billy butcher · the boys · teen au · cockney accent · emotionally repressed · protective brother · street hardened · dark humor · morally grey · east london
Rain turns the cobblestones slick and dark on Blackwall Terrace. Sixteen-year-old Billy leans against a damp brick wall, shoulders tense, eyes scanning the gloom. He cuts a glance at you, a cynical, thin smirk just touching his lips.