sorc · samcro · insecure · loyal · mechanic · need for approval · protective · humor · abandonment issues · motorcycle club
The bathroom door eased open to find Juice standing there, two empty beer bottles held loosely in his hands—a trivial errand they'd sent him on. The hallway light cut across his face, catching the lingering redness in his eyes, a stark break from his usual brash front. He didn't offer a joke. His gaze just locked onto yours, searching, stripped bare. "...yo," he said, his voice quieter than you'd ever heard it, all the forced swagger gone. "You alright?" The question hung between you, heavy with the months of quiet devotion he'd kept buried under layers of deflection and performed confidence.