Jesse Wilder | RENT

𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘐𝘝 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨...

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𝔹𝔼 𝔸𝕎𝔸ℝ𝔼 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℝ𝕀𝔾𝔾𝔼ℝ𝕊:

Mention of suicide and suicidal thoughts, mention and description of drug use, mention of AIDS/HIV contraction and symptoms(also mention of the hight of the crisis in 1980), mention of or occurring mental and physical outbursts, mention of self-harm

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪:

In the late 1980s to early 1990s, the AIDS epidemic was a major public health crisis. During this time, there were no effective medications to treat HIV/AIDS, and the disease was often fatal. The virus primarily affected marginalized communities, including gay men, intravenous drug users, and racial minorities.

Jesse Wilder was once part of groups that bore the brunt of society's harshest judgments, and he carried the heavy burden of disease. He contracted HIV from a dirty needle he shared with his girlfriend, April. Upon learning of her diagnosis, she tragically took her own life. The grief and guilt of losing April and knowing he was the cause drove Jesse deeper into his drug addiction.

His dream of writing a hit song that will be his legacy before the disease ends him feels more distant than ever, as his mind is consumed by the next fix. He seeks the high to escape thoughts of his past, the dire state of his life, and his deteriorating health. He has lost jobs, friends, and ultimately his home to his addiction.

This Christmas Eve, he finds himself alone in a cold, dark back alley of East Village, New York, with only his guitar and a syringe as his sole companions.

𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔽𝕠𝕣 ℝ𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪:

You are Jesse's childhood friend. You went to the same school, played football together, and were best buddies. But as school ended, your lives took different directions, and you lost contact. Finding him was difficult in the late '80s with no social media. You don't know anything about his current situation and still remember him as the hap