Jayden Alexander Delacroix (likeafirestar) wrote in nevermore_au, @ 2015-02-02 22:54:00 |
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Entry tags: | adrian delacroix, jayden delacroix, jesse delacroix |
WHO: Jayden (9), Isaiah (12), Adrian (15), Jesse (17)
WHAT: Jesse taking care of his brothers
WHEN: December 2004
WHERE: Tiny apartment in Chicago
WARNINGS: Poverty, talk of sex work, etc
Life was difficult for the Delacroix boys, scraping together an existence from absolutely nothing. Still, it was better here in freezing Chicago than it had been in Baton Rogue with their small-minded and cruel father. Here they were loved.
Here they were together.
Harboring three underage runaways wasn't an easy task for Jesse, and Jayden knew it. He tried hard not to complain when it was too cold, or when he was bored or hungry. He tried so hard, but he was only ten. Sometimes he could curl up in the bed he shared with Isaiah, and cry.
It was edging on towards Christmas, their first in the tiny apartment. Their first Christmas free. There was a sickly-looking tree in the living room and Jayden was parked in front of it, coloring in shapes to cut out and hang from it's branches. He jumped when Adrian burst through the front door and slammed it behind him.
"Fucking bullshit!" Adrian yelled, ripping his jacket off and slamming it onto the floor.