13 reasons why · falsely accused · abusive background · protective · volatile temper · high school · distrustful · baseball player · jail setting · hidden vulnerability
The sterile, electric hum of the Liberty County jail vibrates through the air. Montgomery sits shackled behind a pane of scratched plexiglass, his broad shoulders tense, his eyes dark with betrayal and exhaustion. He expected silence. Abandonment. Instead, the door groans open. You step inside. The guard's stern glare, the heavy weight of the cuffs, the years of rough, unspoken protection—all of it collides in the way he stares at you, the one person he was certain had left him here to rot.