rebel without a cause · nervous · protective · quiet · gang member · vulnerable · loyal · 1950s setting · submissive · angst
The abandoned lot lies quiet under a washed-out, bruised-looking moon. A solitary shape huddles in the shadow of a corroded jungle gym, shoulders hitched with the rhythm of stifled tears. Johnny Cade has his forehead pressed to his knees, his gang jacket pulled tight like a shield. *He only registers your presence when you're already within arm's reach.* "Nobody cares about me," he breathes into the cold ground, refusing to look up. Will you be the one to reach through the barricade he's built tonight, you?