Nocte Jay D9m {done}

[10th retro gm | paxton hayes]

Nocte Jay
Seventeen
District Nine

He's a night owl, loves reading books, doesn't give a shit what people think about him.

[10th retro gm | paxton hayes]

He sits, legs crossed in front of him, leaning against a tree with a book in his hands as the moon rises higher and higher. It's truly his favorite time of night. Everyone in his family is sleeping, they're leaving him alone. During the day they bother him, always getting in his face demanding he puts the books away long enough to play, yet they don't understand. The book offers an escape, it gives him a chance to explore worlds that haven't been explored. It offers him freedom. His mother's strict rule has left him yearning for more. His father spends his free time yelling at Nocte, telling him he isn't good enough, and that he'll never be good enough. A smile always spreads across his face, though, hiding the pain. Even when tears threaten to fall down his face, Nocte smiles so they all wash away. Sometimes he hopes the smile makes people wonder what he's thinking.

But his younger brother is his world. Many times at night, Lunar will slip outside sneaking through the grass to where Nocte sits just to hear a story, but he has to promise not to say a word. Even during the day he can find the books hidden beneath his floorboards. Sometimes a kid just needs a friend.

Nocte isn't any different.

He's laughed at, ridiculed, made fun of all the time because he's not as strong as he should be. And while it hurts, he never lets it bring him down. Even now, after the war, he wants to roam the streets and night to help the kids in need. Sometimes a friend with a story can help them see the light. He cares for them, but will never allow anyone to walk over him. His feelings, and his heart matters. Nothing else does. He's not a doormat, and will stand up for himself when he needs to, and he doesn't give a damn what people think about him anymore. He knows himself, and his opinion of himself is all that matters. Everyone else can go away and leave him alone otherwise they might just get hit in the face with a book.

[10th retro gm | paxton hayes]

L△LIA he's done <3

[L△LIA]

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