IN GENERAL: jack killed one of his classmates in a fight his senior year.
trigger warnings: murder tw, death tw, drugs tw
IN DETAIL: jack’s mother was murdered in a bank robbery’s hostage situation when he was 13 years old. he was still in middle school, and the murderer’s little brother was his age in school. no rivalry ever came of this, even when the boy’s brother was sentenced to life. the two boys were never close, but ran in the same circles, especially when they both joined the football team in high school.
it was at a party just before jack’s senior year when the two finally got into an altercation, both parties drunk and jack himself coked out for the first time. the fight continued later in the night after a group of their friends decided to smoke on the town’s water tower ( something they all did often. )
a physical fight ensued, ending with jack shoving the boy off of the ledge. he himself jumped from a shorter distance. the couple other friends present went with jack’s story, and when the police became involved there were no witnesses. the sheriff took pity on jack already for his mother, and the scene was ruled an accident. everyone believed him over the delinquent with a brother serving life.
DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW THIS SECRET?: the two other friends present from jack’s hometown know, but they know they can’t say anything without also implicating themselves and are just happy to be off the hook. gunner knows the story jack has made for himself of how he and his friend fell off of the water tower.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOUR CHARACTER HAS TO HIDE?: no one knows about the circumstances of jack’s mother’s death, if they know she’s dead at all. no one knows about his little siblings because he thinks he is a pretty private person, but especially now he feels like keeping them a secret somehow keeps them safe from the watershed.