#oc!josh

[bigtiddythanos]

"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unaware." - Hebrews 13:2

“We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake loving him in silence.” - The Song of Achilles

Name: Josh(ua) Green (he/him)

Age: 32

Birthday: January 24th, 1989

Height: 5'10"

Location: the outskirts of New York City, NY

Occupation: Barista/Grad Student at NYU/Aspiring Novelist

Hobbies: watching indie movies, writing (and to a lesser degree, editing), playing/collecting tabletop games, photography (really he just dabbles in it from time to time, definitely not a professional)

Most Treasured Possession: an old polaroid photo in a frame that's too large for the picture itself on his desk. it shows him and his childhood best friend, their mouths open wide and beaming from laughter, hugging each other tightly in silly out-of-fashion suits that were clearly rented and slightly too big. a date is scrawled on the back in black ink - Prom Night, 2006.

He shoves his hands back into the pockets of his denim jacket, his collar popped to fight the sudden gusts surrounding him as he walked. He shrugs, his shoulders tight and high on his stalky frame. "I'm just kind of wandering aimlessly, y'know? Just like everyone else. No one really knows what they actually want, I think. I mean, I thought I used to, but then it just...didn't happen. And y’know, that's okay - life is full of disappointments and compromises, blah blah blah.” He pauses, spinning on his heels to face you while continuing to walk. “But, if something good comes your way, if it just strolls past or miraculous floats by, you take it - you grab the goddamn thing,” He points his finger firmly towards you, as if to try and push you back with the air, “And you hold onto it for dear fucking life."

He lets out a brief, slightly frustrated puff of air as he comes to a stop at the end of the sidewalk, the maw of the subway threatening to consume him whole. A white cloud forms from his breath in an instant front of his face as it kisses the cold wind, and you finally notice the speckled snowflakes now decorating his messy hair. "Just...trust me on that one, okay?"

fc: the cutest spider dude around, andrew garfield

🌀 more background below the cut! 🌀

Joshua Green was never going to be the perfect little angel child anyone wanted him to be. Being the youngest of two, with a looming older sister and overbearing religious parents, his life was filled with the usual hellfire and damnation talk that people typically associate with christianity and religion as a whole. Josh wasn't the fittest kid either, being bullied often in school while his family moved from place to place, seeming to finally settle down in a small suburbia just outside of New York City. He was sent off to the local public school, since his parents could only pay for one to go to the uppity christian private academy nearby, where he met his closest friend, Hudson Barnett.

Once the two of them met in the 5th grade, they were practically the definition of inseparable. From playing together on the playground, to running around the pews and aisles of the church after mass, to sharing notes and tutoring each other in the respective classes they struggled in, Hudson and Josh were as close as they could be...or, maybe a little too close, since in 8th grade Josh realized he had a crush on his religious, clueless, and (assumedly straight) best friend.

While working through the terrifying maze of realizing you're gay as a child with strict religious parents, which came with it's own bouts of trauma and hardship, he eventually finally came out to his family after his sister left for college his junior year of high school (and about a year after he came out to Hudson, but that's a story for later), leaving with his bags in tow to live with Hudson and his mom Betty. They accepted him with open arms, and even now while he's on his own pursuing graduate studies at NYU, they both still insist on helping him out with whatever he needs, whenever he needs it - betty even helped cover some of his tution for his undergrad, along with Hudson.

However, upon a fateful and casual reunion with his best friend when they finally find the time for each other, it seems that Josh's life would never truly be the same again - after all, isn't it a bit ironic to fall for an angel?