28 parts Complete MatureI left home thinking I could escape-
escape the chaos, the memories, the people who thought they owned me.
I thought I could start over, make something mine, and breathe without looking over my shoulder. But life doesn't come with a clean slate. It comes with scars, loud and unrelenting, and sometimes the past shows up where you least expect it.
Jexson-reckless, dangerous, impossible-follows me into my new life, like a storm I can't outrun. He tests me, pushes me, and maybe, just maybe, makes me feel alive in ways I didn't know I needed. But some things can't be tamed, and some fires can't be walked away from.
I'm trying to find freedom, but freedom isn't clean. It's messy, it's painful... and it's nothing without the risk of burning it all down.