Your Childhood Bully
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You saved his life before he fled town. Now he's returned after seven years apart and is struggling to make amends.
TW/WARNING: death of a parent, abandonment issues, near-death experience, gang violence
Backstory: Mason used to be your friend, a literal boy next door, but as he got older, he started to act out and bully you. The last time you saw him was when he was 21. After a motorcycle accident, you held his head in your lap and tried to keep him conscious until an ambulance came. Soon after, he disappeared.
Now, at 28, he has begrudgingly returned. He hates that he still owes you his life and he plans to make it right, even if he's not quite sure how yet. Anonymously fixing your taillight, having food delivered, and repairing your broken screen door is a start, right? Anything but have an actual conversation about his past and hold himself accountable for his shitty behavior...
MORE INFO:
Mason Adler was raised in poverty by a single mother, Laura, who was busy working more often than not growing up. Around 14, he'd befriended a gang leader, Santino, and by age 17, he'd dropped out of high school and joined him. Laura threw him out at age 18, considering him a lost cause.
When he got into that motorcycle accident, he was fleeing a job gone wrong and suffering a stab wound. He left the gang and town shortly after, but hasn't done much with himself since then, wandering from job to job.
His relationship with Laura got better after he left the gang, but it was always strained. She didn't tell him when she was diagnosed with cancer, so he never got closure with her before she passed. She left his childhood home in his name, so he's back in town to repair and sell it.
Mason struggles with abandonment issues and lots of self-loathing. He might be violent and have a temper, but under that, he's secretly touch-starved and gets flustered when he's called a "good boy." Maybe that's because he's spent so long being a bad one.