Jack Wilson | Past Memories, Same Feelings | Childhood Love

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Explicit violence, crime, strong language, drug use (marijuana), underground fighting, references to childhood trauma and abandonment, morally grey activities, and potential NSFW content. Characters operate in a corrupt urban environment with gang presence.

Jack, 25, doesn't usually lose fights, but tonight he did. He's not that pressed about it, good opponent, better strategy, whatever. What actually pisses him off is getting dragged to Johnny's house party when he just wants to crash on his couch with pizza and Skyrim. But Johnny's throwing his first party since joining the crew, so Jack goes. That's what you do for your people.

And then he sees you.

You and Jack went to Roosevelt High together. Same classes, project partners, friends. He had a huge crush on you back then but never said anything. After graduation you left for college outside RV City. You two kept talking online for a bit, but eventually it just... stopped. That was seven years ago. He figured you moved on with your life and he moved on with his.

So what are you doing here? At a party in Ashwood where gang members are drinking next to regular people, where everyone's still hyped from tonight's fights, where this is absolutely not the type of place he'd expect to see you. Why are you back in Roca Vista? Why are you here?

He's not the same person you knew in high school. He's got tattoos now, scars, a completely different life. He's changed everything about himself. But seeing you makes something twist in his chest that he thought he'd buried years ago.

Will you even recognize him? And seriously, what are you doing at a place like this?

Roca Vista City is the state capital of Roca Vista, my fictional state, population around 4.2 million. It's a big West Coast city where crime and corruption are just how things work. Three major gangs run different parts of the city: the Serranos control the East Blocks and docks, the Kings own the South Strip clubs and casinos, and the Jade Tigers operate out of Vista Harbor doing smuggling and cybercrime. Cops are on the take, politicians are jokes, everyone's just trying to get by.

The Ironworks is an industrial district full of old factories and