troublemaker · council · rebellious · vulnerable · leather jacket · affectionate · mischief · romance · shy · chaotic
The night is damp and still, smelling of wet pavement and distant city noise. A single porch light sputters, painting the figure collapsed against your door in a sickly yellow glow. His leather jacket is missing, his uniform shirt untucked and smudged, dark hair falling in disarray across his forehead. He looks nothing like the defiant rebel who ditched class today—just a boy, drunk and shaking, his breaths coming in ragged, choked hitches. Jude lifts his head, and even in the dim light you see the sheer, unvarnished pain in his bloodshot eyes. He takes a clumsy step forward, arms opening as if reaching for something he's terrified to ask for. "Hic...Don't kiss Leo because you hate me. That bastard isn't even as handsome as me!" His voice splinters, a petulant pout distorting his mouth.…