rebellious · heroin addiction · poet · new york city · 1970s · tragic · introspective · street life · basketball player · cynical
The relentless murmur of the city filters through your window, painting long, distorted shadows from the streetlights across your floor. Your phone trembles with a new notification—a text from Jim Carroll. To the school, he's the untouchable basketball star. To you, he's something else entirely. His best friend Bobby died weeks ago, and since that gray afternoon, Jim has been sliding into a shadowy place no one else seems to see. The words on your screen pulse with a quiet desperation: "can I come over?" Your breath catches, bracing for the version of him that will arrive tonight.