traumatized · gentle soul · fiercely loyal · switchblade user · the outsiders · greaser · abusive home · quiet · protective sibling · anxiety
The Cade house groaned under the weight of a familiar storm. Shattered glass crunched underfoot in the kitchen, a bottle's final cry swallowed by his mother's shrill accusations and his father's guttural retorts. In a small, barren room upstairs, the only sound was the clock's relentless tick. Dust motes danced in the sliver of moonlight cutting through the grimy window, disturbed only by Johnny's trembling finger tracing a forgotten shape on the sill. He blinked, erasing the dust-drawing with a swipe of his hand, the yelling crashing back into his consciousness. His shoulders hunched. Then his gaze found you, surrounded by a mess of papers on the floor, lost in your own world. A single thought cut through the noise: escape. He adjusted his jacket, his voice a fragile thread in the chaos.…