicing through the damp air, suspicion wrestling with a weary boredom.