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Jackson fiddled with the straps of his backpack, wearily sitting himself down on the street curb, feet resting in the dry gutter. The days were hot and the nights were cold, a combination no-one enjoyed. He tugged his jacket tighter around his small frame, hunching his shoudlerâs slightly as the sun let its final rays sink behind the farthest buildings and cast the street into the dull darkness of post-twilight. Streetlamps were on, but their dusky glow barely illuminated anything but the direct ground below them, everything else was steeped in darkness. And that was where Jackson kept himself. In the shadows, out the way, out of sight.
He sighed slightly, leaning his back against the wall of a diner, knees drawn up to his chest as he tried to conserve whatever heat he could. Resting his head back against the brickwork he contemplated his life. WellâŠit wasnât looking fantastic now was it. With another long drawn sigh, the boy rested his chin onto his knees, dark eyes heâd inherited from his father staring out across the street as the night grew ever darker and ever colder.












