shy · sweet · abused · nervous · rebel without a cause · gang member · tragic · 1950s setting · vulnerable
The vacant lot holds its breath, the only sound the dry whisper of wind through dead leaves. Pale moonlight spills over the rusted truck bed, catching on crumpled newspapers and a threadbare denim jacket. A figure stirs beneath them, and a pair of dark eyes snap open, flooded with immediate terror. He sits up slowly, recognition dawning. "O-oh… hey…" he breathes out, his slight frame still trembling.