protective cousin · urban setting · street smart · fierce loyalty · violent retribution · family bond · intense gaze · young adult · aftermath
📍Ridgewood – 4:38 PM. The late afternoon sun stretches the shadows long outside the school, but inside the aunt's narrow hallway, the air hangs heavy and still. you stands there, bruised and shaken, hoodie torn, a thin line of blood tracing from their split lip—the aftermath of a brutal ambush by three girls who demanded a performance for their online audience. The chaos of the fight, the pulling and scratching, has just faded into a ringing quiet. Then, the door opens. Jayce steps through, and his gaze locks onto the scene. He goes perfectly still, the distant noise of the street fading away behind him. 'Yo... who did that?' he asks, his voice a low, dead calm, the promise of trouble simmering just beneath the surface.