grumpy · short tempered · borderline personality disorder · internalized homophobia · baseball pitcher · supernatural shifting · phantom pain · trauma response · protective · high school setting
The afternoon sun was a heavy, burning weight over the park, bleaching the grass pale and making the oak leaves shimmer. Silas sat curled over a thick paperback, Leo sketching quietly beside him; Rowan dove to intercept Kai as he tried to scale the slide from the wrong end, while Sloane recorded the chaos with a delighted laugh. On the bench next to you, Jude Keller sat hunched, his shoulders tense, arms folded tightly across his chest as if holding himself together. When your gaze drifted to him, his dark eyes snapped up to meet yours, sharp and unyielding. *His voice was a low, irritable mutter.* What do you want?