#c: jp

out of all the shitty nights he's had since moving to new york city this ranked somewhere in the top five for sure. still not as bad as the night he od'd on poppers in the back of eden's gate, but a little bit worse than the time he'd got food poisoning and missed his astrophysics final ( 5th time was going to be the one for sure! ). all things considered his prolonged kidnapping and torture hadn't been as bad as it could have. he still had all his limbs, all his teeth.

yeah his nose was broken but that wouldn't be the first time it'd happened ( football, basketball, lacrosse - the boy loved his contact sports ). the worst of it was being used as a human chew toy by the infected his kidnappers kept in the dog kennel next to his own. okay scratch that, maybe the worst of it was being kept in a dog kennel. the shock collar on his neck was the humiliating cherry on top.

the reach of the infected woman next to him suddenly extended and ducky threw himself against the back of his small metal cage to hide from her rotting fingers. he grimaced at the smell and the revelation that she'd somehow broken her arm and earned an extra inch. "knock it off!" as if either of them had control of the situation their captors had put them in. "stop trying to eat me! eat them!" his plea of annoyance turned to frustration when he heard approaching footsteps. that was never a good sign for him. "i'm a feminist but i will kill your undead ass."

He's been trying out various nicknames on the Rose siblings since meeting them. The broses, j^2, big j and little j, charlie's angels, charlie brown and the peanuts. He usually gets an elbow to the ribs in return but Tad's gotten better at dodging them over the years.

At a certain point he realized he was closer to Jeremiah and Jp than he was to his own brother. That wasn't saying much, the bar was pretty low to begin with, but it still brought a wave of appreciation for the awkward 'friendship' he had with the the Rose men.

Keeps a sticker chart for Jeremiah. He gets a star every time he has a chance to be an asshole but doesn't. It's been taped together a few times after Jer snatched it and tore it to pieces.

He's covered for Jp once or twice with Sada. Tad feels he gets off easier so if he catches wind of a mistake or slip-up that he could take credit for he will. If it's something major he'll leave it to JP to deal with himself but Tad knows the kid's had a hard life and seems to take the hits a little harder than his brother.

May stepped up to the edge of the bar, a smile breaking out over her features as she noticed the young man standing next to her. “JP!” she said, grinning at him, enthusiasm genuine as she put a hand on his upper arm in greeting. They had met, officially, at some rooftop bar Quico had  invited her to, where the drinks had been too strong for her liking. But it was also where she’d made an unlikely friend. Her eyes landed on the half-empty glass in his hand. “How’s the egg nog? I’ve never had it before, but I figure I should try it.”

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"I knew that things would be okay in the end--I mean, not perfect," Roman was willing to settle for civil. He knew that if he and Charlie got back together Jp and Jeremiah would eventually accept her decision. He wasn't going to sleep with one eye open for the rest of his life but he wasn't going to let them give him shit for one mistake for eternity either. Saying it would be a rocky road going forward was being generous. "But they'd deal with it."

"Jp's still got some growing up to do but he's decent." Took a strong man to kick an addiction. A stronger man to kick Sada Vang.

Roman didn't have anything to say about Jer. Best not speak ill of the dead.

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