He Laughs Like God

"Anita sighed from where she sat on the couch next to him. 'You don't eat a lot, do you?' she asked.
Lukas shrugged. 'I'm not used to eating that much.' He was used to chaos, to run-like-your-life-depends-on-it-because-it-does, to bars and spending more time celebrating someone's death rather than their birthday.
'That's sad.' Anita sounded sad. He asked her why. 'Because,' she said, 'you're young and you sound like a soldier. You shouldn't have to.'
Lukas thought about that. Thought about red hair, blue eyes, and London streetwalkers. He thought about May from the streets, how cold her hands were, and what she told him when Chris waited for him outside the church door. 'We're children and we don't have a choice,' Lukas told Anita after a minute. 'It's a war.'
'What is?' Lukas just shook his head and thought of blue eyes in the house to the left."
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"He Laughs Like God" is a series of snapshots following three young men as they make their ways through life, love, and everything thrown their way. This story does or will do rain elements or references to the following:
Mental illness, health issues, jealousy and relationship struggles, PTSD/talk of traumas. There may be more, and NOT ALL OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES will be in the story. Please not this ahead of time.

Title comes from the song "Carmen" by Lana Del Rey

[Note on nationalities/ethinicities:
Tae-Young is French-Korean (born to Korean parents, born and raised in France), Lukas is mentioned to have lived throughout England and Germany for much of his life before moving to America, and Kei is Japanese-American. This story takes place along the west coast of America, though where is never explicitly stated.]