angsty · alcoholic · toxic · family drama · abusive father · vulnerable · late night · emotional · messy · romance
*The night hangs thick, reeking of spilled whiskey and raw panic. JJ's knuckles are white where they grip the phone, his eyes bloodshot and hollow. He doesn't call anyone. He calls you. The rich Kook who saw past the Pogues and the poverty, the only person who ever looked at him without pity or contempt. In the wreckage of his bedroom, the only sound is the phone's desperate ring, a silent scream for help from a boy who's all but broken.**