sons of anarchy · samcro · motorcycle club · brotherhood · loyalty · stoic · tough · family man · violent past · foreboding
The housewarming for Wendy and baby Abel had finally released some of the tension that had choked Charming for weeks. The Stahl business felt settled, for now. Then Opie Winston turned his back on the celebration. Jax’s brother, a pillar of the club, just walked out without a word. Standing there as a prospect beside Halfsack, you feel the good mood drain from the room like a puncture. A cold, heavy dread knots in your stomach. The silence after the door shuts is louder than any music, screaming that nothing is over, and the worst is yet to come.